US11039396B2
A communication method includes the following steps: acquiring a data rate of a data packet; setting a clock frequency of at least one component disposed along a data transmitting path or a data receiving path of a communication system according to the data rate of the data packet, and processing the data packet after the clock frequency of the at least one component disposed along the data transmitting path or the data receiving path of the communication system is set. When the data packet has a higher data rate, the clock frequency of the at least one component is set to a higher clock frequency. When the data packet has a lower data rate, the clock frequency of the at least one component is set to a lower clock frequency.
US11039387B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described for establishing communication with an access point. A wireless device may determine to switch to another access point radio based on a variety of factors. The wireless device may use a dynamic threshold to determine whether to switch to another access point radio. The dynamic threshold may be based on a current state of the wireless device. The wireless device may determine other access point radios to switch to directly or indirectly. An access point radio may broadcast information associated with the access point as well as information associated with other access point radios.
US11039386B2
A User Equipment having at least one sensor, a short range communications interface, a long range communications interface and a controller, wherein the controller is configured for: establishing a connection with a first access point through the short range communications interface; receiving operating instructions for the at least one sensor from the first access point; causing the at least one sensor to operate according to the operating instructions; receiving sensor data from the at least one sensor; and for reporting the sensor data through the long range communications interface.
US11039372B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless communications system may support techniques for efficient communication between a user equipment (UE) and different entities (or functions) of a core network. Specifically, the UE may interact with a single entity (or function) of a core network (e.g., an access and mobility management function (AMF)), and messages intended for other entities (or functions) may be routed appropriately by this entity. For example, an AMF may receive a message from a UE intended for another entity (or function) of the core network, and the AMF may transmit (or route) the message to the entity (or function). Similarly, the AMF may receive a message from another entity (or function) of the core network, and the AMF may transmit (or route) the message to the UE.
US11039368B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for dynamically changing coverage modes and/or communication bandwidth in a wireless communication system. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may attach to a serving cell associated with a cellular network. A volume of data for upcoming communication with the cellular network may be determined. An indication of a requested communication bandwidth may be provided to the serving cell. The wireless device may communicate data with the serving cell using the requested communication bandwidth. In some instances, a request for narrowband communication bandwidth may result in use of a coverage enhancement mode, while a request for wideband communication bandwidth may result in use of a normal coverage mode.
US11039366B2
A method and apparatus for reselecting a path for an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) relaying in a wireless communication system is provided. An IAB node configures a criteria of path reselection among multiple nodes, receives information from the multiple nodes, and performs the path reselection based on the criteria by using the information received from the multiple nodes and cell quality of the multiple nodes.
US11039364B2
Methods and apparatus allow a mobile device to proactively switch to a new network by using quality of connection information and the rate of change of the received signal strength indication (RSSI) to proactively switch from a first network, such as a WiFi network, to the new network, such as another WiFi network or a cellular network. For example, the mobile device determines a rate of change of the RSSI for the first network. Based on the rate of change of the RSSI, the mobile device predicts when the RSSI of the network is beyond a quality threshold. Based on the prediction, the mobile device switches from the first network to a second network. In another example, the method and device uses a quality of connection of the first network connection to determine when to switch from a first network connection to a second network connection.
US11039362B2
Configurations are described for maintaining a continuity and quality of wireless signal connection between a mobile device and systems accessible through the internet. In particular, configurations are disclosed to address the challenge of a mobile device that moves through a physical environment wherein the best wireless connectivity performance is achieved by switching between available connection sources and constantly evaluating a primary connection with other available connections that may be switched in to become a new primary connection. The mobile device may be self-propelled or carried by some other mobilizing means.
US11039356B2
Distribution of traffic to cells in a communication network can be controlled. A distribution management component (DMC) can determine overall device traffic throughput for cells of a sector that satisfy a defined traffic throughput criterion relating to a harmonic mean of the device traffic throughput for the cells to desirably enhance or maximize the harmonic mean of the overall device traffic throughput. Based on the overall device traffic throughput for the cells, the DMC can determine whether to adjust a characteristic associated with a cell of the cells to facilitate adjusting distribution of device traffic among the cells of the sector to achieve desirable load balancing of traffic by the sector and in the network. Load balancing can be achieved by controlling respective parameters with regard to communication devices that are in idle mode or connected mode to facilitate directing communication devices and associated traffic to desired cells.
US11039339B1
A wireless local area network (WLAN) system includes a plurality of access points and a WLAN server. Each access point includes a wireless transceiver, which transmits and receives data packets to and from client stations (STAs) in the WLAN system, and is connected to a wired local area network (LAN). First encapsulation logic in the access point encapsulates the data packets received by the wireless transceiver, including the MAC headers and payloads, in data frames and transmits the data frames over the LAN. The WLAN server receives the data frames transmitted over the wired LAN from the access points. Second encapsulation logic in the WLAN server decapsulates the received data packets from the received data frames. A MAC processor in the WLAN server applies MAC processing functions to the MAC headers and payloads of the decapsulated data packets.
US11039331B2
A method of operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, a method of operating an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system, an apparatus of a UE in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for operating an eNB in a wireless communication system are provided. The method of operating the UE includes receiving frequency measurement configuration information from an evolved Node B (eNB); performing frequency measurement in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode or an RRC inactivate mode, based on the frequency measurement configuration information; and transmitting a result of the frequency measurement to the eNB.
US11039320B2
The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to provide a distributed core framework for a voice and data network. A control plane comprising a set of control plane components is executed using a set of virtual machines running on a set of computing devices. The control plane comprises a first network interface to the voice and data network that is shared by the set of control plane components. A data plane comprising a set of data plane components is executed using a set of virtual machines running on a set of computing devices. The data plane comprises a second network interface to the voice and data network that is shared by the set of data plane components. Upon receipt of a session request from a remote device, a selected data plane component is selected to handle a corresponding session, such that the selected data plane component can directly communicate with the remote device using the second network interface to handle the session.
US11039318B2
Disclosed is a secure element used in a host terminal, including several communication interfaces for communication with the outside, several applications and a runtime environment. At least two applications are issuer security domains instantiating two GlobalPlatform configurations, typically GP configurations UICC and eSE. The runtime environment is configured to receive a command over a communication interface, to determine a target application for executing that command according to that communication interface and to send, over that same interface, a response to the command. This ensures the independence of the two configurations by providing that the runtime environment only authorizes access to an application resource of the secure element for executing the command by the target application if that application resource is associated with the communication interface for receiving the command.
US11039317B2
Systems and methods are described herein for configuring vehicles and infrastructure (e.g., buildings, smart homes, traffic devices, utilities and associated systems, emergency response systems, and so on) to include blockchain nodes, so a smart city or area of the various devices can be supported by a blockchain network, with some or all devices and systems provisioned with nodes acting as distributed nodes for the blockchain network.
US11039307B2
A wireless device (16) configured to receive from a network node (20) a page (18) that includes a paging identifier (18A) 4 for the wireless device (16). The paging identifier (18A) may identify as a target of the page (18) a wireless device (16) associated with a particular subscriber. In fact, in some embodiments, the paging identifier (18A) is based on an encrypted subscription identifier for the wireless device (16) or is a pseudonym subscription identifier for the wireless device (16). In any event, the wireless device (16) is also configured to transmit to the network node (20) a response (22) to the page (18) that indicates the wireless device (16) was paged but that includes an identifier for the wireless device (16) that is different than the paging identifier (18A) included in the page (18).
US11039302B2
The invention provides a base station, user equipment (UE), and a method associated with transmitting or receiving UE capability information. The method used in the UE comprises: transmitting UE capability information comprising an indication indicating a specific scheduling mechanism supported by the UE; and receiving a configuration message comprising configuration information associated with the specific scheduling mechanism.
US11039300B2
A method for an eUICC embedded into a machine type communication device to trigger the download of a subscription profile from a first network operator, the eUICC being provisioned with an eUICC identifier and a pre-loaded data set memorizing a range of International Mobile Subscription Identifiers associated to a second network operator by selecting randomly by the eUICC an IMSI number in the range memorized in the pre-loaded data set, sending an attachment request comprising the randomly selected IMSI, receiving in an authentication request message the request for getting the eUICC identifier, as a response, sending to the discovery server a authentication failure message, receiving in an authentication request message a temporary IMSI from the discovery server so that the machine type communication device is able to attach to the first network operator and download the pending subscription profile.
US11039298B2
The present invention relates to an efficient method and apparatus for remotely providing/downloading a profile for use in a communication service in a communication system, and the method for downloading the profile in the communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a first server, first information for processing a request for downloading a profile; receiving, from the first server, address information of a second server processing the request for downloading the profile on the basis of the first information; transmitting, to the second server, second information for calling a function, of an application, related to the downloading of the profile; receiving, from the second server, the profile-related information as a response of the second information for calling the function; and connecting to a third server providing the profile on the basis of the profile-related information, and downloading the profile.
US11039297B1
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for enhancement of Wi-Fi calling for DSDS user equipment devices (UEs). The UE may register a first connection supported by a first SIM with IMS for VoWiFi based on a determination to prefer VoWiFi for the first SIM. The first SIM may be associated with a first subscription to a first RAN. The UE may include a second SIM that may be associated with a second subscription to a second RAN. The UE may register a second connection associated with the second SIM with the IMS for VoWiFi and/or VoLTE and initiate/receive, via the first connection supported by the first SIM, a VoWiFi call. A recommendation to handover the VoWiFi call from Wi-Fi to cellular data may be received and, based, at least in part, on the recommendation, the UE may register a second connection associated with the second SIM for IWLAN over cellular data.
US11039292B2
The present invention is to surely acquire an image of a part according to an instruction from a video regardless of presence or absence of communication connection and a communication state. A controller unit acquires instruction information (log) as instruction information to acquire an image, where the instruction information corresponds to time information related to time to acquire the image, and acquires an image of a temporal part indicated by the time information corresponding to the instruction information, from each of plural videos recorded continuously in terms of time, synchronized with the time information corresponding to the acquired instruction information, and different in content from one another.
US11039290B2
The embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatuses for adopting network conditions for providing cloud based applications or services to a user. A method performed by a network node of a network operator includes: receiving, from a server of a service provider, a service profile for a service selected by a user of a UE that is connected to the network operator; configuring network conditions, in terms of at least bandwidth or throughput, and latency, based on the received service profile; requesting a selected access point, to adapt its network conditions in accordance with the configured network conditions; and if the selected access point successfully adapts its network conditions, sending a confirmation to the server of the service provider confirming that the requirements of the service in accordance with the service profile, are met.
US11039288B2
An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit storing a predetermined application, a management unit managing information on a service provided by the application, a service registration unit registering, when receiving data used to register the service from another apparatus, the service by a process of the application in accordance with the data, a generation unit generating information on the service registered by the service registration unit, and an updating unit updating the information which is generated by the generation unit and which is managed by the management unit.
US11039287B2
An in-vehicle information processing system includes a first in-vehicle device included in a vehicle, a second in-vehicle device connected to be communicable with the first in-vehicle device through an in-vehicle network and included in the vehicle, and a control device detachably connected to the first in-vehicle device. The control device is configured to store information to be used in control of the second in-vehicle device and transmit, to the first in-vehicle device, a signal including a control command to the second in-vehicle device. The first in-vehicle device is configured to convert the signal including the control command to the second in-vehicle device received from the control device to be transmittable through the in-vehicle network and transmit the signal to the second in-vehicle device.
US11039285B2
Provided are a method and a device for setting a space division connection between terminals for V2X communication in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a second terminal requests a connection setting with a first terminal from a base station. The second terminal measures a signal of the first terminal and generates a first beam group pair comprising a transmission beam group of the first terminal, which has a large signal size, and a reception beam group of the second terminal. When the second terminal receives a signal of a third terminal by using the reception beam group of the second terminal, the second terminal measures a signal of the third terminal and generates a second beam group pair comprising a transmission beam group of the third terminal, which has a large signal size, and the reception beam group of the second terminal.
US11039283B2
In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device is described. In some embodiments, while displaying a user interface of a messaging application, the device concurrently displays at least a portion of a representation of a message, where the message is included in a first message folder of a plurality of message folders, and the plurality of message folders. In some embodiments, while concurrently displaying at least the portion of the representation of the message and the plurality of message folders, the device detects user selection of a second message folder. In some embodiments, in response to detecting the user selection, the device moves the message from the first message folder to the second message folder such that the message is included in the second message folder, and displays a graphical indication that the message has been moved from the first message folder to the second message folder.
US11039280B2
Methods and systems for service transfer are disclosed. A movement of a user device may be detected by one or more sensors implemented in the user device. A transfer of service may occur based on the movement of the user device.
US11039277B2
A mobile computing device can operate as a user device or a service provider device for a network-based service. The mobile computing device can transmit location data to a network system to aid in the network system's management of the network-based service. The mobile computing device can dynamically adjust the location data transmission rate at which location data is transmitted to the network system based on various parameters, including one or more of: a power status, information related to the network-based service, network connectivity metrics, and the like. By dynamically adjusting the location data transmission rate based one or more of these parameters, the mobile computing device can conserve battery power without adversely affecting the provisioning of the network-based service.
US11039275B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for dynamic generation of an intelligent and location-based puzzle. The method comprises locating a mobile device within a proximity zone associated with an establishment and generating a user dataset comprising a counter representing how many times the user has been identified within the proximity zone. The method further comprises querying, receiving, and displaying a first media element associated with a puzzle. Upon locating the mobile device within the proximity zone for the second time, the method comprises adjusting the counter value and querying, receiving, and displaying a second media element associated with the puzzle.
US11039266B1
A method for producing a diffuse field that is non-localizable and without timbre inaccuracies. A processor receives an audio bitstream containing an at least one surround channel. The surround channel is rendered as an at least one virtualized line array source. Timbre correction is applied to the virtualized line array source. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
US11039255B2
A capacitive vibrating-membrane ultrasonic transducer includes a carrier with a cavity, a vibrating membrane fastened to the carrier and covering the cavity, and a conductive element separated from the membrane by the cavity. The vibrating membrane has a resonant frequency in membrane mode fm and a resonant frequency in plate mode fp according to the relationship fm>fp. An exciting circuit has terminals connected to the vibrating membrane and the conductive element, and is configured to apply, across its terminals, an electrical signal the maximum frequency fo according to the relationship fm>1.5*fo; or a measuring circuit is connected to the vibrating membrane and the conductive element and configured to measure capacitance variations up to a frequency fo.
US11039239B2
Disclosed is a headset for audio transmission. The headset is configured to be worn by a user. The headset comprises a speaker for sound transmission into the user's ear. The headset comprises a wireless communication unit for communication with an external device. The headset comprises a connection to a location-based service software, the location-based service software is configured for controlling at least one headset feature based on location data of the headset. The headset comprises a processing unit. The processing unit is configured for obtaining current location data of the headset. The processing unit is configured for enabling the location-based service software to detect if the current location data of the headset corresponds to a geographic region for which a first geo-fence is defined by the user. The processing unit is configured for changing the at least one headset feature, if a change criterion associated with the first geofence is satisfied; wherein the change of at least one headset feature is defined by the user.
US11039237B2
The present disclosure relates to an earpiece for an ear. The ear comprises a concha cavity at least partially delimited by a concha floor, a concha side wall and a concha ceiling. The earpiece comprises a peripheral skirt comprising a positioning skirt portion which in turn comprises an outer skirt surface and an inner skirt surface, wherein a transition from the outer skirt surface to the inner skirt surface occurs at a skirt edge. The skirt edge extends at least partially circumferentially around a central axis of the earpiece, wherein the earpiece is adapted to be moved to a use position, at least partially within the concha cavity, in a direction parallel to the central axis, during insertion of the earpiece into the ear. When the peripheral skirt is in a non-influenced condition, at least a portion of the inner skirt surface faces the central axis.
US11039221B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first manifest file from a first server that includes first metadata that identifies a second server where a first portion of data associated with a content item is stored, responsive to the receiving of the first manifest file, determining that a trickplay command is received by a processing system, responsive to the determining that the trickplay command is received, generating or modifying a second manifest file to incorporate the first metadata, and obtaining the first portion of the data associated with the content item from the second server in accordance with the second manifest file. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11039219B2
A content rental system includes one data store for storing rental content. The content rental system also includes a content server for transferring content to one viewing device based upon a received request. The content server is further configured to authorize the transfer of the content from the viewing device to another viewing device.
US11039215B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that facilitates selecting user profiles based on information associated with a subscriber identity module, presenting, according to a user profile, a customized interface for selecting media content sourced by disparate media content service providers, and managing presentation of advertisement content by tracking the media content service providers from which the media content is sourced. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11039212B2
The present invention relates to a reception device that can select an optimal component. The reception device includes a first reception unit that receives a video or audio component transmitted on a broadcast wave, a second reception unit that receives a video or audio component distributed via a network, and a control unit that controls the operation of each unit. The control unit selects the optimal video or audio component from a plurality of video and audio components that the reception device can receive.
US11039211B2
Methods and systems that provide an interactive media guidance application having a locked mode for viewing media assets. In the locked mode, the interactive media guidance application may provide media assets suited to a certain audience. The interactive media guidance application may determine suitable media assets for the locked mode based on media assets viewed by other users having characteristics similar to the user of the interactive media guidance application. In the locked mode, the interactive media guidance application may allow access to only certain media assets and/or limit the time period for which the media assets are presented.
US11039204B2
Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (i.e., physical storage media) to perform media source detection based on frequency band selection and processing are disclosed. Example meters disclosed herein are to compare a first audio signal from a monitored media device with a second audio signal from a first one of a plurality of media sources in communication with the monitored media device to determine a sequence of match results, the first audio signal associated with media presented by the media device. Disclosed example meters are also to compute a standard deviation of time delays associated with respective ones of the match results. Disclosed example meters are further to determine whether the first one of the media sources is a source of the media presented by the monitored media device based on the standard deviation.
US11039198B2
Courier electronic devices are used to transport seat video display unit (SVDU) operating system (OS) code updates from a content operation center to onboard a vehicle. The OS code used by the SVDUs is updated based on the OS code update to generate an updated OS code, which is used to curate entertainment content files from a mass storage device for selection among by passengers for their consumption through the SVDUs. Entertainment content files may also be selected by the content operation center based on passenger characteristic information and loaded onto the courier electronic devices for transport onboard the vehicle for transfer to the SVDUs to update the entertainment content that is made available for selection by the passengers. The courier electronic devices may be used to facilitate transportation of other information between the SVDUs in the content operation center.
US11039195B2
Cable (200) for connecting an image displaying device (133) to a digital computer network (120), which cable (200) comprises only a first end (201), arranged to receive a digital network signal, and a second end (202), arranged to be connected to the image displaying device (133) and deliver a digital image signal to the image displaying device (133). The invention is characterised in that the cable (200) comprises an integrated general-purpose programmable computer device (203), arranged to execute a piece of cable computer software in turn arranged to read the network signal and produce said image signal using the said network signal, in that the computer device (203) is arranged to be powered by a voltage provided by an ethernet socket (121) to which the first end (201) is arranged to be physically connected or by an image signal receiving socket to which the second end (202) is arranged to be physically connected, in that the cable (200) further comprises a connection (220) for a separate serial communication cable (221), and in that the computer device (203) is arranged to produce control signals for controlling said image displaying device (133) and to provide such signals on said connection (220). The invention also relates to a method.
US11039190B1
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate measures of unique audiences for Internet-based media. An example method disclosed herein includes a salt generator to generate a shared salt at a first database proprietor, a database proprietor interface to the shared salt to a second database proprietor, a Hyperloglog (HLL) generator to generate a first hash vector at the first database proprietor based on the shared salt and first user impression data associated with media, the first hash vector to obfuscate first personally identifiable information of first subscribers of the first database proprietor and an AME interface to send the first hash vector to a database containing a second hash vector, the second hash vector generated by the second database proprietor using second user impression data and the shared salt, the second hash vector to obfuscate second personally identifiable information of second subscribers of the second database proprietor, the first hash vector and the second hash vector to enable a third party to a deduplicate audience size corresponding to the first user impression data and the second user impression data.
US11039181B1
A method to provide secure delivery of video manifest/playlist files by generating a single use, per-user encryption key to encrypt the video manifest/playlist file is disclosed. A video player generates a session ID when establishing connection with a manifest server. The manifest server is in communication with a key server and uses the session ID and content ID to generate the single use encryption key specifically for the session ID generated by the video player. The manifest server encrypts the manifest file prior to providing it to the video player. The content of the manifest file can then only be decrypted by the single use encryption key. The video player communicates with the key server to retrieve the single use key and to decrypt the manifest file.
US11039179B2
A primary video and a second instance of a reference video can be simultaneously transmitted to a system through at least a first node of a communication network, the second instance of the reference video configured to be compared to a first instance of the reference video stored by the system to generate at least one quality of experience (QoE) value that infers a perceptual quality of the primary video as received by the system. The QoE value can be received from the system. A determination can be made as to whether the QoE value is less than a threshold value. Responsive to determining that the QoE value is less than the threshold value, the perceptual quality of the primary video can be improved by allocating greater bandwidth for transmission of the primary video.
US11039167B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video decoding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an intra block copy mode. Then, the processing circuitry determines, according to the intra block copy mode, a first portion of a resolution syntax. The resolution syntax is unified of a same semantic for block vectors in the intra block copy mode and motion vectors in an inter picture merge mode. Further, the processing circuitry decodes a second portion of the resolution syntax from the coded video bitstream, and determines a block vector according to a resolution that is indicated by a combination of the first portion and the second portion. Then, the processing circuitry reconstructs at least one sample of the current block according the block vector.
US11039157B2
In a method for video decoding in a decoder, prediction information of a block is decoded in a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information includes a plurality of offset indices for prediction offsets associated with an affine model in an inter prediction mode. The plurality of offset indices includes at least one of a distance offset index, an offset direction index, a delta scaling index, and a delta rotation index. Further, parameters of the affine model are determined based on the plurality of offset indices. Each of the plurality of the offset indices including a respective pre-defined mapping table that includes indexes and corresponding offset values. The parameters of the affine model are used to transform between the block and a reference block in a reference picture that has been reconstructed. At least a sample of the block is reconstructed according to the affine model.
US11039154B2
A set of reconstruction elements useable to reconstruct a representation of a signal at a relatively high level of quality using data based on a representation of the signal at a relatively low level of quality is obtained. The representation at the relatively high level of quality is arranged as an array comprising at least first and second rows of signal elements. A reconstruction element is associated with a respective signal element in the set. A set of data elements is derived based on the set of reconstruction elements. At least one of the data elements is derived from at least two reconstruction elements associated with signal elements from the first row and a different number of reconstruction elements associated with signal elements from the second row.
US11039150B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an inter prediction mode with a potential usage of a refinement technique based on a first reference picture and a second reference picture. Then, the processing circuitry determines whether a first equal weighting condition of chroma components from the first reference picture and the second reference picture is satisfied. In response to a failure to satisfy the first equal weighting condition of the chroma components from the first reference picture and the second reference picture, the processing circuitry disables the refinement technique in a reconstruction of a sample in the current block.
US11039146B2
A method is presented for detecting visual artifacts such as macroblocking artifacts appearing in a rendering of a video stream. A decoded video stream that includes a plurality of frames is received. Edges appearing in the plurality of frames are detected and data characterizing the edges is directed to a neural network. The neural network determines a likelihood that a macroblocking artifact occurs in the video stream using the neural network. The neural network is trained using training data that includes (i) one or more video sequences having known macroblocking artifacts whose size and duration are known and (ii) user ratings indicating a likelihood that users visually perceived macroblocking in each of the one or more video sequences when each of the one or more video sequences are rendered.
US11039139B2
A method of controlling residual coding for decoding or encoding of a video sequence, is performed by at least one processor and includes determining whether to replace a transform type of Multiple Transform Selection (MTS) by using Identity transform (IDT), based on whether either one or both of a block height and a block width meet a predetermined condition; and based on either one or both of the block height and the block width meeting the predetermined condition, replacing the transform type of MTS by using the IDT and keeping a syntax of the MTS unchanged, and the IDT is a linear transform process using an N×N transform core in which each coefficient is non-zero along a diagonal position, and wherein N is an integer.
US11039122B2
Scenes can be imaged under low-light conditions using flash photography. However, the flash can be irritating to individuals being photographed, especially when those individuals' eyes have adapted to the dark. Additionally, portions of images generated using a flash can appear washed-out or otherwise negatively affected by the flash. These issues can be addressed by using a flash at an invisible wavelength, e.g., an infrared and/or ultraviolet flash. At the same time a scene is being imaged, at the invisible wavelength of the invisible flash, the scene can also be imaged at visible wavelengths. This can include simultaneously using both a standard RGB camera and a modified visible-plus-invisible-wavelengths camera (e.g., an “IR-G-UV” camera). The visible and invisible image data can then be combined to generate an improved visible-light image of the scene, e.g., that approximates a visible light image of the scene, had the scene been illuminated during daytime light conditions.
US11039118B2
An interactive image processing system including a first infrared camera, a second infrared camera, an image processing circuit, a vision processing unit, an image signal processor, a central processing unit, and a memory device is disclosed. The present disclosure calculates depth data according to infrared images generated by the first and second infrared cameras to improve depth quality.
US11039117B2
A dual lens imaging module suitable for an electronic device is provided. The dual lens imaging module includes a first lens, a second lens, and a moving module. The moving module is connected to the second lens and is adapted to move or tilt the second lens, wherein the first lens is a lens having an autofocus function, and a working distance of the dual lens imaging module is adapted to be changed according to a spacing of the first lens and the second lens.
US11039107B2
Systems and methods of real-time audiovisual interaction with a target location includes receiving an identification of a target location. The identification can be received at a processor of a server from an electronic device of an end-user. A request can be transmitted for a video feed associated with the target location. For example, the video feed can be a live video feed of an interior of the target location or a video chat with a representative of the target location. In response to receiving the video feed, the video feed can be transmitted to the electronic device of the end-user. When audiovisual communication is established, a user can view different aspects of a target location, for example the capacity of a restaurant or speak directly with a representative of a clothing store to see if they have a specific item in the users' size.
US11039101B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method. The system includes: a storage device storing a set of instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the storage device. When executing the set of instructions, the one or more video processors: synchronize a signal with a first PN sequence, wherein the signal includes a plurality of second PN sequences, marked as 0 PN sequence, 1 PN sequence, . . . , (k−1) PN sequence, k sequence, wherein k is a positive integer number; determine that the signal is synchronized with the first PN sequence; determine a first target distance between the (k−1) PN sequence and the k sequence; and determine a formality standard of the signal based on the first target distance.
US11039091B2
A pharmacy packaging system configured to dispense pharmaceuticals into a pharmaceutical pouch formed by a feed roll and including a verification system. The verification system includes a camera system configured to capture images in a visible spectrum and an infrared spectrum, a first light source configured to output an infrared spectrum light, a second light source configured to output a visible spectrum light, and a processor. The processor is operable to activate the first light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a first image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the first light source. The processor is also operable to activate the second light source to illuminate the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a second image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the second light source. The processor is further operable to generate a third image based on the first image and the second image.
US11039084B2
A method includes: accessing a floorplan representing the floorspace; and extracting from the floorplan a set of floorplan features representing areas of interest in the floorspace. The method also includes, calculating a set of target locations relative to the floorplan that, when occupied by the set of sensor blocks: locate the areas of interest in the floorspace within fields of view of the set sensor blocks; and yield a minimum overlap in fields of view of adjacent sensor blocks in the set of sensor blocks. The method further includes, for each sensor block in the sensor blocks installed over the floorspace: receiving, from the sensor block, an image of the floorspace; based on overlaps in the image with images from other sensor blocks in sensor blocks, estimating an installed location of the sensor block; and mapping the sensor block to a target location in the set of target locations.
US11039080B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method, including: obtaining an output time of an image being taken by an image capturing apparatus; obtaining an exposure time of the image being taken by an image capturing apparatus; and based on the output time and the exposure time, controlling a turn-on time of a flash corresponding to the image being taken by the image capturing apparatus.
US11039077B2
An image processing device includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of images at different imaging time which images are captured when illumination light in different wavelength bands is emitted; and a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to generate a low-resolution image by lowering resolution of at least one image in the plurality of images, and detect light-absorption information at a certain depth based on a correlation between images which are in an image group including the low-resolution image and the plurality of images, which are captured with the illumination light in different wavelength bands, and at least one of which is the low-resolution image.
US11039074B1
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing exposure compensation when capturing media (e.g., an image, video).
US11039063B2
An imaging system includes an information processing apparatus including a transmission-unit that transmits attribute information related to a user performing imaging using an imaging-apparatus and setting information representing setting related to the imaging performed by the imaging-apparatus at a predetermined timing, a server apparatus including a processing-unit that receives a plurality of combinations of the attribute information and the setting information and performs statistical processing on the combinations of the attribute information and the setting information based on the plurality of combinations of the attribute information and the setting information, a derivation-unit that derives recommended setting information corresponding to the attribute information as a derivation target for the recommended setting information from a result of the statistical processing performed by the processing-unit, and a setting-unit that sets the recommended setting information derived by the derivation-unit in the imaging-apparatus as the setting information related to the imaging performed by the imaging-apparatus.
US11039062B2
The present invention relates to an electronic device, and a method for processing an image according to a camera photographing environment and scene by using the same, and the electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a camera module, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the memory, wherein the processor can be configured to: extract a first parameter for first image data obtained using the camera module; detect situation information on the electronic device by using a sensor or a microphone functionally connected to the electronic device; detect a scene, corresponding to the first image data, among a plurality of predefined scenes; obtain a second parameter on the basis of the first parameter, the situation information, and the scene; generate, on the basis of the second parameter, second image data obtained using the camera module; and display the second image data by using a display functionally connected to the electronic device. Other various embodiments, in addition to the various embodiments of the present invention, are possible.
US11039060B2
An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image sensor that repeatedly shoots a subject and outputs image signals; a detection unit that detect a predetermined subject from the image signals; a determination unit that determines whether not a selfie mode for shooting a photographer himself/herself is set; and a setting unit that sets a focus detection area where focus detection is performed, wherein the setting unit sets a predetermined focus detection area in a case where the detection unit has failed to detect the predetermined subject and it is determined by the determination unit that the selfie mode is set.
US11039059B2
An imaging device includes: an optical system which obtains an optical image of a photographic subject; an image sensor which converts the optical image to an electric signal; a digital signal processor which produces image data based on the electric signal; a display section which displays a photographic subject image expressed by the image data; and an operating section which performs a necessary setting regarding imaging, the digital signal processor including: an autofocus operation section which performs an autofocus operation based on data of an autofocus area set in the photographic subject image; a main area setting section which sets a main area in the photographic subject image; and a blurring operation section which performs a blurring operation on an area other than the main area in the photographic subject image, wherein the autofocus area is set automatically to overlap with at least a part of the main area.
US11039057B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel region where pixels are arranged to form rows and columns, and a pixel control circuit that supplies control signals to the pixels. The pixel region includes first to fourth regions, a first pixel in the first region and a second pixel in the second region are arranged on different columns on a first row, a third pixel in the third region and a fourth pixel in the fourth region are arranged on different rows on a first column, and the first row on which the first and second pixels are arranged is arranged between rows on which the third and fourth pixels are arranged. The pixel control circuit simultaneously reads out pixel signals of the first and second pixels in a first period and simultaneously reads out pixel signals of the third and fourth pixels in a second period.
US11039046B2
Disclosed is a method of automated script generation with integrated video production; said method comprising assembling a script comprising a series of steps for a video production; communicating the series of steps of the video production to a central production management application; associating a digital input output device with a video acquisition device; communicating selected ones of the steps in production to said digital input output device; actuating said video acquisition device so as to give effect to said selected ones of said steps; communicating at least video content thus acquired by following said steps to said production management application; integrating said video content thus acquired with content derived by giving effect to others of said steps thereby to produce resultant video output content. Also disclosed is a system of automated script generation with integrated video production; said system including a server; a plurality of content contributors.
US11039043B1
Embodiments herein describe an audio forwarding regularizer and an information bottleneck that are used when training a machine learning (ML) system. The audio forwarding regularizer receives audio training data and identifies visually irrelevant and relevant sounds in the training data. By controlling the information bottleneck, the audio forwarding regularizer forwards data to a generator that is primarily related to the visually irrelevant sounds, while filtering out the visually relevant sounds. The generator also receives data regarding visual objects from a visual encoder derived from visual training data. Thus, when being trained, the generator receives data regarding the visual objects and data regarding the visually irrelevant sounds (but little to no data regarding the visually relevant sounds). Thus, during an execution stage, the generator can generate sounds that are relevant to the visual objects while not adding visually irrelevant sounds to the videos.
US11039042B2
According to an embodiment, in a network system 1 in which at least one data of the audio data and the video data is transmitted from a first node to a second node through a network, the second node includes a processor configured to generate a clock signal for reproduction of the audio data and the like. The processor is configured to synchronize a current time in the second node with a current time in the first node, based on a transmission time that is based on the current time in the first node and is contained in a received extended CRF frame, a reception time that is based on the current time in the second node and at which the extended CRF frame is received, and a delay time period occurring while the extended CRF frame is transmitted from the first node to the second node.
US11039041B2
Technology for a display device is described. The display device can include one or more display screens operable to show at least two display panels. The display device can include a controller. The controller can send a request for frame data from each of the at least two display panels to a source device. The controller can receive, from the source device, a same frame indication for each of the at least two display panels. The controller can provide frame data received from the source device based on the same frame indication to the at least two display panels. The same frame indication can cause the at least two display panels to synchronously display frame data received from the source device.
US11039033B2
A scanner includes a reading unit that reads an image of a paper, a medium feeding portion that is capable of selecting a first feeding mode in which a separation feeding for separately feeding a paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper is overlapped with each other is performed and a second feeding mode in which a non-separation feeding for collectively feeding the paper bundle without separating is performed, and a pair of first transporting rollers and a pair of second transporting rollers that transport the paper fed by the medium feeding portion, in a case in which the medium feeding portion feeds the paper in the second feeding mode, a first driven roller and a second driven roller respectively constituting the pair of first transporting rollers and the pair of second transporting rollers are driven in a rotation direction where the paper is transported.
US11039032B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image on a sheet and executes predetermined image forming processing, a reception device that receives a user instruction, a sensor that acquires ambient temperature information, and at least one controller that prohibits execution of the predetermined image forming processing for a predetermined period if any of a plurality of conditions including a first condition and a second condition is satisfied, wherein the first condition is a condition that a plurality of pieces of temperature information acquired at a plurality of timings have a predetermined relationship and the second condition is a condition that a predetermined instruction is received.
US11039005B2
Disclosed are a location-based operation method, an electronic device, and a recording medium. The electronic device may include a memory storing instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions to: identify a first location of the electronic device based on first communication information; obtain, based on the identified first location being identified as being included in a second location area that is adjacent to and includes a first location area, second communication information; identify a second location of the electronic device based on at least a part of the obtained second communication information; and change a locked state of the electronic device to an unlocked state, based on the second location of the electronic device being identified as being included in the first location area.
US11039003B2
Systems and methods are described herein for controlling the roaming behaviors of mobile applications, such as applications provided by mobile devices. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may determine that a mobile device is connected to a roaming network, and prompt or otherwise cause a user to authorize a mobile application to use the roaming network for sending and receiving data. Other details are provided herein.
US11038995B2
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of communications involves determining a characteristic of a header or a payload, generating an error control code for the header or for the header and the payload based on the characteristic of the header or the payload, and attaching the error control code to the header and the payload to form a data packet for communications in a wired communications network.
US11038979B2
A method is performed at a mobile core, including assigning a first cache servicing a client device in response to a first request for a media content item based at least in part on a first IP address of the client device associated with a first edge location. The method further includes providing a first portion of the media content item from the first cache. The method additionally includes triggering a plurality of caches at edge locations proximate to the first edge location to retrieve a second portion of the media content item. The method also includes receiving a continuation request from the client device with a second IP address associated with a second edge location. The method further includes selecting a second cache from the plurality of caches based at least in part on the second IP address and continuing providing the media content item from the second cache.
US11038969B2
A system for providing realtime medical data to a client device regardless of a type of a client device's platform. The system uses different types of connections to establish a connection between the client device and the system and to transfer realtime medical data between the client device and the system. For example, a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) connection can be used to establish a connection between the client device and the system and a websocket connection can be used to transfer realtime medical data between the client device and the system. By using an HTTP connection, the system can initially establish a connection between the system and any client device compatible with an HTTP connection.
US11038968B2
A device and media redirection technique is provided for a browser-based remote desktop client. A browser extension can be employed in conjunction with a browser-based remote desktop client to detect when the browser-based remote desktop client is attempting to establish a remote session. The browser extension can delay the establishment of the remote session until after the browser extension has registered to receive notifications pertaining to the remote session. Once the remote session is established, the browser extension will be notified and provided details of the remote session. The browser extension can then provide these details to the client-side proxy to enable the proxy to commence redirecting devices to or redirecting media from the remote session.
US11038966B1
A coordinator device comprising communication circuitry configured to connect the coordinator device to a first remote device and to receive remote device description data for the first remote device from the first remote device. The coordinator device comprises processing circuitry configured to enable execution of firmware for the first remote device outside of the first remote device.
US11038963B2
A self-describing data format capable of carrying payload information, such as Tuxedo payload information, as well as filter information. The data format can allow for expression of some or all of Tuxedo Typed Buffers, including STRING, CARRAY, MBSTRING, VIEW, VIEW32, FML, and FML32. The data format is also capable of supporting nesting and error-checking. The proposal of user payload collection can allow customers to siphon off user/payload data to be used in applications, such as Business Intelligence applications, without the need for additional information to be passed with the payload data.
US11038955B2
A method for controlling a multimedia file on external screen device, implemented by a processor operatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage device, on which are stored modules of instruction code that when executed cause the processor to: establish P2P connection between multiple mobile/computer devices and external screen device, through communication server by using code displayed on the external screen; transferring a multimedia file from one of the mobile devices to the external device, storing the multimedia file only on volatile memory of the external device; displaying the multimedia file from local memory on the external screen using a designated application; uploading UI interface related/associated with multimedia file based on type of file or content; capturing user interaction related to the uploaded UI on each mobile device which established the P2P communication; sending captured interaction command by at least one of the mobile devices to the external screen device; each received captured command/action in turn is received by the designated application on the external screen device through the P2P connection; executing the capture commands by the designated application based on pre-defined interaction commands definitions.
US11038949B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and processor-readable storage media for distributed farming are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes facilitating transfer of produce, at approximately a given stage of a growth cycle of the produce, from a first location to a remote growing unit; analyzing data, captured via multiple sensors within the remote growing unit, wherein the analyzing is carried out by a centralized server communicatively linked to the remote growing unit; and transmitting, via the centralized server to the remote growing unit, instructions pertaining to an adjustment to at least one growing parameter within the remote growing unit, wherein the transmitting is based at least in part on the analyzing of the data, and wherein the transmitting occurs during one or more stages of the growth cycle that is between the given stage and completion of the growth cycle.
US11038941B2
Enabling a Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) player to fetch media segments from a network may comprise the steps of (i) receiving, from said network, a manifest comprising a representation base Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for indicating a location to said DASH player for fetching said media segments, a default representation base URI which is available in a default mode for fetching said media segments from a default content delivery network (CDN), a secondary representation base URI which is available in a secondary mode for fetching said media segments from a secondary CDN, (ii) transmitting, the manifest to said DASH player, and (iii) transmitting, to said DASH player, a ManifestModificationCommand message comprising one or more representation base URIs of any of said default representation base URI and said secondary representation base URI that are to modify a representation base URI in said manifest.
US11038932B2
A system is provided for establishing a shared media session for one or more client devices. One or more processors in the system are configured to establish a shared media session that includes a disparate live media output stream scheduled by a first client device to start at a defined timestamp, and played back on one of the first client device or a plurality of client devices that join the shared media session through a distributed communication network. A persistent record of event data and media, synchronized based on one or more criteria and received from a recording client device, is generated corresponding to the shared media session and previous shared media sessions until the shared media session is terminated by at least one of the first client device or by abandonment of the distributed communication network by the plurality of client devices.
US11038924B2
Disclosed are various approaches for generating a device posture token corresponding to a client device. The device posture token can be used by a verification computing device to determine whether the client device complies with the security policies of a particular facility.
US11038913B2
Disclosed herein is a system for generating and displaying information useful to help a security analyst understand a scale and a root cause of a potential security issue associated with a resource. The resource can include a server, a storage device, a user device (e.g., a personal computer, a tablet computer, a smartphone, etc.), a virtual machine, networking equipment, etc. The resource may be one that is under control of an entity operating a security operations center. Additionally or alternatively, the resource may be one that is configured to be monitored by the security operations center. The information provides the security analyst with a broader context of the potential security issue based on relationships between the potential security issues and other security issues. Consequently, the information enables the security analyst to implement more efficient and effective actions to handle the potential security issue.
US11038912B2
A method for a communication network in a motor vehicle, wherein data are transmitted in at least one communication path for communication in the communication network. Also disclosed is an electronic monitoring unit.
US11038909B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for anomaly detection and recovery. An apparatus to isolate a first controller in an autonomous vehicle includes a first controller to control a reference signal of the autonomous vehicle via a communication bus, a second controller to control the reference signal of the autonomous vehicle when the first controller is compromised, and a message neutralizer to neutralize messages transmitted by the first controller when the first controller is compromised, the neutralized messages to cause the first controller to become isolated from the communication bus.
US11038899B1
Presented herein are methods for dynamic management of names and of named-based requests for media flows in an Information-Centric Network (ICN)-based real-time communication system. The use of different naming schemes on contribution segments and on distribution segments in such architectures results in an effective low latency and scalable communication model based on the notion of active speakers regardless of the underlying mapping between active speakers and participants controlled by the media bridge. Operations are performed both at client side and at media bridge side to dynamically manage binding of names to speakers, while minimizing overhead and complexity of operations involved by a change of active speaker/quality/layout.
US11038897B1
A third-party server may maintain a list of named entity devices that belong to one or more roles in an application environment. The server may receive an authorization query from a policy consuming device. The authorization query may include an identity of a particular named entity device which sent a message to the policy consuming device and contextual metadata associated with the message. The server may determine that the particular named entity device belongs to one of the roles and filter the list based on the contextual metadata. The server may generate an interaction control list that includes the filtered list and transmit the interaction control list to the policy consuming device as a response to the authorization query. The interaction control list causes the policy consuming device to react to the message based on the interaction control list.
US11038896B2
Systems and related methods for providing greater security and control over access to protected or classified resources, files and documents and other forms of sensitive information based upon an initial adaptive selection of multiple modalities for authentication in different operating environments, with subsequent multi-user permission strategy centering on organizational structure. The system calculates trustworthiness values of different authentication factors under various environmental settings, and combines a trust-based adaptive, robust and scalable software-hardware framework for the selection of authentication factors for continuous and triggered authentication with optimal algorithms to determine the security parameters of each of the authentication factors. A subset of authentication factors thus are determined for application at triggering events on-the-fly, thereby leaving no exploitable a priori pattern or clue for hackers to exploit. Upon authentication of an access request, based on the sensitivity or classification of the information being requested by a user, approvers are selected dynamically based on the work environment (e.g., mobility, use of the computing device seeking access, access policy, and the like). The selected sets of approvers are non-repetitive in nature.
US11038892B2
Disclosed are various examples for dynamically generating restriction profiles for updated software platforms. A management system can determine that updated restrictions and/or settings are included in an updated or new version of a definition file. The updated settings identified and categorized according to risk for a given enterprise group without administrator input. An updated restriction profile can be generated according to the updated settings and distributed to managed devices.
US11038891B2
A given node associated with a plurality of nodes registers a decentralized identity for the given node on a decentralized identity blockchain. The registered decentralized identity is controlled by the given node and defined by an identity record stored on the decentralized identity blockchain. The registered decentralized identity for the given node is used to access one or more resources of a given decentralized application.
US11038886B1
The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods of compliance management and determining non-compliance. The systems and methods can process a data request from a user and generate a permission token for a service operator and a service request for the data request. The systems and methods can determine a service operator that has permissions to solve the data request. The systems and methods can receive the permission token and the service request when the service operator has solved the data request and process the permission token and the service request upon completion of the data request by the service operator. The systems and methods can determine non-compliance based on receiving an expired permission token, an invalidated service request, or only one or neither of the two. The systems and methods can generate and alert and/or recommend security actions according to an escalation matrix.
US11038882B2
A remote control system includes an electrical apparatus, a terminal device, and a server device. The terminal device receives a first encrypted apparatus ID in which an apparatus ID is encrypted from the electrical apparatus. The terminal device transmits the first encrypted apparatus ID to the electrical apparatus. The electrical apparatus transmits the apparatus ID and the first encrypted apparatus ID to the server device. The terminal device transmits the first encrypted apparatus ID to the server device. The server device determines whether there is a match in the first encrypted apparatus ID received from the electrical apparatus or the terminal device. When there is a match, the server device registers the apparatus ID in a first security state.
US11038881B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein include apparatuses, systems, devices, and methods for anonymously generating an encrypted session for a client device in a wireless network. The method comprises, in response to providing, to the client device in the wireless network, a request for credentials associated with the client device, obtaining, from the client device, a response including proposed credentials associated with the client device. The method further comprises determining whether or not the format of the response matches a response template. The method further comprises, in response to determining that the format of the response matches the response template, generating an encrypted wireless session for the client device independent of the proposed credentials associated with the client device.
US11038871B2
A method and apparatus for providing two-step authentication is provided herein. During operation, the two parts of authentication comprise (1) something a user knows, for example, a password; and (2) a push-to-talk (PTT) communication over a predetermined talkgroup.
US11038868B2
Some implementations may provide a machine-assisted method for determining a trustworthiness of a requested transaction, the method including: receiving, from a relying party, a request to determine a trustworthiness of a particular transaction request, the transaction request initially submitted by a user to access data managed by the relying party; based on the transaction request, summarizing the particular transaction request into transactional characteristics, the transactional characteristics devoid of source assets of the transaction, the source assets including credential information of the user, the credential information of the relying party, or information content of the requested transaction; generating first machine readable data encoding transactional characteristics of the underlying transaction as requested, the transactional characteristics unique to the particular transaction request; submitting a first inquiry at a first engine to determine an access eligibility of the user submitting the transaction request, the first inquiry including the credential information of the submitting user, as well as the summarized transactional characteristics that is applicable only once to the underlying transaction request; and receiving the access eligibility determination from the first engine.
US11038864B2
A computer-based method for providing a customer service representative (CSR) access to an interface system uses a computing device including a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving, by the processor, an authentication request including a CSR identifier associated with the CSR. The method also includes identifying, in the memory, a customer identifier using at least the CSR identifier. The method further includes transmitting an authentication response in response to the authentication request. The authentication response includes at least the customer identifier.
US11038861B2
Techniques are provided to manage security artifacts. Specifically, a security management system is disclosed for implementing security artifact archives to manage security artifacts. A security artifact archive may include information for managing one or more security artifacts that can be referenced or included in the security artifact archive. The security management system can create, edit, read, send, and perform other management operations for security artifact archives. Objects can be bundled in an object-specific security artifact archive. Security artifact archives may be named, versioned, tagged and/or labeled for identification. Security artifact archives may be transmitted to a destination (e.g., a service provider or a client system) that provides access to an object whose access is dependent on security artifacts. The destination may can manage access to the object using a security artifact archive that includes relevant and current security artifacts for the object.
US11038858B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for encrypting portions of data for storage and processing in a remote network. For example, methods may include receiving a message that includes data for forwarding to a server device; encrypting a portion of the data to determine an encrypted portion; determining metadata based on the portion of the data, wherein the metadata indicates one or more properties of the portion of the data and enables one or more operations to be performed by the server device that depend on the one or more properties; determining a payload including the data with both the encrypted portion and the metadata substituted for the portion of the data; and transmitting the payload to the server device.
US11038854B2
An Internet infrastructure delivery platform (e.g., operated by a service provider) provides an RSA proxy “service” as an enhancement to the SSL protocol that off-loads the decryption of the encrypted pre-master secret (ePMS) to an external server. Using this service, instead of decrypting the ePMS “locally,” the SSL server proxies (forwards) the ePMS to an RSA proxy server component and receives, in response, the decrypted pre-master secret. In this manner, the decryption key does not need to be stored in association with the SSL server.
US11038852B2
One embodiment provides a system for establishing a secure network. During operation, a server can distribute at least one symmetric encryption key among a plurality of hosts to enable the hosts to communicate securely with each other. Each host comprises at least a smart network interface card and a central processing unit (CPU) of each host computer supports remote attestation. Distributing the symmetric encryption key among the hosts can include performing a remote attestation operation to establish a trusted channel between the server and a protected region within the CPU of a respective host; and transmitting, over the trusted channel, the symmetric encryption key to the CPU of the respective host, which in turn forwards the symmetric encryption key to the smart network interface card of the respective host over a secure channel established between the protected region within the CPU and the smart network interface card.
US11038851B2
An example security device receives a plurality of data units carrying traffic in a message encoded in accordance with an application layer protocol for a server. The message comprises payload. The security device analyzes the plurality of data units to identify the application layer protocol; selects a data extraction algorithm in dependence on the identified application layer protocol; extracts selected data from the payload, in accordance with one or more tokenizing rules; and forwards selected data to a token encoder, to allow the token encoder to store selected data and return at least one token used to identify the selected data. The device receives from the token encoder, at least one token and replaces the selecting data in the payload with the at least one token to form modified payload and forming and forwards a modified message comprising the payload data, in place of the message, thereby securing the original message.
US11038846B2
An Internet Protocol Security tunnel maintenance method, apparatus, and system including a terminal device that negotiates with a VPN gateway based on a first IP address and according to the IKE protocol, and establishes an IPsec tunnel based on SAs obtained through negotiation; determines, the first IP address changes to a second IP address; sends a first request packet to the VPN gateway, where the first request packet carries the second IP address and a first tunnel identifier, where the first request packet is used to request to update a first SA record, and where the first SA record includes a correspondence between the SAs, the first IP address, and the first tunnel identifier; generates a second tunnel identifier based on the second IP address and a predefined algorithm; and replaces the first tunnel identifier in a second SA record with the second tunnel identifier.
US11038834B2
An example system may comprise a set of network devices in a network topology, the network topology having a plurality of external links that connect to other networks, wherein the system comprises a processing resource to: assign multiple Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to one of the network interfaces of a client device; communicate the multiple IP addresses to a network interface of the client device; receive a packet from the one of the network interfaces, wherein the packet includes a source address that is one of the multiple IP addresses; select an external link of the plurality of external links based on the source address of the packet; and forward the packet via the external link of the plurality of external links.
US11038822B2
A user of an instant messaging system may store names of other users of the instant messaging system on a participant list (which may be referred to as a “buddy list”), and the names may be categorized into one or more groups. Similarly, a user of a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone, may store contact information about people on the mobile device. Information describing the on-line presence of the user within the instant messaging system or geographic location of a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone associated with the user system, may be disseminated to users on the participant list or people on the contact list based on notification information that is associated with groups of users or contacts. A delegation model is used to control whether a user is permitted to make modifications to the notification information.
US11038815B2
Technologies for managing burst bandwidth requirements are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a software-defined network (SDN) controller monitors storage devices in a data center. If a storage device fails, the SDN controller manages the bandwidth used to replicate the data that was stored on the failed storage device. The SDN controller may allocate an initial amount of bandwidth based on one or more parameters of the storage device, and the SDN controller may increase the bandwidth in a series of discrete steps. In another embodiment, the SDN controller may predict a bandwidth burst based on sequential writes at a storage sled from several compute devices, and allocate bandwidth accordingly in a tiered manner.
US11038810B2
A method by a count database node monitors content of subscriber accounts processed by an online charging system in a communication network for user equipment nodes. The method includes receiving by the count database node a plurality of data records. Each data record contains a subscriber identifier and an attribute to be provisioned for the subscriber. For each of the data records, the data record is sorted for storage in database structures maintained by the count database node based on the attribute of the data record. The method further includes determining a count value based on a number of the data records stored in the database structures maintained by the count database node containing an attribute defined by a query received by the count database node, and providing the count value from the count database node to another node.
US11038804B2
A method is executed by a network device for implementing conversation-sensitive collection for frames received on a port of a link of a link aggregation group. The network device executes an aggregator to collect the frames for aggregator clients, where each frame is associated with a service identifier and a conversation identifier. The service identifier identifies a data flow at a link level for a service. The conversation identifier identifies the data flow at a link aggregation group level, where each conversation data flow consists of an ordered sequence of frames, and where the conversation-sensitive collection maintains the ordered sequence by discarding frames of conversations not allocated to the port.
US11038801B2
A computerized method for enforcing a set of policies on a first network device is disclosed. The computerized method includes operations by logic processing on the first network device including detecting movement of the first network at a speed above a predetermined threshold and presence of a wireless transceiver, implementing the set of policies on the first network device, wherein implementation of the set of policies is configured to restrict functionality of the first network device according to a predefined list of functionalities, monitoring sensory data associated with the first network device, determining that the sensory data violates a first policy of the set of policies, and responsive to determining that the sensory data violates the first policy, transmitting an alert to an administrator. An additional operation includes transmitting a message to the wireless transceiver to perform a scan for additional network devices.
US11038792B2
A method and apparatus for path computation includes generating, by a Path Computation Client (PCC), a path computation element communication protocol (PCEP) message, whereby the PCEP message comprises a characteristic associated with a level of protection of a Protection Label Switch path (LSP) with a Working LSP; and transmitting, by the PCC, the PCEP message to a Path Computation Element (PCE), for path computation.
US11038789B2
Methods and systems for decoding communication protocols having an unknown structure. In the disclosed embodiments, a decoding system analyzes network traffic that uses such a communication protocol, and semi-automatically generates a structured template for decoding the protocol. In an example embodiment, the traffic comprises HTTP transactions used in some unknown variant of a Web-based e-mail or social network application, and the system generates an Extensible Markup Language (XML) template for parsing such transactions. The system enables an analyst to review sample transactions, and identify target components of the protocol that contain target information of interest. The system typically generates a set of rules with the assistance of the analyst.
US11038788B2
Disclosed is a method for continuous in-line monitoring of data-centric traffic to guarantee application performance. The method includes, in each switch of a plurality of switches in a network fabric, grouping all packets entering each respective switch of the plurality of switches based on either 5-tuple applications or EPG based applications, collecting performance statistics at every hop in the network fabric across all flows in—line in a flow table maintained in each respective switch and periodically exporting the performance statistics to analysis module.
US11038786B2
A method includes receiving a plurality of performance metrics from a data streaming infrastructure. The data streaming infrastructure comprises one or more message producers, one or more message brokers and one or more message consumers. In the method, the plurality of performance metrics are analyzed in a machine learning model, and one or more performance issues with the data streaming infrastructure are predicted based on the analyzing.
US11038779B2
A self-service experience for a change requester is provided. Authorized endpoint changes are identified along with corresponding change types. Resource attributes are identified and corresponding parameters of the resources are changed according to change window requirements. Where the changes comply with business policies, the changes are executed.
US11038778B2
The current document is directed to an automated-application-installation subsystem that provisions, installs, and configures applications across cloud-computing providers, including applications that invoke functions provisioned and executed through a distributed-function-as-a-service feature of the automated-application-installation subsystem. The automated-application-installation subsystem employs application blueprints to identify components to provision. An application blueprint generally includes component specifications, constraints, and interdependencies. The automated-application-installation subsystem then determines a cost-effective provisioning of the identified components across available cloud-computing providers and installs the application according to the cost-effective provisioning.
US11038776B2
A method and system for providing service experience analysis based on network data analysis. According to the method, the NWDAF device can provide the service experience statistics or service experience prediction for an application or a network slice.
US11038758B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for optimizing the number of servers in a cluster. In one example, a number of application servers, a number of backend servers, and a first disk throughput of a backend server to be included in the cluster are determined. The first disk throughput is determined based on the storage capacity of the backend server and a first round trip time. Example systems and method can also include validating the number of application servers based on a cluster throughput and one of a network interface card bandwidth of an application server to be included in the cluster and a load bearing capacity of the application server. The systems and methods can further include determining a second disk throughput of the backend server and increasing the number of backend servers if the second disk throughput is less than the second disk throughput.
US11038754B2
Devices, systems, and methods for optimizing a mesh network by cloud computing. A cloud network controller may receive from multiple access points (APs) in a mesh network information related to channel quality based on measurements taken by the APs. Based on this information, the cloud network controller may forecast one or more optimal channels based on the information related to channel quality. The cloud network controller may then send to the multiple APs a message including a recommendation to switch to the one or more optimal channels based on the forecasting. The AP may then make a decision to carry out the recommended channel switch.
US11038751B2
The present embodiments relate to an information processing method, a network node, an authentication method, and a server. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a virtual access node corresponding to a first access node on a central node in response to determining that no virtual access node corresponding to the first access node currently exists on the central node; obtaining, by the virtual access node on the central node, configuration information related to the first access node; and sending, by the virtual access node to the first access node, the configuration information related to the first access node, after the first access node goes online.
US11038742B2
Methods performed by a wireless device operating in a dormant mode comprise performing a measurement on each of a plurality of resources from a predetermined set of resources or demodulating and decoding information from each of a plurality of resources from a predetermined set of resources, such as a set of beams. The methods further include evaluating the measurement or the demodulated and decoded information for each of the plurality of resources against a predetermined criterion, and then discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements, or discontinuing the demodulating and decoding and evaluation of information, in response to determining that the predetermined criterion is met, such that one or more resources in the predetermined set of resources are neither measured nor demodulated and decoded. The methods further comprise deactivating receiver circuitry, further in response to determining that the predetermined criterion is met.
US11038735B2
Provided are a configuration method and a transmission method of a new reference signal for frequency offset estimation in a novel wireless communication system. The method may include configuring a synchronization signal to be transmitted through a first bandwidth part of one or more bandwidth parts configured by dividing an entire bandwidth into one or more parts, allocating the one or more reference signals for estimating the frequency offset on one or more resources other than a resource for configuring the synchronization signal, and transmitting the one or more reference signals for estimating the frequency offset.
US11038716B2
A method implemented by a network device in a cellular communication network with a distributed data plane serving gateway (S-GWu) at an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) node B (eNodeB). The method enables an ingress tunnel router to forward traffic between devices connected to the cellular communication network via location identifier separation protocol (LISP) to enable mobility within the cellular communication network without anchor points.
US11038711B2
A server may receive an authentication packet from a Forwarder via a data channel. Where, the server enables a BRAS control plane function and the Forwarder enables a BRAS forwarding plane function. The server authenticates the authentication packet. When the authentication is successful, a session entry for instructing the Forwarder to forward a data packet is created, and the session entry and an identity of the data channel are transmitted to the Forwarder through a protocol connection paired with the data channel.
US11038704B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein can be used to improve the control, selection and transmission of data to a remote video conferencing environment, by use of a plurality of wired or wirelessly connected electronic devices. In one example, the transmission of data from a local environment can be improved by switching the source of visual inputs (e.g., cameras or display of an electronic device, such as laptop) and/or audio inputs (e.g., microphones) to the one or more appropriate visual and audio sources available within the local environment. The most appropriate visual and audio sources can be the sources that provide the participants in the remote environment the most relevant data giving the remote users the best understanding of the current activities in the local environment.
US11038703B2
A conference management application for a remote conferencing system stores information on a plurality of users and a plurality of client devices though which the plurality of users communicate with the remote conferencing system. The conference management application transmits information for a remote conference to a user, wherein the information that is transmitted is generated by a cognitive engine via learning mechanisms that iteratively incorporate information on previously completed remote conferences, information on the user, and information on the client device used by the user to communicate with the conference management application.
US11038702B2
An apparatus includes an AC-to-DC power supply, with a positive terminal operatively coupled to two two-wire pairs of an Ethernet port to provide a first and second power path over a structured cable. A negative terminal is operatively coupled to a third two-wire pair of the Ethernet port to complete the first power path. Power path control logic has an input port operative to receive a two-wire input signal from an external device, and is operatively coupled to the negative terminal of the AC-to-DC power supply output, and to a fourth two-wire pair of the Ethernet port to complete the second power path. The power path control logic is operative to disconnect the negative terminal of the AC-to-DC power supply from the fourth two-wire pair of the Ethernet port in response to a two-wire input signal received at the input port, to disconnect the second power path.
US11038699B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing certifications. One of the methods includes: receiving, from a computing unit, a certificate request, wherein the computing unit comprises at least one processor and a memory communicably coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores programming instructions associated with a computing task executable by the at least one processor, and wherein the certificate request comprises a group of identifiers of a group of computing tasks and authentication information that comprises a hash value of the programming instructions; authenticating the computing unit based on the authentication information; in response to the computing unit is authenticated, determining, based on the hash value, that a computing task is included in the group of computing tasks; obtaining a certificate chain and a private key pre-generated for the group of identifiers; and sending a certificate report to the computing unit.
US11038690B2
A method obtains one or more transactions to be validated by a set of consensus nodes before storage on a digital ledger, and then selects, from a plurality of consensus algorithms, a consensus algorithm to be executed by the set of consensus nodes on the one or more transactions. The consensus algorithm selection is made based on a given policy associated with the one or more transactions. The method then tags the one or more transactions to identify the selected consensus algorithm, and sends the one or more tagged transactions to the set of consensus nodes for execution of the selected consensus algorithm for validation of the one or more transactions before storage on the digital ledger. The selection step is repeated when one or more additional transactions are obtained.
US11038689B2
Presented here is a system to reduce the computational cost of validating transactions recorded in a block chain by at least 500 million. In one embodiment, no proof of work is required, and the validity of the data stored in the block chain is guaranteed using a combination of private identification associated with one or more authorized users and a hash value propagated from each block to the subsequent blocks in the block chain. In another embodiment, the proof of work required is designed to be mildly computationally expensive, for example, at least 500 million times cheaper than the proof of work required to perform a bitcoin verification. The proof of work required can be increased or decreased based on various factors such as an expected time to add a new block to the block chain and/or current processor performance.
US11038677B2
Systems and methods for encryption and authentication are disclosed. A system receives a document request over a network from a first computer system, the document comprising a plurality of fields configured to receive input data. The document is transmitted to the first computer system. Context data and the document, including field input data, are received from the first computer system. An encryption key is generated and used to encrypt the document field input data and the context data. A payload is generated including the encrypted document field input data, the encrypted context data, and a non-encrypted identifier linked to the key. The payload and an image of the document are provided to a second computer system. The document image is viewable using a portable document format viewer. A decryption key request including the identifier linked to the key is received. The decryption key is provided to the second computer system to decrypt the encrypted field input data and the encrypted context data.
US11038673B2
Implementations of the present specification provide a data processing method and apparatus. A method performed by a data provider includes: obtaining first encrypted data of first plaintext data, a first key used to decrypt the first encrypted data, and authorization information about the first plaintext data; sending a verification request to a data manager, the data manager including a first trusted execution environment; receiving authentication information from the data manager, and performing verification based on the authentication information; when the verification succeeds, securely transmitting the first key and the authorization information to the first trusted execution environment; and providing the first encrypted data to the data manager.
US11038672B2
A device, system, and method for decentralized management of a distributed proxy re-encryption key ledger by multiple devices in a distributed peer-to-peer network. A network device may receive shared data defining access to a proxy re-encryption key. The network device may locally generate a hash code based on the shared data. The network device may receive a plurality of hash codes generated based on versions of the shared data at a respective plurality of the other devices in the network. If the locally generated hash code matches the received plurality of hash codes, the network device may validate that the shared data is the same across the network devices and may add the received proxy re-encryption key access data and locally generated hash code to a local copy of the distributed proxy re-encryption key ledger.
US11038664B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for sending a service, a method and an apparatus for receiving a service, and a network system. The method for sending a service includes: obtaining, by a transmit end device, an original data stream; inserting a quantity mark k into the original data stream, to generate a first data stream, where the quantity mark k is a quantity of first data units in the original data stream, and k is greater than or equal to 0; and sending the first data stream.
US11038658B2
An endpoint executes a deflection service that detects failed connection attempts (TCP RST packets) and evaluates whether they are likely the result of a reconnaissance attack. If an inbound connection fails, a connection request packet (TCP SYN) is sent to a decoy server that includes data from the TCP RST packet. The decoy server then completes a connection handshake with a destination of the TCP RST packet and engages a process at the destination. If an outbound connection fails, the deflection service facilitates a connection between a process executing on the endpoint and the decoy server and associated with a destination port referenced by the TCP RST packet.
US11038655B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio signals in a wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for receiving information on a number N of a code block group defined for one transport block from a base station through an upper layer signal, receiving a first transport block including a plurality of code blocks from the base station through a physical layer channel, and transmitting HARQ-ACK payload including HARQ-ACK information on the first transport block to the base station. Preferably, a code block-based CRC is attached to each of the code blocks, a transport block-based CRC is attached to the first transport block, and the HARQ-ACK payload includes a plurality of HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to M code block groups for the first transport block.
US11038646B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a device may determine a shared demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configuration for a plurality of resource blocks of a channel, wherein a frequency domain associated with the plurality of resource blocks overlaps for a control resource of the channel and a data resource of the channel, and wherein the plurality of resource blocks are associated with a shared precoding scheme. The device may transmit a DMRS based at least in part on determining the shared DMRS configuration to enable a receiver to receive the plurality of resource blocks of the channel. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11038643B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device, such as a user equipment and/or a base station, may determine that an active transmit beam has changed from a first transmit beam to a second transmit beam, the second transmit beam being different from the first transmit beam. The wireless device may identify a reference signal identifier that is associated with the second transmit beam. The wireless device may update, based at least in part on the identifying, a channel state information (CSI) resource setting to include the reference signal identifier, wherein the CSI resource setting is associated with the active transmit beam.
US11038639B1
Performing MU-MIMO based on bandwidth parts includes identifying a plurality of wireless devices attached to an access node, wherein each wireless device utilizes a different BWP, and wherein wireless devices using larger BWPs are located closer to the access node than wireless devices using smaller BWPs, and forming a MU-MIMO group comprising the plurality of wireless devices, while maintaining a uniform power spectral density by virtue of the differently-sized BWPs.
US11038635B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to measuring and evaluating a test signal generated by a device under test (DUT). In particular, the test signal generated by the DUT may be compared to a reference signal and scored based on the comparison. For example, a method may include: capturing a test signal from a device under test; splicing the test signal into a plurality of test audio files based on a plurality of frequency bins; at each frequency bin, comparing each of the plurality of test audio files to a corresponding reference audio file from among a plurality of reference audio files, the plurality of reference audio files being associated with a reference signal; and calculating a performance score of the device under test based on the comparisons.
US11038613B2
Disclosed are a signal transmission/reception method between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), and a device supporting same. More specifically, disclosed is a description of a signal transmission/reception method between a terminal and a base station when a wireless communication system supporting NB-IoT is a time division duplex (TDD) system.
US11038612B2
A terminal device acquires a parameter indispensable in canceling or suppressing an interference signal, cancels or suppresses interference with high precision, and reduces a degradation in reception performance due to the interference. There is provided a first terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus, including: a higher layer processing unit that determines NAICS information indicating whether or not NAICS has to be used; a reception unit that receives downlink control information which is transmitted from the base station apparatus; and a control unit that changes interpretation of the downlink control information based on a configuration that is determined by the higher layer processing unit, in which, in a case where a result of determining the NAICS information that is determined in the higher layer processing unit indicates that the NAICS has to be used, the control unit interprets the second MCS field as information indicating a modulation scheme of a second terminal device, among a first MCS field for a transport block 1 and a second MCS field for a transport block 2, which are included in the downlink control information.
US11038608B2
A frequency synchronization method includes: receiving, by a slave clock, a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal; determining, by the slave clock based on a first phase difference, a second phase difference, a first delay, and a second delay, that a frequency offset of the slave clock relative to the master clock is equal to a first frequency offset, where the first phase difference is a difference between a phase of a third pulse signal generated by the slave clock and a phase of the first pulse signal received by the slave clock, and the second phase difference is a difference between a phase of a fourth pulse signal generated by the slave clock and a phase of the second pulse signal received by the slave clock; and calibrating, by the slave clock, frequency of the slave clock based on the first frequency offset.
US11038605B1
An interference sensor device is disclosed. The interference sensor device includes a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate aligned parallel to the first conductive plate. A non-conductive matter is included between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate. A band pass filter is coupled with the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate. The band pass filter includes a sensor coil. A current transformer having a primary side and a secondary side is included. The primary side is coupled with the band pass filter, and the secondary side is configured to be coupled with a cable. The current transformer having a high capacitive isolation.
US11038598B1
Aspects of the present application provide methods and devices for compensating crosstalk in in the digital domain, the crosstalk occurring in the analog domain, for an optical coherent transceiver on a photonic integrated circuit (PIC).
US11038586B2
A radio communication route enables communication from an originating ground station to a destination ground station via one of multiple randomly orbiting, rotating satellites with no active attitude control. The ground stations and satellites include directional antennas for receiving radio signals from and transmitting radio signals in multiple directions. The satellites store an address of a destination ground station from which an initial information signal is transmitted and antenna information identifying the satellite antenna on which the initial information signal was received. Plural satellite antennas transmit linking information identifying the satellite to the originating ground station. Data transmissions received at the originating ground station that designate a particular destination are transmitted by the originating ground station using the antenna on which the linking information was received and the satellite retransmits the data transmission using the satellite antenna identified by the stored antenna information.
US11038579B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer program for spatial pre-processing of signals in a wireless communication system. The method is implemented at a receiving device side and comprises: receiving signals from a transmitting device via a plurality of antennas; and determining, for a resource unit, a spatial pre-processing scheme to be applied to the signals before baseband processing, based on information related to one or more of the received signals, the transmitting device and the receiving device. The method may provide enhancement of signal strength, reduction in complexity of baseband processing, and/or reduction in amount of data to be transmitted over various interface within the receiving device.
US11038574B2
Disclosed are a channel state information feedback and a control method and device therefor, which are used for realizing large-scale CSI feedback under an antenna system, wherein a UE may only need to feedback some pieces of PMI information, so that the complexity of the UE feeding back CSI is reduced, and the flexibility for a network side to control the UE to feed back the CSI is better. The channel state information (CSI) feedback control method provided in the present application comprises: a base station determining that there is a need to control a user equipment (UE) to feed back CSI, the CSI at least comprising a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a second PMI, the first PMI and the second PMI corresponding to the same precoding matrix; and the base station sending trigger signaling of CSI feedback to the UE, wherein indication information used for instructing whether the UE feeds back the first PMI and/or the second PMI is comprised.
US11038572B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for reducing PAR of beamforming output signals. A method for reducing PAR of beamforming output signals, wherein input base band data is for N ports and number of beamforming output pipes is M; wherein the method comprises the following steps: building a correlation matrix of the input base band data of the N ports; determining adjusting weight vector for the input data of each port in time domain based on the correlation matrix and wk being the beamforming weight vector of the total N beams for the k-th output pipe, to minimize the correlation of the input base band data of the N ports; adjusting the phase of the input data of each port in time domain based on the adjusting weight vector before beamforming. The present invention enables a reduction on PAR of the beamforming output signals and then improves LTE and 5G power control performance.
US11038562B2
A method and transmitter for generating broadcast beam patterns in massive MIMO systems, the transmitter comprising a rectangular antenna array with a number N1 of antenna elements in the horizontal direction and a number N2 of antenna elements in the vertical direction. The MIMO transmitter generates broadcast beam patterns with determined beam widths in horizontal and vertical dimensions to cover a sector area of a cell by the rectangular antenna array radiating N1×N2 radiofrequency signals at a carrier frequency, the sector area being where a user equipment requests from the MIMO transmitter access to the cell. The beam widths in horizontal and vertical directions are determined by using an optimum set of complex excitation coefficients calculated from a discretized continuous-space array factor ψ(θ,φ), which is based on a discretization over the elevation angle θ and the azimuth angle φ of the antenna elements.
US11038560B2
By a transmission method according to one aspect of the present disclosure, in a broadcasting system that generates a first broadcasting signal and a second broadcasting signal by performing multi-antenna encoding on program data, and wirelessly transmits a first broadcasting signal and a second broadcasting signal, a first transmit station transmits the first broadcasting signal, a second transmit station transmits the second broadcasting signal, the first transmit station and the second transmit station transmit the first broadcasting signal and the second broadcasting signal to an overlapping area at an identical time using an overlapping frequency band, polarized wave transmitted from the first transmit station differs from polarized wave transmitted from the second transmit station, and arrangement of the first transmit station differs from arrangement of the second transmit station.
US11038551B2
A system includes server that performs operations including obtaining, from sensors, measurements of physical parameters related to electrical power transmission and data transfer corresponding to a Broadband over Power Line (BPL) data links and a multi-use power interface configured to be electrically and communicatively coupled to a vehicle via the BPL data links. The operations also include receiving identification and location information, and a timestamp associated with a connector of the multi-use power interface, and then storing the measurements, the identification and location information, and the timestamp. The operations further include detecting a change of the connector, and identifying trends in parameters by comparing the measurements and the identification and location information to historical data. The operations also include predicting, based on correlating the identified trends to the detected change, a pending failure of a network or electrical component, and transmitting an alert indicating the pending failure to a stakeholder.
US11038542B2
A technology is described for a bi-directional repeater having a switchable antenna port. The repeater can comprise a switchable common port, a switchable second-band port, and a switchable third-band port. The repeater can have a first-band amplification and filtering path coupled to the switchable common port via a first path of a first multiplexer. The repeater can have a second-band amplification and filtering path coupled to one of the switchable common port via a second path of the first multiplexer, a first path of a first radio frequency (RF) switch, and a first path of a second multiplexer. The repeater can have a third band amplification and filtering path coupled to the switchable common port via a first path of a second RF switch, the second path of the second multiplexer, the first path of the first RF switch, and the second path of the first diplexer.
US11038538B2
The present invention is directed to data communication. More specifically, an embodiment of the present invention provides an error correction system. Input data signals are processed by a feedforward equalization module and a decision feedback back equalization module. Decisions generated by the decision feedback equalization module are processed by an error detection module, which determines error events associated with the decisions. The error detection module implements a reduced state trellis path. There are other embodiments as well.
US11038521B1
A fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL) has a time-to-voltage converter with second order non linearity. The time-to voltage-converter provides an analog error signal indicating a phase difference between the reference clock signal with a period error and a feedback signal supplied by a fractional-N feedback divider. The spur results in quantization noise associated with the fractional-N feedback divider being frequency translated. To address the frequency translated noise, a spur cancellation circuit receives a residue signal indicative of the quantization noise and a spur signal indicative of the spur. The non-linearity of the time-to-voltage converter is mimicked digitally through terms of a polynomial generated to cancel the noise. The generated polynomial is coupled to a delta sigma modulator that controls a digital to analog converter that adds/subtracts a voltage value to/from the error signal to thereby cancel the quantization noise including the frequency translated quantization noise.
US11038512B2
Embodiments of this application provide a phase-locking apparatus and a phase-locking method. The phase-locking apparatus includes an amplitude adjustment unit, an amplitude and phase detector connected to the amplitude adjustment unit, a first loop filter connected to the amplitude and phase detector, a second loop filter connected to the amplitude and phase detector, a first oscillator connected to the first loop filter, and a second oscillator connected to the second loop filter. The amplitude adjustment unit, the amplitude and phase detector, the first loop filter, and the first oscillator form a loop; and the amplitude and phase detector, the second loop filter, and the second oscillator form another loop. According to the embodiments of this application, a dual-loop structure of the phase-locking apparatus can weaken frequency coupling between a positive-sequence component generated by the phase-locking apparatus and a negative-sequence component generated by the phase-locking apparatus.
US11038511B2
Apparatus and methods for clock synchronization and frequency translation are provided herein. Clock synchronization and frequency translation integrated circuits (ICs) generate one or more output clock signals having a controlled timing relationship with respect to one or more reference signals. The teachings herein provide a number of improvements to clock synchronization and frequency translation ICs, including, but not limited to, reduction of system clock error, reduced variation in clock propagation delay, lower latency monitoring of reference signals, precision timing distribution and recovery, extrapolation of timing events for enhanced phase-locked loop (PLL) update rate, fast PLL locking, improved reference signal phase shift detection, enhanced phase offset detection between reference signals, and/or alignment to phase information lost in decimation.
US11038508B2
A Controller Area Network, CAN, device, (400) is described that includes: a CAN transmitter (430) connected to two CAN bus terminals (401, 402) of the CAN device (400); a receiver circuit (450) operably coupled to the two CAN bus terminals (401, 402) of the CAN device (400); and a controller (432) connected to the CAN transmitter (430). The controller (432) is configured to: determine whether the CAN device (400) is operating as a transmitter node or a receiver node; detect a transition of the CAN device (400) from a dominant state to a recessive state; and in response to detecting both a transition of the CAN device (400) from the dominant state to the recessive state, and the determination of whether the CAN device (400) is operating as a transmitter node or a receiver node, control an output impedance of the CAN transmitter (430) to be within an impedance value range whilst a differential driver voltage on a CAN bus (104, 304, 404) connected to the CAN device (400) decreases to a predefined voltage.
US11038495B1
An improved level shifter is disclosed. The level shifter is able to achieve a switching time below 1 ns using a relatively low voltage for VDDL, such as 0.75 V. The improved level shifter comprises a coupling stage and a level-switching stage. A related method of level shifting is also disclosed.
US11038491B2
In a power switching apparatus, a first switch includes a first end coupled to a first input terminal, a second end coupled to an output terminal, and a control end coupled to a second input terminal and coupled to a ground via a first resistor. A second resistor is coupled between the output terminal and the ground. A second switch includes a first end coupled to the second input terminal, a second end coupled to the output terminal and a control end coupled to the ground via a third resistor. A third switch includes a first end coupled to the control end of the second switch and the first end of the third resistor, a second end coupled to the first input terminal and a control end coupled to the second input terminal and coupled to the ground via the first resistor.
US11038489B2
A band-pass filter (BPF) having first and second ports includes an acoustic wave filter (AWF) having first and second ports, the first port of the AWF coupled to the first port of the BPF. An impedance matching network consisting of a first inductor in parallel with a series combination of a second inductor and a capacitor is connected across the first port of the BPF.
US11038485B2
A crystal vibration element that includes a crystal piece that has a prescribed crystal orientation, and a first direction and a second direction in a plan view thereof; and excitation electrodes that are respectively provided on front and rear surfaces of the crystal piece in order to excite a thickness shear vibration in the crystal piece upon application of an alternating electric field. A vibration distribution of the crystal piece has a vibration region that extends in a band-like shape in the second direction of the crystal piece and non-vibration regions that are adjacent to opposed sides of the vibration region in the first direction of the crystal piece.
US11038471B2
Envelope tracking systems with modeling for power amplifier supply voltage filtering are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an envelope tracking system includes a supply voltage filter, a power amplifier that receives a power amplifier supply voltage through the supply voltage filter, and an envelope tracker that generates the power amplifier supply voltage. The power amplifier provides amplification to a radio frequency (RF) signal that is generated based on digital signal data, and the envelope tracker generates the power amplifier supply voltage based on an envelope signal corresponding to an envelope of the RF signal. The envelope tracking system further includes digital modeling circuitry that models the supply voltage filter and operates to digitally compensate the digital signal data for effects of the supply voltage filter, such as distortion.
US11038466B2
A wideband envelope modulator comprises a direct current (DC)-to-DC switching converter connected in series with a linear amplitude modulator (LAM). The DC-DC switching converter includes a pulse-width modulator that generates a PWM signal with modulated pulse widths representing a time varying magnitude of an input envelope signal or a pulse-density modulator that generates a PDM signal with a modulated pulse density representing the time varying magnitude of the input envelope signal, a field-effect transistor (FET) driver stage that generates a PWM or PDM drive signal, a high-power output switching stage that is driven by the PWM or PDM drive signal, and an output energy storage network including a low-pass filter (LPF) of order greater than two that filters a switching voltage produced at an output switching node of the high-power output switching stage.
US11038464B2
An envelope tracking (ET) amplifier apparatus is provided. The ET amplifier apparatus includes an ET integrated circuit (IC) (ETIC) and a distributed ETIC (DETIC) coupled to the ETIC. The DETIC may be configured to provide a distributed voltage to a distributed amplifier circuit for amplifying a distributed radio frequency (RF) signal. In examples discussed herein, the ETIC is configured to generate a low-frequency current, which can affect the distributed voltage, at a desired level based on a feedback signal received from the DETIC. The DETIC may be configured to generate the feedback signal based on an indication(s) related to the distributed voltage. By dynamically adjusting the low-frequency current, and thus the distributed voltage, based on the feedback signal, it may be possible to maintain operating efficiency of the distributed amplifier circuit across a wider range of modulation bandwidth with minimal cost and/or size impact on the ET amplifier apparatus.
US11038456B2
A control apparatus is provided to control a rotating electric machine whose number of poles is switched from a pre-switching number of poles to a post-switching number of poles. The control apparatus includes a pre-switching control unit, a post-switching control unit and a transition control unit. The pre-switching control unit controls the torque generated by the machine before the switching of the number of poles. The post-switching control unit controls the torque generated by the machine after the switching. During a pole-number switching period, the transition control unit controls electric currents flowing in stator coils of the machine or voltages applied to the stator coils to make each magnetic pole formed with control by the pre-switching control unit not coincident with any magnetic pole formed with control by the post-switching control unit and having the same polarity as the magnetic pole formed with the control by the pre-switching control unit.
US11038444B2
A motor drive circuit provides a drive signal to an electronically commutated motor. A control circuit the motor drive circuit based on calibration data. The calibration data indicate a relationship between an actual angular position of a rotor of the motor in response to the drive signal and an expected angular position of a rotor of an ideal motor in response to the drive signal.
US11038441B2
A piezoelectric motor with form-locked drive mechanism avoiding step losses and undefined step sizes caused by environmental conditions such as temperature, surface quality and air humidity by engaging actuator teeth interacting with the toothed structure of a driven rack.
US11038440B2
A vibrator which is constructed by bonding a piezoelectric element and an elastic body together via a bonding layer. The piezoelectric element has a piezoelectric ceramic and electrodes. The bonding layer has an unbonded region that is located close to a nodal line of a vibration in a primary out-of-plane vibration mode when the vibration is excited in the vibrator, and in the unbonded region, the piezoelectric element and the elastic body are not bonded together.
US11038435B2
A modular multi-level converter including modules each having switching elements and at least one electrical energy storage element, wherein a first number of modules are interconnected to form a closed ring, and at least two taps are arranged between respective adjacent individual modules of the closed ring. Wherein at at least two taps respectively a second number of modules are provided as a phase module branching off from the closed ring and forming a star string comprising at least two modules, the phase module connected to the respective tap on one end and forming a phase terminal at an other end. Wherein the switching elements enable interconnection of energy storage elements of adjacent modules, as a result of which between two adjacent phase terminals a voltage difference is provideable, which is regulatable by a control unit in accordance with a polyphase rotating field profile. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a polyphase system and a method for efficient power exchange between modules.
US11038433B2
This application discloses a phase alignment circuit and a method of a receive end, and a receive end. The receive end is located on an electric vehicle. The phase alignment circuit includes a phase measurement circuit and a controller. The controller is configured to: use, as an actual phase shift angle, a result obtained by subtracting a phase difference from a preset phase shift angle, and control a phase of a bridge arm voltage of a rectifier to lag behind the phase of the input current fundamental component by the actual phase shift angle. The controller outputs a drive signal for a controllable switching transistor of the rectifier by using the actual phase shift angle. Because a lagging phase caused due to filtering is compensated for, precision of synchronization between the bridge arm voltage and the input current can be increased.
US11038432B2
Provided is a power conversion device including a power converter for performing power conversion between primary-side DC voltage and secondary-side DC voltage, and a control device for controlling the power converter in accordance with a command value, wherein the control device generates a primary-side duty for a primary-side bridge circuit, a secondary-side duty for a secondary-side bridge circuit, and a phase shift amount between the primary-side bridge circuit and the secondary-side bridge circuit, on the basis of a solution of an optimization problem for minimizing a peak absolute value of current flowing through the transformer, under a constraint condition that zero voltage switching operation is achieved, at an operation point based on the command value, thus achieving zero voltage switching operation and suppressing increase in conduction loss, without increase in the number of components.
US11038423B2
A frequency control circuit, applied in a switching converter, can be configured to: regulate an off time of a power transistor of the switching converter in one switching cycle according to an on time of the power transistor, or regulate the on time of the power transistor in one switching cycle according to the off time of the power transistor; and maintain an operating frequency of the switching converter to be within a predetermined range.
US11038418B2
Various embodiments of charge adjustment techniques for a switched capacitor power converter are described. In one example embodiment, briefly, charge adjustment techniques may include a technique to control operation of a charge pump for a switched capacitor power converter so that the charge pump is able to adjust the charge of a selected one or more of the two or more charge pump capacitors along a charge transfer path, independent of the charge of other charge pump capacitors of the two or more charge pump capacitors. Likewise, in some instances, a charge may be adjusted in a manner that is to include at least one of the following: a current source, a voltage regulator, an adjustment of switching frequency of a charge pump, a time-based charge operation, a bypass switch with respect to at least one charge pump capacitor, on-resistance modulation for one or more switches of the charge pump, or any combination thereof.
US11038416B2
A drive signal generating circuit that generates a drive signal for turning on and off a transistor based on an output voltage and an inductor current flowing through an inductor, includes: a reference current output unit that outputs a reference current serving as a reference for the inductor current; a command value output unit that outputs a command value for increasing and decreasing the inductor current when the inductor current is smaller and greater than the reference current, respectively; and a drive signal output unit that outputs the drive signal based on the command value such that the output voltage achieves a target level, the reference current output unit configured to output the reference current based on the command value output from the command value output unit and a value corresponding to a first error between a level of the output voltage and the target level.
US11038409B2
A rotor of a synchronous motor includes a rotor core that includes magnet insertion holes and a plurality of slits formed on an outer peripheral side of the magnet insertion holes, and permanent magnets embedded in the magnet insertion holes. Magnetic-path forming slits are formed at intervals in a direction along a side of the permanent magnet. Magnetic paths are formed between the magnetic-path forming slits and at portions on the outside of the magnetic-path forming slits on the outermost side. An adjusting slit is formed between a predetermined magnetic-path forming slit and the permanent magnet such that a difference between quantities of magnetic flux passing through the magnetic paths adjacent to each other for widths in a direction intersecting an orientation of a magnetic pole of the permanent magnet is small.
US11038402B2
An electronic control unit is configured to operate an electric motor from a rechargeable battery pack. The control unit has a circuit board with electronic components for driving the electric motor. Furthermore, an electrical braking circuit having a braking resistor and also a braking switch is provided. The receiving surface of the circuit board is spatially divided into a first surface region and a second surface region. The first surface region serves to receive electronic components; the second surface region serves to receive the braking resistor, wherein the braking resistor is configured as a conductor track which is formed on the circuit board.
US11038400B2
A method of controlling a wind turbine is provided. The method comprises providing a primary power reference signal and a secondary power reference signal. The primary power reference signal is limited according to a primary signal limit. The secondary power reference signal is limited according to a secondary signal limit. The primary power reference signal and the secondary power reference signal are combined to provide a combined power reference signal, which is provided to a power or torque control system of the wind turbine.
US11038399B1
An electric motor-generator and method of use including a bowl-shaped coated copper windings electromagnet (50M), a bowl-shaped coated copper windings generator coil (50G), a spheroidal shaped super magnet and axle rotor unit (20) having one or a plurality of super magnets assembled together to form an approximately spheroidal shaped super magnet fixedly connected around an axle (30), and, an electric circuit (310) configured in such a way as to repetitively pulse and reverse direct current to the bowl-shaped coated copper windings electromagnet and connect to a power source. The bowl-shaped coated copper windings electromagnet is configured to repetitively repel the approximately spheroidal shaped super magnet when pulsed reversing direct current is applied, and the approximately spheroidal shaped super magnet is configured to rotate within the cavities of both the bowl-shaped coated copper windings electromagnet and the bowl-shaped coated copper windings generator coil, whereby alternating current is produced.
US11038394B2
A rotor assembly includes a rotor core having winding slots, and one or more coils, which have slot-inserted segments included in the winding slots, and first and second end-turn segments external to the winding slots and located around opposite axial ends of the rotor core, respectively. The rotor assembly further includes a first containment band located around at least a portion of the first end-turn segments and configured to prevent the first end-turn segments from moving away from the rotor core radially, a second containment band located around at least a portion of the second end-turn segments and configured to prevent the second end-turn segments from moving away from the rotor core radially, and one or more sticks mounted in one or more of the winding slots, respectively. The first and second containment bands are retained via the sticks against moving away axially.
US11038389B2
An electrical machine includes a rotor including windings circumferentially spaced apart by rotor wedges. The electrical machine includes a rotor end plate mounted to the rotor. The rotor end plate includes an annular end plate body with an interior surface and axially opposed exterior surface. The interior surface includes a cavity for engaging the rotor. The interior surface has a base that is bounded by an inner rim and an outer rim radially opposite the inner rim. The interior surface is free of anti-rotation projections extending axially therefrom. The outer rim is free of anti-rotation features extending radially inward therefrom.
US11038388B2
A rotor of a rotary electric machine includes a rotor core of an approximately annular shape which has plural sets of plural magnet insertion holes arranged radially, the plural sets being arranged in a circumferential direction with a predetermined gap, and plural permanent magnets which are inserted into the magnet insertion holes, respectively. Each permanent magnet has a circular arc shape in a radial section, and a curved surface thereof is convex toward a rotation shaft of the rotor. Plural permanent magnets which are respectively inserted into the radially arranged plural magnet insertion holes in each set includes a first permanent magnet which is positioned on an outer circumferential surface side and a second permanent magnet which is positioned on a rotation shaft side and has a radial thickness equal to or larger than a radial thickness of the first permanent magnet.
US11038385B2
A four-pole stator assembly including a bobbin assembly; and two c-shaped stator cores, each c-shaped stator core comprising a back and first and second pole arms extending from the back. The bobbin assembly includes first and second bobbin portions, each bobbin portion comprising two hollow bobbin arms, each bobbin arm defining a slot for receiving a pole arm, and a winding wound around each bobbin arm. The c-shaped stator cores are arranged such that each c-shaped stator core bridges across both bobbin portions with one of the first and second pole arms extending through a slot in the first bobbin portion, and the other of the first and second pole arms extending through a slot in the second bobbin portion, the pole arms being fixed in the slots by adhesive.
US11038384B2
The present application relates to autonomous and/or real-time monitoring of power transmission devices using an unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle may have a modular payload that controls the unmanned vehicle's positioning and orientation. The modular payload may include processing circuitry that controls data acquisition and perform processing of the collected data. Processing of the collected data may include determinations of the type of power transmission device being monitored and/or determinations of the operational status of the power transmission device being monitored. Communication between the autonomous vehicle and/or payload and the power transmission device may be established using radiofrequency data links.
US11038379B2
The technology described herein relates to techniques for calibrating wireless power transmission systems for operation in multipath wireless power delivery environments. In an implementation, a method of calibrating a wireless power transmission system for operation in a multipath environment is disclosed. The method includes characterizing a receive path from a calibration antennae element to a first antennae element of a plurality of antennae elements of the wireless power transmission system, characterizing a transmit path from the first antennae element to the calibration antennae element, and comparing the transmit path to the receive path to determine a calibration value for the first antennae element in the multipath environment.
US11038378B2
The present disclosure provides a signal processing method performed by a hybrid wireless power transmitting apparatus which is configured to transmit wireless power signals based on magnetic resonance and magnetic induction, the method comprising transmitting a first object detection signal via an inductive power transmitting unit and a second object detection signal via a magnetic resonant power transmitting unit alternatively; operating one of the inductive power transmitting unit and the magnetic resonant power transmitting unit which is selected based on an inductive response signal and a resonant response signal corresponding to the first object detection signal and the second object detection signal respectively; and transmitting wireless power signal via the selected power transmitting unit; and a hybrid wireless power transmitting apparatus using the method.
US11038376B2
A wireless power transmitter, a wireless power transmitter and a method for driving a wireless power transmission system are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wireless power transmitter includes an inverter, an impedance circuit, an inductance circuit with a first transmission coil and a second transmission coil and a switch circuit. The impedance circuit and the inductance circuit establish a resonance circuit. The inverter is configured to provide AC power to the resonance circuit. The switch circuit is configured to couple the first transmission coil directly and/or via the second transmission coil to the impedance circuit to change a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit and to keep a frequency of the AC power within a prescribed range.
US11038366B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including an inner space, a hole formed through the housing to the internal space, a stylus pen insertable into the internal space through the hole, wherein the stylus pen includes a first wireless communication circuit and a wireless charging receiver circuit, a wireless charging transmitter circuit positioned inside the housing and configured to provide charging to the wireless charging receiver circuit when the stylus pen is inserted into the inner space, a second wireless communication circuit positioned inside the housing, at least one processor operatively connected to the wireless charging transmitter circuit and the second wireless communication circuit, and at least one memory operatively connected to the at least one processor, wherein when executed, cause the at least one processor to detect whether the stylus pen is inserted into the inner space, start to provide charging for a first duration.
US11038361B2
In one aspect, a battery includes at least one anode, at least one cathode, and electrolyte between the at least one anode and at least one cathode. The at least one cathode comprises at least a first charging material and at least a second charging material different from the first material.
US11038359B2
A multiple device charging case assembly for carrying and charging a plurality of electronic devices includes a case that has a terraced interior thereby defining a plurality of storage areas within the case. Each of the storage areas can contain an electronic device that has dimensions corresponding to a respective one of the storage areas. A plurality of charge ports is each positioned within the case and each of the charge ports is positioned in a respective one of the storage areas. In this way each of the charge ports can be placed in electrical communication with the electronic devices in each of the storage areas for charging the electronic device positioned in each of the storage areas.
US11038352B1
Systems and methods described herein may be used to search for a minimum load overshed in a power system. For example, a control system includes memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor may obtain an amount of power consumed by each load in a total set of loads in a microgrid. The processor may detect a difference between the amount of power generated and the amount of power consumed. The processor may select a subset of loads to shed from the total set of loads by searching a tree of potential load shed amounts to substantially balance the amount of power generated with the amount of power consumed. The processor may send one or more signals to one or more electronic devices to cause the selected subset of loads to be shed.
US11038351B2
A method for power sharing between a plurality of electrical appliances electrically coupled to an AC circuit is provided. The method can include obtaining, by one or more control devices of a first electrical appliance of the plurality of electrical appliances, data indicative of a request of a second electrical appliance of the plurality of electrical appliances to switch from a first power mode to a second power mode. In response to obtaining the data indicative of the request, the method can further include determining, by the one or more control devices, whether any of the plurality of electrical appliances are currently configured in the second power mode. Furthermore, in response to determining none of the plurality of electrical appliances are currently configured in the second power mode, the method can include transmitting, by the one or more control devices, data indicative of approval of the request.
US11038343B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a drive circuit and a method for correcting internal overcurrent setting value thereof. The first current signal output from the first chip is converted into the second current signal which is configured to adjust the internal overcurrent setting value of the second chip by the timing controller.
US11038337B2
A method and system for bidirectional data, power transmission, electrical/electronic fault isolation, and system recovery is shown and described. An exemplary embodiment includes a DC power source, a main power controller (“MPC”) with a MPC microprocessor and an MPC power switcher driver and fault switching control circuit, and a plurality of Nodes connected to the DC power source through conductors that allow both power to be supplied and bidirectional data transfer between a data receiver and the plurality of Nodes. The fault switching control circuit can provide for short detection and isolation (or other fault detection and isolation) without the direct involvement of the MPC microcontroller. The combined use of the conductors for power, data transmission, and fault detection and isolation offers significant advantages over the prior art in terms of weight reduction, system modularity, and complexity, as well as system protection and survivability.
US11038336B1
Disclosed herein are systems for maintaining protection of electric power delivery systems in the event of a control power failure or other anomaly. A reliable power module conditions electric power from multiple independent sources and provides electrical operational power to electric power delivery system protective loads. The reliable power module includes an energy storage device for providing operational power even upon loss of all control power sources. The energy storage may be sufficient to ride through expected losses such as a time to start up backup generation. The energy storage may be sufficient to power a trip coil. Thus, electric power system protection is maintained even upon loss of control power. A discharge circuit is provided to allow an operator to de-energize an energy storage device.
US11038333B2
A cable feedthrough for feeding at least one cable into a housing with an opening is provided. The cable feedthrough includes a covering comprising at least two housing shells, the covering having at least one opening, wherein a separating plane of the housing shells extends centrally through the opening, wherein to seal the housing, at least one elastic and/or flexible sealing element is provided that comprises a cable passage with a slit extending to the lateral edge of the cable passage, and wherein a counter pressure plate is provided that comprises at least one cable passage and covers the opening, the counter pressure plate cooperating with the sealing element and the covering to seal the housing. The sealing element is arranged with a predetermined oversize between the covering and the counter pressure plate and is under pressing force, as a result of which the sealing element is compressed.
US11038323B1
A pulling grip assembly and methods, systems, and apparatuses for constructing the pulling grip assembly are disclosed. The pulling grip assembly can include a pulling grip. The pulling grip can include an elongated body portion and a lug portion. The lug portion can include a blind hole for receiving an assembly including a hollow fastening member and a pulling cable retained within the hollow fastening member.
US11038318B2
This disclosure relates to semiconductor quantum cascade lasers (QCLs). A three-terminal QCL device is disclosed. The three-terminal QCL device includes a unipolar multi-period quantum cascade laser structure embedded in a bipolar structure having three terminals providing at least two independently controllable biases to the QCL device for adjusting the lasing intensity and for tuning the lasing wavelength of the QCL device. The three-terminal QCL device further includes a quantum impedance matching structure for achieving high efficiency carrier injection and lowering lasing threshold. In addition, the multi-period quantum cascade laser structure is selectively doped to provide near charge neutrality during operation. The three-terminal QCL may further be controlled to achieve simultaneous dual- or multi-color lasing.
US11038317B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a package; providing a mounting substrate; providing at least one first bonding member disposed at a position connecting at least one first metal surface of the package and at least one first metal pattern of the mounting substrate; providing a second bonding member connecting at least one second metal surface of the package and at least one second metal pattern of the mounting substrate; and heating the at least one first bonding member and the at least one second bonding member at a temperature equal to or higher than both a bonding temperature of the at least one first bonding member and a bonding temperature of the at least one second bonding member, to bond the package and the mounting substrate together.
US11038315B2
An apparatus configured to assist an operator in connecting electrical connectors. The apparatus includes a first U-shaped cradle and a second U-shaped cradle. Each of the cradles has a contact surface on a front side that is configured to contact a flange on an electrical connector. Each of the cradles also includes a jaw mount configured to mount on a jaw member of a bar clamp.
US11038312B2
A method for connecting an electrical cable having at least one wire made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy to a connector element includes the following steps: Inserting a stripped portion at an end of the electrical cable into a tube of the connector element. Crimping the tube where an end portion of the electrical cable is arranged so that a relative motion between the tube and the electrical cable is prevented. Crimping the tube where a second portion of the electrical cable is arranged, the second portion being further from the end of the electrical cable than the end portion, such that a change of the cross section and an elongation of the least one wire at the second portion of the electrical cable is caused. Resistance welding the tube to the at least one wire at the second portion of the electrical cable.
US11038302B2
Disclosed are pluggable cable channels having internal cavities and passageway conduits to provide removable holding devices for data and or power cables in electrical and electronic encasements. Holding a data and or power cable in the pluggable cable channel allows different cables to be used in the same channel-way by changing the plug, thus assisting in the preservation of the enclosure investment and use for different applications. Some embodiments include a cavity to hold the end of the cable, a keyway to pass a length of the cable into the body conduit, and a routing channel in the body to exit the cable to a specific location in relationship to the plug, a set screw or clamp to secure the cable to a location in the plug body, and a body flange to attach the plug to the encasement. The flange may be angled to mate flush with perpendicular and non-perpendicular to the channel-way.
US11038291B2
An insulating cover includes a cover main body and a pair of supporters. The cover main body is open in one direction along a radial direction of a tubular portion of a crimp terminal. The cover main body is configured to be disposed outside a terminal base. The cover main body is configured not to cover at least a region of a plate portion of the crimp terminal. The region is configured to face an electrical connection portion of the terminal base. The cover main body is configured to cover the tubular portion. The pair of supporters is configured to face at least one of an electrical wire and the tubular portion on a side opposite to the cover main body.
US11038290B2
A connecting terminal for a coaxial connector includes a fixing portion, an inserting portion integrally connected to a first end of the fixing portion, a cable connecting portion integrally connected to a second end of the fixing portion opposite to the first end of the fixing portion, and a stopper portion disposed inside the fixing portion. The stopper portion prevents an injection molding gel from flowing from the second end to the first end within the fixing portion.
US11038281B2
Disclosed is an antenna apparatus including a first subassembly having a plurality of antenna elements, and a second subassembly adhered to the first subassembly. The second subassembly may include a plurality of components of a beamforming network encapsulated within a molding material. One or more interconnect layers may be disposed on the molding material to electrically couple the plurality of components of the beamforming network to the plurality of antenna elements. Methods of fabricating the antenna apparatus are also disclosed.
US11038272B2
A radio frequency (RF) antenna unit that includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna is positioned on a reflector element, and includes at least three inverted-F antenna (IFAs) elements that are electrically connected to a first RF signal port and that each have an associated tunable element that controls excitation of the IFA element, the tunable elements being operative to control a polarization direction of the first antenna. The second antenna is co-located on the reflector element with the first antenna, and includes a plurality of antenna elements.
US11038271B2
A communication device includes a ground metal element and an antenna element. The antenna element includes a first metal element, a second metal element, a third metal element, a first capacitive element, a second capacitive element, an inductive element, and a signal feeding source. A first connection point of the first metal element is coupled through the first capacitive element to the third metal element. A second connection point of the first metal element is coupled through the second capacitive element to the ground metal element. A third connection point of the second metal element is coupled through the inductive element to the third metal element. A shorting end of the third metal element is coupled to the ground metal element. The signal feeding source is coupled between the first metal element and the third metal element or the ground metal element.
US11038259B2
A mobile terminal includes a body, and a flexible display screen disposed at the body. The flexible display screen is switchable between an expanded configuration and a retracted configuration. In the expanded configuration, the flexible display screen is expanded to a first area, and in the retracted configuration, the flexible display screen is retracted to a second area. The first area is larger than the second area. A millimeter-wave antenna module is disposed at an edge of the flexible display screen. The method includes: controlling the millimeter-wave antenna module to be in a non-working state when the flexible display screen is in the retracted configuration; and controlling the millimeter-wave antenna module to be in a working state when the flexible display screen is in the expanded configuration.
US11038237B2
The invention relates to a rechargeable battery pack, in particular for a hand-held electrical power tool, comprising: at least two rechargeable battery cells and/or rechargeable battery cell blocks, which are connected in series or in parallel, a housing with a cell carrier for receiving the rechargeable battery cells and/or rechargeable battery cell blocks in rows arranged one above the other, and a printed circuit board, wherein the rechargeable battery cells are connected to the printed circuit board via conductor plates when the rechargeable battery packs are in the installed state, and wherein at least one of the conductor plates at least partially surrounds at least two conductor plate layers when the rechargeable battery pack is in the assembled state with the printed circuit board.
US11038219B2
A battery arrangement, such as for a motor vehicle, includes a plurality of cells for storing electric energy, the cells being arranged on a carrier component, and a cooling arrangement, the cooling arrangement having cooling ducts which are configured to allow a cooling medium to flow therethrough, The cooling ducts are produced at least in sections by way of an additive application process involving layer by layer material application on the carrier component.
US11038210B2
A battery system includes a cell, and an integrated circuit and flexible circuitry on and electrically isolated from a container of the cell. The flexible circuitry is arranged with the cell and integrated circuit to form a dipole antenna that wirelessly transmits signals from the integrated circuit.
US11038209B2
The disclosure concerns a lithium battery comprising, in order, a support, a copper electrode and, in contact with the copper electrode, a layer of a material capable of forming an alloy with lithium. The disclosure further concerns a manufacturing method and a method of putting into service such a battery.
US11038208B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a separator including a polyolefin porous film; a porous layer containing a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin; a positive electrode plate having a capacitance falling within a specific range; and a negative electrode plate having a capacitance falling within a specific range. The polyolefin porous film has a given piercing strength, having a value of not less than 0.00 and not more than 0.54, the value being represented by the following expression: |1−T/M|, where T and M are distances at which a critical load is reached in a scratch test in which the polyolefin porous film is moved in transverse and machine directions, respectively, under a constant load of 0.1N. The polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin contains an α-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin in an amount of not less than 35.0 mol %.
US11038203B2
The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode including a positive active material, the positive active material including a nickel-containing lithium transition metal compound; a negative electrode including a negative active material; and an electrolyte including a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive comprising a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein the content of Ni is 60 mol % or more based on 100 mol % of the total transition metals in the lithium transition metal compound. wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, A is a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic chain or (—C2H4—O—C2H4—)n, and n is an integer from 1 to 10.
US11038202B2
An electrolyte includes: a lithium salt; a non-aqueous solvent; and a disulfonate compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, R1 and R2 are each independently a fluorine, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a methyl group substituted with at least one fluorine, R11 to R14 are each independently a hydrogen, a deuterium, a fluorine, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C10 alkenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C10 alkynyl group, a1 and a2 are each independently an integer of 1 to 5, a11 and a12 are each independently an integer of 0 to 4, and a sum of a1 and a11 is 5, and a sum of a2 and a12 is 5.
US11038198B2
Provided is a solid electrolyte having a high ion conductivity and excellent in battery performance not going through a step of removing water such as a drying step, while simplifying the production process and reducing the production cost. Specifically, provided is a method for producing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte, including causing a reaction of an alkali metal sulfide and a specific substance in a solvent.
US11038195B2
Provided is graphene-embraced particulate for use as a lithium-ion battery anode active material, wherein the particulate comprises primary particle(s) of an anode active material and multiple sheets of a first graphene material overlapped together to embrace or encapsulate the primary particle(s) and wherein a single or a plurality of graphene-encapsulated primary particles, along with an optional conductive additive, are further embraced or encapsulated by multiple sheets of a second graphene material, wherein the first graphene and the second graphene material is each in an amount from 0.01% to 20% by weight and the optional conductive additive is in an amount from 0% to 50% by weight, all based on the total weight of the particulate. Also provided are an anode and a battery comprising multiple graphene-embraced particulates.
US11038194B2
A carbon-sulfur composite including a carbon aggregate and sulfur, a method for preparing the same, and a positive electrode and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same.
US11038185B2
A water detection device is provided for a power generation cell. The power generation cell has a reactant gas flow field (oxygen-containing gas flow field) configured to allow a reactant gas to flow along a membrane electrode assembly. The water detection device includes an electrically conductive member and a support member. The support member is an insulating member. The support member covers, and supports an electrically conductive member, and has an opening which exposes part of the electrically conductive member as an electrode. The opening is provided at a position facing a reactant gas flow field.
US11038180B2
Provided is a redox flow battery stack comprising: an ion-exchange membrane (1000); two flow frames (2000A, 2000B) disposed on both sides of the ion-exchange membrane (1000), respectively; two bipolar plates (4000A, 4000B) disposed outside the flow frames (2000A, 2000B), respectively; and electrodes disposed in cavities inside outer frames of the flow frames (2000A, 2000B), respectively, in which at least two electrodes are disposed in the flow frames, respectively, and at least three furrows in which the electrolyte flows are formed between electrodes or between the electrode and the outer frame in the flow frame.
US11038175B2
The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material pre-dispersion composition which includes a lithium iron phosphate-based positive electrode active material, a dispersant, and a solvent, wherein the dispersant includes a hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR), a slurry composition for a secondary battery positive electrode which is prepared by using the positive electrode active material pre-dispersion composition, a positive electrode for a secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode.
US11038169B2
Provided are a cobalt oxide (Co3O4) for a lithium secondary battery, having an average particle diameter (D50) of about 14 μm to about 19 μm and a tap density of about 2.1 g/cc to about 2.9 g/cc, a method of preparing the cobalt oxide, a lithium cobalt oxide for a lithium secondary battery prepared from the cobalt oxide, and a lithium secondary battery including a cathode including the lithium cobalt oxide.
US11038159B2
The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including a lithium cobalt oxide having a core-shell structure, wherein the lithium cobalt-doped oxide of the core and the lithium cobalt-doped oxide of the shell include each independently three kinds of dopants and satisfy specific conditions, a method for producing the same, and a positive electrode and a secondary battery containing the positive electrode active material.
US11038146B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate, a display layer disposed on the substrate, and a thin film encapsulation layer that covers the display layer. The display layer includes a plurality of emission portions and a non-emission portion around each of the plurality of emission portions. The thin film encapsulation layer includes a first organic film that covers the emission portions, a second organic film that covers the non-emission portion and is spaced apart from the first organic film, and a first inorganic film interposed between the first organic film and the second organic film.
US11038143B2
A display device includes a display module, a window disposed above the display module, an optical film disposed between the display module and the window, an adhesive layer, and a refractive index matching pattern. The window includes a base substrate and a bezel pattern overlapping with the base substrate and defining a first transmissive area and a second transmissive area isolated from the first transmissive area in a plane view. The optical film includes a first open area defined therein to correspond to the second transmissive area. The adhesive layer couples the window with the optical film. The refractive index matching pattern is disposed in the first open area and has a refractive index of about 90% to about 110% of the adhesive layer. The first open area is defined as an area in which the optical film is not disposed.
US11038142B2
A lighting device includes a substrate having a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area surrounding the light emitting area, a light emitting part in the light emitting area, a first inorganic layer on the light emitting part and the non-light emitting area, a first organic layer on the first inorganic layer overlapping the light emitting part, a second inorganic layer on the first organic layer, a protruding part on the first inorganic layer of the non-light emitting area, and a cover layer on the protruding part.
US11038137B2
The present invention relates to compounds containing fused dibenzo more-than-six-membered heterocycles or azaheterocycles. These compounds may be useful as host materials for phosphorescent electroluminescent devices.
US11038127B2
An optoelectronic component includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one organic functional layer, which is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic functional layer includes a matrix material, a first compound, and a second compound. The first compound interacts with the second compound, and the first compound and/or the second compound interacts with the matrix material. A conductivity of the organic functional layer is produced by the interactions.
US11038115B2
A compound including a first ligand LA of Formula I, useful as an emitter in OLEDs is disclosed.
US11038114B2
A method for manufacturing an organic solar cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application comprises: preparing a substrate; forming a first electrode on the substrate; forming a photoactive layer on the first electrode; drying the photoactive layer with a wind force of 0.01 Mpa to 0.07 Mpa; and forming a second electrode on the photoactive layer.
US11038112B2
An electroluminescent device and a display device includes the same are disclosed. The electroluminescent device includes a first electrode; a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode and including a first organic material having a conjugated structure; an emission layer disposed directly on the hole transport layer and including a plurality of light emitting particles; an electron transport layer disposed on the emission layer; and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer, wherein at least one of the light emitting particles includes a core and a hydrophilic ligand attached to a surface of the core, wherein the hole transport layer has a first thickness and a second thickness at any two point locations, and the first thickness and the second thickness satisfy Equation 1. Equation 1 is described in the detailed description.
US11038111B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode and a second electrode which are positioned facing each other, and at least one organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the at least one organic layer includes a monoamine compound which is represented by Formula 1 and includes at least one adamantyl group as a substituent, thereby achieving improved device efficiency:
US11038106B1
A method may include filling a via opening with a spacer, the via opening formed in a dielectric layer, forming a trench within the spacer, filling the trench with a metal layer, recessing the spacer to form an opening and expose an upper portion of the metal layer, wherein the exposed portion of the metal layer is formed into a cone shaped tip, conformally depositing a liner along a bottom and a sidewall of the opening and the exposed portion of the metal layer, depositing a second dielectric layer along the bottom of the opening on top of the liner, recessing the liner to form a channel and partially exposing a sidewall of the second dielectric layer and a sidewall of the metal layer, depositing a third dielectric layer in the channel, and depositing a phase change memory layer within the opening.
US11038105B2
A memory cell includes: a resistive material layer comprising a first portion that extends along a first direction and a second portion that extends along a second direction, wherein the first and second directions are different from each other; a first electrode coupled to a bottom surface of the first portion of the resistive material layer; and a second electrode coupled to the second portion of the resistive material layer.
US11038100B1
A magnetoresistive element comprises a perpendicular coupling layer between a novel perpendicular AFM layer and ferromagnetic recording layer. The perpendicular coupling layer introduces giant magnetic anisotropy energies (P-MAE) on the recording layer interface and the P-AFM layer interface which further introduce RKKY coupling between the magnetic moment of the recording layer and the P-MAE induced magnetic moment at the P-AFM layer interface, yielding a giant perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of the recording layer.
US11038095B2
Various techniques and apparatus permit fabrication of superconductive circuits. A superconducting integrated circuit comprising a superconducting stud via, a kinetic inductor, and a capacitor may be formed. Forming a superconducting stud via in a superconducting integrated circuit may include masking with a hard mask and masking with a soft mask. Forming a superconducting stud via in a superconducting integrated circuit may include depositing a dielectric etch stop layer. Interlayer misalignment in the fabrication of a superconducting integrated circuit may be measured by an electrical vernier. Interlayer misalignment in the fabrication of a superconducting integrated circuit may be measured by a chain of electrical verniers and a Wheatstone bridge. A superconducting integrated circuit with three or more metal layers may include an enclosed, matched, on-chip transmission line. A metal wiring layer in a superconducting integrated circuit may be encapsulated.
US11038094B1
Error correction can only work with superconducting qubits if qubit errors are lowered. Surface loss from thin oxides is currently a dominant error mechanism. Formulas for useful qubit geometries are presented to predict surface loss, which can be used to optimize the qubit layout. A significant fraction of surface loss comes from the small wire that connects the Josephson junction to the qubit capacitor. Tapering this wire is shown to significantly lower its loss, as well as etching the underlying silicon to create free-standing wires.
US11038088B2
A light emitting diode (LED) package includes a substrate, at least one micro LED chip, a black material layer, and a transparent material layer. The substrate has a width ranging from 100 micrometers to 1000 micrometers. The at least one micro LED chip is electrically mounted on a top surface of the substrate and has a width ranging from 1 micrometer to 100 micrometers. The black material layer covers the top surface of the substrate to expose the at least one micro LED chip. The transparent material layer covers the at least one micro LED chip and the black material layer.
US11038084B2
A light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element having a peak emission wavelength different from that of the first light-emitting element, a light-guide member covering a light extracting surface and lateral surfaces of the first light-emitting element and a light extracting surface and lateral surfaces of the second light-emitting element, and a wavelength conversion layer continuously covering the light extracting surface of each of the first and second light-emitting elements and disposed apart from each of the first and second light-emitting elements, and a first reflective member covering outer lateral surfaces of the light-guide member. An angle defined by an active layer of the first light-emitting element and an active layer of the second light-emitting element is less than 180° at a wavelength conversion layer side.
US11038082B2
A method comprises forming a mask on a first surface of a substrate. The mask is patterned to form openings on the first surface of the substrate. Notches are formed in the first surface of the substrate in the openings. The mask is removed from the first surface of the substrate A plurality of LEDs are provided on the first surface of the substrate and between notches. A second surface of the substrate is thinned to expose the notches and separate the LEDs. The second surface of the substrate is opposite of the first surface of the substrate.
US11038081B2
A method according to embodiments of the invention includes providing a light emitting semiconductor structure grown on a substrate. The substrate has a front side and a back side opposite the front side. Notches are formed in the substrate. The notches extend from the front side of the substrate into the substrate. After forming notches in the substrate, the back side of the substrate is thinned to expose the notches.
US11038076B2
The present invention relates to a structure of an photosensor structure having improved optical properties by including a copper halide region, and a method of manufacturing the same. The photosensor structure includes a silicon semiconductor substrate and junctions formed in the silicon semiconductor substrate and having regions of at least three opposite polarities. The junctions may be arranged substantially vertically aligned with each other, and at least one of the junctions may be a junction of a copper halide region of a first polarity and a silicon region of a second polarity. Accordingly, the quantum efficiency is improved by the optical characteristics of the copper halide, and the effect of reducing the size of the manufactured photosensor can be obtained.
US11038073B2
A solar power generation unit includes at least one optical fiber including a light output region including a light output window and a light guide region guiding a light wave to the light output region; a housing of a tube type, the housing having an inner space in which the at least one optical fiber is located; and a power generation part including a solar panel provided at least at a side of the inner space of the housing and configured to generate power in response to the light wave incident thereon from the light output region of the at least one optical fiber.
US11038071B2
A solar cell includes: a silicon substrate including a texture structure in a first principal surface; and a first non-crystalline silicon layer formed on the first principal surface of the silicon substrate and including recesses and protrusions reflecting the texture structure. At a valley portion in the recesses and protrusions, the first non-crystalline silicon layer includes, in the stated order: a first epitaxial layer including a crystalline region epitaxially grown on the silicon substrate; a first amorphous layer which is a non-crystalline silicon layer; and a second amorphous layer which is a non-crystalline silicon layer. The density of the first amorphous layer is less than the density of the second amorphous layer.
US11038070B2
A solar cell having, on a semiconductor substrate's first main surface a first conductivity type, a base layer having first conductivity type and an emitter layer which is adjacent to base layer and has a second conductivity type which is a conductivity type opposite to first conductivity type, the solar cell includes: a base electrode which is electrically connected with base layer; and an emitter electrode which is electrically connected with emitter layer, solar cell including: dielectric films which are in contact with base and emitter layer on first main surface; first insulator films which cover the emitter electrode, are placed on the dielectric films, and are arranged to have a gap at least on base layer; and a base bus bar electrode placed at least on first insulator films, and being wherein gap distance between the first insulator films is 40 μm or more and (W+110) μm or less.
US11038069B2
A semiconductor substrate (1) having an active region (2) and a first surface and a second surface facing each other. A first type of passivating layer (5) is present for providing an electrical contact of a first conductivity type on a part of the first surface of the semiconductor substrate (1). A dielectric layer (4) is provided between the first type of passivating layer (5) and an active region (2) of the semiconductor substrate (1). Doping of the first conductivity type is provided in a layer (3) of the active region (2) of the semiconductor substrate (1) near the first surface. The lateral dopant level in the layer (3) of the active region (2) near the first surface is substantially uniform.
US11038067B2
A sensor for measuring mechanical stress in a layered metallization structure such as the back end of line portion of an integrated circuit die is provided. The sensor operates as a field effect transistor comprising a gate electrode, gate dielectric, channel and source and drain electrodes, wherein the gate electrode is a conductor of a first metallization level and the source and drain electrodes are two interconnect vias, connecting the channel to respective conductors in an adjacent level. At least one of the interconnect vias is formed of a material whereof the electrical resistance is sensitive to mechanical stress in the direction of the via. The sensitivity of the electrical resistance to the mechanical stress is sufficient to facilitate measurement of the stress by reading out the drain current of the transistor. The sensor thereby allows monitoring of stress in the BEOL prior to cracking.
US11038061B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a fin structure over a substrate, a first dielectric layer adjacent to the fin structure, and a second dielectric layer covering a sidewall of the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer has a different etching selectivity than the second dielectric layer. A bottom portion of the second dielectric layer is lower than a bottom surface of the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a source/drain feature over the fin structure and covering a sidewall of the second dielectric layer, nanostructures over the fin structure, and a gate stack wrapping around the nanostructures.
US11038060B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a preparation method thereof. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor fin and a filled trench. The semiconductor fin extends upwards from the semiconductor substrate. The filled trench is formed in the semiconductor fin and includes a first sigma portion, a second sigma portion and a middle portion. The first sigma portion is partially filled by a semiconductor buffer region, and an unfilled part of the first sigma portion is filled by a doped semiconductor region grown on the semiconductor buffer region. The second sigma portion is filled by the semiconductor buffer region. The middle portion connects the first sigma portion to the second sigma portion, and the middle portion is filled by the semiconductor buffer region.
US11038057B2
A semiconductor device having a high-quality epitaxial layer and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include: a substrate; a first fin-shaped semiconductor layer spaced apart from the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor layer extends along a curved longitudinal extending direction; and a second semiconductor layer at least partially surrounding a periphery of the first semiconductor layer.
US11038056B2
System and method for reducing contact resistance and prevent variations due to misalignment of contacts is disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a non-planar transistor with source/drain regions located within a fin. An inter-layer dielectric overlies the non-planar transistor, and contacts are formed to the source/drain region through the inter-layer dielectric. The contacts preferably come into contact with multiple surfaces of the fin so as to increase the contact area between the contacts and the fin.
US11038048B2
A gallium nitride-on-silicon structure is disclosed in which the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer is a discontinuous layer that includes at least two 2DEG segments. Each 2DEG segment is separated from another 2DEG segment by a gap. The 2DEG layer can be depleted by a p-doped gallium nitride layer that is disposed over a portion of an aluminum gallium nitride layer. Additionally or alternatively, a trench may be formed in the structure through the 2DEG layer to produce a gap in the 2DEG layer. An electrical component is positioned over at least a portion of a gap.
US11038046B2
A high electron mobility transistor, including an active area, a buffer layer on the active area, a channel layer on the buffer layer, a barrier layer on the channel layer, and gate, source and drain on the barrier layer, and a trench isolation structure adjacent and surrounding the channel layer and the barrier layer to apply stress and modify two-dimension electron gas (2DEG) or two-dimension hole gas (2DHG) of the high electron mobility transistor.
US11038032B2
A MOS transistor, in particular a vertical channel transistor, includes a semiconductor body housing a body region, a source region, a drain electrode and gate electrodes. The gate electrodes extend in corresponding recesses which are symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry of the semiconductor body. The transistor also has spacers which are also symmetrical with respect to the axis of symmetry. A source electrode extends in electrical contact with the source region at a surface portion of the semiconductor body surrounded by the spacers and is in particular adjacent to the spacers. During manufacture the spacers are used to form in an auto-aligning way the source electrode which is symmetrical with respect to the axis of symmetry and equidistant from the gate electrodes.
US11038031B2
A field effect transistor according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of drain electrodes provided on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate and extending in a first direction, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a plurality of metal layers provided in the semiconductor substrate apart from the first surface and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, in which the plurality of metal layers include a first metal layer and a second metal layer which is longer than the first metal layer and which crosses more drain electrodes than the first metal layer when seen from a direction perpendicular to the first surface, and among the plurality of drain electrodes, those having a smaller length of line from the input terminal to the output terminal are provided with more metal layers directly thereunder.
US11038030B2
A Field Effect Transistor (FET) having a source, drain, and gate disposed laterally along a surface of a semiconductor and a field plate structure: having one end connected to the source; and having a second end disposed between the gate and the drain and separated from the drain by a gap. A dielectric structure is disposed over the semiconductor, having: a first portion disposed under the second end of the field plate structure; and, a second, thinner portion under the gap.
US11038027B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a polycrystalline first semiconductor material, and having a second semiconductor material directly adjacent to the polycrystalline first semiconductor material. The second semiconductor material is of a different composition than the polycrystalline first semiconductor material. A conductivity-enhancing dopant is within the second semiconductor material. The conductivity-enhancing dopant is a neutral-type dopant relative to the polycrystalline first semiconductor material. An electrical gate is adjacent to a region of the polycrystalline first semiconductor material and is configured to induce an electric field within said region of the polycrystalline first semiconductor material. The gate is not adjacent to the second semiconductor material.
US11038022B2
A superjunction power semiconductor device includes a termination region with superjunction structures having higher breakdown voltage than the breakdown voltage of the active cell region. In one embodiment, the termination region includes superjunction structures having lower column charge as compared to the superjunction structures formed in the active cell region. In other embodiments, a superjunction power semiconductor device incorporating superjunction structures with slanted sidewalls where the grading of the superjunction columns in the termination region is reduced as compared to the column grading in the active cell region. The power semiconductor device is made more robust by ensuring any breakdown occurs in the core region as opposed to the termination region. Furthermore, the manufacturing process window for the power semiconductor device is enhanced to improve the manufacturing yield of the power semiconductor device.
US11038013B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a back-end-of-line (BEOL) compatible metal-insulator-metal on-chip decoupling capacitor (MIMCAP). This BEOL compatible process includes a thermal treatment for inducing an amorphous-to-cubic phase change in the insulating layer of the MIM stack prior to forming the top electrode. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a bottom electrode layer is formed, and an insulator layer is formed on a surface of the bottom electrode layer. The insulator layer can include an amorphous dielectric material. The insulator layer is thermally treated such that the amorphous dielectric material undergoes a cubic phase transition, thereby forming a cubic phase dielectric material. A top electrode layer is formed on a surface of the cubic phase dielectric material of the insulator layer.
US11038006B1
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a bonding method of the display panel. Signal lines of a display area of the display panel extend to a bonding area of the non-display area. A conductive adhesive layer is formed in the bonding area. A waterproof adhesive layer is formed in the non-display area of the bonding area near the display area. The conductive adhesive layer includes a conductive-particles doped region and a first insulating rubber material region formed in the conductive-particles doped region near the display area.
US11037994B2
A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display panel includes: a display area having a plurality of first pixel units and a plurality of first transparent portions, the first transparent portions being configured such that external light is transmitted from one side of the display panel to the other side of the display panel through the first transparent portions, wherein at least two first pixel units are spaced apart by one or more first transparent portions.
US11037993B2
A detection device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of semiconductor layers, each including a plurality of electrode regions and a semiconductor region. The plurality of electrode regions are: arranged at intervals in a cross direction crossing a thickness direction; configured to generate electric charges by a photoelectric effect of irradiation of radiation; and configured to produce an electric field in the cross direction by voltage application. The semiconductor region is provided at least between the electrode regions adjacent to one another in the cross direction. The plurality of semiconductor layers are stacked in the thickness direction.
US11037992B2
A variable resistance memory device including insulating patterns sequentially stacked on a substrate; first conductive lines between adjacent ones of the insulating patterns and spaced apart from each other in a first direction; a second conductive line between the first conductive lines and penetrating the insulating patterns in a third direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate; a phase-change pattern between the second conductive line and each of the first conductive lines and between the adjacent ones of the insulating patterns to cover a top surface of a first adjacent insulating pattern and a bottom surface of a second adjacent insulating pattern; and a selection element between the phase-change pattern and the second conductive line and between the adjacent ones of the insulating patterns to cover the top surface of the first adjacent insulating pattern and the bottom surface of the second adjacent insulating pattern.
US11037987B2
A memory cell including a two-terminal re-writeable non-volatile memory element having at least two layers of conductive metal oxide (CMO), which, in turn, can include a first layer of CMO including mobile oxygen ions, and a second layer of CMO formed in contact with the first layer of CMO to cooperate with the first layer of CMO to form an ion obstruction barrier. The ion obstruction barrier is configured to inhibit transport or diffusion of a subset of mobile ion to enhance, among other things, memory effects and cycling endurance of memory cells. At least one layer of an insulating metal oxide that is an electrolyte to the mobile oxygen ions and configured as a tunnel barrier is formed in contact with the second layer of CMO.
US11037986B2
A method for fabricating stacked resistive memory with individual switch control is provided. The method includes forming a first random access memory (ReRAM) device. The method further includes forming a second ReRAM device in a stacked nanosheet configuration on the first ReRAM device. The method also includes forming separate gate contacts for the first ReRAM device and the second ReRAM device.
US11037985B2
A semiconductor device includes a first electrode and a first carbon layer on the first electrode. A switch layer is disposed on the first carbon layer and a second carbon layer is disposed on the switch layer. At least one tunneling oxide layer is disposed between the first carbon layer and the second carbon layer. The device further includes a second electrode on the second carbon layer.
US11037984B1
An electronic device including a semiconductor memory is provided. The semiconductor memory may include memory elements. Each of the memory elements comprises: a selection element layer in which a first dopant is doped in an insulating material; and a variable resistance layer in which a second dopant is doped in the insulating material. A diffusivity of the second dopant in the insulating material is greater than a diffusivity of the first dopant in the insulating material.
US11037982B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure including a substrate, a transistor region having a gate over the substrate, a first doped region, and a second doped region at least partially in the substrate, and a contact plug directly over the gate, a first metal interconnect composed of copper over the transistor region, and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) directly over the contact plug and under the first metal interconnect.
US11037977B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for an image sensor capable of simultaneous integration of electrons and holes. According to an exemplary embodiment, the image sensor comprises a backside-illuminated hybrid bonded stacked chip image senor comprising a pixel circuit array, and each pixel circuit comprising a charge storage capacitor oriented in a vertical direction in a deep trench isolation region. Both the electrons and holes are integrated (collected) using a global shutter operation, and the charge storage capacitor is used for storing a signal generated by the holes.
US11037975B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including: a multilayer substrate including an optical element; a light-transmitting plate provided on the substrate to cover the optical element; and a lens of an inorganic material provided between the substrate and the light-transmitting plate. A structure having a same strength as a strength per unit area of the lens is provided at a portion outside an effective photosensitive region where the optical element is formed, when the substrate is viewed in plan.
US11037969B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate and a photoelectric conversion region. The substrate has a charge accumulation region. The photoelectric conversion region is provided on the substrate. The photoelectric conversion region is configured to generate signal charges to be accumulated in the charge accumulation region. The photoelectric conversion region comprises a material that is not transparent.
US11037960B2
A TFT array panel includes a primary display area and a slitting-edge display area. In the slitting-edge display area, a first metallic routing layer includes a first data line and a second metallic routing layer includes a first gate line. The first data line is connected to the second metallic routing layer through a hole in the interlayer dielectric layer so that the first data line overlaps the first gate line to form an overlapping capacitance to compensate for a gate line RC value.
US11037959B2
Provided is a method of producing an array substrate. This method of producing an array substrate has following steps: forming a passivation layer on a base substrate; forming a photoresist layer on the passivation layer, and performing a patterning process on the photoresist layer to form a photoresist mask having an opening pattern; introducing an etching resistant layer precursor material to the passivation layer by ion injection through the opening pattern; generating plasma by using an etching gas, etching the passivation layer by using the plasma through the opening pattern to form a via hole penetrating the passivation layer; and peeling the photoresist mask. Also provided are an array substrate and a display apparatus.
US11037946B2
Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the 3D memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a peripheral device disposed on the substrate, a peripheral interconnect layer disposed above the peripheral device, a first source plate disposed above and electrically connected to the peripheral interconnect layer, a first memory stack disposed on the first source plate, a first memory string extending vertically through the first memory stack and in contact with the first source plate, and a first bit line disposed above and electrically connected to the first memory string and the peripheral device.
US11037945B2
Embodiments of bonded 3D memory devices and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a first semiconductor structure and a second semiconductor structure. The first semiconductor structure includes a first memory stack having a plurality of first conductor layers and a first bonding layer having a plurality of first word line bonding contacts conductively connected to the plurality of first conductor layers, respectively. A second semiconductor structure includes a second memory stack having a plurality of second conductor layers and a second bonding layer having a plurality of second word line bonding contacts conductively connected to the plurality of second conductor layers, respectively. The 3D memory device also includes a bonding interface between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer, at which the first word line bonding contacts are in contact with the second word line bonding contacts.
US11037940B2
An integrated circuit construction comprising memory comprises two memory-cell-array regions having a peripheral-circuitry region laterally there-between in a vertical cross-section. The two memory-cell-array regions individually comprise a plurality of capacitors individually comprising a capacitor storage node electrode, a shared capacitor electrode that is shared by the plurality of capacitors, and a capacitor insulator there-between. A laterally-extending insulator structure is about lateral peripheries of the capacitor storage node electrodes and is vertically spaced from a top and a bottom of individual of the capacitor storage node electrodes in the vertical cross-section. The peripheral-circuitry region in the vertical cross-section comprises a pair of elevationally-extending walls comprising a first insulative composition. A second insulative composition different from the first insulative composition is laterally between the pair of walls. The pair of walls individually have a laterally-outer side of the first insulative composition that is directly against a lateral edge of the insulator structure that is in different ones of the two array regions. Other embodiments, including methods, are disclosed.
US11037939B2
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.
US11037927B2
An electronic circuit includes a noise source and an analog circuit and a logic circuit that may be adversely affected by noise. At least a portion of the analog circuit and the logic circuit is formed on a buried impurity layer whose conductivity is different from that of a substrate, and at least a portion of the periphery of that portion is surrounded by an impurity layer that is different from the substrate. Thus, propagation of the noise from the noise source is prevented.
US11037918B2
Solid state lights (SSLs) including a back-to-back solid state emitters (SSEs) and associated methods are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, an SSL can include a carrier substrate having a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface. First and second through substrate interconnects (TSIs) can extend from the first surface of the carrier substrate to the second surface. The SSL can further include a first and a second SSE, each having a front side and a back side opposite the front side. The back side of the first SSE faces the first surface of the carrier substrate and the first SSE is electrically coupled to the first and second TSIs. The back side of the second SSE faces the second surface of the carrier substrate and the second SSE is electrically coupled to the first and second TSIs.
US11037917B1
A semiconductor device module. The semiconductor device module may include a first substrate; and a semiconductor die assembly, disposed on the first substrate. The semiconductor die assembly may include a first semiconductor die, bonded to the first substrate; a second semiconductor die, disposed over the first semiconductor die; and an electrical connector, disposed between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die, wherein the semiconductor die assembly comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) die and a freewheeling diode die.
US11037910B2
Semiconductor devices including stacked semiconductor dies and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die coupled to a package substrate and a second semiconductor die stacked over the first semiconductor die and laterally offset from the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die can accordingly include an overhang portion that extends beyond a side of the first semiconductor die and faces the package substrate. In some embodiments, the second semiconductor die includes bond pads at the overhang portion that are electrically coupled to the package substrate via conductive features disposed therebetween. In certain embodiments, the first semiconductor die can include second bond pads electrically coupled to the package substrate via wire bonds.
US11037908B2
A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die including a first substrate, first semiconductor devices located on the first substrate, first dielectric material layers located on the first semiconductor devices and embedding first metal interconnect structures, and first through-substrate via structures extending through the first substrate and contacting a respective first metal interconnect structure. Each of the first through-substrate via structures laterally surrounds a respective core cavity that contains a void or a dielectric fill material portion. The bonded assembly includes a second semiconductor die attached to the first semiconductor die, and including a second substrate, second semiconductor devices located on the second substrate, second dielectric material layers located on the second semiconductor devices and embedding second metal interconnect structures, and bonding pad structures electrically connected to a respective one of the second metal interconnect structures and bonded to a respective first through-substrate via structure.
US11037898B2
A semiconductor device package includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first redistribution layer (RDL) including a circuit layer. The second electronic device is disposed on the first RDL of the first electronic device. The second electronic device includes an encapsulant and a patterned conductive layer. The encapsulant has a first surface facing the first RDL of the first electronic device, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The patterned conductive layer is disposed at the second surface of the encapsulant, and is configured to be electrically coupled to the circuit layer of the first RDL of the first electronic device.
US11037895B2
An electronic component is provided that includes multiple conductive terminals and an insulator integrated with the conductive terminals. A leg part possessed by one of the conductive terminals and a leg part possessed by another one of the conductive terminals are disposed so as to vertically overlap each other. The leg part possessed by one of the conductive terminals and the leg part possessed by another one of the conductive terminals have different lengths, and the tip of the shorter leg part of the two is covered by a thick part of the insulator.
US11037893B2
Front end systems and related devices, integrated circuits, modules, and methods are disclosed. One such packaged module includes a low noise amplifier in an interior of a radio frequency shielding structure and an antenna external to the radio frequency shielding structure. The low noise amplifier includes a first inductor, an amplification circuit, and a second inductor magnetically coupled to the first inductor to provide negative feedback to linearize the low noise amplifier. The radio frequency shielding structure can extend above a package substrate. The antenna can be on the package substrate. Other embodiments of front end systems are disclosed, along with related devices, integrated circuits, modules, methods, and components thereof.
US11037887B2
A method includes bonding a plurality of dies to a substrate. A first die of the plurality of dies is larger than a second die of the plurality of dies. The method includes adhering a first stress relief structure to the substrate. A distance between the first stress relief structure to a closest die of the plurality of dies to the first stress relief structure is a first distance. The method includes adhering a second stress relief structure to the substrate. A distance between the second stress relief structure to a closest die of the plurality of dies to the second stress relief structure is the first distance. The first stress relief structure is discontinuous with respect to the second stress relief structure.
US11037885B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a semiconductor packaging device including a shield structure configured to block magnetic and/or electric fields from a first electronic component and a second electronic component. The first and second electronic components may, for example, be inductors or some other suitable electronic components. In some embodiments, a first IC chip overlies a second IC chip. The first IC chip includes a first substrate and a first interconnect structure overlying the first substrate. The second IC chip includes a second substrate and a second interconnect structure overlying the second substrate. The first and second electronic components are respectively in the first and second interconnect structures. The shield structure is directly between the first and second electronic components. Further, the shield structure substantially covers the second electronic component and/or would substantially cover the first electronic component if the semiconductor packaging device was flipped vertically.
US11037884B2
A semiconductor package includes: a frame having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, and including a through-hole and a wiring structure connected to the first surface and the second surface; a connection structure disposed on the first surface of the frame and including a redistribution layer; a semiconductor chip disposed in the through-hole and including connection pads connected to the redistribution layer; an encapsulant encapsulating the semiconductor chip and covering the second surface of the frame; and a plurality of electrical connection metal members disposed on the second surface of the frame and connected to the wiring structure. The wiring structure includes a shielding wiring structure surrounding the through-hole, and the plurality of electrical connection metal members include a plurality of grounding electrical connection metal members connected to the shielding wiring structure.
US11037883B2
Techniques are provided for containing magnetic fields generated by an integrated switching package and for reducing electromagnetic interference generated from an integrated switching package.
US11037882B2
An overlay mark includes a first feature extending in an X-direction, wherein the first feature is a first distance from a substrate. The overlay mark further includes a second feature extending in a Y-direction perpendicular to the X-direction, wherein the second feature is a second distance from the substrate, and the second distance is different from the first distance. The overlay mark further includes a third feature extending in the X-direction and the Y-direction, wherein the third feature is a third distance from the substrate, and the third distance is different from the first distance and the second distance.
US11037878B1
The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor memory dies vertically stacked through a plurality of microbumps; a plurality of through silicon vias positioned in the plurality of semiconductor dies and electrically coupled through the plurality of microbumps; and a plurality of protection liners positioned on sides of the plurality of through silicon vias; wherein the plurality of protection liners are formed of manganese-zinc ferrite, nickel-zinc ferrite, cobalt ferrite, strontium ferrite, barium ferrite, lithium ferrite, lithium-zinc ferrite, single crystal yttrium iron garnet, or gallium substituted single crystal yttrium iron garnet.
US11037875B2
Techniques are provided to fabricate metallic interconnect structures in a single metallization level, wherein different width metallic interconnect structures are formed of different metallic materials to eliminate or minimize void formation in the metallic interconnect structures. For example, a semiconductor device includes an insulating layer disposed on a substrate, and a first metallic line and a second metallic line formed in the insulating layer. The first metallic line has a first width, and the second metallic line has a second width which is greater than the first width. The first metallic line is formed of a first metallic material, and the second metallic line is formed of a second metallic material, which is different from the first metallic material. For example, the first metallic material is cobalt or ruthenium, and the second metallic material is copper.
US11037873B2
A barrier or “crackstop” that is configured to conduct electrical signals. These configurations may form a wall around integrated, active circuitry of a semiconductor die. This wall may include a conductor that follows a three-dimensional pathway from one side to the other side of the wall. This pathway may have sections that overlap, or double-back, so that portions of the conductor overlap along their individual length. These sections prevent crack propagation internal to the wall.
US11037871B2
An improved electronic assembly is provided. The electronic assembly comprises a ceramic interposer comprising multiple layers. The active layers of the multiple layers form an embedded capacitor comprising parallel electrodes with a dielectric between adjacent electrodes wherein adjacent electrodes have opposite polarity. A wide band gap device is also on the multilayered ceramic interposer.
US11037860B2
A multi-layer thermal interface material including two or more thermal interface materials laminated together, where each of the two or more thermal interface materials comprise different mechanical properties.
US11037852B2
A package includes a substrate having a conductive layer, and the conductive layer comprises an exposed portion. A die stack is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. A high thermal conductivity material is disposed over the substrate and contacting the exposed portion of the conductive layer. The package further includes a contour ring over and contacting the high thermal conductivity material.
US11037851B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to nitrogen-rich silicon nitride and methods for depositing the same, and transistors and other devices containing the same. In one or more embodiments, a passivation film stack contains a silicon oxide layer disposed on a workpiece and a nitrogen-rich silicon nitride layer disposed on the silicon oxide layer. The nitrogen-rich silicon nitride layer has a silicon concentration of about 20 at % to about 35 at %, a nitrogen concentration of about 40 at % to about 75 at %, and a hydrogen concentration of about 10 at % to about 35 at %. In one or more examples, the passivation film stack contains the silicon oxide layer, the nitrogen-rich silicon nitride layer, and a third layer containing any type of silicon nitride, such as nitrogen-rich silicon nitride and/or hydrogen-rich silicon nitride.
US11037850B2
A passivation structure may include a first passivation pattern on an upper surface of a semiconductor chip provided on a semiconductor substrate, and a second passivation pattern arranged on a scribe lane of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the semiconductor chip. The second passivation pattern is spaced apart from the first passivation pattern to form a crack-blocking groove between the second passivation pattern and the first passivation pattern.
US11037847B2
Reliability of a semiconductor module is improved. In a resin mold step of assembly of a semiconductor module, an IGBT chip, a diode chip, a control chip, a part of each of chip mounting portions are resin molded so that a back surface of each of the chip mounting portions is exposed from a back surface of a sealing body. After the resin molding, an insulating layer is bonded to the back surface of the sealing body so as to cover each back surface (exposed portion) of the chip mounting portions, and then, a TIM layer is bonded to an insulating layer. Here, a region of the TIM layer in a plan view is included in a region of the insulating layer.
US11037843B2
Examples described herein include apparatuses and methods TSV resistance and short measurement in a stacked device. An example apparatus may include a chip comprising semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The chip may include a first terminal formed above the first surface, a second terminal formed above the second surface, a buffer circuit coupled between the first and second terminals, a first through-substrate via (TSV) penetrating the semiconductor substrate, and a first switch coupled between the first terminal and the first TSV.
US11037841B2
Embodiments relate to functional test methods useful for fabricating products containing Light Emitting Diode (LED) structures. In particular, LED arrays are functionally tested by injecting current via a displacement current coupling device using a field plate comprising of an electrode and insulator placed in close proximity to the LED array. A controlled voltage waveform is then applied to the field plate electrode to excite the LED devices in parallel for high-throughput. A camera records the individual light emission resulting from the electrical excitation to yield a function test of a plurality of LED devices. Changing the voltage conditions can excite the LEDs at differing current density levels to functionally measure external quantum efficiency and other important device functional parameters.
US11037839B2
A method for fabricating an integrated structure, using a fabrication system having a CMOS line and a photonics line, includes the steps of: in the photonics line, fabricating a first photonics component in a silicon wafer; transferring the wafer from the photonics line to the CMOS line; and in the CMOS line, fabricating a CMOS component in the silicon wafer. Additionally, a monolithic integrated structure includes a silicon wafer with a waveguide and a CMOS component formed therein, wherein the waveguide structure includes a ridge extending away from the upper surface of the silicon wafer. A monolithic integrated structure is also provided which has a photonics component and a CMOS component formed therein, the photonics component including a waveguide having a width of 0.5 μm to 13 μm.
US11037827B2
A method includes forming a plurality of fins on a substrate and a dummy gate structure over the fins. A spacer layer is formed over the dummy gate structure and the fins. The spacer layer is recessed to form asymmetrically recessed spacers along sidewalls of each of the fins, thereby exposing a portion of each of the fins. A source/drain epitaxy is grown on the exposed portions of the plurality of fins, a first source/drain epitaxy on a first fin being asymmetrical to a second source/drain epitaxy on a second fin. A device includes a first and second fin on a substrate with a gate structure formed over the first and second fins. An epitaxy if formed over the first fin and the second fin on the same side of the gate structure, where the height of the first epitaxy is greater than the height of the second epitaxy.
US11037826B2
A semiconductor device and method of forming the same is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first fin and a second fin extending from the semiconductor substrate, a first lower semiconductor feature directly over the first fin, and a second lower semiconductor feature directly over the second fin. Each of the first and second lower semiconductor features includes a top surface bending downward towards the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor also further includes an upper semiconductor feature directly over and in physical contact with the first and second lower semiconductor features. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer on sidewalls of the first and second lower semiconductor features.
US11037818B2
A semiconductor structure having epitaxial structures and a method for forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a gate structure over first and second fins on a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a first dielectric material over the first and second fins and the gate structure. The method further includes forming a second dielectric material over the first dielectric material and above an interspace between the first and the second fins. The method includes partially removing the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material to form an inner spacer structure between the first fin and the second fin and outer spacers on two opposite sides of the inner spacer structure, wherein a top surface of the inner spacer structure is below top surfaces of the outer spacers. The method also includes forming an epitaxial structure on the first fin and the second fin.
US11037811B2
An electrostatic chuck includes, a chuck function portion including a plurality of chuck regions on which an attractable object is placed respectively, and a concave surface portion provided in an outer region of the chuck regions, and electrodes arranged in an inner part of the chuck function portion corresponding to the chuck regions and an inner part of the chuck function portion corresponding to the concave surface portion, respectively.
US11037808B2
During a teaching operation regarding a transport mechanism, a hand of the transport mechanism is moved to a tentative target position in a substrate supporter, and a substrate supported at a reference position in the substrate supporter is received by the hand. A positional relationship between the substrate held by the hand and the hand is detected. A deviation between the tentative target position and the reference position is acquired as correction information based on the detected positional relationship. During the teaching operation or during substrate processing, the tentative target position is corrected to a true target position to coincide with the reference position based on the acquired correction information. During the substrate processing, the hand is moved to the true target position, so that the substrate is transferred to the substrate supporter by the hand, or the substrate is received from the substrate supporter by the hand.
US11037789B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of performing a semiconductor fabrication process. The method may be performed by forming a spacer material over an underlying layer. The spacer material has sidewalls defining a first trench. A cut material is formed over the spacer material and within the first trench. The cut material separates the trench into a pair of trench segments having ends separated by the cut material. The underlying layer is patterned according to the spacer material and the cut material.
US11037785B2
The method for fabricating pattern of a cured product includes a first step (arranging step) of arranging a layer formed of a liquid film of a curable composition (α1) containing at least a component (A1) serving as a polymerizable compound on a substrate and a second step (dispensing step) of dispensing liquid droplets of a curable composition (α2) containing at least a component (A2) serving as a polymerizable compound discretely onto a layer formed of a composition (α1′) of components of the curable composition (α1) except a component (D1) serving as a solvent, in which: the mixing of the composition (α1′) and the curable composition (α2) is exothermic.
US11037773B2
The invention relates to turbo molecular pumps enabling high pumping speed. The disclosure suggests using one or more cage-like rotor stages to optimize pumping speed on vacuum systems with low gas flows and low ultimate pressures. This allows for a smaller motor as well as smaller overall form factor and makes it well suited, in particular, for compact mass spectrometers and desk-top mass spectrometers.
US11037772B2
The invention generally relates to methods for analyzing a tissue sample. In certain aspects, the invention provides methods that involve obtaining a tissue sample including an unsaturated compound, conducting a radical reaction on the tissue sample that targets a carbon-carbon double bond within the unsaturated compound to thereby produce a plurality of compound isomers, subjecting the plurality of compound isomers to mass spectrometry analysis to identify a location of the carbon-carbon double bond within the unsaturated compound, and quantifying the plurality of compound isomers in order to distinguish normal tissue from diseased tissue.
US11037770B2
A channel electron multiplier having a high aspect ratio and differential coatings along its channel length is disclosed. The elongated tube has an input end, an output end, and an interior surface extending along the length of the tube between the input end and the output end. The channel electron multiplier also has first and second conductive layers formed on the interior surface of the tube. The first conductive layer is selected to provide a first electrical resistance, a first electron emission characteristic, or both, and the second conductive layer is selected to provide a second electrical resistance, a second electron emission characteristic, or both. A method of making a channel electron multiplier having two or more different conductive layers is also disclosed.
US11037769B2
Physical vapor deposition target assemblies and methods of manufacturing such target assemblies are disclosed. An exemplary target assembly comprises a flow pattern including a plurality of arcs and bends fluidly connected to an inlet end and an outlet end.
US11037764B2
Embodiments include methods and apparatuses that include a plasma processing tool that includes a plurality of magnets. In one embodiment, a plasma processing tool may comprise a processing chamber and a plurality of modular microwave sources coupled to the processing chamber. In an embodiment, the plurality of modular microwave sources includes an array of applicators positioned over a dielectric plate that forms a portion of an outer wall of the processing chamber, and an array of microwave amplification modules. In an embodiment, each microwave amplification module is coupled to one or more of the applicators in the array of applicators. In an embodiment, the plasma processing tool may include a plurality of magnets. In an embodiment, the magnets are positioned around one or more of the applicators.
US11037759B2
In one embodiment, a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a stage position detector detecting a position of the stage which holds a substrate to be written, a mark disposed on the stage, a beam position detector detecting a beam position of each beam by allowing the multiple beams to pass over the mark, a beam shape detector detecting a beam shape of the multiple beams at predetermined time intervals based on the detected beam position and the detected position of the stage, the multiple beams being used to irradiate the substrate, and a writing data processor calculating an amount of irradiation correction of each beam for correcting the beam shape based on the detected beam shape.
US11037756B1
Methods, tools and systems for patterning of substrates using charged particle beams without photomasks, without a resist layer, using multiple different processes (different chemistry processes and/or different ones of material deposition, removal and/or modification) in the same vacuum space, wherein said processes are performed independently (without cross-interference) and simultaneously. As a result, the number of process steps can be reduced and some lithography steps can be eliminated, reducing manufacturing cycle time and increasing yield by lowering the probability of defect introduction. Also, because such processes are resist-less, layer-to-layer registration and other column control processes can be performed by imaging previous-layer features local to (or in contact with) features to be written in a next layer as designated by the design layout database.
US11037751B2
According to one embodiment, an X-ray tube includes an anode target, a cathode including a first filament and a converging electrode, and a vacuum envelope. The converging electrode includes a flat front surface, a flat first surface, a first groove portion, and a pair of first protruding portions. The pair of first protruding portions is formed to protrude from the first surface toward the front surface and sandwich the first groove portion in a first length direction. An upper surface is formed of a plurality of flat inclined surfaces.
US11037748B2
Relays having internal connections on both sides of their switches may be used in conjunction with a connector that integrates both the normal relay switch control lines with the sensing conductors of a control module for a battery module of an energy storage device. In this manner, sensing conductors may be routed along with the switch control lines for the relay instead of separately as described above. This integration reduces the complexity and cost associated with the energy storage device, because it reduces the number of separately routed lines and also eliminates the external connections for at least some of the sensing conductors.
US11037747B2
A safety switching device for the fail-safe disconnection of an external consumer has an internal consumer and switching elements for connecting in parallel the internal consumer with the external consumer. Read-back taps are arranged between the switching elements, a first and second pole of the external consumer, and the internal consumer. A signal processing unit includes a testing device and a memory, in which a first error pattern set is stored. The testing device is coupled to the read-back taps and executes a switching test having a minimum of three temporally-separated test intervals. In each test interval, the testing device receives a read-back signal from each read-back tap in order to generate a first test pattern. To identify a fault, the testing device matches the first test pattern with the first error pattern set.
US11037741B2
A switch includes a housing, a switching mechanism housed in the housing and configured to switch a state of connection between at least two terminals exposed out of the housing by using a common contact and two switching contacts, and an electronic component that is disposed in the housing and electrically connects the terminals to each other. The switching mechanism includes a first metal plate that is connected to a first contact, which is one of the common contact and the two switching contacts, and includes a first exposed part to which a first electrode of the electronic component is soldered by laser irradiation, and a second metal plate that is connected to a second contact, which is another one of the common contact and the two switching contacts, and includes a second exposed part to which a second electrode of the electronic component is soldered by laser irradiation.
US11037737B2
A capacitor includes a first electrode having a substrate and a plurality of nanostructures physically and electrically coupled to the substrate. The capacitor also includes a solid, non-conductive interlayer deposited over the nanostructures to coat the nanostructures, and extending between the nanostructures, and a second electrode deposited over the interlayer and extending between the nanostructures. The interlayer insulates the first and second electrode layers from one another.
US11037731B2
A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body enclosing internal electrodes laminated in a first direction, wherein the ceramic body has a main surface having a flat face normal to the first direction, a first side surface having a flat face normal to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a rounded ridge connecting the main surface and the first side surface to each other and curved in a convex shape; a maximum dimension of the ceramic body in the first direction is 120 μm or less; and the rounded ridge satisfies a condition of Rb/Ra>3.0, where Ra represents a dimension of the rounded ridge in the first direction and Rb represents a dimension of the rounded ridge in the second direction on a cross-sectional surface of the ceramic body taken along a virtual cut plane parallel to the first direction and the second direction.
US11037727B2
A multilayer electronic component includes a body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes alternately disposed in a first direction, and external electrodes disposed on the body to be connected to the internal electrodes. At least one internal electrode of the internal electrodes includes a plurality of disconnected portions penetrating through a respective internal electrode. A disconnected portion of the plurality of disconnected portions includes at least one of a pore or a dielectric substance disposed to connect adjacent dielectric layers to each other. A dielectric filling ratio, defined as a ratio of an overall length of the dielectric substance to an overall length of the disconnected portion on a cross section in the third and first directions, is more than 20% to 80% or less.
US11037720B2
First and second wires form a wire assembly by being wound around a winding core portion together. The wire assembly includes a twisted wire portion, an inner layer portion, an outer layer portion, a plurality of outward transition portions, and an inward transition portion. The outer layer portion includes a first outer layer portion which is connected to one of the outward transition portions extending from an intermediate position of the inner layer portion and connected to the inward transition portion. The inward transition portion extends to an intermediate position of the inner layer portion.
US11037708B2
A PPTC assembly may include a PPTC component, having a trip temperature, and further comprising a first temperature coefficient of resistance, in a low temperature range below the trip temperature. The PPTC assembly may include a resistive component, disposed in electrical contact with the PPTC component on a first side of the PPTC component, the resistive component comprising an electrical conductor, and having a second temperature coefficient of resistance in the low temperature range, less than the first temperature coefficient of resistance. The PPTC component may include a first electrode, electrically coupled to the first side of the PPTC component, and a second electrode, electrically coupled to the second side of the PPTC component, where the PPTC component and the resistive component are arranged in electrical series between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11037698B2
A covered electrical wire including a conductor and an insulating coating layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor, in which the conductor is a twisted wire obtained by concentrically twisting together a plurality of elemental wires constituted by a copper alloy, the copper alloy contains one or more elements selected from Fe, Ti, Mg, Sn, Ag, Ni, In, Zn, Cr, Al, and P in a total amount of 0.01 mass % to 5.5 mass % inclusive, and the remaining portion includes Cu and inevitable impurities, and an amount of oil adhering to a surface of a central elemental wire disposed at a central portion of the twisted wire is 10 μg/g or less with respect to the mass of the central elemental wire.
US11037691B2
The present disclosure provides an electrically conductive material, a printing ink and a method for manufacturing an electrically conductive structure. The electrically conductive material includes a plurality of electrically conductive metal nanoplates and electrically conductive metal nanoparticles filled in gaps between the plurality of the electrically conductive metal nanoplates.
US11037689B2
A repair device for underwater repair of a hole in a nuclear reactor part includes a holder (32), a cutting tool (22) held by the holder (32) and having at least one cutting tooth (70) for remachining an inner surface of the hole. The cutting tool (22) has a suction channel (44) extending into the cutting tool (22) between at least one inlet opening (46) and at least one outlet opening (48), a drive shaft (34) for rotating the cutting tool (22), the drive shaft (34) being held by the holder (32), and a suction tube (36) connected to the holder (32) and fluidly connected to the outlet opening (48) of the suction channel (44).
US11037681B1
An apparatus and method for informed personal-well-being decision making that provides a user with alerts and information, focused on health and wellness, on items they choose for possible consumption. Some embodiments include optical, sonic, smell and other sensors, communications with databases that identify ingredients and effects on health and well-being, as well as user inputs. From user input, GPS, local conditions and alerts, some embodiments determine information specific to the user and their environment. By using established, and creating new, databases, some embodiments compile, compare, transmit and store data on various consumables. Some embodiments provide access to information on the companies, manufacturers, and various other components in an item's trip from dirt to table. Some embodiments establish methods and procedures to ascertain both the point-of-origin and where the consumable has traveled. Some embodiments provide a score for the specified consumable to show the quality of health provided by the consumable.
US11037670B2
An activity assistance system includes a video camera arranged to acquire video of a person performing an activity, an output device configured to output human-perceptible prompts, and an electronic processor programmed to execute an activity script. The script comprises a sequence of steps choreographing the activity. The execution of each step includes presenting a prompt via the output device and detecting an event or sequence of events subsequent to the presenting of the prompt. Each event is detected by performing object detection on the video to detect one or more objects depicted in the video and applying one or more object-oriented image analysis functions to detect a spatial or temporal arrangement of one or more of the detected objects. Each event detection triggers an action comprising at least one of presenting a prompt via the output device and and/or going to another step of the activity script.
US11037663B2
A system and method is provided to allow access to centralised patient data captured from a medical device across an open network to a third party. The system and method receives the request based upon patient-specific information, checks the request and allows access if the request matches stored information.
US11037662B2
A medical monitoring system includes: one or more signal sampling devices to detect parameter data corresponding to at least one physiological parameter; memory to store the parameter data corresponding to the at least one physiological parameter; a display to display parameter data obtained by at least one sensor; and a processor to obtain, according to the parameter data, abnormal event indications having a plurality of different attributes and transmit the abnormal event indications to the display; wherein the abnormal event indications are shown as anomalies identifiers on a timeline.
US11037658B2
Mechanisms are provided for monitoring treatment of patients. The mechanisms generate a patient registry comprising a plurality of patient registry records, each patient registry record being associated with a corresponding patient and comprising attributes specifying personal and medical information about the corresponding patient. The mechanisms collect, for each patient registry record, treatment data regarding treatment of the corresponding patient. The mechanism analyzes the treatment data to identify successful treatments administered to the corresponding patients. The mechanisms generate one or more cohorts of corresponding patients based on attributes of the patient registry records associated with corresponding patients for which successful treatments were administered. The mechanisms perform at least one patient management operation based on the generated one or more cohorts.
US11037653B2
A memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory regions, the plurality of memory regions including first and second edge memory regions each respectively including an edge word line, and the plurality of memory regions including a center memory region including a center word line; a segment selection circuit configured to select a target segment from among a plurality of segments based on an input row address and output segment information identifying the target segment, where the first and second edge memory regions and the center memory region are grouped into a first segment of the plurality of segments; and a column decoder configured to control a column repair operation performed on a segment basis based on at least one fuse set that is selected based on the segment information.
US11037644B2
A testing circuit for testing a multi-port random access memory includes an input circuit, a first port testing circuit and a second port testing circuit. The input circuit receives a testing clock signal and a test mode enable signal and is configured to provide the testing clock signal according to the test mode enable signal. The first port testing circuit is coupled to the input circuit, and is configured to output a first word line enable signal for a first port of the multi-port random access memory according to the testing clock signal and a first delay signal. The second port testing circuit is coupled to the input circuit, and is configured to output a second word line enable signal for a second port of the multi-port random access memory according to the testing clock signal and a second delay signal. The first word line enable signal and the second word line enable signal are asserted at the same time, and the first word line enable signal is de-asserted before the second word line enable signal. A method adapted for a testing circuit and an apparatus including a device under test and a testing circuit are also introduced.
US11037640B2
Techniques are provided to reduce neighbor word line interference and charge loss in a multi-pass program operation. In one implementation, the first pass of a multi-pass program operation uses one or more program pulses without performing associated verify tests. The memory cells may be programmed to different intermediate threshold voltage (Vth) distributions in the first program pass. Different bit line voltages can be used to obtain the different intermediate Vth distributions when the single program pulse is applied. In other cases, multiple program pulses are applied without performing verify tests. The intermediate Vth distributions can be provided for the memory cells assigned to the higher data states but not the lower data states, or for memory cells assigned to both the higher and lower data states.
US11037634B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory cells, bit lines respectively connected to the third memory cells, sense circuits respectively connected to the bit lines, latch circuits respectively connected to the sense circuits, and an input and output circuit connected to a first set of latch circuits via a first data line, a second set of latch circuit via a second data line, and a third set of latch circuits via a third data line. The bit lines are disposed in sequence in a first direction and a group of the sense circuits is disposed in sequence in a second direction crossing the first direction, and two bit lines that are not adjacent in the first direction are connected respectively to two sense circuits in the group that are adjacent in the second direction.
US11037628B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes multi-level cells in a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks, and each of the memory blocks includes a plurality of pages. A method of operating the nonvolatile memory device includes pre-programming multi-bit data in a pre-program block of the memory blocks, dividing the multi-level cells into a plurality of state groups based on state codes indicating states of the multi-level cells to generate digest data indicating state group codes corresponding to the state groups, and programming the digest data in a digest block of the memory blocks.
US11037627B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for hybrid dual write. An apparatus includes a memory device comprising a plurality of single level cell blocks and a plurality of multi level cell blocks. An apparatus includes a hybrid writing component. A hybrid writing component includes a single level writing circuit that writes data to a plurality of single level cell blocks. A hybrid writing component includes a multi level writing circuit that copies data from a plurality of single level cell blocks to a plurality of multi level cell blocks. A hybrid writing component includes an allocation circuit that allocates a single level cell block of a plurality of single level cell blocks to a first stream in response to a multi level cell block of a plurality of multi level cell block being allocated to the first stream.
US11037613B2
Methods, systems, devices, and other implementations to store fuse data in memory devices are described. Some implementations may include an array of memory cells with different portions of cells for storing data. A first portion of the array may store fuse data and may contain a chalcogenide storage element, while a second portion of the array may store user data. Sense circuitry may be coupled with the array, and may determine the value of the fuse data using various signaling techniques. In some cases, the sense circuitry may implement differential storage and differential signaling to determine the value of the fuse data stored in the first portion of the array.
US11037605B2
A memory system may include memory circuitry and power circuitry, which may include a power storage device. The memory system may also include a controller to determine a power demand of the memory circuitry. In response to determining that the power demand is less than an incoming supply power, the controller may generate a first mode signal to induce a charging state of the power storage device. Additionally, in response to determining that the power demand is greater than the incoming supply power, the controller may generate a second mode signal to cause the power storage device to provide a secondary power to the memory circuitry.
US11037590B2
In-pivot hybrid stepper motor for ball screw cam elevator mechanism for reduced-head hard disk drive
An approach to a reduced-head hard disk drive (HDD) involves an actuator elevator subsystem that includes a ball screw cam assembly with a hybrid permanent magnet (PM)-variable reluctance (VR) stepper motor disposed therein, to rotate the cam screw, which vertically translates an actuator arm assembly so that a corresponding pair of read-write heads can access different magnetic-recording disks of a multiple-disk stack. A suitably configured hybrid stepper motor can provide 200 full steps/rev for a 3.8 mm translation. Thus, to meet or surpass a step resolution of 6 μm/μstep or 0.5625°/μstep, the hybrid stepper motor would only need to be operated at 4 micro-step mode in order to achieve a 0.45°/μstep or 0.00475 mm/μstep, which enables a smoother motion since the available holding torque at the 4th micro-step provides sufficient torque margin to overcome load torque, frictional torque, and detent torque.
US11037587B2
An apparatus, according to one embodiment, includes a sensor having an active region, a magnetic shield adjacent the active region, a spacer between the active region and the magnetic shield, a second magnetic shield on an opposite side of the active region as the magnetic shield, and a second spacer between the active region and the second magnetic shield. Both spacers include an electrically conductive ceramic layer. The sensor is an electronic lapping guide.
US11037583B2
A technique for detecting a music segment in an audio signal is disclosed. A time window is set for each section in an audio signal. A maximum and a statistic of the audio signal within the time window are calculated. A density index is computed for the section using the maximum and the statistic. The density index is a measure of the statistic relative to the maximum. The section is estimated as a music segment based, at least in part, on a condition with respect to the density index.
US11037573B2
In some examples, a system may receive from a device, speech sound patterns corresponding to a voice input related to equipment. Further, the system may determine an identity of a person associated with the device, and may identify the equipment related to the voice input. Using at least one of the received speech sound patterns or a text conversion of the speech sound patterns, along with an equipment history of the identified equipment, as input to one or more machine learning models, the system may determine, at least partially, an instruction related to the equipment. Additionally, the system may send, to the device, the instruction related to the equipment as an audio file for playback on the device.
US11037558B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for generating an audio communication. An urgency for a user is determined by a computer system in response to detecting a trigger event in a verbal communication from the user. A frequency modulator is selected by the computer system from a plurality of frequency modulators based on the urgency determined to form a selected frequency modulator. A frequency of words in an audio communication is modulated by the computer system using the selected frequency modulator to form a modulated audio communication, wherein the modulated audio communication comprises a natural language response generated in response to the trigger event. The modulated audio communication is sent by the computer system to an audio output device.
US11037554B1
The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods of supporting a conversation with a user. The systems and methods of the innovation can include a bot consumer that receives a first dialogue input from a user, the first dialogue input requesting a response and having an intent. A super-agent selects a worker thread from a pool of worker threads, wherein the worker thread is delegated a task to perform on the first dialogue input. A registrar determines a conversational agent to respond to the user based on the intent. The conversational agent retrieves data to facilitate a response to the first dialogue input and renders a response to the user based on the retrieved data. A registrar custodian can perform create, read, update, and delete operations on the information in the registrar.
US11037541B2
An automated music composition and generation system having a system user interface operably connected to an automated music composition and generation engine, and supporting a method of composing a piece of digital music using musical experience descriptors as to indicate what, when and how particular musical events should occur in the piece of digital music to be automatically composed and generated. The method uses the system user interface to select one or more musical experience descriptors and applying the musical experience descriptors along a timeline representation of a piece of digital music to be automatically composed and generated by the automated music composition and generation engine.
US11037538B2
An automated music performance system that is driven by the music-theoretic state descriptors of any musical structure (e.g. a music composition or sound recording). The system can be used with next generation digital audio workstations (DAWs), virtual studio technology (VST) plugins, virtual music instrument libraries, and automated music composition and generation engines, systems and platforms. The automated music performance system generates unique digital performances of pieces of music, using virtual musical instruments created from sampled notes or sounds and/or synthesized notes or sounds. Each virtual music instrument has its own set of music-theoretic state responsive performance rules that are automatically triggered by the music theoretic state descriptors of the music composition or performance to be digitally performed. An automated virtual music instrument (VMI) library selection and performance subsystem is provided for managing the virtual musical instruments during the automated digital music performance process.
US11037521B1
A method is provided for lossless transmission. Super-resolution image data are processed. The image data are transferred in a super-resolution mode to a super-resolution receiver. After being received, the image data are sequentially transferred to a lossless compressor and a PCI-E converter for lossless compression and PCI-E conversion. Thus, compressed image data are generated. Through an interface connector, the compressed image data are transferred in the same mode with the same specifications to a receiving terminal. After being received, the compressed image data are transferred to a driver to be decompressed and displayed on a display. Consequently, a data-collecting device can be fabricated. Therein, after original image data are processed through lossless compression, original image quality can be restored through decompression; the lossless image data are outputted and displayed at the receiving terminal; and the resolution and quality of displayed image are manifested with the original specifications.
US11037519B2
A display system includes an HMD including an image display unit worn by a user on a head and transmitting external light, a six-axis sensor and a proximity sensor provided in the image display unit, and a detected value output unit configured to output, to a personal digital assistant, detected values from the sensors, an image output unit configured to output an image, a display unit configured to display the image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the detected values from the sensors output by the HMD, and a device control unit configured to control display of the display unit, based on the detected values acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11037512B2
A display device includes a display panel including a first display region having first pixels connected to first data lines and scan lines and a second display region having second pixels connected to second data lines and the scan lines, a voltage generator configured to generate a first driving voltage, a driving controller configured to output a first switching signal and a second switching signal, and a switching circuit configured to provide the first driving voltage to the first pixels in response to the first switching signal and provide the first driving voltage to the second pixels in response to the second switching signal, wherein the driving controller determines whether each of the first display region and the second display region is a visible region or a non-visible region, and outputs the first switching signal and the second switching signal corresponding to a determination result.
US11037507B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a driving controller configured to: generate a data signal corresponding to an input image data; generate a data voltage based on the data signal; and output the data voltage to the pixels, wherein the driving controller is configured to output the data signal in at least one driving frequency higher than a predetermined low frequency during an image transition period in a low frequency driving mode during which the data signal outputs in the low frequency.
US11037506B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device supporting a variable frame mode includes an OLED display panel, a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the OLED display panel, a scan driver configured to provide a scan signal to the OLED display panel, an emission driver configured to provide an emission control signal to the OLED display panel, and a controller configured to control the data driver, the scan driver and the emission driver, to count a time of a current frame, and to control the emission driver to decrease an off period ratio of the emission control signal as the counted time of the current frame increases.
US11037499B2
A display device includes a display part including an organic light emitting diode (OLED) connected to a pixel circuit connected to a scan line and a sensing scan line, a signal generator configured to generate at least one display output enable (OE) signal during an image display period; and generate at least one sensing OE signal during a sensing period; and a scan driver including a display scan signal terminal connected to the scan line and a sensing scan signal terminal connected to the sensing scan line, wherein the scan driver is configured to: generate a scan signal for turning on the switching transistor in response to the display OE signal during the image display period; and generate a sensing scan signal for turning on the sensing transistor in response to the sensing OE signal during the sensing period.
US11037494B1
An example device includes a plurality of power converters configured to supply electrical power to a display, each optimized for a different output load current range; and a controller configured to: estimate a current level of the display; select, based on the estimated current level, a power converter of the plurality of power converters; and cause electrical power from the selected power converter to be supplied to the display.
US11037489B1
Display materials made from resilient clear, transparent materials on which components such as organic light emitting diodes, LED sensor materials, and the like, have laminated to or on, embedded within, attached to, or applied to are provided. Such clear transparent display materials, including transparent aluminum alloys, transparent wood, transparent ceramic spinel, transparent invisible metals, and other like exotic materials, do not exhibit susceptibility to cracking, chipping, fraying, or otherwise breaking without significant harmful force applied thereto. The combination of lighted components thereto and/or therein allows for the ability to display letters, numbers, and/or graphic images on the interior or exterior of such high strength transparent articles.
US11037483B2
An adjusting method for a gamma value of a display panel includes: acquiring a gamma value and panel information, after the gamma value of the display panel is adjusted; generating an adjusting file in a preset format according to the gamma value and the panel information; and storing the adjusting file to a preset storing path, to allow to extract the adjusting file from the storing path for gamma judgment. The present application further discloses an adjusting device for the gamma value of the display panel and a display apparatus.
US11037480B2
Systems and methods for a six-primary color system for display. A six-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. The six-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.
US11037479B2
A source driver includes a gamma voltage generator to generate gamma voltages having mutually different voltage levels, a digital-to-analog converter to generate a data voltage corresponding to a grayscale value using the gamma voltages, an output buffer unit to output the data voltage, and a chopping controller to generate a chopping control signal, and to provide the chopping control signal to the output buffer unit. The output buffer unit includes an amplifier connected to an output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter, and a chopping circuit to periodically change a polarity of an offset of the amplifier in response to the chopping control signal. The chopping controller is to change a slew rate of the chopping control signal.
US11037474B2
A panel board display system is described that includes a plurality of thin interconnected display panels. The interconnected display panels are capable of interconnecting at a lengthwise edge of each panel without overlap. The interconnected display panels are easily coupled together magnetically and may be coupled in multiple varied orientations utilizing various combinations of the front and back of each panel.
US11037472B2
A rollable display device is disclosed. The rollable display device includes a display panel, a driving unit including a motion converting unit configured to linearly move in a width direction of the display panel in conjunction with a rotational motion of a motor, a lifting unit connected to one end of the display panel and the motion converting unit, and configured to move up and down the display panel in a longitudinal direction of the display panel in conjunction with a linear motion of the motion converting unit, and a panel roller unit connected to other end of the display panel, and configured to roll and unroll the display panel along a periphery of the panel roller unit in conjunction with moving up and down of the display panel.
US11037464B2
The systems and methods disclosed herein are directed to robotically controlling a medical device to utilize manual skills and techniques developed by surgeons. The system may comprise an emulator representing a medical device. The system may comprise at least one detector configured to track the emulator. The system may further comprise an imaging device configured to track the medical device. The system may be configured to move the medical device to reduce an alignment offset between the location of the emulator and the location of the medical device, to move the imaging device based on the translational movement of the emulator, and/or to move the medical device based on data indicative of an orientation of the emulator.
US11037463B2
A liquid flow instructional system for presenting a proportions problem and for allowing the proportions problem to be solved comprises an input container and a plurality of output containers selectively and fluidly coupled to the input container. The system has an adjustable valve having a plurality of configurable regions. Each of the plurality of configurable regions corresponds to one of the plurality of output containers. An activable switch is provided for initiating flow of liquid from the input container to the plurality of output containers in accordance with a user configuration of the plurality of configurable regions. The proportions problem is solvable by filling each of the plurality of output containers to capacity without spillage. The correspondence between the plurality of configurable regions and the plurality of output containers is indicated by a visible indicator.
US11037458B2
A computer based interactive system and method of diagnosing test taking errors for educational and psychological processes on a computer while a learner is taking an exam over the internet, when the learner arrives at a wrong answer to an exam question.
US11037455B1
A method for oversteering an aircraft to perform an optimal turn along a taxiway includes determining a learning environment based on at least one of a taxiway width, a taxiway centerline, and a taxiway radius of curvature, selecting an action for an agent in the environment, determining a reward for the determined environment and the selected action, repeating the steps of selecting the action and determining the reward to determine a model supporting an optimal turn, and using the determined model to at least one of determine control signals for an aircraft and providing guidance to a user to perform the optimal turn along the taxiway. The agent is an aircraft having a minimum turn radius. The action includes a nose wheel displacement and a nose wheel angle. The reward is determined based on a distance between a path of one or more landing gear wheels and a path of the taxiway.
US11037452B2
A device, system and method is provided for obtaining and processing turbulence data via communication devices located on-board airplanes. Turbulence data obtained by a plurality of communication devices may be received during flights on-board respective ones of a plurality of airplanes. Turbulence map data may be generated by super-positioning the turbulence data received from the plurality of communication devices onto a single tempo-spatial frame of reference. The turbulence map data may be distributed to one or more of the communication devices. A device, system and method is also provided for generating turbulence map data that may reduce or eliminate “false positive” turbulence events. A device, system and method is also provided for communicating with on-board communication devices operating in a “flight crew mode” or a “passenger mode.”
US11037451B2
A method for coordinating a plurality of vehicles (102, 104) comprising: defining, as a command vehicle (C), a vehicle in the plurality; storing, by one or more storage devices (204) located on one or more of the vehicles (102, 104), a list of capabilities of each vehicle (102, 104); receiving, by one or more processors (202) on the command vehicle (C), a specification of a goal; based on the stored vehicle capabilities, allocating, by the one or more processors (202), to one or more of the vehicles (102, 104), one or more tasks, the one or more tasks being such that, if each of those tasks was to be performed, the goal would be accomplished; and sending, from the command vehicle (C), to each vehicle (102, 104) to which a task has been allocated, a specification of the one or more tasks allocated to that vehicle (102, 104).
US11037441B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for generating a control parameter associated with a plurality of traffic lights for a plurality of traffic-regulated sections at an intersection. The system may perform the methods to obtain a plurality of traffic parameters for the plurality of traffic-regulated sections; determine a traffic status of the intersection based on the plurality of traffic parameters; determine a target condition based on the traffic status of the intersection; and generate a control parameter associated with the plurality of traffic lights by using a target function, wherein the control parameter is configured to alter the operation of the plurality of traffic lights to optimize traffic at the intersection to reach the target condition.
US11037439B1
An alert may be triggered to notify a pedestrian of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle. For instance, a vehicle may operate in an autonomous or manual mode, and may occasionally switch from one mode to the other. A pedestrian who may be unaware of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle may notice the alert and proceed accordingly. In one embodiment, an indication of the current operational mode of the nearby vehicle may be transmitted to an electronic device associated with the pedestrian. The device may generate a notification to the pedestrian based on the current operational mode. In an additional or alternative embodiment, the alert may be transmitted by the vehicle externally to be visible or audible to the pedestrian. In some embodiments, the alert may be triggered only for particular operational modes (e.g., only for autonomous or only for manual).
US11037431B1
Safety apparatus including a first electronic monitoring device designed to be locked onto the wrist of a threatening individual and a second electronic monitoring device designed to be possessed by a victim. Both the electronic monitoring devices including GPS apparatus designed to provide GPS information as to the geographic position of the electronic monitoring bracelet. A remote monitoring station is electronically coupled to receive GPS information from both electronic monitoring devices. The remote monitoring station is designed to determine the geographic position of the first electronic monitoring device relative to the geographic position of the second electronic monitoring device and to provide appropriate proximity alerts to one or both individuals.
US11037428B2
Data regarding actions of a population of one or more persons may be received from a plurality of sensors. A baseline of behavior of the population may be determined using the data. Additional data regarding actions of an identified person may be received from one or more of the plurality of sensors. It may be determined that an amount of deviation between the actions of the identified person and the baseline of behavior exceeds a threshold deviation using the additional data. A notification for the identified person relating to the deviation may be generated in response to determining that the amount of deviation is above the threshold deviation.
US11037427B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide for a system and method for determining a circuit breaker position in a power distribution/load center. In one embodiment, the load center includes a plurality of circuit breakers. Each circuit breaker includes a base and a plurality of contact components coupled to the base. In that regard, an activation of a combination of the contact components indicates a position of the circuit breaker within the load center. The activation of the combination indicates that one or more of the contact components is in contact with one or more pegs coupled to the load center. When this occurs, a data transceiver coupled to each of the contact components transmits a data signal. The data signal includes a plurality of data bits, where each data bit indicates whether a corresponding contact component of the combination is activated or not activated.
US11037421B2
A security device is provided that includes a seal and a tag assembly. The seal may be configured to be attached to a merchandise box. The tag assembly may include housing and an electronics assembly disposed within the housing. The housing of the tag assembly may be configured to slide onto the seal via sliding engagement between the housing and the seal.
US11037413B2
An electronic device, while displaying representations of a plurality of collections of media items, detects a swipe input that starts at a location corresponding to a first representation of a first collection of media items in the plurality of collections of media items. In response to detecting the swipe input: in accordance with a determination that the swipe input is in a first direction, the device scrolls the representations of the plurality of collections of media items in the first direction; and, in accordance with a determination that the swipe input is in a different, second direction, the device: ceases to display a representation of a first item in the first collection of media items, and displays a representation of a second item in the first collection of media items, without scrolling; and generates a tactile output corresponding to displaying the representation of the second item.
US11037412B2
A transaction terminal includes a vertically integrated bagging weigh scale and a vertically integrated scanner. The scale includes two posts that extend horizontally out from the terminal and upon which a bag hangs. Items placed in the bag cause displacement of the posts and/or pressure detected on the posts resulting in a recorded weight by a weight sensor of the scale. A current recorded weight of the bag is reported from the scale to the terminal during a transaction as each item is placed into the bag. The terminal uses the item weights to record prices for those items sold by weight and to verify that items scanned by the scanner and placed in the bag have expected weights for those items.
US11037410B2
Methods are provided for allowing a plurality of players to wager on one of a plurality of real world events being displayed on virtual video displays that are viewable by Augmented Reality (AR) devices, and monitor progress of the real world events and status of wagers or votes on the real world events using the AR devices. Each of the real world events are represented by a respective virtual video feed that becomes displayed on the virtual video displays. The AR devices are pointed at the virtual video displays to identify the real world event.
US11037409B2
A gaming system configured to display a first image of a player-related monetary amount, and responsive to an occurrence of a first change monetary display condition, cause the display device to display a second image that makes the player-related monetary amount less visible on the display device for privacy for the player.
US11037405B2
A system and methods for cross-platform wagering with group-dynamic results are described. The methods use wagering data collected in real-time from cross-platform mobile and browser applications. Payouts are based on group-dynamic inputs and results are updated on a continuous basis.
US11037401B2
A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
US11037400B2
Techniques for facilitating online search for up-to-date available sports betting opportunities may include maintaining a history of sports betting performed by a user, and maintaining a data feed of available sports betting opportunities with continuous updates. A search query for available sports betting opportunities, input by the user, may be received at a first computing device from a second computing device over a network. Search results representing up-to-date available sports betting opportunities may be retrieved from the data feed at the first computing device in response to the input search query. At least a portion of the search results may be ranked based at least in part on the user's history of sports betting, and the ranked available sports betting opportunities may be transmitted from the first computing device to the user at the second computing device over the network as a response to the user's input search query.
US11037397B2
An exemplary method comprises receiving information associated with a game-playing transaction conducted between a user device and a game-playing terminal, wherein the game-playing transaction is associated with a request for playing a game; determining a location of the user device associated with the game; determining the user device is located in an approved location associated with the game; and processing the game-playing transaction based on determining the user device is located in the approved location associated with the game. The game-playing transaction is conducted on a first communication interface, and the information associated with the game-playing transaction is received on a first or second communication interface.
US11037395B2
Gaming devices, gaming systems, gaming device display systems and methods for providing enhanced lighting features in gaming devices and systems are provided. In one example, a front or player-facing flexible LED light strip is positioned to follow a curved contour portion of a video display device. A diffuser may be positioned to cover the flexible LED light strip. The flexible LED light strip may be positioned on a display frame attached to the video display device and the display frame may include a curved contour portion that conforms to the curved contour portion of the display device.
US11037388B2
Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for securely creating passwords for performing various keyless operations upon a vehicle. In an exemplary method, a computer receives a request for creating a password for a phone-as-a-key (PaaK) device. The computer determines that the PaaK device is present inside the vehicle and that the vehicle engine has been placed in an accessory state or a run state by an authorized PaaK device located in the vehicle. The computer further determines that a passive entry passive start (PEPS) key fob is present inside the vehicle. A prompt is provided for entry of a password. The computer checks to determine if an entered password has been already assigned to another PaaK device. If unassigned, the computer links the password to the PaaK device and authorizes the entered password as a valid keyless starting password for the vehicle.
US11037382B2
A computer system is in wireless communication with a plurality of vehicles, each of the vehicles equipped with appropriate environmental sensors. Environmental reports are sent from the autonomous vehicles to the computer system using a V2X protocol or the like, and relate to such matters as worn line markings, obstacles on the roadway, and other conditions. The computer system is configured to evaluate the received environmental reports for accuracy. A comparison with similar environmental reports is made, and if there are few or no such reports for the location, an indication is reported to the vehicle that the vehicle's sensors may have a problem. The evaluation can be presented with a degree of confidence, taking into consideration various factors such as frequency of vehicles traversing the location, weather, time of day, etc.
US11037380B2
A method and related apparatus for determining an orientation of a sensor unit in a vehicle, the sensor unit having at least one acceleration sensor, including: capturing a first sensor signal from the acceleration sensor in an acceleration-free state of the vehicle; capturing a second sensor signal from the acceleration sensor in response to a linear acceleration of the vehicle; and ascertaining the orientation of the sensor unit relative to the vehicle based on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.
US11037379B2
Resource consumption of a work vehicle in a specified work site is estimated more appropriately and a resource replenishment timing is calculated appropriately. A resource replenishing system for a work vehicle that effects work-implementing travel in a work site while consuming an amount of resource supplied from an energy source pack mounted on its vehicle body includes a consumption amount recording section 62 for recording an actual unit consumption amount of the resource together with work contents as work history, a work plan management section 52 for managing work plan information containing the work contents, an estimated consumption amount calculation section 101 for calculating an estimated unit consumption amount of the resource consumed per unit work amount of the work vehicle implemented based on the work plan information, with reference to the work history, and a replenishment management section 60 for calculating a replenishment timing for replenishing the resource to the energy source pack, based on the estimated unit consumption amount.
US11037375B2
An apparatus and operational method are disclosed that use control hardware resident in a vehicle to enable a remote computing system to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle. The control hardware includes a processor configured to interface with a wireless network and the vehicle through, respectively, a wireless network interface and a vehicle interface. A plurality of CAN (control area network) bus transceivers may exist within the vehicle interface operable to allow the processor to interface with multiple vehicle types. The processor may then be configured to automatically detect an identifier for the vehicle though the vehicle interface and automatically select a CAN bus transceiver from the plurality of CAN bus transceivers based on the detected identifier. The processor can then communicate with the vehicle's CAN bus via the selected CAN bus transceiver.
US11037373B2
A method for generating a 3D digital model used for creating a hairpiece are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining a 3D model of a head, the 3D model containing a 3D surface mesh having one single boundary and color information associated with the 3D mesh; mapping the 3D model into a 2D image in such a manner that any continuously connected line on the 3D model is mapped into a continuously connected line in the 2D image, the 2D image containing a 2D mesh with color information applied thereto; displaying the 2D image; identifying a feature in the 2D image based on the color information; and mapping the identified feature back onto the 3D model. A system for generating a 3D digital model used for creating a hairpiece is also provided in another aspect of the present disclosure.
US11037368B2
Disclosed is a localization method and apparatus that may acquire localization information of a device, generate a first image that includes a directional characteristic corresponding to an object included in an input image, generate a second image in which the object is projected based on the localization information, to map data corresponding to a location of the object, and adjust the localization information based on visual alignment between the first image and the second image.
US11037362B2
A method and an apparatus for generating a three-dimension (3D) virtual viewpoint image including: segmenting a first image into a plurality of images indicating different layers based on depth information of the first image at a gaze point of a user; and inpainting an area occluded by foreground in the plurality of images based on depth information of a reference viewpoint image are provided.
US11037361B2
A view of geometry captured in image data generated by an imaging sensor is compared with a description of the geometry in a volumetric data structure. The volumetric data structure describes the volume at a plurality of levels of detail and includes entries describing voxels defining subvolumes of the volume at multiple levels of detail. The volumetric data structure includes a first entry to describe voxels at a lowest one of the levels of detail and further includes a number of second entries to describe voxels at a higher, second level of detail, the voxels at the second level of detail representing subvolumes of the voxels at the first level of detail. Each of these entries include bits to indicate whether a corresponding one of the voxels is at least partially occupied with the geometry. One or more of these entries are used in the comparison with the image data.
US11037360B2
Graphics processing systems and methods provide soft shadowing effects into rendered images. This is achieved in a simple manner which can be implemented in real-time without incurring high processing costs so it is suitable for implementation in low-cost devices. Rays are cast from positions on visible surfaces corresponding to pixel positions towards the center of a light, and occlusions of the rays are determined. The results of these determinations are used to apply soft shadows to the rendered pixel values.
US11037357B2
A technique for compressing an original image is disclosed. According to the technique, an original image is obtained and a delta-encoded image is generated based on the original image. Next, a segregated image is generated based on the delta-encoded image and then the segregated image is compressed to produce a compressed image. The segregated image is generated because the segregated image may be compressed more efficiently than the original image and the delta image.
US11037353B2
A system and method that provides a realistic visual dynamic simulation of water surface behavior within model scenery includes the positioning of a screen in an area of the model scenery representing or designated for a water feature. Dynamic water surface images are displayed on the screen. An optical guide may be embedded in the images for guiding a self-propelled object moving on or above the simulated water displayed on the screen.
US11037346B1
Disclosed a multi-station scanning global point cloud registration method based on graph optimization, including acquiring multi-station original three-dimensional point cloud data; based on initial registration of targets, completing initial registration of point cloud data at adjacent stations by virtue of the target at each angle of view; calculating a point cloud overlap area at adjacent angles of view, and calculating areas of overlap regions of adjacent point cloud by a gridded sampling method; constructing a fine registration graph structure, and constructing a fine registration graph by taking point cloud data of each station as a node of the graph and taking an overlap area of the point cloud data of adjacent stations as a side of adjacent nodes of the graph structure; and based on loop closure fine registration based on graph optimization, gradually completing point cloud fine registration of the whole aircraft according to a specific closure sequence.
US11037342B1
Disclosed is a technique for generating a visualization module for use within a framework for generating for display an interactive visualization of event data based on a static visualization library. In an embodiment, a computer system receives from a developer instructions for formatting event data for use with a visualization library, and rendering the formatted event data with the visualization library. The computer system then generates a visualization module including the received instructions, the visualization module being executable by another computer system to generate and cause display of an interactive visualization of received event data, the interactive visualization being dynamically modifiable in response to a user input.
US11037340B2
Disclosed is an automatic obstacle avoidance optimization method for a connecting line of graphical programming software. A breadth-first search method is adopted to search an optimal connecting line path, and a result is displayed in a front-end interface. In a generated connecting line, a user can drag the connecting line with a mouse to regulate a position of the connecting line. At the time, the mouse is viewed as an unavoidable point, that is, the connecting line starts from a starting point of the connecting line to the unavoidable point and then reaches an end point of the connecting line. By means of the method, high instantaneity requirements of the user can be met, and when the user drags the connecting line with the mouse, a new connecting line is generated in real time without a stuck phenomenon. In addition, the optimality of the connecting line can be guaranteed, when a scene of a front-end programming control is changed, the connecting line can generate a new connecting line path according to a new scene in real time, and the optimality is kept.
US11037330B2
In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to implement a lossy compression algorithm which utilizes a data transform and quantization process to compress data in a convolutional neural network (CNN) layer. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11037329B2
A GPU receives an image comprising an array of pixels. The image includes at least one pixel of interest, the pixel of interest being positioned a number of pixels along a first axis from a reference and a number of pixels from the reference along a second axis that is orthogonal from the first axis. The GPU sets at least one first color channel of an output image of the pixel of interest based on the position along the first axis and at least one second remaining color channel of the output image of the pixel of interest based on the position along the second axis.
US11037328B1
The present invention relates to a method of generating an overhead view image of an area. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of generating a contextual multi-image based overhead view image of an area using ground map data and field of view image data. Various embodiments of the present technology can include methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable media and computer programs configured to receive a plurality of images of the geographical area, determine a ground map of the geographical area, divide the ground map into a plurality of sampling points of the geographical area; and determine a color for each of the plurality of sampling points, wherein the color of each of the sampling points is determined by determining a correlation between the sampling points of the geographical area and color of the sampling points captured in at least one of the plurality of images.
US11037324B2
Systems and methods described herein relate to detecting objects. One embodiment receives a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) data points from a plurality of light beams emitted by one or more sensors; identifies, among the plurality of 3D data points, a first set of inlier points that satisfy a first predetermined error condition with respect to a plane hypothesis and a first set of outlier points that fail to satisfy the first predetermined error condition; identifying, among the first set of inlier points, a second set of outlier points, the second set of outlier points failing to satisfy a second predetermined error condition in a range domain with respect to a plurality of line hypotheses corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of light beams; and detecting an object based, at least in part, on at least one of the first set of outlier points and the second set of outlier points.
US11037306B2
Disclosed is an ego motion estimation method and apparatus, wherein the apparatus calculates a scene flow field from a plurality of spaces of an input image, clusters the plurality of spaces based on a scene flow, updates a probability vector map for clustered spaces, identifies a stationary background based on the updated probability vector map, and estimates ego motion information based on the identified stationary background.
US11037302B2
To provide a motion video segmenting method, a motion video segmenting device, and a motion video processing system that increase accuracy of motion video analysis performed by segmenting a motion video. A difficulty degree of each image configuring a pack is determined, and in a case where an image of a difficulty degree of Low continues for a predetermined value F_cnt or more, a motion video is segmented with an image one before a last of consecutive images to form a pack.
US11037299B2
A Region Merging image segmentation algorithm based on boundary extraction is disclosed, comprising the steps of calculating a gradient image, extracting a boundary and carrying out initial segmentation and Region Merging, wherein each pixel is regarded as one region when initial segmentation is not conducted. In the Region Merging process, the portion of the common boundary of two adjacent regions that lies on the boundary image is taken as the merging cost, the regions are merged according to the ascending order of the mean gradient value inside the region, and a texture difference evaluation mechanism is introduced to reduce the wrong segmentation. The algorithm solves the problems of the other current segmentation algorithms, such as over-segmentation, easy to be influenced by noise and illumination, large in computation and memory consumption, in need of a large number of samples being marked manually and the like. Besides, all regions or all categories achieve the best segmentation result on one final segmentation result. These advantageous features can reduce the computational resource consumption of subsequent tasks and improve their results.
US11037297B2
Disclosed is an image analysis method and apparatus, upon a program crash on a computing node, the central node may acquire the image analysis task that results in the crash, split the image analysis task into multiple image analysis sub-tasks, transmit sequentially the image analysis sub-tasks to the computing node until a program crash occurs thereon. The central node then acquires an error image analysis sub-task that results in the crash on the computing node, and discard the error image analysis sub-task. The image analysis method can discard only the crash resulting image from an image analysis task, while other images in the image analysis task are retained. As such, fewer images are lost, so that the duration of a frame loss during video playback can be reduced and the reliability of image analysis can be improved. The approach is applicable for image analysis.
US11037293B2
A cell observation system includes an imaging element that acquires images of the inside of a culture container in which cells are cultured, the imaging element acquiring the images over time; a computer configured to: quantitatively analyze a culture state of the cells cultured in the culture container on the basis of each of the images acquired by the imaging element; and statistically analyze the quantitatively analyzed data; and a display that displays statistical analysis results in the culture container within a plurality of subculture periods obtained by the computer in a manner allowing comparison of the statistical analysis results.
US11037291B2
A system (100), method and computer program product for determining plant diseases. The system includes an interface module (110) configured to receive an image (10) of a plant, the image (10) including a visual representation (11) of at least one plant element (1). A color normalization module (120) is configured to apply a color constancy method to the received image (10) to generate a color-normalized image. An extractor module (130) is configured to extract one or more image portions (11e) from the color-normalized image wherein the extracted image portions (11e) correspond to the at least one plant element (1). A filtering module (140) configured: to identify one or more clusters (C1 to Cn) by one or more visual features within the extracted image portions (11e) wherein each cluster is associated with a plant element portion showing characteristics of a plant disease; and to filter one or more candidate regions from the identified one or more clusters (C1 to Cn) according to a predefined threshold, by using a Bayes classifier that models visual feature statistics which are always present on a diseased plant image. A plant disease diagnosis module (150) configured to extract, by using a statistical inference method, from each candidate region (C4, C5, C6, Cn) one or more visual features to determine for each candidate region one or more probabilities indicating a particular disease; and to compute a confidence score (CS1) for the particular disease by evaluating all determined probabilities of the candidate regions (C4, C5, C6, Cn).
US11037287B2
A method for measuring critical dimension is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a critical-dimension scanning electron microscopy (CD-SEM) image of a semiconductor wafer; performing an image-sharpening process and an image de-noise process on the CD-SEM image to generate a first image; performing an edge detection process on the first image to generate a second image; performing a connected-component labeling process on the second image to generate an output image; and calculating a critical-dimension information table of the semiconductor wafer according to the output image.
US11037284B1
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory machine-readable storage media are provided for detecting recapture attacks of images. One method comprises extracting one or more features from an image captured by a device; applying the one or more features as input to a trained machine learning model, wherein the trained machine learning model outputs a first score based on the extracted features; obtaining metadata of the image; performing a statistical analysis of the metadata of the image; generating a second score based on the statistical analysis of the metadata of the image; and generating a probability that the image is a recapture of an original image based on the first score and the second score.
US11037281B2
Embodiments of this application disclose an image fusion method performed by a computing device. The method includes the following steps: obtaining source face image data of a current to-be-fused image and resource configuration information of a current to-be-fused resource, performing image recognition processing on the source face image data, to obtain source face feature points corresponding to the source face image data, and generating a source face three-dimensional grid of the source face image data according to the source face feature points, performing grid fusion by using a resource face three-dimensional grid and the source face three-dimensional grid to generate a target face three-dimensional grid, and performing face complexion fusion by using source complexion data of the source face image data and resource complexion data of resource face image data on the target face three-dimensional grid, to generate fused target face image data.
US11037280B2
A system for simulating bilateral injection of contrast agent into a patient is provided. The system includes an x-ray imaging device and a controller. The controller is operative to: acquire a first image set of a first blood vessel having contrast agent therein via the x-ray imaging device; acquire a second image set of a second blood vessel having contrast agent therein via the x-ray imaging device; and generate a third image set based at least in part on the first image set and the second image set. The third image set includes at least one composite image that depicts both the first blood vessel and the second blood vessel.
US11037276B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for removing weather elements, such as rain, from images are provided. In this regard, imagery from self-driving cars or video surveillance may be blurred by weather elements. The weather elements may be removed by utilizing pure weather element images. The pure weather element images may be processed by machine learning techniques to model pure weather element data, and generate a pure weather element dictionary. Imagery including both weather elements and background scenery may then be processed accordingly, and the weather elements removed based on the learned pure weather element dictionary. Resulting weather-free images may then be generated.
US11037274B2
Supervised machine learning using neural networks is applied to denoising images rendered by MC path tracing. Specialization of neural networks may be achieved by using a modular design that allows reusing trained components in different networks and facilitates easy debugging and incremental building of complex structures. Specialization may also be achieved by using progressive neural networks. In some embodiments, training of a neural-network based denoiser may use importance sampling, where more challenging patches or patches including areas of particular interests within a training dataset are selected with higher probabilities than others. In some other embodiments, generative adversarial networks (GANs) may be used for training a machine-learning based denoiser as an alternative to using pre-defined loss functions.
US11037270B2
An information processing apparatus generates, for two or more videos including an overlapping region that overlap each other, overlapping region information that indicates the overlapping region, and transmits the overlapping region information to a display control apparatus that generates a video by concatenating the two or more videos. The display control apparatus obtains the overlapping region information from another apparatus, generates a video by concatenating the two or more videos based on the overlap information, and causes the display unit to display the generated video.
US11037264B2
A method for operating an arrival notification system at a location includes receiving a request to generate a notification from an arrival notification system. The method also includes receiving, in response to the request, a token. The method further includes enabling an output from a component of the arrival notification system when the token is validated.
US11037259B2
A method and system are provided for managing the cost and quality of international patent applications over the life cycle of such applications. The method and system have various process circuitries that generate instructions for administrative and technical tasks and generate communications between a controlling agent and both an administrative patent agent and a technical agent.
US11037257B2
A computer-readable recording medium records a contract creation program for creating a contract image of a contract executed by parties each having private key. The program causes a computer to perform steps of: creating, for each party, a signature image of handwritten signature; creating, for each party, signature identification information for identifying the signature image; creating text identification information for identifying contract body text; creating, for each party, an intermediate cipher by enciphering the signature identification information of the party and the text identification information with the private key of the party; creating, for each party, a final cipher by enciphering the signature identification information of the party and the intermediate ciphers of all other parties with the private key of the party; creating an optical mark from each final cipher; and creating the contract image including the text, the signature images, and the optical marks disposed in predetermined columns.
US11037244B1
Various examples are directed to providing portfolio management tools. For example, a system may generate a portfolio management user interface comprising a first table and a first rebalancing button. The first table may comprise an asset class name column; a model portfolio column indicating asset class weights in a model portfolio; a test portfolio column indicating asset class weights in a test portfolio; a modification column indicating modifications to asset class weights; a modified portfolio column indicating asset class weights in a modified portfolio; and a plurality of rows comprising a first row for a first asset class of the asset classes and a second row for a second asset class of the asset classes. The system may receive an indication that the user selected the rebalancing button and generate a first set of modifications to asset class weights to reduce a difference between the test portfolio and the model portfolio.
US11037238B1
A feature generator generates a feature data structure (FDS) by pre-processing a tax return of a user by extracting inherent features and generating derived features based on the tax return; and populating entries of the FDS based on the inherent and derived features. A prediction engine generates a prediction data structure (PDS) based on the FDS. The PDS includes a prediction that the user has a credit score above a first credit score threshold by applying the features to a machine learning model (MLM). The MLM is trained using first tax returns for first tax payers, each having a credit score above the first threshold, and second tax returns for second tax payers, each having a credit score below the first threshold. A task manager executes, based on the prediction, a task that requires the credit score of the user exceed a second credit score threshold less than the first threshold.
US11037231B1
Examples described herein relate to apparatus and methods for determining access to a financial account held by a customer of a financial institution, including, but not limited to, determining, by a processor of a financial institution computing system, an adverse event that causes death or incapacitation to the customer based on an adverse event message received from a user device associated with the customer, and in response to determining the adverse event, granting, by the processor, the access to the financial account held by the customer to a designee.
US11037227B1
A computer-implemented method reliably stores data in a blockchain-based distributed storage system. The method utilizes computer processes carried out by a host computing device, including receiving from a renter computing device a storage contract proposal, sending over the network, by the host computing device to the renter computing device and to the blockchain, an acceptance of the storage contract proposal, and receiving from the blockchain, confirmation that a storage contract between the host computing device and the renter computing device has been added to the blockchain. After the data have been stored, the processes include computing a checksum, sending it to the renter computing device and to the blockchain and receiving, from the blockchain, confirmation that the checksum has been added to the blockchain.
US11037226B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for identifying top attributes are presented. Text content from an electronic document describing a product is extracted. A plurality of attributes associated with the product are identified using the extracted text content. A descriptor word proximate to each of the plurality of attributes in the extracted text content is detected. A weight is assigned to each descriptor word proximate to each of the plurality of attributes. The plurality of attributes are ranked based on the weight of the descriptor word proximate to each of the plurality of attributes. A predetermined number of top ranked attributes from the plurality of attributes are caused to be presented. Further, an image associated with each of the top ranked attributes is determined, the image being designated as a visual representation of the corresponding top ranked attribute. The image is caused to be displayed in association with the product on a user interface.
US11037222B1
Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for dynamically generating and providing personalized recommendations of newer products or services potentially of interest to a particular user who has previously purchased a similar product or service. Historical purchase data or other information indicating the user's preferences is analyzed to determine personal preference data. Candidate content is identified based on attributes found in the preference data. Similarity strategies and criteria can be used to test features and qualities in candidate content. Recommended product or service content comes in the form of candidate content which reaches a similarity threshold or otherwise achieves a sufficient confidence score based at least in part on a similarity metric is determined. In accordance with various embodiments, the generation of newer product and service recommendations can be accomplished or optimized by training machine learning models, such as deep neural networks, using preference data for the particular user.
US11037212B2
In a computer-implemented method for pre-populating a credit card number field a credit card number is stored at a remote location by a credit card issuer, and a credit card number field is pre-populated with the stored credit card number for an online payment, wherein the pre-populating is provided by the credit card issuer.
US11037210B2
A system and method for providing financial account messages to customers while accessing web sites is disclosed. Methods, systems and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention enable a financial account issuer to provide an application to customer's computer system over a network. The application may be configured to provide various messages associated with the customer's financial account provided by the financial account issuer while the customer browses web sites. The financial account messages may be configured to provide interactive and dynamically changing account status information based on attempted purchases of goods and/or services by the customer at merchants' web sites. The application may also be configured to provide rating information associated with web sites accessed by the customer.
US11037208B1
One or more data assets associated with a data repository of a given enterprise is identified. Each of the one or more data assets is tagged with economic driver metadata that links each of the one or more data assets to at least one economic driver category from a plurality of economic driver categories associated with the given enterprise. At least one economic value is calculated for each of the one or more data assets based on the at least one economic driver category linked to each of the one or more data assets. Calculated economic values for the one or more data assets are stored in a valuation data structure.
US11037205B2
A method for managing a bidding process by keeping track of the sources for ad auction opportunity on the basis of an app generating the opportunity or web activity generating the opportunity. The bidding platform may limit bids on opportunities for a campaign when the successful placement of ads or opportunities from any source exceeds the source threshold set for that source.
US11037204B1
A computing device is configured to display content using a set of rules for individual content campaigns. The set of rules are provided with parameters determined from a simulated budget. Simulated bidding traffic is provided. Weighted bid traffic is generated based on evaluating the simulated bidding traffic with the set of rules. Qualified bid requests are provided from using the weighted bid traffic and updates to the parameters of the simulated budget. The qualified bid requests are applied to content servers to secure content slots for displaying content.
US11037188B1
This disclosure describes techniques that include offering to generate, fabricate, or print an object that may be of interest to a user, customer, or consumer. In one example, a method includes collecting, by a computing system, information about a user; generating, by the computing system and based on the information about the user, an offer to print a three-dimensional object, wherein the offer includes a plurality of offer conditions and is generated without receiving from the user a specific request for the offer; outputting, by the computing system and for display, information sufficient to present the offer to the user through a user interface that identifies the plurality of offer conditions and a timeframe over which the challenge is to be completed; determining, by the computing system, that the plurality of offer conditions have been completed during the timeframe; and responsive to determining, enabling a three-dimensional printer to generate the three-dimensional object.
US11037180B2
A computing device is configured to identify a concept of a good or service for an unmet market potential. A Global User Search Data file (GUSD) comprising information related to a search object is read. A morpheme combination in in the search object from the GUSD is identified. The morpheme combination is compared to a first set of pre-existing terms. A first score is assigned to the search object based on the comparison, wherein a higher first score is assigned if the morpheme combination is not found in the first set of pre-existing terms. An un-successfulness of the search object is determined and a second score is assigned, wherein a higher second score is assigned the more un-successful the search object is. An aggregate of all the scores for a search term is compared to a predetermined threshold. If the aggregate score is above the predetermined threshold, the search term is identified as a concept of a good or service for an unmet market potential.
US11037176B2
A server device is provided with: a receiver that receives subject data that are transmitted from one or more folding devices for folding subjects and that include related data on the subjects which are read from the subjects by the folding devices; a storage unit that stores aggregate data obtained by aggregating the subject data; an analyzer that performs an analysis on predetermined data contained in the aggregate data; and a provider that provides a result of the analysis by the analyzer to a predetermined information processing device.
US11037173B1
A system and method for automated anomaly detection in automated disposal decisions of an automated decisioning workflow includes collecting a time-series of automated disposal decision data for a current period from an automated decisioning workflow, wherein the automated decisioning workflow computes one of a plurality of distinct disposal decisions for each distinct input comprising subject online event data and a machine learning-based threat score computed for the subject online event data; selecting an anomaly detection algorithm from a plurality of distinct anomaly detection algorithms based on a type of online abuse or online fraud that the automated decisioning workflow is configured to evaluate; evaluating, using the selected anomaly detection algorithm, the time-series of automated decision data for the current period; computing whether anomalies exist in the time-series of automated disposal decision data for the current period based on the evaluation; and generating an anomaly alert based on the computation.
US11037171B2
The invention is directed to a method for generating a record (R1-R1) corresponding to the validity of a proof of purchase including obtaining (98) product data elements (31-37) by a camera (24), a keyboard (28) or near-field communication through a mobile device (1), determining (99) contextual information of the mobile device (1) such as its geolocalization, transmitting (100, 101) product data elements (31-37) and contextual information to a server (2), determining (102) on the server (2) from the contextual information and the product data element (31-37) whether the proof of purchase is valid and generating (107) a record (R1-RI) corresponding a valid proof of purchase.
US11037165B2
A device receives a transaction request concerning a transaction and a transaction card from a transaction terminal, and determines, based on the transaction request, information concerning the transaction card. The device sends, based on the transaction request and to a user device, a query concerning possession of the transaction card by a user of the user device, where the query includes an instruction for the user to confirm possession of the transaction card via a component of the user device. The device receives, from the user device and after sending the query to the user device, a response concerning possession of the transaction card by the user, and determines, based on the response and the information concerning the transaction card, whether the user has possession of the transaction card. The device performs, based on determining whether the user has possession of the transaction card, at least one action.
US11037162B2
A method for preventing duplicate processing of a payment transaction includes: generating a first data structure with a first predetermined time interval and generating a second data structure with a second predetermined time interval. A first overlap region and second overlap region of the first and second predetermined time interval are defined by a same time interval. The method includes receiving first transaction data associated with a first payment transaction, receiving second transaction data associated with a second payment transaction, and determining based on a first transaction ID and a second transaction ID, that the second payment transaction is a duplicate of the first payment transaction. A computer program product and system for preventing duplicate processing of a payment transaction are also disclosed.
US11037159B1
A method of identifying a merchant computer terminal warranting a chargeback includes identifying a merchant computer terminal associated with a fraudulent financial transaction, and receiving information associated with the merchant computer terminal. The information may include an actual configuration, parameters, and/or specifications associated with the merchant computer terminal. The method also includes receiving up-to-date dispute rules associated with chargebacks, and analyzing the dispute rules to determine merchant computer terminal requirements. The method further includes comparing the terminal requirements with the information associated with the merchant computer terminal to identify whether the merchant computer terminal is compliant with the dispute rules. Based upon the comparison, an electronic notification may be generated that indicates whether a chargeback is warranted due to the merchant computing terminal being non-compliant with the dispute rule, and the electronic notification may be transmitted to a merchant computing device to facilitate resolving financial transaction disputes.
US11037152B2
A system for enhanced security credit card has rechargeable battery, memory, processor, LCD display, thumbprint pad, magnetic swipe strip, multi-pin connector and USB port. The card is activated by the thumbprint of an authorized user, thereby turning on the blank LCD display to show a card number, expiration date, and CVV value. Additionally, the multi-pin connector is activated and inserted into credit card processing machine connector. This connection uploads the ‘PIN value, photograph and credit limit of the user on the processing machine display, verifying the user's identity and authorizing the credit card purchase. The use of a magnetic strip for credit card purchase also requires a ‘PIN’ value, which is provided by insertion of a thumbprint activated credit card multi-pin connector. The enhanced security is provided by thumbprint activation, blank LCD display of the credit card number, expiration date and CVV value, insertion of the multi-pin connector and visual verification of the card holder with a photograph of the user.
US11037147B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a fraud deterrent for retail money transfer or stored value product. In some embodiments, a two dimensional grid of number, letters, characters, and/or symbols can be provided retail packaging or cards that can be used as a second authentication factor in order to redeem funds. In some embodiments, methods and/or systems are also provided that associate control numbers with the grid, create the grid, provide the grid on packaging, and/or use the grid to authenticate a customer.
US11037145B2
A blockchain of transactions may be referenced for various purposes and may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification. One example operation may comprise one or more of creating an initial identifier representing an asset and an owner entity of the asset in a blockchain, identifying an identity block associated with the initial identifier, and identifying an asset transfer of the asset from the owner entity to a blockchain entity.
US11037119B2
A system, method and server are described for creating customized, in-store customer experiences. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising receiving proprietary retail data from a first retail establishment over a wide-area network, the proprietary retail data comprising customer purchasing information formatted in a first proprietary format, converting the proprietary retail data into a standard retail data format to produce standardized retail data, receiving an indication from the first retail establishment over the wide-area network that an event relating to the first retail establishment has occurred, and in response to receiving the indication, retrieving standardized retail data relating to the customer from a memory, and providing at least some of the standardized retail data related to the customer to the retail establishment for presentation to the customer.
US11037103B1
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for collaborative Bill of Materials (BOM) management, said system comprising a user rights based BOM editing module that enables a first user to, based on rights assigned to the first user, edit the BOM, wherein the BOM comprises a plurality of structured fields, each of the plurality of structured fields having at least one defined property. The system of the present invention further comprises a user rights based BOM edit update module that updates at least a second user of the editing done by the first user based on rights assigned to the second user, wherein the rights of the second user are at least for the sections or fields edited by the first user; and a user update based BOM version management module that makes a version of the BOM based on the editing done by the first user.
US11037101B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms (which can, for example, include systems, apparatuses, methods, and media) for managing inventory associated with a facility are provided. In some embodiments, a method is provided comprising: receiving identifying information of items; causing a mobile device to present a subset of items in a user interface; receiving transmitting device identification information, the device associated with a first location; determining, based on the transmitter identifying information, a location of the mobile device within the facility; receiving an indication items are being stored at the location of the mobile device; associating the items with the location; causing a computing device to present a user interface that includes identifying information associated with the items in connection with a location of the items.
US11037094B2
A computer-implemented method for generating a report about a food product delivery process, according to one embodiment, includes receiving status information about a product container that contains a food product at different times as the product container travels from an origin to a destination. The status information includes sensor-derived conditions in the product container including at least temperature. The status information is stored. The performance of entities involved in delivery of the food product are analyzed relative to ideal handling or process conditions for the type of food product from the origin to the destination using the status information. A report of results of the analysis is output.
US11037086B2
Method and system for evaluating the performance of a reader of screening mammograms. According to one embodiment, the system includes a performance evaluator that is in electronic communication with both one or more readers of screening mammograms and one or more supervisors. The performance evaluator is configured to collect information from each reader as to whether a recall request is a bilateral or unilateral recall request and, if a unilateral recall request, is for a left breast or right breast. In addition, the performance evaluator is designed to use such information to assess the performance of one or more readers by comparing the observed bilateral recall request rate to a standard bilateral recall request rate and/or by comparing the numbers of left breast recall requests and right breast recall requests to expected numbers of the same. The performance assessment is then available for electronic retrieval by any authorized supervisor.
US11037077B2
A workflow server can receive requests, each for a business process workflow conforming to a business process model. Each business process workflow can include a set of interdependent tasks. The workflow server can satisfy received requests by assigning tasks to different service providers that provide software services. Each of the tasks can be assigned to corresponding ones of the software services. For each task, the workflow server can also defines an allocated cost per software service, and a time allocation per software service for completing the corresponding one of the tasks. Different service providers, including those assigned to tasks, can receive information for ones of the tasks not directly assigned to them by the workflow server. The different service providers can then bid on these tasks. Wherein when bids are won, tasks for a business process flow can be reassigned based on winning bids.
US11037076B1
A method and system for distributing electronic ticket status information over a network to a remote subscriber portable computing device for a live event includes providing an electronic ticket manager application to a subscriber for installation on the remote subscriber portable computing device. Ticket data for the live event is received over the Internet with a transmission server which has a microprocessor and a memory that stores a remote subscriber's preferences for ticket information format and destination address. The microprocessor filters the ticket data based on past live events and other subscribers who have attended past live events with the subscriber in a group seating arrangement. The microprocessor generates an alert that activates the portable computing device to display a message that suggests the subscriber may attend the live event and invite other subscribers to sit with the subscriber at the event.
US11037075B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and systems for processing transportation requests. The method can include receiving, from a terminal device, a transportation request in a district. The method can also include determining a first queue associated with a queuing zone for placing the transportation request, the transportation request having a first estimated waiting time before being processed in the first queue. The method can further include determining a second queue associated with the queuing zone, the transportation request having a second estimated waiting time before being processed in the second queue, wherein the second estimated waiting time is shorter than the first estimated waiting time. The method can also include providing to the terminal device information related to the second queue.
US11037074B2
A method and system for improved ordering and management of a seat assignment at a venue are provided. The method comprises modifying seat identifiers associated with seat locations and outputting the seat identifiers to a display system. The method further comprises identifying first information, determining a first seating arrangement from the first information, wherein the first seating arrangement identifies the seat locations with the seat identifiers, identifying second information, and determining a second seating arrangement from the second information, wherein the seat identifiers are modified to reflect to the second seating arrangement. The second seating arrangement is generated after the first seating arrangement. The system comprises a display system in a venue and a processor configured to display seating information through the display system. The display system comprises a plurality of display devices associated with a plurality of seats.
US11037073B1
A data analysis system utilizing custom unsupervised machine learning processes over a communications network is disclosed, the system including a repository of data, a web application deployed on a web server, the web application including a data collection interface, wherein the web application is configured for providing a graphical user interface for modifying threshold parameters of a clustering algorithm for clustering the data, executing the clustering algorithm with the threshold parameters that were modified, thereby producing a set of results, providing a graphical user interface for reviewing the set of results of the clustering algorithm and re-executing previous steps if the set of results are not useful and, executing a deep learning algorithm in a deep learning software framework on the set of results, thereby establishing relationships between the data, and providing generalizations of the data.
US11037059B2
A computer-implemented method for analyzing a first neural network via a second neural network according to a differentiable function. The method includes adding a derivative node to the first neural network that receives derivatives associated with a node of the first neural network. The derivative node is connected to the second neural network such that the second neural network can receive the derivatives from the derivative node. The method further includes feeding forward activations in the first neural network for a data item, back propagating a selected differentiable function, providing the derivatives from the derivative node to the second neural network as data, feeding forward the derivatives from the derivative node through the second neural network, and then back propagating a secondary objective through both neural networks. In various aspects, the learned parameters of one or both of the neural networks can be updated according to the back propagation calculations.
US11037056B2
Computing device and method for inferring a predicted number of data chunks writable on a flash memory before the flash memory wears out. The computing device stores a predictive model generated by a neural network training engine. A processing unit of the computing device executes a neural network inference engine, using the predictive model for inferring the predicted number of data chunks writable on the flash memory before the flash memory wears out based on inputs. The inputs comprise a total number of physical blocks previously erased from the flash memory, a size of the data chunk, and optionally an operating temperature of the flash memory. In a particular aspect, the flash memory is comprised in the computing device, and an action may be taken for preserving a lifespan of the flash memory based at least on the predicted number of data chunks writable on the flash memory.
US11037050B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to arbitration among a plurality of memory interface circuits in a configurable spatial accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a configurable spatial accelerator (CSA) includes a plurality of processing elements; a plurality of request address file (RAF) circuits, and a circuit switched interconnect network between the plurality of processing elements and the RAF circuits. As a dataflow architecture, embodiments of CSA have a unique memory architecture where memory accesses are decoupled into an explicit request and response phase allowing pipelining through memory. Certain embodiments herein provide for improved memory sub-system design via arbitration and the improvements to arbitration discussed herein.
US11037049B2
According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a computer-implemented method includes generating, by a cognitive system, an answer for a user-provided query using an analytics algorithm. The answer is based on a set of data sources. The method further includes determining an influence weightage of each data source from the set of data sources. The method further includes generating and presenting a rationale for the answer based on the influence weightage.
US11037047B2
A counting device for counting mechanical inputs comprising: a rotatably mounted first counting wheel arranged to rotate by a predetermined amount for every input that is to be counted; and, a second counting wheel in mechanical communication with the first counting wheel, and at least in part overlapping the first counting wheel, wherein the second counting wheel and/or the first counting wheel are at least in part transparent; whereby the mechanical communication between the first counting wheel and the second counting wheel comprises a rotation mechanism configured to drive the second counting wheel a predetermined amount when a predetermined number of inputs has been reached. A counting device for counting mechanical inputs comprising: a rotatably mounted first counting wheel arranged to rotate by a predetermined amount for every input that is to be counted; and, a second counting wheel in mechanical communication with the first counting wheel, whereby the mechanical communication between the first counting wheel and the second counting wheel comprises a locking mechanism comprising a formation on the second counting wheel configured to engage with a housing peg, a first counting wheel formation or a lock, and a rotation mechanism configured to drive the second counting wheel a predetermined amount when a predetermined number of inputs has been reached.
US11037046B2
A transaction card construction and computer-implemented methods for a transaction card are described. The transaction card has vector-formatted visible information applied by a laser machining system. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for enabling the sourcing of visible information using a scalable vector format. The systems and methods may receive a request to add visible information to a transaction card and capture an image of the visible information. The systems and methods may capture data representing the image. The systems and methods may also determine an ambient color saturation of the image. Further, systems and methods may translate the image based on the ambient color saturation of the image. The systems and methods may also map the translated image to a bounding box and convert the mapped image into vector format. In addition, the systems and methods may provide the converted image to a laser machining system.
US11037040B2
A straddle packer for proppant-laden fracturing fluids has a slotted frac sub with a proppant filtration plug body that excludes proppant in the fracturing fluid from a central passage of the straddle packer downhole from the slotted frac hub. Pressure equalization sleeve filters exclude an entry of debris in a well bore through pressure equalization ports of the straddle packer.
US11037034B2
Provided are a scalable data fusion method and related products. The scalable data fusion method is applied in a central device and includes: receiving sensing data transmitted by each of M first edge devices, wherein M is an integer equal to or greater than 1; fusing the sensing data transmitted by each of the M first edge devices to obtain M pieces of fused data respectively corresponding to the M first edge devices; distributing the M pieces of fused data to the M first edge devices respectively; receiving object information transmitted by each of the M first edge devices, wherein the object information is obtained based on the fused data; and integrating the object information transmitted by each of the M first edge devices and construct surrounding information based on the integrated object information.
US11037024B1
In an aspect of the present disclosure relates to a network involving humans and AI based systems working in conjunction to perform tasks such as traffic violation detection, infrastructure monitoring, traffic flow management, crop monitoring etc. from visual data acquired from numerous data acquisition sources. The system includes a network of electronic mobile devices with AI capabilities, connected to a decentralized network working towards capturing high quality data for finding events or objects of interest in the real world, retraining AI models, for processing the high volumes of data on decentralized or centralized processing units and also being used for the verification of the outputs of the AI models. The system talks about many annotation techniques on smartphones for crowdsourced AI Data Labeling for AI Training.
US11037019B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating a modified digital image by identifying patch matches within a digital image utilizing a Gaussian mixture model. For example, the systems described herein can identify sample patches and corresponding matching portions within a digital image. The systems can also identify transformations between the sample patches and the corresponding matching portions. Based on the transformations, the systems can generate a Gaussian mixture model, and the systems can modify a digital image by replacing a target region with target matching portions identified in accordance with the Gaussian mixture model.
US11037018B2
A navigation augmentation system includes a vehicle including an imaging device operably connected to a navigation data fusion module for receiving and analyzing visual point of interest data, gyroscope data, and accelerometer data, wherein the navigation data fusion module is operably connected to a sensor compensation module and an autopilot module for controlling the navigation of the vehicle.
US11037015B2
A system and method for method for identifying key points in a multimedia data element (MMDE). The method includes: identifying, via a computer vision system, a plurality of candidate key points in the MMDE, wherein a size of each candidate key point is equal to a predetermined size, wherein a scale of each candidate key point is equal to a predetermined scale; analyzing the plurality of candidate key points to determine a set of properties for each candidate key point; comparing the sets of properties of the plurality of candidate key points; and selecting, based on the comparison, a plurality of key points from among the candidate key points.
US11037014B2
With the present invention, it is possible to swiftly collect light source information for use when correcting color information of an object region in a captured image. A position in real space of an object included in a captured image is acquired, and light source information that corresponds to the acquired position is acquired. Color information of a region including the object in the captured image is corrected based on the acquired light source information.
US11037007B2
A biometric device includes a substrate, an image sensor, an optical layer and at least one infrared light emitting diode (IR LED). The image sensor is disposed on the substrate. The optical layer is disposed on the image sensor and includes a diffraction pattern. The IR LED is disposed on the diffraction pattern of the optical layer. The optical layer is located between the IR LED and the image sensor.
US11037001B2
The present disclosure provides a perception system for a vehicle. The perception system includes a number of imaging devices associated with the vehicle and a perception filter for determining a region of interest (“ROI”) for the vehicle based on an intent of the vehicle and a current state of the vehicle. The ROI is used to select images of an environment of the vehicle produced by the imaging devices and the perception filter receives and processes the images produced by the imaging device. The perception system further includes a perception module for receiving the processed images from the perception filter and perceiving the environment of the vehicle based at least in part on the received images.
US11036999B2
An autonomous vehicle is described herein. The autonomous vehicle includes several different types of sensor systems, such as image, lidar, and radar. The autonomous vehicle additionally includes a computing system that executes several different object classifier modules, wherein the object classifier modules are configured to identify types of objects that are in proximity to the autonomous vehicle based upon outputs of the sensor systems. The computing system additionally executes a Bayesian object classifier system that is configured to receive outputs of the object classifier modules and assign labels to objects captured in sensor signals based upon the outputs of the object classifier modules.
US11036994B1
A system may receive video data generated by a camera device positioned in a physical environment. The system may receive electromagnetic (EM) response signals generated by an array of 5G antenna devices. The system may refine the EM response signals. The system may determine location information for a metallic object. The system may generate a movement trajectory of the metallic object. The system may generate a feature vector comprising an aggregation of the refined EM response signals and the movement trajectory. The system may submit the feature vector to a machine learning framework. The system may classify the metallic object as a weapon. The system may generate a virtual render comprising a graphical indication of the metallic object. The system may combine the virtual render with the video input data and display the combined virtual render and video data.
US11036984B1
In one embodiment, a technique includes detecting an identifier associated with a product. The technique further includes accessing a content object associated with the identifier on a third-party system. In the technique, the content object includes a set of instructions. The technique also includes detecting a trigger. The technique further includes selecting a step of the content object and outputting the selected step.
US11036983B1
The present subject matter provides a technical solution for various technical problems associated with precision agriculture imagery. A technical solution for stitching together successive passes of captured images may include using multiple image capture devices, where the image capture devices have different fields of view. A first camera may be used to provide a first field of view (FOV), and may be configured to provide a selected ground sample distance (GSD) for precision agriculture imagery analysis. A second camera may be used to provide a wider FOV, and may be used to provide sufficient stitching process overlap between images captured in successive passes.
US11036973B2
Methods, devices and systems for training a pattern recognition system are described. In one example, a method for training a sign language translation system includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a 3D model simulating a gesture that represents a letter, a word, or a phrase in a sign language. The method includes obtaining a value indicative of a total number of training images to be generated, using the value indicative of the total number of training images to determine a plurality of variations of the 3D scene for generating of the training images, applying each of plurality of variations to the 3D scene to produce a plurality of modified 3D scenes, and capturing an image of each of the plurality of modified 3D scenes to form the training images for a neural network of the sign language translation system.
US11036969B1
A device and method for achieving a high probability of match for identifying individuals in a particular group, is provided. The device and method consists of two stages. The first stage compares a biometric template against personnel in an authorized group with a high probability of match standard. In the second stage, in response to no match being made in the authorization group, a search would be conducted against a second group, such as a watch list, with the same or lower probability of match rate.
US11036968B2
A method and an apparatus for pattern recognition is provided in the present invention, applied to the field of artificial intelligence. The method includes: acquiring a two-dimensional image of a target object and a two-dimensional feature of the target object according to the two-dimensional image of the target object; and acquiring a three-dimensional image of the target object and a three-dimensional feature of the target object according to the three-dimensional image of the target object; identifying the target object according to the two-dimensional feature and the three-dimensional feature of the target object. The method can reduce restrictions on acquiring the image of the target object, for example, reduce the restrictions on the image of the target object in terms of postures, lighting, expressions, make-up and occlusion, thereby improving an accuracy of recognizing the target object and improving a recognition rate and reducing recognition time at the same time.
US11036952B2
A touch apparatus and a touch detection integrated circuit (IC) thereof are provided. The touch detection IC includes a driving signal generation circuit and a receiving circuit. The driving signal generation circuit is configured to control a touch panel to perform touch sensing operation and control a fingerprint sensor to perform fingerprint sensing operation. The receiving circuit receives and processes a touch signal of the touch panel during a first period when the driving signal generation circuit transmits the first driving signal for controlling the touch panel to perform touch sensing operation. The receiving circuit receives and processes a fingerprint signal of the fingerprint sensor during a second period when the driving signal generation circuit transmits the second driving signal for controlling the fingerprint sensor to perform fingerprint sensing operation.
US11036950B2
The invention relates to a method and a device (100) for forming a two-dimensional or three-dimensional micro-structured identification structure (200) in a defined surface region (12) in a surface (11) of a component (10) or product.
US11036941B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating a plurality of document plans to generate questions from source text. The declarative source text is processed to generate a plurality of document plan data structures. To generate each document plan data structure, at least a portion of the declarative source text is included in the document plan data structure. A determination is made of at least one relation of arguments in the declarative source text. The determined at least one relation and the arguments are indicated in the document plan data structure. Entity types of the arguments are determined and indicated in the document plan data structure. A natural language generation module processes each of the document plan data structures to generate a plurality of questions, which are stored with the declarative source text.
US11036934B2
A system and method for reporting based on a first electronic document and at least one second electronic document. The method includes analyzing the first electronic document to determine at least one transaction parameter for each of at least one expense item, the first electronic document indicating the at least one expense item, wherein the first electronic document includes at least partially unstructured data; creating at least one template for the first electronic document, wherein each first electronic document template is a structured dataset including the determined at least one transaction parameter; retrieving, based on the at least one first electronic document template, the at least one second electronic document; and generating a report when the at least one second electronic document matches the at least one expense item, wherein the report indicates the at least one expense item and includes the at least one second electronic document.
US11036933B2
A system that generates a visualization user interface. The system receives a selection of a data source, and receives a selection of a visualization template that includes metadata. The system further receives a selection of data attributes corresponding to the data source. The system parses the visualization template for the metadata, and replaces the metadata with binding between a visualization component and the data source. The system then generates the visualization user interface using the visualization component.
US11036932B2
Systems and methods for facilitating various content creation functionalities are described. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may arrange a first frame within an electronic file and define a first dynamic object within the first frame, where the first dynamic object comprises a first formula having a variable with a value. The electronic device may detect an additional instance of the variable within the electronic file and automatically associate the value of the variable with the additional instance of the variable.
US11036931B2
Methods and systems for providing an improved grid-based data processing experience are described. Using the improved grid-based data processing system, a user can edit cells in a way that is intuitive, and the system automatically checks and adjusts the grid to alleviate any circular references or violations of relationships among the cells of the grid. For example, if a user's edit to a target cell creates a circular reference or breaks a predefined relationship, the system can automatically edit one or more other cells of the grid to obviate the problem. Such automatic editing may involve deriving a new formula to populate one or more non-target cells.
US11036930B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for visually indicating relationships among cells in a spreadsheet. Each of a first graphical linking element extending between cells in a first branch of a dependency tree of a root cell and a second graphical linking element extending between cells in a second branch of the dependency tree of the root cell is independently displayed and hidden.
US11036929B2
The technology disclosed relates to accessing external data, including massive amounts of data stored in the cloud, in spreadsheet cells: accessing external data direct via a formulaic variable in a spreadsheet, specifying an ordered progression for the accessed external data, selectively propagating data accessed using the formulaic variable vertically or horizontally, within a propagation pattern responsive to normal A$1, $A1 and $A$1 spreadsheet conventions. Two or more external data fields, responsive to the formulaic variable, have an ordered sequence relationship that nests ordering of vectors of the propagated data; and the ordering according to the ordered sequence relationship is maintained during replication by copy and paste. In another disclosed method, the external data is generated using an implicit join of data from at least two external data sources to generate multiple adjoining vectors of spreadsheet cells of data responsive to selection parameters in the formulaic variable.
US11036923B2
A structured document creation system comprising one or more first files and a structured document creation portion. The one or more first files comprise a first file format and one or more first file attributes. The structured document creation portion comprises a plurality of first documents in a second file format with the second file format comprising a format different than the first file format. The structured document creation portion further comprises a plurality of rules relating to the second file format and an output comprising one or more second files. The one or more second files comprise the second file format and are dependent upon the plurality of first documents and the plurality of rules. The output comprises the one or more first file attributes, received directly from the one or more first files.
US11036921B2
A system and related devices and methods facilitating orchestration of page composition based on performance of one or more portions of the page are disclosed herein. An exemplary system may comprise a first device and a second device. An exemplary method may comprise providing to a client device, a first portion of a requested page while waiting for one or more service calls required to render a second portion to return, and after a time at which the one or more service calls required to render the second portion return, providing the client device with the second portion, the one or more service calls required to render the second portion having a higher latency than any service calls required to render the first portion.
US11036916B2
A computer system includes a text editor controller that receives input data, determines column location data indicating a location of at least one column for vertically organizing at least a portion of the input data based at least in part on the input data, and renders the input data as proportional font. A display device is configured to display a text area interface generated by the computer system, and to display the rendered proportional font in the text area interface in a vertically aligned manner based at least in part on the column location data.
US11036912B2
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to overlay optimization and methods of manufacture. The method includes performing, by a computing device, an exposure with a correction parameter to a first wafer; performing, by the computing device, a decorrection of the correction parameter; collecting, by the computing device, overlay data in response to the exposure and the decorrection; estimating, by the computing device, an optimal parameter from the overlay data; and applying, by the computing device, the optimal parameter to a second wafer to align an overlay in the second wafer.
US11036904B2
Provided is a ternary logic synthesis method at least temporarily performed by a computer, the ternary logic synthesis method including generating a switching table with respect to pull-up and pull-down circuits using a truth table corresponding to a ternary function, converting the switching table into a sum of products (SOP) using a Quine-McCluskey algorithm, minimizing the SOP, and mapping a transistor corresponding to the SOP.
US11036897B2
A method for planning a building system includes incorporating user requirements into a floor plan accessed through a mobile device. An installation map is generated of locations for components corresponding to the user requirements. The placement of components is displayed on the floor plan based on specifications of the components and the user requirements.
US11036891B2
In a general aspect, a test method can include: acquiring a plurality of value sets, each comprising values of a physical quantity or of logic signals, linked to the activity of a circuit to be tested when executing distinct cryptographic operations applied to a same secret data, for each value set, counting occurrence numbers of the values of the set, for each operation and each of the possible values of a part of the secret data, computing a partial result of operation, computing sums of occurrence numbers, each sum being obtained by adding the occurrence numbers corresponding to the operations which when applied to a same possible value of the part of the secret data, provide a partial operation result having a same value, and analyzing the sums of occurrence numbers to determine the part of the secret data.
US11036887B2
Content with in a memory device (e.g., a DRAM) may be secured in a customizable manner. Data can be secured and the memory device performance by be dynamically defined. In some examples, setting a data security level for a group of memory cells of a memory device may be based, at least in part, on a security mode bit pattern (e.g., a flag, flags, or indicator) in metadata read from or written to the memory device. Some examples include comparing a first signature (e.g., a digital signature) in metadata to a second value (e.g., an expected digital signature) to validate the first value in the metadata. The first value and the second value can be based, at least in part, on the data security level. Some examples include performing a data transfer operation in response to validation of the first and/or second values.
US11036874B2
The technology encompasses new uses of already-known cryptographic techniques. The technology entails computer-based methods of sharing information securely, in particular an asymmetric method of secure computation that relies on the private-key/public key paradigm with homomorphic encryption. The methods and programmed computing apparatuses herein harness mathematical concepts and apply them to services or tasks that are commercially useful and that have not hitherto been possible. Applications of the methods and apparatus herein are far-ranging and include, but are not limited to: purchase-sale transactions such as real estate or automobiles, where some aspect of price negotiation is expected; stock markets; legal settlements; salary negotiation; auctions, and other types of complex financial transactions.
US11036873B2
Techniques for enhancing the security of a communication device may include providing an application agent and a transaction application that executes on a communication device. The application agent may receive, from the application, a cryptogram key generated by a remote computer, and store the cryptogram key on the communication device. When the application agent receives a request to conduct a transaction from the application, the application agent may generate a transaction cryptogram using the cryptogram key, and provides the transaction cryptogram to an access device.
US11036872B2
A blockchain service receives a first request to insert a first value associated with a transaction into a blockchain. In response, the blockchain service calls a commitment service to obtain a commitment based on the first value. The blockchain service then inserts the commitment into the blockchain at a block associated with the transaction. When the blockchain service subsequently receives a second request to confirm whether a second value matches the first value, it can obtain the commitment from the blockchain. This obtained commitment is then passed to the commitment service along with the second value. The blockchain service then receives a confirmation from the commitment service whether the first value matches the second value. The blockchain service can provide a reply to the second request encapsulating the confirmation. Other variations are provided in which residual amount values can be confirmed. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US11036867B2
Mechanisms for performing advanced rule analysis are provided. The mechanisms perform natural language processing of a security rule set data structure, specifying a plurality of security rules. The mechanisms execute, for each security rule pairing, a determination of a similarity measure indicating a degree of similarity of the textual description of the first security rule in the pairing with the textual description of the second security rule in the pairing, and in response to the security measure being equal to or above duplicate rule threshold value, eliminating one of the first security rule or the second security rule in the pairing from the security rule set data structure to generate a modified security rule set data structure. The mechanisms deploy the modified security rule set data structure to a computing environment for use in identifying security incidents and performing event management.
US11036866B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving control flow in a program for safety-related functions. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a safety-related function of the program. The safety-related function is associated with functionality performed by the program that effects whether an associated device operates according to a functional safety standard. The method includes integrating a fault tree for the safety-related function into associated portions of a control flow graph of the program. The control flow graph identifies at least procedural control flows within the program, and the fault tree indicates combinations of conditions in the program that produce faults by the program. The method includes providing the control flow graph as an electronic output to improve the control flow of the program.
US11036852B2
The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to prepare and use prediction models for software diversification. Some embodiments may: obtain compilation data; identify a plurality of blocks from the compilation data; and pad each of one or more blocks of the plurality of blocks by a random amount such that executable instructions within the each block begin at a different location to prevent a deterministic memory addressing attack, none of the one or more blocks being a beginning block of the compilation data.
US11036849B2
A threat detection method and apparatus, and a network system are disclosed. The threat detection apparatus obtains page code of a first display page group identified by the URL and an overall size occupied by the first display page group in a display area of the browser when loading a URL in a browser of a Web sandbox; inject preset dynamic code into the page code of the first display page group; parses and executes the page code that includes the preset dynamic code; sends a request message when a value of a display variable is greater than or equal to a preset value, to request to obtain page code of a second display page group; receives a response message that carries the page code of the second display page group; and detects in the Web sandbox, whether the page code of the second display page group carries attack code.
US11036846B2
A control device in a vehicle: determines whether the control device is detached from the vehicle; communicates with other control devices mounted in the vehicle; stores an encryption key; performs a calculation process necessary for communication; and prohibits execution of the calculation process using the encryption key when determining that the control device is detached from the vehicle.
US11036843B2
Disclosed is a biometric information-based authentication method and apparatus, in which various types of biometric information extracted from a user are used. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the authentication method includes: checking first biometric information based on a physical characteristic of a user and second biometric information varying with a biological characteristic of the user; constructing a reference composite polynomial on the basis of one or more feature points respectively detected from the first and second biometric information and generating and storing security information using the reference composite polynomial; checking first and second measured biometric information of the user; constructing a detection composite polynomial on the basis of one or more feature points detected from the first and second measured biometric information and generating authentication information using the detection composite polynomial; and performing authentication of the user by comparing the security information with the authentication information.
US11036838B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing authentication requests to secured information systems using machine-learned user-account behavior profiles. A computing platform may receive an authentication request corresponding to a request for a user of a client computing device to access one or more secured information resources associated with a user account. The computing platform may capture one or more behavioral parameters and activity data associated with one or more interactions with one or more non-authenticated pages. Then, the computing platform may evaluate the one or more behavioral parameters and the activity data using a behavioral profile associated with the user account. Based on this evaluation, the computing platform may identify the authentication request as malicious and may generate and send one or more denial-of-access commands to prevent the client computing device from accessing the one or more secured information resources associated with the user account.
US11036836B2
In various embodiments, a method comprises detecting a removable media device coupled to a digital device, authenticating a password to access the removable media device, injecting redirection code into the digital device, intercepting, with the redirection code, a request for data, determining to allow the request for data based on a security policy, and providing the data based on the determination. The method may further comprise selecting the security policy from a plurality of security policies based, at least in part, on the password and/or filtering the content of the requested data. Filtering the content may comprise scanning the data for malware. Filtering the content may also comprise scanning the data for confidential information.
US11036825B2
A device configured to emulate a correlithm object processing system includes a memory that stores a node table that identifies a plurality of source correlithm objects and a plurality of corresponding target correlithm objects. The system further includes a node coupled to the memory and configured to receive an input correlithm object, identify a source correlithm object from the node table with the shortest n-dimensional distance to the input correlithm object, and identify a first target correlithm object from the node table linked with the identified source correlithm object. The node further generates a second target correlithm object that is offset in n-dimensional space from the first target correlithm object by the distance between the input correlithm object and the identified source correlithm object. The node outputs the second target correlithm object.
