US11071338B2
An ambidextrous or hand-specific glove including a wrist region, a palm region, and a digit region. The glove may be fabricated of nitrile rubber that is free of or essentially free of zinc, sulfur and accelerators to reduce allergic reactions in populations required to frequently wear protective gloves. A band region that partially or fully encircles a user's finger knuckles may be provided for easier finger bending. Texturing may be provided on glove surfaces that are used to grip articles. The fingertip regions on the front surface of the index and middle finger regions may be un-textured or smooth to enable a user to take a patient's pulse. These fingertip regions may be of reduced or smaller diameter and circumference so as to pull the glove material tightly around the tips of the user's finger and thereby applying pressure thereto so that even a faint pulse in a patient may be detected.
US11071337B1
A virus protection device 16 for protecting a user from a virus 14 includes a first flexible electrode 22 and a second flexible electrode 24 both formed of graphene and connected to a battery. The electrodes 22,24 are configured in a fractal arrangement and define a fractal-like structure 25 comprises a main branch 27 of electrodes 22, 24 and a plurality of side branches 28, secondary branches 30, tertiary branches 32, and subsequent branches 34 extending outwardly from the branch 27. The branches 27,28 30, 32 and 34 together form multiple nodes of flexible opposed positive electrodes 36.1 and negative electrodes 36.2 which are spaced an equal distance apart from one another, to define predetermined spaces there between, through which electrical current is capable of flowing between the electrodes 36.1, 36.2 for incapacitating viruses contacting the device 16 or passing through the spaces between the electrodes 36.1 and 36.2.
US11071319B2
Provided herein are compositions that are useful as binding agents for clusters, bars, and other food applications where various components need to be adhered to each other. The binding agents include a wheat protein isolate in combination with flour and water.
US11071317B2
A method of enhancing sweetness in a low-intensity sweetener-containing comestible composition of reduced low-intensity sweetener content, comprising the addition thereto of a sweetness-enhancing proportion of cellobiose. The method allows the proportion of undesirable low-intensity sweetener, such as sugar and high fructose corn syrup, to be reduced, while retaining a desired sweetness level.
US11071316B2
A soup stock extraction device includes a stock take-out part that is connected to a bottom of a tank containing water and ingredients used for soup stock extraction and that is used to take out a stock including flavor compounds extracted from the ingredients and dissolved in the water, and a residue discharge part for discharging a residue of the ingredients. The stock take-out part includes a tubular body that is connected to the bottom of the tank and receives the stock and the residue flowing therein from the tank in a process of stock extraction, a screw conveyor disposed inside the tubular body, and a stock take-out port provided on the tubular body to take out the stock inside the tubular body. The residue discharge part includes the screw conveyor and a residue discharge port provided on the tubular body to discharge the residue.
US11071309B2
There is described an confectionery composition comprising edible particulate material comprising from 80% to 100% by weight based on total weight of the material of a processable, microbially released, flavour acceptable bran-like material, characterized by the following parameters: (i) mean particle size by volume (Vol. MPS) of from 5 to 100 microns; (ii) volume particle size distribution (Vol. PSD) characterized by the parameters: D90,3 less than or equal to 350 microns, and D50,3 less than or equal to 50 microns, and optionally D10,3 less than or equal to 15 microns, (iii) mean particle sphericity as measured by a Smean of greater than or equal to 0.75; (iv) where processable means has oil holding capacity (OHC) of from 0.7 to 1.5; (v) where microbially released means material has common microbes below given limits (preferably free of common microbes) (vi) where flavour acceptable denotes a lipase activity (LA) and a peroxidase activity (PA) both less than or equal to 2 U/g and optionally a low degree of roasted flavour notes as defined herein. The bran-like material used in the confectionery compositions may added as a bulk ingredient to replace sugar and/or to provide confectionery fillings and/or coatings having improved hiding ability when used as layers in multilayer confectionery products.
US11071308B2
A method for generating a coffee beverage in an automatic coffee machine brewing device supplies pressurized brewing water at a brewing device brewing water inlet according to a first brewing water supply mode during a first time period. During a second time period, a brewing water parameter is determined correlating with the volume flow and/or pressure of the supplied brewing water. A mode adjustment variable is set for a second brewing water supply mode using the brewing water parameter. Brewing water is supplied at the brewing water inlet during the second time period according to the second brewing water supply mode. The mode adjustment variable defines at least one continuous mode for the second brewing water supply mode, in which the brewing water is continuously supplied, and a pulse mode for the second brewing water supply mode, in which the brewing water is supplied in pulses.
US11071295B2
Described herein are devices, systems, and methods to facilitate cryopreservation of a cell or a mass of a plurality of cells such as oocytes or embryos. A device of the disclosure can, for example, store oocytes or embryos during the vitrification and/or warming processes of in vitro fertilization.
US11071294B1
An inflatable device, having an air flow path having a circumference and including an air diverter comprising a central motor receiver and a plurality of air deflectors extending radially from the motor receiver and located to define a plurality of air flow chambers surrounding the motor receiver; a motor mounted within the central motor receiver and having an output shaft rotatable by the motor and extending below the air diverter, the motor generating heat during use of the motor; a fan connected to the output shaft of the motor and located below the air diverter for rotating in response to rotation of the output shaft by the motor to generate a flow of air, the air diverter cooperating with the flow of air generated by the fan to create a turbulent air flow directed to flow through the air flow chambers and past the motor, the flow of air providing cooling to dissipate heat from the motor; and an inflatable body in flow communication with the air flow path and located above the air diverter for receiving the turbulent air flow. The inflatable body undulates in response to receiving the turbulent air flow.
US11071291B2
A rig unit for a fishing line includes a float body and a ballast mass removably coupled to the float body. The ballast mass and the float body are configured to remain coupled together during a launch phase and a flight, and to separate from each other upon impact with the water at the end of a flight path. During flight, when the float body and the ballast mass are connected together, the rig unit is orientated with the float body arranged in front, and the ballast mass arranged behind it. After separation upon impact with the water, the ballast mass is configured to rest on the seabed. The main line has a first section descending from the fishing rod to a guide passage of the ballast mass, and a second section ascending from the guide passage to the float body, which is able to remain immersed, at a distance from the water surface, with a terminal line extending upwards, starting from the float body, to an auxiliary float with which the hook is associated.
US11071289B2
The present disclosure relates to an efficient genome editing technique. In one aspect, the technique can greatly improve the efficiency of homologous recombination during intracellular targeting, including gene targeting. Using this technique, genetically modified cell lines, rat, mouse, zebrafish, and fertilized eggs of other species can be quickly and efficiently generated.
US11071286B2
To produce chicks from hatching eggs, the eggs are incubated in a hatcher incubator. After hatching, chicks of lesser quality are screened out, and the remaining chicks are transferred to a poultry barn. During the first week in the barn, a number of chicks are lost. When the loss rate exceeds a certain value, treatment with antibiotics is usually applied. Methods and compositions for reducing the loss rate during the first week and thus the number of antibiotic treatments are disclosed. The methods include providing in the air of the hatcher incubator at least during a final stage of the incubation and hatching of the eggs in the hatcher incubator, an active amount of a pheromone composition with the appeasing effect of the mother hen pheromone. The pheromone composition can be applied in the hatcher incubator at a specific height in the form of a formulation.
US11071285B2
The sex of embryos in eggs is influenced or controlled through the application of light having selected wavelengths and heat in order to promote the development of embryos of a selected sex. An incubating device is provided having an interior cavity that can be sealed from an outside, and having a plurality of lighting elements disposed in the interior cavity. Eggs are disposed on trays, and pre-determined environmental conditions are applied to the interior cavity to promote hatching of the eggs. Concurrently with the application of the environmental conditions, the eggs are irradiated according to pre-determined lighting conditions having wavelengths substantially concentrated in selected ranges In some embodiments, the temperature of the incubator is kept above or below the optimal incubation temperature.
US11071281B1
A cat toy includes a hollow structure and a clump of material disposed within the hollow structure. The clump of material includes cat attractant material. The hollow structure has at least one opening configured to release an aroma of the cat attractant material outside of the hollow structure and to maintain the clump of material entrapped within the hollow structure.
US11071277B2
Pet beds are disclosed. Methods of making and using pet beds are also disclosed.
US11071276B2
A dual-purpose container and diversion device for animals includes a base and a perimeter wall attached to the base. An inner surface and outer surface of the container combine to form an overall surface. The device includes at least a linear fault region in the overall surface having a lesser tensile strength and including at least a first non-intersecting open curve forming a first planar section; the at least a linear fault region may include at least a second curve defining a bracing component. The device is convertible to a second configuration forming a diversion device for an animal, by fracture of the at least a linear fault region to form at least a first flap and rotation of the at least a flap into a second position; conversion may include movement of the at least a bracing component to support the at least a flap in the second position.
US11071274B2
A soybean cultivar designated 83050118 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 83050118, to the plants of soybean cultivar 83050118, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 83050118, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 83050118. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83050118. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83050118, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 83050118 with another soybean cultivar.
US11071262B2
The present invention provides a system and method which combines field mapping and control software to effectively manage sprinkler parameters to adjust for changes in weather conditions and positional/terrain changes. According to a first preferred embodiment, the present invention preferably provides a system which monitors a mapped set of boundaries and preferably receives data regarding a variety of weather factors including wind monitoring (speed, direction, averages, and gusts) and preferably makes adjustments to the system to adjust and modify the shape of a desired distribution area based on the weather factors.
US11071261B2
A subterranean irrigation system (100) has a plurality of fluid conduit (130) for applying a liquid from a source to an area of ground, to which said liquid is to applied while avoiding interference with the above-ground use of such area, wherein the fluid conduits (130) are connected (140; 500) relative to one another and wherein the plurality of fluid conduits (130) comprise a plurality of outlets to effect the distribution of the liquid to the ground area, wherein the plurality of outlets (600;621, 622, 623; 800; 821, 822, 823) are provided at an underside (602, 802) of a nose-shaped spout attachment (600, 800), wherein the spout attachment (600; 800) is attached at the side in the upper half of the fluid conduit (130; 230; 720) and wherein the underside (602; 802) comprises a rounded surface starting tangentially from the outer diameter of the fluid conduit (130; 230; 720) and ends in the nose-shaped free end of the spout attachment (600; 800).
US11071255B2
A harvesting machine including a frame, a rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the frame configured to move crop material, and a plurality of knives movably attached to the harvesting machine. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of spaced apart rotating blades, wherein one or more of the plurality of knives extends into the spaces between the blades. Each of the plurality of knives includes a knife body and a cutting edge having a plurality of teeth, wherein each of the teeth includes a scallop or valley. Each one of the plurality of valleys extends from the knife body to the leading edge of one of the plurality of teeth, wherein adjacent valleys are located on opposite sides of the knife body. The valleys are lined with a wear resistant material to increase the longevity of the cutting edge and cutting ability.
US11071253B2
A system for lubrication of a bearing of a crop transport and/or processing system of a harvesting machine includes a supply container for storing a lubricant, a delivery pump and a lubricant line for delivering the lubricant from the supply container to the bearing, and a drainage channel and a suction pump for returning the lubricant from the bearing to the supply container.
US11071246B2
In one aspect, a system for monitoring fluid conduit connections of an agricultural machine may include a first fluid conduit having a first coupling device, a second fluid conduit having a second coupling device, and a third fluid conduit having a third coupling device. Each of the second and third coupling devices may, in turn, include an identification device. A controller of the system may be configured to receive an input from the identification device of one of the second fluid conduit or the third fluid conduit when the respective second coupling device or third coupling device is coupled to the first coupling device. Furthermore, the controller may be configured to identify the one of the second fluid conduit or the third fluid conduit as a connected fluid conduit based on the received input.
US11071243B2
A removably affixable universal planting drill that can be fastened to existing soil conditioning equipment, thereby simultaneously conditioning the soil and planting seeds, without the need for replacing existing cultivation devices.
US11076515B1
A cable includes a wire and an electromagnetic shielding layer. The electromagnetic shielding layer covers the wire. The electromagnetic shielding layer is in the form of fiber mesh, including a conductive polymer. A manufacturing method includes: feeding the conductive polymer, melting the conductive polymer, extruding the molten conductive polymer to form a plurality of conductive polymer fibers, covering the wire with the plurality of conductive polymer fibers, and curing the plurality of the conductive polymer fibers to form the electromagnetic shielding layer covering the wire. The electromagnetic shielding layer of the cable of the present application replaces current aluminum foil shielding and metal shielding for conventional wires, decreasing interference by electromagnetic waves produced by electromagnetic induction on electronic devices nearby.
US11076514B1
Conductive, lightweight, corrosion-resistant fiber mats are described herein. More particularly a metalized fiber mat of non-woven fibers has a conductive metal coating of a uniform thickness and a corrosion-resistant metal coating of a uniform thickness. Methods of producing such fiber mats are also provided.
US11076509B2
A method of controlling a data center having a cold air cooling system, and at least one containment structure, comprising: determining a minimum performance constraint; determining optimum states of the cold air cooling system, a controlled leakage of air across the containment structure between a hot region and a cold air region, and information technology equipment for performing tasks to meet the minimum performance constraint, to minimize operating cost; and generating control signals to the cold air cooling system, a controlled leakage device, and the information technology equipment in accordance with the determined optimum states.
US11076508B2
According to one embodiment, an information technology (IT) equipment cooling system includes an IT cooling module having one or more pieces of IT equipment that is configured to provide IT services and is at least partially submerged within a liquid coolant. While the equipment provides the services, heat is generated and transferred into the coolant thereby causing at least some of the coolant to turn into a vapor. The system also includes a condenser that is positioned above the module and is configured to condense the vapor back into liquid coolant. The system includes return and supply lines that are both coupled to the condenser and to the module to create a heat exchanging loop. The system includes an accumulator that is disposed on the supply line and is configured to accumulate the condensed liquid coolant before the coolant is provided to the module. The accumulator provides backup cooling capacity for the system. Also, a data center cooling system includes a cooling region and IT region for deploying a single loop immersion cooling system.
US11076501B2
An apparatus cools electronic circuitry. An enclosure surrounds the electronic circuitry and has plural surfaces. Air intake holes are disposed in at least one surface and face at least one first direction. Air exhaust holes are disposed in at least another surface and face at least one second direction different than the first direction. A heat sink is in thermal contact with the circuitry and conducts heat generated by the circuitry. When a fan operates, air is drawn from an exterior of the enclosure through the air intake holes, absorbs heat from the heat sink, and then is directed through the air exhaust holes into the exterior of the enclosure. The heat sink is further in thermal contact with the enclosure so that when the fan does not operate, heat is drawn from the circuitry to the enclosure via the heat sink and is dissipated from the exterior.
US11076495B2
An electronic device includes a hinge coupling at least a first device housing to a second device housing. A flexible display is coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing and spans the hinge. The first device housing defines a curvilinear recess forming at least some of the flexible display into an asymmetrical service loop when the first device housing and the second device housing pivot about the hinge from an axially displaced open position to a closed position. Additional hinges and device housings can be added to accommodate flexible displays of varying lengths.
US11076489B2
The present invention includes a method of fabricating an integrated RF power condition capacitor with a capacitance greater than or equal to 1 of and less than 1 mm2, and a device made by the method.
US11076487B2
An electronic component embedded substrate includes a core structure including a first insulating body and core wiring layers and having a cavity and a stopper layer. An electronic component is disposed in the cavity. The stopper layer includes a first metal layer embedded in the first insulating body and having a portion of an inner surface exposed from the first insulating body, and a second metal layer disposed below the first metal layer and having at least a portion of an upper surface disposed as a bottom surface of the cavity. The cavity has an inner surface of the first metal layer and an inner surface of the first insulating body as a first wall surface and a second wall surface, respectively, and an inclination of the first wall surface is different from an inclination of the second wall surface.
US11076481B2
A stretchable substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a first modulus region which has a first modulus, a second modulus region which is located in a plane direction with respect to the first modulus region and has a second modulus higher than the first modulus, and a third modulus region which is located between the first modulus region and the second modulus region and has an interface modulus which gradually changes between the first modulus and the second modulus, wherein the interface modulus of the third modulus region may be constant in the thickness direction thereof.
US11076476B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling the divergence of a jet of particles in vacuo with an aerodynamic lens, the aerodynamic lens including at least one chamber; a diaphragm, a so-called inlet diaphragm, intended to form an inlet of the aerodynamic lens for a jet of particles, the inlet diaphragm having a given diameter (d1); and another diaphragm, a so-called outlet diaphragm, intended to form an outlet of the aerodynamic lens for this jet of particles; the method including: a step for generating the jet of particles from the inlet to the outlet, in vacuo, of the aerodynamic lens; and a step for adjusting the diameter (ds) of the outlet diaphragm for controlling the divergence of the jet of particles.
US11076474B2
In an embodiment an apparatus for generating ozone includes a piezoelectric transformer having an input area and an output area, wherein the input area is configured to convert an applied AC voltage into a mechanical vibration, and wherein the output area is configured to convert the mechanical vibration into an electrical voltage so that the ozone is generated by the electrical voltage of the output area.
US11076473B2
A method and an electronic circuit are disclosed. The method includes detecting at least one operating parameter in an electronic circuit that includes a monitored LED string; adjusting a voltage threshold based on the at least one detected operating parameter; detecting a string voltage across the monitored LED string; comparing the string voltage with the voltage threshold; and detecting a defect in the LED string based on the comparing.
US11076463B1
A current driving device includes a switch, a current generator and a brightness divider. The switch is coupled between the current generator and a light emitting element, and switches between conduction and non-conduction based on a pulse signal. Based on a magnitude control signal, the current generator generates a drive current that has a magnitude related to the magnitude control signal, and that flows through the light emitting element when the switch conducts. The brightness divider is coupled to the switch and the current generator, and generates the pulse signal and the magnitude control signal based on a brightness value such that average brightness of the light emitting element is related to the brightness value.
US11076462B2
A system that includes a plurality of serially connected light emitting diodes (LEDs), a latch circuit, and a controller including logic is disclosed. A first plurality of bits is transmitted from the controller to a first LED of the plurality of serially connected LEDs. The plurality of serially connected LEDs includes the first LED, coupled to the controller, and a last LED coupled to the latch circuit. The controller determines that the latch circuit is set. The latch circuit is set based on an output of the last LED after the transmitting the first plurality of bits. The number of active LEDs in the plurality of serially connected LEDs is identified, based on determining that the latch circuit is set.
US11076460B2
A lighting device is disclosed with control logic to provide a user with the option of powering on in a high power mode and cycling through to a low power mode or starting first in a lower power mode and cycling up to a higher power mode. In another aspect, the lighting device has a secondary light source that functions as a status indicator in a first mode and as a source of illumination in a second mode, wherein the power output of the first mode is less than the second mode.
US11076458B2
A street lamp control device and a street lamp control method are provided. The street lamp control device includes a control node, a voltage dividing circuit, and a microprocessor. The control node is configured to provide an input voltage. The voltage dividing circuit is configured to receive the input voltage and perform a voltage dividing operation on the input voltage to generate an operating voltage. The microprocessor is configured to receive the operating voltage and generate a plurality of control signals according to the voltage value of the operating voltage. The control signals are respectively used to drive a plurality of light-emitting element groups of the street lamp, thereby adjusting at least one of a light shape and a color temperature of the street lamp.
US11076448B2
A portable communication device is provided. The communication device includes a first communication circuitry configured to perform communication using a first frequency band, a second communication circuitry configured to perform communication using a second frequency band, and at least one processor configured to receive a reference signal transmitted from a first external electronic device using the first communication circuitry, and when a received power corresponding to the reference signal belongs to a specified first range, communicate with at least one external electronic device through multiple cellular connections by transmitting a first signal of the first frequency band to the first external electronic device through a first cellular connection established using the first communication circuitry and substantially concurrently transmitting a second signal of the second frequency band to a second external electronic device through a second cellular connection established using the second communication circuitry.
US11076445B2
Disclosed by the present application are a discontinuous reception method, terminal device and network device, the method including: a first terminal device determining a target discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle used for the first terminal device to detect a DRX indication signal during a DRX indication cycle which is used for DRX indication signal detection, the DRX indication cycle comprising N DRX cycles, the DRX indication signal being used to indicate that the first terminal device wakes up or sleeps during an activation period of the N DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected; a first terminal device detecting a DRX indication signal sent by a network device in the target DRX cycle; the first terminal device waking up or sleeping according to the DRX indication signal during the activation period of the N DRX cycles after the moment when the DRX indication signal is detected.
US11076443B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a radio resource control (RRC) message processing method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: establishing, by a first serving node, a connection to a first anchor node, and establishing, by the first anchor node, a connection to a mobility management entity MME; receiving, by the first serving node, a radio resource control RRC message sent by a first user equipment (UE), where the RRC message includes an RRC message carried by a signaling radio bearer (SRB1) or an RRC message carried by an SRB2; and sending, by the first serving node, the RRC message to the first anchor node.
US11076440B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques and apparatus for reducing collisions between CDRX and paging operations.
US11076438B2
A network node of a local area wireless network preferentially tries to connect with a first node having the primary connection relationship with the network node in a first connection time window; when the network node fails to connect with the first node under a predetermined condition, the network node tries to connect with a second node having the backup connection relationship with the network node in a second connection time window. After the network node is connected with and finishes communicating with the first or second node, the network node enters into standby or dormancy state and tries to establish connection in a subsequent first connection time window or a second connection time window. By using priority or backup routing method and setting connection time window, the power consumption management and networking management mechanism of each node of the network are simplified. Each network node can operate at a low power consumption level. Networking routes have certain degrees of freedom and can meet the network robustness requirements.
US11076426B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique and system thereof that fuse a 5G communication system with IoT technology for supporting a higher data rate than a 4G system. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. A method for controlling a base station according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: generating a first packet including data to be transmitted to a terminal on an unlicensed band; determining whether a channel sensing for using the unlicensed band is completed when the generation of the first packet is completed; and as a result of the determination, when the channel sensing for using the unlicensed band is not completed, omitting a transmission of the first packet.
US11076421B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select, for a first message of a random access channel (RACH) procedure and based at least in part on whether the UE has beam correspondence, at least one of: a set of time-frequency resources for the first message of the RACH procedure, or a preamble for the first message of the RACH procedure. In some aspects, the UE may transmit, to a base station and based at least in part on selecting the at least one of the set of time-frequency resources or the preamble, the first message of the RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11076418B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) processing in presence of downlink preemption indication (DLPI). A method for wireless communication by a base station (BS) includes determining a feedback timing indicator associated with a PDSCH transmission to a user equipment (UE) in a first slot. The determination is based on a first number of slots from the first slot until transmission of a DLPI to the UE in a second slot and a second number slots for a minimum processing time associated with the UE. The method includes sending downlink control information (DCI) to the UE scheduling the PDSCH transmission to the UE in the first slot. The DCI includes the feedback timing indicator. The UE determines how to process the PDSCH based on the feedback timing indicator.
US11076411B2
A method for selecting a management frame antenna based on a master-slave network and an apparatus are provided. In one example method, when a preset condition is met, a signal quality collection instruction is sent by a master device to a first slave device and a second slave device, so as to receive returned signal quality information. A management frame antenna is selected for the first slave device and a management frame antenna for the second slave device according to the received signal quality information, so that the selected management frame antennas can implement signal coverage optimization in an entire area managed by the master device.
US11076407B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting ACK/NACK bits with dual list-RM decoder and symbol regeneration for PUCCH format 3. In an exemplary embodiment, a method is provided for detected ACK/NACK bits received in a long-term evolution (LTE) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) Format 3 uplink transmission. The method includes generating Top-M ACK candidates from a descrambled bit stream, regenerating Top-M candidate symbols from the Top-M ACK candidates, calculating channel estimates for the Top-M candidate symbols, combining to the channel estimates generate a combined metric; and searching the combined metric to determine detected ACK bits.
US11076403B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose methods for improving phase continuity in an uplink transmit time interval (TTI) bundle. A first method may include identifying a segment of UL subframes in the TTI bundle and maintaining substantially the same transmit power/timing/frequency when transmitting data to a node over the segment of UL subframes in the TTI bundle. Another method may include ignoring reception of downlink subframes for a duration of the TTI bundle.
US11076402B2
Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method, an apparatus, and a system, and relate to the field of communications technologies, to resolve a problem that two carriers cannot be deployed overlapping with each other. The method includes: determining a transmission time unit pattern corresponding to a slot set, where the transmission time unit pattern is used to indicate a symbol location at which a transmission time unit in a slot in the slot set is located, and a quantity of symbols included in the transmission time unit is less than a quantity of symbols included in the slot; and sending a notification message to a terminal device, where the notification message includes information about the slot set and information about the transmission time unit pattern, and the information about the transmission time unit is used to indicate the transmission time unit pattern.
US11076401B2
Embodiments of a user equipment (UE) and method for resource allocation and device-to-device (D2D) discovery hopping are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the UE may receive signaling from an enhanced node B (eNB) indicating discovery resources to transmit discovery signals on within an LTE operation zone. The discovery resources may include a discovery zone which may comprise a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) and a plurality of subframes. The UE may transmit a discovery signal for receipt by one or more other UEs for D2D discovery within some of the PRBs of the discovery zone. The PRBs for the transmission of the discovery signal may be determined in accordance with a hopping mode to provide increased frequency diversity within a bandwidth of the discovery zone. The hopping mode may comprise intra-subframe hopping, inter-subframe hopping or joint intra/inter-subframe hopping.
US11076397B2
Methods and apparatuses for a User Equipment (UE) to receive signaling of UE-common Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a set of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) over a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) are provided. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal from a base station; determining a first set of PRBs for a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) based on the broadcast signal; determining a second set of PRBs for a second PDCCH based on a higher layer signaling; and receiving a reference signal (RS) in the first set of PRBs or in the second set of PRBs. The RS is determined based on an identity of a cell of the base station, in a case that the RS is received in the first set of PRBs, and the RS is determined based on the higher layer signaling, in a case that the RS is received in the second set of PRBs.
US11076392B2
Wireless communications are described. A device may receive a message indicating a request for transmission of packets to a communication device. The device may receive the packets via a first cell group and a second cell group, and the device may transmit the packets to the communication device.
US11076391B2
There is provided a terminal device that communicates with a base station device. The terminal device includes a reception unit that receives downlink control information which is used for scheduling of a physical uplink shared channel and includes first information used to trigger a report of channel state information using the physical uplink shared channel, a higher layer signal including second information used to indicate two subframe sets, and the higher layer signal including third information. The third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a first value of a field of the first information, the third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a second value in the field of the first information, and the third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a third value in the field of the first information.
US11076389B2
A method for transmitting uplink (UL) data requiring low latency in a wireless communication system according to the present invention, the method performed by a user equipment comprises transmitting contention PUSCH resource block (CPRB) indication information used for identifying a particular UE and/or particular data to an eNB; transmitting UL data to the eNB through CPRB resources of a contention based PUSCH (CP) zone; and receiving a hybrid automatic retransmit request (HARQ) response with respect to the UL data from the eNB through a physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH).
US11076381B2
A method is provided including receiving, by a user equipment, a signal either before or during a paging occasion comprising an indication indicating whether the user equipment is to skip decoding of at least one subsequent channel of a plurality of subsequent channels associated with a paging message. The plurality of subsequent channels include: a first channel carrying downlink control information for the paging message, and a second channel carrying the paging message. In response to the indication indicating that the user equipment is to skip decoding of the at least one subsequent channel, skipping decoding of the at least one subsequent channel.
US11076374B2
A communication method and equipment for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. A proposed method for transmitting a synchronization signal and a PSBCH in V2X communication includes determining, by a VUE, a value of NIDSL according to its reference synchronization source, NIDSL denoting a sidelink synchronization source ID; determining, by the VUE, an SLSS and a DMRS of a PSBCH different from a D2D system according to the value of NIDSL, wherein the SLSS comprises a PSSS and an SSSS, and the DMRS of the PSBCH is determined by a DMRS sequence of the PSBCH and an orthogonal mask of the DMRS of the PSBCH; and, transmitting, by the VUE, the SLSS and the PSBCH.
US11076363B2
The present disclosure provides a power control method in device to device (D2D) communication and a user equipment for performing the power control method. The method includes computing a power value of device to device (D2D) transmission of a user equipment performing D2D communication in a subframe in a serving cell, based on a power control adjustment state of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wide area network (WAN) uplink channel of the user equipment and an offset or a ratio indicated by a transmit power control (TPC) command indicated in D2D grant or downlink control information (DCI) format 3/3A.
US11076361B2
Techniques for performing path loss (PL) compensation in coordinated multipoint (CoMP) systems are provided. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes selecting, from a plurality of transmission points involved in uplink (UL) coordinated multipoint (CoMP) operations with the UE, a transmission point to associate with for path loss (PL) compensation, and adjusting power of one or more transmissions based on path loss measured based on the selected transmission point.
US11076347B2
A wireless terminal transmits a registration request to a first network device indicating that the wireless terminal supports a use of a coexistent slice grouping technique. Here, the coexistent slice grouping technique groups network slices in groups in which intra-group network slices are capable of serving the wireless terminal simultaneously and inter-group network slices are disallowed from serving the wireless terminal simultaneously. The wireless terminal receives a message carrying information about one or more of an allowed network slice instance assistance information (NSSAI) and a configured NSSAI and performs further communication by the wireless terminal based on the information in the message.
US11076346B2
Provided is a mobile terminal testing device capable of shortening a time for obtaining a Band Combination supported by a mobile terminal. A mobile terminal testing device includes a control unit 6 that excludes a CA Band Combination including a Band that is not supported by a mobile terminal 10 from CA Band Combinations to which a relaxation value is applied, excludes a CA Band Combination that does not include any OperatingBand to be tested, and determines a Band to be included in RequestedBands from Bands included in the remaining CA Band Combinations.
US11076341B2
Methods and apparatus relating to use of actual and/or virtual beacons are described. Virtual beacons are virtual in that an actual beacon need not be transmitted but a rather a virtual beacon transmitter at a desired location maybe considered to transmit virtual beacons. In some embodiments a set of beacon transmitter information for one or more beacons is supplied to devices in a communications system. The beacon transmitter information indicates transmission power and location of actual and virtual beacon transmitters as well as information to be communicated by virtual beacons. Devices with access to beacon information can determine based on the location of a wireless terminal whether the wireless terminal is within coverage area of a virtual beacon and report reception of the virtual beacon to the wireless terminal or a component of the wireless terminal which acts upon receiving an indication of beacon reception.
US11076323B2
One way to increase robustness against beam pair link failure is by transmitting downlink (DL) control signaling (e.g., PDCCH) in more than one beam. That is, one way to mitigate BPLF is for the UE to receive DL control signaling over both a first BPL (e.g., active BPL) and a second BPL (e.g., monitored BPL) but with larger duty cycle for the second BPL compared to the first BPL. For example, the control signaling can be scheduled every slot on the first BPL and scheduled every Nth slot on the second BPL. In this way, in case the first BPL is blocked and the UE cannot decode the control signaling on the first BPL, the UE can receive control signaling transmitted on the second BPL.
US11076309B2
A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes at least one of transmitting data to and receiving data from a primary cell using a first Radio Frequency (RF) path, and, when a secondary cell is deactivated, operating a second RF path to perform searching and measurement with respect to at least one target cell at a frequency different from a frequency of the primary cell.
US11076305B2
A transmission device according to the present invention includes a reference-signal information management unit as an identifier to identify an interfering terminal that is a possible terminal to perform communication interfering with communication with a target terminal that is a destination terminal of a data signal, and a transmitter to set a group ID for reference signal generation to a group formed by the interfering terminal and the target terminal.
US11076298B2
In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for utilizing protocols to enable two 802.11 devices to exchange their dynamically-changing local channel availability table and form a mutual channel availability table with time, frequency, and transmission rate domains available. This table may be used to make optimum opportunistic use of link resources by adapting packet duration, frequency utilization and transmission rate to channel conditions.
US11076296B1
A method of authenticating access of an electronic device to an application server based on a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with the electronic device. The method receiving an authentication challenge from an application executing on the device by a SIM application toolkit (SAT) executing on the device, transmitting a random number and an authentication value of the challenge to a SIM of the device by the SAT, receiving a response from the SIM by the SAT, transmitting an authentication response to the application by the SAT, where the authentication response comprises the response received from the SIM, generating an application key by the SAT based at least in part on the response received from the SIM, and transmitting the application key to the application by the SAT, whereby the application executing on the electronic device establishes a communication session with an application server via an access communication network.
US11076292B1
Disclosed is a method of controlling access to mobile radio connection(s) in a vehicle, having a policy and charging enforcement function with deep packet inspection capabilities “vePCEF” and optionally a policy and control rules function “vePCRF” in the vehicle. Furthermore, a Man In The Middle (MITM) methodology can be employed within the vehicle PCC architecture to enhance the enforcement of the PCRF/vePCRF policies. Also disclosed is a vehicle containing a PCC architecture having a MITM functionality. Also disclosed is a method of controlling access to mobile radio connection(s) in a vehicle, having a policy and charging enforcement function with deep packet inspection capabilities “vePCEF” which interfaces to a mobile core network PCRF or a cloud based PCRF.
US11076283B2
An example method includes receiving, by a sink device and from a source device, identity information corresponding to a subscriber information module (SIM) of the source device via a connection between the sink device and the source device; registering, at the sink device, a remote SIM with the identity information corresponding to the SIM of the source device; and communicating, by an application of the sink device and using the remote SIM, with an external device via a cellular radio transceiver of the source device.
US11076270B2
A wireless access node serves wireless user devices with different services over a common radio channel. The different services are supported by different wireless network slices. The wireless access node determines service subchannels in the radio channel based on location and time. The wireless access node schedules resource blocks from the subchannels for their corresponding services. If a subchannel for one service is full, then the wireless access node schedules the remaining data for the service in the unscheduled resource blocks of the other subchannels if any. The wireless access node wirelessly exchanges data for the services with the wireless user devices over the scheduled resource blocks in the subchannels of the radio channel. The wireless access node exchanges the data with the wireless network slices that support the services.
US11076267B2
Improved systems and methods for enhancing the performance of network based computerized content rendering and hosting and providing of devices, systems and/or platforms by modifying the capabilities and providing non-native functionality to such devices, systems and/or platforms through a novel and improved application, networked based enforcement of geographical compliance, data processing and networking framework.
US11076266B2
Provided are methods and apparatuses for performing positioning. The method may include receiving SPS configuration information for transmission of a UL PRS from a base station, and transmitting the UL PRS based on the SPS configuration information.
US11076263B2
Disclosed are an electronic device for providing location information and a control method therefor. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present document may comprise: a communication module; a processor operably connected to the communication module; and a memory operably connected to the processor, wherein: the memory includes instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive, from a second electronic device, a first identification request for identification of the location of a first electronic device, transmit the received first identification request to the first electronic device, determine whether a first identification response corresponding to the transmitted first identification request is received from the first electronic device, and transmit first location information of the first electronic device, stored in the memory, to the second electronic device on the basis of the determination; and the first location information includes location information transmitted by the first electronic device according to a second identification request received from the second electronic device before a time point at which the first identification request is received.
US11076253B2
An apparatus configured, based on virtual reality content for viewing in virtual reality, the virtual reality content comprising visual content for display in a three dimensional virtual reality space and spatial audio content comprising audio for presentation such that it is audibly perceived to originate from one or more particular directions in the virtual reality space corresponding to one or more points or regions in the visual content, the virtual reality content defining at least a ground level of said virtual reality space; and based on display of a birds-eye view of the virtual reality space to a user comprising a view of the visual content substantially downward towards said ground level from a point of view location in said virtual reality space elevated from said ground level; to provide for presentation of said spatial audio content with a spatial audio modification, the spatial audio modification configured to modify the one or more particular directions from which the user perceives the spatial audio as being heard in an upward direction relative to said ground level at least for spatial audio content having a particular direction that is outside a field of view of said birds-eye view.
US11076247B2
An acoustic receiver employs one or more housing endplates recessed below an edge of a sidewall of the housing. In some implementations, a cured b-stage material is disposed in a recess along an interface between an endplate and a sidewall of the housing, wherein the cured b-stage material acoustically seals at least a portion of the housing. In some implementations, both a top housing endplate and a bottom housing endplate are recessed and have cured b-stage material disposed in respective recesses along an interface between the endplates and housing sidewalls wherein the cured b-stage material acoustically seals a top and bottom portion of the housing.
US11076244B2
A hearing instrument is provided comprising a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound, a signal processor for processing the received sound into an audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user, a speaker connected to the signal processor, and a wireless communication unit connected to the signal processor for wireless communication, the wireless communication unit being interconnected with an antenna structure for emission and reception of an electromagnetic field, the antenna structure comprising an antenna element having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to a feed of the antenna structure, and wherein a controllable component is provided in series with the antenna element, the controllable component being configured to change one or more characteristics of the antenna structure.
US11076234B2
A display device includes a display panel; a panel bottom member disposed on the display panel; a middle frame disposed on the panel bottom member; an electronic permanent magnet attached to the panel bottom member and that switches between an activation state to generate a magnetic force and an inactivation state; and a vibrator attached to the middle frame and that vibrates, wherein the electronic permanent magnet and the vibrator overlap each other in a thickness direction of the display device.
US11076232B2
The invention discloses a diaphragm and a sound generator having a diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a dome part arranged centrally and a suspension part surrounding the dome part. The suspension part is provided with pleat groups. The pleat group includes many pleats, and each pleats includes a first pattern section, a second pattern section, and a third pattern section connecting the first pattern section and the second pattern section. The height of the third pattern section along the vibration direction is smaller than the protrusion height of the first pattern section and the second pattern section along the vibration direction. The diaphragm of the present invention can be used to reduce low frequency distortion.
US11076231B2
Systems and methods of driving plate loudspeakers with different parameters based on frequency region in a way similar to typical cone driver crossover networks are described. These systems and methods may be implemented using arrays of independently controlled drivers which allow a designer to emphasize or de-emphasize certain modes in certain frequency bands. Tuning the characteristics of the plate's motion can also affect the acoustical properties in a larger space rather than just at a single location. The systems and methods described herein can grant a designer a degree of control over the characteristics and performance of the plate.
US11076228B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, an actuator configured to output at least one of a sound and a vibration by using the display, and a processor configured to identify whether the display is activated, identify the temperature of the electronic device if the display is activated, and control the actuator to generate at least one of a sound and a vibration at a designated frequency if the temperature is lower than a designated temperature.
US11076227B2
A method for detecting damage to motor vehicles. The method includes: acquiring at least one external microphone signal that was ascertained using at least one external microphone, acquiring at least one internal microphone signal that was ascertained using at least one internal microphone, comparing the at least one external microphone signal and the at least one internal microphone signal, and ascertaining a compare function, which represents a deviation between the external microphone signal and the internal microphone signal, and ascertaining a damage classification for classifying the damage to the motor vehicle based on the compare function.
US11076226B2
Smart sensors comprising one or more microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors and a digital signal processor (DSP) in a sensor package are described. An exemplary smart sensor can comprise a MEMS acoustic sensor or microphone and a DSP housed in a package or enclosure comprising a substrate and a lid and a package substrate that defines a back cavity for the MEMS acoustic sensor or microphone. Provided implementations can also comprise a MEMS motion sensor housed in the package or enclosure. Embodiments of the subject disclosure can provide improved power management and battery life from a single charge by intelligently responding to trigger events or wake events while also providing an always on sensor that persistently detects the trigger events or wake events. In addition, various physical configurations of smart sensors and MEMS sensor or microphone packages are described.
US11076219B2
A method is provided for controlling external noise in an audio output device. A speech signal is detected in the vicinity of the audio output device. The speech signal is transcribed into text. The transcribed text is compared with reference text. When at least a portion of the transcribed text matches with a portion of the reference text, it is determined to reduce at least one of a level of active noise reduction or a level of noise masking to enable a user of the audio output device to hear sounds external to the audio output device.
US11076213B2
A specialized audio/instrument cable with built-in digital signal processing capabilities that adds user-defined audio effects (such as reverb, delay, chorus and/or distortion) from within the cable itself to affect the sound generated from an instrument or microphone such that the cable is the only connection needed between the instrument or microphone and an output device (such as an amplifier, PA, powered speaker, music mixer, or a recording device). The audio effects used by the cable can be changed via (i) an app from a smartphone, tablet, computer or other electronic device; (ii) a wireless controller that attaches to the instrument; (iii) a pedal, and/or (iv) any other type of wireless controller that has the ability to communicate with a smartphone/tablet/computer or other electronic device.
US11076189B2
Network content delivery apparatus and methods based on content compiled from various sources and particularly selected for a given user. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable television network, and the content sources include DVR, broadcast, nPVR, and VOD. The user-targeted content is assembled into a playlist, and displayed as a continuous stream on a virtual channel particular to that user. User interfaces accessible through the virtual channel present various functional options, including the selection or exploration of content having similarity or prescribed relationships to other content, and the ability to order purchasable content. An improved electronic program guide is also disclosed which allows a user to start over, record, view, receive information on, “catch up”, and rate content. Apparatus for remote access and configuration of the playlist and virtual channel functions, as well as a business rules “engine” implementing operational or business goals, are also disclosed.
US11076186B2
A method of transmitting entitlement messages to content consumption devices in a access control system, the method comprising periodically transmitting entitlement messages to content consumption devices in a access control system and periodically extending an expiry time comprised in the entitlement messages. The entitlement messages comprise indicator data indicating to the content consumption devices that subsequent entitlement messages loaded into a content consumption device after a first entitlement message is loaded into the content consumption device shall not be used by the content consumption device to access protected media content.
US11076182B2
A device, system, and method perform an automatic change over for transport streams. The method is performed at an output server. The method includes selecting a first transport stream. The method includes generating a first portion of an output based on the first transport stream. The method includes selecting a second transport stream. The method includes determining a frametime to synchronize first packets of the first transport stream to second packets of the second transport stream. The frametime os based on a start time of a content item included in the first transport stream and the second transport stream and a completed progression of the content item using the first transport stream. The method includes determining a location in the second transport stream based on the frametime. The method includes generating a second portion of the output based on the second transport stream starting at the location.
US11076180B2
Novel tools and techniques for concurrent media stream aggregate fingerprinting are provided. A system includes a harvester subsystem, downloader subsystem, fingerprinter subsystem, and an analyzer subsystem. The harvester subsystem is configured to identify a first address associated with a first third-party streaming platform based on stream search criteria. The downloader subsystem is configured to capture a first streaming media segment from the first address. The fingerprinter subsystem is configured to generate a first captured stream fingerprint of the first streaming media segment and generate a first source fingerprint of a source streaming media segment. The analyzer subsystem may be configured to determine a first similarity value between the first source fingerprint and the first captured stream fingerprint, and determine, based at least in part on the first similarity value, whether the first third-party streaming platform includes unauthorized streaming media content that matches source streaming media content.
US11076178B2
A content delivery server may allow users to redirect browsed content from one system to another. A user may install or activate a plug-in to a browser, such as an Internet browser, and the plug-in may be linked to the user's account on another service. As the user browses content from the browser, the user may select a command to cause the browsed content to be delivered to the other service, ingested by the other service, and made available to the user from the other service.
US11076177B2
A first networked device may perform operations including receiving, from a media source device, a media stream. The first networked device may be configured to use a first media playback protocol and the media source device may be configured to use a second media playback protocol. The first media playback protocol and the second media playback protocol may be incompatible. Operations may further include transmitting, to a second networked device, the media stream. The first networked device and second networked device are configured to operate in a bonded zone.
US11076168B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an inter-frame prediction method performed at a computing device. The method includes: determining at least one reference encoded block spatially adjacent to a to-be-processed prediction unit of a to-be-processed encoded block; for each preset reference frame, separately determining a corresponding AMVP of the to-be-processed prediction unit according to reference information of each reference encoded block; determining a target AMVP under the reference frames, and using a reference frame corresponding to the target AMVP as a candidate reference frame; when the candidate reference frame is different from the first reference frame, performing motion estimation on the to-be-processed prediction unit separately and determining a target reference frame from the candidate reference frame and the first reference frame according to their corresponding encoding costs obtained through the motion estimation.
US11076159B2
A method for processing a vide signal according to the present invention comprises: determining a length of a current string, which is decoded on the basis of a sample string matching technique in a current block; determining a reference string on the basis of at least one between the length of the current string and a string vector for the current string; and predicting the current string using the reference string.
US11076156B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques providing privacy masks on a video stream. In a video received from a monitoring camera, at least one image region is selected, to which region a privacy mask should be applied. For any image frame in the video that contains the at least one image region, a flag is set to indicate a non-displayed image frame. A forward-predicted image frame referencing the non-displayed image frame is inserted, wherein coding units representing the at least one image region in the forward-predicted image frame collectively provide the privacy mask by obfuscating the at least one image region.
US11076153B2
System and methods for the joint control of reconstructed video quality, computational complexity and compression rate for intra-mode and inter-mode video encoding in HEVC. The invention provides effective methods for (i) generating a Pareto front for intra-coding by varying CTU parameters and the QP, (ii) generating a Pareto front for inter-coding by varying GOP configurations and the QP, (iii) real-time and offline Pareto model front estimation using regression methods, (iv) determining the optimal encoding configurations based on the Pareto model by root finding and local search, and (v) robust adaptation of the constraints and model updates at both the CTU and GOP levels.
US11076149B2
Video coding according to the disclosure of the present application includes generating a predictive signal of a target object either by means of intra-prediction or inter-prediction. The generated predictive signal of the target object then undergoes filtering to smooth out a transition of pixel signals from a neighboring block to the target block. In the disclosure of the present application, the filtering is performed only when the filtering is necessary. A parameter indicating whether to execute or not to execute the filtering is sent from the encoder to the decoder. The present application also discloses provision of multiple types of transformation processes. A selection signal is used to select one type of transformation process from the multiple types of transformation processes. Alternatively, one type of transformation process is selected according to whether to execute or not to execute the filtering.
US11076147B2
Stereoscopic display technologies are provided. A computing device generates a stereoscopic display of an object by coordinating a first image and a second image. To reduce discomfort or to reduce diplopic content, the computing device may adjust at least one display property of the first image and/or the second image depending on one or more factors. The factors may include a time period associated with the display of the object, the vergence distance to the object, the distance to the focal plane of the display, contextual data interpreted from the images and/or any combination of these and other factors. Adjustments to the display properties can include a modification of one or more contrast properties and/or other modifications to the images. The adjustment to the display properties may be applied with varying levels of intensity and/or be applied at different times depending on one or more factors and/or contextual information.
US11076145B2
The invention describes a depth map generator comprising an array comprising a plurality of individually addressable array elements, wherein an array element comprises a semiconductor emitter or a reflector arranged to reflect light emitted by a semiconductor emitter; a driver realised to switch an array element according to a predefined illumination pattern; a number of image sensors, wherein an image sensor is arranged to detect light reflected from a scene irradiated by the irradiation pattern; and a processing unit realised to compute a depth map of the scene on the basis of a light pattern detected by an image sensor. The invention further describes an irradiation arrangement for use in such a depth map generator; a method of generating a depth map of a scene; and a device comprising such a depth map generator.
US11076144B2
The object of the present disclosure is to provide a method and apparatus for obtaining an image, a storage medium and an electronic device, in order to solve the problem that the shooting operation of 3D images in related art is not flexible enough. The method includes: obtaining interpupillary distance information of a target user in response to an operation of shooting a 3D image; adjusting a double-shooting spacing of a binocular camera of an electronic device according to the interpupillary distance information of the target user and a preset corresponding relationship between the interpupillary distance and the double-shooting spacing; and shooting a 3D image through the adjusted binocular camera.
US11076143B1
A system detects a screen tear in a display device for frames of video by retrieving an identification code associated with each pixel row of the frame of video and analyzing identification codes across the pixel rows of the frame of the video to detect occurrence of a screen tear. To support compressed (e.g., lossy) video data, the identification code associated with each pixel row of the frame of video is inserted into the most significant bit (or bits) of a color channel of a first pixel of the pixel row. Identification codes across the pixel rows of the frame of the video are then compared for tear detection. Because modification of the most significant bit of a color channel of a pixel may result in color distortion, the pixels including inserted identification codes are hidden from view by the display device.
US11076140B2
An information processing apparatus that performs processing to generate a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of captured images obtained by a plurality of cameras, comprises an obtaining unit that obtains visibility information which is related to components of a three-dimensional shape model of an object, wherein the visibility information is configured to be used for identifying whether pixels corresponding to the components are included in a captured image for each of not less than two captured images of the plurality of captured images, a selection unit that selects, based on the visibility information, from material data which is based on the captured image obtained by a camera included in the plurality of cameras and is stored in a predetermined storage unit, data to be used to generate the virtual viewpoint image.
US11076139B2
Disclosed are a color reconstruction device and method capable of accurately recovering the missing color of a target pixel. The device includes: a direction-characteristic estimation circuit calculating a horizontal-variation characteristic and a vertical-variation characteristic according to a first color of a target pixel and the values of pixels within a reference range, in which the target pixel is in the reference range and a current value of the target pixel is a first color value; an edge-texture decision circuit determining which of N predetermined relations matches the relation between the horizontal-variation characteristic and the vertical-variation characteristic and thereby determining the directional characteristic of the target pixel, in which the N is not less than four; and a color recovery circuit calculating a second and a third color values of the target pixel according to the directional characteristic and the values of the pixels within the reference range.
US11076117B2
A method of driving a solid-state imaging device includes: setting voltage of an input node of an amplifier unit to a first voltage by using logarithmic compression to convert current generated by charges overflowing from a photoelectric conversion unit to the input node into voltage corresponding to the current, transferring charges from the photoelectric conversion unit to the input node, setting voltage of the input node to a second voltage by converting the charges into voltage corresponding to the charges, at the amplifier unit, outputting a first signal based on the first voltage and a second signal based on the second voltage, performing the logarithmic compression by using a diode connected to the input node, and acquiring, as a reference signal, an output of the amplifier unit when the input node is set to a third voltage defined in accordance with a threshold voltage of the diode.
US11076111B1
A streaming application setup assistant may receive an image captured by a camera, the image capturing a physical environment that is to be part of a live video stream. A plurality of pixels may be selected from the image. The plurality of pixels may be grouped, based on a pixel color value for each pixel, into a plurality of pixel groups. A key pixel color value may be calculated that is associated with an average pixel color value of pixels in a largest pixel group of the plurality of pixel groups. A similarity color range that encompasses a threshold percentage of the pixels in the largest pixel group may be identified based on the key pixel color value. The similarity color range may be utilized to configure settings for replacement of the background in the live video stream.
US11076109B2
Disclosed are devices and systems for an optimized sensor layout for an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. In one aspect, the system includes a vehicle capable of semi-autonomous or autonomous operation. A plurality of forward-facing cameras is coupled to the vehicle and configured to have a field of view in front of the vehicle. At least three forward-facing cameras of the plurality of forward-facing cameras have different focal lengths. A right-side camera is coupled to the right side of the vehicle, the right-side camera configured to have a field of view to the right of the vehicle. A left-side camera is coupled to the left side of the vehicle, the left-side camera is configured to have a field of view to the left of the vehicle.
US11076105B2
One embodiment provides systems and methods for masking the effects of a flash on an operator including: a drawer system configured to receive a tray comprising one or more laboratory containers, wherein upon receiving the tray, the drawer system centers the tray underneath an image capture device; a flash device configured to activate, based on said centering, to illuminate the one or more laboratory containers; and an image capture device configured to capture an illuminated image of the one or more laboratory containers.
US11076103B2
A method for image capture includes determining an exposure range and setting at least one camera parameter to capture an underexposed image outside the exposure range. The underexposed image is processed using a neural network to recover image details. Image defects due to camera or object motion blur can be reduced.
US11076098B2
An image capture device may include a first spectral filter and a second spectral filter arranged so that a panoramic image capture operation captures light filtered by the first spectral filter and light filtered by the second spectral filter in a same region of a combined image and one or more processors to: capture a plurality of images based on the panoramic image capture operation; extract first information and second information from the plurality of images, wherein the first information is associated with the first spectral filter and the second information is associated with the second spectral filter; identify an association between the first information and the second information based on a feature captured in the plurality of images via the first spectral filter and the second spectral filter; and store or provide information based on the association between the first information and the second information.
US11076095B1
A computer-implemented method for a multiple imager imaging system is disclosed. The method comprises capturing regular images; capturing depth sensor images; and performing a depth-based alignment operation to adjust factory alignment parameters based on depth sensor information.
US11076093B2
The shape of a moving object is reconstructed from a shot image under relatively-strong ambient light or an embedded image is demodulated from a video image in which an image that may not be visually recognized is embedded to display the image. The image processing method of the present invention includes irradiating flashing light to the surface of the object based on a spreading signal obtained by spread spectrum modulation, receiving reflected light from the surface of the object to output the signal including the image information, a filtering for eliminating noise including a low-frequency component from the signal including the image information, inverse-spreading the signal after the filtering to demodulate the signal, and outputting, based on a signal obtained by the demodulation, an image reflecting the state of the surface of the object.
US11076092B2
An image processing apparatus includes first and second line buffers, an image processing circuit configured to perform an image processing on first pixel data stored in the first line buffer and then second pixel data stored in the second line buffer, and a controller configured to control writing of the second pixel data in the second line buffer at a timing aligned with a synchronizing signal and reading of the second pixel data written in the second line buffer for the image processing by the image processing circuit at a timing of a completion of the image processing by the image processing circuit of the first pixel data stored in the first line buffer.
US11076088B2
An image-capture apparatus and method for an artificial intelligence (AI) based control of imaging parameters of the image-capture apparatus is provided. The image-capture apparatus controls the imaging sensor based on a set of imaging parameters associated with the imaging sensor, to acquire imaging information. The acquired imaging information includes a first object of a plurality of objects. The image-capture apparatus generates by, a neural network model, a first classification result based on the acquired imaging information and modifies one or more first imaging parameters of the set of imaging parameters based on the generated first classification result for the first object. The image-capture apparatus further controls the imaging sensor based on the modified set of imaging parameters, to reacquire the imaging information to maximize a confidence of the neural network model for the detection of the first object in the reacquired imaging information.
US11076087B2
An electronic device and a method for setting image quality are provided. An electronic device includes a camera, a memory, and a processor configured to obtain, using the camera, a plurality of images for one or more external objects, identify a region of interest and a background region using one or more images of the plurality of images, recognize a first object included in the region of the interest, identify a type of the background region by recognizing a second object included in the background region, determine a scene corresponding to the one or more images, based on the recognized first object and the identified type of the background region, and adjust at least one of an image quality setting associated with the camera or an image quality setting associated with the one or more images using a specified image quality setting corresponding to the determined scene.
US11076074B2
A camera module comprising: a housing; a lens assembly that is fixed to the housing and comprises at least one lens; a circuit board that is arranged inside the housing and comprises a first circuit board and a second circuit board, on which image sensors arranged to face the lens are mounted, respectively; and a first shield can arranged inside the housing so as to support edges of the first and second circuit boards.
US11076066B2
An image reading apparatus includes a first posture detection unit that detects a first posture that is a posture of the apparatus main body when not in use, a second posture detection unit that detects a second posture that is a posture of the apparatus main body when in use, and a posture change detection unit that detects a change in a posture of the apparatus main body. When the first posture detection unit detects a switchover of the apparatus main body to the first posture in a first power supply mode in which power is supplied to the first posture detection unit, the second posture detection unit, and the posture change detection unit, the first power supply mode transitions to the second power supply mode in which a controller supplies power to only the posture change detection unit.
US11076065B2
An edge detection unit is arranged in a conveying portion conveying a sheet and detects the edge of the sheet in the width direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction. A light source unit is arranged opposite the sheet. A detecting portion holder holds the edge detection unit and the light source unit. A conveying roller pair positions the sheet conveyed toward the edge detection unit. A unit housing houses the detecting portion holder and the conveying roller pair. The edge detection unit has a contact glass making contact with the sheet. The light source unit has a facing glass facing the contact glass. One glass out of the contact glass and the facing glass is inclined downward at a first angle with respect to the tangent line, which passes through the nip portion between the conveying roller pair, toward the downstream side in the sheet conveying direction.
US11076058B2
Image scanning apparatus with an improved notification of the presence and content of scanned images
An image scanning unit scans a page image from a document and generates image data of the page image in accordance with a job request by a login user. A document file of the image data is generated, and saved in a specific folder. An additional information generating unit generates specific additional information that indicates content of the page image. A communication processing unit transmits a message including a network identifier of the document file to a destination user specified by the job request. A server unit transmits the document file upon receiving a transmission request that specifies the network identifier. Further, the communication processing unit (a) does not include the additional information into the message if the destination user is the login user and (b) includes the additional information into the message if the destination user is not the login user.
US11076054B2
A system and method for programmatically managing device connectivity to a network that includes provisioning connectivity devices with an account of a communication platform, where for a set of the connectivity devices, provisioning includes uniquely associating network operating identifiers of each of the connectivity devices with a corresponding programmatic device resource in the communication platform, setting communication metering properties in a programmatic connectivity plan resource in the communication platform and associating the connectivity plan resource to at least a subset of the device resources of the connectivity devices, and activating network communication status of the connectivity devices; servicing communications from the connectivity devices; and programmatically managing the communications from the connectivity devices through at least the device resources and the connectivity plan resources.
US11076053B2
The present disclosure provides details on an intermediary service bureau (ISB) system which includes an ISB center that acts as an intermediary communication center between communication devices used by correctional facilities and contract providers. The ISB records communications, stores security data, and provides front end processing to facilitate an inmate to communicate with an outside party by way of a contract provider. Further, the ISB provides accounting services for inmates and friends and family that use services provided the contract provider. The contract provider provides security and routing services for the ISB by obtaining data from the ISB and updating data at the ISB according to the communications.
US11076051B1
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) endpoint device is configured to interface with a VoIP server provides VoIP services to a plurality of VoIP-capable endpoint devices. The VoIP endpoint device includes at least one computer processor circuit and memory circuit that are configured to receive current geolocation data. The VoIP endpoint device retrieves previously-reported geolocation data from the memory circuit and determines, based upon the previously-reported geolocation data and the current geolocation data, that a mismatch trigger event has occurred. The VoIP endpoint device sends, in response to the determining, the current geolocation data from the particular endpoint device to the VoIP server. The current geolocation data is stored in the memory circuit.
US11076049B2
In one embodiment, agents are each assigned a plurality of attributes based on their skills. Each attribute may be associated with a skill such as accounting, technical support, language, etc. In addition, some attributes may have an associated score or proficiency level that describes how proficient the agent is with respect to the attribute. Administrators may then create rules to route communications to agents based on the associated attributes and a customer category that is assigned to the communications.
US11076032B1
A cradle for a mobile device includes a cradle base; a top element movable relative to the cradle base and configured to retain a top portion of a mobile device loaded into the cradle; a bottom element coupled to the cradle base and configured to retain a bottom portion of a mobile device or a case containing the mobile device loaded into the cradle; and a locking mechanism having a housing and a plunger at least partially disposed in the housing and configured for moving, relative to the housing, between a lock position and an unlock position. In the lock position, the plunger engages the top element to hinder movement of the top element relative to the cradle base and, in the unlock position, the plunger does not engage the top element to permit loading or unloading of the mobile device from the cradle.
US11076030B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a device body and a rotatable module. The rotatable module is rotatably connected to the device body. The device body defines a receiver window. The rotatable module includes a rotatable base, a camera module, and a receiver module, where the camera module and the receiver module are mounted in the rotatable base. The receiver module defines a first sound-guide channel on a side of the receiver module and a second sound-guide channel on an opposite side of the receiver module. The first sound-guide channel is in communication with the receiver window when the rotatable module is folded with respect to the device body, and the second sound-guide channel is in communication with the receiver window when the rotatable module is unfolded with respect to the device body. A control method of an electronic device is also provided.
US11076019B2
Technology related to scheduling services on a platform including configurable computing resources is disclosed. In one example, a method includes scheduling a first service to execute on a computing node based on an availability of general-purpose computing resources at the computing node. The computing node can be selected from a plurality of computing nodes. Network traffic transiting the computing node can be analyzed during the execution of the first service to determine a hardware accelerator of the computing node is capable of assisting the execution of the first service. The hardware accelerator can be used to assist with the execution of the first service. A second service can be scheduled on the computing node based on the availability of the general-purpose computing resources and the usage of the hardware accelerator on the computing node.
US11076011B2
A server cluster and method for providing a push notification service are provided. The method includes searching for, by a management server cluster, a first push server corresponding to predetermined search criteria from among a plurality of push servers upon receiving a request to connect with a push server from a mobile terminal; providing, by the management server cluster, connection information regarding the found first push server to the mobile terminal; and delivering, by the first push server, upon generation of a notification event after connecting with the mobile terminal, event information corresponding to the push notification event to the connected mobile terminal.
US11076006B2
Embodiments generally relate to management of activity in a collaboration environment. In some embodiments, a method includes monitoring activity characteristics associated with at least one communication channel of a plurality of communication channels, wherein each communication channel enables communication associated with a respective topic. The method further includes determining user information from the activity characteristics, wherein the user information is associated with users who communicate with each other on the at least one communication channel. The method further includes determining timing information from the activity characteristics, wherein the timing information is associated with messages exchanged on the at least one communication channel. The method further includes managing notifications to the users who communicate with each other on the at least one communication channel based at least in part on the user information and the timing information.
US11076000B2
The present invention discloses methods and systems for transmitting a received packet at a first network node through an aggregated connection. The first network node determines session information of the received packet and determines whether a new tunnel needs to be selected for transmitting the received packet. When a new tunnel needs to be selected, a hash result is determined. The hash result is substantially based on the session information and the number of available tunnels. A first tunnel is determined for transmitting the received packet according to the hash result. The session information and tunnel ID of the first tunnel is then stored in a first database. The received packet is transmitted through the first tunnel. When a new tunnel need not be selected, a lookup is performed to determine a tunnel ID substantially based on the session information. The received packet is transmitted through the determined tunnel.
US11075991B2
A data set may be partitioned according to relative differences indicated by a cover tree. A cover tree may be generated for a data set. Items in the data set may be stored at the same or different nodes according to the relative difference between the items indicated in the cover tree. Portions of the cover tree may be assigned to different nodes storing the data set. Access requests for the data set may be performed by sending the access requests to nodes identified according to the assigned portions of the cover tree.
US11075989B2
A system may include a first processor for storing, in a key-value column-based database, data records from data sources of a cellular network that is transformed into a single format. Customer identifiers may be used as key-values for indexing the data records in the key-value column-based database. The system may include a second processor for creating session records from the data records. Each session record may include a velocity of an endpoint device associated with a session and a number of inter-cell handoff attempts for the session. Each session record may also be labeled with a session identifier comprising a customer identifier and a timestamp. The system may further include a third processor for creating cell-level records from the session records. Each cell-level record may include a plurality of key performance indicators for a cell site of the cellular network segregated by a plurality of endpoint device types.
US11075985B2
A system is provided to support a serverless environment and quickly generate containers to handle requests. The system includes a first network node, a container orchestration system, and a serving node. The first network node receives an initial packet of a request from a host and sends a notification to a container orchestration system. The notification includes header information from the initial packet and signals the reception of the initial packet of the request. The container orchestration system creates one or more new containers in response to the notification based on the header information of the initial packet. The serving node instantiates the new containers, receives the request from the host, and processes the request from the host with the new containers.
US11075984B1
At a platform at which stream data retrieval requests directed to a stream management service are processed, respective metrics of reads being performed using a first set of one or more persistent network connections established between the platform and one or more stream processing applications are collected. A request to read additional stream data requests is directed to the platform based at least in part on a decision made by a load balancer. The request is rejected based on a determination that the collected metrics satisfy a threshold.
US11075977B2
In one embodiment, a monitoring process identifies a plurality of media elements added inside a viewport of a webpage, and calculates a render time of each of the plurality of media elements. After determining a load completion time of the webpage, the monitoring process may then determine a particular media element of the plurality of media elements that rendered last in the viewport before the load completion time based on the calculated render times. Accordingly, the monitoring process may then establish that a visually complete time (VCT) of the webpage is a corresponding render time of the particular media element that rendered last in the viewport.
US11075971B2
Systems and methods are provided for operating a media transmission network. The system includes at least one destination device for receiving a plurality of media streams from a plurality of source devices. The system further includes a controller that is configured to, for each media stream of the plurality of media streams: determine a media property adjustment for the media stream based at least on the media stream; identify a source device from the plurality of source devices associated with generating the media stream; determine at least one device setting for the identified source device to apply the media property adjustment to the media stream; generate a control packet for configuring the identified source device based on the at least one device setting, the control packet including the at least one device setting; and transmit the control packet to the identified source device.
US11075963B2
A method provides a server a request for server transaction processing, the request being a session request of an outer non-persistent session between a client and the server, the outer non-persistent session including the session request to initiate the outer non-persistent session and a session response to terminate the outer non-persistent session. The method includes, for each inner non-persistent session between the client and the server performed as part of a server transaction, receiving a session request from the server that initiates the inner non-persistent session and provides a response to a client request to process a corresponding first transaction portion, and providing a session response to the server that terminates the inner non-persistent session and provides a client request to process a corresponding second transaction portion. The method also includes receiving from the server the session response of the outer non-persistent session to terminate the outer non-persistent session.
US11075943B2
A system and method is described that sends multiple simulated phishing emails, text messages, and/or phone calls (e.g., via VoIP) varying the quantity, frequency, type, sophistication, and combination using machine learning algorithms or other forms of artificial intelligence. In some implementations, some or all messages (email, text messages, VoIP calls) in a campaign after the first simulated phishing email, text message, or call may be used to direct the user to open the first simulated phishing email or text message, or to open the latest simulated phishing email or text message. In some implementations, simulated phishing emails, text messages, or phone calls of a campaign may be intended to lure the user to perform a different requested action, such as selecting a hyperlink in an email or text message, or returning a voice call.
US11075928B2
A computer implemented method for wireless communications access security, the method comprising steps a computer processor of a client device is programmed to perform, the steps comprising: receiving at least one reference set of values from a server computer, each one of the received reference sets pertaining to a respective access point, measuring at least one parameter during wireless communication with an active access point, and determining a threat indication for the active access point based on a deviation of at least one of the measured parameters from a respective one of the received reference sets of values pertaining to the active access point.
US11075922B2
Systems and methods can track user login statuses across independent systems to determine whether to automatically grant access to a given domain. Specifically, when a new user device is detected at a system, one or more cookies are used to facilitate inter-system communications and to track session characteristics.
US11075921B2
In an example, a method is described that comprises forming an MNP uniquely associated with the client aircraft. The method comprises embedding the MNP in a source address. The method additionally comprises sending a router solicitation message to a fixed router in a ground service network, wherein the router solicitation message comprises the source address. The method also comprises receiving, by the mobile router of the client aircraft from the fixed router in the ground service network, a router advertisement message, wherein the router advertisement message comprises configuration information for subsequent communications between the mobile router of the client aircraft and the fixed router. The method still further comprises determining, by the mobile router of the client aircraft, based on receiving the router advertisement message, that (i) the MNP of the client aircraft has been delegated and (ii) the client aircraft has permission to communicate over the ground service network.
US11075920B2
Methods, systems, computer programs, and electronically readable media storing computer programs are provided for providing access to a plurality of structured data stores based on a plurality of personal authentication information. A first personal authentication information is received. Upon authenticating the first personal authentication information, access to a first level data store is provided. A second personal authentication information is received, and upon authenticating the second personal authentication information, and after authenticating the first personal authentication information, access is provided to a second level data store.
US11075910B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for secure communication of data between motorized mobile systems (MMS) and external devices, systems, networks, and servers. The data may include one or more of user, health, environment, and system data retrieved from one or more sensors located in, on, and around an MMS. The MMS stores and/or transmits the sensor data using secure protocols when the sensor data relates to personal information, such as personal health data, to protect the privacy of the user.
US11075907B2
An end-to-end security communication method includes, when receiving a security key generation request packet from a first host, generating, by a communication controller, a security key for end-to-end security communication between the first host and a second host, transmitting the generated security key to each of the first host and the second host, and setting a forwarding rule for transmission of a packet destined for a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the first host or a MAC address of the second host to a first switch and a second switch connected respectively to the first host and the second host. According to the end-to-end security communication method, the communication controller performs the process of generating a security key that will be shared between hosts using Software Defined-Networking (SDN), so that MAC security communication technology can be applied to communication between hosts belonging to different networks.
US11075906B2
Techniques for establishing a secure connection between a lead device and a secondary device are disclosed herein. According to an embodiment, the lead device receives a request to establish a secure connection with the secondary device. The lead device determines whether the secure connection is an initial connection with the secondary device. In response to a determination that the secure connection is not an initial connection with the secondary device, the lead device authenticates the secondary device using one or more credentials associated with the secondary device and stored by the lead device. In response to a successful authentication using the one or more credentials, the lead device establishes the secure connection with the secondary device.
US11075897B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for using a service processor to communicate with a remote component. The method may involve using the service processor of the device to discover a remote component connected to the device by a network. Once the remote component is discovered, the method may further involve using the service processor to establish a communications channel, using the network, with the remote device. The method may also involve using the service processor of the device to authenticate the remote component.
US11075896B1
A mobile security system and device that provides a physically secured network device to extends a home network anywhere in the world where there is access to power is disclosed. The mobile security system and device has integrated logical and physical security and may be transported into an area with no internet connection and be self-sufficient and secured. The mobile security system and device includes a housing enclosing a computing apparatus, an access control mechanism to secure a door of the housing in a closed position, and a security control module to protect the data stored on the computing apparatus and provide authentication to access the enclosure. A back-up power supply supported by the housing and a wireless router to provide wireless network access to the remote home network may also be provided.
US11075893B2
A cryptographic proxy service may be provided. Upon determining that data associated with a network destination comprises at least some sensitive data, a cryptographic service may provide a security certificate associated with the network destination. The plurality of data may be encrypted according to the security certificate associated with the network destination and provided to the cryptographic service for re-encryption and transmission to the network destination.
US11075885B2
The present invention relates to the field of networking and API/application security. In particular, the invention is directed towards methods, systems and computer program products for Application Programming Interface (API) based flow control and API based security at the application layer of the networking protocol stack. The invention additionally provides an API deception environment to protect a server backend from threats, attacks and unauthorized access.
US11075881B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate communication between devices that are configured according to different wireless network infrastructures. A subscriber access device may include a proxy having a virtual station and a virtual P2P client, and the subscriber access device may be conductively connected to an access point and a P2P group owner. The P2P group owner may establish a P2P group including one or more P2P clients that are within range of the subscriber access device. The proxy may bridge traffic between a legacy network and a P2P group. For example, the proxy may forward messages received over a legacy network to one or more P2P clients included within a P2P group, and the proxy may forward messages received from a P2P client of the P2P group to one or more devices configured to communicate with the subscriber access device over the legacy network.
US11075878B2
Methods and systems are described for assigning the proper internet protocol (IP) address to a client device following authentication of the client device on a network. In particular, at commencement of an authentication procedure of the client device, a role is associated with the client device that denies all DHCP renews/requests. By assigning a role to the client device 103 with a “deny DHCP renew/request” rule at the commencement of an authentication procedure, the systems and methods described herein ensure that a race condition does not allow the client device to renew an IP address in an old segment of the network. Accordingly, the client device may avoid a possibly improper IP address in a segment of the network system in which the client device is no longer associated with or operating on.
US11075874B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a gateway, a message for a recipient, responsive to the message being sent to the recipient at a first address. One or more rules are evaluated to select a preferred communication channel of the recipient, from among two or more communication channels. A channel-specific address of the recipient on the preferred communication channel is determined, where the channel-specific address differs from the first address. The message is directed, by the gateway, to the channel-specific address of the recipient to deliver the message to the recipient through the preferred communication channel.
US11075852B2
Various embodiments are directed to techniques for dynamically adjusting a maximum rate of throughput for accessing data stored within a volume of storage space of a storage cluster system based on the amount of that data that is stored within that volume. An apparatus includes an access component to monitor an amount of client data stored within a volume defined within a storage device coupled to a first node, and to perform a data access command received from a client device via a network to alter the client data stored within the volume; and a policy component to limit a rate of throughput at which at least the client data within the volume is exchanged as part of performance of the data access command to a maximum rate of throughput, and to calculate the maximum rate of throughput based on the stored amount.
US11075848B2
Embodiments are directed to a fast path for acknowledgement frames in wireless networks. An embodiment of a storage medium includes instructions for operations including receiving frames at a network device via a wireless communication channel, each frame including a sequence number; holding the received frames in a reorder buffer to be reordered according to the sequence numbers of the received frames, wherein a frame is to be removed from the reorder buffer for delivery to a next process upon the sequence number of the frame equaling an expected next sequence number or upon expiration of a reordering timeout period for the frame; and, upon receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) frame, the ACK frame containing no data and having a sequence number that is later than any ACK frame that has been previously processed at the network device bypassing the reorder buffer for the ACK frame, and delivering the ACK frame to the next process, and maintaining an order position for the ACK frame in the reorder buffer until the reordering timeout period expires for the ACK frame.
US11075839B2
The disclosure application discloses a method. The method includes: determining, by a control node, routing entry information of a service function forwarding node in a SFP in the SFC, where the routing entry information records a mapping relationship between route prefix information and next hop information, the route prefix information includes a SPI and a SI, the SPI is used to identify the SFP, the SI is used to identify a location of the service function forwarding node in the SFP, and the next hop information is used to indicate a next hop node of the service function forwarding node in the SFP; and sending, by the control node, the routing entry information to the service function forwarding node, where the routing entry information is used by the service function forwarding node to generate a forwarding table used to instruct the service function forwarding node to forward a packet.
US11075837B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for enhancing performance of multi-path communications. Multi-path communication performance may be enhanced by determining whether multipath communications share a congested router. A multi-path real-time communication protocol may provide techniques to prevent, detect, communicate and respond to a shared congested router. A shared congested router may be prevented, and/or detected using one or more detection techniques.
US11075834B2
A network interface card installed in a chassis switch, which includes a switch device and a controller, is provided. The switch device includes a plurality of ports coupled to other network interface cards in the chassis switch, and each of the other network interface cards is a fabric card or a line card. The controller is configured to perform different acts according to the card type of the network interface card, wherein the acts constitute a specific process of path planning which may prevent loops from occurring in the communication paths of control packet delivery between multiple network interface cards in the chassis switch.
US11075827B1
A disclosed method may include (1) receiving, via a physical interface of a network device, a hello packet that includes information specific to a fault-detection session established between the physical interface and an additional physical interface of a remote device via a link, (2) identifying, within the information, a plurality of statuses that correspond to a plurality of virtual interfaces partitioned on the additional physical interface of the remote device, (3) determining, based at least in part on the statuses of the virtual interfaces, that the link supporting the fault-detection session established between the physical interface and the additional physical interface has experienced at least a partial failure, and then in response to determining that the link has experienced the at least partial failure, (4) performing a remedial action to address the at least partial failure of the link. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11075820B2
In one embodiment, a service receives data regarding administration traffic in a network associated with a remote administration session in which a control device remotely administers a client device. The service analyzes the received data to determine whether the administration traffic is authorized. The service flags the received data as authorized, based on the analysis of the received data. The service uses the data flagged as authorized to distinguish between benign traffic and malicious traffic in the network.
US11075809B2
An example apparatus to configure a workload domain for security compliance includes a configuration normalizer to generate normalized workload domain configuration settings by normalizing workload domain configuration settings of a deployed workload domain based on a format of compliance configuration settings; a drift comparator to compare the normalized workload domain configuration settings with the compliance configuration settings before deploying an application in the workload domain; a post start-up controller to generate updated workload domain configuration settings by modifying ones of the workload domain configuration settings, the modifying of the ones of the workload domain configuration settings being based on the comparison of the normalized workload domain configuration settings with the compliance configuration settings; and a compliance verifier to determine whether the updated workload domain configuration settings satisfy the compliance configuration settings.
US11075807B2
The present invention relates to a method for replacing and/or cloning at least some devices of a machine, the machine comprising several cooperating devices, wherein a root device is used, which comprises a data connection to the cooperating devices, the root device comprises a data model which comprises configuration information of at least some of the cooperating devices, wherein the method comprises performing a discovery with the root device using different communication protocols for detecting at least some of the cooperating devices, gathering the configuration information of at least some of the detected devices and storing the configuration information in the data model, transferring at least part of the configuration information onto a new device.
US11075791B2
Techniques for handling failures in the execution flow of provisioning operations for a computer infrastructure system are disclosed. The techniques can include determining a service type of a service that generated an error during provisioning. An error handler can be selected based on the service type.
US11075786B1
Carrier Interferometry (CI) provides wideband transmission protocols with frequency-band selectivity to improve interference rejection, reduce multipath fading, and enable operation across non-continuous frequency bands. Direct-sequence protocols, such as DS-CDMA, are provided with CI to greatly improve performance and reduce transceiver complexity. CI introduces families of orthogonal polyphase codes that can be used for channel coding, spreading, and/or multiple access. Unlike conventional DS-CDMA, CI coding is not necessary for energy spreading because a set of CI carriers has an inherently wide aggregate bandwidth. Instead, CI codes are used for channelization, energy smoothing in the frequency domain, and interference suppression. CI-based ultra-wideband protocols are implemented via frequency-domain processing to reduce synchronization problems, transceiver complexity, and poor multipath performance of conventional ultra-wideband systems. CI allows wideband protocols to be implemented with space-frequency processing and other array-processing techniques to provide either or both diversity combining and sub-space processing. CI also enables spatial processing without antenna arrays. Even the bandwidth efficiency of multicarrier protocols is greatly enhanced with CI. CI-based wavelets avoid time and frequency resolution trade-offs associated with conventional wavelet processing. CI-based Fourier transforms eliminate all multiplications, which greatly simplifies multi-frequency processing. The quantum-wave principles of CI improve all types of baseband and radio processing.
US11075782B2
Methods, systems, and devices for improving uniformity between levels of a multi-level signal are described. Techniques are provided herein to unify vertical alignment between data transmitted using multi-level signaling. Such multi-level signaling may be configured to capture transmitted data during a single clock cycle of a memory controller. An example of multi-level signaling scheme may be pulse amplitude modulation (PAM). Each unique symbol of the multi-level signal may be configured to represent a plurality of bits of data.
US11075779B2
A buffer circuit includes a first feedback buffer to receive a first component of a current-mode signal and a second feedback buffer to receive a second component of the current-mode signal. The buffer circuit also including a first inverter having a first input coupled to an output of the second feedback buffer and to an input of a first current circuit through a first filter, a first output coupled to an input of the first feedback buffer. The buffer circuit also includes a second inverter having a second input coupled to an output of the first feedback buffer and to an input of a second current circuit through a second filter, and a second output coupled to an input of the second feedback buffer.
US11075778B2
For example, a first wireless communication device may be configured to cluster a plurality of channel estimation measurements into a plurality of clusters based on a clustering criterion, the plurality of channel estimation measurements corresponding to a respective plurality of Physical Protocol Data Units (PPDUs) received from a second wireless communication device over a wireless communication channel; and, based on clustering of the plurality of channel estimation measurements into the plurality of clusters, selectively provide a clustered channel estimation measurement to be processed for detection of changes in an environment of the wireless communication channel, by providing the clustered channel estimation measurement together with one or more other clustered channel estimation measurements of a same cluster of the clustered channel estimation measurement to be processed for the detection of the changes in the environment.
US11075776B2
Systems and methods for indoor tracking via Wi-Fi fingerprinting and electromagnetic fingerprinting are provided and can include a gateway receiver device measuring a RSSI value of a signal transmitted by a Wi-Fi transmitter device, the gateway receiver device measuring an EMF value of an interference in an electromagnetic field created by the gateway receiver device that is caused by the Wi-Fi transmitter device, the gateway receiver device determining whether the RSSI value matches any of a plurality of Wi-Fi fingerprints associated with a monitored region and whether the EMF value matches any of a plurality of electromagnetic fingerprints associated with the monitored region, and responsive thereto, the gateway receiver device identifying that a location of the Wi-Fi transmitter device is within the monitored region.
US11075773B1
An apparatus and method for data cap management of users exceeding or violating bandwidth policies in a communication system. A model is created for identifying super heavy users, and trained usage data for all current users of the communication system for a predetermined time interval. Usage patterns of each user are analyzed over a second duration using the trained model in order to identify current super heavy users based, at least in part, on the analysis. Traffic flow control restrictions are then applied to some or all of the traffic associated with identified super heavy users.
US11075760B1
In some implementations, a system may generate information that identifies a passphrase to be used as a biometric input. The system may receive a voice input of a user speaking the passphrase. The system may generate one or more cryptographic keys based on the voice input. The system may generate a digital identifier based on the one or more cryptographic keys. The system may generate one or more biometric templates for the user. The system may encrypt the one or more biometric templates using the one or more cryptographic keys and to generate one or more encrypted biometric templates. The system may store in a secure storage associated with the user, at least one of the digital identifier, a public key of the one or more cryptographic keys, a phone number associated with the user, or the one or more encrypted biometric templates. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11075757B2
A system may receive a request to perform a token exchange between a first account and a second account. A selected token for the token exchange may be associated with the first account. A hash of the selected token may be stored on a furnisher blockchain of a first distributed ledger. The system may generate a new token and a hash of the new token. The system may generate a shielded exchange instruction, the shielded exchange instruction comprising the hash of the new token and a zero-knowledge proof, wherein the zero-knowledge proof is indicative of the selected token being associated with the first account. The system may submit the shielded exchange instruction to a distributed ledger technology platform to cause execution of a furnisher smart contract and a receiver smart contract. Each of the smart contracts are configured to separately verify the zero-knowledge proof and update corresponding blockchains to consummate and record the token exchange.
US11075753B2
A system, a method and a computer program product and a system, for Key Fragment Management (KFM). The KFM system comprises a plurality of KFM instances and a client device. At least two KFM instances are executed on execution platforms of two different service providers. Each KFM instance retains a root key fragment. The client device is configured to perform a cryptographic process relating to a data item using a data-specific key. Each KFM instance is configured to generate a data-specific key fragment based on a data identifier of the data item and based on the root key fragment in response to the client device requesting to generate the data-specific key for the data item. The data-specific key is generated based on a plurality of data-specific key fragments generated by the each KFM instances.
US11075750B2
Systems and methods of detecting an unauthorized data insertion into a stream of data segments extending between electronic modules or between electronic components within a module, wherein a pseudo data segment included in the data stream upon transmission is detected upon receipt to confirm data transmission integrity.
US11075745B1
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for storing blockchain data. One method includes receiving a request from an application component of a blockchain node to execute one or more software instructions in a trusted execution environment (TEE); determining one or more blockchain node blocks for executing the one or more software instructions; performing error correction coding of the one or more blocks in the TEE to generate one or more encoded blocks; dividing each of the one or more encoded blocks into a plurality of datasets; selecting one or more datasets from each of the one or more encoded blocks; and hashing the one or more datasets to generate one or more hash values corresponding to the one or more datasets for use in replacing the one or more datasets to save storage space of the blockchain node.
US11075739B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for flexibly setting subband CSI-related parameters.
US11075737B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and procedures to manage a multicast communication to a multicast group implemented by a respective wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) of WTRUs in the multicast group are disclosed. One representative method includes receiving, by the respective WTRU of the multicast group, a configuration, the configuration indicating a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble to use for a negative acknowledgement (NACK) response to a multicast transmission to the respective WTRU, monitoring, by the respective WTRU, for data of the multicast transmission, determining, by the respective WTRU, whether the monitored for data was successfully received; and on condition that the monitored for data was not successfully received, sending, by the respective WTRU, the RACH preamble indicated by the received configuration.
US11075728B2
A transmission apparatus including: a transport stream generation unit configured to generate a transport stream in which a first transport packet containing transport media in a payload and a second transport packet containing information about the transport media in a payload, are time-division multiplexed; a transport stream transmission unit configured to transmit the transport stream to a receiver through a predetermined transmission channel; and a time information insertion unit configured to insert time information for allowing the receiver to obtain decoding time and/or presentation time into the first transport packet or the second transport packet.
US11075725B2
One apparatus may be configured to detect a set of beams from a base station. The apparatus may be further configured to select a beam of the set of beams. The apparatus may be further configured to determine at least one resource based on the selected beam. The apparatus may be further configured to transmit, on the at least one determined resource, a beam adjustment request to the base station. The request may indicate an index associated with the selected beam. Another apparatus may be configured to transmit a first set of beams. The other apparatus may be further configured to receive a beam adjustment request on at least one resource. The other apparatus may be further configured to determine a beam index of a beam in the first set of beams based on the request and the at least one resource.
US11075724B2
A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
US11075719B2
The present invention provides a wireless communication method supporting hybrid automatic repeat request. The method includes: sending first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process quantity indication information to a user equipment UE; and if second HARQ process quantity indication information is further sent to the UE, determining a second HARQ process quantity according to the second HARQ process quantity indication information, and performing data transmission with the UE according to the determined second HARQ process quantity. Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a base station and the user equipment. In the present invention, the base station and the user equipment can perform data communication with the UE based on different HARQ timing relationships and HARQ process quantities, thereby being capable of better supporting UEs adopting different functional characteristics.
US11075717B2
A receiving state indication method for an aggregate-media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (A-MPDU) and a receiving device, to indicate a receiving state of an A-MPDU including a MAC service data unit (MSDU) fragment. The method includes receiving, by a receive end, an A-MPDU sent by a transmit end; and when determining that at least one MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) in the A-MPDU is obtained by encapsulating a fragment of an MSDU, sending, by the receive end to the transmit end, an acknowledgement frame used to indicate a receiving state of the A-MPDU, where the acknowledgement frame includes a fragment indication field and a receiving state field.
US11075715B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an encoding method. The method includes: obtaining a corresponding index value from an index module based on values in Z to-be-encoded bits that are obtained and a state space value in a state space module, performing an operation based on the index value and the state space value to obtain a new state space value, encoding the Z to-be-encoded bits that are obtained, and obtaining a value from the new state space value and assigning the value to an auxiliary bit.
US11075714B2
A transmission device that performs multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission of transmit data using a plurality of fundamental bands. The transmission device includes an error correction coding unit, a mapping unit, and a MIMO coding unit. The error correction coding unit, for each data block of predefined length, performs error correction coding and thereby generates an error correction coded frame. The mapping unit maps each predefined number of bits in the error correction coded frame to a corresponding symbol and thereby generates an error correction coded block. The MIMO coding unit performs MIMO coding with respect to the error correction coded block. Components of data included in the error correction coded block are allocated to at least two of the fundamental bands and transmitted.
US11075710B2
A system and method for providing confidentiality against eavesdropping and authentication against impersonation attacks for advanced wireless communication systems are disclosed. The method exploits ARQ as a MAC layer mechanism and artificial noise as a physical layer mechanism with maximal ratio combining to achieve secrecy. An artificial noise, not requiring class space in the channel, is designed and added to the data package based on the QoS requirements and channel condition between legitimate parties. Basically, a special AN, which does not require null-space in the channel, is designed based on the QoS requirements and the channel condition between the legitimate parties and injected to the data packet. If the same packet is requested by the legitimate receiver (Bob), an AN cancelling signal is designed and added to the next packet. Then, an AN-free packet is obtained by using MRC process at Bob, while deteriorating the eavesdropper's performance.
US11075707B2
A real-time Ethernet (RTE) protocol includes start-up frames originated by a master device for network initialization including a preamble, destination address (DA), source address (SA), a type field, and a status field including state information that indicates a current protocol state that the Ethernet network is in for the slave devices to translate for dynamically switching to one of a plurality of provided frame forwarding modes. The start-up frames include device Discovery frames at power up, Parameterization frames that distribute network parameters, and Time Synchronization frames including the master's time and unique assigned communication time slots for each slave device. After the initialization at least one data exchange frame is transmitted exclusive of SA and DA including a preamble that comprises a header that differentiates between master and slave, a type field, a status field excluding the current protocol state, and a data payload.
US11075700B2
A skew adjustment method and a digital coherent receiver which can achieve skew adjustment without using a fixed pattern for skew detection are provided. A digital coherent receiver (100) includes: a chromatic dispersion adder (103) that adds chromatic dispersion to the optical multiplexed signal; a skew adjuster (201) that sets a quantity of skew adjustment for each of the plurality of channel signals obtained by detecting the optical multiplexed signal; and a skew controller (204) that is configured to, while monitoring signal quality of a reception signal obtained from the plurality of channel signals skew-adjusted, search for a quantity of skew adjustment at which the signal quality is made better.
US11075697B2
A fully connectorized optic fiber tap assembly is described that includes a first upstream connector interface configured to receive a downstream connector of a first upstream optic fiber line, and a first downstream connector interface configured to receive an upstream connector of a first downstream optic fiber line. The tap assembly further includes a set of service drop line connector interfaces. Moreover, an optic fiber tap of the assembly is configured to: receive an optical signal from the upstream connector interface, extract a portion of the optical signal, direct the extracted portion of the optical signal to the set of service drop line connector interfaces, and pass a remaining portion of the optical signal to the downstream connector interface. The fully connectorized optic fiber tap assembly is configured to be connected to the first upstream optic fiber line and the first downstream optic fiber line without splicing.
US11075695B2
High power, high speed VCSEL arrays are employed in unique configurations of arrays and sub-arrays. Placement of a VCSEL array behind a lens allows spatial separation and directivity. Diffusion may be employed to increase alignment tolerance. Intensity modulation may be performed by operating groups of VCSEL emitters at maximum bias. Optical communications networks with high bandwidth may employ angular, spatial, and/or wavelength multiplexing. A variety of network topologies and bandwidths suitable for the data center may be implemented. Eye safe networks may employ VCSEL emitters may be paired with optical elements to reduce optical power density to eye safe levels.
US11075691B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for a constellation design for a Martian synchronous orbit are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a system for communications comprises at least one antenna on Mars in communication with at least one Martian satellite. In one or more embodiments, at least one Martian satellite is located in an areosynchronous orbit (ASO) around Mars. The system further comprises at least one Martian satellite in communication with at least one antenna on Earth. In at least one embodiment, at least one Martian satellite is part of a Martian areosynchronous satellite constellation, which comprises a total of at least four Martian satellites. In some embodiments, the areosynchronous orbit (ASO) is an areostationary orbit.
US11075689B1
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums A method for satellite communications. A computing device concurrently communicates with two or more satellites of a cluster of satellites in a satellite network. The clusters are dynamically adjusted to achieve a communication objective. This improves satellite communications by increasing that likelihood that the computing device will be in range of a satellite that is useful for achieving the communication objective.
US11075687B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to generate a first set of one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages to create a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) and RRC entity at a donor Fifth Generation evolved NodeB (DgNB), and to generate a second set of one or more RRC messages to create a radio link control (RLC) entity at a serving relay node (RN) to couple with the DgNB in a multi-hop relay network, and a memory to store the first set of one or more RRC messages or the second set of one or more RRC messages.
US11075660B2
A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, obtaining uplink information that describes a configuration for uplink wireless communications by a communication device, wherein the uplink information comprises a first assignment of a first resource block to the communication device for transport of control information as a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); performing a first Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) measurement of the PUCCH; initiating a first corrective action responsive to detecting the first SINR measurement being below a first SINR threshold; and initiating a second SINR measurement of the PUCCH to confirm the second SINR measurement is above the first SINR measurement. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11075658B2
A multilayer substrate includes a dielectric substrate, a pair of capacitor electrodes, and an input/output electrode that is an electrode for input, an electrode for output, or an electrode for input and output. The dielectric substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface that are opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the dielectric substrate. The pair of capacitor electrodes is disposed in the dielectric substrate. Electrodes of the pair of capacitor electrodes face each other in the thickness direction. The input/output electrode is disposed on the second main surface of the dielectric substrate. A capacitor that includes the pair of capacitor electrodes and a portion being part of the dielectric substrate and located between the electrodes of the pair of capacitor electrodes at least partially overlaps the input/output electrode electrically connected to the capacitor.
US11075657B2
A quadplexer providing improved insertion loss and pass band steepness is provided. The quadplexer comprises a first filter structure with a first filter element, a second filter structure with a second filter element and an inductive element that is electrically connected in series between common ports of the filter structures and input ports of the filter elements.
US11075652B2
This application provides a polar code transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: transforming a to-be-processed bit sequence at two or more different granularities, where each specific manner at a first granularity is used to implicitly indicate one value in one level of time sequence information, and each specific manner at a second granularity is used to implicitly indicate one value in another level of time sequence information; and sending the transformed (processed) bit sequence, so that different encoded bit sequences can be obtained, and more versions of time sequence information can be implemented, thereby meeting a requirement of transmission in a plurality of levels of time sequences.
US11075651B2
Provided is a system and method for determining a generalized Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) code for forward error correction channel coding that has a repeat-accumulate code structure.
US11075647B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to compress data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an off-chip memory to store data; a data slicer to split a dataset into a plurality of blocks of data; a data processor to select a first compression technique for a first block of the plurality of blocks of data based on first characteristics of the first block; and select a second compression technique for a second block of the plurality of blocks of data based on second characteristics of the second block; a first compressor to compress the first block using the first compression technique to generate a first compressed block of data; a second compressor to compress the second block using the second compression technique to generate a second compressed block of data; a header generator to generate a first header identifying the first compression technique and a second header identifying the second compression technique; and an interface to transmit the first compressed block of data with the first header and the second compressed block of data with the second header to be stored in the off chip memory.
US11075645B2
An integrated circuit including a first passive component of capacitive, resistive, or inductive type, including: a plurality of second and third passive components of said type, each having a same first theoretical value Compu_t, the second components being connected together so that their values add, and each third component being associated with a first switch having its state determining whether the value of the third component adds to the values of the second components; and a plurality of fourth passive components of said type, each associated with a second switch having its state determining whether the value of the fourth component adds to the values of the second components, at least one of the fourth passive components having a second theoretical value equal to (1−P).Compu_t or to (1+P).Compu_t, P being positive and smaller than ½.
US11075643B2
Digital to analog conversion generates an analog output corresponding to a digital input by controlling unit elements or cells using data bits of the digital input. The unit elements or cells individually make a contribution to the analog output. Due to process, voltage, and temperature variations, the unit elements or cells may have mismatches. The mismatches can degrade the quality of the analog output. To extract the mismatches, a transparent dither can be used. The mismatches can be extracted by observing the analog output, and performing a cross-correlation of the observed output with the dither. Once extracted, the unit elements or cells can be adjusted accordingly to reduce the mismatches.
US11075641B1
An analog to digital converter (ADC) device includes ADC circuits, a calibration circuit, and a skew adjusting circuit. The ADC circuits convert an input signal according to interleaved clock signals, in order to generate first quantized outputs. The calibration circuit performs at least one calibration computation according to the first quantized outputs to generate second quantized outputs. The skew adjusting circuit determines calculating signals, to which the second quantized outputs correspond in a predetermined interval, and averages the calculating signals to generate a reference signal, and compares the reference signal with each of the calculating signals to generate detecting signals, and determines whether the detecting signals are adjusted or not according to a signal frequency to generate adjusting signals, in order to reduce a clock skew in the ADC circuits.
US11075638B1
A calibration system of a digital phase locked loop (DPLL) includes a calibration circuit and a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO). The calibration circuit is configured to receive an input signal and a feedback signal, and generate a digital signal, based on a frequency of the input signal, a frequency of the feedback signal, and an input bias code. The DCO is configured to receive the input bias code and the digital signal, and generate a bias signal based on the input bias code. The DCO is further configured to generate an analog signal based on the bias signal and the digital signal, and generate the feedback signal such that the frequency of the feedback signal is based on an amplitude of the analog signal.
US11075637B2
A signal generation circuit is disclosed according to an embodiment of the invention. The signal generation circuit includes a phase control circuit, a bias control circuit and a phase interpolation circuit. The phase control circuit is configured to generate a phase control signal according to a phase adjustment signal. The bias control circuit is configured to generate a bias voltage according to the phase control signal. The phase interpolation circuit is configured to generate a clock signal according to the phase control signal and the bias voltage. The bias voltage is used to adjust a current of the phase interpolation circuit to correct an error of the clock signal.
US11075627B2
Methods and circuitry for driving a device are disclosed. An example of the circuitry includes a voltage sensing circuit coupled to an input of a transistor, the voltage sensing circuit having a first output at a node, the voltage sensing circuit comprising a capacitive voltage divider, and a current sensing circuit coupled to the input of the transistor and to the voltage sensing circuit, the current sensing circuit having a second output, the current sensing circuit comprising a resistive divider coupled to the input of the transistor.
US11075626B2
A power-on clear circuit includes a bias current generation circuit having one end connected to a first line supplied with a first power supply voltage, the other end connected to a second line kept at a fixed potential, and configured to generate a bias current, and to transmit the bias current to a first node; a first transistor having a first terminal connected to the second line, a second terminal connected to the first node, and a control terminal for receiving application of a second power supply voltage which varies to follow the first power supply voltage; an inverter unit configured to operate on the basis of the first power supply voltage, and to which a potential of the first node is input; and a signal outputting unit configured to output a power-on clear signal in accordance with an output of the inverter unit.
US11075624B2
A hybrid driver receives complementary high-speed input data signals and a pair of low-speed input data signals and selects one of the pairs of input data signals and drives output data signals on first and second output nodes based on the selected pair of input data signals. The hybrid driver includes first and second driver circuits coupled to the first and second output nodes, respectively. Each driver circuit includes first and second series-connected transistors coupled between a first supply voltage node and a reference voltage node, with an interconnection of the first and second series-connected transistors coupled to the corresponding first or second output node. Each first and second driver circuit includes a third transistor coupled in parallel with the corresponding first transistor. Each first and third transistor couples in parallel the corresponding output node to a second supply voltage node responsive to the corresponding low-speed input data signal.
US11075622B1
In one aspect, a gate driver circuit includes a gate driver having a first input connected to a first node and a second input connected to a second node. The gate driver circuit also includes a current source circuit that includes a first transistor and a capacitor having a top plate connected to the source of the first transistor and a bottom plate connected to ground. The gate driver circuit further includes a switch that includes a second transistor. A gate of the second transistor is connected to a drain of the first transistor and a source of the second transistor is connected to the first node.
US11075614B2
A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a piezoelectric film located on the substrate and including a penetration hole penetrating therethrough; a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across at least a part of the piezoelectric film; and a protective film covering an upper surface of the piezoelectric film, a side surface of the piezoelectric film, and an inner surface of the penetration hole.
US11075613B2
A vibrator device includes a base, a relay substrate that is supported by the base, and a vibrator element that is supported by the relay substrate. In addition, the vibrator element includes a vibration substrate formed of a piezoelectric single-crystalline body and an excitation electrode disposed on the vibration substrate. In addition, the relay substrate includes a substrate formed of the piezoelectric single-crystalline body. A crystal axis of the substrate and a crystal axis of the vibration substrate are shifted from each other.
US11075605B2
A mobile device may include a power supply configured to generate a supply voltage, a power converter configured to generate a converted voltage from the supply voltage wherein the converted voltage is significantly different than the supply voltage, and a plurality of power domains. The plurality of power domains may include a first power domain global to the mobile device and comprising a first plurality of electronic components powered from the supply voltage and a second power domain global to the mobile device and comprising a second plurality of electronic components powered from the converted voltage, wherein power requirements of each of the second plurality of electronic components are significantly higher than power requirements of each of the first plurality of electronic components.
US11075600B2
The purpose of the invention is a method for controlling a three-phase electrical machine from an inverter. Each sector of the complex representation of the space vector modulation being subdivided into three subsectors, comprising a central subsector centred on the active vector, a first lateral subsector associated with the first zero-sequence vector, and a second lateral subsector, opposite the first lateral subsector relative to the central subsector, associated with the second zero-sequence vector, it comprises a step of control of the voltage at the terminals of each phase of the electrical machine, measured relative to neutral, with the value defined by the control vector associated with the subsector in which the control vector is located.
US11075598B2
A device comprises a rotor magnetically coupled to a stator, a plurality of slots for accommodating a plurality of conductors, wherein the plurality of slots is evenly spaced, and each slot is configured to accommodate at least one conductor of the plurality of conductors, and wherein each conductor has a first end and a second end, and wherein the second end is configured to be coupled to a power converter and a plurality of connection apparatuses connected to first ends of the plurality of conductors.
US11075594B2
A power tool includes a three-phase DC motor, a power switching network, a power source, and an electronic processor. A first phase of the motor is connected between a first low side electronic switch and a power source electronic switch, and connected to the power source via a first high side electronic switch in parallel with a diode. The electronic processor is configured to receive an indication to stop the motor during operation of the motor and activate the first low side electronic switch and a second low side electronic switch for a first predetermined time responsive to receiving the indication such that a back-electromagnetic force generated by the motor is stored in the first phase. The electronic processor is configured to deactivate the second low side electronic switch after the first predetermined time such that a first regenerative current is provided to the power source via the diode.
US11075588B2
An inverter system is provided that includes switches that alternate between closed and open states to conduct or block conduction, respectively, of electric current through the switches and switch controllers that control operation of the switches between the closed and open states. In a first operating mode, the controllers control operation of the switches to convert direct current into a single, common phase of an alternating current from a same phase output from each of the switches to power a higher-demand load of a powered system with the single phase of the alternating current. In a second operating mode, the controllers control operation of the switches to convert the direct current into multiple, different phases of the alternating current to power a lower-demand load of the powered system with the multiple, different phases of the alternating current. Each of the switches outputs a different phase of the multiple phases.
US11075583B1
Apparatus for power conversion are provided. One apparatus includes a power converter including an input circuit and an output circuit. The power converter is configured to receive power from a source for providing power at a DC source voltage VS. The power converter is adapted to convert power from the input circuit to the output circuit at a substantially fixed voltage transformation ratio KDC=VOUT/VIN at an output current, wherein VIN is an input voltage and VOUT is an output voltage. The input circuit and at least a portion of the output circuit are connected in series across the source, such that an absolute value of the input voltage VIN applied to the input circuit is approximately equal to the absolute value of the DC source voltage VS minus a number N times the absolute value of the output voltage VOUT, where N is at least 1.
US11075577B2
A power supply includes a reference voltage generator circuit, a ramp generator circuit, and control circuitry. During operation, the reference voltage generator circuit compares a magnitude of a received output voltage feedback signal to a received reference voltage. Based on the comparison, the reference voltage generator circuit produces a varying reference voltage and outputs it to the ramp generator circuit. As its name suggests, a magnitude of the varying reference voltage varies over time. The ramp generator circuit produces a ramp voltage signal, a magnitude of which is offset by the varying reference voltage. To maintain an output voltage of the power supply within regulation, the control circuitry receives the varying reference voltage and controls activation of a power converter circuit to power a load based on a comparison of the ramp voltage signal and the output voltage feedback signal of the power supply.
US11075568B2
Disclosed within are a structure and method for forming a component for a rotor to be used in an electric machine. The formed rotor components can include a rotor assembly or rotor shaft. The rotor assembly can include a plurality of poles spaced about a rotor core. The plurality of poles can include a pole shoe or pole body. Quasi-laminations that can result in a unitary structure that includes support structures can be used to form all or a portion of the pole shoe or pole body.
US11075562B2
A bus bar unit includes a bus bar holder, a bus bar extending in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction and fixed to the bus bar holder, and an external connection terminal connected to the bus bar and extending to one side in the axial direction from the bus bar. The external connection terminal has a plate shape. The external connection terminal includes a first plate portion extending toward one side in the axial direction and a second plate portion that is positioned on a base end side of the first plate portion, is provided with a connection portion connected to the bus bar, and faces a direction different from the first plate portion. The first plate portion and the second plate portion are connected to each other in a bending line extending in the axial direction, and the second plate portion extends from one surface side to the other surface side of the first plate portion when viewed in the axial direction.
US11075556B2
A coil assembly of a stator is configured in such a manner that an air core region of each magnet coil houses effective coil parts of different magnet coils. The outer shape of each magnet coil in a section perpendicular to a center axis of a rotor is a divided ring-like shape defined by dividing a circular ring into equal N parts. Two sides of the divided ring-like shape form an angle set to be 360°/N or less. Each magnet coil is made of a coil conductive wire including a conductive wire bundle as a bundle of multiple non-insulated conductive wires each being a non-insulated wire, and an insulating coating layer covering the periphery of the conductive wire bundle.
US11075554B2
The invention relates to a rotor (2) for a permanent magnet synchronous machine, comprising a laminated core (6) arranged on a shaft (4) extending in the axial direction (A), a plurality of poles (14) being arranged around the periphery of the laminated core, wherein at least one magnet (10) is provided per pole. In order to ensure particularly good prevention against slipping of the magnets, pole gap rods (12) are positioned between the poles (14) in such a way that, in the peripheral direction, each magnet (10) is applied, by a first side (16a) and an opposing second side (16b), to a respective pole gap rod (12).
US11075548B2
Embodiments described herein provide a method for wireless power transmission of reconfigurable power levels. A wireless power receiver is used to receive power from a wireless power transmitter according to a negotiated power level. The wireless power receiver determines whether a re-negotiation condition is met at the wireless power receiver. The wireless power receiver then sends, to the wireless power transmitter, a re-negotiation request for an updated power level different from the negotiated power level. The wireless power receiver receives, from the wireless power transmitter, an acknowledgement that acknowledges the updated power level, and then operates to receive power from the wireless power transmitter according to the updated power level.
US11075541B2
A signal transmission system comprises: a power supply, a power sourcing device and a powered device connected to each other through a coaxial cable; the power sourcing device comprises a first active inductor module for receiving a DC signal transmitted by the power supply, and transmitting the DC signal to the powered device through the coaxial cable, a first capacitor module for receiving a superposed signal transmitted through the coaxial cable, and transmitting the superposed signal to a signal processing module; and the powered device comprises a second active inductor module for receiving, through the coaxial cable, the DC signal, and transmitting the DC signal to a signal acquiring module for acquiring a superposed signal, a second capacitor module for transmitting the superposed signal to the power sourcing device through the coaxial cable, and the signal acquiring module is for transmitting the superposed signal to the second capacitor module.
US11075535B2
An electronic device includes a circuit board; a battery; and a charging circuitry for charging the battery. The electronic device also includes a first sensor positioned in a first area of the battery or in an area in proximity of the first area in the circuit board for measuring a first temperature corresponding to the first area and a second sensor positioned in a second area of the battery or in an area in proximity of the second area in the circuit board for measuring a second temperature corresponding to the second area. The electronic device also includes a processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire the first temperature via the first sensor and the second temperature via the second sensor. The processor is also configured to charge the battery with a specified current when a difference between the first and the second temperature satisfies a designated condition.
US11075521B2
The present invention relates to an energy storage system. An energy storage system according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to an energy storage system for managing a grid and power of a direct current (DC) power distribution network associated with the grid, the energy storage system comprising: a first converter connected between a grid and the DC power distribution network so as to control voltage of the DC power distribution network; a second converter connected to the DC power distribution network so as to detect voltage of the DC power distribution network; a battery connected to the second converter, wherein the second converter controls charging/discharging of the battery; a rectifier connected in parallel to the first converter; and a first higher layer controller for controlling the first converter, the second converter, and the rectifier, and determining a limit voltage of the DC power distribution network and whether to drive the rectifier, on the basis of a state of the first converter.
US11075516B2
A relay temperature measuring device is provided. The device includes a sensor that measures an output of a battery and generates output measurement information and one or more relays that are disposed on a conductive line between the battery and a load. Additionally, a controller compares a relay temperature calculated using both-end measurement power information generated by measuring both ends of a conductor in a vehicle and the output measurement information with a preset temperature reference value, and connects or disconnects the relays based on a comparison result.
US11075510B1
A temporary cover is provided for protecting the contents of electrical boxes during wall construction. The box can include the cover as a temporary attachment that bends into place and is torn away when finished. The cover can also be a stand-alone component that press fits into the box and has means for removal from the box, such as a tab on one side, or an aperture sized to receive at least a finger. The cover can also have a fin to engage with slot rails within the electrical box. Constructing a wall includes mounting the box within the wall, adding wiring within the box, covering the box with the temporary cover, finishing the wall, then removing the cover and replacing it with the permanent box cover.
US11075509B2
An electrical box including a flange produced utilizing a 2-shot molding process and provided as a unitary structure. The flange has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface and the second surface are substantially co-planar, spaced apart, and generally parallel to a plane defined by an open end of the electrical box when the electrical box is installed into a corresponding wall structure. The flange is self-supporting and flexible to accommodate dimensional and alignment irregularities in a mounting surface. Each of a plurality of knock outs formed in the electrical box has a slit formed therein that retains passed-through cables, as well as closes and returns to an original undisturbed position when the cables are removed to maintain substantially air tight conditions.
US11075504B2
A corona comprises a central electrode surrounded by an insulator, which is surrounded by a conductive component. The conductive component includes a shell and an intermediate part both formed of an electrically conductive material. The intermediate part is a layer of metal which brazes the insulator to the shell. An outer surface of the insulator presents a lower ledge, and the layer of metal can be applied to the insulator above the lower ledge prior to or after inserting the insulator into the shell. The conductive inner diameter is less than an insulator outer diameter directly below the lower ledge such the insulator thickness increases toward the electrode firing end. The insulator outer diameter is also typically less than the shell inner diameter so that the corona igniter can be forward-assembled.
US11075503B2
A multi-section laser device is configured with a gain section and an integrated photodetector section. The photodetector section, rather than being a separate component, is integrated directly into the body of the laser. The integrated photodetector section absorbs photons generated by the gain section and creates a photocurrent that is proportional to the output of the multi-section laser device. The measured photocurrent is usable to calculate power output of the multi-section laser device and to identify any adjustments that may be needed to be made to the laser in order to achieve desired laser light output.
US11075501B2
A process for producing a component includes a structure made of III-V material(s) on the surface of a substrate, the structure comprising at least one upper contact level defined on the surface of a first III-V material and a lower contact level defined on the surface of a second III-V material, comprising: successive operations of encapsulation of the structure with at least one dielectric; making primary apertures in a dielectric for the two contacts; making secondary apertures in a dielectric for the two contacts; at least partial filling of the apertures with at least one metallic material so as to produce upper contact bottom metallization and at least one upper contact pad in contact with the metallization for each of said contacts. A component produced by the process is also provided. The component may be a laser diode.
US11075494B2
The objective is to provide a connector connection regenerating system and a connector connection regenerating method which enable failures regarding connector connections to be solved with reduced costs when the failures have occurred. The objective is solved by a connector connection regenerating system comprising a regeneration circuit, a first connecting circuit connecting a first signal terminal (first terminal) switchably to a signal circuit and to the regeneration circuit, a ground circuit for conducting a regeneration current to a predetermined ground, a second connecting circuit connecting a second signal terminal (second terminal) switchably to a downstream circuit and to the ground circuit, and a controller configured to cause switching the first signal terminal (first terminal) to the regeneration circuit and switching the second signal terminal (second terminal) to the ground circuit.
US11075491B2
A coaxial cable connector system, comprising a coaxial connector, a coaxial cable, and a universal coaxial cable fixing sleeve is provided. The universal coaxial cable fixing sleeve comprises a first gripping component, a second gripping component, and a third gripping component. When the coaxial cable is assembled to the universal coaxial cable fixing sleeve, the first gripping component grips a conductive shield of the cable, and the second and third gripping components grip a protective outer jacket of the cable, respectively. When the universal coaxial cable fixing sleeve is engaged to a first connector, a first housing outer surface thereof corresponds to and fixedly engages with a sleeve receiving inner surface of the first connector, and when disengaged and engaged to a second connector different in type from the first connector, no re-preparation of the cable is required for corresponding fixed engagement.
US11075487B2
The present invention relates to a cable unit for connecting devices in a system, in particular in a patient monitoring system, to enable wireless exchange of data and/or power between them. The proposed cable unit comprises a cable (510) and a connector (520, 530) arranged at each end of said cable, said connector comprising a data transmission unit (522, 532) for transmitting data to and/or receiving data from a device having a counterpart connector and a magnetic coupling unit (521, 531) for transmitting power to and/or receiving power from another device of the system having a counterpart connector by use of inductive coupling.
US11075483B2
An electric connector structure has a male connecting member and a female connecting member. The maximum swing and vibration space is provided between the male connecting member and the female connecting member, and then the pressure is locally compressed through the pressing face and the blocking face. The protrusion partially interferes with the power socket, thereby forming a three-point hard contact inside the male connecting member and the female connecting member, so that the male connecting member and the female connecting member can be formed at the three-point hard contact position. The limit of vibration or swing, thereby effectively reducing the amplitude of the swing or vibration of the male connecting member and the female connecting member without completely preventing the swing or vibration of the male connecting member and the female connecting member, so as to eliminate the external forces and achieve protection of the signal pin.
US11075482B2
A connector assembly of the present invention includes a first connector having a first electrical-connection member arranged on a base member, and a second connector having a second electrical-connection member arranged on a base member at a position opposite that of the first electrical-connection member. The first connector and the second connector further include engagement members at positions opposite each other. The first electrical-connection member includes an elastic protrusion and a first electrode arranged at a tip of the protrusion. The second electric-connection member includes a recess and a second electrode arranged at a bottom of the recess. At least one of the base member of the first connector and the base member of the second connector has flexibility. When the engagement members engage, the first electrode and the second electrode are brought into contact, and the protrusion and the recess are brought into contact.
US11075475B2
A receptacle connector includes an insulative receptacle housing, two rows of receptacle contacts retained to the receptacle housing, a one-piece metallic shell member retained to the receptacle housing and having a circumferential structure continuously surrounding the receptacle housing wherein a shielding/grounding member unitarily extends from the shell member and into an center island of the receptacle housing to separate the two rows of contacts in the transverse direction. A plug connector includes an insulative plug housing, two rows of plug contacts, and a pair of grounding blocks at two ends. During mating, two opposite ends of the shielding/grounding member mechanically and electrically connect to the pair of metallic grounding blocks or locking members, respectively.
US11075473B2
An electrical connector that comprises an outer conductive shell supporting at least one signal contact therein and that includes a front end for mating with a mating connector and a back end opposite the front end for electrically connecting to a printed circuit board or a coaxial cable. A primary ground connection is located either inside or outside of the outer conductive shell. The primary ground connection is configured to electrically engage the mating connector with the printed circuit board or with the coaxial cable. A secondary ground connection is located either inside or outside of the outer conductive shell. The secondary ground connection is configured to electrically engage the mating connector with the printed circuit board or with the coaxial cable.
US11075464B2
Parabolic reflector antennas advantageously utilize feed boom mounted dielectric lens structures to support enhanced radiation pattern control. A parabolic reflector antenna includes a dish reflector, a feed boom waveguide having a proximal end coupled to the dish reflector, a sub-reflector assembly and a dielectric lens. The sub-reflector assembly may include a dielectric block coupled to a distal end of the feed boom waveguide and a sub-reflector adjacent a distal end of the dielectric block. The dielectric lens may be provided on the feed boom waveguide at a location intermediate the proximal and distal ends of the feed boom waveguide.
US11075460B2
An antenna structure includes a nonconductive supporting element, a first feeding radiation element, a first grounding radiation element, a second feeding radiation element, and a second grounding radiation element. The first feeding radiation element and the second feeding radiation element are coupled to a signal source. The first feeding radiation element has a first slot. The second feeding radiation element has a second slot. The first grounding radiation element and the second grounding radiation element are coupled to a ground voltage. The first grounding radiation element is adjacent to the first feeding radiation element. The second grounding radiation element is adjacent to the second feeding radiation element. The first feeding radiation element, the first grounding radiation element, the second feeding radiation element, and the second grounding radiation element are disposed on the nonconductive supporting element.
US11075456B1
One example includes an antenna system. The antenna system includes a plurality of printed boards arranged in layers and including a first printed board and a second printed board. The first printed board includes a resonator and the second printed board includes a shield. The antenna system also includes at least one conductive via that extends through each of the plurality of printed boards and is coupled to a transceiver. The at least one conductive via can cooperate with the resonator to at least one of transmit a wireless signal from the transceiver via the antenna system or receive the wireless signal at the transceiver via the antenna system.
US11075454B2
The present invention relates to a tower comprising multifunction smart node and interactive kiosk for use with a modular, multipurpose tower, to be used in smart city applications, citywide Wi-Fi deployments, video surveillance applications, environmental sensors and other communication venues (wired or wireless) involving wireless network deployments of various wireless technologies. The tower includes modular compartments that can be configured for multiple applications and a central support pole.
US11075453B1
Disclosed are embodiments of a microelectronics package that includes: first and second substrates (each having first and second sides); a chip; and a multi-element antenna connected to the chip. The chip is mounted on the first side of the first substrate. A first antenna element of the antenna is on the second side of the first substrate and electrically connected to the chip. The first side of the second substrate is adhered to the second side of the first substrate (i.e., covering the first antenna element). A second antenna element of the antenna is on the second side of the second substrate overlaying the first antenna element and physically separated therefrom by at least one ultra-low-K dielectric region within the first side of the second substrate and/or the second side of the first substrate. Optionally, the package includes multiple chips and/or multiple antennas. Also disclosed are associated method embodiments.
US11075450B2
A mobile terminal includes a 3D glass back cover and a main board opposite to and spaced apart from the 3D glass back cover. The AOG antenna system includes an antenna-in-package provided between the main board and the 3D glass back cover and electrically connected to the main board, and a metal antenna formed on a surface of the 3D glass back cover. A position of the metal antenna corresponds to a position of the antenna-in-package and the metal antenna is fed with power by coupling with the antenna-in-package. By providing a metal antenna, which is fed with power by coupling with the antenna-in-package, on a surface of the 3D glass back cover, the AOG antenna system provided greatly reduces the influence of the 3D glass back cover on the performance of the antenna, such that antenna radiation efficiency is high and the gain reduction is small.
US11075439B2
An electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a chip package, a core dielectric layer disposed on the chip package, and an antenna pattern disposed on the core dielectric layer opposite to the chip package. The chip package includes a semiconductor chip, an insulating encapsulation encapsulating the semiconductor chip, and a redistribution structure electrically coupled to the semiconductor chip. The redistribution structure includes a first circuit pattern located at an outermost side of the chip package, and a patterned dielectric layer disposed between the first circuit pattern and the insulating encapsulation. The core dielectric layer is in contact with the first circuit pattern. The core dielectric layer and the patterned dielectric layer are of different materials. The antenna pattern is electrically coupled to the chip package.
US11075430B2
An increase in the size of a wiring module is suppressed. A wiring module is for attachment to a power storage device group in which a plurality of power storage devices are arranged line up in a left-right direction. The wiring module includes: a plurality of voltage detection wires; and an insulating protector that includes a rear side routing portion in which the plurality of voltage detection wires are routed. The rear side routing portion includes a placement wall on which the plurality of voltage detection wires are placed, and a wire fixing portion that protrudes in a direction that intersects the placement wall, and to which the plurality of voltage detection wires are fixed using a binding member is provided in a region between left and right end portions of the insulating protector.
US11075429B2
Improved microporous battery separator membranes, separators, cells, batteries including such membranes, separators, cells, and/or methods of making such membranes and/or separators, and/or methods of using such membranes and/or separators are provided. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, an improved battery separator for a secondary or rechargeable lithium battery may have low electrical resistance of less than 0.95 ohm-cm2, or less than 0.8 ohm-cm2. The inventive battery separator membrane may provide a means to achieve an improved level of battery performance in a rechargeable or secondary lithium battery based on a possibly synergistic combination of low electrical resistance, low Gurley, low tortuosity, and/or a unique trapezoid shaped pore. In accordance with at least certain multilayer embodiments (for example, a trilayer membrane made of two polypropylene layers with a polyethylene layer in between), the inventive microporous membrane or battery separator has excellent onset and rate of thermal shutdown performance.
US11075424B2
A battery module includes a housing and a base of the housing. The base includes at least two opposing partition support walls, a first external wall, and a second external wall that is substantially perpendicular to the first external wall. The base also includes two or more partitions extending between the at least two opposing partition support walls to define compartments within the base, wherein each of the two or more partitions extend in alignment with the first external wall and transverse to the second external wall. Further, each of the two or more partitions is coupled to at least one of the at least two opposing partition support walls via a corresponding movable connection configured to be movable between a first position angled away from the first external wall, and a second position angled toward the first external wall.
US11075412B2
A dynamically disconnectable battery system for a motor vehicle, including a plurality of battery cells, having a respective battery cell housing with electrical connections by which the battery cells are electrically interconnected. In the battery cell housings there is arranged a respective cell branch connecting the connections to a galvanic cell. Each cell branch includes a switching element for opening and closing the cell branch; the battery system includes a control device, which is configured to actuate all the switching elements of the cell branches for the opening of the switching elements when the control device has received a danger signal from at least one sensor.
US11075408B2
Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising fluorinated polymers.
US11075406B2
Systems and methods which provide an aqueous gel polymer electrolyte having one or more additive therein selected to configure the aqueous gel polymer electrolyte, and batteries formed therewith, for improved performance are described. Aqueous gel polymer electrolytes may, for example, have an additive compound including boron (e.g., a borate ion-containing salt) therein to configure batteries formed using the aqueous gel polymer electrolyte to increase the ionic conductivity of the gel polymer electrolyte. The addition of borax in Zinc-ion battery gel electrolytes of embodiments is configured to enhance the dissociation of zinc ions and anions, and subsequently release more mobile zinc ions. Furthermore, the interaction between borax and divalent transition metal (Zn) in electrolyte according to embodiments may enhance the transportation of mobile zinc ions.
US11075405B2
An electrolyte according to the invention includes a first electrolyte portion, in which one or more types of elements among the elements constituting a crystalline lithium composite metal oxide represented by the compositional formula (1) are substituted with a first metal element having a crystal radius of 78 pm or more, and an amorphous second electrolyte portion, which contains Li and one or more types of second metal elements contained in the first electrolyte portion other than Li. Li7(La3−xNdx)Zr2O12 (1) In the formula, x satisfies the following formula: 0.0
US11075402B2
The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a potassium secondary battery, the positive electrode active material according to the present invention is a crystalline material comprising: K; a transition metal; P; and O, and comprises, as a main image, an image indicating a diffraction peak having a relative intensity of 5% or more in a range of Bragg angles (2θ) of a X-ray diffraction pattern of 14.7° to 15.7°, 22.1° to 23.1°, 25.5° to 26.5°, and 29.7° to 30.8°, when the relative intensity of the diffraction peak having the highest intensity is taken as 100% in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern of the material.
US11075400B2
A lithium-sulfur battery in which a passivation film having a semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) structure is formed on an electrode to improve lifespan characteristics of high-loading lithium-sulfur batteries.
US11075396B2
The present invention comprises a method and system for improving the energy efficiency of a vanadium flow battery, VFB. This is achieved by simultaneously reconditioning the VFB through in-situ activation of the electrodes.
US11075385B2
The present invention is to provide a negative electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which prevents increase in negative electrode resistance and improves initial charge/discharge efficiency and the effect of preventing gas generation and which is excellent in cycle characteristics. The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which comprises an active material (A) capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and an organic compound (B), wherein the organic compound (B) has a basic group and a lithium ion-coordinating group, and has a specific structure (S).
US11075384B2
A battery cell includes an anode, a cathode, and a separator between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the anode or the cathode includes at least a carbon fiber ply comprising carbon fibers, the carbon fiber ply having a thickness of less than 90 micrometers. Also disclosed are a battery and an aircraft including such battery cell, and a method for manufacturing such battery cell.
US11075381B2
A sodium-ion battery having a boron-doped graphene sheet as an anode active material is provided. The boron-doped graphene sheet is of formula BxCy, where x and y satisfy a relation of x+y=4, and x is a number larger than 0 and less than or equal to 1.
US11075370B2
The invention provides process for producing a stable Si or Ge electrode structure comprising cycling a Si or Ge nanowire electrode until a structure of the Si nanowires form a continuous porous network of Si or Ge ligaments.
US11075358B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel having a display region on which an image is displayed, a non-display region adjacent to the display region, a folding region configured to be folded along a folding axis and overlapping the display region, and a flat region adjacent to the folding region and extending in a direction perpendicular to the folding axis, and a protection film on a lower portion of the display panel and including a shear thickening fluid.
US11075357B2
In some embodiments, a first product is provided. The first product may include a substrate, a device having a device footprint disposed over the substrate, and a barrier film disposed over the substrate and substantially along a side of the device footprint. The barrier film may comprise a mixture of a polymeric material and non-polymeric material. The barrier film may have a perpendicular length that is less than or equal to 3.0 mm from the side of the device footprint.
US11075345B2
An organometallic compound represented by one of Formulae 1A and 1B: wherein, in Formulae 1A and 1B, A11, b20, L11, M, m, n, and R15 to R20 are the same as described in the specification.
US11075343B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting compound represented by Formula 1: HAr1—(L)n—HAr2 (1); an organic light emitting device including the organic light emitting compound of Formula 1: and an organic light emitting device including the organic light emitting compound of Formula 1 as a first compound and a second compound represented by Formula 2: HAr3—(L)n—HAr4 (2) .
US11075324B2
A method of producing an outcoupling element for an optoelectronic component includes A) providing quantum dots each having a core made of a semiconductor material, B) applying an inorganic or a phosphonate-containing ligand shell on a respective core of the quantum dots, and C) introducing the quantum dots with the ligand shell into a matrix material, wherein introducibility of the quantum dots with the ligand shell is facilitated compared to the quantum dots produced in step A), and the outcoupling element is transparent for radiation from the red and/or IR region.
US11075297B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer. A first conductivity type region is formed on a base layer portion of the semiconductor layer. A body region of a second conductivity type is formed on the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the first conductivity type region. A trench in which a gate electrode is embedded through a gate insulating film is formed on the semiconductor layer. The trench penetrates through the body region, so that a deepest portion thereof reaches the first conductivity type region. A source region of the first conductivity type is formed on a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer around the trench. The gate insulating film includes a thick-film portion having a relatively large thickness on a bottom surface of the trench.
US11075290B2
A power semiconductor device includes an active region surrounded by an inactive termination region each formed by part of a semiconductor body. The active region conducts load current between first and second load terminals. At least one power cell has trenches extending into the semiconductor body adjacent to each other along a first lateral direction and having a stripe configuration that extends along a second lateral direction into the active region. The trenches spatially confine a plurality of mesas each having at least one first type mesa electrically connected to the first load terminal and configured to conduct at least a part of the load current, and at least one second type mesa configured to not conduct the load current. A decoupling structure separates at least one of the second type mesas into a first section in the active region and a second section in the termination region.
US11075284B2
A semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof are provided. One form of the forming method includes: providing a base, where a well region and a drift region adjacent to the well region are formed in the base; forming a trench in the drift region; forming a diffusion barrier layer in the trench; after the diffusion barrier layer is formed, forming a gate structure on the base at a junction between the well region and the drift region, where the gate structure is located on a side of the diffusion barrier layer near the well region; and forming a source region in the well region on one side of the gate structure, and forming a drain region in the drift region on the other side of the gate structure, where the drain region is located on a side of the diffusion barrier layer in the drift region away from the well region. In embodiments and implementations of the present disclosure, during the operation of the semiconductor structure, under the barrier action of the diffusion barrier layer, doping ions in the drain region do not easily diffuse into the channel region below the gate structure, which makes a depletion layer of the source region and the drain region on two sides of the gate structure not easily expand, thereby being beneficial to alleviate the short-channel effect, and further improving the electrical performance of the semiconductor structure.
US11075277B2
An embodiment relates to a method comprising obtaining a SiC substrate comprising a N+ substrate and a N− drift layer; depositing a first hard mask layer on the SiC substrate and patterning the first hard mask layer; performing a p-type implant to form a p-well region; depositing a second hard mask layer on top of the first hard mask layer; performing an etch back of at least the second hard mask layer to form a sidewall spacer; implanting N type ions to form a N+ source region that is self-aligned; and forming a MOSFET.
US11075270B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The method includes: providing a base, the base including a source-drain doped region and an interlayer dielectric layer over the source-drain doped region; etching the interlayer dielectric layer to form an opening that exposes the source-drain doped region; and forming a first doped region at the top of the source-drain doped region exposed by the opening and a second doped region over the first doped region, a projection of the second doped region on the base covering a projection of the first doped region on the base, the doping ion types of the first doped region, the second doped region and the source-drain doped region being the same, and the ion doping concentration of the first doped region and the second doped region being higher than the ion doping concentration of the source-drain doped region. The first doped region and the second doped region surround a contact hole plug in the source-drain doped region, such that the contact hole plug is not easily in direct contact with the source-drain doped region, contact resistance between the contact hole plug and the source-drain doped region is reduced, and the electrical performance of the semiconductor structure is improved.
US11075267B2
A semiconductor device comprises a source/drain diffusion area, and a first doped region. The source/drain diffusion area is defined between a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure. The source/drain diffusion area includes a source region, a drain region, and a device channel. The device channel is between the source region and the drain region. The first doped region is disposed along a first junction between the device channel and the first isolation structure in a direction from the source region to the drain region. The first doped region is separated from at least one of the source region and the drain region, and has a dopant concentration higher than that of the device channel. The semiconductor device of the present disclosure has low random telegraph signal noise and fewer defects.
US11075259B2
A display device includes: a first substrate in which a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area are defined; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a cell seal disposed on the non-display area, where the cell seal includes a bonding filament connecting the first substrate and the second substrate to each other.
US11075258B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a corresponding display panel and an encapsulation method for the same. The display substrate includes a base plate comprising a display area and an encapsulation area surrounding the display area, and an insulating layer and a plurality of wires located on the base plate. The insulating layer comprises at least one groove in the encapsulation area. At least one of the plurality of wires comprises a first portion in the display area and a second portion within a corresponding groove of the encapsulation area. There is only one said second portion present in each groove.
US11075248B2
An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a first electrode on a substrate and a plurality of organic layers on the first electrode and including a first region and a second region. The organic light emitting display apparatus further includes a second electrode on the plurality of organic layers. A thickness of the plurality of organic layers in the first region can be different from a thickness of the plurality of organic layers in the second region.
US11075245B2
An image sensing device to control flow of photocharges using a new method is disclosed. The image sensing device includes a photoelectric conversion region formed in a semiconductor substrate, a floating diffusion (FD) region formed apart from the photoelectric conversion region, a vertical pillar formed between the photoelectric conversion region and the floating diffusion region to transfer the photocharges from the photoelectric conversion region to the floating diffusion (FD) region, and a switching element located between the photoelectric conversion region and the floating diffusion (FD) region.
US11075244B2
Implementations of image sensors may include: a first die including a plurality of detectors adapted to convert photons to electrons; a second die including a plurality of transistors, passive electrical components, or both transistors and passive electrical components; a third die including analog circuitry, logic circuitry, or analog and logic circuitry. The first die may be hybrid bonded to the second die, and the second die may be fusion bonded to the third die. The plurality of transistors, passive electrical components, or transistors and passive electrical components of the second die may be adapted to enable operation of the plurality of detectors of the first die. The analog circuitry, logic circuitry, and analog circuitry and logical circuitry may be adapted to perform signal routing.
US11075237B2
There is provided a solid-state image sensor including pixels each at least including light receiving parts receiving light to generate charge, a transfer part transferring the charge accumulated in the light receiving parts, and memory parts holding the charge transferred via the transfer part, and a predetermined number of elements shared by the plurality of pixels, the predetermined number of elements being for outputting a pixel signal at a level corresponding to the charge, wherein one or some of the plurality of pixels is/are a correction pixel(s) outputting a correction pixel signal used for correcting a pixel signal outputted from pixels other than the one or some of the plurality of pixels, and one or some of the predetermined number of elements is/are formed on a wiring layer side of the light receiving parts included in the correction pixel(s).
US11075234B2
Optimizations are provided for a high dynamic range (HDR) sensor. This sensor is a spatially multiplexed image sensor that includes at least two sets of red, green, and blue (RGB) pixels. Each red pixel in the second set of RGB pixels is positioned proximately and sometimes, adjacently, to at least one red pixel in the first set of RGB pixels. Each green pixel in the second set of RGB pixels is positioned proximately to at least one green pixel in the first set of RGB pixels. Each blue pixel in the second set of RGB pixels is positioned proximately to at least one blue pixel in the first set of RGB pixel. This spatially multiplexed image sensor is able to generate a digital image with reduced motion blurring artifacts.
US11075228B2
A display substrate, a method for manufacturing the display substrate, and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display substrate includes: a substrate; a first insulation layer on the substrate; a first signal line on a side of the first insulation layer distal to the substrate; a second insulation layer covering the first signal line; and a second signal line on a side of the second insulation layer distal to the substrate, the second signal line overlapping with the first signal line at an overlap region. A concave portion is formed in the first insulation layer. At least at the overlap region, the first signal line is in the concave portion.
US11075214B2
An electrically erasable programmable nonvolatile memory cell includes a semiconductor substrate having a first substrate region and a trench region apart from the first substrate region in a lateral direction, a channel region between the first substrate region and the bottom portion of the trench region, an electrically conductive control gate insulated from and disposed over the first channel portion, an electrically conductive floating gate insulated from the bottom and sidewall portions of the trench region, an insulation region disposed over the second channel portion between the control gate and the second floating gate portion, an electrically conductive source line insulated from the floating gate and electrically connected to the trench region of the substrate, and an electrically conductive erase gate insulated from and disposed over a tip of the floating gate.
US11075212B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip having a flash gate structure disposed over a substrate and including a control gate separated from a floating gate by an inter-electrode dielectric. One or more first sidewall spacers laterally surround the flash gate structure. The inter-electrode dielectric is directly between the one or more first sidewall spacers. A logic gate structure is disposed over the substrate and is laterally surrounded by one or more second sidewall spacers having a smaller height than the one or more first sidewall spacers.
US11075210B2
A circular printed memory device and a method for fabricating the circular printed memory device are disclosed. For example, the circular printed memory device includes a base substrate, a plurality of bottom electrodes arranged in a circular pattern on the base substrate, a ferroelectric layer on top of the plurality of bottom electrodes and a single top electrode on the ferroelectric layer that contacts each one of the plurality of bottom electrodes via the ferroelectric layer.
US11075209B2
The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a ferroelectric film and an electrode stacked on the ferroelectric film. The electrode has a multilayer structure of an electrode lower layer in contact with the ferroelectric film and an electrode upper layer stacked on the electrode lower layer. The electrode upper layer is made of a conductive material having an etching selection ratio with respect to the materials for the ferroelectric film and the electrode lower layer. The upper surface of the electrode upper layer is planarized.
US11075203B2
Semiconductor structures are provided. A first logic cell includes a plurality of first transistors over a substrate. Each first transistor includes a first gate electrode across a first channel region. The first gate electrode is electrically connected to a first conductive line of the metal layer through a first contact in a first dielectric layer and a first via in a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer. A second logic cell includes a plurality of second transistors over the substrate. Each second transistor includes a second gate electrode across a second channel region. The second gate electrode is electrically connected to a second conductive line of the metal layer directly through a second via in the first and second dielectric layers. The first transistors are surrounded by dummy gate electrodes, and the second transistors are surrounded by dummy gate dielectrics.
US11075201B2
A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) having a tunable tensile strain and an embodiment method of tuning tensile strain in an integrated circuit are provided. The method includes forming a source/drain region on opposing sides of a gate region in a fin, forming spacers over the fin, the spacers adjacent to the source/drain regions, depositing a dielectric between the spacers; and performing an annealing process to contract the dielectric, the dielectric contraction deforming the spacers, the spacer deformation enlarging the gate region in the fin.
US11075200B2
An integrated semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first vertical transistor, and a second vertical transistor. The substrate has a first substrate region and a second substrate region. The first vertical transistor is disposed on the substrate in the first substrate region. The first vertical transistor is n-type field-effect vertical transistor (n-VFET) with a first channel crystalline orientation. The second vertical transistor is disposed on the substrate in the second substrate region. The second vertical transistor is p-type field-effect vertical transistor (p-VFET) with a second channel crystalline orientation. The first channel crystalline orientation is different from the second channel orientation. A common bottom source and drain region as well as common bottom and top spacers regions are provided for the first vertical transistor and the second vertical transistor.
US11075192B2
A diode including: first and second doped semi-conductor portions forming a p-n junction, a first part of the first portion being arranged between a second part of the first portion and the second portion; dielectric portions covering side walls of the second portion and the first part of the first portion; a first electrode arranged against outer side walls of the dielectric portions and against side walls of the second part of the first portion, electrically connected to the first portion only by contact with said side walls, and passing through the entire thickness of the first portion; a second optically reflecting electrode electrically connected to the second portion such that the second portion is arranged between the second electrode and the first portion.
US11075191B2
A flexible lighting strip comprises a multitude of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and is arranged to bend around at least two, preferably three, linear independent axes. The LEDs are arranged in at least two groups, wherein each group comprises at least two LEDs arranged in an electrical series connection. The groups are arranged in an electrical parallel connection to an anode and cathode track. The groups are arranged in a longitudinal arrangement such that a last LED of a first group is arranged next to the first LED of a second group, and are mechanically coupled via an electrically isolated coupling structure such that a stiffness of the flexible lighting strip between the last LED of the first group and the first LED of the second group is matched to a mechanical stiffness between neighboring LEDs comprised by one of the first or second.
US11075188B2
A package structure includes a plurality of lower elements, a reinforcement structure and an encapsulant. The lower elements are disposed side by side. The reinforcement structure surrounds the lower elements. The encapsulant covers the lower elements and the reinforcement structure. The electrical connectors of the lower elements are exposed from the encapsulant.
US11075187B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of semiconductor die and a plurality of contact pads formed over a first surface of the semiconductor wafer. A trench is formed partially through the first surface of the semiconductor wafer. An insulating material is disposed over the first surface of the semiconductor wafer and into the trench. A conductive layer is formed over the contact pads. The conductive layer can be printed to extend over the insulating material in the trench between adjacent contact pads. A portion of the semiconductor wafer opposite the first surface of the semiconductor wafer is removed to the insulating material in the trench. An insulating layer is formed over a second surface of the semiconductor wafer and side surfaces of the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer is singulated through the insulating material in the first trench to separate the semiconductor die.
US11075173B2
A semiconductor package includes a first die having a first substrate, an interconnect structure overlying the first substrate and having multiple metal layers with vias connecting the multiple metal layers, a seal ring structure overlying the first substrate and along a periphery of the first substrate, the seal ring structure having multiple metal layers with vias connecting the multiple metal layers, the seal ring structure having a topmost metal layer, the topmost metal layer being the metal layer of the seal ring structure that is furthest from the first substrate, the topmost metal layer of the seal ring structure having an inner metal structure and an outer metal structure, and a polymer layer over the seal ring structure, the polymer layer having an outermost edge that is over and aligned with a top surface of the outer metal structure of the seal ring structure.
US11075172B2
A process for manufacturing a strained semiconductor device envisages: providing a die of semiconductor material, in which elementary components of the semiconductor device have been integrated by means of initial front-end steps; and coupling, using the die-attach technique, the die to a support, at a coupling temperature. The aforesaid coupling step envisages selecting the value of the coupling temperature at a value higher than an operating temperature of use of the semiconductor device, and moreover selecting the material of the support so that it is different from the material of the die in order to determine, at the operating temperature, a coupling stress that is a function of the different values of the coefficients of thermal expansion of the materials of the die and of the support and of the temperature difference between the coupling temperature and the operating temperature. Furthermore, additional stress can be enhanced by means of different embodiments involving the support, such as ring or multi-layer frame.
US11075159B2
Integrated fan-out packages and methods of forming the same are disclosed. An integrated fan-out package includes two dies, an encapsulant, a first metal line and a plurality of dummy vias. The encapsulant is disposed between the two dies. The first metal line is disposed over the two dies and the encapsulant, and electrically connected to the two dies. The plurality of dummy vias is disposed over the encapsulant and aside the first metal line.
US11075154B2
A semiconductor device includes: a lead frame that has one end in contact with the upper surface of the second terminal of the semiconductor element in the sealing portion, and that has the other end exposed from the sealing portion; and a control conductive bonding material that bonds between the upper surface of the second terminal of the semiconductor element and the one end of the lead frame, and the control conductive bonding material having electric conductivity.
US11075147B2
A stacked die semiconductor package includes a leadframe including a die pad and lead terminals on at least two sides of the die pad, a top die having circuitry coupled to bond pads, and bottom die having a back side that is attached by die attach material to the die pad and a top side having at least one redistribution layer (RDL) over and coupled to a top metal level including connections to input/output (IO) nodes on the top metal level. The RDL provides a metal pattern including wirebond pads that match locations of the bond pads of the top die. The bond pads on the top die are flip-chip attached to the wirebond pads of the bottom die, and the bond wires are positioned between the wirebond pads and the lead terminals.
US11075140B2
The disclosure provides a heat conduction structure with higher heat conductivity. This embodiment is a heat conduction structure where heat is conducted from a first member to a second member. The heat conduction structure includes at least one self-assembled monolayer and a heat dissipation grease. The self-assembled monolayer is formed on at least one surface of the first member and the second member. The heat dissipation grease is disposed between the first member and the second member. The heat dissipation grease is in contact with the self-assembled monolayer.
US11075138B2
Provided is a semiconductor package system. The system includes a substrate, a first semiconductor package on the substrate, a second semiconductor package on the substrate, a first passive element on the substrate, a heat dissipation structure on the first semiconductor package, the second semiconductor package, and the first passive element, and a first heat conduction layer between the first semiconductor package and the heat dissipation structure. A sum of a height of the first semiconductor package and a thickness of the first heat conduction layer may be greater than a height of the first passive element. The height of the first semiconductor package may be greater than a height of the second semiconductor package.
US11075121B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an initial fin structure on a semiconductor substrate; and forming a plurality of first dummy gate structures and a second dummy gate structure across the initial fin structure. The second dummy gate structure is formed between two adjacent first dummy gate structures, and includes a second dummy-gate-structure body. The method also includes forming a trench in the initial fin structure by etching and removing the second dummy-gate-structure body and a portion of the initial fin structure under the second dummy-gate-structure body. The trench divides the initial fin structure to form two fin structures. The method further includes forming a trench isolation layer in the trench and an interlayer dielectric layer on the plurality of first dummy gate structures. The interlayer dielectric layer covers a portion of the semiconductor substrate and the two fin structures adjacent to the trench.
US11075116B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated antenna structure. The integrated antenna structure includes a radiator and a ground plane disposed between a semiconductor substrate and the radiator. A conductive structure is separated from the ground plane by the semiconductor substrate. The conductive structure is electrically coupled to the ground plane. The semiconductor substrate has a thickness of less than approximately 100 microns.
US11075115B2
Described herein are methods of filling features with tungsten and related systems and apparatus. The methods include inside-out fill techniques as well as conformal deposition in features. Inside-out fill techniques can include selective deposition on etched tungsten layers in features. Conformal and non-conformal etch techniques can be used according to various implementations. The methods described herein can be used to fill vertical features, such as in tungsten vias, and horizontal features, such as vertical NAND (VNAND) word lines. Examples of applications include logic and memory contact fill, DRAM buried word line fill, vertically integrated memory gate/word line fill, and 3-D integration with through-silicon vias (TSVs).
US11075085B2
A wafer polishing method of applying mirror polishing to a surface of a wafer using a wafer polishing apparatus provided with a multi-zone pressurizing polishing head having a wafer pressing surface divided into a plurality of pressure zones and capable of performing pressurizing control independently for each pressure zone is provided with a measurement step of measuring a nanotopography map on the wafer surface; and a polishing step of performing the polishing by setting the polishing pressure of the polishing head against the wafer for each pressure zone based on a result of the measurement of the nanotopography map.
US11075079B2
A method of depositing a material on one of two, but not both, sidewalls of a raised structure formed on a substrate includes tilting a normal of the substrate away from a source of the deposition material or tilting the source of the deposition material away from the normal of the substrate. The method may be implemented by a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique.
US11075073B2
A cleaning chemical composition suitable, for removing a passivation layer from a substrate, wherein the passivation layer comprises residues resulting from etching of said Substrate.
US11075072B2
A wafer scale ultrasonic sensing device includes a substrate assembly, an ultrasonic component, a first protective layer, a first conductive circuit, a second conductive circuit, a second protective layer, a conductive material, electrical connection layers, and soldering portions. The substrate assembly includes a first wafer and a second wafer, and the second wafer covers a groove on the first wafer to define a hollow chamber. The first wafer, the second wafer, and the first protective layer are coplanar with the first conductive circuit on a first side surface and coplanar with the second conductive circuit on a second side surface. The second protective layer has an opening, where the conductive material is in the opening and is in contact with the ultrasonic component. The electrical connection layers are on the first side surface and the second side surface, and the soldering portions are respectively connected to the electrical connection layers.
US11075070B2
A monocrystalline semiconductor wafers have an average roughness Ra of at most 0.8 nm at a limiting wavelength of 250 μm, and an ESFQRavg of 8 nm or less given an edge exclusion of 1 mm. The wafers are advantageously produced by a method comprising the following steps in the indicated order: a) simultaneous double-side polishing of the semiconductor wafer, b) local material-removing processing of at least one part of at least one side of the semiconductor wafer using a fluid jet which contains suspended hard substance particles and which is directed onto a small region of the surface with the aid of a nozzle, wherein the nozzle is moved over that part of the surface which is to be treated in such a way that a predefined geometry parameter of the semiconductor wafer is improved, and c) polishing of the at least one surface of the semiconductor wafer.
US11075067B2
After a precursor ion has been captured within an ion trap (2), electrons having a high energy equal to or higher than 30 eV are introduced from an electron irradiator (7) into the ion trap (2) to increase the number of charges of the ion through an interaction between the electrons and the ion. Hydrogen radicals are subsequently introduced from a hydrogen radical irradiator (5) into the ion trap (2) to dissociate the ion by a hydrogen-attachment dissociation (HAD) method. The larger the number of charges of the ion is, the higher the dissociation efficiency by the HAD method becomes. Therefore, for example, even in the case of using an ion source in which most of the generated ions are singly charged ions as in a MALDI ion source, the dissociation efficiency can be improved by increasing the number of charges of the precursor ion within the ion trap (2).
US11075057B2
A system for treating an object with plasma includes a vacuum processing chamber having a holder on which the object to be treated is placed, at least two subassemblies each including at least one plasma source able to generate a plasma and being supplied with radio-frequency power Pi and with a gas i of independent flow rate ni. The plasma generated by one of the subassemblies is a partially ionized gas or gas mixture of different chemical nature from the plasma generated by the other subassembly or subassemblies. A process for selectively treating a composite object employing such a device is described.
US11075056B2
A scanning electron microscope objective lens system is disclosed, which includes: a magnetic lens, a deflection device, a deflection control electrode, specimen to be observed, and a detection device; in which, The opening of the pole piece of the magnetic lens faces to the specimen; the deflection device is located in the magnetic lens, which includes at least one sub-deflector; the deflection control electrode is located between the detection device and the specimen, and the deflection control electrode is used to change the direction of the primary electron beam and the signal electrons generating from the specimen; the detection device comprises the first sub-detector for detecting the back-scattered electrons and the second sub-detector for detecting the second electrons. A specimen detection method is also disclosed.
US11075055B2
An automated grid handling apparatus for an electron microscope including a transport module having a multistage shuttle comprising a first shuttle stage having a single degree of freedom of motion and a second shuttle stage having a single degree of freedom of motion independent of the first stage, an end effector connected to at least one of the first and second shuttle stages, the end effector configured to hold a grid carrier and transport the grid carrier into and out of an electron microscope through a transport interface that communicates with a multi-axis positioning stage port of the microscope, the end effector having a range of motion defined by the first and second stage degrees of freedom of motions and the multi-axis positioning stage internal to the electron microscope, and an automated loading module connected to the frame and communicating with the transport module, the automated loading module including a load port module through which grids are loaded into the automated loading and transport modules.
US11075053B2
This invention provides a charged particle source, which comprises an emitter and means for generating a magnetic field distribution. The magnetic field distribution is minimum, about zero, or preferred zero at the tip of the emitter, and along the optical axis is maximum away from the tip immediately. In a preferred embodiment, the magnetic field distribution is provided by dual magnetic lens which provides an anti-symmetric magnetic field at the tip, such that magnetic field at the tip is zero.
US11075047B2
A high voltage power fuse having a dramatically reduced size facilitated by silicated filler material, a formed fuse element geometry, arc barrier materials and single piece terminal fabrications. Methods of manufacture are also disclosed.
US11075046B2
A cable pull switch includes a polychotomous sensor configured to provide a reading of at least one of a plurality of values, the reading corresponding to a tension on a pull cable or a linear displacement of an end of a pull cable. A processor coupled to the polychotomous cable pull sensor configured to determine a rate of change of the value of the reading from the sensor and determine an occurrence of a cable pull event, the determination based on the determined rate of change of the value, and determine whether the rate of change of the value of an electrical resistance through the polychotomous cable pull sensor is below a threshold rate of change value, and adjust an upper pull threshold value to a new upper pull threshold value that is based on a present reading of the value of the electrical resistance through the strain gauge.
US11075040B2
An example interruption switch includes a casing surrounding a contact unit, defining a current path through the switch, which has two connection contacts, a separation region and a sabot. A current supplied to the contact unit may be interrupted via the one of the connection contacts and discharged via the other connection contact. At least one chamber in the switch, delimited by the separation region, is substantially filled with a vaporizable medium in contact with the separation region. The separation region is separable into at least two parts through the supplied current when a threshold amperage is exceeded. An electric arc forming between the two parts at least partially vaporizes the vaporizable medium, and a gas pressure to which the sabot is exposed forms. The sabot moves, in the casing, from a starting to an end position, achieving an insulation spacing between the connection contacts.
US11075039B2
A pole part for medium voltage switchgear includes: a vacuum interrupter embedded in an insulating housing including at least one of epoxy, a bulk moulded component, or a thermoplastic or plastic material, a bottom part of the insulating housing including a mechanical fixation device for fixing the pole part on a support element. The bottom part of the pole part includes a casted on or moulded on axial externally or internally threaded section that includes an insulating material.
US11075026B2
Embodiments herein describe techniques for a magnetic conductive device including a substrate, an under layer above the substrate, and a magnetic conductive layer including NiFe alloy formed on the under layer. A method for forming a magnetic conductive device includes forming a support stack including an under layer above a substrate, cleaning the support stack, and performing electrodeposition on the under layer by placing the support stack into a plating bath to form NiFe alloy on the under layer. The NiFe alloy includes Ni in a range of about 74% to about 84%, and Fe in a range of about 26% to about 16%. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11075009B2
A system and method for analyzing a subject health condition based on an input signal comprising subject heartbeat data recorded from the subject over a time period. Using the subject heartbeat data, a sympathetic activity index value in a sympathetic activity index (SAI) determined, where the SAI represents an influence, on a mean heart rate of the subject, of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) of the subject.
US11075008B2
Various embodiments predict drug-disease associations. In one embodiment, a plurality of disease similarity matrices and a plurality of disease similarity matrices are accessed. Each of the plurality of drug similarity matrices is associated with a different drug information source. Each of the plurality of disease similarity matrices is associated with a different disease information source. A known drug-disease association matrix is also accessed. The known drug-disease association matrix indicates if a given drug identified is known to treat a given disease. At least one drug-disease association prediction is generated based on the plurality of drug similarity matrices, the plurality of disease similarity matrices, and the known drug-disease association matrix. The at least one drug-disease association prediction identifies a previously unknown association between a given drug and a given disease, and a probability that the given disease is treatable by the given drug.
US11075007B2
An expert system incorporates multiple virtual-agent experts, each trained in a particular field or domain. When a user enters a block of input, an interactive front-end infers the semantic meaning of the input and creates a chat-table record that stores the inferred meaning and other characteristics of the input. A distributed virtual-assistant manager (DVAM) module uses that record to identify the domain of the input and, after retrieving cross-reference information stored in a virtual-assistant intent (VAI) table, selects a virtual-agent expert trained in the identified domain. If necessary, the DVAM directs the front-end to seamlessly switch the user to the newly selected expert. As the session continues, the system continues to dynamically switch the user to different experts as the session traverses different domains. The system may also consider the domain history of the entire session when selecting a domain.
US11075006B2
Medical devices and related systems and operating methods for communicating data therewith are provided. An exemplary method involves the medical device detecting an interfacing device coupled to the medical device via a physical communications medium, initializing a wireless communications session with the interfacing device in response to detecting the interfacing device, modulating an electrical signal between the interfacing device and the medical device to transmit data from the medical device to the interfacing device via the physical communications medium, and receiving communications, such as acknowledgments of the transmitted data, from the interfacing device via the wireless communications session.
US11074971B2
Disclosed herein is a memory cell. The memory cell may act both as a combined selector device and memory element. The memory cell may be programmed by applying write pulses having different polarities. Different polarities of the write pulses may program different logic states into the memory cell. The memory cell may be read by read pulses all having the same polarity. The logic state of the memory cell may be detected by observing different threshold voltages when the read pulses are applied. The different threshold voltages may be responsive to the different polarities of the write pulses.
US11074950B2
A metamagnetic tunneling-based spin valve device for multistate magnetic memory comprising an electronic memory logic element with four stable resistance states. A metamagnetic tunneling-based spin valve device for multistate magnetic memory comprising a layer of a metamagnetic material, a layer of a nonmagnetic material on the layer of a metamagnetic material, and a layer of a ferromagnetic material on the layer of a nonmagnetic material. A method of making a metamagnetic tunneling-based spin valve device for multistate magnetic memory.
US11074942B2
A storage system includes a chassis, a storage module, and a controller module. The storage module and the controller module are mounted to the chassis. The storage module includes a housing, a storage member, and an adapter plate. The storage member is fixed to the housing and is configured to store data. The adapter plate is fixed to the housing and is detachably connected to the storage member and the controller module.
US11074941B1
A hard disk mounting device includes a hard disk carrier and a carrier fixing device. The hard disk carrier is provided with hard disk positioning studs and carrier positioning studs, and the hard disk positioning studs correspond to hard disk mounting holes in the hard disk. The carrier fixing device includes a left bracket and a right bracket which are symmetrically arranged. L-shaped retaining slots are provided in the left bracket and the right bracket respectively. The position and size of the L-shaped retaining slots correspond to those of the carrier positioning studs. By providing the hard disk carrier and the carrier fixing device, the hard disk is mounted on the hard disk carrier first, and then the hard disk carrier is mounted on the carrier fixing device, and the hard disk is fixed by the hard disk positioning studs.
US11074935B2
The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent, wherein the ferromagnetic powder is selected from the group consisting of hexagonal strontium ferrite powder and ε-iron oxide powder, and has an average particle size of 5 nm or more and 20 nm or less, wherein the magnetic layer has a servo pattern, and wherein an average area Sdc of magnetic clusters of the magnetic recording medium in a DC demagnetization state, measured by a magnetic force microscope is 0.2×104 nm2 or more and less than 5.0×104 nm2.
US11074929B1
Aspects of the present disclosure provide various magnetic recording slider structures and fabrication methods that can reduce head overcoat (HOC) thickness without significantly reducing the lifetime and reliability of a slider by using a protective cap placed on preselected locations on the outermost surface or HOC of the slider. A slider includes a writer comprising an energy-assisted recording element. The writer is configured to store information on a magnetic medium using the energy-assisted recording element. The slider includes a head overcoat (HOC) layer providing an outermost media facing surface. The slider further includes a protective cap positioned on the HOC layer to at least partially cover the energy-assisted recording element, the protective cap including a preselected shape configured to protect the energy-assisted recording element.
US11074923B2
Despite many practical limitations imposed by mobile device platforms and application execution environments, vocal musical performances may be captured and continuously pitch-corrected for mixing and rendering with backing tracks in ways that create compelling user experiences. Based on the techniques described herein, even mere amateurs are encouraged to share with friends and family or to collaborate and contribute vocal performances as part of virtual “glee clubs.” In some implementations, these interactions are facilitated through social network- and/or eMail-mediated sharing of performances and invitations to join in a group performance. Using uploaded vocals captured at clients such as a mobile device, a content server (or service) can mediate such virtual glee clubs by manipulating and mixing the uploaded vocal performances of multiple contributing vocalists.
US11074915B2
A voice interaction device includes a processor configured to recognize an utterance content from data of voice of a speaker. The processor is configured to perform voice interaction with the speaker by repeating a process of generating data of an utterance sentence based on the utterance content of the speaker and outputting the data of an utterance sentence by voice. The processor is configured to generate the data of the utterance sentence for inquiring about conditions of the speaker and to output the data of the utterance sentence by voice during execution of the voice interaction with the speaker.
US11074912B2
A device includes one or more processor devices, an audio sensor, a speaker device, and one or more memory devices. The audio sensor is configured to generate an audio stream. The one or more memory devices store data including data identifying a wake phrase and instructions. The instructions are executable by the one or more processor devices to initiate, as a result of detecting the wake phrase in the audio stream and determining that the wake phrase is invalid, presentation via the speaker device of audio output identifying a valid wake input. The instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to initiate, as a result of detecting the valid wake input, communication of a portion of the audio stream to a natural language processing service.
US11074899B2
Acoustic dampeners, methods of making acoustic dampener, and uses thereof are described. The acoustic dampener includes a polymer foam article; and a metal-organic framework portion. The metal-organic framework portion comprises a metal-organic framework in a polymer matrix. The metal-organic framework portion is adhered to, or otherwise coupled to or included with, the polymer foam article. Such an acoustic dampener can be used in a computer equipment cabinet.
US11074893B1
Tuning assemblies for stringed musical instruments are provided. One implementation of a tuning assembly includes a housing that includes a plurality of worm wheel chambers, a plurality of worm shaft chambers, and a plurality of string slots. The tuning assembly may also include a plurality of worm wheels configured to reside within the worm wheel chambers of the housing. Each worm wheel may be configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis thereof. Also, each worm wheel may include a first worm gear and a string anchor through-hole. The tuning assembly may also include a plurality of worm shafts configured to reside within the worm shaft chambers of the housing. Each worm shaft may be configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis thereof and may include a second worm gear, which may be configured for engagement with the first worm gear to enable tuning of the strings of an instrument.
US11074878B2
Disclosed is a liquid crystal display, including: a timing controller, including a reset pin, a reset auxiliary pin, a charging circuit and a charging control circuit; a reset pin circuit; a reset auxiliary pin circuit, of which a reset auxiliary pin is externally connected to a first end of a second resistor and a first end of a second capacitor, and a second end of the second resistor and a second end of the second capacitor are grounded; wherein the charging circuit includes a current source and a current source switch, and the current source is connected to an input end of the current source switch, and an output end of the current source switch is connected to the first end of the second capacitor, and a control end of the current source switch is connected to a charging control signal.
US11074873B2
A display device and a display driving method are provided. The display device includes a display panel and a timing controller. A timing controller is configured to drive the display panel. A memory is configured to store previous image data. The timing controller sequentially receives a plurality of current image data during an image update period, and compares the plurality of current image data to the previous image data to sequentially generate a plurality of driving signals. The timing controller sequentially outputs the plurality of driving signals to the display panel during the screen update period to update a display screen of the display panel.
US11074868B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel circuit, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel circuit includes: a first transistor; a light emitting unit, a cathode being grounded; a second transistor; a third transistor; a fourth transistor; and a capacitor, a first terminal being coupled to the control electrode of the third transistor, and a second terminal being coupled to the second electrode of the third transistor.
US11074864B1
A pixel circuit compensates the threshold voltage variations of the drive transistor with an ultra-short one horizontal (1H) time, with additionally removing the possible memory effects associated with the light-emitting device and the drive transistor from the previous frame. An ultra-short 1H time (<2 μs) is achieved via separation of threshold compensation of the drive transistor and data programming phases. The pixel circuit has a two-capacitor configuration, whereby a first capacitor is used for drive transistor threshold compensation, and a second capacitor is used to store the data voltage during a data pre-loading phase. Two transistors are employed to electrically connect the gate of the drive transistor to the second capacitor that stores the data voltage, wherein each transistor in this dual transistor configuration is controlled by a different control signal. A timing sequence of the different control signals is used to ensure that a mid node of the dual transistor configuration is refreshed before the data is applied to the gate of the drive transistor. An array of individual pixel circuits is controlled using a global compensation scheme in which global control signals are applied to the individual pixel circuits of the pixel array.
US11074861B2
A gate driver, an organic light emitting diode display device and a method of driving the same, which are capable of preventing a driving transistor from affecting a light emitting diode when power is applied and when impedance is measured, are discussed. The organic light emitting diode display device can include a driving transistor connected to one end of an organic light emitting diode to supply operating current to the organic light emitting diode, an emission switching transistor switched according to an emission control signal to control flow of current supplied from the driving transistor to the organic light emitting diode, and a timing controller configured to perform control to maintain the emission switching transistor in an off state such that the driving transistor does not affect the organic light emitting diode until an internal terminal of a pixel of a display panel is stabilized when power is applied.
US11074858B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a display element layer on one surface of the substrate and including at least one light emitting element emitting light; and a pixel circuit portion on the display element layer and including at least one transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element, wherein the display element layer includes: a first electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to one end of the light emitting element; a second electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to the other end of the light emitting element; and an insulation layer on the substrate including the second electrode, and having a first opening exposing a portion of the second electrode, and wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the transistor through the first opening.
US11074857B2
The present invention teaches a DC boost circuit and method. The circuit includes an inductor, a diode, a first capacitor, a first FET, a first voltage conversion unit, a voltage drop detection module, a reference voltage adjustment module, and a control module. After a load is connected, the voltage drop detection module obtains a current flowing through the diode and outputs a corresponding second voltage to the reference voltage adjustment module, causing an output voltage from the reference voltage adjustment module greater than an original reference voltage. The control module controls the first FET to increase a ratio of its conduction interval to its cutoff interval in a cycle of conduction and cutoff, thereby increasing the output voltage to compensate the voltage drop resulted from the impedance between the DC boost circuit and the load. The output voltage is therefore ensured to have a stable level.
US11074853B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect the display includes a display panel having first through fourth pixels and a scan driving unit that outputs a scan signal to the display panel. The display also includes a data driving unit that alternately outputs a first data signal for the first pixels and a second data signal for the second pixels to the display panel, alternately outputs a third data signal for the third pixels and a fourth data signal for the fourth pixels to the display panel, and begins outputting the first and third data signals before one horizontal period begins The display further includes a demultiplexing unit that alternately applies the first and second data signals to the first and second pixels and the third and fourth data signals to the third and fourth pixels.
US11074840B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring light emissions in electronic devices. The disclosed techniques herein provide for determining a display duration of display devices for a user. Light emission profiles for each of the display devices are determined. A cumulative emissions exposure is determined that is based on the light emission profiles for the display devices and the display duration of the display devices for the user. A determination is made whether the cumulative emissions exposure exceeds a light emission exposure limit set for the user. In a positive determination, an instruction is transmitted to the display devices for execution of a remedial action based on predefined rules.
US11074839B2
A method and apparatus for conforming a display panel to a surface of an aircraft structure. The method positions the display panel within a resin barrier that is located on the surface such that a cavity is formed, places a film and the display panel together, and applies a force on the display panel that causes the display panel to conform to the surface of the aircraft structure. The display panel has a shape that changes to a first shape to match a second shape of the surface of the aircraft structure. The method also injects a resin into the cavity while the force is applied, and cures the resin in the cavity while the force is applied to form a cured resin. The cured resin holds the display panel in the first shape and attaches the display panel to the surface of the aircraft structure.
US11074837B2
There is provided a system that includes a base providing a wireless power source, a rotor situated over the base and configured to spin, and a device coupled to the rotor and configured to spin with the rotor, the device having a display and a wireless power receiver, where the wireless power source and the wireless power receiver are configured to power the device to show an image on the display while the rotor is spinning.
US11074835B2
A flexible display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a first electrical actuation part disposed at a first side of the display panel. The first electrical actuation part includes a first electro-active polymer and a first pair of electrodes. A first unit structure including the first electro-active polymer and the first pair of electrodes is repeatedly formed in the first electrical actuation part.
US11074834B1
Concealment assemblies for fire protection sprinklers. The concealment assembly includes a cover member having an external surface with a base coating of uniformly applied polymer. One or more different polymer coatings are disposed in a discontinuous manner over the base polymer to provide a visual contrast and form desired indicia.
US11074829B2
Described herein are systems and methods for interactive language acquisition with one-shot concept learning through a conversational environment. Supervised language learning is limited by the ability of capturing mainly the statistics of training data, and is hardly adaptive to new scenarios or flexible for acquiring new knowledge without inefficient retraining or catastrophic forgetting. In one or more embodiments, conversational interaction serves as a natural interface both for language learning and for novel knowledge acquisition. Embodiments of a joint imitation and reinforcement approach are disclosed for grounded language learning through interactive conversation. An agent trained with this approach is able to actively acquire information by asking questions about novel objects and use the just-learned knowledge in subsequent conversations in a one-shot fashion. Results compared with other methods verified the effectiveness of embodiments disclosed herein.
US11074824B2
Techniques for conducting drive tests with autonomous drones equipped with one or more user equipment are disclosed. At least one drone is configured with information specifying drive test parameters including a drive test schedule and a drive test route in a target geographical area. When the drone reaches the target geographical area, the user equipment collects drive test data and metrics for various drive tests such as voice quality tests, data quality tests, and video quality tests. The drone is further configured to automatically adjust its position to stay on designated drive test routes to reduce interference or collision with other drones on different drive test routes.
US11074808B2
A remote control apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus includes a directional antenna, a communicator, and a processor configured to, based on a wireless signal being received from an external device through the directional antenna, identify an angle at which the wireless signal is received, based on the angle being within a predetermine range, obtain identification information of the external device by parsing the wireless signal, based on the identification information, identify whether the external device is registered to a server and based on identifying that the external device is not registered to the server, transmit a signal for requesting registration to the external device through the communicator.
US11074805B2
The RC sensor circuit includes a driver circuit that includes an output configured to drive the RC sensor circuit to a drive voltage using a representative copy of a current that drives an electronic circuit line. The RC sensor circuit includes an integration capacitor. The integration capacitor is configured to integrate the representative copy of the current over a first time period to generate a first representative voltage and over a second time period to generate a second representative voltage. The RC sensor circuit includes a sampling circuit coupled to the integration capacitor. The sampling circuit is configured to determine a first sample voltage by sampling the first representative voltage and a second sample voltage by sampling the second representative voltage. A ratio of the first sample voltage and the second sample voltage is indicative of an RC time constant of the electronic circuit line.
US11074802B2
A method and apparatus for predicting hospital bed exit events from video camera systems is disclosed. The system processes video data with a deep convolutional neural network consisting of five main layers: a 1×1 3D convolutional layer used for generating feature maps from raw video data, a context-aware pooling layer used for rectifying data from different camera angles, two fully connected layers used for applying pre-trained deep features, and an output layer used to provide a likelihood of a bed exit event.
US11074800B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a fall detection method and apparatus. The apparatus acquires information of radar reflection points belonging to a detected object in a predetermined number of consecutive frames, information on a radar reflection point including at least two of information on a position, information on a radial velocity and information on reflection signal strength, of the reflection point; determines whether the detected object has fallen according to a relationship between time and the information on radar reflection points in the predetermined number of consecutive frames.
US11074798B2
Disclosed is a computer system for alerting emergency services. The system comprises a monitoring device, a at least one physical symptom device, a transmitter, a processor, and memory. The memory stores a predetermined baseline for one or more vital signs of a patient, a physical symptom baseline, each physical symptom baseline corresponding to a device of the physical symptom device. The memory stores instructions that cause the monitoring device to measure vital signs of the patient, compare the vital sign(s) to the respective predetermined baseline for the one or more vital signs, and if the measured vital sign(s) exceed the predetermined baseline, detect one or more physical symptoms corresponding to the physical symptom baseline The instructions cause the processor to compare the one or more physical symptoms to the respective physical symptom baseline, and initiate contact of emergency services using the transmitter, if at least one of physical symptoms deviates from the respective physical symptom, detect one or more physical symptoms corresponding to the physical symptom baseline. The instructions cause the processor to compare the one or more physical symptoms to the respective physical symptom baseline, and initiate contact of emergency services using the transmitter, if at least one of physical symptoms deviates from the respective physical symptom.
US11074793B2
An inventory system, apparatus and method. The method to be used in a cooler that includes a power module provides power to the inventory system from an electric source, battery, WIFI charge, wireless charge and/or combination thereof, a computer processor coupled to the power module, a memory module coupled to the computer processor, an image capturing module coupled to the processor, a movement module coupled to the processor; wherein the movement module triggers the image capturing device to capture images of products in a cooler due to a movement.
US11074783B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing a casino level player account associated with a gaming environment. The casino level player account is associated with a player identifier with a financial account. The financial account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a payment vehicle. Funds held within the casino level player account can be used for wagering.
US11074782B2
Systems and methods are provided for movement of hand counts between gaming devices. A gaming device can receive an indication of an amount of hand count credit. A hand count value on the gaming device can be incremented by the received amount of hand count credit. The gaming device can generate outcomes of wagering games. The hand count value can be incremented based on a number of outcomes of the wagering game generated. A payout of the wagering game can be determined based on the hand count value.
US11074776B2
In various embodiments, the gaming system and method provide The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods that concurrently display one or more aspects of a primary game and a play of a secondary game within the limited display space available of an electronic gaming machine with a single display device.
US11074775B2
A system may facilitate distributed ledger technology (DLT) record based (for example, blockchain-based) voting. A voter may distribute vote-value to answers using committed tokens that bind the voter to a particular vote-value without divulging the particular vote value while in a cryptographic form. The voter may distribute committed tokens to multiple answers. In some cases, the distribution of the committed tokens to multiple answers may frustrate attempts to determine the one or more targets to which the voter delivers a non-null vote-value.
US11074769B2
Personal safety concerns for users of vehicles can be indicated, identified, communicated, analyzed, or acted on to make the users and other participants in the technology aware of the safety concerns and to reduce the risks to the users associated with the safety concerns. Personal safety concerns can be recognized based on safety concern triggers. Once recognized, the personal safety concerns can be reported to the users and other participants in the technology by safety alerts. The safety alert can prompt one or more telematics devices at the vehicle to capture, store, or transmit telematics data, including, for example, audio, image, or video data or combinations of them. The captured telematics data can be used to verify the safety alert and the safety concern and present the captured data to a third party participant to enable the third party participant to determine an appropriate response or action.
US11074765B1
Systems and methods which provide for activation of postage indicia at a point of sale are shown. In operation according to embodiments, unassigned (e.g., not yet activated or not yet representing postage value) tokens (e.g., IBI barcodes) suitable for later use as postage indicia are distributed to various point of sale locations, such as retail locations, consumer kiosks, vending machines, etc. and made available for purchase by users. Upon purchase, at a point of sale, such unassigned tokens are preferably activated as valid or “live” postage indicia. Thereafter, the postage indicia may be used to post mail items.
US11074763B2
Machine assisted system and method for changing the shape of a faceted surface using points that move in their local coordinate system collectively are described. The method can include receiving a model having a predefined faceted geometry, the model representing a physical structure that is designed or simulated in a data processing system; generating points surrounding the predefined faceted geometry to be morphed; automatically assigning each of the generated points a respective local coordinate system; selecting a control point among the generated points for controlling a movement of the generated points; and displacing the selected control point in a local coordinate system assigned to the selected control point to cause each point to move based on movement of the selected control point according to the assigned local coordinate system, wherein the displacement of the selected control point guides a morphing of the predefined faceted geometry in the model.
US11074760B2
A computer-implemented medical visualization method includes identifying a three-dimensional model of an anatomical item of a particular mammal; displaying a moving animation of the three-dimensional model, the moving animation created from multiple frames from imaging of the anatomical item over a short time period to capture movement of the anatomical item; displaying one or more non-moving views of the three-dimensional model while the moving animation is being displayed; and in response to receiving inputs from a user, changing the displayed moving animation and the one or more non-moving views automatically in coordination with each other.
US11074758B2
Augmented reality presentations are provided at respective electronic devices. A first electronic device receives information relating to modification made to an augmented reality presentation at a second electronic device, and the first electronic device modifies the first augmented reality presentation in response to the information.
US11074750B2
Methods and tessellation modules for tessellating a patch to generate tessellated geometry data representing the tessellated patch. Received geometry data representing a patch is processed to identify tessellation factors of the patch. Based on the identified tessellation factors of the patch, tessellation instances to be used in tessellating the patch are determined. The tessellation instances are allocated amongst a plurality of tessellation pipelines that operate in parallel, wherein a respective set of one or more of the tessellation instances is allocated to each of the tessellation pipelines, and wherein each of the tessellation pipelines generates tessellated geometry data associated with the respective allocated set of one or more of the tessellation instances.
US11074744B2
A method of rendering at least one of paths forming an object includes setting an initial value to each of tiles included in a frame based on a position and a proceeding direction of the at least one of paths, calculating a winding number of each of the tiles through which the at least one of paths passes, among the tiles included in the frame, based on the set initial value, and determining whether to perform shading based on the set initial value and the calculated winding number.
US11074728B2
A conditional parallel coordinate visualization system is provided. The system presents a parallel coordinate visualization that includes a set of parallel main axes that respectively correspond to a set of main dimensions. The system receives a first multivariate data including values at the set of main dimensions. The first multivariate data has a first additional data that includes values in a first set of sub-dimensions. The first set of sub-dimensions is associated with a first predicate value at a first predicate dimension in the set of main dimensions. The system presents the first multivariate data as a polyline that intersects the set of parallel main axes. Upon a selection of an option item, the system unfolds the parallel coordinate visualization to reveal a first set of parallel sub-axes that correspond to the first set of sub-dimensions. The system presents the first additional data at the first set of parallel sub-axes.
US11074721B2
A method for measuring objects in digestive tract based on an imaging system is provided. The imaging system enters a calibration stage, and obtains a calibration image. A measurement stage enters, and the imaging system places in the digestive tract to capture at least one detection image. The depth distance zi from each pixel in the detection image to the imaging system is calculated, and it records as a depth image z(x, y). The scale r of each pixel in the detection image is calculated according to the depth image z(x, y). The actual two-dimensional coordinates Si′ of each pixel point in the detection image are calculated by the scale r, and the actual three-dimensional coordinates (Si′, z(x, y)) of each pixel are obtained. The distance between any two pixels in the detection image or the area within any range is calculated.
US11074720B1
A method of calibrating intrinsic parameters associated with a camera includes positioning a camera to receive collimated light from a rotatable collimator, wherein the collimated light is provided to the camera via a target having a central target aperture and a plurality of peripheral target apertures located on a periphery of the target. The method further includes rotating the collimator along a first axis extending through an entrance pupil location of the camera and recording spot positions associated with collimated light provided through one or more target apertures of the target at each first axis interval and determining a distortion profile associated with the camera based on the recorded spot positions measured at the plurality of first axis intervals.
US11074716B2
A method of image processing in a computing device comprising an object detection system. The method comprises processing a first image frame, a second image frame, and one or more further image frames, the second image frame having been captured subsequent to the first image frame and the one or more further image frames having been captured subsequent to the second image frame. A feature extraction operation is performed on the first image frame and the second image frame. An object detection operation is performed, using feature data from said feature extraction operation, to produce object detection data. At least one parameter of said feature extraction operation, for processing said one or more further image frames, is modified in response to a characteristic of said object detection data.
US11074708B1
Various embodiments described herein relate to techniques for computing dimensions of an object. In this regard, a dimensioning system converts points cloud data associated with an object into a density image for a scene associated with the object. The dimensioning system also segments the density image to determine a void region in the density image that corresponds to the object. Furthermore, the dimensioning system determines, based on the void region for the density image, dimension data indicative of one or more dimensions of the object.
US11074707B2
A method and system for mobile communication base station antenna measurement is disclosed. The method comprises steps of: acquiring a set of images containing antennas of a base station; processing the set of images with a model based on instance segmentation network, and generating visualized images corresponding to the set of images of antennas; calculating, from the visualized images, the quantity of antennas of the base station and separating data for each antenna; measuring parameters of each antenna by data fitting. The system comprises a processor and a memory storing program instructions thereon, the program instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to perform the steps of the method.
US11074704B2
The described implementations relate to reducing distance errors in depth maps. One example can detect blooming in a depth map. This example can identify a depth range affected by the blooming and take an action relating to the identified depth range to address the blooming.
US11074701B2
A 360 panoramic video sequence of an architectural or industrial site includes a plurality of 360 images. 3D poses of the 360 images are determined with respect to one another, and a subset of the images extracted for further processing according to selection criteria. The 3D poses of the extracted images is refined based on determined correspondences of the features in the images, and a 3D point cloud of the site is developed from the extracted images with refined pose estimates. An “as-built” representation of the site captured in the panoramic video sequence is created from the sparse 3D point cloud and aligned to a 2D or 3D plan of the site. Once so aligned, the extracted images may be presented to a user in conjunction with their plan positions (e.g., overlayed on the site plan). Optionally, a point cloud or mesh view of the site may also be returned.
US11074695B2
An image processing device includes at least one memory configured to store instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: from input subject data that include positions of a plurality of subjects, detect subject appearance data including an appearing subject and subject disappearance data including a disappearing subject; based on the subject appearance data and the subject disappearance data that are detected and an appearance position distribution and a disappearance position distribution of subjects that are learned in advance, calculate appearance validity of the subject appearance data and disappearance validity of the subject disappearance data; and based on the appearance validity and the disappearance validity calculated, acquire a combination of subject appearance data and subject disappearance data detected, the combination satisfying a predetermined condition.
US11074692B2
The present invention provides an image analysis method for generating data indicating a region of a cell nucleus in an image of a tissue or a cell. The image analysis method is a method for analyzing an image of a tissue or a cell using a deep learning algorithm of a neural network structure, and generates data indicating a region of a cell nucleus in an analysis target image by the deep learning algorithm by generating analysis data from the analysis target image including an analysis target tissue or cell, and inputting the analysis data in the deep learning algorithm.
US11074690B2
A method of enhancing the visibility of blood vessels in a colour image captured by an image capturing device of a medical device, including, for at least some of the pixels of the image, the steps of: (a) processing data obtained from a first colour channel together with data obtained from a second colour channel to determine a value of a first parameter indicative of the intensity in the red spectrum relative to the total intensity of said pixel; (b) using said value of said first parameter and a first value of a user parameter to alter said pixel, the first value of the user parameter being based on user input, and wherein the strength of the alteration is dependent on both the value of said first parameter and the first value of said user parameter.
US11074681B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing therein an anomalousness determination program that causes a computer to execute a process includes: sensing a region in an object in each of a plurality of ultrasound examination images using an object sensing technique; based on a result of the sensing and a structure of the object, acquiring a result of sensing each of a plurality of regions in the object in each of the ultrasound examination images; and determining anomalousness in the object based on the result of sensing each of the regions in the ultrasound examination images.
US11074676B2
An eye correction system and related techniques are described herein. The eye correction system can automatically detect and correct one or more misaligned eyes in an image. For example, an image of a person can be analyzed to determine whether one or both eyes of the person are misaligned with respect to each other and/or with respect to the entire face of the person. If an eye is determined to be misaligned, the image can be modified so that the eye is adjusted accordingly. For example, an iris of a misaligned eye can be adjusted to align with the face and/or the other eye.
US11074665B2
A vehicle management server for managing a shared vehicle used by a plurality of users in different time slots and including a plurality of containers respectively configured to accommodate items from a delivery service provider. The vehicle management server includes: a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The processor is configured to perform: receiving use reservations for using the shared vehicle from the plurality of users; making a use schedule of the shared vehicle; and notifying the delivery service provider of the use schedule of the shared vehicle made in the making.
US11074664B1
The disclosure pertains to using ultra-wideband (UWB) radio communications to execute a pedestrian-vehicle rendezvous. In one example operation, a personal device such as a smartphone, is used to identify a location of a vehicle with a first level of accuracy. For example, the smartphone may be used by a pedestrian to obtain GPS location coordinates of a ride-hail vehicle summoned by the pedestrian. The vehicle may be located relatively far from the pedestrian. The smartphone may be configured to automatically establish a UWB radio link with a UWB transponder in the vehicle and/or a smartphone carried by a driver of the ride-hail vehicle, when the vehicle is within range to establish UWB communications. The UWB radio link may be used to execute one or more of various procedures to locate the vehicle with a second level of accuracy that is higher than the first level of accuracy.
US11074647B2
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method for providing an interactive virtual environment. The system may receive environmental data, and augment the environmental data by adding virtual environmental data. The system may then provide this virtual environment to two or more devices. The system can then receive user input, and modify the virtual environment in response to those inputs.
US11074646B1
Techniques for generating a web page and displaying an image in the web page may be provided. For example, the web page may include a placeholder for displaying the image. A service may be implemented to determine how many images and sizes of such images that should be made available for use in the placeholder. Further, the service may configure the web page to identify available images based on the determined number and sizes and to include a script for selecting one of the available images. Upon displaying the web page in a browser, the script may determine the size of the placeholder as displayed in the web page and may select one of the available images based on the determined placeholder size. The script may further cause the browser to download and display the selected image in the placeholder.
US11074645B2
A method and system are described to provide a user-widget-based transaction environment. In one example embodiment, an electronic magazine may be presented to a user device as a widget without using a browser. The electronic magazine may comprise two or more data pages. A user selection of at least one of the two or more data pages may be detected and then communicated from the user device across a network for further processing.
US11074630B2
A method and system for generating profit having a partner transaction module configured to charge a partner transaction fee for a transaction performed by a partner, and receive, from a partner, payment for the partner transaction fee when the partner performs a transaction, a base transaction module configured to pay, in the event the partner performs a transaction through a third party, a base transaction fee to the third party, wherein the base transaction fee is equal to or lesser than the partner transaction fee, and a profit module configured to receive a profit on the transaction, wherein the profit is the difference between the partner transaction fee and the base transaction fee.
US11074628B2
Methods and systems are described that detail the rapid validation of scientific products and scientist consumer information derived from multiple science/research based sources, such as peer-reviewed scientific publications and online resources, for example, as well as any other available tasked forum or venue. The refined information will facilitate unique product evaluation opportunities via an accessible website/forum, trade shows, etc., and provide previously unknowable sales leads, market intelligence, and targeted advertising opportunities for product manufacturers.
US11074627B2
A system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages is provided. A network-connected server maintains a database containing media content-related data, such as the text of a message, accompanying media, time of airing, payment and related comments. A user can view these feeds or streams of these consciousness messages by downloading a mobile application or browsing to a website. The application can also be used to create, schedule and pay for a media content message.
US11074626B2
When detecting selection of a source application stored in a storage section in a user device, a controller outputs to the user device an advertisement link related to a destination application associated with the source. When the advertisement link is selected in the user device, the controller guides the user device to the destination application. The controller acquires completion state information on a mission in the destination application associated with the user ID of the user of the user device, and stores the completion state information in the storage section. When the completion state information meets a predetermined condition, the controller provides the completion state information to the source application in order to give an incentive to the user in the source application.
US11074622B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media configured to use a per-set level optimization of the rank order of promotions to be recommended to a consumer. In some embodiments, machine learning is used offline to generate a predictive diversity model that receives one or more similarity rank features associated with a promotion (e.g., category, price band) as input, and produces an output multiplier to be applied to the promotion's respective associated relevance score (e.g., a relevance score representing a prediction of the promotion's conversion rate without diversity features). At run time, per-set optimization of the ordering of a set of promotions is implemented by adjusting the respective associated relevance scores of the promotions using the diversity model and then re-ordering the set of promotions based on their respective adjusted relevance scores.
US11074620B2
A method of dynamically binding supplemental content to a content transactional item includes identifying the content transactional item at a device and identifying a description related to the content transactional item. The method also includes obtaining the supplemental content based on the description, where the supplemental content provides additional information about the content transactional item. The method further includes dynamically binding the supplemental content to the content transactional item and positioning the supplemental content in association with the content transactional item using a supplemental interactive display.
US11074613B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for electronic distribution of electronic content. The method includes retrieving data indicating transmission of electronic content to a plurality of electronic devices within a geographical zone extending between an inner boundary extending around a target location and an outer boundary extending around the target location; receiving data indicating presence of one of the plurality of electronic devices in a target geographical zone, the target geographical zone being located within the inner boundary; determining a time difference between transmission of the electronic content to the one of the plurality of electronic devices and the one of the plurality of electronic devices' presence in the target geographical zone; and determining an electronic device conversion occurred when the time difference is less than a threshold period of time associated with the electronic content.
US11074610B2
A sales promotion system (10) includes an image information acquisition unit (11) that acquires input image information on an image taken of a presentation area where a product is presented to a customer, a tracking unit (12) that tracks an action of the customer regarding the product based on the input image information, and a promotion information output unit (13) that outputs promotion information related to the product corresponding to the tracked customer's action to the customer. This enables more effective promotions.
US11074605B1
A system and method for processing promotions in connection with digital purchasing. Data associated with a digital purchase request made by a consumer (the data comprising a token, an amount associated with the transaction, a promotional code for each item included in the digital purchase request associated with a promotion, a default transaction amount, and a single default promotional code) is received from a merchant server. The single default promotional code is assigned to all items included in the digital purchase request that are associated with promotions. Using the token, account information associated with the consumer is retrieved from a database. For each promotional code received, promotional information is retrieved. The retrieved promotional information is displayed. The digital purchase request is submitted for processing using the single default promotional code.
US11074604B2
An educational guide module including a reward system for a virtual storage system in data communication with a user computing device via a communication network, the virtual storage system includes at least one processor receiving from the user computing device, a selection of at least one of an education guide or the reward system corresponding to the virtual storage system, as input by a user, performing at least one instructional guide operation to instruct the user on operation of the virtual storage system, when the education guide is selected, and performing a reward operation to provide a reward to the user when the reward system is selected. The performance of the reward operation includes displaying at least one question to the user, receiving information input by the user as an answer to the at least one question, storing the information received, and calculating points based on the information received, and wherein the points are used to redeem a reward within the virtual storage system.
US11074599B2
A utility application for a mobile device inspects data packets from other mobile applications running on the device to gather and record usage data about those applications. Since users of the utility application may not reflect the true population for which the usage data is desired, a system de-biases the data reported from the utility applications using a machine learning model to predict demographics of the users of the utility application. To determine a training data set for the model, the system requests a user to provide a desired user attribute by way of an in-app questionnaire. This enables labeling utility usage data with the demographics, which can be weighted and extrapolated to determine usage across the population as a whole.
US11074590B2
A card authorization method of a management server includes receiving first attribute information corresponding to a unique card number of a card from a card issuer server, extracting second attribute information corresponding to the unique card number of the card from a database, comparing the second attribute information with the first attribute information, generating fare information for billing to the card based on the comparison result, and transmitting the fare information to a card authorization terminal.
US11074586B2
The present disclosure relates to a concept of fraud handling. A data transaction request is received via a data network from at least one user account. The data transaction request is analyzed based on predefined fraud detection rules to generate a fraud score associated with the at least one user account. The at least one user account is classified as fraudulent account if the associated fraud score exceeds a predefined fraud likelihood threshold. Data transactions associated with a classified fraudulent account via the data network are done by purposely deteriorating the data transactions associated with the classified fraudulent account in comparison to data transactions associated with a classified non-fraudulent account.
US11074582B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to secure data storage. In various embodiments, a mobile device includes a wireless interface, a secure element, and a secure circuit. The secure element is configured to store confidential information associated with a plurality of users and to receive a request to communicate the confidential information associated with a particular one of the plurality of users. The secure element is further configured to communicate, via the wireless interface, the confidential information associated with the particular user in response to an authentication of the particular user. The secure circuit is configured to perform the authentication of the particular user. In some embodiments, the mobile device also includes a biosensor configured to collect biometric information from a user of the mobile device. In such an embodiment, the secure circuit is configured to store biometric information collected from the plurality of users by the biosensor.
US11074578B2
Described herein are systems and methods in which more secure methods are provided for a connected device to conduct transactions. In accordance with embodiments of the disclosure, a transaction code is generated and provided to the connected device. The transaction code may be stored in association with the information for the transaction such that when the transaction code is received at a transaction processing server, the transaction processing server is configured to generate an authorization request that includes the transaction information. The authorization request may then be routed to an authorization server associated with an account maintained by the transaction processing server.
US11074575B2
Some embodiments of the application disclose a method and apparatus for paying a fare. When a user takes a public transit means, the user terminal establishes an NFC connection with the fare-collecting device of the public transit means, the user terminal transmits the encrypted account ID of the user to the fare-collecting device, and the fare-collecting device may request a server to deduct the fare from the account of the user.
US11074574B2
A method for processing transactions of the type including transmission, to a communications terminal, of a receipt relating to a payment transaction during the implementation of this payment transaction by a payment terminal. The method includes, in the payment terminal: obtaining a piece of data representing an end of a transaction; building a data structure according a piece of data of the transaction, the data structure representing a receipt; transmitting a signal including at least the data structure; subsequently to the step of transmission, finalizing the transaction, including the transmission of a piece of finalizing data to be transmitted to a user.
US11074570B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for enabling peer to business payments using an integrated payment and messaging system. In particular, the integrated payment and messaging system allows users to send electronic payments as well as exchange messages with a merchant. The integrated payment and messaging system can improve security by allowing a user to make a purchase without having to provide sensitive financial information to the merchant. In addition, the integrated payment and messaging system can allow a user to make a payment for an order seamlessly during a conversation with the merchant.
US11074568B2
A POS terminal includes a state processor, an order processor, communications elements, and a connection monitor. The state processor queues state changes in one or more order queues that correspond to one or more orders in a restaurant. The order processor generates the state changes, and accesses and transmits the state changes to a backend server. The communications elements enable the mobile POS terminal to communicate over both a Wi-Fi network and a White-Fi network within the restaurant, and when operating in a Wi-Fi mode, the mobile POS terminal communicates only over the Wi-Fi network as a selected wireless network, and when operating in a White-Fi mode, the mobile POS terminal communicates only over the White-Fi network as the selected wireless network. The connection monitor determines that connectivity over the Wi-Fi network is degraded, and directs the communications elements to operate in the White-Fi mode.
US11074567B2
A dual band mobile POS terminal includes a state processor, an order processor, and communications elements. The state processor queues state changes in one or more order queues that correspond to one or more orders in a restaurant. The order processor is coupled to the state processor and generates the state changes, and accesses and transmits the state changes in each of the one or more order queues to a backend server. The communications elements enable the mobile POS terminal to communicate over both a Wi-Fi network and a White-Fi network within the restaurant, and when programmed in a Wi-Fi mode, the mobile POS terminal communicates only over the Wi-Fi network as a selected wireless network, and when programmed in a White-Fi mode, the mobile POS terminal communicates only over the White-Fi network as the selected wireless network.
US11074566B2
Disclosed herein is a point of sale terminal. The point of sale terminal may include a housing, a customer display, and a payment device. The housing may define a customer display opening and a tablet opening. The customer display may be located within the housing and arranged to be visible through the customer display opening. The payment device may be located within the housing proximate customer display opening.
US11074565B2
A server for fulfilling orders under non-persistent network conditions includes a terminal update element, a queue processor, and a service area map. The terminal update element receives changes corresponding to orders from POS terminals. The queue processor queues the changes in terminal queues that correspond to the terminals, where the state changes are accessed by the terminal update element and transmitted to a first one of a subset of the terminals, from oldest to youngest, when the first one of the subset of the terminals is operably connected to the network, and where the state changes are maintained in terminal queues corresponding to other ones of the subset while the other ones of the subset remain operably disconnected from the network. The service area map associates the terminals to one or more geofenced service areas as a function of ping latency (i.e., number of hops).
US11074563B2
A price verification system for efficient verification of a transaction price when the price is disputed or missing is described. The price verification system uses current images of the item location within a retail environment to determine a shelf price for the item. The shelf price is compared to the price registered a point of sale terminal and displayed to the customer in order to determine if a price adjustment is needed.
US11074562B1
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for using a third party dynamic QR code on a personal mobile device to complete a transaction at an ATM. The customer may stage a transaction using a mobile application on a mobile device. Upon the staged transaction being authenticated and approved, a machine readable image may be transaminted to the mobile device. When the customer visits the ATM, the machine readable image on the mobile device may be captured by the ATM and sent to an application server from the ATM. The application server may associate the ATM with the staged transaction that is staged using the mobile application, and send instructions to the ATM to dispense cash according to the staged transaction.
US11074561B2
Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods enabling cardless cash withdrawals from ATMs and/or other funds dispensing system. In various embodiments, a finite-duration access code is generated and associated with an account from which funds are to be withdrawn in response to a validated request generated at a mobile app operating on a user's mobile computing device. The access code is provided to the user (e.g., via the mobile app), who can then provide the finite-duration access code and an associated PIN to the funds dispensing system. The funds dispensing system transmits the received access code and/or PIN to servers to validate the request. The servers compare the transmitted data against stored data associated with the user's account, and generates a verification response to be transmitted to the funds dispensing system upon verification. The funds dispensing system then provides the requested cash to the user.
US11074560B2
Provided are systems and methods for managing storage of machine data. In one embodiment, a method can be provided. The method can include receiving, from one or more data sources, raw machine data; processing the raw machine data to generate processed machine data; storing the processed machine data in a data store; and determining an allocated data size associated with the processed machine data stored in the data store, wherein the allocated data size is the size of the raw machine data corresponding to the processed machine data stored in the data store.
US11074554B2
A device executes a calendar event application, and the calendar event application receives a notification, from cloud storage, associated with an occurrence related to a calendar event. The calendar event application obtains event information of the calendar event, and presents multiple selectable user interface icons that cause the user device to engage in multiple different forms of electronic communication with at least one attendee of the event, at least one recipient of a notification of the event, or at least one other individual. The calendar event application receives a selection of one of the multiple selectable user interface icons, and initiates one of the different forms of electronic communication with the at least one attendee of the event, the at least one recipient, or at least one other individual.
US11074553B2
A computer-implemented method of processing a plurality of events within a calendar application can include receiving a user input specifying a period of time within a calendar associated with a user, detecting a plurality of events occurring within the period of time, and determining at least one attribute for each of the plurality of events. An event clearing technique can be selected for each of the plurality of events according to the at least one attribute of each respective event. The specified time period can be cleared by executing the selected event clearing technique for each of the plurality of events, wherein an updated calendar is generated. The updated calendar can be output.
US11074551B2
A mobile Quality Management/Control system for performing mobile product inspections is provided. A mobile device, such as a tablet, is configured to communicate with one or more databases and allow for real time entry (and subsequent access) of the details of product inspections for quality control and management purposes. The details of such inspections are maintained and available for all subsequent inspections. The mobile device is further configured to provide inspectors with inspection procedures and/or tutorials associated with the inspections being performed.
US11074541B2
A parcel processing system configured to support automated parcel processing. For example, the system can be configured to select a permitted shipping service level from among the plurality of permitted shipping service levels based on a plurality of rules, control the sorting of the parcel into one of a plurality of shipping containers, and bill customers.
US11074538B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for monitoring one or more environmental variables concerning a client electronic device configured to administer an alertness test to a user. A disrupter is selected for inclusion within the alertness test based, at least in part, upon the one or more environmental variables concerning the client electronic device. The alertness test is administered to the user.
US11074536B2
Particular embodiments may receive, by one or more processors of an information processing system, results from completion of a plurality of iterations of a task performed by a worker. The volume of the results for the worker may be determined to be insufficient. A set of similar workers may be identified, wherein each of the similar workers has a sufficient volume of results for the task. A weighted score of similarity between the worker and the similar workers may be assigned based on the results of the task as completed by the similar workers. Estimates based on the weighted similarity score may be provided for the worker's behavior for the task.
US11074534B2
A method of determining a microbiological risk level in food, comprising determining zero-inflated binomial (ZIB) distribution parameters (π, p); i) determining cumulative relative frequencies (fo, fi, f2, . .. , fx) for a number of occurrences (0, 1, 2, x) of defective samples; ii) calculating a vector of a sub-set of zero-inflation parameters (π) of k+1 elements according to; o/o=[0, 1* fo/k, 2*fo/ k, k*fo/k]; iii) calculating a vector of a sub-set of first parameters (β) based on the sub-set of zero-inflation parameter (π); iv) for the vector pairs (p, π) in the sub-set of first parameters and the sub¬set of zero-inflation parameters, determining a square error between said cumulative relative frequencies and cumulative theoretical probabilities Px of having ≤x occurrences over N samples for a ZIB distribution; v) determining the zero-inflation parameter lt) and the first parameter (p) as the vector pair providing the least square error.
US11074533B1
A system and a method for creating an optimized actionable interface for data access and visualization is provided. Different types of metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) data associated with enterprise data is analyzed for determining one or more key metrics and KPIs data and identifying a causal attribution data between the key metrics and KPIs data for determining effect of change of one key metric and KPI data on another key metric and KPI data. Further, one or more widgets are generated based on the analyzed metrics and KPIs data. Further, a unified user interface (UI) is generated for visualization of the widgets. Lastly, an end-user activity on the unified UI is tracked based on one or more tags embedded in the unified UI. The tags capture the end-user clicks and actions on the unified UI.
US11074528B2
A robotic operations control system enables seamless distribution of tasks among a blended workforce that includes human employees and robot assistants. The robot assistants include an intelligent billing assistant (IBA), an intelligent collections assistant (iNCA), a dispute resolution assistant (DRA) and a cash processor. Each of the assistants includes a workflow manager that receives work items to be processed by the robot assistant based on the priority levels assigned to the work items. The IBA includes a dispute prediction model that predicts the likelihood of dispute for a work item and automatically generates a customized checklist. The iNCA includes an AI prioritizing assistant that identifies priorities for work items to be processed. The DRA includes an AI assisted investigator that expedites investigations of disputes by proactively gathering information for a human employee to review and mark the dispute as valid, invalid or for query.
US11074525B2
Physical space is allocated to members of a group to maximize collaborative efforts. Each member of the group is determined based on presence or detection of a wireless device. As the members of the group are wirelessly detected, physical space may be assigned based on historical usage, calendar entries, physical needs, and infrastructure traits. Desks, office space, conference rooms, and other facilities may thus be dynamically reserved to maximize collaboration and yet efficiently utilize existing physical spaces.
US11074524B2
There is provided systems and methods for securing an event ticket. A processing module of a server device may access a first data packet associated with a first account and a second data packet associated with a second account. A status module of the server device may determines from the first data packet a first status of the first account attempting to secure an event ticket. The status module may further determine from the second data packet a second status of the second account attempting to secure the event ticket. A device module of the server device may determine from the first data packet an identification of a client device accessing the first account. A communication module of the server device may transmit the second status of the second account to the client device.
US11074520B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for preparing and evolving atomic defects in diamond. Silicon vacancy spins may be cooled to temperatures equal to or below 500 mK to reduce the influence of phonons. The cooling, manipulation, and observation systems may be designed to minimize added heat into the system. A CPMG sequence may be applied to extend coherence times. Coherence times may be extended, for example, to 13 ms.
US11074519B2
Techniques regarding quantum algorithm concatenation are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a concatenation component, operatively coupled to the processor, that can concatenate a first quantum algorithm and a second quantum algorithm by using an output of the first quantum algorithm as an initial parameter in the second quantum algorithm.
US11074511B2
In some example embodiments, a system and method are provided for graph pattern analysis. In example embodiments, pattern data of a primary network that includes data relating to relationships between entities are received. A reference matrix comprising a plurality of secondary network determined based on the pattern data of the primary network is generated. A graphical display of the primary network and the reference matrix are displayed on a user interface. A selection of a secondary network from the plurality of secondary networks of the reference matrix is received. The selected secondary network has similar matching characteristics with at least a portion of the primary network. In response to the selection, the primary network is classified as a classification type related to the selected secondary network.
US11074507B1
A method of adjustable continual learning of a deep neural network model by using a selective deep generative replay module is provided. The method includes steps of: a learning device (a) (i) inputting training data from a total database and a sub-database into the selective deep generative replay module to generate first and second low-dimensional distribution features, (ii) inputting binary values, random parameters, and the second low-dimensional distribution features into a data generator to generate a third training data, and (iii) inputting a first training data into a solver to generate labeled training data; (b) inputting the training data, the low-dimensional distribution features, and the binary values into a discriminator to generate a first and a second training data scores, a first and a second feature distribution scores, and a third training data score; and (c) training the discriminator, the data generator, the distribution analyzer and the solver.
US11074498B2
An information processing system, which includes a control system and an artificial neural network, is disclosed. The artificial neural network includes a group of neurons and a group of synapses, which includes a first portion and a second portion. The control system selects one of a group of operating modes. The group of neurons processes information. The group of synapses provide connectivity to each of the group of neurons. During a first operating mode of the group of operating modes, the first portion of the group of synapses is enabled and the second portion of the group of synapses is enabled. During a second operating mode of the group of operating modes, the first portion of the group of synapses is enabled and the second portion of the group of synapses is disabled.
US11074497B2
This invention relates to an artificial memory system and a method of continuous learning for predicting and anticipating human operator's action as response to ego-intention as well as environmental influences during machine operation. More specifically the invention relates to an architecture with artificial memory for interacting with dynamic behaviors of a tool and an operator, wherein the architecture is a first neural network having structures and mechanisms for abstraction, generalization and learning, the network implementation comprising an artificial hierarchical memory system.
US11074494B2
In one respect, there is provided a system for classifying an instruction sequence with a machine learning model. The system may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The memory may include program code that provides operations when executed by the at least one processor. The operations may include: processing an instruction sequence with a trained machine learning model configured to detect one or more interdependencies amongst a plurality of tokens in the instruction sequence and determine a classification for the instruction sequence based on the one or more interdependencies amongst the plurality of tokens; and providing, as an output, the classification of the instruction sequence. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US11074491B2
A robotic companion device (10) configured for capturing and analysing affective information and semantic information and elicit response accordingly is disclosed herein. It comprises a processor (20) for managing emotional processing and responses configured for capturing and analysing semantic and affective information from sensory devices and communicating with users as well as external world using multitude of actuators and communication devices; a facial arrangement (11) configured for capturing visual information and displaying emotions; a locomotor arrangement (13) enabling movement of the robotic companion device; and microphone/speaker arrangement (15) configured for receiving auditory signal and emitting vocal response. The facial arrangement (11), the locomotor arrangement (13) and the microphone/speaker arrangement (15) are all in communication with the processor (20).
US11074482B2
Systems and techniques for classification and localization based on annotation information are presented. In one example, a system trains a convolutional neural network based on training data and a plurality of images. The training data is associated with a plurality of patients from at least one imaging device. The plurality of images is associated with a plurality of masks from a plurality of objects. The convolutional neural network comprises a decoder consisting of at least one up-sampling layer and at least one convolutional layer. The system also generates a loss function based on the plurality of masks, where the loss function is iteratively back propagated to tune parameters of the convolutional neural network. The system also predicts a classification label for an input image based on the convolutional neural network.
US11074475B2
Shared content is stored at a cloud-based collaboration platform hosted at first network domain. External data processing services are hosted at a second domain. An integration layer situated between the cloud-based collaboration platform and the external data processing services is configured to receive triggering events pertaining to content of the cloud-based collaboration platform. Based on characteristics of the content, communications with the external data processing services are initiated. The communication includes accessing network interfaces to send and receive data between the network domain of the cloud-based collaboration platform and a different network domain of the external data processing services. A plurality of rules are applied to select between a first external data processing service at a first network domain and a second external data processing service at a second domain. The selected external data processing service is invoked to produce outputs that are further processed by the cloud-based collaboration platform.
US11074473B1
Systems and methods for digitized document image text contouring are provided. One or more memories may be coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memories including instructions operable to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a digitized document image. The one or more processors may be configured to preprocess the digitized document image to generate a plurality of contours. The one or more processors may be configured to adjust a plurality of bounding boxes of the plurality of contours; analyze the adjusted plurality of bounding boxes; create one or more clips based on the analysis; dynamically threshold the one or more clips; perform optical character recognition of the one or more clips; and receive output responsive to the optical character recognition.
US11074471B2
Techniques are described for assisted creation of video rules via scene analysis. In some implementations, a scene is obtained, a shape of an element in a ground plane shown in the images of the scene is identified, user input that defines a shape of a region of interest used in a video rule is obtained, that the shape of the region satisfies a reshape criteria based on the shape of the element in the ground plane shown in the images of the scene is determined, and a reshaped region based on the shape of the element in the ground plane shown in the images of the scene is determined.
US11074466B2
The present application provides an anti-counterfeiting processing method and related products, the method includes acquiring an iris image; acquiring a plurality of face images, the plurality of face images each corresponds to a set of depth information and a respective angle, and the iris image and the plurality of face images are derived from the same target object; performing three-dimensional modeling according to the plurality of face images and the depth information corresponding to the plurality of face images to obtain a stereo face image; comparing the stereo face image with a preset stereo face image, and performing a living body detection according to the iris image; and determining the target object is an effective real face when the stereo face image is successfully matched with the preset stereo face image and the iris image is derived from a living body.
US11074464B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive data from a sensor specifying a plurality of points, the points including a plurality of first points that describe an object; define a boundary surrounding the first points while minimizing a volume of space that is both (i) contained by the boundary and (ii) identified as unoccupied; and actuate a component with respect to a vehicle based on the boundary.
US11074455B2
Described herein are systems and methods that search videos and other media content to identify items, objects, faces, or other entities within the media content. Detectors identify objects within media content by, for instance, detecting a predetermined set of visual features corresponding to the objects. Detectors configured to identify an object can be trained using a machine learned model (e.g., a convolutional neural network) as applied to a set of example media content items that include the object. The systems provide user interfaces that allow users to review search results, pinpoint relevant portions of media content items where the identified objects are determined to be present, review detector performance and retrain detectors, providing search result feedback, and/or reviewing video monitoring results and analytics.
US11074449B2
The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a smart device, an apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium. The method includes acquiring a video stream captured by a smart camera that is bound to the user account, wherein the video stream includes multi-frame video that includes a plurality of one-frame video images; performing pattern recognition on each of the plurality of one-frame video images, wherein the pattern recognition is configured to determine an area that includes at least one smart device in at least one of the plurality of one-frame video images; determining, based on the pattern recognition, a target area that includes the smart device in a first one-frame video image of the plurality of one-frame video images; displaying the first one-frame video image including the target area on a touch screen; detecting, via the touch screen, a control operation within the target area of the first one-frame video image; and controlling the smart device located in the target area based on the control operation.
US11074445B2
A remote sensing image recognition method, apparatus and device, a storage medium and a computer program. The remote sensing image recognition method comprises: performing resolution reduction processing on a remote sensing image to be recognized to obtain a resolution reduction processed remote sensing image (S100); segmenting at least one remote sensing image block from the resolution reduction processed remote sensing image (S110); determining, from the at least one remote sensing image block, a remote sensing image block to be processed (S120); inputting, into a neural network, the remote sensing image block to be processed, and obtaining, through the neural network, classification probability information of pixels in the input remote sensing image block to be processed (S130); and determining a recognition result of the remote sensing image to be recognized, according to the classification probability information of the pixels in the remote sensing image block to be processed (S140).
US11074444B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for preview in iris recognition are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining an iris image and a facial image of a user; determining a preview image corresponding to the iris image based on the facial image; and displaying the determined preview image.
US11074442B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for identification of table partitions in documents using neural networks. A method of the disclosure includes obtaining a plurality of symbol sequences of a document having at least one table, determining a plurality of vectors representative of symbol sequences having at least one alphanumeric character or a table graphics element, processing the plurality of vectors using a first neural network to obtain a plurality of recalculated vectors, determining an association between a first recalculated vector and a second recalculated vector, wherein the first recalculated vector is representative of an alphanumeric sequence and the second recalculated vector is associated with a table partition, and determining, based on the association between the first recalculated vector and the second recalculated vector, an association between the alphanumeric sequence and the table partition.
US11074439B2
A human identifier system capable of distinguishing between multiple known people includes a first antenna and a second antenna. Particularly, the second antenna is operably selects the distance between to allow multiple people to walk, run or move between the antenna pairs. Additionally, the system also includes a radio frequency transmitter for generating multiple radio signals and a radio frequency receiver for receiving the transmitted radio signals. The system also includes a data processor operably connected to the radio frequency receiver with a processing means for processing the received signals from radio frequency receiver to provide output signals to identify a person walking, running or moving between the first antenna and the second antenna.
US11074437B2
A method, an electronic device and a storage medium for expression driving are disclosed. The method may include: performing facial key point detection on a driven character in a first image to obtain a first facial key point sequence; performing the following processing for each second image of a plurality of second images obtained successively: performing facial key point detection on a driving character in the second image to obtain a second facial key point sequence; obtaining a difference between the second facial key point sequence and an expressionless key point sequence which has been determined previously according to an analysis on the second facial key point sequence for a previous second image, and performing expression drive rendering on the driven character based on the difference and the first facial key point sequence. The technical solution may enhance flexibility, interactivity, accuracy etc.
US11074434B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for detecting near-duplicate profile images of the users in a social network. One method includes operations for identifying an image in a profile of a user of the social network, determining a query feature vector for the image, the query feature vector comprising a set of features, and determining a dominant feature from the features, the dominant feature having a highest value from the values of the features. Further, the method includes operations for determining a bucket in a database of feature vectors based on the dominant feature, determining if the query feature vector is a near duplicate of any feature vector in the determined bucket, and determining if the profile of the user is a duplicate profile or a fake profile based on whether the query feature vector is a near duplicate of any feature vector in the determined bucket.
US11074431B2
A facial recognition device includes a determination section for determining presence of an accessory worn on a face from a captured image capturing a human face, an acquisition section for acquiring height information indicative of a height of the accessory from the surface of the face in case the determination section determines presence of the accessory on the face, a production section for producing a three-dimensional face model based on the height information and a fitting section for fitting the face included in the captured image, with using the three-dimensional face model.
US11074430B2
Methods and systems are provided for providing directional assistance to guide a user to position a camera for centering a person's face within the camera's field of view. A neural network system is trained to determine the position of the user's face relative to the center of the field of view as captured by an input image. The neural network system is trained using training input images that are generated by cropping different regions of initial training images. Each initial image is used to create a plurality of different training input images, and directional assistance labels used to train the network may be assigned to each training input image based on how the image is cropped. Once trained, the neural network system determines a position of the user's face, and automatically provides a non-visual prompt indicating how to center the face within the field of view.
US11074428B2
A fingerprint identification device and method are provided. The fingerprint identification device includes a touch-sensing panel, a fingerprint sensor, and a processing circuit. The fingerprint sensing area of the fingerprint sensor is located in the touch-sensing area of the touch-sensing panel. The processing circuit senses the touch area of an object in the touch-sensing area via the touch-sensing panel when the object contacts the touch-sensing area of the touch-sensing panel. The processing circuit senses the fingerprint of the object via the fingerprint sensor to obtain a fingerprint template. The processing circuit determines the finger attribute of the object based on the physical characteristics of the touch area. The processing circuit selects the registered template related to the finger attribute from a plurality of registered templates according to the finger attribute, so as to perform fingerprint matching on the fingerprint template.
US11074422B2
Methods, systems, and devices for determining a person's location and for presenting navigation instructions are provided. In an embodiment, a method for determining a user's location includes obtaining an image of a graphical indicator at a first location. The graphical indicator is located on a surface of an object in an area and the graphical indicator includes mapping and location information encoded in the graphical indicator. The method also includes determining a map and a user's location on the map according to the graphical indicator.
US11074421B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for notifying users regarding a status of various tracked items. A method for generating notifications comprises upon a motion detector indicating that a reader has moved from a still position to a moving position and has a motion attribute that satisfies a threshold, scanning to determine if a tracking device is within a range from the reader, wherein the tracking device uses at least one short-range wireless communication protocol to communicate an indication regarding whether the tracking device is within the range from the reader, the tracking device having a unique identifier, the tracking device further being associated with an item, wherein the reader uses at least one short-range wireless communication protocol to communicate with the tracking device, and wherein when the reader determines that the tracking device is not within the range from the reader, a notification identifying the item is transmitted.
US11074418B2
An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, an obtaining unit, and a translating unit. The receiving unit receives a document as a target to be translated. The obtaining unit obtains a non-target region from the document, the non-target region being a region that is not a target to be translated. The translating unit does not perform translation on the non-target region but performs translation on a portion other than the non-target region.
US11074414B2
A test controller submits testing phrases to a text classifier and receives, from the text classifier, classification labels each comprising one or more respective heatmap values each associated with a separate word. The test controller aligns each of the classification labels corresponding with a respective testing phrase. The test controller identifies one or more anomalies of a selection of one or more classification labels that are different from an expected classification label for the respective testing phrase. The test controller outputs a graphical representation in a user interface of the selection of one or more classification labels and one or more respective testing phrases with visual indicators based on one or more respective heatmap values.
US11074409B2
Systems and methods for processing input streams of calendar applications. An example method, performed by a computer system, may comprise receiving an input stream; processing the input stream to produce a sequence of characters; responsive to determining that the sequence of characters comprises a time reference, storing, in a memory, a calendar entry in a first data structure of a first type, the calendar entry comprising an identifier of a time referenced by the time reference; responsive to determining that the sequence of characters does not comprise a time reference, storing, in the memory, a memorandum in a second data structure of a second type, the memorandum comprising at least part of the sequence of characters.
US11074407B2
Embodiments are directed to a system, computer program product, and method for application of cognitive processing to a communication, and selectively transmitting the communication based on the cognitive processing. Natural language understanding (NLU) decomposes the communication to identify content and keywords. A dictionary determined to be contextually related to the communication is identified to support and enable a multi-dimensional analysis of the communication content. The communication is subject to dynamic filtering with support of the dictionary and dictionary content, and the dictionary is subject to a selective amendment based on the dynamic processing. A response is generated from the filtering, and the response is subject to selective transmission.
US11074404B2
Upon closing and/or saving a file, a user may view changes made to the file.
US11074402B1
A system, method, and computer program product for text annotation. The system includes at least one processing component, at least one memory component, an annotation corpus, and a document processor. The document processor is configured to receive a document including at least one annotated text span. The at least one annotated text span is annotated with a type from a type system (e.g., a domain-specific type system). The document processor is also configured to extract linguistic features of the at least one annotated text span, and generate a type attribute for the type based on the extracted linguistic features. Further, the document processor is configured to receive a new annotated text span, which is annotated with the type. The document processor extracts linguistic features of the new annotated text span, and determines whether the linguistic features match the type attribute.
US11074401B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for creating and merging delta object notation documents. One example method includes receiving a request to merge a first delta object notation document and a second delta object notation document. Child properties are identified in the first delta object notation document that include a delta directive and an affected property name that the delta directive is configured to affect. For each child property, a determination is made as to whether a matching child property exists in the second delta object notation document. In response to determining that a matching child property exists in the second delta object notation document, the child property and the matching child property are merged into the merged delta object notation document based on a first delta directive in the child property and a second delta directive in the corresponding matching child property.
US11074400B2
A collaborative content management system is disclosed herein for receiving a command to add an annotation object following a character input into a line of a collaborative content item. The system inserts an annotation object onto the line following the character, detects a selection of the annotation object, and displays a secondary collaborative content item in visual association with the character. The system detects textual content that corresponds to a citation within the secondary collaborative content item, and responsive to detecting the textual content, generates for display a template for inputting fields of a citation. The system receives text entered into one or more of the fields, generates a citation based on the text, and inputs the citation into the secondary collaborative content item.
US11074396B2
A notes system is presented with a content management system. The notes system manages creation and distribution of edits to notes to users sharing the notes. The notes are stored as a series of edits at the notes system. When an edit to a note is received, the edit is propagated to users subscribed to a note by a backend server responsible for managing the note. The shared users are notified through application servers associated with each shared user. The notes server includes various indices for searching the notes and allows notes to be searched quickly to organize viewing by a user of notes and identification of relevant material in the notes. The stored edits are used to display edits to a note to a user by replaying the accessed note to the user.
US11074395B2
Systems and methods for dynamic contribution mapping of digital works are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method, comprises: capturing, by a computing device, an IP address of a user signing into a content management system through a user computer device; determining, by the computing device, that the IP address of the user does or does not match existing user profile data in a user profile database; determining, by the computing device, that the user is modifying a portion of a digital work; determining, by the computing device, an engagement context of the user's modification of the digital work using natural language processing; determining, by the computing device, an engagement type of the user based on the engagement context; and mapping, by the computing device, the user profile data of the user and the engagement type with the portion of the digital work.
US11074394B2
Methods and systems for providing and managing content are described. An example method can comprise receiving at least a portion of a content item and determining a timing attribute associated with at least a portion of the content item. An example method can also comprise determining a delivery information attribute based on the timing attribute. The delivery information attribute can comprise at least one of a time duration to process at least a portion of the content item and a time duration to receive or transmit at least a portion of the content item. An example method can also comprise receiving an update to the content item based on the delivery information attribute.
US11074393B2
Different methods and apparatuses applicable to prepare materials for a user. One embodiment includes a device, with an imaging sensor. Based on analyzing a user attribute from the imaging sensor monitoring the user, the device can identify and access an area of the materials for the user. The area includes a section, and the device can layout the section by keeping a piece of text together with an illustration to be displayed in at least two screens of different sizes. Another embodiment includes materials with a text sub file with texts, an illustration sub file with illustrations, and a logic sub file with instructions to prepare materials for the user. Either the text or the illustration sub file can include position information linking at least an illustration to a corresponding piece of text. Annotations could be added to the materials.
US11074391B2
A method and system for improving the performance of a computer in identifying and mitigating electromigration violations of a semiconductor device. A set of library gates is obtained and parasitic layout extraction is performed for each gate in the set of library gates to generate an extracted netlist. One or more passes of an electromigration analysis of the extracted netlist are performed to characterize each gate over a set of input parameters and to generate a maximum slew rate (MAX_SLEW) table and a maximum capacitance (MAX_CAP) table.
US11074388B2
A virtual fabrication environment for semiconductor device structures that includes the use of virtual metrology measurement data to optimize a virtual fabrication sequence is described. Further, calibration of the virtual fabrication environment is performed by comparing virtual metrology data generated from a virtual fabrication run with a subset of measurements performed in a physical fabrication environment. Additionally, virtual experiments conducted in the virtual fabrication environment of the present invention generate multiple device structure models using ranges of process and design parameter variations for an integrated process flow and design space of interest.
US11074382B2
Techniques and a system for quantum computing device modeling and design are provided. In one example, a system includes a modeling component and a simulation component. The modeling component models a quantum device element of a quantum computing device as an electromagnetic circuit element to generate electromagnetic circuit data for the quantum computing device. The simulation component simulates the quantum computing device using the electromagnetic circuit data to generate response function data indicative of a response function for the quantum computing device. Additionally or alternatively, a Hamiltonian is constructed based on the response function.
US11074374B2
A system for determining constructability of a building project comprises a processor to execute software instructions, a storage device accessible by the processor in which to store a database, the database to store therein a building products information model (PIM), the PIM comprising a first plurality of building products, the database further to store therein a building information model (BIM) for the building project, wherein the BIM comprises a second plurality of building products. A user interface (UI) via receives input from a user and transmits output to a user according to software instructions executed by the processor. In one embodiment, software instructions executed by the processor cause the system to receive input from a user via the UI to select the BIM, search the PIM for at least one of the second plurality of building products in the BIM, and replace the at least one of the second plurality of building products in the BIM with one or more of the first plurality of building products in the PIM, responsive to the search of the PIM.
US11074373B2
A computer implemented method of translation of verification commands of an electronic design file of an electronic circuit defined by the electronic design file, comprising receiving, at a processor, the electronic design file defining a functional level electronic design of the electronic circuit, wherein said electronic circuit comprises at least two subsystems and said electronic circuit includes at least two configuration options for the at least two subsystems, receiving along with the electronic design file, at least one analog test harness model having at least one indirect branch contribution statement, translating said at least one indirect branch contribution statement into a plurality of direct branch contribution operators based at least in part upon said at least one analog test harness model and said electronic design file and generating a netlist for the electronic circuit based at least in part upon said translation of said at least one indirect branch contribution statement.
US11074366B2
A masking system and method for automatically masking sensitive user information on a webpage is provided. The method includes the steps of identifying a location of the first user data of the first type of sensitive user information on the webpage, updating an initial path to the first user data to account for changes to the initial path detected in response to repeated visits to the webpage, wherein the updated initial path to the first user data is stored as a stable path, locating a second user data associated with a second type of sensitive user information on the webpage, by accessing a central database containing path information to a location of the second user data on the webpage, and masking the first user data and the second user data on the webpage, using the stable path and the path information obtained from the central database.
US11074356B2
Methods and devices for vehicular storage security are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a storage device includes determining if there is at least one pending command. In response to determining that there is at least one pending command, the method includes configuring a next command of the at least one pending command, where configuring the next command includes determining if one or more other storage devices are a target of the next command. If one or more other storage devices are a target of the next command, the method includes determining if there are any remaining targets of the next command and delivering the pending command to a next target of the remaining targets. In this manner, complex storage systems may be kept secure.
US11074353B2
An example operation may include one or more of: receiving, via an input/output interface, an encrypted RF signal from an RF identification device; decrypting, via a processing unit, the received encrypted RF signal to generate decrypted data; modifying, via the processing unit, the decrypted data to generate modified data; maintaining, via a memory, a cryptographic distributed ledger based on the decrypted data and the modified data; encrypting, via the processing unit, the modified data to generate encrypted data; updating, via the memory, the cryptographic distributed ledger based on the encrypted data; and transmitting, via the input/output interface, an updated encrypted RF signal, based on the encrypted data, to the RF identification device.
US11074351B2
A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s), obtains pre-recorded visual data from a given location, captured by an image capture device at a visual input location at the given location. The processor(s) determines a position of the image capture device utilized to capture the visual data. The processor(s) obtains known landmarks from data related to the given location. The processor(s) analyzes the visual data to identify a portion of the known landmarks in the visual data, where the analyzing generates matched landmarks. The processor(s) determines a spatial orientation and positioning of the visual input location with respect to the matched landmarks, at the given location. The processor(s) generates an encryption key, utilizing the spatial orientation and the positioning of the visual input location with respect to the matched landmarks. The processor(s) encrypts a message with the encryption key, generating an encrypted message.
US11074327B2
A method for ensuring that an individual is authorized to conduct an activity is provided. The method includes conducting, using a processor, an authentication transaction with authentication data captured from an individual desiring to conduct an activity, and determining whether the captured authentication data is legitimate when the individual is successfully authenticated. Moreover, the method includes determining the individual is authorized to conduct the activity when the captured authentication data is legitimate, and conducting, using the processor, a subsequent authentication transaction with authentication data captured from the individual at a subsequent time.
US11074324B2
Systems and methods for preventing software application tampering are disclosed. 1. In embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes: identifying, by a computing device, an IP related software code segment of a software application; segregating, by the computing device, the IP related software code segment into one or more native code clusters and one or more non-native code clusters; refactoring, by the computing device, the one or more non-native code clusters into one or more stand-alone portable components (SPCs); determining, by the computing device, code migration scores for the one or more SPCs; and determining, by the computing device, select SPCs from the one or more SPCs to migrate to a remote security server based on the code migration scores.
US11074319B2
A system and method to augment model-to-model coupling include obtaining an output signal fs from an upstream model. The method also includes obtaining an observation signal gob from a region of interest, extracting a high-frequency signal g from the observation signal gob using a linear operator, and providing to a downstream model the high-frequency signal g in addition to information based on the output signal fs from the upstream model. The downstream model is implemented to obtain a prediction or estimation of one or more parameters of interest or drive a mechanical process.
US11074317B2
A method includes identifying, using at least one processor, input words associated with a user query. The method also includes, for each of one or more of the input words that are contained in a high-frequency word set, retrieving pre-computed element-wise products associated with the input word from a cache. The method further includes performing, using the at least one processor, a convolution operation using the pre-computed element-wise products. In addition, the method includes generating, using the at least one processor, a response to the user query based on results of the convolution operation. The method may also include, for each of one or more of the input words that are not contained in the high-frequency word set, calculating additional element-wise products associated with the input word, and the convolution operation may be performed using the pre-computed element-wise products and the additional element-wise products.
US11074314B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a responsive user interface. One of the methods includes receiving a page, the page including panels, each panel having an equivalent predetermined size. The method includes receiving a layout for the page, the layout defining a predefined hierarchy of panel groups that defines a visual relationship between the panel groups. The method includes selecting panels to include in a slide based on characteristics of the user device and the panel groups. The method includes determining a scaled size for each panel in the selected panels based on a relative weighting of the panel groups. The method includes resizing a panel in the set of panels based on the scaled size. The method includes generating the slide using the set of panels including the resized panel. The method includes sending the slide to the user device.
US11074313B2
Technologies for determining performance gains for content item delivery based on modifications to content item selection parameters are provided. The disclosed techniques include implementing a multi-objective optimization model for content item selection using a value for a parameter. The model generates a first plurality of scores and a first ranking for content items. Subset of content items is selected for delivery based on the first ranking. New values for the parameter are identified and for each new value, the content item selection event is replayed. A second plurality of scores and a second ranking is generated for the content items, where the second ranking is different from the first ranking. A third plurality of scores and a third ranking is generated where the third ranking matches the second ranking. A set of gains is calculated for each new value, where each gain corresponds to a different objective of the model.
US11074306B2
A system may determine a plurality of candidate regions in a web page, each candidate region comprising one or more page elements at neighboring positions in the web page. The system may extract, for each of the plurality of candidate regions, extraction values corresponding to a plurality of visual features in the candidate regions, the visual features being perceptible to human eyes, and the extraction values derived from attribute values respectively defined by the web page for the visual features. The system may select, from the plurality of candidate regions, a target region that satisfies an extraction criteria based on the extraction values corresponding to the visual features. The system may extract content information of the target region.
US11074302B1
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for visualizing computerized model decisions. A model system may access result data that comprises event results for a plurality of events and event feature data describing sets of event features. A first event result for a first event of the plurality of events is generated using the computerized model and a first set of event features from the event feature data. The model system may access importance score data comprising importance scores for at least a portion of the first set of event features, wherein a first event feature is assigned a first importance score and a second event feature is assigned a second importance score indicating a greater importance than the first importance score. The model system may also generate a user interface for display to a human user. The user interface may comprise a background area; a first visual indicator positioned on the background area and corresponding to the first event feature. A size of the first visual indicator may correspond to the first importance score. A second visual indicator may be positioned on the background area and corresponding to the second event feature. A size of the second visual indicator corresponds to the second importance score and is larger than the size of the first visual indicator. The model system may display the user interface at a display screen of a computing device.
US11074301B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a set of potential visualizations for a data set based on a set of visualization templates. The set of potential visualizations is ranked based on ranking criteria. A set of visualization recommendations for the data set is determined based on the ranking.
US11074298B2
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for identifying relationships of interest of entities in a data modeling environment, where the data modeling environment represents objects as entities with links representing relationships between the entities. A query is received, where the query includes entity(ies) and link(s) with at least one of the entities or links designated as an output item. The query is analyzed to identify each dumbbell in the query, where a dumbbell is a link with a first entity at a first end of the link and a second entity at a second end of the link. Each identified dumbbell is examined to determine if the dumbbell includes an output item; and, if the dumbbell includes an output item, adding the dumbbell to a catalogue of relationships if a dumbbell is not already listed having the link type and entity types of the identified dumbbell.
US11074287B2
Interface circuitry of an apparatus receives a first service data packet that includes at least first information for a first multimedia presentation frame and second information for a second multimedia presentation frame. Processing circuitry of the apparatus stores the first information and the second information in different rows having different row number in a service data table. Then the processing circuitry determines, from a preset database, first material data for the first multimedia presentation frame and second material data for the multimedia presentation frame based on material configuration information in the first service data packet. Further the processing circuitry associates the first material data and the second material data in a material data table with different row numbers in the service data table and generates first multimedia service data corresponding to the first service data packet based on the association between the service data table and the material data table.
US11074286B2
A selected document from corpus of a cognitive computing system is processed according to its association with a category of documents already contained within the corpus, such as a topical category. Then, the cognitive computing system is engaged automatically to query one or more questions previously-associated with the category to discover discrepancies between the selected document and the other corpus documents. If a discrepancy is found, a confidence factor based upon extracted natural language entities and relationships is assigned to the discrepancy, and it is flagged and reported to a user for reconciliation.
US11074280B2
The present invention provides assistance to a user that is on-boarding an action for a virtual assistant. Methods and systems provide, based on an initial command group, recommendations for additional commands, actions, and applications that are relevant to commands included in the initial command group. The initial command group includes commands that include a sequence of natural language words or tokens. Additional commands are determined. The additional commands are relevant to the initial commands and provided to the user as recommended commands to include in the command group. The additional commands are determined by employing the initial commands as search queries to search preprocessed document clusters. Each document included in the document clusters relates to a potential command to include in the command group. In response to receiving a selection of a recommended command, the command group is updated to include the selected recommended command.
US11074272B1
A cursor demarcating a data set between a settled portion and an unsettled portion can be generated. A transformation can be applied to the data set, the transformation accounting for the cursor and transforming the settled portion of the data set differently than the unsettled portion of the data set in order to create a transformed output data set. The transformed output data set may further include a modified cursor based on the applied transformation and demarcating settled and unsettled portions of the transformed output data set.
US11074271B2
A database management system (DBMS) performs, in response to a conversion request to convert a store format of a table in a database, a process (base type change process) for changing a store format indicated by information (base type) indicating the store format of the table to a store format according to the conversion request, and performs a data conversion process asynchronously with the aforementioned process. In an import process after the base type change process, the DBMS imports, into the table, a chunk in the store format indicated by the base type after change. In the data conversion process, the DBMS converts a chunk in a store format different from the store format indicated by the base type into a chunk in the store format indicated by the base type.
US11074269B2
Systems and methods for configuring system memory for extraction of latent information from big data
A system for extracting latent information from data includes obtaining or generating components of the data, where the data components include scores indicating how the component relates to the data. Memory is allocated for the components and the components are stored in the allocated memory. The components are then transformed into documents using a suitable transformation function, and the documents are analyzed using natural language processing, to extract latent information contained in the data.
US11074267B2
The disclosure generally describes methods, software, and systems, including a method for caching information. A request for information is received at a staging layer. A determination is made whether the requested information already exists entirely in a cache. In response to determining that the requested information does not exist entirely in the cache, at least some of the requested information from the underlying database layer is retrieved. A completeness level to which the requested information exists in the cache is determined. In response to determining that the requested information exists partially in the cache, cache-nonresident information is retrieved from the underlying database layer and merged with information in the cache. In response to determining that none of the requested information exists in the cache, the request is forwarded to the underlying database layer. The requested information is provided by the staging layer to a presentation layer.
US11074255B2
Disclosed herein are various systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a system independent Configuration Management Database identification system. In an implementation, a dynamic identification system correlates records of an originating system with records of an Authoritative Configuration Management Database (CMDB) including a set of one or more identifying rules that define a minimum amount of information in order to generate an identifying signature that serves as a common reference between a record of the originating system with a matching Configuration Item (CI) record of the ACMDB, receiving, from the originating system, information to generate an identifying signature, determining that the generated first identifying signature matches a stored identifying signature, and correlating the first record of the originating system corresponding with the generated first identifying signature with the one of the CI records of the ACMDB corresponding with the matching one of the identifying signatures.
US11074253B2
A system and a method for performing queries, including generating text representations of features of various types of data, building a multi-modal word embedding model to capture relationships between the various types of data, and based on the multi-modal word embedding model, performing an inductive reasoning query.
US11074251B2
Methods and systems are provided for searching information in a distributed data processing system. A system for processing a semantic search query where the system may include a memory and a processor coupled to the memory being configured to, receive a structured search query, process the structured search query to deconstruct into query elements, identify a set of connected elements that define a data source associated with the received structured search query based on a processed query element, process the query elements to determine one or more command data element types associated with the received structured search query, and process data associated with the defined data source according to a command data element type to develop a semantic search query resultant data set.
US11074249B2
Techniques are provided for dynamic adaptation of language understanding systems to acoustic environments. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes generating a trigger in response to recognition of a wake-on-voice key-phrase in or prior to an audio stream. The trigger serves to switch processing modes from an adaptation mode to a query recognition mode. The method further includes performing automatic speech recognition on the audio stream during the query recognition mode, to recognize an in-domain query. The method further includes applying both a static language understanding classifier and a dynamic language understanding classifier to the recognized in-domain query. The static language understanding classifier employs a static semantic model and the dynamic language understanding classifier employs a dynamic semantic model. The method further includes determining an intent associated with the recognized in-domain query based on results of the static language understanding classifier and the dynamic language understanding classifier.
US11074247B2
Disclosed is a system for managing reads and writes to a sorted list of parameter values held in a write subsystem. Each parameter value is changeable and associated with a user. A read subsystem holds a persistent copy of the parameter values, which may be inconsistent with the write system values due to pending updates of one or more of the parameter values in the write subsystem. The system batch updates parameter values to the persistent copy from the write subsystem, but in the event of a read request, (1) the system determines whether the requested parameter value is inconsistent with the persistent copy; and (2) if so, produces a real-time update of the requested parameter value in the persistent copy without waiting for a batched update for the requested parameter value.
US11074241B2
A system and method are disclosed for the collection and aggregation of data from contributing members of a community, such as health-related, personal, genomic, medical, and other data of interest for individuals and populations. Contributors become members of a community upon creation of an account and providing of data or files. The data is received and processed, such as to analyze, structure, perform quality control, and curate the data. Value or shares in one or more community databases are computed and attributed to each contributing member. The data is controlled to avoid identification or personalization. Steps are taken to determine incompleteness and incorrectness of the data, and the data may be improved or completed automatically, based upon interaction with members, additional contributions of data, and so forth.
US11074240B2
A method for processing state update requests in a distributed data processing system includes processing a set of state update requests associated with a first time interval including maintaining a count of issued state update requests for the set of state update requests, maintaining a count of state updates performed for the first set of state update requests, and updating a state consistency indicator to indicate that state updates associated with all state update requests of the first set of state update requests have been performed in response to determining that the count of state updates performed for the first set of state update requests equals the count of issued state update requests for the first set of state update requests.
US11074234B1
A system for data space limitation includes and interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a structured data set. The processor is configured to determine a whole data space for the structured data set; remove duplicate pairs from the whole data space to generate a duplicate pair limited data space; remove hierarchical redundant pairs from the duplicate pair limited data space to generate a redundant pair limited data space; remove user settable combinations from the redundant pair limited data space to generate a user settable combinations limited data space; remove privacy preserving combinations from the user settable combination limited data space to generate a privacy preserving combinations limited data space; remove access prohibited combinations from the privacy preserving combinations limited data space to generate an access prohibited combination limited data space; and provide the access prohibited combination limited data space for combination calculation.
US11074231B1
A system and a method are disclosed for processing hierarchical data structures, for example, XML (extensible markup language) documents. A tree view shows a visual representation of the input schema and the output schema and visual representations of associations between nodes from the input schema and output schema. A grid view shows mapping statements configured to map the input hierarchical data structure conforming to the input schema to an output hierarchical data structure conforming to the output schema. The grid view and the tree view are synchronized such that modifications performed using any one view result in corresponding modifications being presented in the other view. Modifications to mapping statements are validated to determine if path expressions used in the mapping statements are valid in the modified mapping statements.
US11074226B2
The present invention provides a hierarchical computing network with multiple tiers of computing nodes. Also disclosed is a method of organizing, ranking and grading a large number of computing nodes that are owned, maintained and used by a large number of different participants in geographically dispersed areas in an effort to provide computation, control, measurement and data services to a large number of users. One of the embodiments of the present disclosure provides a decentralized, distributed, cost-effective, environmental friendly, secure, reliable and scalable online file management system for a large amount of data from a large number of users and organizations.
US11074218B2
An analytics platform processor-implemented method comprising obtaining a computer-based electronic message including a request for an analytics recommendation including a user identifier. Upon obtaining the electronic message, querying a distributed linking node mesh for entities correlated with the user identifier. Generating a user behavior profile based on the queried entities correlated with the user identifier. Determining a product or service using the user behavior profile. Providing an indication of the product or service to the server in response to the request for the analytics recommendation. Wherein the distributed linking node mesh includes a node representing an observable entity and a node representing a deduced entity derived through aggregating information associated with the user.
US11074212B2
A method for controlling a Type C USB interface includes disconnecting a shielding housing of a Type C USB interface (J1) from the ground of an electronic device, obtaining a level (V12) of the shielding housing, determining, based on the obtained level (V12), whether an external device is plugged into or unplugged from the Type C USB interface (J1); outputting a signal to a CC pin of the Type C USB interface (J1) when it is determined that the external device is plugged into the Type C USB interface (J1) of the electronic device; and stopping outputting the signal to the CC pin of the Type C USB interface (J1) when it is determined that the an external device is unplugged from the Type C USB interface (J1) of the electronic device or that no the external device is connected to the Type C USB interface (J1).
US11074208B1
An adaptive memory expansion scheme is proposed, where one or more memory expansion capable Hosts or Accelerators can have their memory mapped to one or more memory expansion devices. The embodiments below describe discovery, configuration, and mapping schemes that allow independent SCM implementations and CPU-Host implementations to match their memory expansion capabilities. As a result, a memory expansion host (e.g., a memory controller in a CPU or an Accelerator) can declare multiple logical memory expansion pools, each with a unique capacity. These logical memory pools can be matched to physical memory in the SCM cards using windows in a global address map. These windows represent shared memory for the Home Agents (HAs) (e.g., the Host) and the Slave Agent (SAs) (e.g., the memory expansion device).
US11074201B2
Methods, apparatuses and systems related to managing access to a memory device are described. A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device may limit or restrict access. In some cases, a memory device may be operated in a secure mode following issuance of a sequence of commands or based on a certain timing (e.g., based on clock cycles or an oscillator). A mode register of the memory device may be used to enable or disable certain modes of operation, including secure modes of operation. In some examples, a memory device may operation in an idle state while in a secure mode, and it may ignore (e.g., take no action in response to) certain commands while in the idle mode. A device may ignore commands if it identifies a mismatch in clock cycles or oscillator frequency, including when moved from one system to another without prior authentication or orderly shutdown.
US11074196B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for making space available in a local storage of a data intake and query system. A cache manager of the data intake and query system may determine an amount of storage space of a local data store that is available for use to perform a query. The cache manager may then use one or more eviction policies associated with content stored at the local data store to purge content items to evict from the local storage. The system may then retrieve content for performing the query from a remote storage and store the retrieved content at the local storage.
US11074192B2
Logical to physical tables each including logical to physical address translations for first logical addresses can be stored. Logical to physical table fragments each including logical to physical address translations for second logical address can be stored. A first level index can be stored. The first level index can include a physical table address of a respective one of the logical to physical tables for each of the first logical addresses and a respective pointer to a second level index for each of the second logical addresses. The second level index can be stored and can include a physical fragment address of a respective logical to physical table fragment for each of the second logical addresses.
US11074189B2
Various embodiments are provided for providing byte granularity accessibility of memory in a unified memory-storage hierarchy in a computing system by a processor. A location of one or more secondary memory medium pages in a secondary memory medium may be mapped into an address space of a primary memory medium to extend a memory-storage hierarchy of the secondary memory medium. The one or more secondary memory medium pages may be promoted from the secondary memory medium to the primary memory medium. The primary memory medium functions as a cache to provide byte level accessibility to the one or more primary memory medium pages. A memory request for the secondary memory medium page may be redirected using a promotion look-aside buffer (“PLB”) in a host bridge associated with the primary memory medium and the secondary memory medium.
US11074181B2
An example method of managing persistent memory (PM) in a computing system includes: issuing, by an application executing in the computing system, store instructions to an address space of the application, the address space including a region mapped to the PM; recording, by a central processing unit (CPU) in the computing system, cache line addresses in a log, the cache line addresses corresponding to cache lines in the address space of the application targeted by the store instructions; and issuing, by the application, one or more instructions to flush cache lines from cache of the CPU identified by the cache line addresses in the log.
US11074180B2
An enhanced dynamic address translation facility product is created such that, in one embodiment, a virtual address to be translated and an initial origin address of a translation table of the hierarchy of translation tables are obtained. Dynamic address translation of the virtual address proceeds. In response to a translation interruption having occurred during dynamic address translation, bits are stored in a translation exception qualifier (TXQ) field to indicate that the exception was either a host DAT exception having occurred while running a host program or a host DAT exception having occurred while running a guest program. The TXQ is further capable of indicating that the exception was associated with a host virtual address derived from a guest page frame real address or a guest segment frame absolute address. The TXQ is further capable of indicating that a larger or smaller host frame size is preferred to back a guest frame.
US11074173B1
A system and a method of managing over-provisioning (OP) on non-volatile memory (NVM) computer storage media including at least one NVM storage device, by at least one processor, may include: receiving a value of one or more run-time performance parameters pertaining to data access requests to one or more physical block addresses (PBAs) of the storage media; receiving at least one of a target performance parameter value and a system-inherent parameter value; analyzing the received at least one run-time performance parameter value, to determine an optimal OP ratio of at least one NVM storage device in view of the received at least of a target performance parameter value and system-inherent parameter value; and limiting storage of data objects on the at least one NVM storage device according to the determined OP ratio.
US11074156B1
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium has instructions executed by a processor to receive a debug adapter request. A HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request is generated from the debug adapter request. A debug request is derived from the HTTP request. Privilege to submit the debug request is confirmed. A string serialized JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) debug request is submitted to a JavaScript Engine. A string serialized JSON debug response from the JavaScript Engine is received. A JSON debug response is formed from the string serialized JSON debug response. An HTTP response is prepared from the JSON debug response. A debug adapter response based upon the HTTP response is submitted.
US11074154B2
Method and system are provided for identifying a source file for use in debugging compiled code. The method includes referencing a compiled file for debugging and searching for potential source files of the compiled file from configured repositories. The method obtains the potential source files from the configured repositories and iterates over the obtained potential source files to compile and compare each potential source file to the compiled file. One or more matching source files are identified for use in debugging the compiled file.
US11074150B2
A chip health monitor includes a processor configured to operate as a state machine based on instructions stored in a storage device. The state machine is configured to exercise a signal path in a chip in response to a condition and determine presence of an error in the signal path based on results from the exercise. The state machine is configured to compensate for the error by changing at least one operational parameter of the chip.
US11074149B2
Cloud simulation or validation system allows for the simulation of a future node that may be deployed on a piece of hardware. The system may attempt to simulate the operating system for node-A on top of the hardware for node-A, including basic network connectivity. When a host is booted up with the simulated configuration, validation scripts may be run to verify that the site is correctly prepped for cloud deployment. With its pre-staged RAM-based OS temporarily loaded into the host's RAM memory, any set of OS-based scripts, tools or binaries, may be executed for simulation and validation based upon the intended role of the host onto which the cloud simulation or validation system configuration is loaded.
US11074148B2
A method for displaying a basic input-output system (BIOS) message during a power-on self-test (POST) of a computer system includes: after the computer system is connected to a power source, performing, by a baseboard management controller (BMC), an initialization procedure on a display unit so as to control the display unit; executing, by a processor, a BIOS stored in a memory component so as to generate the BIOS message; transmitting, by the processor, the BIOS message to the BMC; and transmitting, by the BMC, the BIOS message to the display unit.
