US11019755B2
Energy efficient control of cooling system cooling of an electronic system is provided based, in part, on weighted cooling effectiveness of the components. The control includes automatically determining speed control settings for multiple adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. The automatically determining is based, at least in part, on weighted cooling effectiveness of the components of the cooling system, and the determining operates to limit power consumption of at least the cooling system, while ensuring that a target temperature associated with at least one of the cooling system or the electronic system is within a desired range by provisioning, based on the weighted cooling effectiveness, a desired target temperature change among the multiple adjustable cooling components of the cooling system. The provisioning includes provisioning applied power to the multiple adjustable cooling components via, at least in part, the determined control settings.
US11019753B2
In an example, a server system is provided. The server system includes a frame including a support structure and a server supported by the support structure. The server system includes an actuator configured to cause the server to transition from a first position to a second position to increase exposure of the server to airflow to transfer heat away from the server via convection. The actuator is also configured to cause the server to transition from the second position to the first position to decrease exposure of the server to the airflow.
US11019752B2
In one embodiment, a cooling module includes a base frame, a fluid supply channel disposed on the base frame to receive cooling fluid from an external cooling fluid source, a fluid return channel disposed on the base frame to return the cooling fluid, multiple cold plates disposed on the base frame, wherein the cold plates are to be attached to a plurality of data processing modules. The cooling module also includes multiple distribution channels to distribute the cooling fluid received from the fluid supply channel to the cold plates to exchange heat generated by the heat generating modules and to return the cooling fluid carrying the exchanged heat back to the external cooling fluid source via the fluid return channel. The base frame, the fluid supply and return channels, the fluid distribution channels, and the cold plates are integrated as a single integrated cooling unit.
US11019747B2
A bus architecture for supplying power to loads in a datacenter includes a first DC bus including a first bus conductor and a first plurality of source/load groups. Each of the first plurality of source/load groups includes a first power source and a first plurality of loads, wherein at least one of the first plurality of loads includes a server rack. The first power source in each of the first plurality of source/load groups is sized to supply power to the first plurality of loads for the corresponding one of the first plurality of source/load groups. The first power source in each of the first plurality of source/load groups is also sized to provide excess capacity to be shared by the first plurality of loads corresponding to other ones of the first plurality of source/load groups.
US11019746B1
An appliance includes a control panel assembly having a rearwardly extending mounting member. The rearwardly extending mounting member includes a body portion having an outer edge with one or more slots disposed through the body portion and inwardly opening from the outer edge of the body portion. A housing includes a support bracket having a support surface with one or more mounting apertures disposed therethrough. One or more locating pins are received through the one or more mounting apertures. The locating pins include body portions upwardly extending from the support surface of the support bracket. The one or more locating pins are removably received in the one or more slots of the rearwardly extending mounting member of the control panel assembly.
US11019738B2
A console assembly for an appliance is provided that includes a shell having a first face and a first rim and a first protrusion operably coupled with the first face. The first face is positioned at an incline relative to a top edge of the shell. A panel is operably coupled with the shell. The panel includes a second face and a second rim and a second protrusion extending from a side of the panel opposite the second face. The panel is positioned parallel to the first face. A plurality of electrical components are operably coupled to one of the shell and the panel.
US11019737B2
Disclosed is a flexible display device, comprising a display panel, including a backside away from a display side; an elastic strip, fixed to the backside, wherein in a width direction of the elastic strip, the elastic strip comprises a pair of ends and a deformable section located between the pair of ends, and as the elastic strip is flattened in a longitudinal direction, the deformable section arches with respect to the pair of ends, and as the elastic strip is curled in the longitudinal direction, the deformable section is leveled with the pair of ends, and the elastic strip is used to flatten the display panel or curl the display panel. An initial state of the elastic strip is an elastic structure of a curled shape. The flexible display device can be automatically switched from a flattened state to a curled state by simply pressing the deformable section.
US11019736B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a housing including a first plate oriented in a first direction, a second plate oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side face surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate; a first PCB disposed in the space and including a first face oriented in the first direction, a second face oriented in the second direction, and a first electrical connector disposed on the first face; a second PCB disposed in the space closer to the second plate than the first PCB, and including a second electrical connector; a third electrical connector detachably coupled to the first electrical connector; a fourth electrical connector detachably coupled to the second electrical connector; an FPCB electrically connected between the third connector and the fourth electrical connector, and including a first portion facing the second face; and a flexible conductive member comprising a conductor disposed between the second face and the first portion.
US11019735B2
A display unit subassembly includes an electronic display and an open loop pathway for ambient air. An upper portion including an upper cavity for ambient air extends above, and is spaced apart from, the display unit subassembly. A frame extends between the upper portion and the display unit subassembly. An air intake is located between the upper portion and the display unit subassembly, is configured to receive ambient air, and is in fluid communication with said upper cavity and said open loop pathway.
US11019729B2
Device having a substrate configured to be thermoformed coupled to an electrically conductive member
The device intended to be thermoformed comprises a substrate capable of being thermoformed and an electrically conductive member integral with the said substrate. The electrically conductive member comprises: electrically conductive particles, an electrically conductive material, electrically conductive elements of elongated shape. The electrically conductive material has a melting point which is strictly less than the melting point of the electrically conductive particles and than the melting point of the elements of elongated shape.
US11019712B2
A method and apparatus for forming torsional magnetic reconnection, and converting stored magnetic energy into charged particle kinetic energy and particle acceleration, is claimed. A torsional magnetic reconnection apparatus generally comprises (1) a vacuum environment housing (2) a plurality of conducting coils to form a magnetic field fan-spine topology and (3) a plasma generation device providing an azimuthal magnetic field perturbation such that current sheets are formed and magnetic reconnection processes can occur. Electric current energization of the plurality of conducting coils generates a potential magnetic fan-spine topology. A simultaneous capacitor bank discharge forms and axially drives a plasma sheath, featuring an azimuthal magnetic field, toward the fan-spine magnetic null that forces the diffusion of magnetic flux through the plasma. This magnetic to plasma kinetic energy conversion process accelerates charged particles far away from the reconnection region along open magnetic field lines.
US11019707B1
The application provides a smart lighting control device capable of reducing standby power consumption, wherein a control instruction is received by a control module, then an enable signal is sent by a standby processing module according to status of a flag bit signal of the control instruction to a data transmission module and a logic control module; and the data transmission module receives the control instruction according to the enable signal and transmits a sampled control instruction to the logic control module; and the logic control module controls a lamp according to the control instruction when a standby instruction bit is invalid, and sends a standby instruction to the standby processing module when the standby instruction bit is valid; and the standby processing module disable the data transmission module and the logic control module according to the standby instruction, thereby standby power consumption of the lamp is reduced.
US11019705B2
A lighting method that includes providing a lamp having a light source, a controller and at least one gyroscopic sensor; and measuring at least one type of movement of the lamp with at least one gyroscopic sensor. The method may further include converting with the controller the at least one type of movement of the lamp measured by the at least one gyroscopic sensor to a characteristic of light; and projecting light from the light source having the characteristic of light converted by the controller correlated to the movement of the lamp measured by the gyroscopic sensor.
US11019704B2
A universal sensor interface system for a luminaire includes a sensor receiving cavity that is formed in the luminaire and defined by a sensor receiving receptacle. Further, the universal sensor interface system includes a sensor device that is configured to be removably coupled to the sensor receiving receptacle of the luminaire and disposed in the sensor receiving cavity. The sensor device receives electrical energy from the luminaire and establishes data communication with the luminaire when the sensor device is disposed in the sensor receiving cavity. The transfer of electrical energy and data communication between the luminaire and the sensor device are enabled either wirelessly or using connector systems such as a pogo connector system. The luminaire includes a translation engine that is configured to transform data received from the sensor device to a format that is compatible with the luminaire and/or a light control system of the luminaire and vice-versa.
US11019702B2
A driver is provided for driving at least two sets of solid state lighting elements. A switched capacitor power converter is provided, and a switch arrangement is used for selectively connecting a first set and a second set of solid state lighting elements in series connection at the output of the power converter or connecting the first set of solid state lighting elements at the output of the power converter without the second set of solid state lighting elements. A first duty cycle of the switched capacitor power converter and a second duty cycle control of the switch arrangement are both controlled. In this driver design, a switched capacitor power converter and a switch arrangement are independently controlled using a duty cycle approach. The switched capacitor power converter is used to provide current control, and the switch arrangement is used to control whether the second set of lighting elements is connected to the output or not.
US11019698B2
A retrofit Light Emitting Diode, LED, lighting device for connection to an electronic ballast, wherein said retrofit LED lighting device comprising an LED array for emitting light, an alternating current, AC, LED driver arranged for receiving an AC supply voltage or an AC supply current, from said electronic ballast and for driving said LED array based on said received AC supply voltage or said AC supply current, at least one switch, wherein in a closed position of said at least one switch, said retrofit LED lighting device provides a closed loop current circuit for an electronic ballast connected to said retrofit LED lighting device and in an open position of said at least one switch, said retrofit LED lighting device provides an open loop current circuit for an electronic ballast connected to said retrofit LED lighting device thereby simulating an absence of said LED lighting device to said electronic ballast, an auxiliary power supply and a stand-alone external trigger circuit, connected to said auxiliary power supply, and only dedicated for receiving an external trigger and for controlling said at least one switch based on said received external trigger.
US11019696B2
A method and apparatus for operating a semiconductor light source is presented. In particular there is a current regulator for regulating a current flowing through a light emitting diode device. The current regulator includes a first switch for receiving a first current flowing through the semiconductor light source and a control circuit coupled to the first switch and adapted to provide a second current proportional to the first current. The current regulator is adapted to regulate the first current using the second current.
US11019689B2
Systems and methods for lighting system lens heating are described. The systems and methods include a substantially clear thermoplastic substrate; and a conductive ink or film circuit on the thermoplastic substrate.
US11019683B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive a SystemInformationBlockType1 from an eNB. The UE may determine that the eNB supports Fifth Generation Core (5GC) operation if the SysteminformationBlocklType1 message includes a plmn-Identity-5GC-r15 parameter. The UE may transmit a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message to establish an RRC connection. If it is determined that the eNB supports 5GC operation, and if the UE supports 5GC operation, the UE may encode the RRC connection request message in accordance with a default new radio packet data convergence protocol (NR PDCP) configuration; and may use NR PDCP for one or more subsequent messages.
US11019681B2
If a communication apparatus transmits data to another communication apparatus and communication via a communication unit included in another communication apparatus is not performable, whether or not to transmit a frame for causing a transition to a state where the communication via the communication unit included in the other communication apparatus is performable is selected based on priority of the data.
US11019676B2
A wireless communications device, operating according to a DRX configuration and configured to receive two-step grants for uplink transmissions, determines whether the device has received a first trigger of a two-step grant. The device enters a state in which the device listens on a physical downlink control channel for messages from the network, in response to determining that the device has received the first trigger, without necessarily receiving the second trigger.
US11019669B2
A transmitting-end Bluetooth device and a receiving-end Bluetooth device of a Bluetooth communication system is disclosed. The transmitting-end Bluetooth device is arranged to operably insert an auto-pairing request and a source Bluetooth device address into one or more target packets when the transmitting-end Bluetooth device wants to initiate a Bluetooth auto-pairing procedure, and arranged to operably transmit the one or more target packets when operating under a transmitting-end predetermined operating mode. The receiving-end Bluetooth device is arranged to operably receive the one or more target packets when operating under a receiving-end predetermined operating mode, and to parse the one or more target packets to extract the auto-pairing request and the source Bluetooth device address from the one or more target packets. Then, the receiving-end Bluetooth device is enabled to conduct a Bluetooth auto-pairing procedure with the transmitting-end Bluetooth device according to the auto-pairing request and the source Bluetooth device address.
US11019660B2
In 802.11ax networks with access points, a trigger frame offers scheduled and random resource units to nodes for data uplink communication to the access points. To make more effective the usage of the network, the access point may design the trigger frame to force the nodes to send some categories of data. Resource units may be defined in trigger frames to be dedicated to small packets or to some access category data. Adjusting the time length of the resource units helps restricting the type of data that can be conveyed by the resource units. Also, using various frequency widths for resource units in the same trigger frame helps reducing padding in the resource units when various traffic types coexist.
US11019652B2
A wireless device receives, from a base station, message(s) indicating: a counter value(s) for a counter(s) of SR configuration(s) of the base station. Each SR configuration corresponds to a logical channel. SR(s) corresponding to an SR configuration(s) may be triggered in response to data becoming available to their logical channel(s). Counter(s) may be set to an initial value in response to no other SRs corresponding to the pending SR configuration(s). A random access preamble is transmitted to the base station in response to counter(s) reaching their counter value.
US11019651B2
A radio device (10) receives control information from a node (100) of the wireless communication network. The control information is used for controlling semi-persistent allocation of radio resources of an unlicensed frequency spectrum. Based on the control information, the radio device (10) controls at least one UL radio transmission on the radio resources of the unlicensed frequency spectrum.
US11019648B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a group communication method and an apparatus. A base station is provided, including: a processor, configured to determine to start scheduling PTM transmission in a first cell, where the scheduling PTM transmission is used to enable UE in the first cell to receive data on a scheduling PTM transmission resource; and a transmitter, configured to: send configuration information of the scheduling PTM transmission to the UE in the first cell, where the configuration information is used to enable the UE in the first cell to receive data according to an indication of the configuration information; and send, on the scheduling PTM transmission resource, data according to the indication of the configuration information.
US11019646B2
A data transmission method, a terminal, and a network device are provided, to improve reliability of data transmission performed by a terminal in a grant-free mode. In embodiments of the present invention, a terminal sends, in a grant-free mode, first data to a network device by using a grant-free resource, and if the terminal needs to switch from the grant-free mode to a grant mode, the terminal sends, in the grant mode, second data to the network device by using a grant resource. When the terminal initially transmits the first data in the grant-free mode, if the terminal needs to switch from the grant-free mode to the grant mode, the terminal may fall back to the grant mode and transmit data in the grant mode. In this way, reliability of data transmission is improved and a success rate of data transmission is improved to a relatively great extent.
US11019644B2
A middle-tier self-organizing network (mSON) may obtain configuration parameters concerning a cluster, one or more operating profiles, and one or more usage schedules respectively associated with the one or more operating profiles, from a centralized self-organizing network (cSON). The mSON may identify a distributed self-organizing network (dSON) of one or more dSONs associated with the cluster and may select, based on identifying the dSON, an operating profile, of the one or more operating profiles, and a respective usage schedule of the one or more usage schedules. The mSON may generate, based on the configuration parameters, monitoring information, and may send the operating profile, the usage schedule, and the monitoring information to the dSON.
US11019641B2
Base stations of neighbor cells can coordinate with each other in allocating grant-free uplink (GUL) resources for a device-to-device (D2D) connection or channel between user equipments (UEs) across the neighbor cells. The base stations coordinate to determine a condition conducive to D2D communication between the UEs. If the condition exists, the base stations coordinate to allocate network resources for D2D communication between the UEs, and establish a D2D connection between the UEs using the allocated network resources for D2D communication.
US11019626B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for data transmission. The method includes: determining a quantity N of first virtual resource blocks VRBs corresponding to first user equipment UE, where the N first VRBs correspond to N virtual subbands for carrying to-be-transmitted data of the first UE, and N is a natural number greater than or equal to 1; determining, based on the quantity N of the first VRBs, a first step corresponding to the N first VRBs, where the first step is used to indicate a distance between two adjacent physical subbands to which the N first VRBs are mapped in a physical resource, and the first step is greater than 1; and determining, based on the first step, N first PRBs corresponding to the N first VRBs, where the N first PRBs correspond to N physical subbands for carrying the to-be-transmitted data.
US11019619B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for mapping demodulation reference signal (DMRS) data to resource elements (REs) within a shortened transmission time interval (sTTI) so as to avoid collision with other reference signal data that the sTTI may be configured to include, such as channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) data, cell-specific reference signal (CRS) data, or the like. A base station may select a DMRS mapping pattern for an sTTI based on one or more factors, including a CSI-RS configuration, a CRS configuration of the sTTI, an antenna port configuration for CRS (e.g., a number of CRS ports and associated number of layers configured for CRS, such as a one port CRS having a two-layer configuration, or a two port CRS having a four-layer configuration), or a type of subframe that includes the sTTI.
US11019618B2
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for transmitting and receiving a sidelink signal by a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: identifying a transmission time interval (TTI) used for transmission by a second UE; determining a resource to be excluded in selecting a resource to be used for transmission by the first UE, based on the identified TTI; selecting a resource to be used for transmission by the first UE from resources other than the excluded resource; and transmitting a sidelink signal on the selected resource.
US11019612B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine that a received physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication is included in multiple downlink association sets, wherein hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information for different downlink association sets is to be reported in different slots; report a valid HARQ-ACK in a first slot indicated by a PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing value associated with the PDSCH communication; and selectively report the valid HARQ-ACK, corresponding to the PDSCH communication, or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) in a second slot based at least in part on whether the second slot occurs before or after the first slot, wherein the second slot is to be used for reporting HARQ-ACK information associated with a downlink association set of the multiple downlink association sets. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11019606B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. According to one embodiment, a method of operating a device includes: selecting a signal format from a plurality of signal formats, each of the plurality of signal formats corresponding to a respective coding and modulation scheme of a plurality of coding and modulation schemes; and sending a request for random access to a base station according to the selected signal format.
US11019592B2
An approach to localizing a mobile device takes advantage of the device reporting the order of its neighboring base stations (BSs) according to the received power of the pilot signals. Based on the received BS order, the agent is located within the intersection of corresponding higher-order Voronoi cells. Assuming that the BSs are deployed according to a Poisson point process (PPP) and that signals are subject to log-normal shadowing, the tradeoff between the ALR and the localization error probability can be characterized. It is shown that increasing the number of reported BSs generally reduces the ALR and improves the localization accuracy at the expense of increasing the localization error.
US11019591B2
A user equipment (UE) can perform dual registration with different radio access technology (RAT) system. The UE registers with a core network of a second system independent of a first system while maintaining registration with a core network of the first system. The UE transmits, to the second system, first information indicating that the UE has the registration with the first system when connecting to the second system. One of the first and second systems may be a LTE system using a first radio access technology (RAT), and the other one may be new RAT system using a second RAT different from the first RAT.
US11019590B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to communication systems, and more particularly, to interpreting a timing advance (TA) command for members of a timing advance group (TAG), such as different uplink component carriers and/or different bandwidth parts, having different numerologies, such as different subcarrier spacing (SCS). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a TA command. The UE interprets the TA command differently for different members of a same TAG, associated with different numerologies. The UE applies a timing adjustment when transmitting an uplink transmission to the BS based, at least in part, on the interpretation.
US11019588B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SS/PBCH block) over a downlink channel of an unlicensed band; identifying a frequency location selected from a set of synchronization raster entries for receiving the SS/PBCH block, wherein the frequency location is aligned with a center resource element (RE) of the SS/PBCH block; determining a first RE in a first lowest frequency domain location of the SS/PBCH block based on the identified frequency location; and determining a second RE in a second lowest frequency domain location of a control resource set #0 (CORESET #0) that includes a fixed frequency offset between the first RE of the SS/PBCH block and the second RE of the CORESET #0.
US11019579B2
A power control method includes: acquiring a power allocation rule; and allocating a transmit power of a UE for each of base stations according to the power allocation rule when receiving a handover instruction or starting to access a target side, and communicating with each of the base stations according to the transmit power; where the base stations include all source base stations before a handover and all target base stations after the handover.
US11019573B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a plurality of transmit power control commands identifying a plurality of transmit power values, wherein the plurality of transmit power control commands relate to a set of out-of-order communications. The UE may determine a transmit power for a communication based at least in part on the plurality of transmit power control commands. The UE may transmit the communication based at least in part on the determining the transmit power. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11019570B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes determining a first operating state in accordance with a first message traffic generated by a non-session based application executing in the UE, setting a state machine in the UE to the first operating state, and transmitting a first message in accordance with the state machine.
US11019567B2
Methods for performing power management of a multi-interface transponder (MIT) device, e.g., such as positional tag device. The MIT device may transition between various power states, e.g., based on detected events, such as detecting movement of the MIT device, receiving a wakeup signal, receiving an indication of a transition in transportation mode, and/or detecting that the MIT device may be lost, such as based on a lack of contact with another device for more than a threshold period of time.
US11019559B2
A method of very high throughput (VHT) operation information subfields design for IEEE 802.11 WLAN is proposed. The VHT operation information subfields comprise a channel width, a channel center frequency segment 0 (CCFS0), and a channel center frequency segment 1 (CCFS1). Multiple definitions of the VHT operation information subfields have been adopted by different access points (AP)s and wireless stations (STAs). In accordance with one novel aspect, upon receiving the VHT operation information element broadcasted by an AP, an STA will first check the channel width indicated by the AP. The STA then follows different definitions under different channel widths. Under such method, the STA can support up to 160 MHz operation mode with APs following different definitions and operating up to 160 MHz mode.
US11019558B2
A wireless local area network (WLAN) association method and device and a central access point (AP), where the method includes receiving, by the central AP, a plurality of association requests, where the plurality of association requests are from at least two APs, and the plurality of association requests have a same basic service set identifier (BSSID), selecting, by the central AP, one association request from the plurality of association requests as a to-be-replied association request, and sending, by the central AP, a first association response to a to-be-associated AP, where the first association response is a reply to the to-be-replied association request, and the to-be-associated AP is an AP in the at least two APs that sends the to-be-replied association request. Only a to-be-associated AP provides a service for a terminal such that a possibility of conflict occurrence is reduced.
US11019552B2
There are provided systems and methods for wireless beacon devices for use in managing transportation service terminals. A user may travel with a device, such as a communication device, that includes a communication module that may utilize specialized hardware features to establish short range wireless communications with nearby wireless beacons. The wireless beacons may be established at or nearby transportation service terminals, such as bus/train stops. The beacon may provide the aforementioned communication services with the communication device and be utilized to determine whether the user will utilize a transportation service for the terminal. If the user wishes to utilize the transportation service, a transportation service may be alerted. The user may also be alerted of an expected time of arrival for the transportation service, other transportation services available at the transportation terminal, and/or of nearby transportation terminals.
US11019547B1
A method and system to control UE handover is disclosed herein. A source base station serving a UE receives from the UE a measurement report that specifies a signal strength of a neighboring target base station. The source base station sets a value of a handover threshold parameter, with the set value being based at least in part on whether the target base station is a relay base station or a non-relay base station. Further, the source base station may compare the specified signal strength of the target base station to the set value of the handover threshold parameter and determine that a handover condition is satisfied. Responsive to making such a determination, the source base station may invoke handover of the UE from the source base station to the target base station.
US11019544B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. This disclosure also relates to a cell reselection operation. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system may include receiving a first scheduling information for a first frequency band from a base station, switching a bandwidth to the first frequency band according to the first scheduling information, starting a timer for the first frequency band, and switching the bandwidth to a second frequency band when the timer expires.
US11019537B2
A fallback mechanism for managing voice over fifth generation (5G) communications is described. In an example, server computing device(s) associated with a 5G network can receive, from a mobile computing device, a request to initiate a voice call over the 5G network. The server computing device(s) can detect a failure to establish the voice call via the 5G network and responsive to detecting the failure to establish the voice call via the 5G network, the server computing device(s) can send, to the mobile computing device, an indication that the voice call failed. The indication can include an instruction to re-attempt to establish the voice call via a different network, and the instruction can cause the mobile computing device to re-attempt, in association with the request, to establish the voice call via the different network.
US11019535B2
A communication control apparatus includes: a storage, which, in operation, stores an offset value of each of parameters of a quality of service (QoS) class identifier (QCI) in association with a property of each of base stations; offset determination circuitry, which, in operation, determines, based on base station identification information included in a request signal that is received, a property of a specific base station that has transmitted the request signal, and determines whether offset of each of the parameters is required for the specific base station based on the property; offset calculation circuitry, which, in operation, calculates an offset value of each of the parameters corresponding to the property of the specific base station when the offset is required; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits information indicating the offset value to the specific base station.
US11019532B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by a terminal configured with a dual connectivity for processing data is provided. The method includes acquiring the data, determining a cell group to preprocess the data based on an amount of the data and a threshold value, preprocessing the data by the determined cell group before receiving an uplink grant for transmitting the data, and determining a radio link control (RLC) sequence number of the preprocessed data based on the uplink grant if the uplink grant is received.
US11019529B2
A system with distributed proxy for reducing traffic in a wireless network satisfies data requests made by a mobile application. The system includes a mobile device having a local proxy for intercepting a data request made by the mobile application. The local proxy simulates application server responses for the mobile application on the mobile device for data requests where responses are available in the local cache. A proxy server is coupled to the mobile device and an application server to which the data request is made. The proxy server is able to communicate with the local proxy. The local proxy forwards the data request to the proxy server for transmission to the application server for a response to the data request. The proxy server queries the application server for any changes to the data request that the mobile application has previously made and notifies the local proxy of such changes.
US11019522B2
Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to report periodic channel state information (CSI) to an eNodeB is disclosed. The UE can determine a reporting period (Npd) of a serving cell of the UE. The UE can determine a Time-Division Duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration of a primary cell of the UE. The UE can encode multiple periodic CSI reports for transmission to the eNodeB using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) on the primary cell according to the reporting period Npd.
US11019518B2
A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising: first configuration parameters of a plurality of cells comprising a primary cell and a secondary cell; and bandwidth part configuration parameters comprising a value for a bandwidth part inactivity timer. A downlink control information is received on an active bandwidth part of the primary cell. The downlink control information indicates a resource assignment. In response to the receiving the downlink control information, a determination is made that no random access procedure is ongoing on the secondary cell. The bandwidth part inactivity timer of the active bandwidth part of the primary cell is started in response to the determining. In response to an expiry of the bandwidth part inactivity timer, a switch is made from the active bandwidth part to a default bandwidth part.
US11019514B2
A system and method that utilize data from co-sited cells that transmit and receive data on frequencies that are licensed to different operators facilitate sharing cellular configuration and performance data without revealing proprietary data to competing operators. Detection of external interference is enhanced by data from different operators.
US11019510B2
Embodiments are provided for managing and mitigation contention of high reliability and low latency transmissions in wireless communications networks. According to an embodiment, a network entity indicates a first grant to a first device associated with a first service. The first grant includes a first resource for transmitting for the first service and a second resource for retransmitting for the first service. The network entity also indicates a second grant to a second device associated with a second service. The second grant includes the first resource for transmitting for the second service and a third resource for retransmitting for the second service. A third grant is also indicated to a third device associated with a third service. The third grant includes the first resource for transmitting for the third service. The first service and the second service have higher transmission reliability and latency requirements than the third service.
US11019504B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to on-demand cell coverage extension for broadcast signals are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a first extended cell coverage request. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a first broadcast communication signal in an extended cell coverage mode in response to the first extended cell coverage request. The first broadcast communication signal includes a system information block repeated in at least one of a time domain or a frequency domain.
US11019498B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computer device, conference information defining parameters of a conference; receiving, by the computer device, conference constraints relative to location types; generating, by the computer device, a rule set based on the conference constraints and the location types; obtaining, by the computer device, location information of participant devices connected to the conference; determining, by the computer device and for each one of the participant devices connected to the conference, whether one of the conference constraints applies to the one of the participant devices based on the location of the one of the participant devices and the rule set; and in response to determining that one of the conference constraints applies to the one of the participant devices, the computer device applying the one of the conference constraints applies to the one of the participant devices.
US11019483B2
An access point (300, 400) and a method (100) performed thereby for communicating with a wireless device are provided. The access point supports two or more virtual networks. The method (100) comprising receiving (110) a probe request from the wireless device, the probe request comprising an indication whether the wireless device supports Multiple Basic Service Set Identifier, M-BSSID, capability or not; and sending (130) a probe response to the wireless device in accordance with the indication comprised in the probe request.
US11019479B2
In order to establish a mesh network, an electronic device may iteratively identify one or more mesh-network nodes and may determine associated duty-cycle ratios based on communication with the one or more mesh-network nodes. In particular, the electronic device may select candidate mesh-network nodes based on estimated throughput metrics of their communication with a root device in the mesh network. Then, for each of the candidate mesh-network nodes, the electronic device may associate with a given candidate mesh-network node, and may measure the throughput of the given candidate mesh-network node during a time interval by communicating packets. Based on comparisons of the measured throughputs, the electronic device may identify the one or more mesh-network nodes in the candidate mesh-network nodes and may determine the associated duty-cycle ratios. Subsequently, the electronic device communicates information with the root device via the one or more mesh-network nodes based on the duty-cycle ratios.
US11019478B2
Method for providing a count indication of radio devices to a radio network, particularly in idle or in-active mode, comprising transmitting a presence message to a first base station of the radio network based on a reporting rule, which presence message indicates presence of a radio device within a dedicated coverage area of the radio network. The reporting rule may include a probability rule, wherein said presence message is transmitted from the radio device responsive to an outcome of a probability check, based on the probability rule, indicating that the radio device shall transmit the presence message. The reporting rule may also be transmitted responsive to the radio device making a cell reselection to the first cell. After receiving an acknowledgement presence message from the base station, connection setup to the network is terminated.
US11019476B2
There is provided a communication device having a wireless interface (20) including a transceiver (28) and a controller (38) configured to use the transceiver when applying a first protocol, which is a Bluetooth BR/EDR protocol, and also when applying a second protocol, which is suitable for audio streaming, and to use the transceiver for a Bluetooth BR/EDR inquiry scan and/or page scan procedure for data packets sent by an external device (40), wherein the scan procedure comprises a set of N scan segments during which the transceiver is used for inquiry/page scanning, each scan segment having a start time and a frequency, wherein each scan segment is executed during idle times of the second protocol; wherein the duration of each scan segment is at least 1,0055 ms and less than 10.625 ms; wherein the set of scan segments comprises at least two different frequencies and wherein the frequency changes more often than every 1.28 sec.
US11019475B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a mobile device accessory that includes a first housing defining a first attachment surface that is configured to adhere to another surface, a user input mechanism configured to activate in response to input by a user of the mobile device, and circuitry configured to activate in response to activation of the user input mechanism, wherein activation of the circuitry (i) causes an audible alarm to be emitted by the mobile device, or (ii) causes a software application to be executed on a mobile device, or (iii) both.
US11019473B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication device and a communication method. The communication device according to one embodiment comprises an acquisition unit, a determining unit, and a trigger unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire distribution information of user devices in a dynamic network, said user devices at least comprising a slave device, the slave device in device-to-device communication acquiring a communication service by means of a master device. The determined unit is configured to determining a re-configuration method of the dynamic network on the basis of the acquired information. The trigger unit is configured to trigger the re-configuration of the dynamic network on the basis of the determined method.
US11019472B2
A method for configuring access point network settings using a data connection setting application operating on a wireless device is disclosed. The data connection setting application is operable to accesses settings configuration and data from a memory and/or a SIM card, and compare it with wireless network requirements to determine whether the settings need to be reconfigured. Based on the determination, the data connection setting application can enable the display of instructions to a user and provide tools to fill in information required to reconfigure the wireless device according to wireless network requirements for the specific wireless device.
US11019467B2
Systems and methods for maintaining and dynamically updating an inactivity timer at a user equipment to detect a one-way audio or mute call to improve call experience are disclosed. The method enables the user equipment to perform an action (e.g., enable, disable, drop call, don't drop call, etc.) when a one-way audio or mute call is detected. Instead of hardcoding values for the timer and/or action parameters within the user equipment (for example, by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM)), these parameter values can be dynamically determined and communicated to the user equipment by a telecommunications service provider based on one or more of the following factors: network health, network congestion, current events, type of call (emergency v. non-emergency), type of customer (business, premium, residential, etc.), service-level agreement, and so on.
US11019451B2
Systems and methods include a beacon associated with a first unique identifier; a meeting server configured to receive user information for one of a plurality of user devices, assign the first unique identifier to one of the user devices based in part on similarities between the user information and an entity associated with the beacon, and create a digital asset including the first unique identifier and first information; and a communication interface configured to transmit the digital asset to the one of the plurality of user devices. The beacon can broadcast the first unique identifier via a short-range transmission at a first location, and the one of the plurality of user devices can detect the first unique identifier at the first location, compare it to the identifier associated with the digital asset to determine a match, and display a notification including the first information.
US11019450B2
Various embodiments include a directional awareness audio communication system and method. The system may include remote speaker/transmitting device(s) and listener/receiving device(s). The speaker/transmitting device(s) may send real-time location information with audio or separate from the audio to the listener/receiving device(s). The listener/receiving device(s) use the speaker/transmitting device(s) location information relative to the listener/receiving device location and orientation to perform audio processing on the transmitted audio signal. The listener/receiving device(s) provide the processed audio signal in stereo (i.e., at least two speakers such as left and right headphones, vehicle speakers, control center speakers, surround sound speakers, etc.) to a user of the listener/receiving device. The listener/receiving device(s) provides a warning and outputs standard audio if the real-time location information of the speaker/transmitting device(s) is unavailable or unreliable. In various embodiments, the listener device provides haptic and/or visual feedback of the speaker device location with respect to the listener device location.
US11019449B2
A device and method for backward compatibility for virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), augmented reality (AR), computer vision, and graphics systems. The device and method enable rendering audio data with more degrees of freedom on devices that support fewer degrees of freedom. The device includes memory configured to store audio data representative of a soundfield captured at a plurality of capture locations, metadata that enables the audio data to be rendered to support N degrees of freedom, and adaptation metadata that enables the audio data to be rendered to support M degrees of freedom. The device also includes one or more processors coupled to the memory, and configured to adapt, based on the adaptation metadata, the audio data to provide the M degrees of freedom, and generate speaker feeds based on the adapted audio data.
US11019446B2
Method for generating and outputting an acoustic multichannel signal, comprising the steps of: supplying a stereo signal (S), splitting the supplied stereo signal (S) into a plurality of perception-direction-dependent acoustic signal components (S.1-S.5), generating an acoustic multichannel signal by mixing each perception-direction-dependent acoustic signal component (S.1-S.5) onto an output channel (4.1-4.12) of an acoustic output apparatus (4) that comprises a plurality of, in particular more than two, acoustic output channels (4.1-4.12), outputting the generated multichannel signal over respective acoustic output channels (4.1-4.12) of the acoustic output apparatus (4).
US11019444B2
A method of forming a device having a compliant member includes applying heat to a thermoplastic elastomer to maintain the thermoplastic elastomer in a softened state. The thermoplastic elastomer is extruded in the softened state as a film of thermoplastic elastomer. One or more of a bobbin and a housing, each having and end, is positioned such that the end extends at least partially into the film of thermoplastic elastomer. The positioning occurs when the thermoplastic elastomer is in the softened state and/or the bobbin and/or housing is at a temperature that is greater than a temperature of the film of thermoplastic elastomer. The film is cooled so that the bobbin and/or housing are secured to the film and so that the thermoplastic elastomer is in a state that exhibits rubber-like properties.
US11019441B2
A position sensor may include a resonator attachable to a first object, and an antenna attachable to a second object and driven at a resonant frequency of the resonator. A change in a position of the first object relative to the second object may be sensed as a change in a power of the antenna when the antenna is driven at the resonant frequency of the resonator. The first object may be a former of a speaker, and a voice coil of the speaker may be positioned on the former together with the position sensor. In operation, the antenna may output a position signal to an external system of electronics, indicating a position of the voice coil. The external system of electronics may perform feedback processing to compensate for nonlinearities in the voice coil's position when the voice coil is used to drive a diaphragm of the speaker.
US11019432B2
A speaker includes a frame, a magnet, a diaphragm, a first coil, and a second coil assembly. The second coil assembly includes at least one second coil group, and each second coil group includes two second coils. The magnet and the diaphragm are mounted on the frame. The first coil and each second coil are coupled to the diaphragm. The first coil is configured to drive the diaphragm to vibrate. The second coil assembly is configured to, when the diaphragm vibrates and a difference between vibration displacements of two vibration regions in the diaphragm that are correspondingly coupled to two second coils in any second coil group exceeds a preset threshold, drive at least one of the two vibration regions to move to reduce the difference between the vibration displacements of the two vibration regions.
US11019431B2
An audio system is provided. The audio system includes a sound tube, wherein at least a portion of the sound tube includes a rigid hollow tube portion, at least one answer button, at least one hang-up button, a digital audio player port, a wireless transceiver module, a spring clip, a microphone, and a pair of ear buds.
US11019430B2
A display apparatus is capable of outputting a stereo sound. The display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a sound generating device on a rear surface of the display panel; a rear cover on the rear surface of the display panel and configured to support the sound generating device; a partition member between the rear surface of the display panel and the rear cover and configured to divide the display panel into first, second, third, fourth and fifth areas; and first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sound generating devices attached to the rear surface of the display panel and configured to vibrate the display panel. The first, second, third, fourth and fifth sound generating devices are in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth areas, respectively.
US11019418B2
An electronic device with a display is paired with a set of wireless audio output devices, including a first wireless audio output device for outputting audio to a right ear of a user and a second wireless audio output device for outputting audio to a left ear of the user. In response to a request to display status information about the set of wireless audio output devices, the electronic device displays a status user interface, including concurrently displaying a first battery status indicator for the first wireless audio output device with an indication that battery status indicator relates to the device for outputting audio to the right ear of the user and a second battery status indicator for the second wireless audio output device with an indication that battery status indicator relates to the device for outputting audio to the left ear of the user.
US11019417B2
A hearing assistance device is described that includes: a behind-ear portion including a rechargeable energy source and a processor. The hearing assistance device further includes an in-ear portion including a processor, a microphone, and a speaker. The hearing assistant device further includes a tether configured to transmit electrical energy from the rechargeable energy source to the in-ear portion and communicatively couple the processor of the behind-ear portion with the processor of the in-ear portion. processor of the behind-ear portion and the processor of the in-ear portion communicate via the tether using a first communication protocol and the processor of the behind-ear portion and a processor of an external computing device communicate outside the tether using a second communication protocol that is different than or same as the first communication protocol.
US11019415B2
A front left speaker cover for a front left speaker includes a first hole forming portion in which holes each having a bottom are formed. The first hole forming portion is a section including a first edge of the front left speaker cover. The holes include a first hole and a second hole. The first hole is formed in the first edge of the front left speaker cover and opens in a surface direction of the front left speaker cover. The second hole is formed in a section different from the first edge and a fourth edge. The distance from the surface of the front left speaker cover to the bottom of the first hole is shorter than the distance from the surface of the front left speaker cover to the bottom of the second hole.
US11019414B2
A wearable microphone array apparatus and system used as a directional audio system and as an assisted listening device. The present invention advances hearing aids and assisted listening devices to allow construction of a highly directional audio array that is wearable, natural sounding, and convenient to direct, as well as to provide directional cues to users who have partial or total loss of hearing in one or both ears. The advantages of the invention include simultaneously providing high gain, high directivity, high side lobe attenuation, and consistent beam width; providing significant beam forming at lower frequencies where substantial noises are present, particularly in noisy, reverberant environments; and allowing construction of a cost effective body-worn or body-carried directional audio device.
US11019407B2
A content processing system obtains an identification associated with a device configured to receive content, generates a digital watermark reflecting the receiving device's identification, provides watermarked content by including the digital watermark in the content, and transmits the watermarked content from an edge computing device to the receiving device for the playback. The digital watermark is not visually observable during playback of the watermarked content, and it enables tracking of transmission of the watermarked content.
US11019406B2
A receiving device is provided that includes circuitry configured to receive audio video content and extract a feature from either one or both of a video signal and an audio signal of the received audio video content. The circuitry is configured to send the extracted feature to a feature identification server and receive, from the feature identification server, a response including location information and time position information. The circuitry is configured to generate a request based on the location information and the time position information, and send the request to a server associated with the location information. Further, the circuitry is configured to receive data broadcasting information from the server and control a display in accordance with the data broadcasting information.
US11019404B2
According to one implementation, a multi-protocol message distribution system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a multi-protocol messaging software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the multi-protocol messaging software code to receive a first video stream including programming content and at least one command message for distribution to multiple destination devices. The first video stream further includes multiple command message protocols for enabling execution of the command message. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the multi-protocol messaging software code to identify a command message protocol requirement of each of the destination devices, and to selectively address a second video stream including the programming content, the command message, and at least one of the command message protocols for enabling execution of the command message to each of the destination devices based on its respective command message protocol requirement.
US11019396B2
An Internet Protocol television system includes a set-top box that receives requests to display video streams being transmitted to a household. In response to the request, the set-top box provides a list of the video streams to a display device. The list includes options to terminate transmission of one or more of the streams. This allows a user to determine which video streams should be transmitted when bandwidth limitations are reached.
US11019389B2
An enhanced viewing device may move with a user as the user moves around the room. An amount of movement associated with the enhanced viewing device may be determined. Based on the amount of movement, an enhanced viewing experience may be determined and displayed to the user.
US11019383B2
An Internet anti-attack method includes: an authentication server receives a service access request, sent by a user, from a content delivery network node group through a WEB interface, where the service access request includes an IP address of the user. The authentication server sends an access authentication request to a security gateway, where the access authentication request includes the IP address of the user, and the access authentication request is used to instruct the security gateway to allow a service-serving request that includes the IP address of the user to be sent to the service server.
US11019380B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to determine media exposure of a panelist are disclosed. An example apparatus include a data extractor to determine an anonymized identifier from media monitoring data corresponding to a personal people meter of a panelist; a filter to filter anonymized census data from a plurality of media devices based on the anonymized identifier; a data supplementer to backfill the media monitoring data using the filtered anonymized census data; and a media creditor to credit exposure to media for the panelist based on the backfilled media monitoring data.
US11019377B2
The present invention provides an apparatus of transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus including, an encoder for encoding service data, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded service data, a modulator for modulating data in the built at lease one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US11019375B2
Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method and an apparatus a broadcast receiver for a conditional access system (CAS) information download. The CAS information download method includes acquiring broadcast provider information. The method also includes, selecting a broadcast provider based on the broadcast provider information. The method further includes, transmitting a subscription request including identity information of the broadcast reception device to a broadcast provider server of the selected broadcast provider. The method also includes, downloading CAS information from a CAS server.
US11019374B2
In various embodiments, an interpolation-based encoding application encodes a first subsequence included in a media title at each encoding point included in a first set of encoding points to generate encoded subsequences. Subsequently, the interpolation-based encoding application performs interpolation operation(s) based on the encoded subsequences to estimate a first media metric value associated with a first encoding point that is not included in the first set of encoding points. The interpolation-based encoding application then generates an encoding recipe based on the encoded subsequences and the first media metric value. The encoding recipe specifies a different encoding point for each subsequence included in the media title. After determining that the encoding recipe specifies the first encoding point for the first subsequence, the interpolation-based encoding application encodes the first subsequence at the first encoding point to generate at least a portion of an encoded version of the media title.
US11019370B2
Devices, methods, and storage media provide for identifying, by an ad insertion device, at least one prospect for inserting a selected ad via a set of hidden channels during a target programming timeslot based on ad schedules for a plurality of networks; determining based on hidden channel usage data for a programming timeslot corresponding to the target programming timeslot, that a likelihood of availability of at least one hidden channel of the set of hidden channels during the target programming timeslot exceeds a first threshold level; and sending an instruction to an interface device to insert the selected ad via the at least one hidden channel during the target programming timeslot.
US11019364B2
A machine-learned image compression model includes a first encoder configured to generate a first image code based at least in part on first image data. The first encoder includes a first series of convolutional layers configured to generate a first series of respective feature maps based at least in part on the first image. A second encoder is configured to generate a second image code based at least in part on second image data and includes a second series of convolutional layers configured to generate a second series of respective feature maps based at least in part on the second image and disparity-warped feature data. Respective parametric skip functions associated convolutional layers of the second series are configured to generate disparity-warped feature data based at least in part on disparity associated with the first series of respective feature maps and the second series of respective feature maps.
US11019362B2
Provided are an information processing device and an information processing method that enable suppression of a reduction in coding efficiency while suppressing a reduction in subjective quality. Information regarding a three-dimensional region is encoded on the basis of a distribution related to overlapping of visual fields of the three-dimensional region to be imaged by a plurality of imaging units, the distribution being specified by using a parameter relating to overlapping of visual fields that are imaging ranges of the plurality of imaging units.
US11019359B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information for a current block in a current picture. The prediction information indicates that a chroma coding block included in the current block is coded in an intra block copy mode and has a plurality of sub-blocks. The processing circuitry determines whether a first deblocking filter is to be applied to the plurality of sub-blocks of the chroma coding block. When the first deblocking filter is determined to be applied to the plurality of sub-blocks of the chroma coding block, the processing circuitry applies the first deblocking filter to samples adjacent to a boundary of a combined sub-block including a subset of the plurality of sub-blocks, and then reconstructs the current block based on the samples to which the first deblocking filter is applied.
US11019354B2
Apparatuses, methods and computer programs are provided for utilizing motion prediction in video coding. A block of pixels of a video representation encoded in a bitstream is read, and a type of the block is determined. If the determining indicates that the block is a block predicted by using two or more reference blocks, a first reference pixel location in a first reference block is determined and a second reference pixel location in a second reference block is determined. The first reference pixel location is used to obtain a first prediction. The first prediction has a second precision, which is higher than the first precision. The second reference pixel location is used to obtain a second prediction, which also has the second precision. The first prediction and the second prediction are combined to obtain a combined prediction; and the precision of the combined prediction is reduced to the first precision.
US11019352B2
The entropy coding of a current part of a predetermined entropy slice is based on, not only, the respective probability estimations of the predetermined entropy slice as adapted using the previously coded part of the predetermined entropy slice, but also probability estimations as used in the entropy coding of a spatially neighboring, in entropy slice order preceding entropy slice at a neighboring part thereof. Thereby, the probability estimations used in entropy coding are adapted to the actual symbol statistics more closely, thereby lowering the coding efficiency decrease normally caused by lower-delay concepts. Temporal interrelationships are exploited additionally or alternatively.
US11019349B2
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by automating the client-side transcoding of video data based on content. For example, an appropriate transcoding configuration can be selected for video data having complex motion or textures. Accordingly, video quality can be improve when complex motions or textures are present.
US11019347B2
A compression method for high-resolution light field display is disclosed for applications in which computer memory constraints and latency are critical. The disclosed compression algorithm takes advantage of the 3D structure of a light field to compress the raw light field information with a fixed compression ratio and simple decoding instructions. The compressed high-resolution light field achieves a reduced bandwidth with acceptable quality, and is packed in a way that can be transmitted using common interfaces. In a preferred embodiment, the compression algorithm is used as a post-processing stage after light field information acquisition or after rendering. In a further preferred embodiment, the compression algorithm is incorporated into the acquisition or rendering procedure to reduce memory and rendering processing. These and further embodiments generate a compressed light field with all information required for direct display.
US11019345B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for improving the accuracy of intra-prediction in order to improve encoding and decoding efficiency. The video decoding method may improve the prediction efficiency for the current pixel to be predicted by referring to the degree of variation in surrounding pixels, to thereby effectively decode the bit stream with improved encoding efficiency. In addition, an additional prediction candidate is used to achieve improved accuracy of intra-prediction, and the thus-improved accuracy of intra-prediction may reduce residual components and improve encoding efficiency. Further, an improved planar mode is utilized to achieve improved intra-prediction.
US11019344B2
A method for video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, parameters of a cross-component linear model based on selected chroma samples based on positions of the chroma samples, wherein the selected chroma samples are selected from a group of neighboring chroma samples; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
US11019343B2
A data block encoding method and apparatus are provided. The data block encoding method includes: determining whether a data block includes an intensive edge region, where the intensive edge region is a region including an image distortion generated by ring noise, and the data block is a data block in a to-be-encoded image; and when the data block includes an intensive edge region, reducing a value of a quantization parameter used for encoding the data block, and encoding the data block by using a reduced value of the quantization parameter, or dividing the data block into multiple coding units of different sizes according to different coding layers, adjusting rate-distortion costs of the multiple coding units of different sizes, and encoding the data block by using a coding unit with a minimum rate-distortion cost obtained after the adjustment.
US11019342B2
An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; writing, into the sequence parameter set, reference list description defining information for defining a plurality of reference list descriptions corresponding to the buffer descriptions; and writing, into a first header of each processing unit which is included in a coded bitstream, buffer description selecting information for specifying a selected buffer description.
US11019335B2
Provided is an image decoding method of decoding an image, the image decoding method including: obtaining at least one of block shape information and split shape information about a first coding unit included in the image, from a bitstream; determining at least one second coding unit included in the first coding unit based on at least one of the block shape information and the split shape information; and decoding the image based on the at least one second coding unit, wherein the block shape information indicates a shape of the first coding unit and the split shape information indicates whether the first coding unit is split into the at least one second coding unit. Also, provided is an image encoding method corresponding to the image decoding method. Also, provided is an image encoding apparatus and image decoding apparatus for respectively performing the image encoding method and image decoding method.
US11019324B2
The present invention provides a highly reliable stereo camera in which it is possible to prevent the heat generated by an image processing element from contributing to an increase in the temperature of an image sensor, even if the stereo camera is made more compact and the heat density is thus increased inside the stereo camera. The present invention includes: a pair of image sensors 106 that have respective imaging elements disposed at the same height with a space therebetween; image processing elements 109 that are disposed between the image sensors and process image signals captured by the image sensors 106; a casing 105 that has the image processing elements and the image sensors incorporated therein, and in the area between the image sensors, has an inclined surface that is inclined from the image sensors 106 downward toward the imaging direction of the image sensors 106; an airflow path 301 that is defined so as to extend along the inclined surface of the casing 105 toward the imaging direction; and heat dissipating parts 120 that are thermally connected to the respective image processing elements 109 and disposed on the inclined surface so as to face the airflow path.
US11019321B2
A method for encoding a colour transform is disclosed that comprises encoding first parameters representative of video signal characteristics of colour output decoded pictures remapped by said at least one color transform; and encoding second parameters representative of said at least one colour transform.
US11019319B2
Disclosed are implementations, including a method for video presentation to cause controllable stimulation of a subject's eyes, that includes preparing a video presentation comprising successive frames of moving images, and, for one or more of the successive frames, selecting a target feature(s) represented in the moving images, with the moving images further comprising one or more background features, the target feature causing stimulation of one of a first eye or a second eye of the subject. For at least some of the frames in which the target feature(s) appears, the method also includes controlling a first contrast characteristic of the target feature(s) to form a first portion of the moving images, and controlling a second contrast characteristic of the one or more background features to form a second portion of the moving images. The method further includes providing the prepared video presentation.
US11019313B2
A projection optical apparatus includes a first lens group including a first optical axis, a first optical path deflector, a second optical path deflector, a second lens group including a second optical axis, a first lens barrel, a second lens barrel and a frame. The frame includes a frame main body and a cover frame. The frame main body includes a lens barrel attachment part including first and second openings, and first and second side parts facing each other and extending in a direction along a plane containing the first optical axis and a third optical axis between the first optical path deflector and the second optical path deflector. The cover frame is disposed at an opposite side to a lens barrel attachment part side with respect to the first and second optical path deflectors, and includes an outer circumferential part fixed to the the first and second side parts.
US11019303B2
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling, size information of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs) and time interleaver information shared by the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.
US11019300B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing soundtrack information during the playback of video content. A video content item is rendered upon a display. A command is received from a user. In response to this command, a current time in the playback of the video content item is determined. Further, an item associated with the current time in the playback is identified. The item is featured in corresponding video or audio content of the video content item at the current time when the command is received. An information user interface is rendered upon the display to provide information regarding the identified item.
US11019289B2
An imaging device includes: a pixel including a photoelectric converter that generates signal charge by photoelectric conversion, and a charge accumulation region that accumulates the signal charge, the pixel being configured to output a signal corresponding to a voltage of the charge accumulation region; a signal line electrically connected to the pixel, the signal being transmitted through the signal line; a first switch that is electrically connected to the signal line and that has input-output characteristics in which an output is linear with respect to an input up to a clipping voltage and the output is clipped at the clipping voltage with respect to the input exceeding the clipping voltage; and a second switch that is electrically connected to the signal line and that has input-output characteristics in which an output is linear with respect to an input.
US11019275B2
A method and apparatus for capturing images with a high degree of movements in a captured scene are provided. The method includes receiving, by an image sensor, a sequence of images including a plurality of RGB image frames and color event data, generating a plurality of pseudo color filter array (CFA) frames based on the color event data, and generating dynamic images by combining the plurality of RGB image frames and the plurality of pseudo CFA frames.
US11019273B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an image processing device with a processor and non-transitory memory. The method includes triggering light emission, over a first emission duration, having a characterizing intensity as a function of time. The method further includes obtaining respective pixel events, from an event camera, corresponding to reflections of the light emission during the first emission duration, each respective pixel event corresponding to a breach of a respective comparator threshold indicative of a brightness level, each respective pixel event characterized by a respective electrical threshold value and a timestamp at which the respective electrical threshold value was breached. The method also includes generating a static image by determining a plurality of luminance estimation values from the respective pixel events, wherein the plurality of luminance estimation values respectively correspond to an amount of reflected light received by portions of the event camera.
US11019272B2
Automatic exposure control for audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, an A/V recording and communication device is provided, comprising: a camera configured to capture image data of a foreground object within a field of view of the camera; a communication module; and a processing module comprising: a processor; and a camera application that configures the processor to: detect motion within the field of view that includes an active image region; capture image data of the field of view; detect the foreground object in the active image region and determine an external lighting level associated with the foreground object; determine at least one exposure control gain setting based on the determined external lighting level; and apply the at least one exposure control gain setting to configure the camera to capture image data focused on the foreground object.
US11019267B2
An apparatus includes a moving unit configured to move a focus detection position based on a user operation, within a predetermined range of an image, a display control unit configured to perform display control for displaying an enlarged portion of the image, and a control unit configured to perform control for displaying a display item that indicates the focus detection position and an indicator that indicates the predetermined range, together with the enlarged portion of the image, in a specific state including a state where the enlarged portion of the image is displayed.
US11019258B2
The disclosure includes generating a stream of panoramic images. A method includes determining a first matching camera module. The method includes constructing a first camera map that associates a first pixel location in a first panoramic image to the first matching camera module, wherein the first pixel location corresponds to the point in a panorama from a first viewing direction. The method includes generating, based on the first camera map, a stream of first panoramic images.
US11019257B2
In a system for 360 degree video capture and playback, 360 degree video may be captured, stitched, encoded, decoded, rendered, and played-back. In one or more implementations, a stitching device may be configured to stitch the 360 degree video using an intermediate coordinate system between an input picture coordinate system and a capture coordinate system. In one or more implementations, the stitching device may be configured to stitch the 360 degree video into at least two different projection formats using a projection format decision, and an encoding device may be configured to encode the stitched 360 degree video with signaling that indicates the at least two different projection formats. In one or more implementations, the stitching device may be configured to stitch the 360 degree video with multiple viewing angles, and a rendering device may be configured to render the decoded bitstream using one or more suggested viewing angles.
US11019256B2
An image processing system includes: a plurality of imaging devices each of which includes an image processing unit that executes image processing including development processing of RAW data obtained by imaging; and an information processing device that acquires power supply information regarding power supply states of the plurality of imaging devices, selects the imaging device that executes the development processing according to the power supply state represented by the acquired power supply information, and causes the selected imaging device to execute the development processing.
US11019254B2
An image processing apparatus that causes an effect of emission of virtual light to be applied in a captured image includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a correction unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire ambient light distribution information in the captured image. The determination unit is configured, based on the ambient light distribution information acquired by the acquisition unit, to determine a color characteristic of a virtual light source that is a light source of the virtual light. The correction unit is configured, based on the color characteristic of the virtual light source determined by the determination unit, to make a correction by which the effect of the virtual light is applied in a partial area of the captured image.
US11019247B2
An imaging system that includes a plurality of mobile type apparatus. Each of the plurality of mobile type apparatuses performs, in a case where a preset imaging target and a mobile type apparatus to which a role of an imaging target is assigned are present in an acquired image, a control for forming an image on a recording medium, discharges the recording medium on which the image is formed, to a preset delivery target in a deliverable state, and controls movement of the mobile type apparatus for delivering the recording medium to a delivery target. The plurality of mobile type apparatuses include at least one mobile type apparatus to which the role of the imaging target is assigned, and at least one mobile type apparatus to which a role of a imaging responsibility is assigned.
US11019237B2
Multiple image capture devices may individually generate time information and capture images. Individual image captures devices may receive time information of other image capture device(s). Individual image capture devices may transmit its time information to other image capture device(s) independent of reception of the time information of other image capture device(s). Individual image capture devices may generate time synchronization information for the captured images based on its time information and the received time information of other image capture device(s). Images captured by different image capture devices may be time-synchronized based on at least one of generated time-synchronization information.
US11019221B2
A Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) can be aware of whether a UE connects through a cellular or WIFI connection through a gateway. Management messages can be modified to allow the PCEF volume based online charging functionality to remain in the core network (i.e. in the P-GW/PCEF). Session management messaging between the ISWN (ISW-GW) and the core network (P-GW/PCEF) may be modified so that the core network may be notified when the ISWN moves a bearer, or flow, from one RAT to another. Alternately, PCEF volume based online charging functionality can be added to the ISWN. The PCEF of the ISWN can be tasked with performing volume based online charging while the UE is in the ISWN.
US11019211B1
Machine learning technology can analyze in real-time the data from a call between a person and a customer service representative. Based on this analysis, a server can determine a sentiment score that describes a sentiment expressed by the person or the customer service representative. If the server determines that the sentiment score is less than or equal to a pre-determined value, the server can inform the customer service representative's manager so that the manager can take further action to help the person and/or the customer service representative.
US11019206B2
A computer aided prioritization (CAP) system may receive, from the emergency event reporter device, an emergency event including a priority selected from a set of event priorities and a type of event selected from a set of event types associated with the selected event priority; determine, based on the emergency event and without querying the emergency event reporter device for additional information, whether the emergency event indicates a higher priority emergency event to be handled by a computer aided dispatch (CAD) system or a lower priority emergency event to be handled automatically by a computer aided event module (CAEM); and selectively route the emergency event report to at least one of the CAD system and the CAEM according to the determination.
US11019200B2
Embodiments provide a method for providing a call center supplemental workflow tool, including: receiving from a database a workflow decisional matrix, a plurality of questions, and a plurality of scripts; displaying a web-based graphical user interface on a display providing at least one question or one script; receiving user input; determining, at least another question or at least another script, to be displayed, wherein determining is based upon the user input and the decisional matrix and advances the workflow; based upon the decisional matrix, determining that the workflow has been completed; providing an output of the questions displayed and the user input received; and the output being provided to a primary software application. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11019198B1
Methods and systems are provided for providing enhanced incoming call notifications for users who utilized a relay application designed for those with speech, visual, or hearing impairments or disabilities. An indication that a calling party is attempting to initiate an incoming call intended for a receiving party that utilizes a relay application that assists users having hearing, visual, or speech disabilities is received by an intermediate party. A chat session is established utilizing the relay application between the intermediate party and the calling party. Additionally, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) session is established that does not include a voice session. Upon the chat session being terminated from within the relay application, the VoIP session is terminated.
US11019194B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes instructions for commissioning a power meter that has a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to discover the presence of the power meter by recognizing a signal produced by the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter and receive a unique identifier for the power meter. When the received unique identifier matches a unique identifier stored by the power meter, the mobile device will establish a communication link between the mobile device and the power meter using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter and will transmit one or more commissioning parameters to the power meter via the established communication link between the mobile device and the power meter.
US11019191B1
In aspects of shareable devices, a shareable device implements a device sharing module that can recognize a user intends to claim the shareable device for temporary use. For instance, the device sharing module can determine that multiple users are present within a distance threshold of the shareable device and identify one of the users as intending to claim the shareable device. The device sharing module can then authenticate the identified user to the shareable device, without requiring user input, to enable claiming of the shareable device. The shareable device can obtain personalized content associated with the identified user for use on the shareable device. The device sharing module can then establish an interactive session which enables the identified user to access the personalized content through applications and services available on the shareable device.
US11019185B1
One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, at a network device and from an information handling device, a request to connect to a network; receiving, from the information handling device, an indication of an expected data usage to be used by the information handling device on the network; enabling, responsive to approving of the expected data usage, the information handling device to connect to the network; determining, using a processor, whether an actual data usage by the information handling device is different than the expected data usage; and performing, responsive to determining that the actual data usage is different than the expected data usage, an action. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11019184B2
The disclosure relates to a data processing device, comprising: a processing element configured to process a plurality of data packets according to a communication protocol to provide a plurality of processed data packets each comprising a first part and a second part; and an interface configured to offload the second parts of the plurality of processed data packets to a remote data processing device and configured to notify the remote processing device of the offload of the second parts of the plurality of processed data packets.
US11019179B2
A method and system for improving access to network content are described. Aspects of the disclosure minimize the delay between a navigation event and a network response by prerendering the next navigation event. For example, the method and system may predict a likely next uniform resource locator during web browsing to preemptively request content from the network before the user selects the corresponding link on a web page. The methods and systems describe a variety of manners for prerendering content and managing and configuring prerendering operations.
US11019170B2
A computer-implemented method of caching multi-session data communications in a computer network, includes the steps of: (a) receiving, intercepting, or monitoring one or more data sessions between a client executing a multi-session application for retrieving a desired content object and one or more metadata services, said client communicating with the one or more metadata services to discover metadata for the content object; (b) analyzing queries and responses exchanged between the client and the one of more metadata services to discover metadata for the content object; (c) receiving or intercepting subsequent data sessions between the client and content sources; (d) identifying a data protocol used by the client and identifying data queries within the data sessions; (e) identifying the content object or portions thereof requested by the client in the data queries; and (f) determining if the content object or portions thereof are stored in cache and, if so, sending the content object or portions thereof stored in cache to the client, and, if not, sending the data queries to the content sources, storing data responses from the content sources, and sending the data responses to the client.
US11019166B2
Management services for distributed computing architectures using rolling changes are provided herein. An example system includes clusters of nodes providing services and a plurality of management servers, each of the plurality of management servers including: at least a distributed coordination service for the clusters of nodes, the distributed coordination service being a datastore; and a constructor that manages allocation and life cycle deployments of the nodes of the clusters, the constructor further configured to manage topological changes to nodes of the clusters by implement rolling attribute changes for the nodes.
US11019156B1
A catalogue system automatically detects changes to configuration file at a service application. Based on the changes to the configuration file(s), the catalogue system stores mapping data that identifies a resource item type that can be processed by the service application and one or more user actions that are available for processing resource items of the resource item type. The techniques thus provide for dynamic interaction with service applications.
US11019151B2
A method and apparatus for controlling message schema and size for internet-of-things (IoT) devices is provided. An exemplary method includes determining if a cost function for a new schema and message size combination is less than the cost function of a current schema and message size combination by calculating the cost function for each of a plurality of schema and message size combinations, and determining if the cost function for one of the plurality of schema and message size combinations is lower than a current schema and message size combination.
US11019150B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with an IoT gateway are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus (such as an IoT gateway) for communicatively coupling a plurality of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices of an IoT network to each other, and to an enterprise or public network, may comprise: first networking circuitry to communicatively couple the apparatus with the plurality of the IoT (smart) devices of the IoT network; second networking circuitry to communicatively couple the apparatus with the enterprise or public network; routing circuitry coupled to the first and second networking circuitries; and code table building circuitry coupled with the first and second networking circuitries to dynamically provide a code table to the IoT (smart) devices to use to exchange messages with each other, or with other devices on the enterprise or public network, based at least in part on words in the messages exchanged.
US11019147B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining a representative sensor using sensor data collected from a plurality of sensors and processing the sensor data using sensor data of the determined representative sensor. The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
US11019146B2
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes determining a first optimal slice size requirement is determined for a first independent data element (IDE). The first IDE is split into a first plurality of IDEs based on determining the first IDE compares unfavorably to the first optimal slice size requirement. An error coding function is performed on the first plurality of IDEs to produce a set of encoded slices for each of the first plurality of IDEs for transmission to storage units. A subset of additional IDEs are selected to be merged into a merged IDE based on a second optimal slice size requirement, and continuous content of the subset of additional IDEs is concatenated to produce the merged IDE. The error coding function is performed on the merged IDE to produce a second set of encoded slices for transmission to storage units.
US11019144B2
Methods and systems for online collaboration. A method embodiment facilitates collaborative editing of a cloud-based shared document using a browser-enabled platform native application. A user launches a platform native application and establishes a non-browser connection between the platform native application and a remote cloud-based shared file facility. The non-browser connection operates independently from any browser connections even though the platform native application includes a document editor web app within the embedded browser. A first user retrieves a first user copy of the cloud-based shared document, modifies the document, and shares the modified document so as to be accessible by other collaborating users.
US11019136B2
A system for migrating a non-tenant-aware local application to a tenant-aware cloud application environment is disclosed to migrate individual modules of the application to instances of the cloud by grouping the modules via common characteristics in partition groups. By grouping modules together by partition group before migrating the modules to cloud instances, modules that share resources can be placed in closer logical proximity to one another in the cloud to optimize performance.
US11019133B2
In some examples, a system comprises a memory device for storing instructions and a processor which executes instructions causing the system to perform operations comprising receiving an instruction to transfer a state of a first device to a second device, and packaging information relating to the state of the first device in a file. The packaging of the information relating to the state of the first device includes recording each application executing on the first device in a list maintained in the file, and transferring the file containing information relating to the state of the first device to the second device, either directly or indirectly based on an availability of connections between the first device and the second device. The file, when processed by the second device, causes the second device to reproduce the state of the first device. In some example, reproducing the state of the first device includes the second device downloading, from one or more of the locations, one or more of the applications.
US11019131B2
A file transfer method including forwarding, by a first electronic device connected to a communication session of a messaging service, a first message including an identifier of the first electronic device to a second electronic device connected to the communication session through the communication session, in response to selecting a file to be transferred through the communication session, receiving a second message including an identifier of the second electronic device forwarded through the communication session from the second electronic device, in response to the first message, attempting to set a device-to-device communication with the second electronic device using the identifier of the second electronic device, and transferring the selected file to the second electronic device through the set device-to-device communication when the device-to-device communication is set and transferring the selected file to the second electronic device through the communication session when the device-to-device communication is not set.
US11019129B1
A mobile device executes an application and is remotely controlled by a client device. To reduce bandwidth used during operation, a rate limiter selects a portion of data from the mobile device to be sent to the client device. A timer value is specified. The rate limiter on the mobile device, on an ongoing basis, updates a pointer to the latest data stored in memory, such as a latest frame of an image presented by a display of the mobile device. When the elapsed time since last data sent is greater than or equal to the timer value, the latest data is sent to the client device, and the timer is reset.
US11019122B2
In one general aspect, a method can include receiving, at a server computing device, a launch request to launch and stream media content pertaining to a game session, the launch request being provided by a mobile device, selecting, using the launch request, a media host configured to stream the media content, verifying a user associated with the mobile device and launching the game session for streaming to the user on a device other than the mobile device. In addition, the method can include during the game session and while streaming the media content, receiving a plurality of real time control requests from the mobile device, and executing the control request by compositing, in real time, the at least one change and the media content and to produce a composite display and transmitting, to the device other than the mobile device, the encoded composite display for streaming in real time.
US11019112B2
A communication device may include a message generator configured to generate a message in accordance with a command set to use a communication service provided by a communication session setup protocol; and a modem circuit coupled to the message generator and configured to operate in accordance with the message generated by the message generator; wherein the message generator is configured to generate the message comprising a command to at least one of control or establish an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem service.
US11019106B1
A remote access system for policy-controlled computing with a client device connected to a remote software environment is disclosed. The client device communicates with the remote software environment that securely runs applications. Both the client device and the remote software environment are policy-controlled. User input and sensor information from the client device is passed to remote software environment to spoof local control.
US11019104B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for service oriented software-defined security framework are disclosed. In one aspect, a system includes a security control device, one or more assets, and a security controller that communicates with the security control device and the one or more assets. The security controller includes a processing engine configured to register the security control device by creating a physical-logical attribute mapping for the security control device, and generating a security service description associated with the security control device. The processing engine is further configured to register the one or more assets by creating a physical-logical attribute mapping for each of the one or more assets, and generating security service requirements for each of the one or more assets. The processing engine is further configured to generate a security service binding based on a request for service.
US11019100B2
Systems and methods for detecting attacks using a handshake request are provided. A plurality of devices can receive a plurality of handshake requests to establish TLS connections that include a respective application request. At least one of the plurality of handshake requests can include a first application request. The plurality of devices can record each of the respective application requests to a registry of application requests. A first device of the plurality of devices can receive a subsequent handshake request to establish a subsequent TLS connection that includes the first application request. The first device can query, prior to accepting the first application request, the registry for the first application request. The first device can determine whether to accept or reject the first application request responsive to identifying from the query that the first application request has not been or has been recorded in the registry.
US11019096B2
A combining apparatus has an acquiring unit that acquires script codes included in a website and having been divided and written at plural locations in the website; and a code combining unit that combines a plurality of the divided script codes written therein, based on a dependency between data in the divided script codes written therein acquired by the acquiring unit, or a dynamic generation relation arising from execution of the divided script codes written therein.
US11019095B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network obtains log data regarding replication of files stored on an endpoint client to a file replication service. The device tracks, based on the obtained logs, encryption changes to the files that convert the files from unencrypted files to encrypted files. The device determines that the tracked encryption changes to the files are indicative of a ransomware infection on the endpoint client. The device initiates a mitigation action regarding the ransomware infection.
US11019091B2
This invention discloses systems and methods for detecting vulnerabilities in IT assets by utilizing crowdsourcing techniques. A corpus containing vulnerability data of IT assets with known vulnerabilities is established. Vulnerability data in the corpus comprises security aspects or attributes related to the IT assets. The security aspects of an IT asset constitute its attack surface which is represented as a feature vector in a feature space. A determination is made as to how similar/close a target asset whose unknown vulnerabilities are to be detected, is to the rest of the IT assets in the corpus. This determination is made based on a measure of similarity/distance between the respective feature vectors in the feature space. Based on the review of similarity results by a community of researchers/experts, a determination of unknown vulnerabilities in the target system is made.
US11019084B2
A controller may include one or more processors configured to control an automotive operating function representing an operation of an actuator of an automobile; receive a first message in accordance with an automotive fieldbus communication protocol via a fieldbus communication network, wherein the first message comprises contextual information associated with the automobile; determine whether a relation between the contextual information and a status of the automotive operating function fulfills a predefined criterion; generate a second message in accordance with the automotive fieldbus communication protocol, wherein the second message comprises information representing a result of the determination.
US11019046B2
A system for generating an enhanced distributed online registry that utilizes an interoperable framework, and machine learning and natural language processing technologies to automatically provide compatible registry items. A persistent secure connection across distributed systems facilitates automatic synchronization of the generated online registry items across the distributed systems and devices accessing those systems. The online registry application processor utilizes machine learning and natural language technologies to generate an acquisition trending model which may be utilized to generate an enhanced distributed online registry that may determine and provide registry items that are compatible with the customer acquisition. Utilizing a persistent bi-directional connection, the online registry application processor may automatically synchronize the enhanced distributed online registry in real time as registry items are added and purchased.
US11019039B2
Systems and methods for encoded communications are disclosed. In some embodiments, a server system may be configured to receive a communication from a user interface at an encoded communication module that includes an artificial intelligence based natural language processing module, determine whether the received communication is an encoded communication, decode the encoded communication to generate a financial query when it is determined that the received communication is an encoded communication, retrieve financial data associated with the user, determine an answer to the financial query based on the retrieved financial data, encode the determined answer to generate an encoded responsive communication, and transmit the generated encoded responsive communication to the user interface for providing to a user of the user interface.
US11019032B2
Techniques to perform an operation comprising determining, by a local area network (LAN) controller, that a first device has connected to a predefined service set identifier (SSID) of a first wireless access point (AP), of a plurality of wireless APs, receiving, by the LAN controller from the first device, an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) response specifying a destination address of a first private LAN controller associated with a first private network, creating, by the LAN controller based on the destination address, a Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) tunnel between the first wireless AP and the first private LAN controller, and configuring, by the LAN controller, the first wireless AP to broadcast a private SSID associated with the first private network, wherein the first device accesses the first private network via the CAPWAP tunnel by connecting to the first wireless AP using the private SSID.
US11019026B2
Disclosed is a method for applying a TCP/IP protocol in a mesh network, comprising: constructing protocol stack models of a root node and one or more ordinary nodes in the mesh network; the root node using a custom IE in a management frame to share an IP configuration acquired by itself from a router, a MAC address of itself, and a MAC address of the router with the ordinary nodes; each ordinary node adopting a static IP configuration mode to set its IP configuration as that of the root node; the root node acquiring a port range available for each ordinary node; and each node in the mesh network communicating with an external IP network over a TCP/IP protocol stack. In the invention, when an IP datagram is forwarded in the mesh network, there is no need to perform layer-by-layer NAT, and no need to recalculate a checksum of the IP datagram when it reaches the root node, thereby greatly improving network communication efficiency.
US11019016B2
Techniques are described herein for transmitting subgroup messages and displaying such subgroup messages within a group-based message interface. The subgroup message includes both a message intended for the subgroup and a subgroup command indicating that the message is sent to a subgroup of a group participating in a group-based message interface. The subgroup members are then determined from the subgroup command and the subgroup message is displayed to the subgroup members.
US11019010B2
A system comprises a delivery entity operating to deliver a package at a predetermined time from a first person to a second person and to provide an electronic communication between the first person and the second person that is commensurate with the delivery. An electronic display for displays a first message of the electronic communication from the first person to the second person commensurate with the predetermined time of the delivery of the package to the second person and a transmitter configured to generate and output a second message of the electronic communication generated by the second person during delivery of the package and in response to the displayed first message. An exception handling device controls the delivery entity when an unexpected event disrupts the commensurate delivery with the electronic communication, and generates and outputs instructions to the delivery entity to change the predetermined delivery time to a new delivery time.
US11019009B2
A method for automatically modifying hyper-text markup language (HMTL) code of an e-mail within an email pre-deployment platform comprises receiving previously-created e-mail content comprising a plurality of e-mail content types, each of the e-mail content types written in HMTL code, automatically detecting, by parsing the received HTML code, one or more deficiencies in the e-mail content, identifying the one or more deficiencies in the HTML of the e-mail content types for a user by presenting a natural language explanation of the one or more deficiencies on the user interface, guiding a user of the platform to rectify the one or more deficiencies in the e-mail content by using one or more user interface tools for rectifying the one or more deficiencies; and automatically editing the HTML code based on the user's use of the one or more user interface tools.
US11019000B2
Techniques for aiding an email recipient in the management of inbound email by detecting, and configurably responding to, dynamically variable patterns of activity and behavior are described. Characteristics are extracted from new email messages originated by senders and intended for a recipient. One or more patterns of sender activity, recipient message management behavior, and/or message response behavior, relating to treatment of messages from individual senders and/or plural senders in the aggregate, are identified. The patterns are identified by analyzing statistics collected by the extraction of characteristics from email messages previously received by the recipient. Before the recipient reads a new email, a determination is made as to whether any deviation from an identified pattern exists; and, if so, a pre-existing rule for treatment of the new message is enforced and/or a new rule specifying treatment of at least some messages from the sender of the email is proposed.
US11018987B2
A resource reservation system includes an information processing apparatus configured to manage reservation information regarding reservation of a resource, and a first information processing terminal configured to display the reservation information obtained from the information processing apparatus. The first information processing terminal includes first circuitry configured to: obtain resource setting information regarding setting of a second information processing terminal from the information processing apparatus; and implement a function of an in-terminal server that communicates as a server with the second information processing terminal. The second information processing terminal includes browser software that when executed by second circuitry of the second information processing terminal causes the second circuitry to: obtain a setting file generated from the resource setting information from the first information processing terminal, when the second information processing terminal communicates with the in-terminal server; and set the setting file in the second information processing terminal.
US11018985B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a service flow based on a flexible Ethernet, where a bandwidth resource corresponding to a bundling group (BG) of a flexible Ethernet is divided into M timeslots, service data of a service flow is encapsulated in N timeslots in the M timeslots, and the method includes: when a first PHY in the BG fails, determining, based on a preconfigured first timeslot configuration table (TCT), a target timeslot (TTS) in the N timeslots that is mapped to the first PHY; searching the M timeslots for an idle timeslot (ITS) based on the first TCT; adjusting the first TCT when a quantity of ITSs is greater than or equal to a quantity of TTSs, so that all the N timeslots are mapped to PHYs other than the first PHY; and transmitting the service flow by using the mapped PHYs of the bundling group.
US11018979B2
A computing system and a method are provided for determining a network traffic routing path through a service function chain (SFC). A joint network slicing and traffic engineering problem is provided that may be solved to identify network slicing configuration and traffic engineering parameters to provide a set of function nodes, the SFC, and the network traffic routing path from the source node to the destination node. The joint network slicing and traffic engineering problem P may be solved by minimizing a resource objective associated with the joint network slicing and traffic engineering problem, in accordance with a set of one or more constraints. Instructions may be transmitted to a network orchestrator to create the service function chain in a network slice on the set of network nodes in accordance with the identified network slicing configuration and traffic engineering parameters, to provide the network traffic routing path.
US11018974B1
A vehicle can include various components such as sensors and computing devices, as well as a network to couple the sensors and computing devices. A capability status can indicate an error with a computing device, available computational resources of a computing device, and/or an available bandwidth among others. Sensor data can be manipulated, based on the capability status, into various formats and/or sent to various destinations.
US11018965B1
The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for dynamically managing a concurrency limit of a serverless function, in other words, a quantity of instances of a serverless function that may be concurrently executed. Performance metrics of the serverless function as it is implemented by services may be measured and compared against preconfigured thresholds. If the performance metrics meet the preconfigured thresholds, the concurrency limit of the serverless function may be increased. In some aspects, if one or more performance metrics fails to meet a respective preconfigured threshold, the concurrency limit of the serverless function may be decreased.
US11018961B1
A method for efficient end-to-end monitoring of massive transactions related to a monitored system including at least one web server, and at least one web application server is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) a trace information inputting device performing a process of instructing the web server and the web application server included in the monitored system to generate each of multiple pieces of individual trace information including transaction identification information and transaction sequence information; and (b) if the multiple pieces of the individual trace information, including the transaction identification information and the transaction sequence information, are acquired from the web server and the web application server, the trace information inputting device performing a process of storing the multiple pieces of the individual trace information in a trace information storing unit.
US11018959B1
A configurable data collection, processing and delivery system implements a unified data-flow execution pipeline in collection, processing and delivery of data to a target within or external to a computing device. Multiple data collection sets are defined from data available to the system and organized into at least one tensor based telemetry data stream associated with a service flow. At least one dynamically modifiable execution unit is provided to process the telemetry stream and the service flow. The telemetry stream is also processed into one or more target destination delivery streams that adheres to protocol, network characteristics, and transmission process required by the set of targets.
US11018956B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for deploying enterprise systems in cloud environments. In one implementation, a system for deploying an enterprise system in a cloud environment may include at least one processor configured to provide: one or more first containers hosting at least one application with at least one enterprise function; one or more second containers hosting at least one microservice configured to activate the at least one enterprise function; at least one application programming interface (API) between the at least one microservice and at least one client; and at least one gateway configured to manage access to the at least one API.
US11018949B2
A system for generating an architecture diagram includes an input processor, a machine learning processor, and an advice generator. The input processor is configured to receive, from a terminal, entity data associated with a plurality of entities of an architecture and path data associated with a plurality of paths that correspond to interconnections between the plurality of entities. The machine learning processor utilizes a training dataset to assess whether the entities defined by the entity data are correctly interconnected as defined by the path data. The advice generator receives the assessment from the machine learning processor, prepares a recommendation based on the assessment, and communicates the recommendation to the terminal. User feedback is represented in the training data to improve the relevancy of the recommendation.
US11018946B1
A wireless device may receive first configuration parameters, second configuration parameters and a third configuration parameter. The first configuration parameters are for a first SPS configuration and comprise a first configuration index and a first HARQ codebook identifier. The second configuration parameters are for a second SPS configuration and comprise a second configuration index and a second HARQ codebook identifier. The third configuration parameter indicates a deactivation state associated with the first configuration index and the second configuration index. A DCI is received that comprises a HARQ process number field. A value of bit(s) of the HARQ process number field indicates the deactivation state. The first HARQ codebook identifier may be the same as the second HARQ codebook identifier. An acknowledgement is transmitted indicating reception of the DCI.
US11018944B2
A method and apparatus may include transmitting a scaling request. The scaling request comprises a request for virtualized network function expansion or virtualized network function contraction. The scaling request is transmitted to a second network node. A first domain is directed to application level details. A second domain is directed to virtualization level details. The scaling request comprises: (1) a relative target capacity that is generic to both the first domain and the second domain, (2) an absolute target capacity that is specific to the first domain, or (3) a relative target capacity that is specific to virtualized network function level targets. The method may also include receiving a notification that a virtualization network function has been updated based on the transmitted scaling request.
US11018943B1
In various embodiments, a device classification service receives, from a networking device in a network, an indication that deep packet inspection (DPI) trace data is not available for an endpoint device in the network because the endpoint device does not match any DPI policies of the networking device. The service configures a first DPI policy on the networking device that causes it to capture a DPI trace of traffic associated with the endpoint device. The service receives, via a user interface, an indication that a subset of attributes of the endpoint device in the DPI trace is relevant to labeling the endpoint device with a device type. The service replaces the first DPI policy on the networking device with a second DPI policy that causes it to report only the subset of attributes of endpoint devices to the device classification service for endpoint devices that match the second DPI policy.
US11018941B2
A method and system for configuring an Information Technology (IT) system in a manner that decreases a complexity of the IT system. At least part of IT assets of the IT system is mapped onto respective one or more target platforms of a plurality of target platforms by verifying characteristics and/or relations of the IT assets, in decreasing order of the affinity level of corresponding affinity criteria of a plurality of affinity criteria, against one or more hosting constraints of the target platforms, in increasing order of a complexity level of the corresponding target platforms. The IT system is configured, including hosting each mapped IT asset on the respective one or more target platform, which aggregates IT assets that have a higher affinity level on target platforms that have a lower complexity level so as to decrease the complexity of the IT system.
US11018916B2
The disclosure relates to a transmitter device for use in a wireless communication system, the transmitter device comprising: a processor configured to select a numerology set from a quantity of at least two numerology sets, wherein the numerology set identifies a set of transmission parameters for transmitting a transmit signal over a transmission channel, wherein the selection is based on a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) of the transmission channel; and a transmitter, configured to transmit the transmit signal based on the selected numerology set.
US11018902B1
The present specification describes a system. The system includes a code generator to 1) generate a Morse code message from an intended message and 2) decode a received Morse code message. The system also includes a high-frequency transceiver to 1) transmit Morse code messages in the high frequency electromagnetic range and 2) receive Morse code messages in the high frequency electromagnetic range.
US11018900B2
A method for verifying an alarm condition in an environmental sensing system includes monitoring data received from environmental sensors; detecting anomalous data received from one of the plurality of environmental sensors; determining the context in which the anomalous data was acquired is consistent with typical usage activities; and providing an alarm condition alert when the determined context is not consistent with typical activities. A system for intelligently monitoring environmental conditions includes environmental sensors configured to monitor first and second environmental conditions and to communicate with an intelligent analysis module. The intelligent analysis module is configured with logic to determine whether anomalous data has been collected by the environmental sensors, to determine the context in which the anomalous data was collected, to determine whether the anomalous data can be attributed to a routine activity, and to provide an alarm condition if the anomalous data cannot be attributed to a routine activity.
US11018897B2
An electronic control unit connected to a bus of a first network where first-type frames are transmitted following a first communication protocol and a second network where second-type frames are transmitted following a second communication protocol in an onboard network system. The electronic control unit sequentially receives the first-type and the second-type frames from the bus and the second network respectively, and stores in first and second reception buffers, respectively. The electronic control unit sequentially generates first-type data and second-type data by referencing the contents of the first reception buffer and the second reception buffer, and stores the first-type and second-type data in first and second transmission buffers, respectively. The first-type data is traveling control data for a vehicle, and the second-type data is other data. The first-type or second-type data that is priority type data is transmitted with priority.
US11018895B2
The present disclosure discloses a CANopen-based train network data transmission method. The method includes: monitoring, on an active network, a heartbeat packet transmitted through a first CAN channel by each slave node related to an active master node; determining whether the first CAN channel of each slave node is faulty; transmitting a reset instruction to a first node from the active network if no heartbeat packet of the first node is received within the preset first heartbeat period; learning, if no heartbeat packet of the first node is received, that the first CAN channel of the first node is faulty, and switching to a standby network to monitor the heartbeat packet transmitted by the first node; otherwise, receiving, on the standby network, data transmitted by the first node, and also receiving, on the active network, data transmitted by other slave nodes that normally transmit heartbeat packets.
US11018891B2
A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, the instructions causing one or more processors to receive building data from one or more building data sources, identify, based on the building data, an indirect relationship between a first entity and a second entity of a space graph, the indirect relationship caused by a control algorithm of the space graph, update the space graph with the indirect relationship by causing the space graph to include an indirect relationship edge between a first node of nodes representing the first entity and a second node of the nodes representing the second entity, update the control algorithm of the space graph based on the indirect relationship edge, and operate one or more pieces of building equipment based on the updated control algorithm.
US11018889B2
A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, the instructions causing one or more processors to generate a space graph based on building data, generate a control algorithm based on the space graph and operate one or more pieces of building equipment based on the control algorithm, and receive new building data from one or more building data sources. The instructions cause the one or more processors to generate one or more new relationships between a first entity of entities and a second entity of the entities, update the space graph with the new relationship by causing the space graph to store a new edge between a first node of nodes representing the first entity and a second node of the nodes representing the second entity, and update the control algorithm based on the new edge of the updated space graph.
US11018870B2
A method for performing biometric authentication is disclosed. In one example, the method includes obtaining first and second biometric templates and comparing them to determine if they match. The method also includes determining if a biometric certification token is valid. A computing device or other device may communicate with a verification system to determine the validity of the biometric certification token.
US11018864B2
A number of RSA computing tasks that have different word lengths which are less than a maximum word length of an operand register are processed at the same time by combining a number of different word lengths to be equal to or less than the maximum word length of the operand register.
US11018861B2
Embodiments of the invention provide system and method for storage and management of confidential information. The system comprises at least one electronic device, wherein each electronic device is configured to store confidential information, and execute a service request using the confidential information stored therein; a control system configured to provide power supply to any one of the at least one electronic device, which is connected to the control system, and communicate a service request from a specific user to an electronic device in connected state which is associated with the specific user; and an enclosure configured to house the at least one electronic device, and the control system.
US11018859B2
Plaintext data is encrypted to produce ciphertext which is transmitted along with a hash of the plaintext data and corresponding metadata comprising an initialization vector and information about the encryption key version used to encrypt the plaintext data to a backend storage system. The encrypted ciphertext is deduplicated at the backend storage system (without first decrypting it) using the hash and stored based upon the metadata.
US11018858B2
A method for re-keying an encrypted data file, the data file being stored chunkwise on a storage entity (SE), data file chunks being encrypted with a global secret, and the method being performed in a memory available to a computing device, includes partially updating a global secret for encryption data for a data chunk to be re-keyed such that an output of a non-interactive oblivious key exchange is used to identify the private key of the data chunk to be re-keyed with a new private key; and reencrypting the data chunk to be re-keyed with the updated global secret.
US11018847B2
A method to protect a device key in a device comprising at least one secure element locally connected to at least one time programmable memory storing a global value in form of a bit string comprising locked bits and unlocked bits. The locked bits are irreversibly pre-programmed in the one-time-programmable memory during an initialization phase of the device while the un-locked bits remaining in an initial state may be programmable by the secure element. The secure element is configured to generate, at initialization of the device, a device specific value by using the global value, program the device specific value previously obtained in the one time programmable memory, and erase the global value by programming the unlocked bits of the corresponding bit string. A further object of the disclosure includes a device configured to carry out the method.
US11018844B2
A method for synchronizing a cascaded RADAR system (80) includes modulating (320) with a master RADAR system (12), an amplitude of a sequence of clock cycles of a clock (70) in response to a Ramp Frame Start (RFS) signal (92). The master RADAR system determines (322) a duration (310, 312, 314) of the sequence of clock cycles based on a code. A slave RADAR system (14) demodulates (324) the sequence of clock cycles to recover the clock and the RFS signal, wherein a clock leading edge of the clock is phase aligned to an RFS leading edge of the RFS signal. The slave RADAR system decodes (326) the code from the duration of the sequence of clock cycles, wherein the code determines an action performed by the slave RADAR system in response to receiving a data signal from the master RADAR system.
US11018843B2
A restraint control module is provided in this disclosure. The restraint control module is configured to communicate a sync pulse to a sensor. The control module may include a sync pulse driver circuit and a memory. The memory may store the waveform profile of a sync pulse. The sync pulse driver circuit generates a sync pulse in response to the waveform profile stored in the memory. The sync pulse may be transmitted to one or more sensors. The waveform profile stored in the memory may be derived from a sync pulse with reduced electro-magnetic emissions by applying spectrum analysis.
US11018841B2
The present specification discloses a method for transmitting and receiving acknowledgement (ACK) information in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system and a device for the same. More specifically, the present specification describes a method in which a station device scheduled according to a time division duplex (TDD) scheduling scheme transmits and receives ACK information based on TDD scheduling information and a device for the same.
US11018810B2
Systems and methods for an adaptive multiple Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) entity design to enable dynamic soft buffer sharing between HARQ entities are disclosed. In some embodiments, a transmitter estimates the total buffer consumption of the receiver. In response to determining that there is enough unused space in the soft buffer of the receiver for the new HARQ process of the HARQ entity, the transmitter assigns the new HARQ process of the HARQ entity for data transmission to the receiver. In this way, HARQ entity specific configurations may be enabled while increasing dynamic soft buffer sharing efficiency.
US11018808B2
A first radio device receives a first radio transmission from a second radio device. In response to reception of the first radio transmission by the first radio device being unsuccessful, the first radio device sends a second radio transmission to the second radio device. The second radio transmission comprises an indication to the second radio device that reception of the first radio transmission by the first radio device was unsuccessful. The first radio device generates the second radio transmission to be decodable by one or more other radio devices than the second radio device as comprising a positive acknowledgement message, indicating to the second radio device that reception of the first radio transmission by the first radio device was successful, as comprising a clear-to-send message to the second radio device, or as some other legacy message supported by the other radio device(s).
US11018802B2
A channel quality indicator feedback method and device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a response message of data and a channel state, where the response message includes an acknowledgement message and/or a negative acknowledgement message; determining, by the terminal device, first channel state information based on the response message of the data and the channel state; and sending, by the terminal device, the response message and the first channel state information to the network side device. According to the method and apparatus provided, reliability of downlink data from a base station can be improved.
US11018800B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information transmission method, including: determining, by a user equipment (UE), first speed information of the UE; determining, by the UE, a transmission manner of control information based on the first speed information; and sending, by the UE, the control information in the transmission manner over a first link. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE may determine the transmission manner of the control information based on the first speed information. When the UE is high speed UE, an appropriate transmission manner can be selected for the high speed UE, thereby meeting a transmission requirement of the high speed UE and ensuring a transmission success rate.
US11018798B2
Adaptive tuning techniques are provided for data communications in an Object Management Group (OMG) Real-Time Publish Subscribe (RTPS) Protocol operable over a communication network to provide good throughput/latency tradeoff as well as efficient bandwidth utilization. With this invention, latency under high throughput conditions can be reduced several times compared with the latency obtained with traditional non-adaptive approaches.
US11018797B2
A fiber optic light intensity encryption method is provided. The method includes determining light intensities associated with multi-frequency light pulses emitted by a laser transmitter apparatus in response to an encryptions process. An encryption type for application of an encryption algorithm to each light intensity is determined and a first light intensity associated with a first light pulse is selected. Data indicating results of the random selection is transmitted to the laser transmitter apparatus and an initial security key is transmitted over a signaling channel of the laser transmitter apparatus. The signaling channel is secured based on the initial security key resulting in a secure signaling channel. In response, a secure bundle comprising said the secure signaling channel and an additional group of channels is generated and the data is transmitted via the secure bundle.
US11018791B2
The disclosure relates to a method and device for time-controlled data transmission in a TSN. A new traffic shaping method is described for time-sensitive data streams. The objective is to offer the same real-time performance and configuration complexity as in the prior art but without the need for time synchronization throughout the entire network. The traffic shaper provides that a data frame that is received by a bridge in a first-time interval is passed by this bridge to the next hop/bridge in the next time interval. Each bridge knows the start time of the time interval that belongs to a particular data stream. Each data frame must contain a so-called “delay value,” thus a delay value which is measured by each bridge using a local clock that measures the delay time spent by the data frame in the queue at the outgoing port.
US11018780B2
A network device receives first data associated with a first transmission received at a second antenna from a first antenna and stores the first data as a first antenna profile associated with the second antenna. The network device uses the stored first antenna profile for determining at least one first transmission characteristic associated with a third antenna transmitting to the second antenna.
US11018772B1
Various apparatuses, circuits, systems, and methods for optical communication are disclosed. In some implementations, an apparatus includes multiple lasers that input an electronic signal. Each laser encodes and outputs a respective optical data signal based on the electronic signal. Each laser has a different configuration of one or more first optical parameters. A first selection circuit selects the respective optical data signal from one of the lasers. Multiple optical components configure second optical parameters of an input optical data signal. A second selection circuit inputs the selected optical data signal from the first selection circuit and provides the selected optical data signal to one of the optical components. A third selection circuit selects the optical data signal output from the one optical component.
US11018764B2
An optical mirror diversity receiver for a visible light communication system is provided with an array of photodiodes each having an optical-signal-receiving area, with a mirror positioned between an adjacent pair of photodiodes to preferentially redirect light toward one of the photodiodes while also blocking light that would otherwise be received at the photodiode. An angle-aided mirror diversity receiver is also provided with surfaces of the photodiodes aligned relative to the mirror to yield reductions in correlation.
US11018762B2
A transmission device that transmits main signal light to another transmission device via a transmission path, the transmission device includes a transmitter that generates monitoring signal light with intensity modulation based on a signal related to monitoring control of the transmission device and the other transmission device, a multiplexer that multiplexes the monitoring signal light into the main signal light, a receiver that acquires light receiving information from the other transmission device, the light receiving information being related to a light receiving state of the monitoring signal light, and a control circuit that controls a modulation degree of the intensity modulation in accordance with the light receiving information.
US11018746B2
An outcome-based receiver beam tuning is provided. A base station device can transmit a reference signal with a group of symbols corresponding to different transmit beams, while the reference signal instructs the user equipment to not perform receive beam sweeping. The user equipment device can report the transmit beam with the highest signal strength. The base station device can then transmit a reference signal using the transmit beam with the highest signal strength, while also informing the user equipment device to perform receive beam sweeping. By comparing the receive beam with the highest signal strength to the signal strength of the best transmit beam, the base station device can determine the density (e.g. periodicity) of CSI-RS with repetition “ON” transmission.
US11018743B2
Techniques for employing QCL (Quasi Co-Location) signaling for beamforming management are discussed. One example embodiment can comprise an apparatus that can determine whether a first set of RS (Reference Signal) APs (Antenna Ports) are QCL-ed (Quasi Co-Located) with a second set of RS APs with respect to one or more large-scale channel properties, wherein the properties comprise an average angle-of-arrival and an angle of arrival spread, and wherein the first set of RS APs are distinct from the second set of RS APs; and select, based on the determination, beamforming weights for reception via the second set of RS APs. In the same or other embodiments, QCL can be indicated between RS antenna port(s) and antenna port(s) of beam reference signal is used to assist UE beamforming for reception of data or control channel transmitted on DM-RS antenna ports.
US11018736B2
A transmission apparatus that (i) generates a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation signal s1(t) by applying a QPSK modulation scheme to a first data sequence, (ii) generates a 16-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) modulation signal s2(t) by applying a 16-QAM modulation scheme to a second data sequence, (iii) generates a transmission signal z1(t) and a second transmission signal z2(t) by applying a phase hopping process, a precoding process, and a power adjust process to the QPSK modulation signal s1(t) and the 16-QAM modulation signal s2(t), wherein an average transmission power of the 16-QAM modulation signal s2(t) being the same as an average transmission power of the QPSK modulation signal s1(t), and (iv) transmits the transmission signal z1(t) from a first antenna at a first time and a first frequency and the second transmission signal z2(t) from a second antenna at the first time and the first frequency.
US11018734B1
In a general aspect, MIMO transmissions are elicited from wireless communication devices for wireless sensing. A first wireless communication device may be configured to generate network or transport layer messages addressed to a second wireless communication device in a wireless communication network, and wirelessly transmit the network or transport layer messages to the second wireless communication device to elicit MIMO transmissions from the second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device may further be configured to receive MIMO transmissions from the second wireless communication device, where the MIMO transmissions traverse a space between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device may additionally be configured to identify a training field in each MIMO transmission, generate channel information based on the respective training fields, and detect motion that occurred in the space based on the channel information.
US11018731B2
A method for signal transmission using precoded symbol information involves estimating a two-dimensional model of a communication channel in a delay-Doppler domain. A perturbation vector is determined in a delay-time domain wherein the delay-time domain is related to the delay-Doppler domain by an FFT operation. User symbols are modified based upon the perturbation vector so as to produce perturbed user symbols. A set of Tomlinson-Harashima precoders corresponding to a set of fixed times in the delay-time domain may then be determined using a delay-time model of the communication channel. Precoded user symbols are generated by applying the Tomlinson-Harashima precoders to the perturbed user symbols. A modulated signal is then generated based upon the precoded user symbols and provided for transmission over the communication channel.
US11018728B2
A circuit includes a transmission channel that outputs a continuous-wave signal based on a reference signal, a transmit monitoring signal path that couples out a portion of the transmit signal as a monitoring signal, a test phase shifter that receives the reference signal and generates a phase-shifted signal based on a sequence of phase offsets applied to the reference signal, a phase mixer that mixes the phase-shifted signal and the monitoring signal to generate a mixer output signal including a plurality of direct current (DC) values, an analog-to-digital converter that samples the mixer output signal in order to provide a sequence of DC values; and a monitor circuit that applies a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) to the sequence of DC values to generate a plurality of DFT bins with corresponding DFT bin values, and generate compensated phase information of the transmission channel using at least two DFT bin values.
US11018727B2
Diversity modules for processing radio frequency (RF) signals are provided herein. In certain implementations a diversity module includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a low band processing circuit that generates a low band signal based on one or more diversity signals, a mid band processing circuit that generates a mid band signal based on the one or more diversity signals and that provides the mid band signal to the second terminal, a high band processing circuit that generates a high band signal based on the one or more diversity signals, and a multi-throw switch that provides the low band signal to the first terminal in a first state and that provides the high band signal to the first terminal in a second state.
US11018725B2
This application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a data transmission method, an apparatus, and a system. Random access resource information: receiving, by user equipment UE, data from a first access network device to which a serving cell belongs; sending, by the UE, a decoding result of the data to the first access network device and a second access network device to which a coordinating cell belongs; and if the decoding result is negative acknowledgment NACK signaling, receiving, by the UE from the first access network device, the data that is retransmitted, and receiving, by the UE, the data from the second access network device.
US11018717B1
Apparatus and method for trapping RF on shields of a multiply shielded RF cable. In some embodiments, the RF trap shorts an outer conductor shield to an inner shield conductor of the cable successively at selected locations along an end length of the shield conductors. Some embodiments provide an RF-trap apparatus for blocking stray signals on a shielded RF cable that has two or more concentric peripheral shield conductors separated from one another by one or more electrically insulating layers, and at least one inner conductor for carrying RF signals. The RF trap apparatus includes: a first housing; and a plurality of projections configured be coupled to the first housing and to move to selectively electrically connect an outer shield conductor to an inner shield conductor by a pierce operation on the shielded RF cable.
US11018716B2
A multi-frequency processing device of a tire pressure detector and processing method thereof are provided. The device includes an oscillator providing an oscillation signal as a basis frequency; a microcontroller storing a first and a second frequency information; a phase lock module receiving the oscillation signal and generating a first and a second target frequency according to the first frequency information and the second frequency information; and a transmission module receiving a data from the microcontroller in a first mode, and generating a signal frame formed of the first and second target frequency carrying the data, so as to transmit the signal frame. Therefore, the transmission frequency does not have to be set in advance, improving the convenience of usage.
US11018714B2
A Radio Frequency (RF) circuit including a receive path, a transmit path, a switching circuit, and an output configured to receive RF signals from an antenna in a receive mode of operation, and to provide RF signals to the antenna in a transmit mode of operation. The receive path is configured to be coupled between a low-noise amplifier and the output. The switching circuit is located in the receive path and is configured, in the receive mode, to selectively couple the low-noise amplifier to the output and to pass the received RF signals from the output to the low-noise amplifier. The transmit path is configured to be coupled between a power amplifier and the output, to provide, in the transmit mode, signals from the power amplifier to the output, bypassing the switching circuit, and to have, in receive mode of operation, an off-state impedance of at least 200+j*13 Ohm.
US11018713B2
Radio frequency shielding within a semiconductor package is described. In one example, a multiple chip package has a digital chip, a radio frequency chip, and an isolation layer between the digital chip and the radio frequency chip. A cover encloses the digital chip and the radio frequency chip.
US11018710B2
This application relates to a computing device case that provides some amount of torsional force in order to cancel at least some static and dynamic loads experienced by the computing device when the case is arranged as a stand. By canceling out these loads, the computing device to be angled at an almost unlimited number of angles relative to a surface on which the computing device is resting. Flexible elements in the case can resist the static and dynamic loads of the computing device, thereby allowing the computing device to receive touch inputs at almost any angle without causing the case and the computing device to collapse.
US11018708B2
A communication device is provided that includes a receiver configured to receive a signal. The communication device further includes a circuit configured to determine an interference reference signal based on an interference signal, to multiply the received signal with the interference reference signal in the time domain to form a multiplication signal and to filter the multiplication signal to form a filtered signal.
US11018706B2
Various embodiments provide an antenna device that includes: a metal member configured to have a length that contributes to at least a part of an electronic device; a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to be feed-connected to a preset position of the metal member in order to apply the metal member as an antenna radiator; and at least one electronic component electrically connected to a position different from the feeding position of the metal member and grounded to the PCB, and provide an electronic device that includes the same. Accordingly, the antenna device is grounded to the PCB in a desired position of the metal member by using the basically provided electronic component so that it is possible to exclude a separate electrical connection member, thereby reducing the cost, increasing the use of space, enhancing the degree of freedom of the design of the antenna radiator.
US11018697B2
The present technology relates to a transmission method and a reception device for securing favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits is interleaved in units of 360-bit bit groups. In group-wise deinterleaving, a sequence of the LDPC code after group-wise interleaving is returned to an original sequence. The present technology can be applied, for example, in a case of performing data transmission using an LDPC code, and the like.
US11018695B1
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods improving the convergence of a bit-flipping decoder in a non-volatile memory device. An example method includes receiving a noisy codeword, the codeword having been generated based on a parity check matrix of a low-density parity-check code and provided to a communication channel prior to reception by the bit-flipping decoder, and performing a single decoding iteration on the received noisy codeword, the single decoding iteration spanning a plurality of stages. In some embodiments, performing a single decoding iteration includes computing a metric corresponding to a single column of the parity check matrix, flipping at least one bit in the single column upon a determination that the metric exceeds a flipping threshold, computing, subsequent to the flipping, a syndrome as a product of the noisy codeword and the parity check matrix, and updating the flipping threshold upon a determination that the syndrome is not zero.
US11018689B2
In some examples, a device includes shuffling circuitry configured to receive an input unary bit stream and generate a shuffled bit stream by selecting n-tuple combinations of bits of the input unary bit stream. The device also includes stochastic logic circuitry having a plurality of stochastic computational units configured to perform operations on the shuffled bit stream in parallel to produce an output unary bit stream, each of the stochastic computational units operating on a different one of the n-tuple combinations of the bits.
US11018685B2
An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator configured to compare an input signal with a reference signal and to output a comparison signal indicating a corresponding comparison result, a control logic configured to output a control signal for adjusting the reference signal based on the comparison signal, and a reference signal adjusting circuit configured to adjust the reference signal based on the control signal. The comparator includes a first pre-amplifier configured to amplify a difference between the input signal and the reference signal using a first transistor having a first size, a second pre-amplifier configured to amplify the difference between the input signal and the reference signal using a second transistor having a second size different from the first size, and a latch configured to generate the comparison signal using at least one of an output of the first and second pre-amplifiers. The first and second pre-amplifiers share the latch.
US11018673B2
Various embodiments relate to multi-modulus frequency dividers, devices including the same, and associated methods of operation. A method of operating a multi-modulus divider (MMD) may include receiving, at the MMD, an input signal at a first frequency. The method may also include generating, via the MMD, an output signal at a second, lower frequency based on a divisor value. Further, the method may include receiving, at the MMD, an integer value. Moreover, the method may include setting the divisor value equal to the integer value in response to a current state of the MMD matching a common state for the MMD, wherein the MMD is configured to enter the common state regardless of the divisor value.
US11018666B1
An apparatus and method that can accelerate the turn off time for a thyristor current interrupter. Following commutation of a load current from a main thyristor to an auxiliary turn-off unit, a capacitor of the auxiliary turn-off unit can provide a resonant current to create a zero current crossing for turning the main thyristor off, as well as provide a reverse bias voltage for the main thyristor. The auxiliary turn-off unit can hold the main thyristor off and facilitate sufficient time being available for main thyristor to block forward system voltage. A voltage level of another capacitor of the auxiliary turn-off unit can, with a switch of the auxiliary turn-off unit and the main thyristor turned off, be increased to a level that triggers at least one voltage-clamping unit to absorb electrical power from that capacitor. The load current passing in the auxiliary turn-off unit can be decreased as the electrical power is absorbed to a level at which one or more auxiliary thyristor switches of the auxiliary turn-off unit can be turned off.
US11018665B2
An electronic control device includes a first pull-up resistor connected between a power supply and a switch, a series circuit of a transistor and a second pull-up resistor with a resistance value lower than that of the first pull-up resistor, connected in parallel with the first pull-up resistor, and a microcomputer, an output port of which is connected to a base terminal of the transistor and which controls a turning on and off of the transistor using a signal output from the output port. A connection point of the switch, the first pull-up resistor, and the second pull-up resistor is connected to a first analog measurement port of the microcomputer, a power supply is connected to a second analog measurement port of the microcomputer, and current flowing into the switch is detected using a value of voltage input into the first analog measurement port.
US11018661B2
A first aspect of the present invention will provide a short circuit detector, including: a voltage detection circuit to detect gate voltage which is input from a gate driving circuit to the semiconductor element; and a short circuit detection circuit to detect a short circuit state of the semiconductor element, when gate voltage of the semiconductor element becomes higher than or equal to first reference voltage in a transition period from when a turn-on signal is input to the gate driving circuit until when a mirror period of the semiconductor element starts.
US11018654B1
Circuitry for determining temperature of an integrated circuit device includes, on the device, a ring oscillator and a bias current generator. The bias current generator is selectably operable in (i) a first mode having a first sensitivity to device temperature or (ii) a second mode having a second sensitivity to device temperature, to provide bias current for the ring oscillator. A controller operates the bias current generator in the first mode and records a frequency output of the ring oscillator, then operates the bias current generator in the second mode and records a frequency output of the ring oscillator, and determines the temperature of the integrated circuit device from a ratio of (a) the frequency output of the ring oscillator while the bias current generator operates in the first mode to (b) the frequency output of the ring oscillator while the bias current generator operates in the second mode.
US11018631B2
Monolithic microwave integrated circuits are provided that include a substrate, a transmit/receive selection device that is formed on the substrate, a high power amplifier formed on the substrate and coupled to a first RF port of the transmit/receive selection device, a low noise amplifier formed on the substrate and coupled to a second RF port of the transmit/receive selection device and a protection circuit that is coupled to a first control port of the transmit/receive selection device.
US11018627B2
A multi-bandwidth envelope tracking (ET) integrated circuit (IC) (ETIC) and related apparatus are provided. In a non-limiting example, the multi-bandwidth ETIC is coupled to an amplifier circuit(s) configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal corresponding to a wide range of modulation bandwidth (e.g., from less than 90 KHz to over 40 MHz). In this regard, the multi-bandwidth ETIC is configured to generate different ET voltages based on the modulation bandwidth of the RF signal. By generating the ET voltages based on the modulation bandwidth of the RF signal, it may be possible to optimize operating efficiency of the amplifier circuit(s). As a result, it may be possible to improve power consumption and reduce heat dissipation in an apparatus employing the multi-bandwidth ETIC, thus making it possible to provide the multi-bandwidth ETIC in a wearable device.
US11018611B2
A control apparatus for a multi-phase rotating electric machine includes at least one electric power converter, a command value calculator and an input voltage determiner. The at least one electric power converter converts DC power into multi-phase AC power and supplies the multi-phase AC power to the rotating electric machine. The command value calculator calculates command values for operating the at least one electric power converter. The input voltage determiner determines whether an input voltage of the at least one electric power converter is within a normal operation range. When the input voltage is determined by the input voltage determiner to be outside the normal operation range, the control apparatus switches control to ignore voltage change or current change caused by the reverse input of an external force to the rotating electric machine from a load side or suppress control fluctuation caused by the reverse input of the external force.
US11018608B2
A self-propelled endoscope apparatus includes a rotation body, a motor, a drive circuit, and a regeneration protection circuit. The rotation body is provided on an outer peripheral surface of an elongated insertion section. The rotation body is configured to be rotatable. The motor rotates the rotation body. The drive circuit drives the motor. The regeneration protection circuit performs protecting operation for protecting the drive circuit from regeneration voltage generated by regeneration of the motor.
US11018600B2
A multilevel converter allowing the reduction of volume and accessibility to the control and transformation of electric power, including at least two basic cells and having: a) a first power switch that interconnects a positive bus between the two basic cells connected in cascade each other; b) a second power switch that interconnects a negative bus between two basic cells connected in cascade each other and c) a capacitor with a third power switch, connected in series and interconnected between the positive and negative bus.
US11018595B1
A secondary controlled AC-DC converter including an oscillator in a primary-side controller (PSC), and method for operating the same to enable soft-start and low frequency operation are provided. Generally, the method includes driving a power switch coupled between an AC input and a primary-side of the converter with a gate-drive (GD-signal). At startup and following auto-restart the GD-signal is generated using an oscillator-signal from the oscillator. After receiving start-stop pulses from a secondary-side controller, the oscillator-signal is decoupled from the GD-signal using a controller in the PSC, and the PSC begins generating the GD-signal using pulse-width-modulated (PWM) generated using the start-stop pulses. The oscillator operates at a first frequency independent of the PWM signal. The PWM signal includes one of a number of frequencies selected based on a power drawn from the converter, and, in low power applications can be less than the first frequency.
US11018582B2
A circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor coupled to the first transistor at a switch node and to a ground node. An estimator circuit receives a first signal to control an on and off state of the first transistor. The estimator circuit generates a second signal to control the on and off state of the second transistor. The second signal has a pulse width based on a pulse width of the first signal. A clocked comparator includes a clock input, a first input, and a second input. The first input receives a voltage indicative of a voltage of the switch node. The second input is coupled to a ground node. The clock input receives a third signal indicative of the second signal. The clocked comparator generates a comparator output signal. The estimator circuit adjusts the pulse width of the second signal based on the comparator output signal.
US11018573B2
A system and method for power supply ripple detection is disclosed. A voltage across one or more capacitors of the power supply is measured. An AC ripple voltage component of the capacitor voltage is then filtered and rectified into a DC signal. A level of ripple represented by the DC signal is then compared to threshold values to assess a health of the power supply. In one implementation, the power supplies provide power to control panels of one or more building management systems. The power supplies determine and report information concerning health of the power supplies to the control panels, the information including the DC signal itself and the result of the comparison of the DC signal to the threshold values. A cloud-based connected services system then receives and analyzes the information concerning health of the power supplies forwarded from control panels of multiple building management systems to determine trends.
US11018570B2
A circuit converts an AC or DC electrical input applied between first and second input leads into a DC output applied to a load via first and second output leads. Four thyristors have their anodes respectively connected to one of the first and second input leads or one of the first and second output leads. Cathodes of two thyristors are connected to the first and second output leads while cathodes of two other thyristors are connected to the first and second input leads. Gates of each thyristor are connected to respective unidirectional switches that open and close at the same time. When closed, the unidirectional switches polarize the gates. Thyristors having a positive voltage on their anodes apply this voltage to the first output lead to power the load. Thyristors having a negative voltage on their cathodes transmit return current from the load to the first or second input lead.
US11018562B2
The invention relates to the field of electrical engineering, in particular the design of linear electric motors for submersible installations with a plunger pump, and used for oil extraction. The technical result is to increase the durability of the submersible electric motor and the efficiency of its operation. The stator consists of a cylindrical housing, within which are installed magnetically conductive cups incorporating armature coils and support elements separating the groups of cups, whereby the inner diameter of which is less than the inner diameter of the magnetically conductive cups. On the inner surface of the support elements, grooves are provided, the depth of which is more than half the difference between the inner diameters of the magnetically conductive cups and the support elements. Moreover, the magnetically conductive cups and the support elements are installed in a housing with a radial clearance and are attached therein by fastening elements.
US11018551B2
Provided is a motor which includes a housing and a stator disposed in the housing and a rotor disposed in the stator and a busbar disposed on one side of the stator, wherein the stator includes a stator core and a coil wound around the stator core and an insulator disposed between the stator core and the coil, the insulator includes a first insulator and a second insulator wherein the busbar includes a guide, wherein the guide is disposed between a first insulator and a second insulator.
US11018548B2
The invention relates to an electrical machine (1) comprising a rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted around a rotation axis (5) extending in the axial direction (3) in bearing devices (16, 17), a stator (7) having two axial ends, an air gap between rotor and stator, an interior chamber (10) encompassing the stator (7) and rotor (4), a sleeve (11) encompassing a first part (111) which encloses the interior chamber (10), a frame (12) having a first (123) and a second (121) longitudinal support (123), a first (122) and a second (124) cross-support, and a dividing device (2) on the frame (12). The stator (7) comprises a fastening device (15) for connection to the frame (12) and the dividing device (2) can make the interior chamber accessible from the outside in a plane parallel to the frame (12). The invention further relates to a collection, to a frame (12), to a sleeve (11), or to a service or production method of such an electrical machine (1).
US11018543B2
A method is for manufacturing a stator of a rotary electric machine. The method includes; forming a stator core; forming each of cassette coils by concentrically winding rectangular wire for the specified number of turns, each of the cassette coils being formed by applying a shift amount with respect to an axis in a winding direction to a wire shape of at least one of the turns before being attached to the teeth; attaching each of the cassette coils to each of teeth while canceling the shift amount; and forming a wire coil of the rotary electric machine by connecting a winding terminal of one of the cassette coils to a winding terminal of another of the cassette coils.
US11018540B2
Provided are a slim-type stator using a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) capable of maximally generating torque in an opposite rotor and capable of increasing airflow, and a single-phase motor and a cooling fan using the same. The slim-type stator includes: a multilayer PCB; and a plurality of coil patterns formed on respective PCB layers of the multilayer PCB and connected via throughholes, wherein the multilayer PCB includes at least one protrusion corresponding to the plurality of coil patterns, and at least one recess disposed between the plurality of coil patterns.
US11018539B2
An electric machine for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle may comprise: a rotor with a rotor laminated core; a stator with winding heads on opposite end faces; and a housing with a a cooling liquid reservoir. The rotor core comprises multiple stacked laminations each with an aperture connecting the end faces to one another. The apertures of adjacent laminations are offset in a circumferential direction so: a first helical cooling channel connects an inner region of the core to a first end face; a second helical cooling channel connects the inner region of the core to a second end face; and the first cooling channel and the second cooling channel are oriented oppositely with respect to one another and are connected via a passage within the rotor laminated core to a feed line conducting the cooling liquid within the rotor shaft.
US11018528B2
Provided is a power conversion device by which an inverter MOS transistors included in an inverter can be prevented from short-circuiting. It has a DC/DC converter unit converting a voltage of DC power to be inputted, a transformation unit transforming the DC power converted by the DC/DC converter unit, an inverter unit converting the DC power transformed by the transformation unit to AC power, a control unit driving/controlling the inverter unit, a wireless power reception unit receiving power fed by wireless power feed to supply it to the control unit, a wireless power transmission unit transmitting power to the wireless power reception unit, and a power supply unit supplying power to the wireless power transmission unit.
US11018527B2
A wireless power supply assembly and an electronic device are disclosed. By providing a gap between the magnetic sheet and the coil, dense magnetic lines of force closely abutting the coil pass through the gap to avoid passing through the magnetic sheet, thereby reducing loss due to the magnetic sheet. At the meanwhile, it is also possible to further avoid significant changes in coil inductance parameters caused by horizontal offset between the coil and the magnetic sheet due to installation errors, reduce the sensitivity of the resonance compensation capacitance of the wireless power supply assembly to the position and further reduce the loss. The present disclosure can effectively reduce the loss of the wireless power supply system and improve wireless power transmission efficiency.
US11018525B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a waveform generator, an alternating waveform by selectively enabling one or more switches coupled to a storage device, and supplying, by the waveform generator, the alternating voltage waveform to a winding coupled to a magnetic core of an inductive power supply to modify an alternating magnetic flux in the magnetic core from current alone flowing through a transmission medium coupled to the inductive power supply. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11018513B2
A battery cell management system includes a microcontroller having first and second applications and first and second memory buffers. The first and second memory buffers have first and second overvoltage fault bits, respectively, associated with a first battery cell. The first application sets a first encoded overvoltage fault indicator equal to a first fault value if the first overvoltage fault bit of the first memory buffer is equal to a first binary value. The first application receives a second encoded overvoltage fault indicator from the second application. The first application commands a digital input-output device to generate control signals to transition a contactor to an open operational state if either the first encoded overvoltage fault indicator is equal to the first fault value or the second encoded overvoltage fault indicator is equal to a second fault value.
US11018510B2
Systems and methods that can be retrofitted into an existing wired electrical system replacing existing switches whether as a standalone single switch or part of a multi-way switch configuration that can be controlled locally nominally by touch, controlled remotely by a remote, or controlled remotely by a computer. The systems and method provide that the switches establish a local network allowing for retrofit or construction of a structure or facility with electrical system automation without the need for additional wiring.
US11018505B2
A method for performing validation, estimation, and editing (VEE), including: displaying real-time electrical usage for a building on a controllable video display; executing VEE rules on each of the streams to generate and store a corresponding post VEE readings, the post VEE readings comprising tagged energy consumption data sets each associated with a corresponding one of the streams, each of the data sets comprising first groups of contiguous interval values tagged as having been validated and second groups of contiguous interval values tagged as having been edited, the first groups of contiguous interval values corresponding to correct data; for the each of the data sets, creating anomalies having different durations using only the first groups of contiguous interval values; generating estimates for the anomalies by employing estimation techniques; for each of the durations, selecting one of the estimation techniques for subsequent employment when performing VEE of subsequent energy consumption data for the corresponding one of the streams; and executing functions on the streams translated by the generating and directing directing the controllable video display to display a weather normalized usage baseline recommendation for action regarding current energy usage.
US11018496B2
A leakage current detection and protection device, and power connector and electrical appliance employing the same. The device includes: a leakage current detection module which detects a leakage current on the power lines to generate a leakage fault signal; a self-test module which periodically generates a simulated leakage current and outputs a self-test fault signal when the leakage current detection module is faulty; a trip module, including a switch coupled between the input and output ends of the power lines, and a first trip coil which drives the switch; a drive module which drives the trip module to disconnect the electrical connection between the input and output ends in response to the leakage fault signal and/or the self-test fault signal; and a trip function detection module which generates a trip coil fault signal in response to detecting an open circuit in the first trip coil to disconnect the electrical connection.
US11018491B2
A power sourcing equipment for remote powering of PoE equipment is provided including a transceiver for receiving an optical signal, a power module for receiving a power input, and a PoE device for receiving and converting the optical signal and the power input and controlling at least one remote device. A surge protector slot with a removable and field replaceable surge protector unit is provided. The removable field replaceable surge protector unit, after triggering by a surge event, is removable and replaceable with a new field replaceable surge protector unit allowing for continued surge protection without replacing the entire power sourcing equipment.
US11018490B2
A fault interrupt module includes a detector circuit, a counter circuit, and a switch circuit. The detector circuit is configured to detect faults as a difference in current between an input power line and a neutral line. The counter circuit configured to increment a fault count each time a fault is detected by the detector circuit, and the switch circuit is configured to terminate power to a load upon the fault count reaching a threshold count within a threshold time period.
US11018487B2
An overhead electrical infeed system includes an overhead mount surface, an electrical cord coupled to the overhead mount surface, an electrical outlet assembly coupled to a distal end portion of the cord having a proximal end portion mounted to the overhead mount surface and a distal end portion spaced from the proximal end portion. At least a portion of the weight of the electrical outlet assembly is supported by the electrical cord. A retractor is positioned along the electrical cord and is operable to raise the electrical outlet assembly or to retain the electrical outlet assembly at a selected elevation. An electrical outlet is electrically energized by the electrical cord and is mounted to the electrical outlet assembly, to provide users with access to electrical or data signals.
US11018486B2
The present invention concerns a module (1) of a seal or transition for cables or wires, which module (1) is to be placed inside a frame (10) together with one or more compression units (12). The module (1) comprises two module halves (2). Each module half comprises an outer part (3, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 33). The outer part has a straight section (3′) and two end sections (3″) at the ends of the straight section and placed perpendicular to the straight section, giving a U-form in end view. An inner part (5, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 34) is placed in a recess (4) formed between the end sections of the outer part (3, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 33). The inner part (5, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 31, 34) has a number of layers (6).
US11018481B1
A cable securing device facilitates secure connection to a cabling end, and employs a retaining cap, a barrel and a cable receiving component. Embodiments of the cable receiving component include a retaining jaw, a spacer gland and a fastening ring maintained within an interior cavity of the barrel. In various embodiments, the cable receiving component is retained in a substantially axially static position within the barrel upon insertion of a cable.
US11018472B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a mount section having an insulating property connected to a heat sink, a plurality of semiconductor laser elements disposed on the mount section, and a heat radiation block having an insulating property disposed on the plurality of semiconductor laser elements. A first wiring made of a metal is disposed on an upper surface of the mount section, and a second wiring made of a metal is disposed on a lower surface of the heat radiation block, a part of the second wiring being electrically connected to the first wiring. By electrically connecting the first wiring and the second wiring to each of the plurality of semiconductor laser elements, the plurality of semiconductor laser elements are connected in series, and have a same polarity with each other at a side that each of the plurality of semiconductor laser elements is connected to the first wiring.
US11018470B2
A system for producing single-frequency or near-single-frequency operation of a laser beam includes a laser for emitting a laser beam at each one of a plurality of cavity lengths, A detector is configured to receive at least a portion of the laser beam emitted, and generate a signal. A computer system is configured to identify at least one beat note in the signal for each of at least one of the plurality of cavity lengths, the at least one beat note indicating the presence of one or more higher-order transverse modes, longitudinal modes, or both, in the received at least the portion of the laser beam emitted at the at least one of the plurality of cavity lengths. The cavity is adjusted to one of the plurality of cavity lengths for eliminating or minimizing the at least one beat note.
US11018464B2
An RF signal processing system including multiple drop-in modular circuit blocks is disclosed. The drop-in modular circuit blocks include input and output launches exhibiting the same launch geometry. The RF system may include a conductive plate with a grid of holes disposed on the conductive plate. Multiple modular blocks may be installed on the conductive plate to form a cascade of modular blocks that exhibit common launch geometries. The cascade may include an RF probe with a projection and conductive pin that overhang a portion of a launch of a modular block at an end of the cascade. Flex connects may be disposed on, and held in position by, anchors to connect adjacent modular blocks together in a prototype system. A production RF system may exhibit the same overall geometry as a prototype RF system to speed up the transition from prototype design to production design.
US11018460B1
The present disclosure relates to telephone jack covering systems that advantageously render existing telephone jacks more attractive and useful. The systems disclosed include a novel bracket that allows for existing telephone jacks to be covered with decorative and functional devices. In a preferred embodiment, an existing telephone jack is outfitted with a bracket and covered with a converter device that converts the existing telephone jack into a smart device charging station.
US11018459B2
A USB Type-C receiver device, includes: a port including a channel configuration input; a ground pin; and a protection circuit for protection against high voltages on the channel configuration input, wherein the protection circuit includes a resistive circuit coupled between the channel configuration input and the ground terminal and configured to form both a voltage divider and a resistive pull-down circuit coupled between the channel configuration input and the ground pin.
US11018455B2
A connector and a transmission wafer thereof are provided. The transmission wafer includes an insulating frame, a plurality of grounding terminals fixed to the insulating frame, and a first shielding member disposed on the insulating frame. At least one of the grounding terminals includes a main segment and a parasitic segment separate from the main segment. The main segment includes a transmission portion fixed in the insulating frame and a tail portion that protrudes from the insulating frame. The parasitic segment includes a fixing portion fixed in the insulating frame and a parasitic contact portion that protrudes from the insulating frame. The first shielding member includes a plurality of first internally connecting arms respectively connected to the grounding terminals, and at least one of the first externally connecting arms is sandwiched between a first edge of the transmission portion and a second edge of the fixing portion.
US11018452B2
A positioning fastener includes a base having a seat plate extended therefrom, a fixing portion disposed below the base for fastening to an electronic substrate, and an elastic positioning structure disposed above the base and including an urging plate, a pressing plate connected to the urging plate, a positioning space defined therein and a positioning member disposed at a bottom side thereof. The urging plate and the pressing plate are squeezed backwards and elastically deformed by a circuit board that is rotated downward so that the circuit board passes the urging plate and moves into the positioning space of the elastic positioning structure and a suspended board edge of the circuit board is secured in position by the positioning member. The pressing plate can be pressed by an external force to lift the urging plate, allowing the circuit board to be rotated in direction away from the positioning member.
US11018450B2
A connector position assurance device having multiple features for assuring a full coupling and locking of a female housing with a male housing in a connector system, such that the female housing and male housing are placed into a fully coupled and locked position when the connector position assurance device is moved from a pre-lock position to a full-lock position. When the connector position assurance device is at a full-lock position, a first member on the connector position assurance penetrates a window formed on the female housing, and at least one ledge extending from the connector position assurance device prevents a flexible member of the female housing from being moved downward, providing assurance that the female and male housings are fully coupled and locked together.
US11018448B2
In accordance with example embodiments a cover may include an attachment member having at least one aperture and a shelf substantially perpendicular to the attachment member.
US11018447B2
According to various embodiments, a cable and termination system includes a cable, a liquidtight conduit at least partially surrounding the cable, and a termination. The cable includes a cable core comprising three insulated phase conductors, three ground conductors, and filler interspersed within the cable core to force the ground connectors into symmetrical, geometric location with a corresponding phase conductor and a second phase conductor, and a cable wrap applied over the cable core. The termination includes a first connector, a second, reverse-threaded connector including an exterior metal body and a male metal body coupled with a collet sleeve. Various embodiments of the first connector are also described.
US11018441B2
A high gain of an antenna is achieved while suppressing interference of a radio wave from an RFIC. A plurality of serial-type radiation element rows 41 are arranged in parallel. A parallel feed line 45 branches from a feed terminal of an electronic component 11, and connects radiation elements 42, at ends of the serial-type radiation element row 41 farthest from the electronic component 11, to the feed terminal of the electronic component 11. All of the serial-type radiation element rows have an identical path length, along the parallel feed line 45, from each of the radiation elements 42 at the ends farthest from the electronic component 11 to the feed terminal of the electronic component 11. An amplifier 61 is connected to the parallel feed line on a halfway portion of the parallel feed line 45. The amplifier 61 amplifies a signal passing through the parallel feed line 45.
US11018440B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first antenna array including a plurality of first antenna elements, a second antenna array including a plurality of second antenna elements, and a processor. The processor measures first signal strengths for every a plurality of beam indexes by means of the first antenna array and the second antenna array, determines second signal strengths for every the plurality of beam indexes by means of the first antenna array, and determines a beam index, a signal strength of which is maximal, based on a difference between the first signal strength and the second signal strength corresponding to a beam index selected among the plurality of beam indexes.
US11018431B2
Systems and methods for a conformal planar dipole antenna is described herein. In one example, the antenna can include a first dipole layer, a second dipole layer, a microstrip layer, and a ground plane. The first dipole layer can include a first antenna element. The second dipole layer can include a second antenna element. The microstrip layer can include a microstrip. The first antenna element, the second antenna element, and the microstrip can be electrically coupled to each other.
US11018427B2
Multiplexed antennas that sector-split in a first band and operate as MIMO antennas in a second band
Base station antennas include a plurality of multiplexer filters and a multi-column array of radiating elements that includes a plurality of sub-arrays. Each filter may have a first and second ports that are configured to pass RF signals in respective first and second frequency bands and a third common port that is coupled to a respective one of a plurality of sub-arrays. These antennas also include first frequency band ports that are coupled to the first ports of respective subsets of the multiplexer filters and second frequency band ports that are coupled to the second ports of at least some of the multiplexer filters. The antenna may operate as a MIMO sector antenna in the first frequency band and as a sector-splitting antenna in the second frequency band.
US11018421B2
A communication system is provided, including an antenna, a matching network coupled to the antenna, a controller configured to control the matching network, and a look-up table coupled to the controller. The look-up table includes characterization data according to frequency bands and conditions. The controller is configured to refer to the look-up table to determine optimum impedance for a frequency band selected under a condition detected during a time interval, and adjust the matching network to provide the optimum impedance.
US11018405B2
A dielectric resonator, a dielectric filter using the dielectric resonator, a transceiver, and a base station. The dielectric filter includes a body made of a solid-state dielectric material, where a plurality of indentations are disposed at a first surface of the body and where at least one of a hole or a groove is disposed between adjacent indentations of the plurality of indentations, and a conducting layer, wherein the first surface and other surfaces of the body, surfaces of the plurality of the indentations, and an interior of the at least one of the hole or the groove are covered with the conducting layer.
US11018399B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer-based battery separator, which contains a compound of formula R (OR1)n(COOMx+1/x)m. In said formula, R represents a non-aromatic hydrocarbon group comprising between 10 and 4,200 carbon atoms, which can be interrupted by oxygen atoms, R1 represents H, —(CH2)kCOOMx+1/x or —(CH2)k—SO3Mx+1/x, whereby k stands for 1 or 2, M represents an alkali or earth alkaline metal ion, H+ or NH4+, whereby not all variables of M are defined simultaneously as H+, n stands for 0 or 1, m stands for 0 or a whole number from 10 to 1,400 and x stands for 1 or 2. The ratio of oxygen atoms to carbon atoms in the compound according to the aforementioned formula ranges between 1:1.5 and 1:30 and n and m cannot simultaneously represent zero.
US11018396B2
A battery box includes a box body, a first push element, a second push element and a third push element. The box body includes a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall and a bottom wall, which are arranged beside each other. The first push element has a first opening. The second push element has a second opening. The third push element has a third opening. The first push element is movable through the first opening along a first axis. The second push element is movable through the second opening along a second axis. The third push element is movable through the third opening along a third axis. An accommodation space of the box body is defined by the first push element, the second push element and the third push element according to a usage state of the battery box.
US11018395B2
An electrode assembly and a method of manufacturing an electrode assembly are disclosed. The electrode assembly includes first unit cells having two negative electrodes, two separators, and a positive electrode in a stacked configuration, second unit cells having two positive electrodes, two separators, and a negative electrode in a stacked configuration, and a separator pouch made of the same material as the separators and bonded to and surrounding respective ones of the first unit cells or the second unit cells so that portions of each separator pouch comprise an uppermost layer and a lowermost layer of the respective surrounded unit cell, wherein a surplus portion of each separator pouch protrudes beyond peripheral ends of the first and second unit cells. The first unit cells and the second unit cells are alternately stacked, and the surplus portions of the separator pouches are bonded to each other.
US11018383B2
A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules stacked with connecting terminals disposed at predetermined positions, a holding unit for holding the plurality of battery modules under the stacked state, a plurality of conducting paths connecting corresponding connecting terminals, and a substrate connected to the holding unit. The plurality of conducting paths are provided integrally in the substrate and disposed to connect the corresponding connecting terminals in association with connection of the substrate to the holding unit.
US11018363B2
A fuel cell includes: a membrane-electrode-gas diffusion layer assembly; a separator positioned in one side with respect to the membrane-electrode-gas diffusion layer assembly; a frame member supporting the membrane-electrode-gas diffusion layer assembly and joined to the separator, wherein the frame member includes: a base layer; an adhesive layer having thermoplasticity, having a linear expansion coefficient greater than that of the base layer, and joining the base layer and the separator; and a coating, layer provided on a side, opposite to the adhesive layer, of the base layer, having a liner expansion coefficient greater than that of the base layer, and not containing an adhesive component.
US11018349B2
The present invention relates to a non-platinum catalyst for an oxygen reduction electrode, in which iron nanoparticles are dispersed in nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon nanofibers, and the surfaces of the iron nanoparticles are at least partially exposed to the outside. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for producing a non-platinum catalyst for an oxygen reduction electrode using electrospinning and hydrogen activation reactions.
US11018343B1
Energy storage devices, battery cells, and batteries of the present technology may include a first current collector, and may include a second current collector. At least one of the first current collector and the second current collector may be a metal current collector. The battery cells may include a seal between an external region of the first current collector and an external region of the second current collector. The seal may be coupled with a first portion of a first surface of the first current collector, and may be coupled with a first portion of a first surface of the second current collector. The battery cells may also include a coupling material positioned between the seal and the first portion of the first surface of the first current collector. The coupling material may also be positioned between the seal and the first portion of the first surface of the second current collector.
US11018334B2
The invention relates to particulate lithium metal composite materials, stabilized by alloy-forming elements of the third and fourth primary group of the PSE and method for production thereof by reaction of lithium metal with film-forming element precursors of the general formulas (I) or (II): [AR1R2R3R4]Lix (I), or R1R2R3A-O-AR4R5R6 (II), wherein R1R2R3R4R5R6=alkyl (C1-C12), aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy-, or halogen (F, Cl, Br, I), independently of each other; or two groups R represent together a 1,2-diolate (1,2-ethandiolate, for example), a 1,2- or 1,3-dicarboxylate (oxalate or malonate, for example) or a 2-hydroxycarboxylate dianion (lactate or salicylate, for example); the groups R1 to R6 can comprise additional functional groups, such as alkoxy groups; A=boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, silicon, germanium, tin, lead; x=0 or 1 for B, Al, Ga, In, Tl; x=0 for Si, Ge, Sn, Pb; in the case that x=0 and A=B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, R4 is omitted, or with polymers comprising one or more of the elements B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, at temperatures between 50 and 300° C., preferably above the melting temperature of lithium of 180.5° C., in an organic, inert solvent.
US11018328B2
A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a display substrate are provided. The method includes: a back film material forming step of forming a back film material having first adhesion on a substrate, the substrate includes a substrate region and a peripheral region surrounding the substrate region, and the substrate region includes a display region, a bending region, and a bonding region sequentially arranged in a first direction; a back film cutting step of cutting the back film material along outlines of the display region and the bonding region; a back film removing step of removing the back film material in the peripheral region and the bending region; and a back film adhesion enhancing step of enhancing adhesion of the back film material in the display region and the bonding region from the first adhesion to second adhesion, so as to form a back film on the substrate.
US11018327B2
This disclosure provides a mask module, a method for manufacturing a film layer, and a method for manufacturing an organic electromagnetic light-emitting display panel. The mask module is configured to manufacture a display substrate. The display substrate has at least one display area. The display area has at least one island pattern. The mask module includes at least two open type masks. Each of the open type masks has an opening area corresponding to at least one of the display areas. The opening areas of the open type masks corresponding to the same display area are not overlapped with each other, and the open type masks are stitched to constitute a joint and a blocking structure. The joint has a shape as same as that of the display area, and the blocking structure has a shape as same as that of the island pattern.
US11018324B2
A stretchable display device includes a structure that can minimize damage to a polarizing layer when the stretchable display device is stretched and reduce visibility of external light being reflected to a user by using a polarizing plate having a stretchable characteristic, and the thickness of the stretchable display can be reduced because components disposed under the upper substrate and the polarizing layer are configured to include the same material as the polarizing layer that can be easily stretched in a plurality of directions by alternately disposing stretchable polarizing layers in different directions.
US11018321B2
A sealing structure (200) seals a light emitting unit (140) and includes a first inorganic film (210), a second inorganic film (220), a first resin-containing film (230), and a second resin-containing film (240). The film thickness of the first inorganic film (210) is equal to or greater than 1 nm and equal to or less than 300 nm. The first resin-containing film (230) is in contact with the first inorganic film (210) and includes a first resin. The second inorganic film (220) is positioned on an opposite side of the first inorganic film (210) with the first resin-containing film (230) interposed between the first and second inorganic films. The second resin-containing film (240) is positioned between the first resin-containing film (230) and the second inorganic film (220) and is in contact with the second inorganic film (220). The second resin-containing film (240) includes a second resin.
US11018315B2
The present disclosure involves in a substrate and a method of producing the same, and a display apparatus and a method of producing the same. The substrate includes a base substrate, at least comprising an adhering region and an alignment area adjacent to the adhering region; a covering layer disposed on the base substrate, wherein a part of the covering layer located in the adhering region comprises an adhesive providing region and non-adhesive providing regions located at both sides of the adhesive providing region, wherein a groove is provided on a top of the adhesive providing region of the covering layer.
US11018312B2
Disclosed herein are an organic light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting display device including the same. The organic light-emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a first light emitting structure disposed on the first electrode and including a first organic emissive layer; a second light emitting structure disposed on the first light emitting structure and including a second organic emissive layer; a third light emitting structure disposed on the second light emitting structure and including a third organic emissive layer; and a second electrode on the third light emitting structure, wherein a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of a peak wavelength of light emitted from each of the first organic emissive layer and the third organic emissive layer is within a range from 26 nm to 36 nm, inclusive.
US11018298B2
A phase change memory structure (100) includes a phase change material layer (110), a top electrode layer (120) above the phase change material layer, a metal silicon nitride layer (130) in contact with the top electrode layer opposite from the phase change material layer, a metal silicide layer (140) in contact with the metal silicon nitride layer opposite from the top electrode layer, and a conductive metal bit line (150) in contact with the metal silicide layer opposite from the metal silicon nitride layer.
US11018286B2
A light emitting device including a molded package having leads including a pair of a first lead and a second lead, a molded resin, and a recess, where an upper surface of the leads is partially exposed from a bottom surface of the recess. The device further including a light emitting component mounted on the bottom surface, and at least one sealing member located in the recess to cover the light emitting component. At least one of the first lead and the second lead has a groove on an upper surface thereof, where the groove is positioned so as to correspond to a corner on the bottom surface of the recess in a cross sectional view. A portion of the molded resin located within the groove is exposed from the bottom surface. A surface of the corner is composed of a curved surface, and the sealing member covers the corner.
US11018281B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor body includes an active region including a quantum well that generates electromagnetic radiation, a first region that impedes passage of charge carriers from the active region, and a second region that impedes passage of charge carriers from the active region, wherein the semiconductor body is based on a nitride compound semiconductor material, the first region is directly adjacent to the active region on a p-side, the second region is arranged on a side of the first region facing away from the active region, the first region has an electronic band gap larger than the electronic band gap of the quantum well and less than or equal to an electronic band gap of the second region, and the first region and the second region contain aluminum.
US11018278B2
A semiconductor body is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor body includes a p-doped region, an active region, an intermediate layer and a layer stack containing indium, wherein an indium concentration in the layer stack changes along a stacking direction, wherein the layer stack is formed with exactly one nitride compound semiconductor material apart from dopants, wherein the intermediate layer is nominally free of indium, arranged between the layer stack and the active region, and directly adjoins the layer stack, wherein the intermediate layer and/or the layer stack are n-doped at least in places, wherein a dopant concentration of the layer stack is at least 5*1017 1/cm3 and at most 2*1018 1/cm3, and wherein a dopant concentration of the intermediate layer is at least 2*1018 1/cm3 and at most 3*1019 1/cm3.
US11018273B2
A photosensitive reflector, a laser induced touch device and a laser touch detection method are provided. The photosensitive reflector, comprising a reflection layer and a photosensitive element, wherein the photosensitive element is disposed on or in the reflection layer and configured to sense at least one of light running through the reflection layer, light incident on the reflection layer, or light reflected by the reflection layer.
US11018259B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one source drain feature, a gate structure, and at least one gate spacer. The source/drain feature is present at least partially in the substrate. The gate structure is present on the substrate. The gate spacer is present on at least one sidewall of the gate structure. At least a bottom portion of the gate spacer has a plurality of dopants therein.
US11018255B2
A device includes a string driver comprising a channel region between a drain region and a source region. At least one of the channel region, the drain region, and the source region comprises a high band gap material. A gate region is adjacent and spaced from the high band gap material. The string driver is configured for high-voltage operation in association with an array of charge storage devices (e.g., 2D NAND or 3D NAND). Additional devices and systems (e.g., non-volatile memory systems) including the string drivers are disclosed, as are methods of forming the string drivers.
US11018249B2
A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body having opposing first surface and second surfaces, and a side surface surrounding the semiconductor body. The semiconductor component also includes an active region including a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, which is electrically contacted via the first surface, and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, which is electrically contacted via the second surface. The semiconductor component further includes an edge termination region arranged in a lateral direction between the first semiconductor region of the active region and the side surface, and includes a first edge termination structure and a second edge termination structure. The second edge termination structure is arranged in the lateral direction between the first edge termination structure and the side surface and extends from the first surface in a vertical direction more deeply into the semiconductor body than the first edge termination structure.
US11018248B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, first and second semiconductor layers, a nitride layer, and an oxide layer. A direction from the second electrode toward the first electrode is aligned with a first direction. A position in the first direction of the third electrode is between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first direction. The first semiconductor layer includes first to fifth partial regions. The first partial region is between the fourth and third partial regions in the first direction. The second partial region is between the third and fifth partial regions in the first direction. The nitride layer includes first and second nitride regions. The second semiconductor layer includes first and second semiconductor regions. The oxide layer includes silicon and oxygen. The oxide layer includes first to third oxide regions.
US11018235B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor devices having a stacked arrangement, and further relates to methods of fabricating such devices. In one aspect, a semiconductor device comprises a first memory device and a second memory device formed over a substrate and at least partly stacked in a vertical direction. Each of the first and second memory devices has a plurality of vertical transistors, wherein each vertical transistor has a vertical channel extending in the vertical direction.
US11018234B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a gate structure. The semiconductor substrate includes a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin. The gate structure includes a work function metal structure crossing over the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin. The work function metal structure comprises a first portion over a portion of the first semiconductor fin, a second portion over a portion of the second semiconductor fin, and a third portion connecting the first portion to the second portion, wherein a thickness of the third portion is smaller than a thickness of the second portion and greater than a thickness of the first portion along an extension direction of the second semiconductor fin.
US11018227B2
A semiconductor storage device comprises a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix. Each of the memory cells includes: a semiconductor storage element including a silicon carbide substrate and a silicon carbide film on a first surface of the silicon carbide substrate; a lower electrode on a second surface facing away from the first surface of the silicon carbide substrate; and an upper electrode on at least part of a surface of the silicon carbide film, the surface facing away from another surface of the silicon carbide film in contact with the silicon carbide substrate. Each memory cell includes at least one basal plane dislocation formed at at least part of the semiconductor storage element.
US11018219B2
The invention discloses a P-type MOSFET, a channel region consisting of an N-well is formed in the semiconductor substrate covered with a gate structure; the N-well is formed by overlaying an annealed phosphorus-implanted region, an annealed first arsenic-implanted region and an annealed second arsenic-implanted region, and the first arsenic-implanted region and the second arsenic-implanted region are overlaid to form a threshold voltage regulation region; the implantation depth of the first arsenic-implanted region is greater than that of the second arsenic-implanted region; and an amorphous layer is formed by the first arsenic-implanted region on the semiconductor substrate to improve the implantation uniformity of the second arsenic-implanted region and to decrease the peak surface doping concentration of the second arsenic-implanted region located on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. The invention further discloses a method for manufacturing a P-type MOSFET. The invention can reduce the flicker noises of a device.
US11018214B2
A display device includes a resin substrate, a TFT layer, a light-emitting element, a frame region, a terminal portion, a bending portion, a plurality of frame wiring lines, and at least a one-layer inorganic film. The light-emitting element includes a metal electrode provided on a flattening film included in the TFT layer. In the bending portion, an opening is formed in at least the one-layer inorganic film. A frame flattening film is provided to fill the opening. The plurality of frame wiring lines are provided on the frame flattening film across the opening. The frame wiring line is formed of a metal material identical to the metal material of the metal electrode. The frame flattening film is formed of a resin material identical to the resin material of the flattening film.
US11018202B2
A display device includes a display panel, a protective sheet at a rear side of the display panel, the protective sheet including an opening, a sensor in the opening, and a pattern in the display panel, the pattern overlapping the opening.
US11018199B2
Provided are a method for driving a display panel, a display driving device and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring any one frame of picture to de displayed; dividing the any one frame of picture to be displayed into a first partition picture, a second partition picture and a third partition picture; displaying the first partition picture in the first display region, displaying the second partition picture in the second display region, and displaying the third partition picture in the third display region; where in a same frame of picture to be displayed, a density A1 of sub-pixels for displaying the first partition picture, a density A2 of sub-pixels for displaying the second partition picture and a density A3 of sub-pixels for displaying the third partition picture satisfy that A1
US11018196B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate comprises a base substrate and an anode, an organic light-emitting layer and a cathode formed on the base substrate sequentially, wherein the display substrate further comprises a plurality of functional patterns formed between the organic light-emitting layer and the anode, the plurality of functional patterns is divided into different types based on colors of a plurality of sub-pixels, and each type of the plurality of functional patterns is disposed in a region of the sub-pixel with a color corresponding to the type; the plurality of sub-pixels with different colors has different driving voltages, and a resistance value of each type of the plurality of the functional patterns in a direction perpendicular to the organic light-emitting layer is controlled to decrease as the driving voltage of the sub-pixel with the color corresponding to the type increases.
US11018194B2
In one embodiment, there is provided a display substrate including: a base substrate; a plurality of pixels on the base substrate; and a pixel definition layer on the base substrate, defining the pixels and separating the pixels from one another. Each of the pixels includes: a first electrode assembly, a light-emitting function layer and a second electrode arranged sequentially in a direction away from the base substrate, and the second electrodes of the pixels form a common electrode layer extending over the pixel definition layer. In each of the pixels, a distance between a surface of the pixel definition layer away from the base substrate and a surface of the light-emitting function layer away from the base substrate in the direction away from the base substrate is less than or equal to a preset threshold that is in a range of about 0 Å to about 300 Å.
US11018189B2
A storage apparatus includes a plurality of first wiring layers extending in one direction, a plurality of second wiring layers extending in another direction, and a plurality of memory cells provided in respective opposing regions in which the plurality of first wiring layers and the plurality of second wiring layers are opposed to each other. The plurality of memory cells each includes a selector element layer, a storage element layer, and an intermediate electrode layer provided between the selector element layer and the storage element layer. One or more of the selector element layer, the storage element layer, and the intermediate electrode layer is a common layer that is common between the plurality of memory cells, in which the plurality of memory cells is adjacent to each other and extends in the one direction or the other direction. The intermediate electrode layer includes a nonlinear resistive material.
US11018184B2
A magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), including multiple cell array regions, multiple MRAM cells disposed in the cell array region, a silicon nitride liner conformally covering on the MRAM cells, an atomic layer deposition dielectric layer covering on the silicon nitride liner in the cell array region, wherein the surface of atomic layer deposition dielectric layer is a curved surface concave downward to the silicon nitride liner at the boundary of MRAM cells, and an ultra low-k dielectric layer covering on the atomic layer deposition dielectric layer.
US11018181B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type on the first semiconductor layer; and first and second detectors positioned inside the second semiconductor layer. The first and second detectors are arranged in a first direction along a boundary between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The device further includes first and second semiconductor regions provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first and second detectors, respectively. The first and second semiconductor regions include second conductivity type impurities with a higher concentration than that in the second semiconductor layer. The first detector has a first thickness along a second direction from the first semiconductor layer toward the second semiconductor layer, and the second detector has a second thickness along the second direction, the second thickness being thicker than the first thickness.
US11018176B2
A device includes a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a backside. A photo-sensitive device is disposed at a surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the photo-sensitive device is configured to receive a light signal from the backside of the semiconductor substrate, and convert the light signal to an electrical signal. An amorphous-like adhesion layer is disposed on the backside of the semiconductor substrate. The amorphous-like adhesion layer includes a compound of nitrogen and a metal. A metal shielding layer is disposed on the backside of the semiconductor substrate and contacting the amorphous-like adhesion layer.
US11018174B2
Techniques of drawing ESD current away from an image sensor device of a CMOS image sensor die include using a light shield configured to block light from an image sensor device. The light shield may be used to draw the ESD current away when it has an electrical connection to an ESD ground bus and/or to a bond pad of the CMOS image sensor die. Advantageously, the light shield has a low resistance due to its large surface area. Accordingly, parallel connections to the bond pads and/or ESD bus have a resistance close to the low resistance of the light shield without altering the size of the die.
US11018170B2
An image sensor includes a pair of pixel sharing circuits, a second reset transistor, an amplifier transistor, a readout transistor and a control circuit. The pair of pixel sharing circuits connected to a floating diffusion node, each including a photon device, a first reset transistor, a capture transistor, a holding transistor, a capacitor and a sharing transistor. The control circuit is configured to control the first reset transistor, the first capture transistor, the first holding transistor and the sharing transistor of each of the pair of sharing pixel circuits to be turned on or off.
US11018168B2
In some embodiments, a photodetector is provided. The photodetector includes a first well having a first doping type disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A second well having a second doping type opposite the first doping type is disposed in the semiconductor substrate on a side of the first well. A first doped buried region having the second doping type is disposed in the semiconductor substrate, where the first doped buried region extends laterally through the semiconductor substrate beneath the first well and the second well. A second doped buried region having the second doping type is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and vertically between the first doped buried region and the first well, where the second doped buried region contacts the first well such that a photodetector p-n junction exists along the second doped buried region and the first well.
US11018167B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for performing aging process on the transistor in the display panel. A method for performing aging process on a transistor in a display panel, comprising: obtaining an initial characteristic curve of the transistor; determining an initial cutoff voltage range of the transistor according to the obtained initial characteristic curve; determining a gate-source voltage and a drain-source voltage required by the transistor according to the initial cutoff voltage range, so as to increase an cutoff voltage range of the transistor; and performing aging process on the transistor according to the determined required gate-source voltage and drain-source voltage.
US11018164B2
A thin-film transistor substrate includes a thin-film transistor and a light-shielding part. The thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode, a semiconductor part made from a semiconductor material and superimposed on a part of the gate electrode via a first insulating film, a source electrode on a part of the semiconductor part and connected to the semiconductor part, and a drain electrode on a part of the semiconductor part and connected to the semiconductor part with spaced apart from the source electrode. The light-shielding part includes a first light-shielding section disposed above the semiconductor part, the source electrode, and the drain electrode via the second insulating film and superimposed on the semiconductor part, and a second light-shielding section not to be superimposed on the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode and having an opening adjacent to the thin-film transistor.
US11018163B2
The present disclosure provides a fan-out structure and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display panel, relating to the field of display technology. The fan-out structure includes a plurality of fan-out units for connecting a drive circuit to a display area, wherein each of the fan-out units includes a fan-out line, and at least one of the fan-out units further includes a resistance adjustment unit connected to a corresponding fan-out line, and the resistance adjustment unit is configured to make a resistance difference between different fan-out units smaller than a first threshold.
US11018159B2
To provide a display device including a flexible panel that can be handled without seriously damaging a driver circuit or a connecting portion between circuits. The display device includes a bent portion obtained by bending an element substrate. A circuit for driving the display device is provided in the bent portion and a wiring extends from the circuit, whereby the strength of a portion including the circuit for driving the display device is increased and failure of the circuit is reduced. Furthermore, the element substrate is bent in a connecting portion between an external terminal electrode and an external connecting wiring (FPC) so that the element substrate provided with the external terminal electrode fits the external connecting wiring, whereby the strength of the connecting portion is increased.
US11018157B2
The present disclosure describes an apparatus with a local interconnect structure. The apparatus can include a first transistor, a second transistor, a first interconnect structure, a second interconnect structure, and a third interconnect structure. The local interconnect structure can be coupled to gate terminals of the first and second transistors and routed at a same interconnect level as reference metal lines coupled to ground and a power supply voltage. The first interconnect structure can be coupled to a source/drain terminal of the first transistor and routed above the local interconnect structure. The second interconnect structure can be coupled to a source/drain terminal of the second transistor and routed above the local interconnect structure. The third interconnect structure can be routed above the local interconnect structure and at a same interconnect level as the first and second interconnect structures.
US11018156B2
A 3D memory device, the device including: a plurality of memory cells, where each of the plurality of memory cells includes at least one memory transistor, where each of the at least one memory transistor includes a source and a drain; a plurality of bit-line pillars, where each of the plurality of bit-line pillars is directly connected to a plurality of the source or the drain, where each of the plurality of bit-line pillars includes metal atoms such that the plurality of bit-line pillars have at least partial metallic properties; and a thermal path from the bit-line pillars to an external surface of the device to remove heat. Various 3D processing flows and methods are also disclosed.
US11018149B2
A three dimensional stacked circuit device includes multiple decks of circuit elements, each deck including multiple tiers of circuit elements. Each deck includes a highly doped hollow channel extending through the deck. Below the first deck is a source conductor to drive activity of the circuit elements. Between each deck is a conductive stop layer that interconnects the hollow channel from one deck to the hollow channel of the deck adjacent to it. Thus, all hollow channels of all decks are electrically coupled to the source conductor.
US11018145B2
A semiconductor device may include a first cell structure, a second cell structure, a pad structure, a circuit, and an opening. The pad structure may include a first stepped structure and a second stepped structure located between the first cell structure and the second cell structure. The first stepped structure may include first pads electrically connected to the first and second cell structures and stacked on top of each other, and the second stepped structure may include second pads electrically connected to the first and second cell structures and stacked on top of each other. The circuit may be located under the pad structure. The opening may pass through the pad structure to expose the circuit, and may be located between the first stepped structure and the second stepped structure to insulate the first pads and the second pads from each other.
US11018139B2
Some embodiments include an integrated device having a first transistor gate over a first region of a semiconductor base, and having a second transistor gate over a second region of the semiconductor base. First sidewall spacers are along sidewalls of the first transistor gate. The first sidewall spacers include SiBNO, where the chemical formula lists primary constituents rather than a specific stoichiometry. The first sidewall spacers have a first thickness. Second sidewall spacers are along sidewalls of the second transistor gate. The second sidewall spacers have a second thickness which is less than the first thickness. First source/drain regions are within the semiconductor base and are operatively proximate the first transistor gate. Second source/drain regions are within the semiconductor base and are operatively proximate the second transistor gate. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated devices.
US11018138B2
Disclosed are DRAM devices and methods of forming DRAM devices. One method may include forming a plurality of trenches and angled structures, each angled structure including a first sidewall opposite a second sidewall, wherein the second sidewall extends over an adjacent trench. The method may include forming a spacer along a bottom surface of the trench, along the second sidewall, and along the first sidewall, wherein the spacer has an opening at a bottom portion of the first sidewall. The method may include forming a drain in each of the angled structures by performing an ion implant, which impacts the first sidewall through the opening at the bottom portion of the first sidewall. The method may include removing the spacer from the first sidewall, forming a bitline over the spacer along the bottom surface of each of the trenches, and forming a series of wordlines along the angled structures.
US11018127B2
A SGT MOSFET having ESD diode and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The SGT trench MOSFET according to the present invention, has n+ doped shielded electrode in an N channel device and requires only two poly-silicon layers, making the device can be shrunk with reducing shielded gate width for Rds reduction without increasing switching loss and having dynamic switching instability.
US11018118B2
A backlight device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The backlight device includes a substrate, a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) layer and a band-pass filter. The LED layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of LED chips arranged at intervals. The band-pass filter is disposed on the LED layer and is provided with openings formed at positions corresponding to the LED chips.
US11018112B2
A bonding method of a first member includes arranging an activated front surface of a first member and an activated front surface of a second member so as to face each other with a back surface of the first member attached to a sheet, pushing a back surface of the first member through the sheet to closely attach the activated front surface of the first member and the activated front surface of the second member, and stripping the sheet from the back surface of the first member while maintaining a state in which the activated front surface of the first member is closely attached to the activated front surface of the second member.
US11018111B2
A leadless integrated circuit (IC) package includes a spaced apart plurality of lead terminals on at least two sides of the leadless IC package, and an IC die including a substrate having at least a semiconductor surface including circuitry coupled to bond pads with the bond pads having bonding features thereon. The bonding features are flip chip bonded to the plurality of lead terminals. Mold compound is above the IC die and between adjacent lead terminals. The lead terminals and the substrate both extend out to have exposed surfaces at edges of the leadless IC package, and the lead terminals also provide a back side bondable contact.
US11018099B2
A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes: a semiconductor chip; a substrate facing an active surface of the semiconductor chip; and a conductive bump extending from the active surface of the semiconductor chip toward the substrate, wherein the conductive bump comprises: a plurality of bump segments comprising a first group of bump segments and a second group of bump segments, wherein each bump segment comprises the same segment height in a direction orthogonal to the active surface of the semiconductor chip, and each bump segment comprises a volume defined by the multiplication of the segment height with the average cross-sectional area of the bump segment; wherein the ratio of the total volume of the first group of bump segments to the total volume of the second group of bump segments is between about 0.03 and about 0.8.
US11018090B2
A semiconductor device and method for forming the semiconductor device are described. The method includes recessing a device pad to below a top surface of an interconnect layer and depositing a cap in the recess over the device pad. A topography assist layer is formed over each of at least one alignment mark using a selective deposition process that deposits material on conductive material of the at least one alignment mark selective to the metal nitride of the device pad such that a top surface of the topography assist feature is higher than a top surface of the cap. Device layers are deposited conformally over the interconnect layer such that the topography assist layer causes a topographical feature in a top surface of the deposited device layers, the topographical feature being vertically aligned with the topography assist layer. The device pad is aligned according to the topographical feature.
US11018084B2
An integrated circuit (IC) can be configured to provide a managed power distribution to circuits within a plurality of regions of the IC. Each region of the plurality of regions can include a corresponding set of circuits that are electrically connected to a corresponding virtual power island (VPI) within said each region. A global power distribution structure within the IC can be configured to be electrically interconnected to an off-chip voltage supply. The IC can also include a plurality of sets of vertical interconnects (VIs), each set of VIs electrically interconnected to a VPI within a corresponding region. Each set of VIs can also be connected to the global power distribution structure, and can be used to provide a specifically managed voltage through a VPI to a set of circuits within a corresponding region of the IC.
US11018076B2
A semiconductor module is provided, where a coolant circulation portion of a cooling apparatus has a first coolant flow channel and a second coolant flow channel arranged so as to sandwich therebetween a fin region in which a cooling fin is provided, and each having two ends in a longitudinal direction, a casing portion of the cooling apparatus includes a first opening provided on an end side corresponding to a first end of the first coolant flow channel and a second opening provided on an end side corresponding to a second end of the second coolant flow channel, the second end and the first end are arranged on the same side of the casing portion, and the first coolant flow channel and the second coolant flow channel are each at least partly provided below the cooling fin.
US11018068B2
Described herein are methods and apparatuses for packaging an ultrasound-on-a-chip. An ultrasound-on-a-chip may be coupled to a redistribution layer and to an interposer layer. Encapsulation may encapsulate the ultrasound-on-a-chip device and first metal pillars may extend through the encapsulation and electrically couple to the redistribution layer. Second metal pillars may extend through the interposer layer. The interposer layer may include aluminum nitride. The first metal pillars may be electrically coupled to the second metal pillars. A printed circuit board may be coupled to the interposer layer.
US11018067B2
In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise (a) an electronic device comprising a device top side, a device bottom side opposite the device top side, and a device sidewall between the device top side and the device bottom side, (b) a first conductor comprising, a first conductor side section on the device sidewall, a first conductor top section on the device top side and coupled to the first conductor side section, and a first conductor bottom section coupled to the first conductor side section, and (c) a protective material covering the first conductor and the electronic device. A lower surface of the first conductor top section can be higher than the device top side, and an upper surface of the first conductor bottom section can be lower than the device top side. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11018057B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first gate structure and a second gate structure over the substrate, a first hard mask on a top surface of the first gate structure, a second hard mask on the second gate structure and a third hard mask disposed between the first gate structure and the second gate structure and disposed between the first hard mask and the second hard mask. A bottom surface of the third hard mask is substantially flush with a bottom surface of the first gate structure.
US11018053B2
The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) structure. The method includes patterning a dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate to form a trench, exposing a conductive feature within the trench; performing an ion implantation process to introduce a doping species into sidewalls of the dielectric layer within the trench, thereby forming a barrier layer on the sidewalls, the barrier layer having a densified structure to effectively prevent inter-diffusion and a modified surface characteristic to boost a bottom-up deposition; and performing the bottom-up deposition to fill the trench with a metal material, thereby forming a metal plug landing on the conductive feature.
US11018052B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device that includes forming a mask stack over a semiconductor structure. The mask stack has a first mask layer and a second mask layer, where the second mask layer is arranged between the first mask layer and the semiconductor structure. The method further includes patterning a first pattern in the mask stack. The first pattern includes a first opening having first sidewalls formed in the first mask layer, a second opening having second sidewalls formed in the second mask layer, and a third opening having third sidewalls formed in the semiconductor structure. The first, second, and third sidewalls of the respective openings of the first pattern are formed around a central axis, where the second sidewalls of the second opening are located further away from the central axis than both the first and third sidewalls of the first and third openings, respectively.
US11018044B2
A wafer expanding method increases spacing between adjacent devices formed on a wafer. The method includes preparing an annular jig having a first restricting portion, a second restricting portion, and a curved restricting portion connecting the first restricting portion and the second restricting portion, mounting a ring frame supporting the wafer through an adhesive tape on a cylindrical frame fixing member, next mounting the annular jig on the ring frame, and next fixing the ring frame and the annular jig to the cylindrical frame fixing member, and operating a cylindrical pushing member having an outer circumference corresponding to an outer circumference of the wafer to push up an annular exposed portion of the adhesive tape defined between the wafer and the ring frame and thereby lift the wafer away from the ring frame, thereby expanding the annular exposed portion and increasing the spacing between the adjacent devices.
US11018039B2
According to the embodiment, the electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface on an opposite side to the first major surface, a base plate supporting the ceramic dielectric substrate and including a gas introduction path, and a first porous part provided at a position between the base plate and the first major surface and being opposite to the gas introduction path. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes a first hole part positioned between the first major surface and the first porous part. At least one of the ceramic dielectric substrate or the first porous part includes a second hole part positioned between the first hole part and the first porous part, and a dimension of the second hole part is smaller than a dimension of the first porous part and larger than a dimension of the first hole part.
US11018037B2
An apparatus configured to load or unload a mask pod includes a first load port supporter and a second load port supporter spaced apart from the first load port supporter. Each of the first load port supporter and the second load port supporter includes at least portions of an L-shaped rectangular prism. The first load port supporter and the second load port supporter are disposed diagonally around a rectangular area, where first inner sidewalls of the first load port supporter and second inner sidewalls of the second load port supporter delimit boundaries of the rectangular area, and where a first width of the rectangular area is equal to a second width of the mask pod, and a first length of the rectangular area is equal to a second length of the mask pod.
US11018033B2
There is provided a technique that includes a process chamber including a gate valve that opens and closes a loading and unloading port configured to load and unload a substrate, and configured to heat and process the substrate by a heater using a microwave; a substrate transfer chamber including a purge gas distribution mechanism configured to distribute a purge gas supplied from a clean unit capable of introducing the purge gas; a transfer machine installed inside the substrate transfer chamber and configured to transfer the substrate into the process chamber; and a substrate cooling mounting tool configured to cool the substrate transferred from the process chamber by the transfer machine.
US11018030B2
In a general aspect, a for producing a fan-out wafer level package (FOWLP) semiconductor device can include separating a semiconductor wafer into a plurality of semiconductor die and, after separating the semiconductor wafer into the plurality of semiconductor die, increasing spacing between the plurality of semiconductor die. The method can further include encapsulating, in a molding compound, the plurality of semiconductor die and determining respective locations of one or more alignment features disposed within the molding compound. The method can still further include forming, based on the determined respective locations, one or more alignment marks in the molding compound.
US11018029B2
A method for producing an at least partially housed semiconductor wafer is provided. This method comprises the steps of providing a semiconductor wafer which has components on its upper face and providing a cover disc, the surface of which at least partially covers the semiconductor wafer. After functionalizing the surface of the cover disc to form a functional layer, the upper face of the semiconductor wafer and the surface of the cover disc are joined together, followed by activating the functional layer using simultaneous chemical bonding of the semiconductor wafer and the cover disc such that the cover disc forms a housing for the semiconductor wafer.
US11018024B2
Embodiments are provided herein for a substrate having one or more embedded traces and a method for fabricating one or more embedded traces. The method includes: forming a bump on a first major surface of a substrate, the bump having a height measured from the first major surface to a top surface of the bump; forming a trace comprising: a lower trace portion that directly contacts the first major surface, a sidewall trace portion that directly contacts at least one sidewall of the bump, and an upper trace portion that directly contacts the top surface of the bump; depositing a blanket dielectric layer over the trace; and etching away a top portion of the blanket dielectric layer to expose a top surface of the upper trace portion.
US11018016B2
A method is presented for layout decomposition including creating a first graph representative of an integrated circuit layout to be multiple-patterned, when a computer is invoked to decompose the layout, and decomposing each of a first subset of a multitude of sub-graphs into at least three sets when a valid coloring solution is returned for the layout. The multitude of sub-graphs is created from the first graph by dividing the first graph. The method further includes approximately decomposing each of the first subset into at least three sets using a hybrid evolutionary algorithm when the hybrid evolutionary algorithm does not return a valid coloring solution for the layout, and forming a colored graph representative of the layout by merging the at least three sets to generate one of at least three colors for each one of a multitude of vertices of the first graph.
US11018014B2
A dry etching method for isotropically etching each of SiGe layers selectively relative to each of Si layers in a laminated film is provided. The laminated film can include Si layers and SiGe layers alternately and repeatedly laminated. Each of the SiGe layers can be plasma-etched with plasma generated by a pulse-modulated radio frequency power using NF3 gas.
US11018013B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: forming an electrode including an Ni layer and an Au layer successively stacked on a semiconductor layer; forming a Ni oxide film by performing heat treatment to the electrode at a temperature of 350° C. or more to deposit Ni at least at a part of a surface of the Au layer and to oxidize the deposited Ni; and forming an insulating film in contact with the Ni oxide film and containing Si.
US11018009B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a p-metal work function nitride film having a desired p-work function on a substrate, including: adjusting one or more of a temperature of a substrate, a duration of one or more temporally separated vapor phase pulses, a ratio of a tungsten precursor to a titanium precursor, or a pressure of a reaction to tune a work function of a p-metal work function nitride film to a desired p-work function, and contacting the substrate with temporally separated vapor phase pulses of the tungsten precursor, the titanium precursor, and a reactive gas to form a p-metal work function nitride film thereon having the desired p-work function.
US11018007B2
A method of forming a structure for etch masking that includes forming first dielectric spacers on sidewalls of a plurality of mandrel structures and forming non-mandrel structures in space between adjacent first dielectric spacers. Second dielectric spacers are formed on sidewalls of an etch mask having a window that exposes a connecting portion of a centralized first dielectric spacer. The connecting portion of the centralized first dielectric spacer is removed. The mandrel structures and non-mandrel structures are removed selectively to the first dielectric spacers to provide an etch mask. The connecting portion removed from the centralized first dielectric spacer provides an opening connecting a first trench corresponding to the mandrel structures and a second trench corresponding to the non-mandrel structures.
US11018006B2
A method for patterning a semiconductor structure is provided, including forming an additional third material layer on a thinner portion of a second material layer to be an etching buffer layer. The removed thickness of the thinner portion of the second material layer covered by the third material layer during an etching back process is therefore reduced.
US11018002B2
A method for selectively depositing a Group IV semiconductor on a surface of a substrate is disclosed. The method may include, providing a substrate within a reaction chamber and heating the substrate to a deposition temperature. The method may further include, exposing the substrate to at least one Group IV precursor, and exposing the substrate to at least one Group IIIA halide dopant precursor. Semiconductor device structures including a Group IV semiconductor deposited by the methods of the disclosure are also provided.
US11017994B2
An ion guide is disclosed that comprises a plurality of electrodes arranged to form a multipole ion guide and one or more rigid support members. The plurality of electrodes comprises one or more groups of electrodes, and each group of electrodes comprises plural electrodes that are axially spaced apart from one another. The electrodes of one or more groups of electrodes are attached to one of the one or more rigid support members. One or more of the electrodes comprises a curved metal sheet, plate or strip.
US11017993B2
The invention relates to methods for drawing-off liquid from individual droplets which are in a predefined arrangement on a flat substrate and have sedimented material enclosed in them. A mask of an absorbent material comprising a pattern of indentations or holes which corresponds at least partially to the regular arrangement of the individual droplets, or a stiff, rigid plate of an absorbent material is positioned above the flat substrate in such a way that the droplets come into contact with the absorbent material peripherally so that liquid is drawn off there-into. The invention also relates to a mask of an absorbent material with a substantially rectangular shape which has a predefined pattern of indentations or holes for the purpose of separating liquid and sedimented material enclosed therein.
US11017984B2
Implementations of the present disclosure include methods and apparatuses utilized to reduce particle generation within a processing chamber. In one implementation, a lid for a substrate processing chamber is provided. The lid includes a cover member having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a central opening through the cover member, wherein an inner profile of the central opening includes a first section having a first diameter, a second section having a second diameter, and a third section having a third diameter, wherein the second diameter is between the first diameter and the third diameter, and the first diameter increases from the second section toward the first surface of the cover member, and a trench formed along a closed path in the first surface and having a recess formed in an inner surface of the trench.
US11017975B2
An apparatus for coupling to an input connection of an electron gun, the input connection having a heater terminal and a cathode terminal, includes: a connector having a first end and a second end; wherein the first end of the connector is configured to attach to a cable; wherein the second end of the connector is configured to connect to the input connection of the electron gun; and wherein the connector comprises an opening configured to receive the heater terminal of the input connection of the electron gun.
US11017974B2
An ion source is provided that includes a gas source for supplying a gas, and an ionization chamber defining a longitudinal axis extending therethrough and including an exit aperture along a side wall of the ionization chamber. The ion source also includes one or more extraction electrodes at the exit aperture of the ionization chamber for extracting ions from the ionization chamber in the form of an ion beam. At least one of the extraction electrodes comprises a set of discrete rods forming a plurality of slits in the at least one extraction electrode for enabling at least one of increasing a current of the ion beam or controlling an angle of extraction of the ion beam from the ionization chamber. Each rod in the set of discrete rods is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the ionization chamber.
US11017957B2
The dye-sensitized solar cell comprises a first electrode including a porous semiconductor layer supporting a dye; and a second electrode serving as a counter electrode of the first electrode. The second electrode includes a counter electrode conductive layer containing an absorbent supporting a dye that is the same as or different from the dye supported by the porous semiconductor layer.
US11017956B2
A capacitor has electrode foil (2, 60) and a terminal (tab 4) connected, an etch layer (16) being formed in the electrode foil, wherein a plurality of interrupting parts (12) are included in the etch layer, which is formed in the electrode foil, and at least in a connection part (stitching part 6) at which the terminal is connected. It makes it possible for the electrode foil of a higher capacitance to have flexibility, makes it possible to suppress cracks caused by pressing, and makes it possible to prevent cracks from spreading. In addition, such effects are expected that the electrode foil can be prevented from being damaged in a process of connecting the tab including folding the electrode foil, and pressing raised pieces of the electrode foil and the tab onto the electrode foil.
US11017955B2
A cathode subassembly for use in an electrolytic capacitor may include a first separator sheet including a surface having first and second regions, where the second region extends from a perimeter of the first region to a first peripheral edge of the first sheet, a second peripheral edge of a second sheet is substantially aligned with the first peripheral edge, a conductive foil is sandwiched between the first and second sheets and disposed within the first region, the first and second sheets are adhered to each other in a sealing region extending from the second region to a region of a surface of the second sheet facing the second region, and the first sheet includes at least one first recessed portion at the first peripheral edge aligned with at least one second recessed portion at the second peripheral edge of the second sheet.
US11017953B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body having a dielectric layer, and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes facing each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic body, respectively. The ceramic body includes an active portion including a plurality of internal electrodes facing each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween to form capacitance, and cover portions formed on upper and lower portions of the active portion. A buffer region is disposed between at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes among the plurality of first and second internal electrodes disposed inside the active portion, and satisfies the relation 0
US11017948B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer, and a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode facing each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and a first external electrode electrically connected to the first internal electrode, and a second external electrode electrically connected to the second internal electrode, disposed in an outer portion of the ceramic body, the first and second external electrodes comprise a first electrode layer including a conductive metal, a first plating layer disposed on the first electrode layer and including nickel (Ni), and a second plating layer disposed on the first plating layer and including tin (Sn), and a ratio (t1/t2) is within a range from 1.0 to 9.0, where t1 is a thickness of the first plating layer including nickel (Ni), and t2 is a thickness of the second plating layer including tin (Sn).
US11017945B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked, a main component of the dielectric layers being ceramic, a main component of the internal electrode layer being a metal, wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra of at least a part of the internal electrode layer is 30 nm or less, wherein a maximum height Rz of the at least a part of the internal electrode layer is 360 nm or less.
US11017943B2
The disclosure discloses a method for preparing a permanent magnet material. In this method, an ionic liquid electroplating process is used to electroplate a heavy rare earth metal onto a surface of a sintered magnet to form a magnet with a coating, wherein the sintered magnet has a thickness of 10 mm or less in at least one direction; in the ionic liquid electroplating process, an electroplating solution comprises an ionic liquid, a heavy rare earth salt, a group VIII metal salt, an alkali metal salt and an additive, an anode is a heavy rare earth metal or a heavy rare earth alloy, a cathode is the sintered magnet, an electroplating temperature is 20-50° C., an electroplating time is 15-80 min. The preparation method of the disclosure can improve an intrinsic coercive force of the magnet with low cost and high production efficiency. A utilization rate of heavy rare earth is high.
US11017927B2
A system and method for perturbing a permanent magnet asymmetric field to move a body includes a rotating body configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a permanent magnet arrangement arranged on the rotating body containing two or more permanent magnets, and a perturbation element. The permanent magnet arrangement is configured such that an asymmetric magnetic field is generated by the permanent magnets about a perturbation point. Actuation of the perturbation element at or near the perturbation point causes a tangential magnetic force on the rotating body and/or the permanent magnet arrangement, thereby causing the rotating body to rotate about the rotation axis. The disclosure may also be used for linear motion of a body.
US11017923B1
A resistor component includes an insulating substrate having one surface and the other surface and one end surface and the other end surface, a slit portion disposed on the one end surface and the other end surface and extending to the one surface and the other surface, a resistor layer disposed on the one surface, and a first terminal and a second terminal connected to the resistor layer. The first and second terminals include: an internal electrode layer including an upper electrode disposed on the one surface, a lower electrode disposed on the other surface, and a slit electrode disposed on an internal wall of the slit portion, and an external electrode layer disposed on the one end surface, the other end surface, and the internal wall of the slit portion, being in contact with the slit electrode, having a thickness less than a thickness of the internal electrode layer.
US11017912B2
The subject technology provides an X-ray shutter apparatus and an X-ray shutter opening and closing system using the same. An X-ray shutter apparatus may be configured to open or close an X-ray shutter using a magnetic field and to accurately control opening and closing of the X-ray shutter using an optical sensor. An X-ray shutter may include a fixing plate, a solenoid fixing block, a frame, a magnet, stop blocks and an exposed block. An X-ray shutter opening and closing system may use an X-ray shutter apparatus.
US11017910B2
A method for producing an iodine radioisotopes fraction, comprising the steps of dissolving enriched uranium targets forming a slurry, filtering said slurry, absorbing salts of iodine radioisotopes on an aluminium resin doped with silver and recovering said iodine radioisotopes fraction, is disclosed. The recovery of the iodine radioisotopes fraction, in particular of I-131, comprises washing the aluminium resin doped in silver using a solution of NaOH and eluting of iodine radioisotopes by a solution of thiourea, and collecting an eluate containing said iodine radioisotopes in a thiourea solution.
US11017909B2
A bolt installation and removal (BIR) system is used for assembling and disassembling a nuclear vessel. The BIR system includes a platform with a stand for supporting the nuclear vessel. A track extends around an outside perimeter of the platform and multiple tool carts include wheels that roll on the track. Tool towers are located on the carts and include tool assemblies configured to install and remove bolts on the nuclear reactor vessel. Magazine towers also extend up from the tool carts next to the tool towers and include magazines that hold bolts for exchanging with the tool assemblies. Drive mechanisms move tool heads in the tool assemblies around a first vertical axis, vertically up and down, and laterally to more simply and reliably install and remove the bolts in a radioactive underwater environment.
US11017903B2
A method of treating a patient to prevent heart failure readmission can include identifying one or more risk factors for the patient, and selecting one or more interventions relating to the one or more risk factors in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a treatment support system. The method also includes receiving a statistical score of the one or more interventions to determine the effect of the one or more selected interventions on heart failure readmission, and treating the patient as a function of the received statistical score using the one or more interventions.
US11017897B2
Healthcare object management systems and methods are presented. Health Object Identifiers (HOI) representative of healthcare object (e.g., medical records, data, etc.) can be derived from biometric data associated with a patient. HOIs can resolve to a network location where the healthcare object can be accessed. Biometric data, or other types of object data, can be exchanged among computing devices and the healthcare object. On exemplary use of HOIs includes self assembling personal data records as sensor data is obtained.
US11017895B2
A diagnostic imaging system retrieves data (206) from a plurality of accessible data sources, the accessible data sources storing data including physiological data describing a subject to be imaged, a nature of a requested diagnostic image, image preferences of a clinician who requested the diagnostic image, and previously reconstructed images of the requested nature of the subject and/or other subjects, reconstruction parameters and/or sub-routines used to reconstruct the previously reconstructed images. The system analyzes (6, 12) the retrieved data to automatically generate reconstruction parameters and/or sub-steps specific to the nature of the requested diagnostic image, the subject, and the clinician image preferences. The system controls a display device (10, 216) to display the generated reconstruction parameters and/or sub-routines to the user for a user selection. The system sets a reconstruction processor system to reconstruct scan data using the selected reconstruction parameters and/or sub-routines.
US11017892B1
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an ingestible medication device is a self-contained electronic device that stores an active agent, and that controls release of the active agent using an on board processor. The ingestible medication device embodies one or more ingestible device identifiers, including personal identifiers and active agent identifiers, which are compared with external device identifiers to determine whether to release the active agent. A method for managing an ingestible medication device detects proximity to a limited range, RFID-enabled patient wristband, indicating that the wristband is worn by the patient that ingested the ingestible medication device. Various methods enable a nurse to track medication information to monitor compliance with medication regimen and dosage information. Other methods track an ingestible medication device selected for filling a prescription at a pharmacy of the health care provider, including transfer to a caregiver station using a transport cart.
US11017885B2
A remote monitoring system for medical data collection can include a data-flagging process embeds authorization and settings information into a file containing the test results. Such data flagging can occur at a medical device or testing site, and may be based in policy settings received from a remote system. A file containing the test results can also include data category information that can be used to protect sensitive information by preventing such information from being communicated to the wrong server.
US11017884B2
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems, and methods that improve on the pace of discovering new practical information based on large amounts of datasets collected. In most cases, anomalies from the datasets are automatically identified, flagged, and validated by a cross-validation engine. Only validated anomalies are then associated with a subject matter expert who is qualified to take action on the anomaly. In other words, the inventive subject matter bridges the gap between the overwhelming amount of scientific data which can now be harvested and the comparatively limited amount analytical resources available to extract practical information from the data. Practical information can be in the form of trends, patterns, maps, hypotheses, or predictions, for example, and such practical information has implications in medicine, in environmental sciences, entertainment, travel, shopping, social interactions, or other areas.
US11017872B2
A gate driving circuit includes M levels of shift registers. Each level of shift register includes a first register unit and a second register unit. The first register units of the M levels of shift registers are connected to each other in a cascaded manner, the second register units of the M levels of shift registers are connected to each other in a cascaded manner, and an output end of the first register unit and an output end of the second register unit of each level of shift register are electrically connected to an output end of the level of shift register, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.
US11017871B2
A semiconductor device which shifts a low-level signal is provided. In an example, a first transistor including a first terminal electrically connected to a first wiring and a second terminal electrically connected to a second wiring, a second transistor including a first terminal electrically connected to a third wiring and a second terminal electrically connected to the second wiring, a third transistor including a first terminal electrically connected to a fourth wiring and a second terminal electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, a fourth transistor including a first terminal electrically connected to a fifth wiring, a second terminal electrically connected to a gate of the third transistor, and a gate electrically connected to a sixth wiring, and a first switch including a first terminal electrically connected to the third wiring and a second terminal electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor are included.
US11017869B2
Techniques are provided to adaptively determine when to begin verify tests for memory cells during a program operation. The memory cells are programmed using a normal programming speed until their threshold voltage exceeds an initial verify voltage. The memory cells are then programmed further using a reduced programming speed until their threshold voltage exceeds a final verify voltage. In one aspect, a count of memory cells which exceeds the initial verify voltage is used to determine when to begin verify tests for a higher data state. In another aspect, a count of the higher state memory cells which exceeds the initial or final verify voltage is used to determine when to begin verify tests for the higher data state. The counted memory cells are not subject to the reduced programming speed.
US11017855B2
An operating method of an electronic device including a semiconductor memory, the operating method includes selecting one of a plurality of memory cells during a set operation, applying a write current having a slow quenching pattern to the selected memory cell, monitoring a cell current flowing through the selected memory cell, generating a discharge control signal corresponding to a result of the monitoring, and discharging the write current in response to the discharge control signal.
US11017850B2
Method and apparatus for managing data in a non-volatile memory (NVM) of a storage device, such as a solid-state drive (SSD). In some embodiments, first data are read from the NVM using an initial set of read voltages over a selected range of cross-temperature differential (CTD) values comprising a difference between a programming temperature at which the first data are programmed to the NVM cells and a reading temperature at which the first data are subsequently read from the NVM cells. A master set of read voltages is thereafter selected that provides a lowest acceptable error rate performance level over the entirety of the CTD range, and the master set of read voltages is thereafter used irrespective of NVM temperature. In some cases, the master set of read voltages may be further adjusted for different word line addresses, program/erase counts, read counts, data aging, etc.
US11017846B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a differential write operation are described. The operations described herein may be used to alter a portion of a program file from a first state to a second state. For example, a file (e.g., a patch file) that is associated with a signature may be received at a memory device. Based on an authentication process, the file may be used to alter the program file to the second state. In some examples, the program file may be altered to the second state using a buffer of the memory device. A host system may transmit a file that includes the difference between the first state and the second state. A signature may be associated with the file and may be used to authenticate the file.
US11017844B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a cache latch group including a plurality of even latch stages and a plurality of odd latch stages arranged alternately with each other; and a sense amplifier group coupled to the cache latch group through a plurality of first bit out lines respectively corresponding to the plurality of even latch stages and through a plurality of second bit out lines respectively corresponding to the plurality of odd latch stages.
US11017840B1
A semiconductor device includes a row address generation circuit, a first region, and a second region. The row address generation circuit is configured to generate a first row address from an active signal and a first bank address and configured to generate a second row address from the active signal and a second bank address. The first region is activated by the first row address and an internal address. The second region is activated by the second row address and the internal address. One of the first and second bank addresses is selectively generated according to a command/address signal.
US11017834B2
Methods, systems, and devices for refresh command management are described. A memory device may conduct a refresh operation to preserve the integrity of data stored to one or more memory cells. In some examples, the frequency of refresh operations conducted may be based on the memory device's temperature and may be initiated based on one or more commands received from an external device (e.g., a host device). Each command may be transmitted by the host device at a defined rate, which may impact the rate at which the memory device conducts one or more refresh operations. The memory device may postpone or skip at least a portion of one or more refresh operations based on one or more operating parameters of the memory device.
US11017827B2
A magnetic device includes: a first conductive layer; a first magnetoresistive effect element disposed on the first conductive layer and including a first control terminal; and a first circuit configured to supply a first current in a first direction into the first conductive layer and apply a first control voltage to the first control terminal of the first magnetoresistive effect element, wherein in a case in which the first current is supplied to the first conductive layer, the first magnetoresistive effect element holds a value corresponding to a logical disjunction between a first value of first data in the first magnetoresistive effect element and a second value of the first control voltage corresponding to second data.
US11017824B2
An interference of control signals is caused by a deviation in the start timings of counting between counters of timer counter units of a first MCU and a second MCU. And thus, when a count value of the counter of the MCU of a parent reaches a predetermined value D, the MCU of the parent transmits a trigger signal to the MCU of a child. The MCU of the child obtains the time difference between the start timings of the counts of the counters of the parent and the child from the difference between the D and a count value E of the child at that time. A count period of the child until a maximum value of the count value is reached is adjusted by the time difference.
US11017823B1
A system and method for dynamically adjusting a critical temperature threshold of non-volatile memory to ensure full capture of information to non-volatile memory before the information handling system hibernates. If the operating temperature of the non-volatile memory reaches a critical temperature threshold, a controller determines the memory size of information in volatile memory. If there is a maximum memory size, the controller uses the default critical temperature threshold as the critical temperature threshold and initiates a process to write information to the non-volatile memory and hibernates the system. If there is less than the maximum memory size, the controller may dynamically increase the critical temperature threshold based on the memory size such that the information in volatile memory can be written to the non-volatile memory before the information handling system hibernates.
US11017820B1
An electronic device which includes a cover, a base coupled to the cover to create an enclosure, a conductive layer positioned between the cover and the base and arranged to reduce radiation from entering the enclosure, and a gasket positioned between the cover and the base to create a seal and positioned between the conductive layer and the enclosure.
US11017805B2
A magnetic tape reading apparatus comprises an acquisition unit that acquires information on linearity of a servo pattern to be recorded on a servo band of a magnetic tape, a reading element unit in which at least two reading elements each of which reads data from a specific track region included in the magnetic tape are disposed, a servo reading element that reads the servo pattern, a control unit that performs control of positioning the reading element unit, a derivation unit that derives a deviation amount, and an extraction unit that extracts data recorded on the reading target track by performing a waveform equalization process on each reading result for the reading elements in accordance with the deviation amount.
US11017804B1
According one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk including a first region and a second region to which data before written to the first region is temporarily written, a head which writes data to the disk and reads data from the disk, and a controller which selectively performs conventional magnetic recording for writing a track at an interval in a radial direction of the disk and shingled magnetic recording for writing a track so as to overlap in the radial direction, and changes a cache data capacity of data which can be written to the second region in accordance with a first write capacity of data which can be written to the first region by the shingled magnetic recording.
US11017803B1
According to one embodiment, a disk drive includes a first actuator assembly, and a second actuator assembly. In the first actuator assembly, arms each includes a slit provided at a side face of the arm, the slit expending from an extending end of the arm to a first actuator block. The slit is provided such that a central line of the slit in its width direction is offset in position from a central line of the arm in its thickness direction in a direction further away from a boundary plane between the first and second actuator assemblies. The arm have a first inclined face and a second inclined face formed at an open end portion of the slit, the first and second inclined face each inclining in a direction in which an open width of the slit widens.
US11017796B2
An equalizer of a noise-reduction apparatus amplifies a predetermined amplification frequency band of a sending sound signal so as to generate an adjustment sending sound signal. A noise estimator estimates a noise included in the adjustment sending sound signal generated by the equalizer so as to generate an estimated noise signal. A noise level adjuster adjusts a level of the estimated noise signal generated by the noise estimator, in a predetermined adjustment frequency band, so as to generate an adjusted noise signal. A noise reducer reduces the noise signal included in the adjustment sending sound signal generated by the equalizer, utilizing the adjusted noise signal generated by the noise level adjuster.
US11017790B2
A method of avoiding speech collisions among participants during teleconferences includes, during a teleconference, performing, using computer hardware, audio analysis of voices of a plurality of participants of the teleconference, determining, using the computer hardware, an emotive state for each of the plurality of participants during the teleconference, generating, using the computer hardware, a user frequency model for each of the plurality of participants based on the audio analysis and the emotive state, and adjusting, using the computer hardware, frequency of a voice of at least one of the plurality of participants during the teleconference based on the user frequency models of the plurality of participants to avoid a speech collision.
US11017778B1
A method may include obtaining first audio data originating at a first device during a communication session between the first device and a second device. The method may also include obtaining an availability of revoiced transcription units in a transcription system and in response to establishment of the communication session, selecting, based on the availability of revoiced transcription units, a revoiced transcription unit instead of a non-revoiced transcription unit to generate a transcript of the first audio data. The method may also include obtaining revoiced audio generated by a revoicing of the first audio data by a captioning assistant and generating a transcription of the revoiced audio using an automatic speech recognition system. The method may further include in response to selecting the revoiced transcription unit, directing the transcription of the revoiced audio to the second device as the transcript of the first audio data.
US11017773B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to voice-based time-sensitive task processing over a high generation cellular network. A computing platform may establish a communication channel with a computing device. The computing platform may authenticate a user of the computing device, where the user is authorized to access the enterprise server. Then, the computing platform may detect, via the communication interface, a voice-based interaction from the authenticated user. The computing platform may cause the voice-based interaction to be captured as audio data. Subsequently, the computing platform may transform the audio data to textual data. The computing platform may analyze the textual data to identify a time-sensitive task related to an entity. Then, the computing platform may generate, based on the identified time-sensitive task, one or more instructions to execute the time-sensitive task. Subsequently, the computing platform may send, to an enterprise server, the one or more instructions to execute the time-sensitive task.
US11017771B2
Voice command matching during testing of voice-assisted application prototypes for languages with non-phonetic alphabets is described. A visual page of an application prototype is displayed during a testing phase of the application prototype. A speech-to-text service converts a non-phonetic voice command spoken in a language with a non-phonetic alphabet, captured by at least one microphone during the testing phase of the application prototype, into a non-phonetic text string in the non-phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A phonetic language translator translates the non-phonetic text string of the voice command into a phonetic text string in a phonetic alphabet of the voice command. A comparison module compares the phonetic text string of the voice command to phonetic text strings in the phonetic alphabet of stored voice commands associated with the application prototype to identify a matching voice command. A performance module performs an action associated with the matching voice command.
US11017770B2
A vehicle may include: an input processor to receive a speech of a user and convert the speech into a text-type utterance; a natural language processor that performs morpheme analysis on the text-type utterance, and identifies an intent of the user and selects a domain related to the text-type utterance based on a result of the morpheme analysis; a storage to store a plurality of domains; a controller to add a new domain to the plurality of domains based on a specific condition, and determine a final domain among the plurality of domains and the added new domain; and a result processor to generate a command based on the determined final domain.
US11017765B2
A method for use with a computing device is provided. The method may include executing one or more programs of an intelligent digital assistant system at a processor and presenting a user interface to a user. At the processor, the method may include receiving natural language user input from the user, parsing the user input at an intent handler to determine an intent template with slots, populating the slots in the intent template with information from user input, and performing resolution on the intent template to partially resolve unresolved information. If a slot with missing slot information exists in the partially resolved intent template, a loop may be executed at the processor to fill the slots. The method may include, at the processor, determining that all required information is available and resolved and generating a rule based upon the intent template with all required information being available and resolved.
US11017758B2
An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, which make it possible for a user to listen to an audio signal more appropriately, are provided. An information processing apparatus, including: behavior recognition unit configured to recognize behavior of a user on a basis of sensing information of at least one of the user and an environment; a processing controller configured to control, on a basis of the recognized behavior of the user, signal processing with respect to at least one of an audio signal listened to by the user, a noise reduction signal, and an external sound monitor signal; and a signal processing unit configured to execute the signal processing.
US11017757B2
An apparatus and method for mounting a sound masking component or device to an existing electronic component, appliance, or a furnishing installed or located in a hotel room or other interior space. According to an embodiment, the existing electronic component or appliance comprises a television set. The television set includes a pre-existing mounting mechanism for attaching a television wall-mounting bracket. The sound masking component further includes a mounting bracket wherein the mounting bracket is configured to be secured to the pre-existing mounting mechanism on the television set. According to another embodiment, the sound masking component is mounted internally inside the television set and configured to receive power from the television power supply and emit a sound masking signal utilizing a television speaker or a separate sound masking speaker.
US11017754B2
A singing scoring method and a singing scoring system based on streaming media are provided. In the singing scoring method and the singing scoring system, a first time difference between a moment at which a streaming video player starts to play a song and a moment at which an electronic device starts an audio recording program and a scoring engine is calculated. In addition, in the singing scoring method and the singing scoring system, a playing time difference of the streaming video player within every fixed period of a system time of the electronic device is continuously calculated, and the playing time difference is transferred to the scoring engine for accumulation to form a second time difference. The scoring engine then adjusts a singing time of each note in an entire musical score according to the first time difference and the second time difference.
US11017751B2
Playback of a graphical representation of a digital musical score is synchronized with an expressive audio rendering of the score that contains tempo and dynamics beyond those specified in the score. The method involves determining a set of offsets for occurrences of score events in the audio rendering by comparing and temporally aligning audio waveforms of successive subclips of the audio rendering with corresponding audio waveforms of successive subclips of an audio rendering synthesized directly from the score. Tempos and dynamics of human performances may be extracted and used to generate expressive renderings synthesized from the corresponding digital score. This enables parties who wish to distribute or share music scores, such as composers and publishers, to allow prospective licensors to evaluate the score by listening to an expressive musical recording instead of a mechanically synthesized rendering.
US11017748B2
A method of rendering an object model includes modifying, by a first thread executing on a computer system that is coupled to a display screen, a current object model to generate a new object model that is stored at a first memory address. The method also includes storing, by the first thread, a copy of the new object model at a second memory address. The method further includes updating, by the first thread, a reference to identify the copy of the new object model. The method also includes rendering, by a second thread executing on the computer system, a renderable object model identified by the reference into a buffer that is converted into pixels on the display screen, the first thread being independent of the second thread.
US11017742B2
A portable information handling system presents visual images at first and second displays integrated in first and second rotationally-coupled housing portions. When the housing portions rotate to a clamshell configuration, a refractive layer in a “DO” display aligns light illuminated from the display off an orthogonal angle and towards a user while a “SEE” display aligns light illuminated from the display along an orthogonal angle.
US11017740B2
A timing controller and an anti-interference method thereof are provided. The timing controller includes a timing control circuit. The timing control circuit provides an input signal for controlling a source driver. When at least one of the timing control circuit and the source driver detects that an interference event occurs to the input signal, the timing control circuit is configured to adjust a frequency of a data signal or a clock signal from a normal operation frequency to at least one anti-interference frequency. The timing control signal is further configured to provide at least one of the data signal and the clock signal to the source driver.
US11017737B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a display area where first drive areas and second drive areas are alternately disposed, and display function layers which include first display function layers and second display function layers and which are changed to a transparent state and a scattering state, and a control unit. The control unit applies a drive voltage to the first display function layers, in a first field period. The control unit applies the drive voltage to the second display function layers, in a second field period. A polarity of the drive voltage in the first field period is different from a polarity of the drive voltage in the second field period.
US11017736B2
A display device may include a data driver that outputs a previous data voltage and a current data voltage, respectively, at an output terminal, to be applied to a pixel of a display panel in respective time intervals. A switch is controlled to open and close a circuit path between the output terminal and a data line coupled to the pixel. A capacitor stores an overdriving voltage. At least one further switch selectively applies the overdriving voltage to the data line from the capacitor when the circuit path is open and thereby enables a rapid transition of a voltage level of the data line between the previous and current data voltages, when the current and previous data voltages are to differ by more than a predetermined amount. As an example, the rapid transition between the previous and current data voltages may serve to minimize a color mixture phenomenon between pixels connected to a common data line and representing different colors.
US11017733B2
An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate and a back plate opposite the front plate, a touchscreen display exposed through a portion of the front plate and including an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a fingerprint sensor interposed between the display and the back plate and overlapping the display when viewed above the front plate, and a processor operatively connected with the display and the fingerprint sensor.
US11017721B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device including a display panel on which a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of first power lines, a plurality of second power lines, and a plurality of pixels are disposed. Each of the plurality of pixels includes: a storage capacitor connected between a first node and a second node; a driving transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node, a drain electrode connected to the power line, and a source electrode connected to the first node; an organic light emitting diode connected to the first node and the second power line; a first switching transistor connected to the second node and the data lines; and a second switching transistor connected to the first node and the first power lines.
US11017710B2
A driving circuit, a driving method and a driving apparatus, wherein the driving circuit includes: a driving signal generation sub-circuit; a plurality of first signal lines, configured to receive the driving signal generated from the driving signal generation sub-circuit; a plurality of second signal lines, configured to output the driving signal to the plurality of pixels in the display panel; a switch sub-circuit, set between the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines, and configured to selectively connect a part of the plurality of second signal lines or the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines; and a control sub-circuit, configured to control turn-on or turn-off of the switch sub-circuit, so that the plurality of pixels of the display panel are driven in a first mode or in a second mode.
US11017707B2
An OLED panel may include a substrate including a first region and a second region disposed along a first direction. A plurality of first pixels are disposed in the first region on the substrate, the first pixels each having a first area, the first pixels each comprising a first unit pixel, a second unit pixel disposed along a second direction from the first unit pixel, and a transmission portion disposed along the first direction from the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel. A plurality of second pixels are disposed in the second region on the substrate, the second pixels each having a second area less than the first area, the second pixels each comprising a third unit pixel. The first unit pixel, the second unit pixel, and the third unit pixel may have substantially the same shape as each other.
US11017702B2
A display device is provided including a display unit configured to display an image; a processor that supplies a control signal for controlling a driving of the display unit; a detection circuit that detects whether the control signal is abnormal based on a frequency of the control signal measured in a frame unit; and a power supply that supplies driving power to the display unit, where the driving power is blocked from being supplied to the display unit when the control signal is detected to be abnormal. The detection circuit detects whether the control signal is abnormal based on an average frequency of the control signal for N successive frames, where N is a natural number of 2 or more.
US11017699B2
A display panel may include a plurality of pixel groups, a first lighting test circuit for testing at least one pixel of the plurality of pixel groups, a demultiplexer for providing data signals to the plurality of pixel groups, and a second lighting test circuit for testing one or more pixels of the plurality of pixel groups. At least one of the first lighting test circuit and the demultiplexer is positioned between the plurality of pixel groups and the second lighting test circuit.
US11017695B2
Methods for developing a machine learning model of a neural network for classifying medical images using a medical imaging system such as an ultrasound system. The methods involve capturing images during a first medical procedure, analyzing the images for the presence of one or more features, labeling the images as belonging to one or more classes, splitting the labeled images into a training set and a validation set. Training and validation processes are then performed, and the machine learning model may be used when training process metrics and validation process metrics for the training and validation processes are within acceptable thresholds.
US11017693B2
A method for enhancing speech performance includes communicating, via an input/output (I/O) device, speech data of a patient with speech problems, segmenting the speech data, generating one or more feature vectors based on at least the segmented speech data, determining whether the one or more feature vectors match with one or more recognition objects pre-trained using clinical data of one or more other patients, determining a speech disorder based on a matched result between the one or more feature vectors and the one or more recognition objects, and communicating, via the I/O device, one or more ameliorative actions for mitigating the determined speech disorder.
US11017691B2
Embodiments can use a model for training according to embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, a model can be created from actual video. The model can be a spherical video. In this manner, users can be immersed in real situations, and thus the user can get more experience than the user otherwise would have had. Various technical features can be provided for enhancing such a system, e.g., synchronization of pointers on two screens, camera rigs with extended view to allow the camera rig to be placed further from a location of the players, analytics for rating users and controlling playback of a next play (action interval), and for allowing a user to feel translation while in a model.
US11017684B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a changing unit. The acquisition unit acquires character information input by a viewer to content including an image or sound. The changing unit changes a representation form of a frequent word which is character information with a high appearance frequency among character information input by multiple viewers to the content.
US11017683B2
An Electronic Video ev-Book of design and manufacture resolving problems of loading undesirable internet content in said book by providing means to eliminate downloading text and graphical images from the internet. The claimed invention differs from existing e-reader products as an ev-Book of flexible QLED and like video screen e-Paper pages displaying internal memory content and eliminating internet communication components. An Electronic Video ev-Book in which the minimum required electronic memory, processing capacity and video capability for all video pages is contained within embedded electronic semiconductor digital operating mini-CPU Central Processing Units. The ev-Book's purposely specified and installed components eliminate user manipulation and changing of programmed content as compared with the ease of reloading personal computer e-readers. The invention claims an ev-Book exterior cover housing a spine harness comprising power batteries and positioning and binding of the interlocking video flexible e-paper pages each containing a mini-CPU for realistic experiences.
US11017680B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on storage devices, for drone-augmented emergency response services. In one aspect, a device includes a network interface, one or more sensors, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices that include instructions that are operable to perform operations. The operations include monitoring a predetermined geographic area that surrounds a particular property, determining that a drone device is within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the particular property, determining whether the drone device that is detected within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property is an unauthorized drone device, and in response to determining that the drone device that is detected within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property is an unauthorized drone device, transmitting a signal indicating the detection of the unauthorized drone device within the predetermined geographic area that surrounds the property.
US11017679B2
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for unmanned aerial vehicle flight operations near physical structures or objects. In particular, a point cloud of the physical structure is generated using aerial images of the structure. The point cloud is then referenced to determine a flight path for the UAV to follow around the physical structure, determine whether a planned flight path to desired locations around the structure is possible, determine the fastest route to return home and land from a given position around the physical structure, determine possibility of inflight collision to surface represented in point cloud, or determine an orientation of a fixed or gimbaled camera given a position of the UAV relative the point cloud.
US11017677B2
A method is provided for managing the revising of a flight plan of an aircraft implemented by at least two systems, one being of avionics type (qualified, certified) and the other not. From a flight plan, flight plan revisions are determined, even assessed, then one or more of these revisions are selected and/or combined. Subsequently, these combinations are processed by the avionics system and the corresponding avionics parameters are calculated. By comparing the different results of avionics quality, the impact of each revision can be quantified then rendered to the pilot to assist in his or her decision-making, in particular with regard to negotiating the revisions with air traffic control. Combinatorial optimization and learning steps are described, as are system and software aspects.
US11017672B2
A rear side alarm area expansion method of a tractor-trailer combination vehicle according to the present invention includes determining whether a trailer is connected to a tractor using a rear side alarm sensor when a tractor-trailer combination vehicle travels, changing a normal mode to an expansion mode if it is determined that the trailer is connected to the tractor, adjusting a rear side alarm area based on a predetermined length of the trailer in the expansion mode, calculating an actual length Ym of the trailer, and resetting the rear side alarm area. According to the configuration of the present invention, since the alarm area is set on the basis of the actual length of the trailer, the vehicle may safely change lanes.
US11017671B2
Systems of an electrical vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. Systems and methods are provided to detect a braking next-to-last vehicle that may cause the last vehicle (the preceding vehicle) to collide with the next-to-last vehicle, panic brake, make a sudden lane change, or otherwise endanger a vehicle following the preceding vehicle. Automated means for computer based vision and detection of brake lights are provided for a next-to-last vehicle. Brake lights are identified; if illuminated to a sufficient level to indicate braking, systems of the operated vehicle are alerted; and appropriate responses may be deployed.
US11017670B2
Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication through short range communication techniques can be extended by sending messages from a host vehicle to a target vehicle using an intermediate vehicle. The host vehicle identifies road conditions which may be of interest to a target vehicle. An intermediate vehicle relays the message detailing the identified road conditions from the host vehicle to the target vehicle. The message can be rebroadcast by the intermediate vehicle to target vehicles in its communication range, or it can generate a new message to transmit the information to target vehicles.
US11017658B2
The present invention provides a system and methods for notifying first responders of the general or specific location of a security crisis or threat in a building or public location, and the type of threat or crisis that has occurred, while notifying building occupants or others in the public location of the crisis and how to respond. The crisis management and notification system provides critical information to the first responders, including initial location of the crisis and whether the crisis location has changed in real time, audio and video input of the crisis arena, communications with designated occupants in the crisis arena, static building or location information, and other information. The crisis notification system can be scaled to allow the effective use in facilities of differing sizes and layouts. The system is also flexible, enabling the system to integrate with currently existing systems or to operate with new devices.
US11017654B2
Methods, hand wash monitoring system and hand wash hub system for motivating and monitoring compliance of hand washing are disclosed. Hand wash monitoring system detects presence of hands in hand washing sink. Subsequently, hand wash monitoring system initiates countdown of plurality of instructions to be displayed to user for washing hands. Plurality of instructions include wetting hands, applying soap, scrubbing hands, rinsing hands, and drying hands. Each of plurality of instructions is counted for predetermined time period. Hand wash monitoring system further monitors compliance of user following plurality of instructions for washing hands to improve compliance of hand washing with established protocol. In one embodiment, hand wash monitoring system is communicatively coupled with hand wash hub system and attendance monitoring system to display users' hand washing schedule and compliance with established protocol on external display device to get people to wash their hands more frequently and more thoroughly.
US11017653B1
The cell phone proximity alarm system is a proximity alarm system. The cell phone proximity alarm system is configured for use with a personal data device. The cell phone proximity alarm system tracks the personal data device by detecting the presence of the personal data device. When the cell phone proximity alarm system fails to detect the personal data device, the cell phone proximity alarm system generates an audible alarm and a tactile alarm. The cell phone proximity alarm system comprises a jewelry item, a PDD tag, and a control circuit. The PDD tag attaches to the personal data device. The jewelry item contains the control circuit. The control circuit generates a radio frequency transmission that detects the presence of the PDD tag. If the control circuit does not detect the PDD tag, the control circuit generates the audible alarm and the tactile alarm.
US11017646B2
An information processing device and a determination method for determining whether a person other than the persons determined to be permitted to enter each zone has entered the zone is provided. The information processing device has a communication section for receiving face image data from cameras for photographing respective plurality of zones in a building and a control section for collating the face image data with the registered face image data of the persons permitted to enter each zone and for determining whether the entry of the person corresponding to the face image data is permitted or not.
US11017639B2
Method and system for playing a poker game that comprises receiving a wager from a player for a hand. Cards a dealt from a deck of cards either in an entirely face-up or entirely face down position. The player progressively selects cards from one or more sets of selection cards. Any selection cards that are not selected are removed. After the hand is completed, a ranking for the player's hand is determined. The player is paid an amount based on the ranking.
US11017638B2
A gaming system includes at least one input device adapted to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance, an input indicative of a wager drawn on the credit balance for a wagering game, and a cashout input that initiates a payout from the credit balance. In response to a wager input, a wagering game is initiated that includes the spinning and stopping of a set of bonus reels through a plurality of bonus spins populating a bonus array with bonus symbols. The bonus reels comprise a combination of symbols reducing display processing requirements and improve mapping random numbers to displayed symbols for display during bonus spins having reduced durations. When completed, an award is determined based according to values associated with less than all of the bonus symbols displayed in a bonus outcome array.
US11017632B2
A computer-implemented method of operating a regulated gaming machine may comprise accepting funds, in the regulated gaming machine, from a player and correspondingly establishing player game credits. A game may be provided that comprises a plurality of in-game assets, each of which being configured to generate a wagering opportunity when interacted with by the player. One or more player interactions may be received, with at least one the plurality of in-game assets. For each generated wagering opportunity, it may be determined whether the received player interaction(s) resulted in a successful or an unsuccessful interaction with the in-game asset. For each successful interaction, a time elapsed until successful interaction and a wagering event may be generated. For one or more of the generated wagering events, the determined time elapsed until successful interaction may be used to select one of a plurality of payout schedules, each of which being associated with a different return to player (RTP) percentage. An award of player game credits may be generated according to the selected payout schedule and the RTP associated with the selected payout schedule, such that shorter times elapsed until successful interaction cause a selection of payout schedules that are more advantageous to the player than comparatively longer times elapsed until successful interaction.
US11017631B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, comparing an input received from a peripheral device associated with an execution of a gaming application with a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is based on a first identification of a first user, a second identification of the peripheral device, and a third identification of stimuli presented as part of the execution of the gaming application. Responsive to the comparing, a determination may be made that the input exceeds the threshold value. Responsive to the determination, a validation request may be transmitted to a user device of the first user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11017627B2
The card game monitoring system comprises a game table on which bettors put wagers on betting areas; and a card shooter apparatus has a card reading unit to read and record the number (rank) and suit of the cards; and a control unit to determine a winning hand according to a table game rules based on information of numbers (ranks) and suits of the cards sequentially read by the card reading unit; a monitor video camera system to capture positions of cards and to identify wagers on each betting area at the game table; the control unit has further processing function to check whether wagers with payoff move to a pool of the winner of the bettors determined by the card shooter apparatus at the end of each game.
US11017626B2
Embodiments of the present concept provide means to control the payback percentage of games being played on gaming devices. In one example, a gaming device includes a processor configured to initiate a payback-controlling event and determine a game outcome to display on the game display in response to a gaming event being initiated. Here, the determined game outcome is a payback-controlling outcome when the payback-controlling event satisfies the payback-controlling criterion, and the determined game outcome is a game outcome determined from the base-game paytable when the payback-controlling event does not satisfy the payback-controlling criterion.
US11017621B1
A mobile station is used to open doors of buildings and vehicles instead of a dedicated physical key. The mobile station is configured to provide the operating power to the lock without a power cord. A mobile station app is then configured to communicate with the lock via a short-range wireless communication connection, and open and close the lock. This can provide an electronic software-based key and lock system that is cheaper and easier to use than the physical key.
US11017616B2
A memory stores a probability map including information indicative of probabilities of a vehicle being used during each of a plurality of segments of a time period. A processor of the vehicle is programmed to schedule a time to install a software update utilizing the probability map and an expected downtime required for the installation, and to install the software update at the scheduled time responsive to confirming the vehicle is not in use.
US11017615B2
An information processing server comprises: a receiver that receives, from a vehicle chargeable from an outside, predetermined information of the vehicle; a memory; and at least one processor or circuit which functions as: an estimation unit configured to estimate, based on the predetermined information received from each of a plurality of vehicles, a position of a charging station used to charge the vehicle; and a providing unit configured to provide information of the estimated position of the charging station such that the estimated position of the charging station is reflected on map information.
US11017613B2
A system for active asset control includes: assets, which can be vehicles; asset beacons positioned in the assets; an active asset control server with an asset configuration database and an asset status database; and an active asset control device, including a processor, a non-transitory memory, an input/output component, an asset viewer, an asset controller, a location sensor, an orientation sensor, and a data bus; such that a user can view attributes in an augmented reality view, showing completion status and incurred cost for selected services, and control commands of the assets. Also disclosed is a method for active asset control, including positioning asset beacon, retrieving attribute, selecting service, updating service cost, and viewing asset status.
US11017602B2
Provided are various systems and methods that establish a self-service AR generation and publication platform. The platform is configured to allow novice users to build AR experiences for rendering to other users. The platform encodes the AR experiences under a universal data format that decouples generation functions from later visualization responsive to a recognizable visual trigger. Access to the file triggers request, retrieval, rendering and display of the user defined AR Media and associated options set for that specific AR Experience. Also provided is a AR universal browser which public and private users can execute to view, share, load, and experience user generated AR Media (e.g., generated on the platform). The browser can provide the connections, logic and security needed to initialize and load the specific aggregation of data for the AR experience.
US11017599B2
The systems and methods presented herein are related to providing narrative experiences for users of a virtual space. A machine learning based technique may be implemented for generating paths through the virtual space that present the narrative experiences. A path may be based on tagged points of interest, as illustrated in stored narrative information associated with the virtual space. A machine-learning training loop may be applied wherein the system may be trained to recognize and/or understand what sorts of virtual content within the virtual space may be considered to be of narrative interest to audience members.
US11017596B2
Methods, devices, and systems for determining a job file for a three-dimensional printing machine based on part-to-build data. Embodiments include determining the part-to-build data based on: determining part data from a received computer-aided design (CAD) file, generating orientation data, generating support data, generating feature data, and generating slicing data. In some embodiments, determining the job file may be further based on generating nesting matrix associated with the part-to-build data.
US11017593B2
A system for advanced vector editing, comprising a routing calculation server and a rendering engine. The routing calculation server calculates a radius around a visual cursor associated with a raster image; determines a three-dimensional location at the cursor from the raster image; determines a three-dimensional path using epipolar geometry; and recalculates a vector path through the cursor location according to the three-dimensional path.
US11017592B2
A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, from a first client application, first graphical data comprising a first node; receiving, from a second client application independent of the first client application, second graphical data comprising a second node; and generating a scenegraph, wherein the scenegraph describes a hierarchical relationship between the first node and the second node.
US11017581B1
Accelerating structure for hybrid ray tracing is characterized by high locality, wherein scene changes are updated locally in one of its hierarchies, without effecting other locations in the structure. Reconstructions of accelerating structures of prior art are replaced by low-cost updates. The efficiency of traversals is improved by a double step traversal.
US11017580B2
There are provided an image processing method, an image processing device, a hardware device for image processing, a computer readable storage medium, and an image processing terminal. The image processing method includes: recognizing eye key points on a face image; performing interpolation to obtain auxiliary key points, where the auxiliary key points and the eye key points form a first triangulation mesh at a predetermined eye position on the face image; and transforming, based on the first triangulation mesh, an eye makeup effect image to the predetermined eye position.
US11017578B2
A display control system includes a display, a detector, and a controller. The display is configured to display an image. The detector is configured to detect wind. The controller is configured to, in response to the detector detecting wind, control the image based on strength of the detected wind.
US11017577B2
The invention comprises a learned model of human body shape and pose dependent shape variation that is more accurate than previous models and is compatible with existing graphics pipelines. Our Skinned Multi-Person Linear model (SMPL) is a skinned vertex based model that accurately represents a wide variety of body shapes in natural human poses. The parameters of the model are learned from data including the rest pose template, blend weights, pose-dependent blend shapes, identity-dependent blend shapes, and a regressor from vertices to joint locations. Unlike previous models, the pose-dependent blend shapes are a linear function of the elements of the pose rotation matrices. This simple formulation enables training the entire model from a relatively large number of aligned 3D meshes of different people in different poses. The invention quantitatively evaluates variants of SMPL using linear or dual quaternion blend skinning and show that both are more accurate than a BlendSCAPE model trained on the same data. In a further embodiment, the invention realistically models dynamic soft-tissue deformations. Because it is based on blend skinning, SMPL is compatible with existing rendering engines and we make it available for research purposes.
US11017546B2
A depth detection device includes a stereo image recording device, a scaler and a depth determiner is provided. The stereo image recording device is configured to record a stereo image of a scene, and includes a first optical path for recording a first image of the stereo image, and a second optical path for recording a second image of the stereo image. The first optical path and the second optical path have different lengths. The scaler determines a scaling of the first image or of the second image, by minimizing differing lateral magnification of objects in the scene, and for performing the scaling. The depth determiner determines a depth map of the scene based upon the scaled stereo image.
US11017535B2
A computer-implemented method for generating one or more segmented 3-D teeth models obtains a 3-D mesh model of a patient's dentition and executes a first segmentation procedure on the obtained 3-D mesh model, displaying one or more segmented teeth from the 3-D mesh model. At least one of the one or more segmented teeth is recorded according to operator instruction and removed from the 3-D mesh model to form a modified 3-D mesh model. A repeating sequence identifies a modified segmentation procedure, executes the modified segmentation procedure on the modified 3-D mesh model, displays one or more segmented teeth from the modified 3-D mesh model, records at least one of the one or more segmented teeth, and removes the recorded at least one tooth from the modified 3-D mesh model. Recorded segmentation results are displayed, stored, or transmitted.
US11017531B2
Methods of and systems for reconstructing a vascular tree shape from vascular segments imaged in a single source 2-D projection image are described. A structuring shape comprising spatial positions of reference anatomical elements is defined, such as vascular segments in the definition of a 3-D surface model corresponding to a surface defined by an anatomical structure such as a body organ (e.g., heart). The 3-D surface model is used to create a 3-D model of anatomical elements (e.g., additional vascular segments of a cardiac vasculature) imaged in a source 2-D projection image, by back-projection to the 3-D surface model. The 3-D surface model is optionally aligned by first aligning the source 2-D projection image to the structuring shape. In some embodiments, the source 2-D projection image is registered to the 3-D surface model through the structuring shape by the source image's initial use in defining the structuring shape.
US11017530B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for analyzing a cephalometric image. The apparatus for analyzing a cephalometric image includes a control unit configured to extract a landmark point on a cephalometric image and to generate an analysis image, and memory configured to store the generated analysis image.
US11017529B2
A method is for determining at least one first characteristic value of blood in a patient. In an embodiment, the method includes acquiring, via a computed tomography device, computed tomography data of the patient for at least two energy levels of radiation using multi-energy computed tomography; defining a region of interest including blood, in at least one image data set reconstructed from the computed tomography data acquired; determining, at least in the region of interest defined, attenuation coefficients for each energy level of the at least two energy levels; performing material decomposition into at least two materials, one material of the two materials being iron, using the attenuation coefficients determined, yielding at least a fraction of iron in the region of interest defined; and determining the at least one first characteristic value, at least one of as and from the fraction of iron yielded.
US11017527B2
There is provided an information processing device including: an analysis unit that specifies a movement in a region-of-interest relating to an embryo on a plurality of images using the plurality of images including the embryo captured in a time series manner during periods corresponding to a plurality of cell stages; a feature value calculation unit that calculates a movement feature value relating to an inside of the embryo on the basis of the specified movement; and a presentation control unit that controls a presentation of the movement feature values acquired during periods corresponding to at least two cell stages among the plurality of cell stages in order to evaluate a quality of the embryo.
US11017516B2
The present invention relates to a forgery detection system and its method for biomedical experiment images, especially for molecular-biological experiment images, such as western blot (WB) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results. The forgery detection system mainly comprises a processing module, an image difference computing module, a thresholding module, and an image mixing module are formed in an image analyzing device in the form of a library, a variable or an operand. Moreover, the processing module has a quantization parameter establishing unit, a similar computing unit, and a pseudo background generating unit. The purpose of the image analyzing device is to display an artificial image on the input image.
US11017509B2
A method and an apparatus for generating a High Dynamic Range, HDR, image are proposed. The method comprises obtaining a set of two or more input images, the two or more input images including a reference image and one or more non-reference images; for each of the one or more non-reference images, performing an image analysis which comprises, for each region of a plurality of regions of the non-reference image, assessing whether the region of the non-reference image and a corresponding region of the reference image show the same image content and declaring the region of the non-reference image as valid or as invalid based on the assessment; and generating the HDR image by fusing the reference image and the one or more non-reference images, wherein the fusing comprises, for each of the one or more non-reference images, disregarding the invalid regions of the respective non-reference image.
US11017502B2
An image processing apparatus includes a low-resolution image generating circuit configured to generate a low-resolution image including a second pixel corresponding to first pixels based on an input image including the first pixels, and an edge preserving smoothing circuit configured to generate a reliability of the second pixel based on characteristics of values of the first pixels and perform edge preserving smoothing on the input image using a value of the second pixel of which a reflection ratio is adjusted, based on the reliability of the second pixel.
US11017495B2
Embodiments improve processing of data by determining if a read-modify-write operation on a frame is necessary or not. Some frames may be converted into a block of 8 bpp data. There may be no need to read the destination since the unnecessary pixels may be protected by the byte-enables. The burst write transfer may be performed for the entire frame when it is 8 bpp depth. An original transfer frame may be split into smaller portions of the frame. One or more of the smaller frame portions may be converted into byte alignment thus obviating the need for the read function to be performed on the smaller frame portions. Accordingly, significant bits of data are no longer processed under this operation which speeds up the overall processing of data. Portions of transfer frames that may not be converted to 8 bpp may be processed with read-modify-write operations.
US11017494B2
An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a mask buffer to store a mask, a shader communicatively coupled to the mask buffer to apply the mask to a first shader pass, and a resolver communicatively coupled to the mask buffer to apply the mask to a resolve pass. The resolver may be configured to exclude a sample location not covered by the mask in the resolve pass. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11017481B2
In an example, the present invention provides a method for capturing vehicle mileage information. The method includes initiating an application program configured on the mobile wireless device without any user input required to start tracking a drive. The method includes initiating movement of the mobile wireless device. The method includes using a mapping module to track a start point of a route for the mobile wireless device. The method includes moving the mobile wireless device from the start point through one or more legs. The method includes using algorithms or traffic data to identify one or more of the legs as a route or drive.
US11017480B2
A computer-implemented method for identifying a property usage type based upon sensor data includes, with customer permission or affirmative consent, receiving data generated by various sensors; generating a report that includes a listing of events recorded by each sensor; analyzing data from the report to determine a property usage type score; receiving data regarding types and levels of insurance coverage associated with the property usage type score; receiving data derived from a homeowner's insurance policy; comparing the types and levels of insurance coverage associated with the property usage type score with the types and levels of insurance coverage from the homeowner's current insurance policy; and transmitting a message to the homeowner to update their insurance policy if there are differences between (i) the insurance coverage that the homeowner has, and (ii) the insurance coverage the homeowner should have based upon the property usage type score.
US11017477B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, to process audio and visual data. One of the methods includes receiving, from a mobile device, image data and audio data, wherein the image data and audio data were obtained within the same time frame. The method includes processing the image data to identify a first set of facts. The method includes processing the audio data to identify a second set of facts. The method includes processing meta-data associated with the image data to identify a third set of facts. The method also includes performing at least one process using the first set of facts, the second set of facts, and the third set of facts.
US11017475B1
Methods and systems described in this disclosure determine area with an elevated risk of being involved in an accident, where a driver of an insured vehicle is expected to drive the insured vehicle through the area. The elevated risk may be a risk with a risk score greater than a first threshold. An alternative route that avoids the area of elevated risk can be determined. In some embodiments, an insurance discount is calculated for the policyholder of the insured vehicle if the alternative route is taken. A visual representation of the alternative route and the insurance discount if the alternative route is taken can be generated.
US11017474B1
Methods and systems described in this disclosure are directed at developing a life planner for a user based on data collected from various data sources. The life plan is displayed using a timeline that includes events generated from the collected data. As additional data is received, the timeline is updated to reflect the changes or additions to the data. In some embodiments, the life plan includes recommendations and predictions pertaining to a financial plan for the user based on his or her expenses and income.
US11017468B2
Receiving a request to reveal a bid or an offer, transmitting a price and a size that corresponds to the bid or the offer; waiting a pre-determined period of time, and executing the bid or the offer at a default price and a default size, in the event that no command is submitted to trade within the pre-determined period of time.
US11017467B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for evaluating data quality. An exemplary embodiment includes storing a plurality of records, the records sharing a common attribute, and reading first values for the common attribute corresponding to a first time period and second values for the common attribute corresponding to a second time period. A business rule for evaluating the common attribute is accessed, and first and second consistency data are generated. The first consistency data may reflect the extent to which the first values of the common attribute are consistent with the business rule at the first time. The second consistency data may reflect the extent to which the second values of the common attribute are consistent with the business rule at the second time. The first consistency data and the second consistency data are processed to generate a quality change rate of the common attribute from the first time period to the second time period, based on the difference between the first consistency data and the second consistency data.
US11017466B1
A computer-implemented method for graphical user interface goal vision development may include receiving, via one or more processors, a first user financial goal of a user from a user device associated with the user; obtaining, via the one or more processors, at least one first user digital image; associating, via the one or more processors, the first user financial goal and the at least one first user digital image; obtaining, via the one or more processors, first user specific data relevant to the first user financial goal; transmitting, via the one or more processors, a digital visualization board indicative of the associated first user financial goal and the at least one first user digital image to the user device; determining, via the one or more processors, activity associated with the first user financial goal based on the first user specific data, by processing data including the obtained first user specific data using a trained machine learning model; and transmitting, via the one or more processors, a notification to the user device, wherein the notification is indicative of a suggested plan to achieve the first user financial goal, and wherein the notification is based on the determined activity and the first user financial goal.
US11017450B2
According to various exemplary embodiments, an electronic text message is received from a source telephone number, the electronic text message including content describing a product item. A seller of the product item is identified, based on the source telephone number, and the product item is identified, based on the content included in the electronic text message. Thereafter, a draft version of an item listing is automatically generated, where the item listing lists the product item as being for sale by the seller on a marketplace website.
US11017448B2
Methods and apparatus for on-demand customization of products. A product distributor may provide a product customization service and user interface to its customers that may be used to enhance, extend, customize, or combine stock physical products offered by the product distributor by providing custom add-on physical items for or customizations to the stock products. The product distributor may leverage on-demand production technologies such as additive manufacturing technologies to produce the custom physical items or customizations according to specifications received from the customer or generated according to descriptive information for the stock products. The custom items may be combined with one or more stock products to produce customized products for the customers.
US11017444B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for uploading, by a verified party, verified-party content to a media platform, receiving requests by a client device for store content, and displaying the uploaded verified-party content along with store content on the client device.
US11017439B2
A frame coordinating computer (154), upon receiving a bidding popularity from a bid management computer (152) (S1), determines whether a multiple-view video frame distributed as a content should be changed to an ad frame (S2). When it is determined that the multiple-view video frame distributed as the content should be changed to an ad frame, a change request is transmitted (S4). A content distributing computer (156P1), upon receiving such a change request (S11), changes one of content frames is changed to an ad frame (S12). Ad frame management system flexibly changes the number of ad frames in accordance with the advertisement demand by dynamically changing the number of ad frames.
US11017438B2
In one aspect, a computerized method for implementing a contact management system for automatic management of a user's contact information includes the step of providing a contact management system that is used to manage a user's contact information; associating a sponsor with the user of the contact management system. The method includes the step of receiving a request to share the user's contact information to another user's contact list in another user's computing device. The method includes the step of integrating a sponsor advertisement into the user's contact information. The method includes the step of transferring the user's contact information and the sponsor advertisement to the other user's computing device.
US11017431B2
Provided as an information processing apparatus that includes: a search unit to search for, on a basis of position information of a user, a predetermined point specified in accordance with a user status and scenario progress from surroundings of a user; and an output control unit that performs control in a manner that a voice of a character corresponding to the scenario progress performs guidance to the predetermined point that has been searched.
US11017425B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for increasing the performance of an advertisement network by monitoring requests for advertisements from applications, detecting patterns, and developing and implementing remedial actions to increase system performance.
US11017424B2
Systems and methods are provided for promoting securities information. The method includes: storing, in a memory, a database of securities information; indexing, using a processor, the database of securities information to enable a first user to search through the database of securities information; displaying, using a graphical user interface, a digital searching tool, wherein the first user is able to search through the indexed database on the graphical user interface using the digital searching tool; receiving, from the first user, using the graphical user interface, one or more filings selected from the indexed database; and transforming at least one of the selected filings into a shareable digital widget, wherein the widget, when shared, is configured to display a description of each of the at least one of the selected filings to one or more second users.
US11017417B1
Systems and methods are described for managing computing resources by a provider network. A selection of a pricing plan for use of a computing resource is received. The pricing plan can include inclusion of a premium for continued use of the computing resource during a maintenance window, or a cost benefit for interrupting use of the computing resource during the maintenance window. Maintenance is performed on the computing device in accordance with the maintenance window and based on the selected pricing plan.
US11017407B2
Methods and system for a unique coding framework used to create, manage and track instructions for documentation and dissemination of instructions, indicate a particular association or activate a given process. In one example, the present disclosure relates to the online publishing of documentation to demonstrate relationships of parties and compliance with regulatory and other requirements. The present disclosure uses URL hyperlinks, badges, watermarks, icons and visual displays that are representative of a given function and that may be identified by reference of unique coding structure. The present disclosure relates to the publishing and display of relevant visual codes or images for viewing by members of the public, (human readable) as well as machines. The present disclosure enables the tracking and measurement of uses of coded representations in public or private channels. Structured hyperlink codes allow brief messages to be sent in shortened form to instruct or deliver messages or processes.
US11017406B2
System, method, and computer program product to implement four factor authentication rule-based intelligent bank cards, by receiving valid authentication information for a card associated with an account, capturing an image of a person presenting the card, applying an algorithm to the image to determine that the image capture was successful, and the image can be used by a facial recognition algorithm, verifying that the image matches an image of an authorized user of the account, analyzing image data of the image with a facial emotion recognition algorithm to detect an emotion expressed by the person in the image, identifying an emotion rule associated with the account and the emotion, providing, by the processor, an alert to a person associated with the account, wherein the alert is specified as part of the emotion rule, and restricting access to the account.
US11017390B2
The present disclosure relates to a secure method of providing a delivery address during a tokenized payment transaction scheme. A consumer places an order with a merchant without providing a delivery address. A distributor that collects payments due to the merchant requests a payment identification code and a delivery address from a payment agent. The request includes payment information. The payment agent generates and stores a payment identification code along with the payment information, and sends the code to the consumer via the distributor. The consumer forwards the code to a financial institution for forwarding to the payment agent who returns the payment information along with a request for a delivery address. The consumer may respond by authorizing the payment and by providing a delivery address. The financial institution then arranges the payment to the merchant and sees that the merchant receives the delivery address.
US11017388B2
A trusted network based service running on a server, for example as a cloud server, includes receiving a request from a first user device and a second user device. The request includes one or more inputs to perform a transaction. Based upon the request, selecting one or more computational resources from a set of a plurality of computational resources using zero-knowledge verifiable computing. In response to receiving authorization from each of the computational resources that they are capable of performing the zero-knowledge verifiable computing transactions to carry out at least a portion of the request, executing the program using zero-knowledge verifiable computing to carry out the request using a zero-knowledge protocol to ensure privacy of the first user device and the second user device. Sending to the first user device and the second user device an output of the request.
US11017387B2
A trusted network based service running on a server, for example as a cloud server, includes receiving a request from a first user device and a second user device. The request includes one or more inputs to perform a stateless transaction based on combinational logic. An output of the combinational logic is a function of only the one or more inputs. Based upon the request, a program is selected from a set of a plurality of programs using zero-knowledge verifiable computing to carry out the transaction. The program is executed using zero-knowledge verifiable computing. The execution of the program out the transaction based on combinational logic with the one or more inputs using a zero-knowledge protocol to ensure privacy of the first user device and the second user device. The output of the combinational logic along with proof from the zero-knowledge protocol that the combinational logic was executed without alteration.
US11017383B2
A method for identifying a merchant associated with ransomware includes: storing, in a profile database, a plurality of merchant profiles, wherein each merchant profile is related to a merchant and includes at least a merchant identifier; receiving, by a receiving device, an authorization request for a payment transaction, wherein the authorization request includes a specific merchant identifier associated with a merchant involved in the payment transaction, and the payment transaction is initiated by a computing device infected with one or more ransomware application programs; identifying, by a processing device, a specific merchant profile in the profile database where the included merchant identifier corresponds to the specific merchant identifier included in the received authorization request; and updating, by the processing device, the specific merchant profile in the profile database to include an indication that the related merchant is associated with the distribution of the one or more ransomware application programs.
US11017381B1
Systems, methods, and program products for providing exchanges for converting from, to, or between digital assets, and in particular digital math-based assets, such as bitcoins, Namecoins, Litecoins, PPCoins, Tonal bitcoins, IxCoins, Devcoins, Freicoins, I0coins, Terracoins, Liquidcoins, BBQcoins, BitBars, PhenixCoins, Ripple, Dogecoins, Mastercoins, BlackCoins, Ether, Nxt, BitShares-PTS, Quark, Primecoin, Feathercoin, and Peercoin, to name a few, are disclosed. In embodiments, such systems, methods, and program products can further provide or be used in conjunction with automated transactions, digital asset arbitrage systems, and/or kiosk systems for transacting or interacting with digital math-based assets. A kiosk for transacting with digital assets and digital asset exchanges is also disclosed. Systems, methods, and program products for automated transactions and automated digital asset arbitrage transactions are also disclosed.
US11017379B2
A computer-implemented method for enhancing authorization of prepaid payment cards is provided. The method is implemented using an authorization computing device in communication with a memory. The method includes storing a plurality of transaction histories associated with a plurality of prepaid payment cards, receiving an authorization request for a payment transaction between a cardholder and an originating merchant initiated using a prepaid payment card, determining a transaction history associated with the prepaid payment card based on the plurality of transaction histories, calculating a prepaid risk score for the payment transaction based on the authorization request and the determined transaction history, and transmitting the prepaid risk score to the originating merchant.
US11017377B2
An apparatus and a method for wireless secure payment and data transaction with biometric enrollment and authentication including an active and passive hybrid device for secure wireless data transaction including a secure element adapted for storing at least one secure applet and at least one data segment for secure contactless data transaction and operatively connected with an active operation unit and a passive operation unit; and preferably the active operation unit is adapted to be connected removably with the secure element; and wherein the hybrid device is configured to be switchable between an active state in which the active operation unit is activated on demand to enable the hybrid device to function as an active device and adapted for provisioning various data to the secure element; and a passive state in which the active operation unit is deactivated and the passive operation unit is activated to enable the hybrid device to function as a passive device and adapted for conducting data verification and/or contactless data transaction operation via the secure element; and it further includes a biometric unit for biometric enrollment and authentication and a visual and/or audible indicator unit for providing a proper visual and/or audible indication for the result of authentication.
US11017367B2
A processing device allocates processing resources to a communication processing and an application processing and executes at least the communication processing and the application processing. The processing device includes: a communication interface and at least one processor that operates to execute a scheduling processing that allocates communication processing resources that are at least a part of the processing resources to the communication processing in a preferential manner and a billing processing that bills a user of the application processing according to a usage amount of processing resources used for the application processing. The application processing includes a non-priority application processing processable in a non-preferential manner. The scheduling processing is capable of allocating, when a load on the communication processing resources does not reach a predetermined threshold, the communication processing resources to the non-priority application processing. The billing processing bills for the non-priority application processing at a usage fee of the communication processing resources more inexpensive.
US11017364B2
Systems and methods provide improved control and sharing of financial account and financial transaction information from a plurality of disparate banks to a plurality of disparate customers using a plurality of disparate financial services apps on a plurality of disparate devices. A centralized hub is used to provide communication between disparate bank and customer systems and devices, and a hub provider ensures that disparate financial services apps comply with applicable requirements before being allowed to participate in the information sharing system. The systems and methods provide new mechanisms to share data and new sources by which to monetize and incentivize the sharing of data.
US11017363B1
A computer implemented method includes identifying a special character in a message generated by a sender. A money transfer prompt is supplied to the sender in response to the special character. A transfer amount is validated. An account transfer for the transfer amount is initiated. The message is sent to a recipient with indicia of the account transfer.
US11017362B2
A method includes receiving a transacting media container having video content and an affiliate tracking identifier with first entity information associated with a first entity. The method also includes identifying second entity information associated with a second entity and retrieving supplemental content based on the second entity information. The method further includes adding the supplemental content to the transacting media container and the second entity information to the affiliate tracking identifier.
US11017352B2
A pharmacy kit is managed by defining multiple rules for determining whether a segment of a pharmacy kit is satisfactorily stocked, selecting at least one rule among the multiple rules according to a kit stocking contingency, an prompting a user to stock the segment of the pharmacy kit according to the selected at least one rule.
US11017340B2
A system includes a storage device storing a set of instructions and at least one processor in communication with the storage device. When executing the instructions, the at least one processor is configured to obtain, via a network, rule information for rules for determining alert from a rule library and obtain, via the network, operation data of the on-demand service from a storage medium. The at least one processor may also cause the system to determine whether the operation data is in accordance with the rules for determining alert based on the rule information and determine an alert based on the determination that the operation data is in accordance with the rules for determining alert. The at least one processor may further cause the system to and transmit the alert to be displayed to managers of the on-demand service.
US11017339B2
Method and apparatus uses statistical principles to evaluate historical labor performance of an organization and to predict future labor needs. A system may identify patterns based on seasonality and recent performance, as well as identify parametric drivers. Illustrative parametric drivers may include a skill type, a location, and an experience level of a worker. The system may use the parametric drivers to determine and output labor needs. The communicated labor needs may enable leaders to take action to ensure that the right skill is available at the right time and in the right place for their company. The system may couple the prediction of labor needs with a prediction of labor availability to predict shortages and surpluses so that the workforce may be re-skilled or redeployed as needed.
US11017335B1
A computer-implemented simulation method for analyzing schedule risk in a graphical schedule that includes (a) providing a base schedule that has graphical schedule objects including activities that are connected in a logic network by logic ties, the schedule culminating in a completion milestone, (b) sampling from probability distributions representing uncertainties in the durations of the activities to simulate activity durations from start dates to finish dates, (c) modifying the start date of one of the activities as a function of float or drift of the activity, and (d) using the logic ties, the sampled activity durations, and the modified start date to determine an output representing a simulated occurrence of the base schedule culminating in the completion milestone.
US11017332B2
An apparatus and method for using a mobile computer device for graphically displaying and modifying information in a manner to enhance comprehension of the information and allowing for the mobile and decentralized management of information to be accomplished, wherein such information may be related to bed management and patient placement information and, furthermore, enabling the information of interest to be organized, sorted, and used in various useful and novel ways.
US11017331B2
The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for predicting demand of vehicles in a transportation network. The method includes determining demand events at each of one or more locations for time intervals based on historical demand data. The demand events correspond to a demand of vehicles at one or more locations during plurality of time intervals throughout a day. The method includes creating a graph comprising nodes, and edges connecting nodes, each node being representative of a demand event from demand events. An edge is representative of dependency between two demand events from demand events. The method includes predicting demand of vehicles at a location from one or more locations during a predetermined time interval based on the graph and a real time demand of vehicles associated with other demand event. The method includes displaying demand prediction on a computing device at one or more locations of transportation network.
US11017326B2
A method is provided for booking a hotel room that improves the satisfaction level for a consumer and increases revenue for the hotelier. Consumers may benefit from being able to select property-specific and room-specific attributes for which they perceive enhanced value, while property-specific and room-specific attributes that a consumer does not particularly value may be avoided in an effort for the consumer to spend on features they desire. Further, hoteliers may benefit from being able to offer room-specific attributes and add-on features that create additional revenue streams for the hotel. Additionally, the transparency afforded the consumer of the room-specific attributes available versus those selected provides the consumer with a level of expectation that is more aligned with the hotel and the specific room they selected, thereby improving customer satisfaction.
US11017325B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for passive visit detection. In aspects, a mobile device comprising a set of sensors may collect and store sensor data from the set of sensors in response to detecting a movement event or user interaction data. The collected sensor data may be processed and provided as input to one or more predictive or statistical models. The model(s) may evaluate the sensor data to detect mobile device location, movement events and visit events. The model(s) may also be used to determine correlations between features of the sensor data and movement- or location-based events, optimize the types of data collected by the set of sensors, extend localized predictions to large-scale ecosystems, and generate battery-efficient state predictions. In aspects, the model(s) may be trained using labeled and/or unlabeled data sets of sensor data.
US11017315B2
A method includes training a prediction model to forecast a likelihood of curtailment for at least one wind turbine. The prediction model is trained, by a processor system, using historical information and historical instances of curtailment. The method also includes forecasting the likelihood of curtailment for the at least one wind turbine using the trained prediction model. The method also includes outputting the forecasted likelihood.
US11017314B2
A method for searching a new material includes: performing a learning on a material model, which is modeled based on a known material; determining a candidate material by inputting a targeted physical property to a result of the learning; and determining the new material from the candidate material.
US11017310B2
Techniques for operating a mechanical oscillator as a quantum memory are described. According to some aspects, a qubit may be coupled to a piezoelectric material such that the electric field of the qubit causes stress within the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material may be in contact with a crystalline substrate forming an acoustic resonator such that the qubit couples to bulk acoustic waves in the crystalline substrate via its interaction with the piezoelectric material. According to some aspects, application of a suitable electromagnetic pulse to the qubit may cause an exchange of energy from the qubit to the acoustic phonon system and thereby transfer quantum information from the qubit to the phonon system.
US11017308B2
The computing device receives a first user input request to modify a structural equation model (SEM) in a graphical user interface. The modification of the SEM includes modifying one or more SEM path diagram elements. The computing device detects whether a first SEM path diagram element is modified responsive to the received first user input request. Based on the detection, the computing device determines whether the modification violates a first set of SEM rules, a second set of SEM rules, or one or more launch conditions prior to initiating execution of the SEM. Based on determining a violation of the SEM rules or the launch conditions or that there was not a violation, the computing device displays a graphical indicator for indicating a fatal error for the SEM modification, a warning error for the SEM modification, or a valid SEM modification.
US11017298B2
The present design is directed to a system for detecting and adjusting qualitative contexts across multiple dimensions for multiple actors with cognitive computing techniques including a series of periodic execution components configured to operate over full or partial sets of received data, the series of periodic components comprising a peer to peer analyzer configured to detect anomalous behaviors among work-specific peer actors sharing similar types tasks, an actor behavior analyzer configured to examine change in an actor's behavior over time by comparing the similarity of past behavior and current behavior, a rate of change predictor configured to study changes in behavior over time for peer to peer performance according to the peer to peer analyzer, actor behavior change according to the actor behavior analyzer, and actor correlation analysis, and a semantic rule analyzer configured to encode conditional, provisional, cognitive, operational, and functional knowledge, and a plurality of signal managers.
US11017296B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for classifying time series image data. Aspects of the invention include encoding motion information from video frames in an eccentricity map. An eccentricity map is essentially a static image that aggregates apparent motion of objects, surfaces, and edges, from a plurality of video frames. In general, eccentricity reflects how different a data point is from the past readings of the same set of variables. Neural networks can be trained to detect and classify actions in videos from eccentricity maps. Eccentricity maps can be provided to a neural network as input. Output from the neural network can indicate if detected motion in a video is or is not classified as an action, such as, for example, a hand gesture.
US11017294B2
A method of recognizing input data includes determining a feature vector corresponding to an ensemble model from input data, based on the ensemble model, and recognizing the input data based on the feature vector. The ensemble model includes a first model and a second model having a structure that is the same as a structure of the first model.
US11017283B2
There is provided an electronic tag for a metal component of a system, wherein the electronic tag includes: a metal support frame, a first portion arranged within the metal support frame and secured relative to the metal support frame, a passive transponder, and a second portion, wherein the second portion secures the passive transponder at least relative to the first portion.
US11017272B2
An online system actively and randomly selects content items to be labeled for training a classifier. An online system receives content items from client devices of users and selects sets of the content items to be labeled by human labelers. The randomly selected content items are selected at random from the received content items, and the actively selected content items are selected based on the classifier's confidence in accurately predicting the classification of the content items. The online system may use a histogram of content items to actively select content items. The online system assigns the content items to bins of the histogram based on priority scores and selects content items with priority scores of the highest percentile. The online system provides the selected content items to human labelers for labeling. The labeled content items are then used for training the classifier.
US11017267B2
According to exemplary methods of training a convolutional neural network, input images are received into a computerized device having an image processor. The image processor evaluates the input images using first convolutional layers. The number of first convolutional layers is based on a first size for the input images. Each layer of the first convolutional layers receives layer input signals comprising features of the input images and generates layer output signals that include signals from the input images and ones of the layer output signals from previous layers within the first convolutional layers. Responsive to an input image being a second size larger than the first size, additional convolutional layers are added to the convolutional neural network. The number of additional convolutional layers is based on the second size in relation to the first size. The additional convolutional layers are initialized using weights from the first convolutional layers. Feature maps comprising the layer output signals are created.
US11017260B2
A text region positioning method and device, and a computer readable storage medium, which relate to the field of image processing. The text region positioning method includes acquiring a variance graph on the basis of an original image; acquiring an edge image of the variance graph; if a difference value among distances between edge points of opposing positions in two adjacent edge lines in the edge image is within a preset distance difference range, then the region between the two adjacent edge lines is determined as a text region.
US11017259B2
An optical inspection method for an optical inspection device comprising an optical lens is provided according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The optical inspection method includes: obtaining a first image of an object by the optical lens; performing an edge detection on the first image to obtain a second image comprising an edge pattern; and performing a defect inspection operation on the second image based on a neural network architecture to inspect a defect pattern in the second image. In addition, an optical inspection device and an optical inspection system are provided according to embodiments of the disclosure.
US11017253B2
Provided are a liveness detection method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: in a case of satisfying a liveness detection starting condition, acquiring (S110) an image frame in a video in real time; recognizing (S120) at least two organ regions of a user in the image frame, and updating a feature value set corresponding to each recognized organ region according to a feature value calculated based on the recognized organ region corresponding to the feature value set; and performing (S130) a liveness detection on the user according to data features in a combination set formed by at least two feature value sets corresponding to the at least two organ regions and extremum conditions respectively corresponding to the at least two feature value sets.
US11017252B2
Detecting a replay attack on a voice biometrics system comprises: receiving a speech signal; generating an ultrasound signal; detecting a reflection of the generated ultrasound signal; detecting Doppler shifts in the reflection of the generated ultrasound signal; and identifying whether the received speech signal is indicative of the liveness of a speaker based on the detected Doppler shifts. Identifying whether the received speech signal is indicative of liveness based on the detected Doppler shifts comprises determining whether the detected Doppler shifts correspond to a speech articulation rate.
US11017249B2
A computer-implemented method of detecting distracted driving comprises: determining, by one or more processors, a primary preview region (PPR) in a representation of an environment; determining, by the one or more processors, a gaze point for a driver based on a sequence of images of the driver; determining, by the one or more processors, that the gaze point is outside of the PPR; based on the determined gaze point being outside of the PPR, decreasing, by the one or more processors, an attention level for the PPR; based on the attention level for the PPR, generating, by the one or more processors, an alert.
US11017245B2
A parking assist apparatus includes: a setting unit that sets, within a captured image in which objects surrounding a moving vehicle have been imaged, a first search area for searching for a pair of partition lines disposed between parking spaces that are adjacent to each other; and a detecting unit that searches the first search area to detect a first partition line out of the pair of partition lines. When the detecting unit detects the first partition line, the setting unit sets a second search area for searching for a second partition line out of the pair of partition lines on the basis of the first partition line.
