US11219151B1
To manufacture a device by picking and placing semiconductor devices from a carrier substrate to a target substrate using touch down sensors, a pick-up head including touch down sensors and the semiconductor devices on the carrier substrate are moved relative to each other to contact the carrier substrate with the touch down sensors. Signals from each touch down sensor indicating a degree of deformation of each touch down sensor caused by the contact with the carrier substrate are used to determine an orientation of the pick-up head by processing the signals, and adjust the orientation of the pick-up head based on the determined orientation to attach the semiconductor devices onto the pick-up head. In some embodiments, the touch down sensors are piezoelectric benders.
US11219149B2
A memory device memorizes a link between an orientation of a leaded component supported on a component support section and a type of component holding tool used for holding the leaded component of the orientation is memorized in a memory device. Also, the component support section on which multiple leaded components are scattered is imaged by an imaging device, and orientations of leaded components supported on the component support section are identified based on the captured image data. Then, the component holding tool of a type memorized as being linked to the identified orientation of leaded component is decided as the component holding tool for holding the leaded component. By this, it is possible to exchange a component holding tool according to an orientation of a leaded component, thus it is possible to hold leaded components of various orientations using component holding tools.
US11219136B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding at least a portion of a space between the first surface and the second surface, a first printed circuit board seated inside the housing, a second printed circuit board seated inside the housing, a plurality of cables configured to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and at least one cable fixing apparatus coupled to the first printed circuit board or the second printed circuit board to accommodate and fix the plurality of cables. In addition, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
US11219135B2
A computing device includes a first portion and a second portion rotatable relative to each other about a hinge. A bumper is located between the hinge and the first portion. The bumper includes an impact resistant material. The impact resistant material absorbs some or all of the force from an impact between a hinge body and the first portion.
US11219129B2
A component carrier with a stack including at least one electrically insulating layer structure and at least one electrically insulating structure has a tapering blind hole formed in the stack and an electrically conductive plating layer extending along at least part of a horizontal surface of the stack outside of the blind hole and along at least part of a surface of the blind hole. A minimum thickness of the plating layer at a bottom of the blind hole is at least 8 μm.
US11219120B2
A component carrier includes a stack comprising at least one electrically insulating layer structure and/or at least one electrically conductive layer structure, a component embedded in the stack, and at least one stress relief opening formed in each of the at least one electrically conductive layer structure arranged in the stack on one side of the component so that a portion of the stack extending from an exterior main surface of the component carrier up to a main surface of the component on said side and including the at least one stress relief opening is free of electrically conductive material.
US11219117B2
An example plasma confinement system includes an inner electrode having a rounded first end that is disposed on a longitudinal axis of the plasma confinement system and an outer electrode that at least partially surrounds the inner electrode. The outer electrode includes a solid conductive shell and an electrically conductive material disposed on the solid conductive shell and on the longitudinal axis of the plasma confinement system. The electrically conductive material has a melting point within a range of 170° C. to 800° C. at 1 atmosphere of pressure. Related plasma confinement systems and methods are also disclosed herein.
US11219115B2
An extreme ultra-violet (EUV) lithography system includes an EUV source and EUV scanner. A droplet generator provides a droplet stream in the EUV source. A gas shield is configured to surround the droplet stream. When a laser reacts a droplet in the stream EUV radiation and ionized particles are produced. The gas shield can reduce contamination resulting from the ionized particles by conveying the ionized particles to a droplet catcher. Components of the EUV source may be biased with a voltage to repel or attract ionized particles to reduce contamination from the ionized particles.
US11219114B2
A radiation generation control device includes an acquirer, a first connector, a second connector and a controller. The acquirer acquires a first signal which instructs emission of radiation. The first connector inputs a second signal which indicates a driving state of a radiography apparatus that generates a radiographic image. The second connector connects with a radiation generation apparatus that generates radiation. The controller makes the second connector repeatedly output a third signal which instructs emission of radiation with a predetermined period based on the acquired first signal and the input second signal.
US11219108B1
A power adapter arrangement configured to provide power to a load is described. The power adapter arrangement may comprise a power adapter having a first interface comprising a first plurality of contact elements, and a second interface comprising a switch configured to control power applied to a load; and a control attachment removably coupled to the power adapter, wherein the control attachment comprises an actuator element configured to make contact with the power adapter in response to a manual actuation of the control attachment; wherein the actuator element is adapted to provide a signal to the power adapter in response to the manual actuation of the control attachment.
US11219106B2
The present invention relates to a dummy load circuit for a single live wire switch. This includes: a switch circuit—at least a first resistor and a switch are connected in the switch circuit, wherein the first resistor is connected to the switch, such that the first resistor is connected to the dummy load circuit through the switch; and a switch control circuit—the switch control circuit at least includes a switch control device, wherein the switch control device is connected to the switch to facilitate power-on/off control. The invention also relates to an electrical load with a dummy load circuit.
US11219105B1
A circuit includes a primary light emitting diode (LED) string, a secondary LED string, a reference line, and primary and secondary transistors. The primary string includes a voltage drop, and a node disposed between two adjacent LEDs of the primary string. The secondary string is configured in parallel with the primary string. The secondary string has a voltage drop that is less than the primary voltage drop. The reference line is coupled to the node. The primary transistor includes a drain, a gate, and a source. The drain is coupled to a primary string output terminal. The gate is coupled to the reference line, and the source is coupled to a ground. The secondary transistor includes a drain, a gate, and a source. The drain is coupled to a secondary string output terminal. The gate is coupled to the reference line, and the source is coupled to the ground.
US11219104B2
The invention application deals with the LED light having at least two simply switchable lighting modes. The first mode quite eliminates the blue wavelength light which is harmful to human organism at night. It's recommended to always turn this light on after nine in the evening and use it until the sunrise. The second mode already has a low blue wavelength content, being suitable during afternoon hours and relaxation. The third mode already represents the daily sunlight with a high CRI value and should be used during day only. The mode switching is set in a way that after turning the light off and then on again, the first mode with monochromatic red colour will light first, thus the circadian rhythms are not affected at each wakeup and turning on the light.
US11219085B2
Methods may be provided to operate a network node supporting dual connectivity communication with a wireless terminal as a main network node in cooperation with a secondary network node. Dual connectivity communication with the wireless terminal may be provided in cooperation with the secondary network node. Responsive to deciding to suspend the dual connectivity communication with the wireless terminal, a connection release message may be transmitted to the wireless terminal, a suspension indication message may be transmitted to the secondary network node, the dual connectivity communication with the wireless terminal may be suspended. Related methods may be provided to operate secondary network nodes and wireless terminals.
US11219084B2
According to an aspect, a wireless device determines, while in an RRC Inactive state, that a Radio Access Network Notification Area Update, RNAU, is needed. The wireless device further evaluates whether there is any other cause for resuming an RRC connected state, in addition to the need for the RNAU. The wireless device transmits an RRC Resume Request message to the network, in response to the determining. The RRC Resume Request message includes a cause indicator indicating an RNAU as a cause for resuming a RRC Connected state in the event that said evaluating identifies no other cause for resuming the RRC connected state.
US11219071B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system information transmission method and a user terminal. The method includes: sending a system information request to a base station through an uplink message in a random access procedure; not setting a C-RNTI), and receiving system information corresponding to the system information request sent by the base station, if the random access procedure is successful.
US11219070B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may select a random access channel (RACH) signature from among one or more RACH signatures associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB). The UE may transmit, to a base station (BS), a RACH communication using the selected RACH signature. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11219068B2
A terminal is disclosed including a processor and a transmitter. The processor selects one of a first table and a second table based on a frequency band, wherein the first table and the second table include candidate parameters that are used for random access. The transmitter transmits a preamble using the selected table.
US11219063B2
According to one configuration, a system includes a mobile communication device in communication with a wireless base station. During operation, the mobile communication device detects one or more conditions associated with the wireless network environment. Based on the one or more detected conditions, the mobile communication device selects amongst multiple channel access procedures to communicate with the wireless base station and establish a wireless communication link. The mobile communication device can be configured to include supplemental data in a message to the wireless base station to indicate a reason for the mobile communication device selecting a particular channel access procedure of the multiple channel access procedures.
US11219056B2
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives a downlink control information and a downlink shared channel that is scheduled by the downlink control information. The terminal also includes a processor that determines an allocation of the downlink shared channel in a time domain based on a first timing indicated by a first time unit and a second timing indicated by a second time unit that are obtained from information notified by the downlink control information. In other aspects, a radio communication method is also disclosed.
US11219053B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and device based on a license-free band. A method for wireless communication between a base station and a user terminal comprises: receiving uplink transmission from a first type user terminal, the first type user terminal operating in a license-free mode; and switching at least one first type user terminal to a licensed mode if the evaluated decoding performance of the uplink transmission does not reach a desired level. The decoding performance is an indicator capable of more accurately reflecting the degree of resource contention, and thus can more reasonably determine the time of switching the user terminal to the licensed mode.
US11219052B2
According to the present disclosure, behaviors of User Equipment (UE) and base station (BS) pertinent to Scheduling Request (SR) and/or Buffer Status Report (BSR) as well as resource management in short Transmission Time Interval (sTTI) relevant scenarios are discussed. UE may firstly determine if the SR is triggered by a buffer status change of a delay-critical data which needs a sTTI. If so, UE will send the SR to BS on a first type of uplink control channel designed for sTTI. Otherwise, UE will send the SR to the base station on a second type of uplink control channel designed for legacy TTI.
US11219043B2
A method for determining priorities of scheduling requests including: determining, by a terminal device, that a first time domain resource collides with a second time domain resource, where the first time domain resource is used to transmit a first scheduling request, and the second time domain resource is used to transmit a second scheduling request; determining, by the terminal device, a priority of the first scheduling request and a priority of the second scheduling request according to first priority information of the first scheduling request and first priority information of the second scheduling request; and if the priority of the first scheduling request is higher than the priority of the second scheduling request, sending, by the terminal device, the first scheduling request to a base station.
US11219042B2
An apparatus and a method for performing vehicle to everything (V2X) communication are provided. A method for performing the V2X communication of a user equipment includes receiving a network configuration of a plurality of configured grant-free (GF) resources within a network scheduled sidelink resource from a base station, and performing the V2X communication using the configured GF resources.
US11219041B2
A resource allocation method is provided, the method includes: receives a resource scheduling request by a first side unit (RSU) sent from a first vehicle to everything (V2X) communication group which comprises vehicles in a same driving direction; allocating communication resources for the first V2X communication group. A road side unit is also provided. By utilizing embodiments of the present disclosure, rationality of resource allocation can be improved, qualities of vehicle communication links and channels in the communication group is stable and a performance of vehicle networking can be fully realized.
US11219040B2
A system and method for time division multiplexing using different radio access technologies is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first communication node includes: identifying a time division multiplex pattern that associates a plurality of time domain resources with: one of an uplink signal and a downlink signal, and one of at least two radio access technologies; receiving the uplink signal using at least one first associated time domain resource; and transmitting the downlink signal using at least one second associated time domain resource, wherein the plurality of time domain resources are sequential, and wherein at least one first and second associated time domain resources are associated with different radio access technologies.
US11219039B2
A method for concurrent execution of multiple protocols using a single radio of a wireless communication device is provided that includes receiving, in a radio command scheduler, a first radio command from a first protocol stack of a plurality of protocol states executing on the wireless communication device, determining a scheduling policy for the first radio command based on a current state of each protocol stack of the plurality of protocol stacks, and scheduling the first radio command in a radio command queue for the radio based on the scheduling policy, wherein the radio command scheduler uses the radio command queue to schedule radio commands received from the plurality of protocol stacks.
US11219030B2
To provide a mechanism capable of improving the efficiency of communications without disturbing other communications, presented herein is a wireless communication device having a reception circuitry that receives a signal and a transmission circuitry that transmits a signal on a basis of a first threshold value set in association with a second threshold value. The first threshold value includes a detection level related to an electric wave in the wireless communication device, and the second threshold value includes a reception determination level of a signal detected by the wireless communication device.
US11219026B2
Methods and apparatus for providing quasi-licensed spectrum access within an area or application so as to enable “end to end” IoT (Internet of Things) device connectivity. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed spectrum utilizes 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) spectrum allocated by a Federal or commercial SAS (Spectrum Access System) to a managed content delivery network that includes one or more wireless access nodes (e.g., CBSDs (Citizens Broadband radio Service Devices) and IoT hubs or gateways) in data communication with a controller. In one variant, the controller dynamically allocates (i) spectrum within the area or venue within CBRS bands, and (ii) MSO (multiple systems operator) users or subscribers to CBRS bands or IoT (Internet of Things) bands (e.g., public ISM (industrial, scientific and medical)) bands to maximize connectivity and performance. In another variant, the controller cooperates with a provisioning server to implement a client device application program or “app” on an end user IoT device which enables inter-RAT (radio access technology) connectivity.
US11219025B2
Provided in various embodiments are a method by which a D2D terminal transmits a reference signal (RS) for a PDoA in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. Disclosed are a method by which a D2D terminal transmits a reference signal (RS) for a PDoA, and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: determining, on the basis of the maximum value of a difference between indexes of subcarriers of a resource block for the transmission of a reference signal (RS), an index set for RS mapping among preconfigured index sets; mapping the RS to the subcarriers of the resource block having indexes corresponding to each of the indexes included in the index set for the RS mapping; and transmitting the resource block to which the RS is mapped, wherein the preconfigured index sets include indexes in which differences between two pairs of indexes are not the same for each number of indexes.
US11219024B2
Wireless communication under IEEE 802.11 standards utilizing carrier specific interference mitigation where an AP or UE employs an ultra-wideband tuner to evaluate available spectrum between several communication bands. Rather than being constrained to communicate in a single communication band, the AP and UEs may utilize more than one communication band to communicate with one another. In doing so, the AP and UE search across several bands and measure interference on a carrier-by-carrier basis across those bands. Either of the AP and UE may select a cluster of carriers for communication, where the cluster of carriers may comprise 1) contiguous carriers in a single sub-channel, 2) contiguous carriers spanning across more than one sub-channel, 3) discontinuous carriers in a single sub-channel, or 4) discontinuous carriers spanning across more than one sub-channel. The mapping between a cluster and its carriers can be fixed or reconfigurable.
US11219011B1
A method for coordinated control-channel signaling by first and second access nodes that provide overlapping coverage on respective first and second carriers that overlap in frequency with each other. The first access node configures a first enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) on the first carrier and the second access node configures a second ePDCCH on the second carrier, with the first ePDCCH and second ePDCCH overlapping in frequency and time with each other, for efficient use of PDSCH capacity of the two carriers. In an implementation, the two access nodes could operate according to different radio access technologies. For instance, the first access node could provide LTE service, and the second access node could provide 5G NR service.
US11219004B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving resource block assignment information including a bitmap and receiving the downlink signal through a resource block group (RBG) indicated by the bitmap in a bandwidth part. A total number of resource block groups (RBGs) in the bandwidth part is determined based on an index of a start resource block of the bandwidth part, a size of the bandwidth part, and a size of one resource block group.
US11219001B2
In a terminal (200), a Pre-IFFT unit (204) generates a signal waveform for multicarrier transmission (OFDM) or single carrier transmission (DFT-s-OFDM) in uplink. A transmitter (208) transmits a signal with the generated signal waveform using a resource block (PRB) allocated to the terminal (200). In this process, a restriction is imposed on the number of resource blocks for which the Pre-IFFT unit (204) is allowed to generate the signal waveform for the single carrier transmission. Thus, it is possible to efficiently switch between OFDM and DFT-s-OFDM in the signal waveform generation.
US11218997B2
Disclosed in the present application are an uplink control channel transmission method, a terminal, a base station and a device, for solving the problem, in the prior art, that no relevant solution addresses how to perform long NR-PUCCH transmission in multiple slots. The method applied to a terminal comprises: determining a total transmission length T of an uplink control channel (PUCCH) to be transmitted in P slots; determining the transmission structure of the PUCCH on the basis of T; and transmitting the PUCCH in the P slots according to the transmission structure. The present invention defines the transmission structure for long PUCCH transmission in multiple slots, realizing the normal transmission of the long PUCCH in multiple slots.
US11218995B2
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives at least one of first configuration information about a bandwidth part (BWP)-specific reserved resource and second configuration information about a cell-specific reserved resource; and a processor that controls receiving processes for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) under an assumption that the PDSCH is not allocated in a reserved resource corresponding to the at least one of the first configuration information and the second configuration information, wherein the reserved resource is at least one of following: a whole of a given BWP in a period; a part of the given BWP in the period; and not included in the given BWP in the period. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed.
US11218989B2
A method for paging in a wireless communication system, including a network node (10) configured to send and receive data in a plurality of beams for communication with a terminal (1), comprising transmitting first paging data (20) including a paging indicator from the network node (10) in multiple beams, wherein the paging indicator includes terminal ID or group ID information and a feedback request indicator and; receiving a response signal (22) in the network node from the terminal, wherein, dependent on said feedback request indicator, the response signal includes a beam indicator associated with a detected beam in which the terminal has received data from the network node.
US11218980B2
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for transmission of messages between wireless transceiver devices including fields representing values such as, for example, a range between devices, time of transmission of a message or time of receipt of a previous message. In particular embodiments, message may also comprise fields to express a maximum error in values representing range, time of transmission of a message or time of receipt of a previous message.
US11218977B2
A method for controlling interference includes: dividing a control region in a time domain transmission unit to obtain first and second power regions, the transmission power of the first power region being higher than that of the second power region; dividing all current channels to obtain first and second channel groups; transmitting data carried by all the channels included in the second channel group by means of the first power region, and transmitting data carried by all the channels included in the first channel group by means of the second power region. The method can greatly reduce interference to a PDSCH of a small cell from a PDCCH of a macro base station when the macro base station and the small cell use different parameter sets on the same carrier in a heterogeneous network, without reducing the spectrum utilization rates of the macro base station and the small cell.
US11218964B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for receiving a wake-up signal by a first UE in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: operating a wake-up receiver during a wake-up signal on-duration by the first UE; and receiving a wake-up signal transmitted by a second UE through the wake-up receiver and then receiving data, wherein information related to the wake-up signal on-duration is commonly signaled to the first UE, which receives the wake-up signal, and the second UE which transmits the wake-up signal. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.
US11218960B2
There is provided support mechanisms for at least one adding and removing a cell from operation in a heterogeneous radio network having a first type of basic cell for providing basic radio coverage and a second type of cell associated to a basic cell as a capacity enhancing cell. A capacity enhancing cell is selectively switched on and off. When the capacity enhancing cell is shut down the cell does not exist over the air while cell configuration information is kept. When the capacity enhancing cell is switched on the cell becomes available again over the air interface. An indication of shut-down and a wake-up call message for switch-on of the capacity enhancing cell are communicated between a base station serving the capacity enhancing cell and a base station serving the basic cell. In this way energy savings can be supported without disrupting service availability.
US11218959B2
Within many applications impulse radio based ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmission offers significant benefits for very short range high data rate communications when compared with existing standards and protocols. In many of these applications the main design goals are very low power consumption and very low complexity design for easy integration and cost reduction. Digitally programmable IR-UWB transmitters using an on-off keying modulation scheme on a 0.13 microns CMOS process operating on 1.2 V supply and yielding power consumption as low as 0.9 mW at a 10 Mbps data rate with dynamic power control are enabled. The IR-UWB transmitters support new frequency hopping techniques providing more efficient spectrum usage and dynamic allocation of the spectrum when transmitting in highly congested frequency bands. Biphasic scrambling is also introduced for spectral line reduction. Additionally, an energy detection receiver for IR-UWB is presented to similarly meet these design goals whilst being adaptable to address IR-UWB transmitter specificity.
US11218958B2
The example embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to measure, by a user equipment, a communication quality with at least one measured cell of a communication node while the user equipment is in an idle or inactive state; upon the user equipment transitioning to a connected state, determine by the user equipment that the communication quality with the at least one measured cell is larger than a threshold; and transmit information comprising a measurement report from the user equipment to a network equipment that the at least one measured cell meets the threshold for the network equipment to signal the user equipment to configure communication with the at least one measured cell without further measurements from the user equipment. Further, a method and apparatus to receive by a network equipment information comprising a measurement report from a user equipment which is waking from an idle or inactive state and seeking access to a sewing cell communication, wherein the measurement report comprises an identification of a cell which met a communication quality threshold with the user equipment while the user equipment was in the idle or inactive state; compare the measurement report received by the network equipment from the user equipment to a predetermined threshold value, wherein based on the comparing the network equipment is caused to configure communication with the cell without further measurements from the user equipment, wherein based on the comparing the network equipment is caused to configure communication with the cell without further measurements from the user equipment; and send a signal from the network equipment to the user equipment with instructions for the user equipment to configure communication with the cell without further measurements from the user equipment.
US11218957B2
A system and method for automatic offload in multi SIM devices. The system comprises a learning module [108] to learn the SIM slot ID of the inserted desired operator, the structure alignment and field information, wherein feedback of the learnt information is provided to the network server [114]. A method selection module [110] analyzes the structure alignment and field information for mapping unique connection methods to different devices. A WiFi configuration and connection module [112] uses appropriate WiFi configuration and attempts connection to desired Service Providers enterprise Wi-Fi AP using the determined connection method.
US11218955B2
The invention relates to methods and devices for enabling access to a plurality of communication networks (107-110). A wireless communication device (101) acquires (S101) information regarding network access capabilities of any modems with which the wireless communication device is equipped, as well as information identifying operator profiles available to each of said any modems, and establishes (S102) a connection with a network connectivity selection node (106) that can determine which network access is available for each of said any modems. The wireless communication device further reports (S103) the acquired network access capabilities and operator profiles of each of said any modems to the network connectivity selection node, and receives (S105), in reply to the reporting, a recommendation on which one or more of said any modems to use for connecting to one or more of the plurality of communication networks.
US11218951B2
A method and an apparatus for obtaining and transmitting system information are provided by the present disclosure. The method of obtaining the system information includes: a function of detecting a first target beam is turned on under a preset trigger condition, where the first target beam is a beam that carries target system information and is emitted by a base station to shared initiating equipment in response to a system information request transmitted by the shared initiating equipment; the first target beam is detect before a preset state; and the target system information is obtained according to the first target beam when the first target beam is received before the preset state. With the method of obtaining the system information, acquisition latency of the target system information is effectively shortened and utilization of air interface resources is improved.
US11218945B2
Embodiments of this application disclose an access control method, a terminal, and an access network device. The method includes: receiving, by an access network device, indication information; determining, by the access network device, a terminal as a terminal in high-speed movement based on the indication information; performing, by the access network device, a timing operation; when a time of the timing operation exceeds a preset time threshold, calculating, by the access network device, a moving speed of the terminal; and when the moving speed of the terminal is less than a preset speed threshold, forbidding, by the access network device, the terminal to access a cell of the access network device, where the cell of the access network device is a dedicated cell of a terminal located in a high-speed moving vehicle.
US11218944B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device and computer readable storage medium implemented at a relay device. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the relay device determines whether a terminal device served by a network slice has to be handed over. In a case of determining that the terminal device has to be handed over, the relay device sends a request for local information to at least one candidate relay device, and the local information includes at least one of information associated with a backhaul link from a candidate relay device to a network device and slice configuration information of the candidate relay device. Based on the received local information, the relay device determines a candidate relay device for handover of the terminal device. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the relay device determines the candidate relay device to which the terminal device has to be handed over, based at least on the information associated with a backhaul link and the information associated with a network slice, so as to satisfy network slice configuration requirement and ensure backhaul quality of the terminal device.
US11218942B2
A method of operating a mesh network is disclosed (FIG. 6). The method includes receiving a data frame (600) having a header with plural addresses (FIG. 1) and determining that the data frame is not from an access point or a leaf node (602) of the mesh network. A next recipient address of the plural addresses is removed (610) when the next recipient is a final destination. The next recipient address is set (612) when the next recipient of the data frame is not a final destination. The data frame is transmitted (614) to the next recipient.
US11218939B2
In a first aspect, this specification describes a method which comprises including, in a network slice selection request, information indicative of a reason for making the network slice selection request. The method of the first aspect may, for instance, be performed by a user equipment (UE). In a second aspect, this specification describes a method which comprises determining a response to a network slice selection request from a UE based on information included in the network slice selection request that is indicative of a reason for making the network slice selection request. The method of the second aspect may, for instance, be performed by a network control function (e.g. a CCNF).
US11218937B2
Method and system for managing handover decisions while maintaining quality-of-service (QoS) of active user application sessions in a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes determining QoS requirement for each of the active user application sessions (UASs) based on user entitlements for relevant services associated with the active UASs, assessing the active UASs to determine instantaneous QoS level for each of the active UASs, and identifying impacted user equipment (UE) based on an overall QoS level for a set of active UAS, from among the active UASs, running on the impacted UE. The overall QoS level may be based on the instantaneous QoS level and the QoS requirement for each UAS in the set of active UAS. The method further includes managing a handover decision for the impacted UE based on a need for a handover of the impacted UE and a feasibility of the handover of the impacted UE.
US11218923B2
Embodiments for selective optimized roaming include receiving an indication that a connected device is at a cell edge of a first network. When an alternate access point cannot provide an alternate connection for the connected device, connections to other networks are assessed. This assessment includes receiving radio frequency (RF) signals for a second network and determining, from received RF signals, that the second network provides a better network connection. When the second network can provide a better network connection the connection to the first network is terminated.
US11218913B2
The present disclosure provides an air-interface protocol stack configuration method, a data transmission method, an air-interface protocol stack configuration device and a data transmission device. The air-interface protocol stack configuration method includes steps of: configuring an air-interface protocol stack to be used for data transmission in accordance with data transmission characteristics of communication ends for the data transmission; and transmitting configuration information or identification information about the air-interface protocol stack to at least one of the communication ends for the data transmission.
US11218911B2
The present disclosure provides a method of distributing flow on a 4G network, which is applied to a distribution device. The method includes: monitoring a GTPv2 signalling packet communicated between a mobile management entity (MME) and a serving gateway (SGW); obtaining a data plane tunnel identifier and a user phone number, which are carried in the monitored GTPv2 signalling packet and indicate a same user equipment (UE), and establishing association relationship between the data plane tunnel identifier and the user phone number; obtaining a target data plane tunnel identifier carried in a received data packet; and determining a target user phone number associated with the target data plane tunnel identifier based on the association relationship, and distributing the data packet based on the target user phone number.
US11218908B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). An operation method of a reception device in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a signal transmitted through a plurality of antennas of a transmission device; determining an initial symbol vector on the basis of the signal; determining a first candidate symbol vector, on the basis of a plurality of solution vectors obtained by searching for the initial symbol vector; determining a second candidate symbol vector by changing at least one symbol value of the first candidate symbol vector; and determining a symbol vector transmitted from the transmission device, on the basis of at least a part of the second candidate symbol vector.
US11218905B2
Provided is a base station device mounted on an aircraft and configured to form a communication area on the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the communication area. The base station device comprises a CPU; a determination unit configured to determine whether to execute congestion control in the wireless communication service, based on a use status of a CPU stack message queue of the CPU; and a congestion control execution unit that executes the congestion control when the determination unit determines to execute the congestion control.
US11218900B2
Provided in embodiments of the present application are an uplink transmission method, terminal device and network device. The terminal device can mark a quality of service (QoS) flow mapped by data carried in a data radio bearer (DRB). The method comprises: a terminal device determining, according to a first mapping relationship, a marking form of a first quality of service (QoS) flow corresponding to a data packet carried in a first data radio bearer (DRB), the first mapping relationship being a mapping relationship between the QoS flow and the DRB; according to the marking form of the first QoS flow, marking the first QoS flow corresponding to the data packet carried in the first DRB; and transmitting the marked data packet through the first DRB to a network device.
US11218897B2
A system and method for controlling measurements gaps in a communication system (300). In an embodiment, an apparatus (370) is operable in the communication system (300) and includes processing circuitry (375) and memory (380). The apparatus (370) is configured to receive a measurement gap pattern (610, 710) to perform a radio signal measurement from the communication system (300), and determine a limited duration to apply the measurement gap pattern (610, 710) to perform the radio signal measurement. The apparatus (370) is also configured to perform the radio signal measurement during the limited duration of the measurement gap pattern (610, 710).
US11218893B2
According to certain embodiments, a method for use in a wireless device comprise determining a coverage level with respect to a serving cell, selecting one of a plurality of configurations for sharing gaps between intra- and inter-frequency measurements, and performing one or more measurements according to the selected configuration for sharing gaps. The configuration for sharing gaps is selected based at least in part on the determined coverage level. For example, certain embodiments use the determined coverage level to select one of a plurality of tables, wherein each table comprises one or more schemes that indicate how to share gaps between intra- and inter-frequency measurements.
US11218891B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for enhanced radio link monitoring (RLM) are provided. One method may include signaling, by a network node, information to at least one user equipment. The information may include an indication of a maximum number of physical downlink control channel repetition and aggregation level(s). The indication may be independent from the physical downlink control channel repetition and aggregation level that the at least one user equipment is configured to monitor for data transfer.
US11218886B2
An apparatus and a method for simultaneous localization of multiple targets in 3-D cooperative wireless sensor networks (WSNs), utilizing combined measurements of received signal strength (RSS) and angle of arrival (AoA) are disclosed herein. By exploiting the convenient nature of spherical representation of the considered problem, the measurement models are linearized and a sub-optimal estimator is formulated. The method disclosed herein has a straightforward adaptation to the case where the target's transmit power is also not known. A representative set of simulations and experiments verify the potential performance improvement realized with embodiments of the method for RSS/AoA network localization in 3-D space.
US11218860B2
Provided are a method and device for providing service via wireless communication. A device which provides a service includes a wireless communication unit which receives, from an external device, information about at least one content that is being reproduced by the external device; and a controller which is configured to request an object for using a service related to the at least one content from a server, and to receive the object from the server, and to output the object via an output unit.
US11218858B2
The disclosure discloses a method for predictive reception of physical layer downlink repetitions in NB-IoT UE. The object of the disclosure to find a method that prolongs the battery lifetime of IoT devices will be achieved by a method for predictive reception of physical layer downlink repetitions in NB-IoT devices, the method comprising the following steps: estimating an expected number of repeated sub-frames required for a successful reception of a current encoded and in sub-frames rate-matched downlink transmission from a base station to an IoT device by applying a redundancy estimation function, using the estimated expected number of repeated sub-frames as input of a repetition reception control function, where a feedback-loop between the redundancy estimation function and the repetition reception control function is used for refining and adapting the predictive reception of physical layer downlink repetitions in NB-IoT.
US11218848B2
Techniques for acquiring, sending, receiving or using status information from a remote location over a network are disclosed. The status information is transmitted over the network between or among electronic devices. The status information can be provided by one or more sensors associated with the electronic device that is transmitting the status information. The status information can be transmitted with messages so as to enhance the messages. The electronic devices include at least computing devices, such as personal computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, and mobile telephones.
US11218842B2
A method for providing a service based on a user scenario, a terminal device, and a system. The terminal device perceives the user scenario with low power consumption, and a cloud-side service open platform determines a corresponding scenario package based on the user scenario, where the scenario package includes a plurality of pre-orchestrated services for the user scenario. The service open platform pushes data related to the determined scenario package to the terminal device, and the terminal device displays entry interfaces of the plurality of services, and provides a corresponding service based on an operation performed by a user on the entry interface.
US11218841B2
A fast query method for a mobile network entity dynamic location information, using a distributed container hierarchical nested structure to process registration and queries for location information, includes: after a network entity connects to a network attachment point after moving and obtains a new network address assignment, determining a series of a registered container, and then registering new location information corresponding to where the network entity is currently located, the location information containing at least current network address information; when a network forwarding device learns that the network entity is currently un-reachable, querying the new location information of the network entity from the container where the network entity was located before moving; and the container where the network entity was located before moving, after receiving the query request, obtains the new location information of the network entity by searching in the container and in a peer neighboring container set.
US11218839B1
A method and a device for zone-based localization of mobile devices are described. In an example, a zone from amongst a plurality of zones of an indoor space in which a mobile device is present is identified. The identification of the can be based on instantaneous localization information obtained from the mobile device. Further, a localization criterion to be employed for localizing the mobile device is determined based on the identified zone. The localization criterion may be indicative of a selectivity in use of sensor data for localizing the mobile device. Subsequently, the mobile device is localized in the indoor space, based on the localization criterion.
US11218830B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for generating a spatial audio format. An input audio source may include one or more individual channels. The one or more individual channels may be designated to be played by a corresponding one or more speakers. The one or more individual channels of the audio source may be separated. The one or more individual tracks may be input into a modeling space representing a multi-dimensional space. The modeling space may include a plurality of emitters at various locations in a vector space. Each of the one or more individual channels may be panned to one or more of the plurality of emitters. The panning may be based on a normalized proximity of the one or more individual channels in the modeling space to the plurality of emitters. The one or more of the plurality of emitters may be encoded into a single multichannel file.
US11218813B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a housing including a portion configured to be attached to/detached from a part of the user's ear; at least one microphone included in the housing and configured to receive a sound from the outside and to detect a direction in which the sound is received; at least one speaker included in the housing; at least one communication circuit included in the housing; a processor included in the housing and electrically connected to the at least one microphone, the at least one speaker, and the at least one communication circuit; and at least one memory included in the housing and electrically connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to store data regarding a sound, which has been received through the microphone, in the memory at least temporarily, to output a sound, which corresponds to a sound received from a first direction among the data, through the speaker, and to output a sound, which corresponds to a sound received from a second direction among the data, through the speaker based at least in part on information regarding the state of the electronic device or information acquired from the outside of the electronic device. Besides, various embodiments are possible.
US11218812B2
A speaker device that includes: two magnetic circuits arranged side by side and each including a magnetic gap; two voice coil bodies each corresponding to a shape of the magnetic gap and arranged in the magnetic gap in an inserted state; a diaphragm to which the two voice coil bodies are coupled, the diaphragm having a width shorter than a length in a direction in which the two magnetic circuits are arranged; and a frame to which the diaphragm and the two magnetic circuits are attached. In the speaker device, the two voice coil bodies include two coils connected in series, the two coils being connected to a pair of input terminals for receiving an input of an electric signal, the pair of input terminals being disposed between the two voice coil bodies.
US11218808B2
Audio device and method for designing and making a diaphragm, the audio device comprising a diaphragm having a curved profile adapted for radiation of audio signals from a plurality of bending modes and a piston mode, one or more of the plurality of bending modes having coincident nodal line locations, the diaphragm having a frontal side and a rear side, and a transducer coupled to the rear side of the diaphragm, the transducer adapted for driving the diaphragm for radiation of audio signals having reduced audio distortion, wherein the plurality of bending modes each have minima locations throughout the diaphragm, and wherein the transducer is mounted on one of the minima locations of the plurality of bending modes and one or more impedance components are mounted on at least one of the remaining minima locations to inertially balance the diaphragm based on a pre-determined relative mean modal velocity limit.
US11218807B2
A spatial-audio recording system includes a spatial-audio recording device including a plurality of microphones, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to determine a plane-wave transfer function for the spatial-audio recording device based on a physical shape of the spatial-audio recording device and to expand the plane-wave transfer function to generate a spherical-harmonics transfer function corresponding to the plane-wave transfer function. The computing device is further configured to retrieve a plurality of signals captured by the microphones, determine spherical-harmonics coefficients for an audio signal based on the plurality of captured signals and the spherical-harmonics transfer function, and generate the audio signal based on the determined spherical-harmonics coefficients.
US11218803B2
The present disclosure relates to a device and method of providing audio focusing on multiple objects of interest, the method includes: capturing a video: displaying the video on the display unit; obtaining multiple objects of interest from the video on the basis of a user's input; setting importance of each of the multiple objects of interest; obtaining location information of each of the multiple objects of interest; and allocating audio focusing to the multiple objects of interest on the basis of the importance and the location information of each of the multiple objects of interest, whereby it is possible to provide audio focusing on multiple objects of interest during the video capturing of the electronic device, thereby improving the satisfaction with the video capturing result.
US11218798B2
A mobile communication device is provided. The mobile communication device includes a display, a supporting member disposed under the display and having a hole, and a vibration actuator attached to the supporting member, where the vibration actuator does not overlap the hole when seen substantially perpendicular to the display, and where at least a portion of a region surrounding the hole of the supporting member is vibrated by vibration generated from the vibration actuator, whereby a sound signal having a predetermined frequency to be used for voice communication is generated.
US11218796B2
Personal audio systems and methods are disclosed. A personal audio system includes a voice activity detector to determine whether or not an ambient audio stream contains voice activity, a pitch estimator to determine a frequency of a fundamental component of an annoyance noise contained in the ambient audio stream, and a filter bank to attenuate the fundamental component and at least one harmonic component of the annoyance noise to generate a personal audio stream. The filter bank implements a first filter function when the ambient audio stream does not contain voice activity, or a second filter function when the ambient audio stream contains voice activity.
US11218790B2
A method and system for a headset with internal gimbal, where the headset comprises a headband, a headband, and ear cups coupled to the headband, wherein each ear cup may be coupled to the headband utilizing an internal gimbal. The internal gimbal may comprise a tip that is wider than its base. The tip may be rounded. The headband may comprise headband endcaps at each end of the headband. A headband slide may be coupled to each headband endcap. The headband ear cups may be coupled to the headband via the headband slides. Each headband slide may be coupled to a headband endcap via a headband pivot. The headband pivot may provide rotational motion of the ear cups with respect to the headband. The force on ears of a user of the headset may be spread evenly by the internal gimbals.
US11218789B1
Disclosed is a microphone-mounted earphone including a housing, a speaker unit accommodated in the housing, and a microphone. Here, the housing includes a sound emission path formed in front of the speaker unit to emit a sound generated by the speaker unit toward the outside. The housing includes a microphone installation groove recessed from an outer surface of a front of the speaker unit toward the sound emission path. The microphone is installed in the microphone installation groove. Also, the microphone-mounted earphone further includes a cover configured to cover the microphone installation groove not to allow the microphone to be exposed outward.
US11218784B1
A method, system and apparatus receives input content to an interface of a streaming system, detects a SCTE-35 marker corresponding to an injection point, inserts at least one or more EventStream Elements in an MPEG-DASH media presentation, inserts at least one or more MPEG-DASH Events in the MPEG-DASH media presentation, and publishes an MPEG-DASH media presentation description at least an announce time before an estimated time corresponding to the injection point of the SCTE-35 marker. The method and system further transmit one or more MPEG-DASH Events carried in the MPEG-DASH Presentation to one or more client devices and cause the presentation of the encoded content of the MPEG-DASH media presentation and of supplemental content.
US11218783B2
Embodiments provide methods and systems for creating virtual audiences and for facilitating remote audience participation. An example embodiment for creating a virtual audience begins by providing a digital feed from a performance area to a remotely located audience. In turn, such a method receives feedback from the remotely located audience and provides an output at the performance area corresponding to at least a portion of the received feedback.
US11218765B2
A method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and reception apparatus for extracting metadata, and an information providing apparatus for providing the metadata. The method for extracting metadata includes processing, by circuitry of the reception apparatus, content that includes the metadata embedded therein. The metadata is embedded as a watermark in a first portion of a video frame of the content. The circuitry determines symbol values of the watermark from the video frame based on luminance values in pixels of the first portion of the video frame of the content to extract the metadata. At least one of the luminance values is less than 16.
US11218760B2
A request from a user to view a video content item may be received, the requesting user being associated with a set of preferences and a context. A group of similar users may be identified based at least one of: one or more preferences in the set of preferences or the context. A first promotional video item corresponding to the video content item may be identified. A first watch time value for a first portion of the group of similar users may be determined based on an amount of time during a period of time that users of the first portion of the group have viewed the video content item after being provided the first promotional video item. A second watch time value for a second portion of the group of similar users may be determined based on an amount of time during the period of time that the users of the second portion of the group have viewed the video content item, the first promotional video item not provided to the users of the second portion of the group. A watch time difference between the first watch time value and the second watch time value may be determined. An activity rate associated with the first promotional video item that was provided to the group of similar users may be determined. A determination of whether to provide the first promotional video item to the user with the video content item may be based on the watch time difference, the activity rate, or the context of the user.
US11218756B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that an addressable user is subscribed to at least a first platform and a second platform that is different from the first platform, assigning an identification that maps to each of the first platform and the second platform, determining that an advertisement associated with a buyer is available to be delivered to the addressable user via the first platform, the second platform, or a combination thereof, in accordance with a first parameter associated with the addressable user and at least a second parameter associated with the first platform, the second platform, or the combination thereof, and responsive to the determining that the advertisement is available, delivering the advertisement to the addressable user in accordance with the identification. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11218754B2
Audio video synchronization and alignment or alignment of audio to some other external clock are rendered more effective or easier by treating fragment grid and frame grid as independent values, but, nevertheless, for each fragment the frame grid is aligned to the respective fragment's beginning. A compression effectiveness lost may be kept low when appropriately selecting the fragment size. On the other hand, the alignment of the frame grid with respect to the fragments' beginnings allows for an easy and fragment-synchronized way of handling the fragments in connection with, for example, parallel audio video streaming, bitrate adaptive streaming or the like.
US11218745B2
The invention relates to a method for packaging media and data for transmission over a broadband communications network link for display at a terminal destination. Features of the method included creating desired media segments for transmission to the terminal destination and for creating targeting information, for example in whole or in part in the form of metadata, for transmission to the terminal destination. Other features include packaging the created media segments and the created targeting information in a single package and unpacking the single package for display of the targeted media at the terminal destination. In another aspect, the invention can provide a method for unpacking media and data for display at a terminal destination implementing, at the terminal destination, receiving a single package containing media segments and instructions regarding handling of the media segments, quickly unpacking the media segments and the instructions from the single package and, based on the unpacked instructions, assembling one or more of the media segments for display at the terminal destination.
US11218744B2
Provided is a method of processing MPEG data, the method including: obtaining at least one access unit including media data coded through processing including an encapsulation and a packetization; generating at least one media processing unit (MPU) by grouping at least one access unit; determining a duration flag indicating whether duration information of the at least one access unit is valid, in a corresponding MPU; and inserting the duration flag into a header of the corresponding MPU.
US11218740B2
An encoder for encoding secondary media data including metadata and control data for primary media data is shown, wherein the encoder is configured to encode the secondary media data using adding redundancy or bandlimiting and wherein the encoder is configured to output the encoded secondary media data as a stream of digital words. Therefore, the stream of digital words may be formed such that it is capable to resist a typical processing of a digital audio stream. Furthermore, processors for processing a digital audio stream are able to process the stream of digital words, since the stream of digital words may be designed as an audio-like or analog-like digital stream.
US11218733B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving quantized transform coefficients for a current block based on the residual information included in the bitstream; deriving residual samples for the current block based on the quantized transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture based on the residual samples for the current block.
US11218729B2
A target view to a 3D scene depicted by a multiview image is determined. The multiview image comprises multiple sampled views. Each sampled view comprises multiple texture images and multiple depth images in multiple image layers. The target view is used to select, from the multiple sampled views of the multiview image, sampled views. A texture image and a depth image for each sampled view in the selected sampled views are encoded into a multiview video signal to be transmitted to a downstream device.
US11218728B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. In a method, prediction information for a current block is decoded. The current block is in a current picture that is a part of a coded video sequence. The prediction information indicates a first intra prediction mode and a secondary transform index for the current block. A secondary transform core is determined based on the first intra prediction mode and the secondary transform index. A primary transform coefficient block is generated based on the secondary transform core and a first transform coefficient block of the current block. The first transform coefficient block is de-quantized from the prediction information. A size of the first transform coefficient block is less than a size of the secondary transform core. The current block is reconstructed based on the primary transform coefficient block.
US11218726B2
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: determining an intra prediction mode of a current block, deriving reference samples from neighboring samples of the current block, obtaining a first prediction sample for the current block, based on the intra prediction mode and the reference samples, determining an offset for the first prediction sample, and obtaining a second prediction sample by applying the offset to the first prediction sample.
US11218716B2
A process for selecting a transform set for a prediction block. The process can be used in both an encoder and a decoder. For example, the process can be used in both an encoder and a decoder for a prediction block that has been predicted from a reference block. In some embodiments, both the prediction block and the reference block are intra blocks.
US11218709B2
Several embodiments of scalable image processing systems and methods are disclosed herein whereby color management processing of source image data to be displayed on a target display is changed according to varying levels of metadata.
US11218706B2
After initial intra prediction based on projection along an intra prediction direction, there may exist discontinuities between the predicted block and neighboring blocks. To smooth the block boundary, boundary filtering may be used with intra prediction. In particular, different methods may be used for boundary filtering. The particular filtering method to be used may be selected adaptively based on the intra prediction mode. When gradient-based filtering is selected, the gradient at a reference sample, that is at the same row or column as the current sample, in a reference layer is calculated as the difference between the reference sample and the predicted value for the reference sample using the intra prediction mode. Additional gradient at another reference sample from another reference layer may also be used. Then the initially predicted value for the sample may be adjusted based on the gradient(s) and a decay function.
US11218704B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction mode based intra prediction are provided. An image decoding method may comprise decoding an intra prediction mode of a current block, deriving at least one intra prediction mode from the decoded intra prediction mode of the current block, generating two or more intra prediction blocks using the intra prediction mode of the current block and the derived intra prediction mode, and generating an intra prediction block of the current block based on the two or more intra prediction blocks.
US11218702B2
A method for video coding includes receiving a bitstream representation of a current block of video data including at least one luma component and at least one chroma component, predicting, using a linear model, a first set of samples of the at least one chroma component based on a second set of samples that is selected by sub-sampling samples of the at least one luma component, and processing, based on the first and second sets of samples, the bitstream representation to generate the current block. In another representative aspect, the second set of samples are neighboring samples of the current block and are used for an intra prediction mode of the at least one luma component.
US11218701B2
A video colour component prediction method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium are provided. The prediction method includes: obtaining a first colour component neighboring reference value and a first colour component reconstructed value corresponding to a current coding block, wherein the first colour component neighboring reference value represents a first colour component parameter corresponding to a neighboring reference sample of the current coding block, and the first colour component reconstructed value represents one or more reconstruction parameters of a first colour component corresponding to the current coding block; determining a weight coefficient corresponding to the neighboring reference sample; determining a scale factor according to the weight coefficient and the first colour component neighboring reference value; and obtaining a second colour component predicted value corresponding to the current coded block based on a linear model corresponding to the scale factor.
US11218696B2
A method of encoding a first image in a plurality of images of input video data, wherein the first image is divided into a plurality of pixel blocks comprises, for a current block of the first image: determining a motion speed for the current block with respect to a reference block correlated to the current block in a second image of the plurality of images, wherein the second image is distinct from the first image and was previously encoded according to an image encoding sequence for encoding the images of the plurality of images; determining an interpolation filter based on the motion speed; and using the interpolation filter for calculating fractional pixel values in the second image for a temporal prediction of pixels of the current block based on the reference block of the second image.
US11218694B2
Techniques are described for improving transform coding. For example, an encoded block of video data can be obtained, and a width and/or a height of the block can be determined. The width can be compared to a first threshold and/or the height can be compared to a second threshold. A horizontal transform and a vertical transform can be determined for the block based on comparing the width of the block to the first threshold and/or the height of the block to the second threshold. The horizontal transform and the vertical transform are determined without decoding a syntax element that indicates the horizontal transform and the vertical transform (e.g., the syntax element is not in an encoded video bitstream processed by a decoding device). In some cases, residual data is determined using the horizontal and vertical transforms, and a video block is determined using the residual data and a predictive block.
US11218690B2
An apparatus for generating an image comprises a receiver (101) which receives 3D image data providing an incomplete representation of a scene. A view vector source (103) provides a rendering view vector indicative of a rendering viewpoint for the image. A renderer (105) renders a first region of an intermediate image for the rendering view vector based on image data from the 3D image data. An extrapolator (107) extrapolates the 3D image data into a second adjoining region of the intermediate image with the 3D image not comprising image data for the second region. A blur processor (109) generates the image in response to applying a spatially varying blurring to the intermediate image where a degree of blurring is higher in a transitional region between the first region and the second region than in an internal area of the first region.
US11218683B2
The invention relates to a method and technical equipment for implementing the method. The method comprises generating a three-dimensional segment of a scene of a content; generating more than one two-dimensional views of the three-dimensional segment, each two-dimensional view representing a virtual camera view; generating multi-view streams by encoding each of the two-dimensional views; encoding parameters of a virtual camera to the respective stream of the multi-view stream; receiving a selection of one or more streams of the multi-view stream; and streaming only the selected one or more streams.
US11218682B2
Encoding and streaming methods and apparatus are described. Objects in negative parallax in frame pairs, e.g., pairs of left and right eye images forming a stereoscopic image, are identified. An amount of negative parallax reduction implemented depends, in some embodiments, on the data rate being used for encoding and/or the amount of negative parallax detected in the frame pair to be encoded. The lower the supported data rate the greater the reduction in negative parallax in some embodiments. In some, but not all, embodiments objects in positive parallax, e.g., objects appearing to go into the page, are not subject to parallax reduction. When a lowest supported data rate is used mono encoding is used and parallax reduction steps are skipped. The same frame pair is encoded multiple times at different data rates. Different amounts of negative parallax reduction are performed for at least some of the different supported data rates.
US11218676B2
Apparatus and methods for projection conversion decoding for applications eco-systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a decoder apparatus is utilized to read formatting information from an intermediate projection format; convert the intermediate projection format to a display projection format; apply a rotation operation to the display projection format in accordance with the reading of the formatting information; and transmit the display projection format for use by an application. In some implementations, the intermediate projection format has been stabilized prior to encoding in order to improve upon the encoding efficiency for the intermediate projection format. The application of the rotation operation may then be utilized to reverse the stabilized imaging data. Methods and computing systems are also disclosed.
US11218674B2
A projection device including a projection unit, an image capture device and a control unit is provided. The projection unit includes a light source. The projection unit is configured to project an image picture to a projection area. The image capture device is configured to obtain an image capture picture including the image picture in an image capture range. The image capture range is larger than the projection area. The control unit is coupled to the image capture device. The control unit is configured to determine, according to a picture variation value of the image capture picture, whether to adjust the brightness of the light source. In addition, a brightness adjusting method used for the projection device is also provided. According to the disclosure, the brightness of the light source of the projection device may be properly adjusted according to environmental factors.
US11218672B2
According to one embodiment, a display device including a first substrate including an organic film, a first recess and a second recess formed in the organic film, and a first projection having the organic film, a second substrate, and a sealing member located in a second area around a first area, and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, wherein the first substrate includes a mounting portion, the first recess and the second recess extend in the second area, a first leading end portion of the first recess is separated from a second leading end portion of the second recess, and the first projection, the first recess and the second recess overlap the sealing member.
US11218665B2
Methods and systems for utilizing multi-pane video communications in connection with document review
Systems and methods are disclosed for establishing a video connection between a client device and a support terminal while enabling the support terminal to concurrently push display element triggers to the client device through a separate connection. In particular, a display element trigger can cause the client device to display, within a dual pane display of the client device, a display element within one pane and a video chat in another pane. The display element can include a check deposit element that enables a user of the client device to capture one or more images of a check and then transmit the image(s) for deposit by the support terminal during a video chat. The support terminal can analyze the image(s) of the check to identify check deposit data and then deposit the check accordingly while a support representative communicates with the user of the client device via the video chat.
US11218654B2
A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a first signal transfer unit group having a plurality of signal transfer units which transfer digital signals to a first common output line from a first holding circuit group; and a second signal transfer unit group having a plurality of signal transfer units which transfer digital signals to a second common output line from a second holding circuit group, wherein each of the plurality of signal transfer units is capable of transiting to a second state in which current consumption is less than current consumption in a first state, and, in a predetermined period, a number of the signal transfer units in the second state increases in the first signal transfer unit group and a number of the signal transfer units in the second state decreases in the second signal transfer unit group.
US11218652B2
Systems and methods for hyperspectral and multispectral imaging are disclosed. A system includes a lens and an imaging device having a plurality of pixel sensors. A focus corrector is located within the optical path to refract at least a portion of the incoming light and change the focusing distance of specific wavelengths of light to converge at a focal plane. The focal corrector is selected based upon the imaging system to reduce an overall measure of deviation between a focal length curve for the lens and a focus position curve for pixel sensors to produce focused imaging data for a broad spectrum of light, including beyond the visible range.
US11218651B2
An image sensor chip includes a substrate; an image sensor chip provided on the substrate; and an adhesive film provided between the image sensor chip and the substrate in a semi-cured state. A first width of the adhesive film is equal to a second width of the image sensor chip.
US11218650B2
An image processing method, an image processing apparatus (700), an electronic device (10) and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The image processing method includes: a temperature of a light emitter is detected (202); in condition that a temperature difference between a present temperature of the light emitter and an initial temperature exceeds a threshold, a target parameter is acquired (204); and a predetermined operation is performed according to the target parameter (206).
US11218629B2
A tracking system includes an image capture device, a memory and a processor. The image capture device is used to capture a video stream in a target area. The memory stores face information. The processor reads the face information from the memory and reads the video stream from the image capture device. The processor is used to identify a face matching the face information in the video stream to track the movement of the face in the target area. The processor is used to determine whether a distance between the face and the image capture device is greater than a predetermined distance. The processor is used to track the movement of a human figure corresponding to the face in the target area when the processor determines that the distance is greater than the predetermined distance.
US11218624B2
An image sensor includes a pixel array including multiple pixels. A lens is provided on an optical path of incident light to the image sensor. An actuator includes a coil, and supports positioning of the lens according to a driving signal applied to the coil. A position detection coil is arranged such that it magnetically couples with the coil of the actuator. An actuator driver supplies a pulse-shaped driving signal to the coil of the actuator driver. A position detection circuit generates a position detection signal that indicates the position of the lens based on an induced electromotive force that occurs in the position detection coil according to the driving signal, and feeds back the position detection signal to the actuator driver.
US11218618B1
Systems and methods manage information relating to paper media to enhance the quality of printing by printers. Systems and methods efficiently maintain color management profiles for different papers and ensure that the most appropriate (e.g., optimal) color management profile is employed for color conversion on a specific paper. In particular, embodiments may employ dynamic management of data stored in paper catalogs of printing systems. As such, a paper catalog of a printer device can effectively associate a paper with a color management profile that provides the best possible color reproduction on that paper.
US11218617B2
Communication system, mobile terminal, method of controlling the mobile terminal, and storage medium
A communication system comprising an information processing apparatus and a mobile terminal, wherein when the mobile terminal receives a packet transmitted from the information processing apparatus, it determines whether or not a login condition for transmitting a login request is satisfied based on a received signal strength of the packet, and it transmits the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it determines that the login condition is satisfied, and does not transmit the login request to the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determines that the login condition is not satisfied.
US11218613B1
A medium conveying apparatus includes a conveyance roller to convey a medium, an imaging sensor to sequentially generate a line image acquired by imaging the medium conveyed by the conveyance roller, a processor to detect an inclination of the conveyed medium based on at least two first pixels in the line image, determine whether a part of the conveyed medium has passed through a position corresponding to a second pixel located outside the first pixels based on the line image, and stop conveyance of the medium by the conveyance roller when the detected inclination is equal to or greater than a threshold value and the processor determines that a part of the medium has passed through the position corresponding to the second pixel.
US11218611B2
An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a transport unit that transport a document, a feeding unit that transports the document to the transport unit, a controller that stops the feeding operation of the feeding unit after the leading end of the preceding document transported from the feeding unit reaches the transport unit and restarts the feeding operation after the rear end of the preceding document passes a predetermined position. The controller, restarts the feeding operation a first time after the rear end of the succeeding document following the preceding document passes the predetermined position when a size of the preceding document indicates a first size, and restarts the feeding operation a second time after the rear end of the succeeding document passes the predetermined position where the second time is longer than the first time when the size indicates a second size larger than the first size.
US11218609B2
A terminal device may register first device information of a first image processing device in a memory; specify by using the first device information, N applications corresponding to one or more types of image processes that the first image processing device is capable of executing from among M applications; display a first menu screen on a display unit, the first menu screen including N icons indicating the specified N applications, each of the N icons having a first type of displaying state that is capable of accepting a selecting operation for using an application, the first menu screen not including each of (M-N) icons having the first type of displaying state, the (M-N) icons indicating (M-N) applications; send an execution instruction to the first image processing device by using a target application indicated by a target icon selected from among the N icons in the first menu screen.
US11218606B2
A sheet conveying apparatus of an embodiment includes a conveyance path along which a sheet can be conveyed, and a plurality of conveyance rollers configured to move a sheet along the conveyance path. A wireless tag reader/writer is configured to read information from, and write information to, a wireless tag of a sheet on the conveyance path. A phase change detector is configured to detect a phase change in response waves received by the wireless tag reader/writer from a wireless tag. A tag specifying unit is configured to identify whether a wireless tag is moving along the conveyance path based on the detected phase change in response waves from the wireless tag. A controller controls the wireless tag reader/writer to write information to the wireless tag identified as moving along the conveyance path.
US11218605B2
An image forming apparatus includes a CPU, and when a user selects to set (activate) an optional function, the image forming apparatus determines whether a connection to a network is possible. If the connection to the network is impossible, information (data for output) for acquiring a license key for activating the optional function from a management server is output by any method of QR code, NFC or displaying URL. The user uses a user terminal to connect to the management server on the basis of the data for output, and acquires license key data from the management server. When the user enters the license key, an optional function selected by the user is activated accordingly.
US11218602B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores additional processing information which is processing information associated with physical information of a physical information terminal which a user wears, the additional processing information being transmitted from a user terminal that generates the processing information according to an instruction from the user; a first receiving unit that receives the physical information from the physical information terminal; and an execution unit, in a case where the physical information received by the first receiving unit matches the physical information of the additional processing information stored in the storage unit, executes a process corresponding to the processing information included in the additional processing information.
US11218601B2
Methods and systems for printing on a print device from both authorized users and guest users are disclosed. The methods include receiving a request to initiate a document processing session on the print device, determining whether the requested document processing session is a kiosk mode session for executing a document processing job for a guest user or a staff mode session for executing a document processing job for an authorized user, initiating the kiosk mode session for executing paid document processing jobs in response to determining that the requested document processing session is the kiosk mode session, receiving a request for executing a first document processing job, determining a cost for executing the document processing job at the print device, receiving approval to execute the first document processing job at the print device for the determined cost from a guest user.
US11218595B2
A system and a method for providing resiliency in a telephony communication system are provided. The method includes: receiving registration information that relates to a requested service, the registration information including a service name, a resource identifier such as a directory number, at least one pool, and status information; and mapping the received registration information to a database that associates the name of the requested service with the resource identifier and each pool and associates each pool with the status information; and transmitting at least two Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), including a primary URL and a backup URL, for providing the requested service.
US11218589B2
A call reminder functionality is provided by an arrangement that is operable with a network-enabled communication device in which a reminder to return a phone call can be generated in an automated manner upon the occurrence of a call event. When the call event occurs, an option is displayed on a user interface (“UI”) on the device to create a link between the call and the user's schedule application. If the user selects the option, a callback task is added to the user's task list maintained by the schedule application, and a reminder to make the callback is generated and then displayed on the UI at a future time. The reminder includes pertinent call information and also includes a button that enables the user to place the callback through the UI (i.e., a “one-click call back”).
US11218565B2
A primary virtual assistant and local virtual assistant herein can provide secondary information, including, without limitation, user-specific information, without having direct access to such information. For example, a user may invoke a secondary virtual assistant, through the local virtual assistant connected to a primary virtual assistant system. This invocation may be sent through the primary virtual assistant to the third party provider, i.e., the secondary virtual assistant. The secondary virtual assistant has access to the secondary information, for example, email, calendars, other types of information specifically associated with the user or learned from past user actions while this information is not directly available to the primary virtual assistant. This secondary information is then provided to the local virtual assistant in response to the invocation to be provided to the user.
US11218562B2
Methods and apparatus for multi-destination wireless transmissions are disclosed. An example method includes detecting, by executing an instruction via a processor, an offload indicator in a web request received from a computing device, the web request triggered by processing of a webpage at the computing device, determining, by executing an instruction via the processor, a function identified in the web request, the function included in the webpage, retrieving, by executing an instruction via the processor, the function from the webpage; and transmitting a result of execution of the function to the computing device in response to the web request.
US11218561B1
This disclosure relates to system and method for managing cache data in a network through edge nodes. The method includes receiving set of first node parameters, set of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) node association metrics, and set of data request parameters from the user device; identifying a variation in at least one of the set of first node parameters, the set of MEC node association metrics, and the set of data request parameters; selecting a second edge node from the plurality of edge nodes to store the cache data based on a set of second node parameters, the set of MEC node association metrics, and the set of data request parameters, when variation is above predefined threshold; associating the second edge node with the user device to store the cache data for the user device; and dynamically managing cache data for the user device in the second edge node.
US11218559B2
An asymmetric proxy receives a request from a source network, where the source network sends the request at a first networking layer, and determines a destination network associated with the request, where the destination network communicates at a second networking layer, and where the second networking layer is different than the first networking layer. The asymmetric proxy removes information associated with the source network from one or more networking layers of the request, stores the information associated with the source network in a memory space, translates the one or more networking layers of the request to include information associated with the destination network, and provides the request to the destination network at the second networking layer.
US11218553B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and machine-readable storage media of a multi-access edge computing (MEC) component, of a first MEC system, for discovering platforms in MEC systems, are described. In an example, a list of MEC system identifiers is received from a dedicated reference point. The MEC system identifiers includes a system identifier of a second, different MEC system. A list of available MEC hosts in the second MEC system that fulfill a predefined requirement is received. A list of shareable services on the first MEC system is determined. Information is provided to the second MEC system regarding the list of shareable services on the first MEC system.
US11218541B2
The present disclosure provides a data storage method, belonging to the field of data processing. The method is applied to a storage server in a cloud storage system. The method includes: monitoring data transmission status of a data acquisition device; obtaining data exception information according to the monitored data transmission exceptional status; transmitting a first data backhaul request to the data acquisition device, the data acquisition device being configured to return first data acquired within the exception time period upon receiving the first data backhaul request; and storing the first data upon receiving the first data.
US11218538B2
Technologies for determining a set of edge resources to offload a workload from a client compute device based on a brokering logic provided by a service provider include a device that includes circuitry that is in communication with edge resources. The circuitry is to receive a brokering logic from a service provider receive a request from a client compute device, wherein the request includes a function to be used to execute the request and one or more parameters associated with the client compute device, determine the one or more parameters, select, as a function of the one or more parameters and the brokering logic, a physical implementation to perform the function, wherein the physical implementation indicates a set of edge resources and a performance level for each edge resource of the set of edge resources, and perform, in response to a selection of the physical implementation, the request using the set of edge resources associated with the physical implementation.
US11218536B2
Processing data in a communications system comprising a plurality of servers is provided. First data received from a communications device is directed to a given server in the plurality of servers. A server identifier identifying the given server is transmitted to the communications device. Subsequent data is received from the communications device. The subsequent data comprises the server identifier and a further parameter. The given server is selected on the basis of at least the server identifier and some of the subsequent data received from the communications device is directed to the given server. In the event of a need to redirect subsequent data to a server other than the given server, a different server is selected on the basis of at least the further parameter and further of the subsequent data received from the communications device is directed to the selected different server.
US11218525B2
Methods, systems, and machine-readable to adapt delivery of content composites to an endpoint media device are disclosed. A first content composite may be transmitted via a packet stream to an endpoint media device. A communication from the endpoint media device that is indicative of having output at least part of the first content composite for display may be processed. Operational data from that is indicative of operations executed by the endpoint media device or a communication device may be processed and mapped to one or more operational values correlated to a metric that corresponds to endpoint disconnection with the first content composite may be identified. A second content composite to be inserted into the packet stream to the endpoint media device may be selected. The second content composite may be transmitted via the packet stream from the content provider system to the endpoint media device.
US11218522B1
A data processing system includes one or more computing devices comprising at least one processor and memory storing data and instructions implementing image processing functions. The one or more computing devices include at least one cloud server computer. The one or more computing devices of the data processing system are configured to generate a user graphical representation from a live data feed by one or more image processing combinations of the at least one cloud server computer and two or more client devices in a hybrid system architecture, which may include a client-server side and a peer-to-peer side.
US11218521B2
Disclosed are a video conference implementation method and server, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: a video conference server receiving from a terminal a virtual conference number of a conference to be convened; detecting whether the virtual conference number and a corresponding conference state are contained in a stored virtual conference draft; if the virtual conference number is contained and the state is “not convened”, sending to a multipoint control unit conference parameters corresponding to the virtual conference number, and receiving a conference state returned by the multipoint control unit.
US11218519B2
The present disclosure enables a UE (100) to discover a P-CSCF (85) in the IMS network based on the services offered by the P-CSCF or the area served by the P-CSCF (85) when it establishes a data session. The P-CSCF (85) registers with a discovery node (70) in the wireless communication network (10) and provides relevant information about the P-CSCF (85) to the discovery node (70), such as the type of services provided, its network address and/or FQDN, a list of cells supported, and a list of tracking areas supported. When a request is received to establish a session with the IMS for a UE, the SMF (45) in the wireless communication network (10) queries the discovery node (70) to fetch the P-CSCF (85) information and forwards the P-CSCF information to the requesting UE. The UE (100) selects a P-CSCF (85) to use when it initiates IMS registration.
US11218507B2
A flexible framework is provided for specifying permissions a user allows for an application to access. The framework further provides for specifying the way in which the application can behave during run-time. Predefined rules are used to detect a potentially misbehaving application, and a user may be notified or a specific action may be taken. Behavior of the application may be monitored during run-time to verify that the application is behaving in accordance to the predefined rules.
US11218505B2
A messaging system includes features of gathering information regarding content accessed across multiple applications and/or devices and making that information available to account holders of the messaging system. The messaging system stores data related to accessed content in a plurality of indices and makes that data available to enable account holders to access previously-accessed content, even if the previous access occurred in a different software application, on a different device, or on a device with a different operating system. Account holders may also be provided with recommendations based on gathered information.
US11218504B2
Systems and methods for displaying computer environment monitoring data can include a multi-tier cache memory associated with a processor of a first device. The multi-tier cache memory can include a first cache layer, and a second cache layer having a higher data access rate than the first cache layer. The first device can receive, from a second device, a data block including monitoring data selected based on user profile information associated with a user of the first device. The first device can store the data block in the first cache layer, and generate a first data sub-block using data from the data block having a higher priority for display as compared to other data of the data block. The first device can store the first data sub-block in the second cache layer, and provide the first data sub-block for display on a display device from the second cache layer.
US11218503B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing a vulnerability management module are provided. A receiver receives a request for dynamically scanning vulnerability of a target computing device based on testable vulnerability criteria extracted from a database. A processor dynamically executes the testable vulnerability criteria from the SCCM based on the received request; creates a static SCCM advertisement with a dynamic pre/post validation check capability based on a result of the dynamically executing the testable vulnerability criteria; reports a success or a failure of the static SCCM advertisement related to the testable vulnerability criteria to indicate whether a vulnerability exists within the target computing device; and automatically remediates the vulnerability when it is determined that the vulnerability exists within the target computing device.
US11218498B2
Techniques are provided herein for contextual embedding of features of operational logs or network traffic for anomaly detection based on sequence prediction. In an embodiment, a computer has a predictive recurrent neural network (RNN) that detects an anomalous network flow. In an embodiment, an RNN contextually transcodes sparse feature vectors that represent log messages into dense feature vectors that may be predictive or used to generate predictive vectors. In an embodiment, graph embedding improves feature embedding of log traces. In an embodiment, a computer detects and feature-encodes independent traces from related log messages. These techniques may detect malicious activity by anomaly analysis of context-aware feature embeddings of network packet flows, log messages, and/or log traces.
US11218486B2
A method includes identifying a first validation parameter of a first network node and a second validation parameter of a second network node. The method includes creating an authentication node based on the first and second validation parameters. The method also includes receiving a request to access a microservice that utilizes the first network node and the second network node. The authentication node analyzes the request to make a validation determination indicative of whether the request satisfies the first and second validation parameters and controls access to the microservice based on the validation determination.
US11218481B2
A service provider may offer an identity proofing service that can be used to generate verifiable credentials (VCs) with customer-selected attributes. The VCs may use cryptographic signatures to indicate proof of identity certified by, for example, a telecommunications service provider. After a one-time process to obtain the VCs and associate them with a shell identity, the customer with a client device may use the VCs as a form of authentication for relying parties in a two-way (e.g., peer-to-peer) authentication process.
US11218465B2
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for establishing a secure connection between two electronic computing devices which are located in a network environment, the two electronic computing devices being a first computing device offering the connection and a second computing device designated to accept the connection, the method comprising executing, by at least one processor of at least one computer, a connection-establishing application for exchanging an information packet between the first computing device and the second computing device comprising a secret usable for establishing the connection, and evaluating a response from the second computing device for establishing the secure connection.
US11218463B2
In one example, a system is disclosed, which may include a network device, a new server connected to the network device, and a management server communicatively connected to a cloud-based service and the network device. The management server may include a server deployment engine to discover the new server in the system using the network device; obtain an encrypted data blob associated with the new server from the cloud-based service; establish a trust, via a secure protocol, with the new server using the encrypted data blob; and deploy the new server in the system upon establishing the trust with the new server.
US11218460B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for secure authentication for accessing remote resources are disclosed. In some implementations, a user is authenticated for a first time on an interface using a first communications channel; the user is authenticated a second time on the interface using a second communications channel; access privileges are determined based on authenticating the user for the second time; and a random Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is generated based on the access privileges, where the random URL is single-use and indirectly associated with a requested resource.
US11218457B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed to blockchain and other security technology. In one example of the technology, a first node is endorsed. During endorsement of a first node, a pre-determined type of blockchain or other security protocol code to be authorized and a pre-determined membership list are stored in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of the first node. A determination is made as to whether the membership lists and pre-determined blockchain or other security protocol code to be authorized from the proposed members match. If so, TEE attestation is used to verify that nodes associated with prospective members of the consortium store the pre-determined type of blockchain or other security protocol code to be authorized. Upon TEE attestation being successful, a consortium network is bootstrapped such that the prospective members become members of the consortium network.
US11218454B2
A message is received which indicates a request for a client-specific service address for service or content provided by a service provider. In response to the request, a client-specific service address may be generated and sent to the client. The address may be used as a destination address in one or more subsequent client requests for service or content. A first portion of the address comprises an IPv6 service prefix assigned to a service network of the service provider. A second portion of the address comprises semantic information having a first portion of encrypted private information and a second portion of unencrypted service information. The encrypted private information may be generated by encrypting private information based on a cryptographic key, where the cryptographic key is derived based on a secret key associated with the service provider and an IP client prefix assigned to the client.
US11218451B2
A device bootstrap method and a terminal configured to send a bootstrap request to a server, wherein the bootstrap request includes a node identifier (ID) and a transmission channel parameter of the terminal, receiving an acknowledgment message carrying a transmission channel selected by the server, where the transmission channel is determined based on the transmission channel parameter, receiving a temporary ID indication message including a temporary ID and a temporary key sent by a forwarding apparatus, where the forwarding apparatus is a network element that is configured to send a message to the terminal through the transmission channel selected by the server, and wherein the terminal is further configured to establish a secure communication channel with the server according to the temporary ID and the temporary key.
US11218445B2
A web application firewall (WAF) receives an application request from a router, wherein the application request is directed to a web application, and wherein the web application firewall is associated with the web application. The WAF updates the application request to include a first header, wherein the first header includes a copy of a uniform resource locator of the application request, and updates the uniform resource locator to indicate an address of the web application firewall. The WAF analyzes the application request to determine whether the application request is secure, wherein the analysis is based on a rule, and in response to a determination that the application request is secure, updates the application request to include a second header, wherein the second header includes an encrypted signature.
US11218433B2
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by generating customized images with avatars of different users within electronic messages. For example, users of different mobile computing devices can exchange electronic communications with images generated to include avatars representing themselves as well as their friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances.
US11218422B2
Systems and method are disclosed and among these is a method for fingerprint based detection of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and classification of IoT device type, and corresponding adaptive allocation of link resources, with monitoring of traffic for flow data, detecting IoT devices and classifying the IoT device types, via machine learning classifiers, real time assigning IoT device type based quality of service (QoS) for IoT device traffic, and corresponding IoT device type based, real time allocating of resources to the link. Optionally, machine classifiers can be centrally instantiated, distributed to what can be large populations of user IoT Internet access terminals, and retrained by same, centrally merged or combined, and then redistributed.
US11218416B1
A network device may receive a request to connect to a network from a user equipment device and perform a first admission control procedure to determine whether to temporarily allow the user equipment device to connect to the network. The network device may receive information identifying a slice associated with the user equipment device in response to determining to temporarily allow the user equipment device to connect to the network. The network device may perform a second admission control procedure to determine whether to allow the user equipment device to connect to the network. The second admission control procedure is based on the slice associated with the user equipment device. The network device may allocate network resources to the user equipment device in response to determining to allow the user equipment device to connect to the network.
US11218409B2
Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, devices, computer program products, and methods implementing aspects of a decentralized content fabric. In some implementations, one or more processors are configured to execute a software stack to define a fabric node of a plurality of fabric nodes of an overlay network situated in an application layer differentiated from an internet protocol layer. The defined fabric node is configured to: obtain a request for digital content from a client device; obtain, from one or more of the plurality of fabric nodes, a plurality of content object parts of a content object representing, in the overlay network, at least a portion of the digital content; generate consumable media using: raw data stored in the content object parts, metadata stored in the content object parts, and build instructions stored in the content object parts; and provide the consumable media to the client device. In some instances, the consumable media is further generated using a digital contract stored in a blockchain.
US11218405B2
A method for service function chaining in a network includes defining, for a flow of packets, a chain of selected network service functions (NSFs) to be traversed by the flow. Each of the selected NSFs is associated with a programmable switch. The method also includes generating a chain establishment packet (CEP) that contains network identifier information (NII) about the selected NSFs and that is configured as a regular network packet to be delivered to the destination node along a network path that includes the programmable switches to which the selected NSFs is associated. Each programmable switch, upon receipt of the CEP and based on the NII about the selected NSFs contained in the CEP, performs installation of packet forwarding rules for the flow together with network address and port translation operations, and selects, on behalf of the respective NSF, socket parameters for use by the NSF for processing the flow.
US11218392B2
A stream monitor can request a streaming media server to send stream records associated with streams currently being served. The stream monitor uses the stream records to test streams being served by the streaming media server. The stream monitor can concurrently test multiple streams for connection errors, silence errors, metadata errors, and other errors. The stream monitor initiates a data stream monitoring application, initiates a heartbeat timer to produce a periodic heartbeat signal and delivers, to a host webpage, a last data stream record to be tested in conjunction with the heartbeat signal. When a periodic heartbeat signal is not received in a timely manner the monitor restarts the stream testing application at the last data record tested.
US11218384B2
A new interact procedure among a user equipment, an infrastructure provider, a virtual network operator and a corresponding access node and a corresponding access point is provided. Thus, the vWLAN can be created and deleted dynamically for the virtual network operator, such that the vWLAN of the virtual network operator can be utilized efficiently. Thereby, the virtual network operator can deploy its vWLANs in the hotspots dynamically according to the requirement. The flexibility is enhanced, while the requirement for the virtual network operator and actual subscription is met.
US11218379B2
A method for processing a data package to be sent using an application, by an originator of the data package to at least one recipient, the data package having an associated mode of communication, the method comprising the steps of analysing the data package to determine content of at least one field of the data package. The method also comprises the step of generating a characteristic of the data package, wherein the characteristic is based on the mode of communication and the content of the at least one field of the data package; and an incorrect action by the originator of the data package based on the characteristic is determined.
US11218373B2
A communication participant for an automation system, with a communication component that includes at least two identically formed communication interfaces, wherein each of the communication interfaces includes a receiving module for receiving incoming communication signals and a transmitting module for transmitting communication signals, wherein each of the at least two communication interfaces is designed for a communication with a directly adjacently arranged, plug-in connected communication participant and for a communication with a remotely arranged, cable-connected communication participant.
US11218372B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for facilitating synchronization of setting configurations. An apparatus may include a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to configure a setting on the apparatus. The instructions when executed by the processor may further cause the apparatus to generate a settings data package comprising the setting configuration. The instructions when executed by the processor may additionally cause the apparatus to send the settings data package to a settings management service for synchronization of the setting configuration to at least one of a service or a user device. The settings management service may be configured to synchronize the setting configuration by distributing the settings data package to the at least one of the service or the user device. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
US11218370B2
A method including: identifying a set of dependent virtualised network functions included in a first virtual network, the set including at least a virtualised network function to be updated; creating a second virtual network including clones of virtual machines implementing the dependent virtualised network functions of the set; interconnecting, in the second virtual network, clones of the dependent virtualised network functions, identically to an interconnection in the first network of dependent virtualised network functions; identifying an input data packet of the dependent virtualised network functions, duplicating the packet and sending the duplicated packet to the second network; applying a patch to the clone of the virtualised network function to be updated in the second network; triggering an alert when a performance value of a dependent virtualised network function of the first virtual network differs from a performance value on the clone of the virtualised network function in the second network.
US11218366B1
Systems and methods are provided for provisioning a hosted computing environment in accordance with customer requirements relating to a service. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes generating a graphical interface on a computing device and receiving input corresponding to an indication of one or more requirements, wherein the input is received using the graphical interface, and wherein the one or more requirements correspond to a hosted computing environment. The method further comprises converting each indication of the one or more requirements into one or more entries of a provisioning template, wherein the provisioning template includes multiple entries, and wherein the provisioning template is associated with the hosted computing environment. The method further comprises providing the provisioning template to a provisioning program to provision the hosted computing environment.
US11218360B2
An automation system employing multiple automated devices can establish and utilize two-way communication independent of a network controller by generating a unique network address with respective local circuitry. The local circuitry can be incorporated into a device or physically installed on-site in the form of an attachment, which allows automated devices to be upgraded and supplemented without altering the programming of a network controller.
US11218359B2
A framework for security information and event management (SIEM), the framework includes a first data store; a data router; one or more parsing mechanisms; one or more correlation machines; and one or more workflow engines, wherein said framework performs SIEM on behalf of multiple subscribers to said framework.
US11218358B2
Various embodiments of a network connection and termination system that provides managed network connection functionality to clients are described. In some embodiments, a network connection and termination system can enable service or application developers to un-bind a live network session from a specific backend server and migrate the live network session to a different backend server, without interrupting the network session and without network client cooperation. This is accomplished by a network connection manager being the actual endpoint for the network connections, instead of any backend resources. The network connection manager can be fault-tolerant. In some embodiments, it contains multiple nodes replicating the state of the network connections so that if one node fails, another can resume the connection in its place.
US11218355B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for communicating signals using a multi-dimensional symbol constellation. In one example, a process for modulating a carrier signal includes the actions of mapping data to symbols of a multi-dimensional symbol constellation that includes at least three dimensions, each dimension of the constellation represented by a respective modulation signal. The dimensions of the constellation include first and second dimensions each of which are represented by respective in-phase modulation values and quadrature phase modulation values of a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal, and a third dimension represented by a transpositional modulation (TM) signal. The method further includes modulating a carrier signal with the TM signal and the QAM signal.
US11218354B2
Clustering-based methods, apparatuses for frequency offset determination and elimination and electronic devices are disclosed. The clustering-based method for frequency offset determination includes: determining a constellation diagram for a received signal; determining N different values within a preset frequency interval, as N frequency offset estimates for a frequency offset of the received signal; for each of the frequency offset estimates, correcting the constellation diagram based on the frequency offset estimate to obtain a corrected constellation diagram, clustering signal points on the corrected constellation diagram, and calculating an area of a signal region in the corrected constellation diagram after clustering; and determining a frequency offset estimate corresponding to a signal region with a minimum area as a value of the frequency offset. The embodiments of the present invention can improve the accuracy and stability of the calculated value of the frequency offset.
US11218353B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a paging method. The method can include performing, by processing circuitry of a user equipment (UE), a downlink synchronization based on an synchronization signal (SS) block of an SS block burst received from a base station in a beamformed wireless communication system, detecting paging downlink control information (DCI) that is collocated with the SS block, and obtaining a paging message or a short message based on the paging DCI.
US11218351B2
This application relates to the field of wireless communication, and in particular, to a multi-channel hybrid transmission technology. In an embodiment, a data transmission method comprises: generating, by a first wireless communications device, a physical protocol data unit (PPDU), wherein the PPDU comprises a legacy short training field (L-STF), a legacy long training field (L-LTF), a legacy signal field (L-SIG), and two signature symbols after the L-SIG in a time-domain, and wherein the two signature symbols are identical and are modulated based on binary phase shift keying (BPSK), the two signature symbols identify a wireless communications standard the PPDU complies with; and transmitting, by the first wireless communications device, the PPDU to a second wireless communications device.
US11218349B2
The present disclosure provides an sPUCCH transmission method, a UE and a base station. The sPUCCH transmission method includes: receiving downlink data, and acquiring a cyclic shift value for the transmission of an sPUCCH in accordance with indication information carried in a downlink control channel corresponding to the received downlink data; and transmitting the sPUCCH in accordance with the cyclic shift value, ACK/NACK feedback information for the downlink data being carried in the sPUCCH.
US11218340B2
Techniques and apparatus for configuring transmission rank and/or precoder(s) to support uplink non-codebook based transmission are provided. One technique includes receiving sounding reference signal (SRS) resource(s) from a user equipment (UE), where each SRS resource is associated with one or more precoded ports. At least one of a transmission rank or a set of precoders is determined based on the SRS resource(s). An indication of at least one of the SRS resource(s) is signaled to the UE. The UE uses the indication of the at least one of the SRS resource(s) to send an uplink transmission.
US11218338B2
A communication system includes multiple servers each functioning as an active system or a standby system and a relay device that relays communication between a server of the active system and one or more client terminals operated by clients. Each of the servers includes a priority level determining unit that determines a priority level of each of the clients, a virtual port creating unit that creates, in the server, a virtual port corresponding to a virtual LAN assigned to each of the client terminals, and a communication processing unit (CPU) that instructs the relay device to change a destination of communication performed between the client terminal and the server to the virtual port. The CPU gives an instruction of change of the destination of the communication in order of highest to lowest priority level of the client when a malfunction occurs in another server of the active system.
US11218332B2
A data transmission method and a smart household control device are provided. The smart household control device sends or receives WiFi data within a first preset period in each preset timing cycle if a smart household control device needs to send or receive WiFi data and ZigBee data; and when the first preset period ends, it stops sending or receiving WiFi data, and sends a first control instruction to a wireless access point device, where the first control instruction is used to instruct the wireless access point device to stop sending WiFi data to the smart household control device; and then it sends or receives ZigBee data within a second preset period in each preset timing cycle, where the first preset period and the second preset period do not overlap. So interference can be avoided between WiFi communication and ZigBee communication.
US11218326B1
A method for concurrently publishing a current version of a plurality of Domain Name System (DNS) records for zone of a domain name and for storing a next version of the plurality of DNS records for the zone, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining selected data of registry data associated with the domain name stored in a registry database; digitally signing the registry data to generate a first signed DNS record and digitally signing the registry data to generate a second signed DNS record; and a distribution system for coordinating concurrent generation and transmission of the current version and the next version; the distribution system and signing system cooperating to: a) generate the current version to include the first signed DNS record; and b) while the current version is operational in the DNS, generate the next version the second signed DNS record.
US11218320B2
In one example an apparatus comprises a computer readable memory, hash logic to generate a message hash value based on an input message, signature logic to generate a signature to be transmitted in association with the message, the signature logic to apply a hash-based signature scheme to a private key to generate the signature comprising a public key, and accelerator logic to pre-compute at least one set of inputs to the signature logic. Other examples may be described.
US11218319B2
The invention relates to methods and devices for enabling authentication of a user based on biometric data. In an aspect of the invention, a method performed by a client device of enabling authentication of user of the client device with a network node over a secure communication channel based on biometric data is provided.
US11218307B1
Systems and methods for securely sharing and authenticating a last secret include requesting, by a computing system on a first network node, a seed configured for deriving or recovering the last secret from a cryptographic module on a second network node different than the first network node. The last secret provides access to a secure entity and is the last cryptographic element controlling access to the secure entity. The systems and methods include generating the seed configured for deriving or recovering the last secret, creating an envelope for the seed, and transmitting the seed to the computing system as enveloped data by the cryptographic module. The systems and methods include decrypting the EnvelopedData to recover the seed and deriving or recovering the last secret based on the seed by the computing system. The cryptographic module cannot derive the last secret and excludes the last secret.
US11218302B2
A method of data transmission, and more particularly a secure method of data transmission. The method comprises generating and sending a classical data stream and quantum data stream from a source to a destination. The step of generating and sending a classical data stream from the source to the destination comprises encrypting the data stream with the repeated use of a once-seen pad. Observing the quantum data stream received at the destination, may indicate eavesdropping and if so, the classical data stream is modified and sent from the source to the destination, including stopping the repeated use of the once-seen pad. The same once-seen pad may be used a number of times provided no third party has seen data encrypted by the once-seen pad.
US11218294B2
A system in one embodiment comprises a first endpoint device that is configured to communicate with a second endpoint device using a given communication protocol. The first endpoint device is configured to monitor a communication session under the given communication protocol and to generate monitoring data associated with the communication session. The first endpoint device is configured to determine that a designated network condition has occurred based at least in part on the monitoring data. The first endpoint device is configured to activate a performance monitoring component based at least in part on the determination that the designated network condition has occurred and to generate performance data utilizing the activated performance monitoring component. The first endpoint device is configured to anonymize and store the performance data.
US11218278B2
A method of receiving Downlink (DL) data by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving information related to a number of repetitions of the DL data which is repeatedly transmitted in (i) at least one first Transmission Time Interval (TTI) included in a first subframe, and in (ii) at least one second TTI included in a second subframe that is after the first subframe; and receiving the DL data based on the number of repetitions of the DL data. If a Transmission Mode (TM) for the first subframe is different from a TM for the second subframe, then the UE does not receive the DL data in the at least one second TTI.
US11218276B2
A method, a user equipment, and a base station for transmitting channel state information (CSI) are disclosed. First, a scheduling grant command is sent by a base station. A CSI location label is obtained according to information of a resource occupied by the scheduling grant command and information of a resource occupied by a data channel that is indicated by the scheduling grant command. CSI of a carrier corresponding to the CSI location label is sent to the base station through the data channel. The CSI location label may be obtained through the scheduling grant command and the CSI of the carrier corresponding to the CSI location label may be sent or received without changing a length of an aperiodic CSI request field.
US11218274B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of decoding, by a user equipment, a downlink signal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving rate matching pattern information indicating a rate matching resource having a repetition period from a base station; and decoding a downlink shared channel using the rate matching pattern information.
US11218257B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for adjusting a contention window size. One example method includes obtaining, by a first device, at least two hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) states corresponding to a first HARQ process identifier, where the at least two HARQ states are different, and the first HARQ process identifier is a HARQ process identifier used when the first device sends data to a second device in a reference time unit, determining, by the first device, a valid HARQ state in the at least two HARQ states, and adjusting a contention window size for a first burst based on the valid HARQ state, where the first burst is later than the reference time unit.
US11218247B2
A system and method for detecting a scrambling seed in communication between a drone and a controller are described. The system comprises a radio-frequency (RF) receiver configured to receive an RF signal transmitted between the drone and a controller. The RF signal includes scrambled data that contain repetitions of unscrambled data based on known scramblers with an unknown scrambling seed. The system further comprises a memory device in communication with a hardware processor and having stored computer-executable instructions to cause the hardware processor to identify the smallest number of bits required in each segment of scrambled data for data combining by finding an invertible predetermined matrix. The hardware processor is configured to determine the unknown scrambling seed based on a function combining the predetermined matrix, transition matrices of scramblers, and segments of received scrambled data.
US11218243B2
A method performed by a wireless transmitter determining a transport block size (TBS) is provided. The method includes determining a TBS using a general function of a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) to be granted (N_PRB), a number of resource elements (REs) per PRB (N_RE{circumflex over ( )}(DL,PRB)), a number of layers per transport block (ν), a number of bits per modulation (Q_m), and a coding rate determined by a modulation coding scheme (MCS) (R), allocating a transport block of the determined TBS and transmitting the transport block to a wireless receiver. Apparatuses for implementing the method are also provide.
US11218238B2
A method for validating a time function in a network of a vehicle includes: ascertaining a receiving time of a sync message of a master; receiving a follow-up message of the master; ascertaining a receiving time of a further sync message of the master; receiving a further follow-up message of the master; determining a time function of the first client based on the receiving time of the sync message, the receiving time of the further sync message, the transmission time of the follow-up message, and the transmission time of the further follow-up message; ascertaining a synchronized transmission time of a path delay request message from the first client to the master; ascertaining a synchronized receiving time of a path delay response message from the master; receiving a path delay response follow-up message from the master by the first client; and validating a time function of the master.
US11218232B1
A DC offset calibration system and method. The method includes: in a first calibration mode, outputting a first digital signal by using a control circuit, generating a first differential calibration signal according to the first digital signal by using a first digital-to-analog conversion circuit, generating a first amplified signal according to the first differential calibration signal by using an amplification circuit, and feeding back the first amplified signal to the control circuit to adjust the first digital signal; and in a second calibration mode, outputting a second digital signal by using the control circuit, generating a second differential calibration signal according to the second digital signal by using a second digital-to-analog conversion circuit, generating a second amplified signal according to the second digital signal by using an equalizing circuit and the amplification circuit, and feeding back the second amplified signal to the control circuit to adjust the second digital signal.
US11218229B2
A converter module comprises a housing; a fiber optic connector integrated with the housing, wherein the fiber optic connector is configured to mount directly to a fiber optic connector in a service terminal; a single electrical connector configured to couple to a metallic medium; and an optical-to-electrical (O/E) converter located in the housing and coupled to the fiber optic connector and the single electrical connector, the O/E converter configured to convert between optical frames communicated via the fiber optic connector and electrical signals communicated via the metallic medium.
US11218224B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and structures for DSP-free coherent receiver architectures applicable for short-reach optical links. Operationally, a received optical signal is down-converted by mixing it with a local oscillator (LO) laser signal using a 90-degree hybrid followed by balanced photodiodes. Other receiver functions are performed using analog signal processing thereby avoiding power-hungry, high-speed analog-to-digital converters and high-speed digital signal processing. Carrier phase recovery is performed by an electrical phase-locked loop employing a multiplier-free phase estimator stage that—while designed for quaternary phase-shift keying signals—may be employed in designs exhibiting higher modulation formats. Since carrier phase recovery is performed in the electrical domain, LO laser frequency modulation or LO laser integration is not employed. Polarization demultiplexing—if employed—may be performed by the addition of an optical polarization controller prior to the hybrid and may advantageously be realized by cascading multiple phase shifters driven by low-speed circuitry.
US11218222B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first optical signal from a first optical network via a first port of the wavelength converter, receiving a second optical signal from a second optical network via a second port of the wavelength converter, modulating the first optical signal with the second light signal to generate a third optical signal, eliminating the first light signal from the third optical signal to generate a fourth optical signal, and transmitting the fourth optical signal through the second optical network. The first optical signal can include a first digital signal modulated onto a first light signal of a first wavelength, the second optical signal can include a second light signal can include a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and the fourth optical signal can include the first digital signal modulated onto the second light signal. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11218211B2
A fast beam training method for a couple of user equipment, UE, and base station, BS, belonging to a mobile communication network such as a 5G network. A pair of iterative loops involves the UE and the BS, and iteratively refine the respective orientation and beamwidth of the transmit beam at the BS side and receive beam at UE side, based on an iteratively refined estimate of the UE position and Angle of Arrival at the UE. The iterative loops can be performed in series or in parallel. The beam training method converges when predetermined constraints on the standard deviations of the estimated UE position and estimated angle of arrival of the downlink signal at the UE are both met. The refined position of the UE can be used for a subsequent localization-assisted communication.
US11218209B2
Disclosed are an information transmission method and device for improving CSI feedback performance and providing finer CSI feedback. The information transmission method of the present invention comprises: determining a quantity of layers transmitted on a channel; and determining, according to the quantity of the layers transmitted on the channel, channel state information (CSI) fed back for the respective layers, and transmitting the same, and the CSI fed back for the respective layers comprises information about multi-level beams.
US11218203B1
Technologies directed to coordinated dynamic analog beamforming are described. One method includes receiving, by a digital controller of a first wireless device, a data packet, the data packet comprising a destination address of a second wireless device. The method further includes retrieving, from memory, beamformer configuration data associated with the destination address, the beamformer configuration data comprising a phase shifter angle value for a radiation pattern. The method sends, to a beamformer circuit, the phase shifter angle value, the beamformer circuit comprises a power splitter and a set of phase shifters (e.g., at least four). The method causes the set of phase shifters to steer the radiation pattern of electromagnetic energy, radiated by an antenna array of elements, at the phase shifter angle value and sends the data packet to the second wireless device via the antenna array.
US11218188B2
Methods, devices and techniques are disclosed where vectoring is adapted to lines becoming inactive and active, for example in a discontinued operation. In some embodiments, the vectoring is modified based on already present coefficients.
US11218173B2
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding of input bits based on a parity check matrix including information word bits and parity bits, the LDPC codeword including a plurality of bit groups each including a plurality of bits; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the interleaver is further configured to interleave the LDPC codeword such that a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among the plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.
US11218171B2
A transmission apparatus including a FEC encoder configured to obtain payload data structured as information words each having a predetermined first number of information bits and to encode information words having a second number of information bits into FEC code words each having a predetermined code word length.
US11218167B2
The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method for securing good communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. The LDPC coding is performed on the basis of the parity check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 17280 bits and the coding rate r of 9/16 or 10/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, and the parity check matrix includes an information matrix portion corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix portion corresponding to the parity bits. The information matrix portion is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table, and the parity check matrix initial value table is a table representing positions of elements of 1 of the information matrix for every 360 columns. The present technology can be applied to data transmission using an LDPC code.
US11218165B2
One embodiment provides a system and method for facilitating error-correction protection in a storage device. In response to a write request, the system organizes a block of data in a two-dimensional (2D) array, forms a plurality of first-dimension sub-blocks by dividing the 2D array along a first dimension, and forms a plurality of second-dimension sub-blocks by dividing the 2D array along a second dimension. In response to determining that second-dimension error correction code (ECC) encoding is enabled, the system performs second-dimension ECC encoding on the second-dimension sub-blocks to generate a set of second-dimension ECC bits and performs first-dimension ECC encoding on the first-dimension sub-blocks and the second-dimension ECC bits to generate a set of first-dimension ECC bits. The system writes the data block along with the second-dimension ECC bits and the first-dimension ECC bits to the storage device. The data block and the second-dimension ECC bits are mapped to separate physical addresses in the storage device.
US11218161B1
A tracking ADC with adaptive slew rate boosting can dynamically adjust one or more of its operational parameters in response to detecting a slew rate limit condition. In some embodiments, slew rate boosting can include increasing the value of a digital error signal in response to detection of a slew rate limit condition. In other embodiments, slew rate boosting can include increasing a clock frequency of the tracking ADC in response to detection of a slew rate limit condition.
US11218160B1
An analog-to-digital (ADC) circuit is disclosed that includes a first stage, a first amplifier, and a second amplifier. The first stage includes signal processing circuitry, and is configured to receive a differential input signal and generate a differential residue voltage signal on differential output nodes of the first stage. The first amplifier includes first amplifier circuitry. The first amplifier is electrically connected to the differential output nodes of the first stage, and configured to receive the differential residue voltage signal, and generate a first differential voltage signal from the differential residue voltage signal. The second amplifier includes second amplifier circuitry. The second amplifier is electrically connected to differential output nodes of the first amplifier, and configured to receive the first differential voltage signal, and generate a second differential voltage signal from the first differential voltage signal.
US11218159B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for improving data channel design by applying transform domain analytics to more reliably extract user data from a signal. In certain embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a channel circuit configured to receive an analog signal at an input of the channel circuit, and sample the analog signal to obtain a set of signal samples. The channel circuit may further apply a filter configured to perform transform domain analysis to the set of signal samples to generate a first subset of samples, the first subset including fewer transitions and having a higher signal to noise ratio (SNR) than the set of signal samples. The channel circuit may detect first bit transform domain representation values from the first subset, and determine channel bit values encoded in the analog signal based on the set of signal samples and using the first bit transform domain representation values detected from the first subset as side information.
US11218153B1
A built-in self-test (BIST) block is provided that is incorporated into an all-digital phase locked loop (ADPLL) located on chip with the ADPLL. The BIST performs testing functions without need for support external to the chip. Test setup, test control, and test evaluation are performed entirely on chip. The BIST provides information regarding success or failure of the testing and can provide error information regarding test cases that do not pass successfully.
US11218134B2
An acoustic wave filter device includes a plurality of acoustic wave resonators. Each of the acoustic wave resonators includes a piezoelectric layer and an IDT electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. On a surface opposite to a surface of the piezoelectric layer on which the IDT electrode is provided, a low-acoustic-velocity film and a substrate made of a semiconductor are stacked. A routing line electrically connected to an antenna terminal is provided on an insulating film provided on the piezoelectric layer.
US11218130B2
An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate having a central region and a surrounding region located around the central region, a silicon oxide film that is located in the central region directly or indirectly and that has a side surface, a piezoelectric layer that is provided on the silicon oxide film and that has a first principal surface and a second principal surface, an excitation electrode provided on at least one of the first principal surface and the second principal surface, a cover film provided to cover the entire side surface of the silicon oxide film, a resin layer that is provided in the surrounding region and that is provided to cover the side surface of the silicon oxide film from above the cover film, and a wiring electrode that is electrically connected to the excitation electrode and that extends from the piezoelectric layer to the resin layer.
US11218125B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to adjust audio playback settings based on analysis of audio characteristics. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an equalization (EQ) model query generator to generate a query to a neural network, the query including a representation of a sample of an audio signal; an EQ filter settings analyzer to: access a plurality of audio playback settings determined by the neural network based on the query; and determine a filter coefficient to apply to the audio signal based on the plurality of audio playback settings; and an EQ adjustment implementer to apply the filter coefficient to the audio signal in a first duration.
US11218123B2
A current sense loop includes an attenuator circuit, which has an embedded input chopper circuit, and an amplifier circuit, which has an output chopper circuit. The embedded input chopper has a first chopper input that is coupled to a first attenuator input, a first chopper output that is coupled to a first attenuator output, a second chopper input that is coupled to a second attenuator input, and a second chopper output that is coupled to a second attenuator output. An amplifier has a first input coupled to the first attenuator output and a second input coupled to the second attenuator output. An NFET has a gate coupled to the amplifier output, a source coupled to a ground plane, and a drain coupled to the second attenuator input.
US11218115B2
A nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) oscillator network and methods for its operation are disclosed. The NEMS oscillator network includes one or more network inputs configured to receive one or more input signals. The NEMS oscillator network also includes a plurality of NEMS oscillators coupled to the one or more network inputs. Each of the plurality of NEMS oscillators includes a NEMS resonator and produces a radio frequency (RF) output signal that oscillates at a particular frequency and a particular phase. The NEMS oscillator network further includes a plurality of connections that interconnect the plurality of NEMS oscillators. The NEMS oscillator network further includes one or more network outputs coupled to the plurality of NEMS oscillators and configured to output one or more output signals.
US11218110B1
A system for safely obtaining electrical power from a solar array in a grid-down situation is disclosed. The system may include an array of solar panels, an inverter, a rapid shutdown transmitter, a transformer, and a switch. First wiring may extend to electrically connect the array of solar panels to the inverter. The transformer may have an electrical input and an electrical output. The electrical input of the transformer may be connected to receive electrical power from at least one solar panel of the array of solar panels. Second wiring may extend to electrically connect the electrical output of the transformer to the rapid shutdown transmitter. The switch may control delivery of electrical power through the second wiring from the electrical output of the transformer to the rapid shutdown transmitter.
US11218108B2
A motor controller includes: a rotation speed measurement portion that measures a rotation speed of a motor; and an energization method switching portion that switches an energization method so that the motor is driven by a 120-degree energization method when a rotation speed of the motor measured by the rotation speed measurement portion is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, and the motor is driven by a 150-degree energization method when a rotation speed of the motor measured by the rotation speed measurement portion exceeds the predetermined threshold value.
US11218103B2
An intelligent electronic device (IED) according to the present disclosure can estimate a full load rotor resistance value as a function of motor positive-sequence resistance. The IED may estimate the full load rotor resistance value by measuring zero-crossings of voltage after a motor disconnect. The IED may also acquire motor current and voltage measurements and calculate motor slip using the acquired motor current and voltage measurements and the estimated full load rotor resistance value.
US11218100B2
A rotary machine control device for controlling a rotary machine whose inductance has an inductance variable component that changes with a rotor position includes a current detector detecting rotary machine current flowing through the rotary machine; and a speed estimator computing estimated rotational speed that is an estimated value of rotational speed of a rotor, based on motional electromotive force that is induced voltage generated due to change in the inductance with a rotor position. The rotary machine control device includes a position computing unit computing an estimated position that is an estimated value of the rotor position, using the estimated rotational speed; and a controller outputting a rotary machine voltage instruction to drive the rotary machine, based on the rotary machine current and the estimated position. The rotary machine control device includes a voltage applicator applying voltage to the rotary machine based on the rotary machine voltage instruction.
US11218099B2
A system and method for improved anti-windup that minimizes supply current draw under voltage saturated current control operation of synchronous motor drives are provided. The system and method use a voltage limiting module configured to receive a pre-limit voltage command and generate a post-limit voltage command when the motor control system reaches configured threshold; and an anti-windup module configured to determine a voltage difference between the post-limit and pre-limit voltage commands, and compute an anti-windup feedback current using the voltage difference and compensation gains selected to minimize supply current. The compensation gains comprise a gain matrix of values selected to move a motor current trajectory toward a null motor current vector, and the anti-windup module multiplies the gain matrix values by the voltage difference. The anti-windup feedback current and an input current command are then added and provided as an input to the controller.
US11218094B2
The invention relates to a method for operating an electronically commutated electric motor (10), in which method, during ongoing operation of the electric motor (10), in order to achieve an optimal operating point of the electric motor (10), a pre-commutation angle (14) provided by a control device (12) is regulated. According to the invention, during an operation of the electric motor (10), a period signal (16) is modulated to the pre-commutation angle (14) and a state parameter (18) of the electric motor (10) correlating with an efficiency of the electric motor (10) is detected.
US11218084B2
A resonant inverter of a power supply for electric vehicle includes a first resonant capacitor and a switching element cutting off a current flowing in a resonant circuit and generates first alternating-current power from direct-current power. The transformer is included in a part of the resonant circuit, supplies the first alternating-current power generated by the resonant inverter to a first winding, and supplies second alternating-current power after conversion of the first alternating-current power to a load from a second winding. A control unit confines a difference between a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit and a switching frequency of the switching element to a predetermined range to cause that a current flowing in switching of the switching element to at least the first winding or the second winding is equal to or less than a predetermined value and to cause the resonant inverter to perform soft switching.
US11218080B2
Power inverter assemblies are provided herein for use with motor vehicles. An inverter assembly may have a symmetrical structure configured to convert DC input power to AC output power. The inverter assembly may include a housing enclosing a symmetrical DC input portion, a symmetrical AC output portion, a DC link capacitor, and a gate drive portion having a pair of power modules. The symmetrical DC input portion can include a DC input bus bar sub-assembly to which the DC link capacitor is coupled, and a second DC bus bar sub-assembly that may electrically couple the DC link capacitor with the power modules. The symmetrical AC output portion may include a three phase output AC bus bar sub-assembly to which the power modules can be electrically coupled. A cooling sub-assembly may be provided for cooling the power modules with fluid transfer using a coolant.
US11218078B2
A DC-DC converter includes an input voltage source in series with a parasitic capacitance. The voltage changes and causes resonant ringing, wherein the input voltage source is connected to a rectifier means which is connected to an output circuit. A passive clamp circuit across the rectifier means includes a clamp diode, a clamp capacitor, and an auxiliary circuit. The auxiliary circuit includes first and second rectifiers in series with an electronic component having first and second terminals. The first rectifier has an anode connected with the passive clamp circuit, and a cathode connected to the second terminal of the electronic component. The second rectifier has a cathode connected with the anode of the first rectifier, and an anode connected with the first terminal of the electronic component. Some of the leakage inductance transfers to an auxiliary energy storage and damps the resonant ringing.
US11218073B2
A differential mode electromagnetic noise injection network includes an injection piece and a differential mode loop. The injection piece includes a semiconductor transistor or a winding differential mode inductor. The injection piece is at least provided with a first injection end, a second injection end, and a differential mode electromagnetic noise component input end. The differential mode electromagnetic noise component input end is configured to input a differential mode electromagnetic noise component. The first injection end and the second injection end are connected to any two points that are connected in series in the differential mode loop in a one-to-one correspondence, and are configured to inject the differential mode electromagnetic noise component. An active electromagnetic interference filter including the differential mode electromagnetic noise injection network mentioned above is provided.
US11218067B2
Embodiments of an electrical power generation device and methods of generating power are disclosed. One such method comprises creating magnetic flux forces generally transverse to a face of a magnet facing a center of a cylinder, moving a coil of wound conductive material partially through the center opening of the cylinder to produce the electric current and, routing resistive forces generated from the moving coil through an iron core, wherein the first coil is positioned concentrically about a first portion of the core, and further routing the resistive forces around the cylinder.
US11218066B2
An apparatus for detecting a rotation angle, comprising: an annular stator around an axis of revolution Z, comprising: at least a first pole, a second pole, and a third pole arranged at constant azimuthal intervals around the axis of revolution of the annular stator, each of the poles comprising one or more electrical windings, and each of the poles comprising a flange that is a portion of a first surface of revolution around the annular stator's axis of revolution, the flange having an area distribution substantially that, within a coordinate system, of a sin(α) function from a low α bound of about 0 radians to a high α bound of about π radians. The apparatus may comprise a rotor that comprises sectors having the azimuthal extent of one flange and having different magnetic permeabilities. Methods for forming the apparatus and for obtaining measurements are also presented.
US11218065B2
A field coil type rotating electric machine includes a rotor where both a series resonant circuit including a first winding and a capacitor and a parallel resonant circuit including a second winding and the capacitor are formed. The first winding is radially located closer than the second winding to a stator. The capacitance of the capacitor and the ratio of the number of turns of the second winding to the number of turns of the first winding are set to have the amplitude of a total resultant magnetic flux lower than the amplitude of a field resultant magnetic flux. The total resultant magnetic flux is the resultant of the field resultant magnetic flux and magnetic flux generated by harmonic currents flowing in phase windings of a stator coil. The field resultant magnetic flux is the resultant of magnetic fluxes generated by harmonic currents flowing in the first and second windings.
US11218059B2
In a case where a permanent magnet is inserted into each of a plurality of magnet-insert holes of a laminated iron core and then a resin is injected into the plurality of magnet-insert holes from a resin pool pot formed in one of an upper die and a lower die with the laminated iron core pinched and the resin is cured inside the plurality of magnet-insert holes to fix the permanent magnets to the laminated iron core, a dummy plate which abuts on the laminated iron core and includes a gate hole for allowing passage of the resin delivered from the resin pool pot and guiding the resin to the plurality of magnet-insert holes. The gate hole partially overlaps with at least two of the plurality of magnet-insert holes in a plan view of the dummy plate and the laminated iron core.
US11218052B2
A linear actuator comprises a housing, inside which a spindle assembly, a push rod assembly driven by the spindle assembly, a limit switch for limiting stroke of the push rod assembly, and a motor for driving the spindle assembly are mounted. A connecting seat is disposed on the circuit board for centralizing connection terminals. The motor is electrically connected to the connection terminals. The housing is provided with a plug-in window aligned to the connecting seat. An electric plug of the linear actuator passes through the plug-in window and is plugged into the connecting seat. The electric plug and the housing are fastened together via a mounting component.
US11218047B2
The present invention provides a plastic motor for a handheld stabilizer, comprising an upper bearing, a lower bearing, motor iron cores, an iron core carrier, a hollow metal motor shaft, a locking structure, a motor shell and a motor end cover, wherein at least one of the iron core carrier, the motor shell and the motor end cover is made of plastic material, the hollow metal motor shaft passes through the center of the upper bearing, the iron core carrier and the lower bearing in sequence, and a locking structure is provided at the other end of the hollow metal motor shaft. By the plastic motor for a handheld stabilizer disclosed in the present invention, problems in the prior art such as high cost of motors for handheld stabilizers, low production efficiency, difficulty in threading, tending to deform after loading and short service life are solved.
US11218040B2
A rotor core that rotates about a central axis includes magnets located radially outside of the rotor core and disposed along a circumferential direction, a holder including a support portion that supports the rotor core and the magnets from a first side in an axial direction, and a rotor cover including a cylindrical portion that surrounds the rotor core, the magnets, and the holder from an outside in a radial direction and that opens toward the first side. The rotor cover includes a bottom portion that supports the rotor core from a second side of the rotor core in the axial direction. A radially outer edge portion of the support portion includes a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion in the circumferential direction.
US11218038B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a control system for motor/generator comprising: a controller configured to receive sensor input related to rotation of a plurality of coils relative to a throat of a partial toroidal magnetic cylinder, and energize the coils based on the sensor input.
US11218036B2
A rotating electric machine includes a stator core, multi-phase stator coils and a rotor. The stator core has teeth and slots. Each of the multi-phase stator coils is comprised of phase windings received in the slots of the stator core. The rotor radially faces the teeth of the stator core. Between the multi-phase stator coils, there is provided, at a maximum, a phase difference of θ1 in electrical angle. Each of the teeth of the stator core has a radially-extending portion and a distal end portion. The distal end portion has skew-forming portions arranged in an axial direction of the stator core. Each of the skew-forming portions has a distal end surface facing the rotor. Circumferential center positions of the distal end surfaces of the skew-forming portions are circumferentially offset from one another by, at a maximum, θ2 in electrical angle. Moreover, the relationship of θ2<θ1 is satisfied.
US11218034B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of aligning a set of objects, the method comprising the steps of: providing each object with at least one resonant circuit, the resonant circuits having at least one resonance frequency, and aligning the objects until a field coupling between the resonant circuits reaches a predetermined value. The disclosure further relates to an electronic alignment system.
US11218030B2
According to a first aspect of the present disclosed subject matter, a method for detecting foreign objects by a host transmitter inductively coupled with a repeater, the method comprising: obtaining a Q-factor from a receiver placed on the repeater; measuring a decay pattern of at least one joint resonance frequency (JRF); determining a Q-factor of the repeater based on the decay pattern; and determining foreign object presence based on the Q-factor of the repeater and a corrected Q-factor obtained from the receiver.
US11218029B2
There is provided a detecting apparatus including one or a plurality of magnetic coupling elements that include a plurality of coils, and a detector that measures an electrical parameter related to the one or plurality of magnetic coupling elements or to a circuit that at least includes the one or plurality of magnetic coupling elements, and determines from a change in the electrical parameter whether a foreign matter that generates heat due to magnetic flux is present. In the one or plurality of magnetic coupling elements, the plurality of coils are electrically connected such that magnetic flux produced from at least one or more of the plurality of coils and magnetic flux produced from remaining coils of the plurality of coils have approximately opposing orientations.
US11218026B1
An inverter for wireless power transfer includes a primary inverter connected in series with a first primary inductor. A first primary capacitor is connected in parallel with the first primary inductor and primary inverter. A series-connected second primary capacitor and primary pad inductor are in parallel with the second primary capacitor. The synchronous inverter includes a controller configured to detect a first primary current in the first primary inductor to control switches in the primary inverter to provide a positive primary inverter voltage across the output of the primary inverter in response to detecting a positive first primary current, and control the switches in the primary inverter to provide a negative primary inverter voltage across the output of the primary inverter in response to detecting a negative first primary current.
US11218024B2
A wireless power transfer system for wirelessly powering a conveyance apparatus of a first conveyance system and a conveyance apparatus of a second conveyance system including: a wireless electrical power transmitter located along a support or a side of the first conveyance system and a support or a side of the second conveyance system; a wireless electrical power receiver of the first conveyance system located along a surface of the conveyance apparatus of the first conveyance system opposite the support or the side of the first conveyance system; a wireless electrical power receiver of the second conveyance system located along a surface of the conveyance apparatus of the second conveyance system opposite the support or the side of the second conveyance system, wherein the wireless electrical power transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit electric power to the wireless electrical power receiver of the first and second conveyance system.
US11218014B2
The present disclosure relates to a circuitry and a method for detecting a temperature of a wireless charging coil, and a storage medium. The circuitry includes: a target resistor, a voltage supply circuit, a voltage detection circuit, and a processing component. The voltage supply circuit is configured to apply a target voltage to the series circuit. The voltage detection circuit is configured to obtain a first measured voltage across two ends of the wireless charging coil and a second measured voltage across two ends of the target resistor. The processing component is configured to: determine a working current of the series circuit based on the second measured voltage and a resistance of the target resistor; determine a real-time resistance of the wireless charging coil based on the first measured voltage and the working current; determine a real-time temperature of the wireless charging coil based on the real-time resistance.
US11218003B2
An intelligent battery charge equalization and monitoring system may assist in the management of battery string health by detecting individual batteries within a string that may need servicing. The system may detect a battery within a string that is charged to a higher voltage than other batteries within the string and discharge the overcharged battery until the battery's charge is equalized with the other batteries in the string. The system may use metrics related to how often individual batteries within a string of batteries must be equalized and utilize these metrics to perform maintenance actions.
US11218000B2
This application provides a maximum power point tracking method and a device, to improve conversion efficiency of a control device in a photovoltaic power generation system, and reduce a loss of a power generation capacity. The method includes: adjusting, by the control device, an input voltage of the control device, where the input voltage is generated by one or more of the photovoltaic module and is transmitted to the control device; determining whether a difference between a first input power and a second input power of the control device is less than or equal to a setpoint, adjusting the input voltage of the control device according to the first input power and the second input power.
US11217992B2
A system includes a power supply source and a power control circuit coupled to the power supply source, in which the power control circuit includes a pass field-effect transistor (FET). The system also includes a short-to-ground protection circuit coupled to an output of the pass FET. The short-to-ground protection circuit includes a sense circuit configured to detect when a magnitude and a change rate of a voltage drop at the output of the pass FET is greater than respective thresholds. The short-to-ground protection circuit also includes a control node at the output of the sense circuit. The sense circuit is configured to induce a control current at the control node in response to the magnitude and the change rate of a voltage drop at the output of the pass FET being greater than respective thresholds. The control current is used to turn off the pass FET.
US11217987B2
Methods and systems for suppressing arc formation in branch breakers provide a load center that can monitor a branch breaker for indications of arc formation. The load center may include a main breaker that can immediately cut current to the upon receiving an indication of an arc forming in the branch breaker. The indication may be provided by a sensor circuit that sends a trigger signal to the main breaker when arc formation is detected within the branch breaker. The main breaker checks that the trigger signal indicates arc formation, then cuts current to suppress the arc. The main breaker then waits a short period for the branch breaker to clear before restoring current. The wait period is sufficiently short such that devices receiving power from the load center are not adversely affected. To improve cutoff and restoration response times, the main breaker employs a solid-state trip switch.
US11217985B2
A low-voltage circuit breaker device includes: at least one line conductor path from a line conductor supply connection of the low-voltage circuit breaker device to a line conductor load connection of the low-voltage circuit breaker device; a neutral conductor path from a neutral conductor connection of the low-voltage circuit breaker device to a neutral conductor load connection of the low-voltage circuit breaker device; a mechanical bypass switch arranged in the line conductor path; a first semiconductor circuit assembly of the low-voltage circuit breaker device being connected in parallel with the mechanical bypass switch; an electronic control unit for actuating the mechanical bypass switch and the first semiconductor circuit assembly; an ammeter assembly arranged in the line conductor path, which ammeter assembly is connected to the electronic control unit; and a second semiconductor circuit assembly arranged in the line conductor path.
US11217984B2
Precast utility enclosure aprons for buried utility enclosures that have an angled top surface to direct water, ice and debris away from the center of the apron and to limit damage to the apron and utility enclosure caused by impacts to the apron.
US11217983B2
Galloping motion disruptors and methods for reducing conductor galloping are provided. A galloping motion disruptor includes a first disruptor rod and a second disruptor rod. Each of the first and second disruptor rods includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a mid-section between the first end portion and the second end portion. The first end portion includes a helical gripping section. The second end portion includes a hook section. The hook sections of the first and second disruptor rods are connectable to each other.
US11217981B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a busway and a corresponding electrical component. The busway includes a profile and a conductor. The profile is disposed on a first side, a second side and a third side, wherein the first side and the second side are parallel to each other, the third side is parallel to an extending direction of the busway and adjacent to the first side and the second side, and at least a part of the profile on the first side and the second side is planar. The conductor is disposed within a space defined by the first side, the second side and the third side, and the conductor is U-shaped and opens towards a fourth side that is parallel to the third side and adjacent to the first side and the second side. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a fast, reliable electrical connection can be achieved.
US11217980B1
A power line rail is provided for a center line load center. The line rail includes a bus bar assembly for supplying electrical energy, and an insulation enclosure for the bus bar assembly. The bus bar assembly includes separate first and second line buses. The first and second line bus includes two branching first bus bars and two branching second bus bars respectively. The first and second bus bars are separated from each other in an X-formation to provide first and second pairs of separated bus bars. The insulation enclosure includes first and second sets of windows on opposite sides of the enclosure through which to connect to the first and second pairs of bus bars respectively in the enclosure.
US11217973B2
A guide device for a cable, in particular for an energy chain, consisting, at least in one region, of laterally opposing wall elements integrally formed from plastic, wherein at least two directly adjacent wall elements have securing means integrally formed on their facing front-side end regions, which securing means cooperate with one another in such a way that a movement of the two directly adjacent wall elements relative to one another in their longitudinal direction can occur over a predetermined limited path.
US11217971B2
The present disclosure provides an AC power adapter comprising plural connectors, plural first power conveying wires, a junction box, a power conveying wire assembly and a plug. The first power conveying wire is connected with the connector and comprises an input neutral wire, an input live wire and an input ground wire. The first power conveying wire is inserted into the junction box. The power conveying wire assembly is inserted into the junction box and comprises plural output neutral wires, plural output live wires and an output ground wire. The output neutral wires are connected with the input neutral wires one-to-one, the output live wires are connected with the input live wires one-to-one, and the output ground wire is connected with the input ground wires. The plug comprises a housing and an electrical connector. The power conveying wire assembly is inserted into the housing and connected with the electrical connector.
US11217964B2
There is disclosed in one example a fiberoptic communication device, including: a modulator to modulate data onto a laser pulse; and a semiconductor laser source including an active optical waveguide to provide optical gain and support an optical mode, the laser source further including a V-shaped current channel superimposed on the optical waveguide, and disposed to feed the active optical waveguide with electrical current along its length, the current channel having a proximate end to the optical mode, the proximate end having a width substantially matching a diameter of the optical mode, and a removed end from the optical mode, wherein the removed end is substantially wider than the proximate end.
US11217959B2
The present disclosure relates to a broadband optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier insensitive to temperature comprises the first pulsed laser, the second pulsed laser, a pulse stretcher and a periodically poled nonlinear crystal. Via the proper arrangement of the non-collinear angles between the transmission directions of the signal light, the pump light and the idler light, to simultaneously satisfy the angular relationship required for constructing the non-collinear phase-matching configuration insensitive to wavelength and that required for constructing the non-collinear phase-matching configuration insensitive to temperature, the optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier not only can realize a broadband parametric amplification of the signal light (insensitive to wavelength), but also can effectively alleviate the phase mismatch in nonlinear crystal resulted from the excessively high local temperature (insensitive to temperature).
US11217957B2
A resin molded product is a terminal body 10 in which plate-like terminals 20 and a housing 40 made of synthetic resin are integrally fixed and includes bent portions 22 provided substantially at a right angle by press-working the terminals 20, molded portions 62 provided in the housing 40 to embed and cover inner curved surfaces 30 of the bent portions 22 obliquely from a lower-rear side, flat surface portions 32 provided in the form of flat surfaces on inner peripheral edge parts of side parts 22A of the bent portion 22 and disposed adjacent to the molded portions to be exposed from the molded portions, and thinned portions 34 made thinner than the flat surface portions 32 on the side parts 22A.
US11217952B2
A method for manufacturing a slipring module comprising a plurality of sliding tracks and an insulating body. The method includes: making a monolithic sliding track component preferably by a 3D printing process. The monolithic sliding track component comprises a plurality of sliding tracks, multiple connector for electrically connecting the sliding tracks, and at least one strut for mechanically interconnecting the sliding tracks and the connector to form a monolithic sliding track component; inserting the monolithic sliding track component into a mold; filling the mold with an insulating material such as a plastic material, and curing the plastic material; removing the molded product forming a slipring module from the mold, and removing the at least one strut from the slipring module.
US11217951B2
The present disclosure provides an AC power adapter comprising input connectors, first power conveying wires, a junction box, a power conveying wire assembly and a plug. The first power conveying wire is coupled to the input connector and includes an input neutral wire, an input live wire and an input ground wire. The power conveying wire assembly is electrically connected to the first power conveying wire through the junction box and includes plural output neutral wires, plural output live wires and an output ground wire. The output neutral wires are coupled to the input neutral wires respectively, the output live wires are coupled to the input live wires respectively, and the output ground wire is coupled to the input ground wires. The plug includes a housing and an electrical connector. The power conveying wire assembly is inserted into the housing and connected with the electrical connector.
US11217950B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. Other various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible. The electronic device may include a connector electrically connected to an external device and including a first pin and a second pin and a cable including a plurality of lines. The cable may include an antenna line for receiving a broadcast signal among the plurality of lines, and the antenna line may be configured to be allocated to one pin among the first pin or the second pin.
US11217945B2
An electronic component unit includes: a circuit board to mount an electronic component on the circuit board; a connector to receive and retain a terminal to be electrically connected to the circuit board; and a cover assembled to the connector and housing the circuit board. The circuit board is retained with the cover by using a beard retaining portion integrated with or separate from the cover. The connector has a cover retaining portion including a pair of protrusion portions. The cover retaining portion retains the cover assembled to the connector by holding a part of the cover between the pair of the protrusion portions.
US11217934B2
Embodiments may relate to a cover for a socket of a computing device. The cover may include a cover piece and a locking mechanism attached to the cover piece by a hinge. The locking mechanism, when in a locked position, may removably secure the cover to a bolster such that the cover piece overlays the socket. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11217922B2
An adaptor includes a substrate, a first housing, and a flat cable. The substrate comprises a terminal hole. The first housing includes a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole. The substrate is inserted into the first insertion hole. The flat cable includes a plurality of conductors. Each of the conductors includes a conductor terminal. The flat cable passes through the second insertion hole. The conductor terminal is connected to the terminal hole. A direction in which the substrate is inserted into the first insertion hole is perpendicular to a direction in which the flat cable passes through the second insertion hole.
US11217920B2
A printed circuit board (PCB)-mounted contactor including a PCB with planar surface, source and load terminals fixed to the PCB, and a contact. The contact is supported by the PCB and is movable between open and closed positions. Movement of the contact is parallel to the planar surface. Electrical assemblies having PCB-mounted contactors and methods of controlling current flow in electrical systems with PCB-mounted contactors are also described.
US11217912B1
A power cord includes at least one electrically insulated wire, including a wire conductor disposed within an insulated sleeve, and a connection terminal. The connection terminal includes a crimp portion crimped and soldered to the wire conductor at at least one end of the at least one insulated wire. The power cord further includes a heat shrink sleeve covering the crimp portion of the connection terminal and a portion of the insulated sleeve of the at least one electrically insulated wire, and an overmold molded around at least a portion of the heat shrink sleeve.
US11217905B2
Dual-polarized crossed dipole and antenna arrangement having two such dual-polarized crossed dipoles
A dual-polarized crossed dipole (1) comprises a first and a second dipole antenna element (2, 3). Each dipole antenna element (2, 3) comprises two dipole halves (2a, 2b, 3a, 3b), each having an earth connector (4, 8), a signal connector (6, 10), a dipole earth wing (5, 9) and a dipole signal wing (7, 11). The signal connector (6) of the first dipole antenna element (2) runs parallel to the earth connector (4) of the first dipole antenna element (2), and the signal connector (10) of the second dipole antenna element (3) runs parallel to the earth connector (8) of the second dipole antenna element (3). The dipole signal wing (7) and the dipole earth wing (5) of the first dipole antenna element (2) run in opposite directions. The same applies to the dipole signal wing (11) and the dipole earth wing (9) of the second dipole antenna element (3). Each dipole half (2a, 2b, 3a, 3b) is of single-part design in each case. The dipole signal wing (11) of the second dipole antenna element (3) passes through beneath the dipole signal wing (7) of the first dipole antenna element (2), or the dipole earth wing (9) of the second dipole antenna element (3) passes through beneath the dipole earth wing (5) of the first dipole antenna element (2).
US11217899B2
A mobile communication device includes a processor positioned on a first printed circuit board, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), and an antenna module. The antenna module includes a second printed circuit board, a first antenna and a second antenna positioned on the second printed circuit board, and a plurality of front-end chips positioned on the second printed circuit board. The plurality of front-end chips include a first front-end chip electrically connecting the RFIC and the first antenna, and a second front-end chip electrically connecting the RFIC and the second antenna.
US11217896B2
A circularly polarized radiating element includes at least one excitation aperture for a wave that is linearly polarized with what is referred to as an excitation first polarization, a frequency selective surface and a metasurface comprising a two-dimensional and periodic array of metasurface cells, the excitation aperture opening onto the metasurface, the metasurface cells all being oriented identically with respect to the excitation polarization and configured to: reflect an incident wave having the excitation polarization in order to form a reflected wave polarized with the excitation polarization, and depolarize and reflect the incident wave in order to form a reflected wave polarized with the orthogonal polarization, having a phase difference substantially equal to ±90° with respect to the reflected wave polarized with the excitation polarization, and having an amplitude substantially equal to the amplitude of a wave radiated by the frequency selective surface, generated from the reflected wave polarized with the excitation polarization.
US11217891B2
An antenna device includes an antenna unit that receives radio waves of a plurality of first frequency bands and outputs received signals, and a first band pass filter that transmits, out of the received signals that are output, received signals of at least two second frequency bands out of the first frequency bands.
US11217887B2
An antenna module includes a grounding plane, a first high-frequency radiator, a second high-frequency radiator, and a low-frequency grounding component. The first high-frequency radiator includes a first feeding portion, a first grounding portion, and a first radiating portion. The first grounding portion is coupled to the grounding plane. The second high-frequency radiator includes a second feeding portion, a second grounding portion, and a second radiating portion. The second grounding portion is coupled to the grounding plane. The low-frequency grounding component located between the first and second high-frequency radiators. The low-frequency grounding component includes a third grounding portion which is coupled to the grounding plane, a first coupling portion, and a second coupling portion. The low-frequency grounding component extends from the third grounding portion and extends in a first direction and a second direction of a first axis respectively to form the first and second coupling portions.
US11217881B1
A spiral antenna device includes one or more conductive spiral arms that are formed on a dielectric substrate attached to a wall of a cylindrical cavity. One or more coils are formed on the wall of the cylindrical cavity and are coupled to the one or more conductive spiral arms. Starting points of the one or more conductive spiral arms are in a center region of the dielectric substrate and ending points of the one or more conductive spiral arms are electrically coupled to first ends of the one or more coils.
US11217869B2
A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and methods for manufacturing the PCB board are provided. The PCB includes a Radio Frequency (RF) signal transition at a RF signal pad. Multiple conductive layers other than a conductive signal layer of the PCB and conductive portions of the conductive signal layer not in electrical contact with a RF signal transmission trace have common ground connections forming a ground cage structure within the PCB around the RF signal pad and RF the signal transmission trace.
US11217868B2
A liquid crystal phase shifter and an electronic device. The liquid crystal phase shifter includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The liquid crystal layer is between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode is on the first substrate. The second electrode is on the second substrate. The second electrode includes a connection portion and a plurality of concentric annular structures, at least one of the concentric annular structures includes a plurality of protruded portions, at least another of the concentric annular structures includes a plurality of recessed portions, and the connection portion is electrically connected to each of the concentric annular structures.
US11217867B2
A manufacturing method for a secondary battery and a manufacturing apparatus for a secondary battery that are applicable to a secondary battery in which an electrolyte solution injection hole has a diameter of 1.5 mm or more are provided. The secondary battery includes a battery case including a cover plate provided with an electrolyte solution injection hole, and a sealing member sealing the electrolyte solution injection hole. The manufacturing method includes a preparing step and a press-fitting step. The preparing step is preparing a cell in which, after an electrolyte solution is injected to the battery case through the electrolyte solution injection hole, the sealing member is disposed on the electrolyte solution injection hole. The press-fitting step is press-fitting the sealing member into the electrolyte solution injection hole while applying press-fitting load and ultrasonic vibration with a frequency of 20 kHz or more in parallel to a press-fitting direction.
US11217856B2
A power tool system includes a power tool having a tool housing and a load disposed in the tool housing. The tool housing includes a battery pack receptacle having a set of tool terminals. The power tool system includes a set of battery packs. Each battery pack includes a battery pack housing operably connectable to the battery pack receptacle through a battery pack interface disposed on the battery pack housing, a set of battery cells disposed in the battery pack housing, and a set of battery pack terminals electrically connectable to the set of tool terminals and electrically connected to the set of battery cells. Each battery pack in the set of battery packs has a same nominal voltage and defines a common interface and at least a portion of the set of battery packs defines a total volume in a range of approximately 150 cm3 to 1300 cm3.
US11217853B2
A power-supplying battery of an electric vehicle includes a plurality of chargeable batteries that are grouped into at least two first battery groups, and the chargeable batteries of each first battery group are divided into at least two second battery groups that are electrically connected in parallel. Each first battery group is electrically connected to each other in parallel to form a complete set of the power-supplying battery. During charging of the power-supplying battery, an external charging power source is set in electric conduction with the power-supplying battery and a current or a voltage of the charging power source is supplied, in a divided manner, to charge each first battery group and the second battery groups thereof. During discharging of the power-supplying battery, a voltage or a current of each first battery group is combined with each other for output as a total.
US11217848B2
A battery module comprising a plurality or a multiplicity of battery cells which are positioned in a battery module housing, wherein the battery module housing comprises side walls (12), a base surface and a battery module cover (14), wherein the battery module cover (14) comprises at least one terminal (16) for the current-carrying or data-conducting contacting of the battery module (10), wherein the terminal (16) is provided with a current-carrying or data-conducting cable (26), and wherein the battery module cover (14) comprises a device (28) for the coiling of said current-carrying or data-conducting cable (26).
US11217845B2
A battery includes a can that includes a base material including iron and a nickel layer provided on a surface of the base material, an electrode element accommodated in the can, an insulating plate provided between the electrode element and a bottom of the can, and a metal-containing material provided between the insulating plate and the bottom of the can. An oxidation-reduction potential of the metal-containing material in a non-aqueous electrolytic solution is 1.5 V (vsLi/Li+) or higher an lower than 3.25 V (vsLi/Li+).
US11217840B2
A multi-cell battery system is disclosed including a plurality of battery sub-assemblies and a plurality of heat exchange members stacked together along a longitudinal axis. Each of the plurality of heat exchange members defines a heat exchange passageway through the battery system.
US11217836B2
Disclosed is a cooling jacket configured to be disposed close to one surface of a battery cell to absorb heat of the battery cell, the cooling jacket including a cooling plate and a plurality of cooling channels extending therein. The plurality of cooling channels include a coolant supply manifold channel and a coolant discharge manifold channel respectively disposed at first and second sides of the cooling plate and each extending in a longitudinal direction from an inside of the cooling plate to an outside of the cooling plate so that one end thereof is exposed to the outside of the cooling plate; and non-uniform cooling channels spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance and each having first and second ends respectively connected to the coolant supply manifold channel and the coolant discharge manifold channel, the non-uniform cooling channels having widths that are non-uniform in the longitudinal direction.
US11217831B2
A safety apparatus (20) for a battery (80) has a base (22) for a vehicle (10), sensors (31, 32, 33, 34) and an evaluation apparatus (40). Each sensor (31, 32, 33, 34) is designed to generate a sensor signal (35) on a basis of a deformation of the base (22) and to supply the sensor signal to the evaluation apparatus (40). The evaluation apparatus (40) ascertains from the sensor signals (35) both first information about the location of the deformation of the base (22) and second information about the level of the deformation, and uses the first information and the second information as a basis for determining whether a first state (Z1) is present, in which a driving mode can be maintained, or whether a second state (Z2) is present, in which a driving mode can no longer be maintained.
US11217825B2
A solid-state battery includes a third active material layer, a first solid electrolyte layer, a first active material layer, a first current collector layer, a second active material layer, a second solid electrolyte layer and a fourth active material layer in the order mentioned, wherein both the first and second active layers are anode or cathode active material layers. When both the first and second active layers are anode layers, both the third and fourth active layers are cathode layers. When both the first and second active layers are cathode layers, both the third and fourth active layers are anode layers, at least the first current collector layer extends to an outer side than the third and fourth active layers, and an insulating resin layer continuously across a surface of the extending part on one side, a side face and a surface of the extending part on the other side.
US11217824B2
An electrolyte for a lithium-sulfur battery and the lithium-sulfur battery including the electrolyte, more particularly, an electrolyte for the lithium-sulfur battery including lithium salt, an organic solvent and an additive, wherein the additive includes an alkali metal salt-type ionomer. The electrolyte for the lithium-sulfur battery improves the migration characteristics of lithium ions and thus improves the capacity and life characteristics of the lithium-sulfur battery by including a polymer containing the alkali metal ion as an additive.
US11217817B2
A rechargeable lithium ion battery including: a positive electrode including coated particles, wherein each particle includes a core and a coating disposed thereon, wherein the core consists of Li, M, and O, and the coating includes Li, M, O, and AI2O3; wherein: M is (Niz(Ni1/2Mn1/2)yCox)1−kAk; 0.15≤z≤0.50; 0.17≤x≤0.30; 0.35≤y≤0.75; 0
US11217796B2
An electrode catalyst and a method for producing the electrode catalyst are described, in which the electrode catalyst includes catalyst metal particles containing platinum or a platinum alloy, and carrier particles supporting the catalyst metal particles. The carrier particles are made of a carbonaceous material with a BET specific surface area of 700 m2/g or more. The catalyst metal particles have an average particle size of 2.5 to 4.5 nm, and a standard deviation of the particle size of the catalyst metal particles is 1.30 nm or less. The electrode catalyst has a high initial activity and is able to maintain that activity over a long period of time.
US11217787B2
A primary electrochemical cell including a cell housing, an anode including metallic lithium, a liquid SOCl2 cathode and a separator separating the anode from the cathode. The liquid SOCl2 cathode material includes a salt of a Lewis base with a Lewis acid dissolved in the SOCl2 to form an electrolyte solution and an amount of SnCl2 dissolved in the electrolyte solution. The cell has a higher TMV and lower cell impedance after extended periods of cell storage at room or higher temperatures as compared to similar prior art primary Li/SOCl2 cells that do not include the SnCl2 additive.
US11217772B2
A display apparatus including a base layer including a display region and a non-display region; display elements on the display region and including a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode on the light emitting layer; and an upper layer on the display elements, wherein the upper layer includes a first organic layer contacting the second electrode; a first inorganic layer contacting the first organic layer; a second organic layer contacting the first inorganic layer; and a second inorganic layer contacting the second organic layer, wherein the first inorganic layer includes a first and second area, the first area having a refractive index of about 1.60 to about 1.65 with respect to a wavelength of about 633 nm, wherein the first area has a uniform thickness, and wherein a thickness of the second area decreases as a distance from the display region increases.
US11217769B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a flexible display panel having a display region where a plurality of pixels are disposed and a pad region where pad electrodes that are electrically connected to an external device are disposed, the pad region being located at a side of the display region, the display panel being configurable to have a curved shape where a flexible portion of the display region is bent, an upper structure in the display region of the display panel, and a lower protection film on a lower surface of the display panel, and including an adhesive layer and a protection layer. The adhesive layer is in direct contact with the lower surface of the display panel, and includes an antistatic material. The protection layer is disposed under the adhesive layer.
US11217761B2
A photon multiplying material includes a first organic semiconductor, a luminescer and a light harvesting material wherein the light harvesting material has a bandgap which provides that exciton states formed in the light harvesting material by absorbance of light can be energy transferred to the first organic semiconductor and the luminescer has a bandgap which provides that triplet exciton states formed in the first organic semiconductor can be energy transferred into the luminescer; and wherein at least one of the first organic semiconductor and the light harvesting material is capable of singlet fission.
US11217758B2
An organic light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes a first material represented by Formula 1, and a second material represented by Formula 2,
US11217754B2
According to the present invention, there is provided an organic electroluminescent device which has an anode, a hole transport layer, a luminous layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode arranged in order of description. The device is characterized in that: the hole transport layer includes a specific arylamine compound, and that the luminous layer includes a specific indenoindole derivative or a specific carbazole derivative. The organic EL device of the present invention has improved efficiency of hole transport from the hole transport layer to the luminous layer and also improved efficiency of electron transport from the electron transport layer to the luminous layer, in comparison to conventional organic EL devices.
US11217750B2
A method of inspecting an elongated metal plate is provided, including measuring longitudinal direction metal plate thicknesses, measuring width direction metal plate thicknesses, and selecting the metal plate that satisfies condition (1), (B/A)×100 (%) is 5% or less, A being an average value of the longitudinal direction metal plate thicknesses, and B being obtained by multiplying a standard deviation of the longitudinal direction metal plate thicknesses by 3, and that satisfies condition (2), (C/X)×100 (%) is 3% or less, C being a value obtained by multiplying a standard deviation of the width direction metal plate thicknesses by 3, and X being a central portion width direction metal plate thickness obtained when the width direction metal plate thicknesses are measured to calculate the standard deviation of the metal plate thicknesses in the width direction.
US11217745B2
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive memory device includes forming a first layer stack on a substrate. A second layer stack including a first ferromagnet is formed on the first layer stack. A mask including a first portion and an opening is formed above the second layer stack. The second layer stack is etched with an ion beam that travels through the opening. The first layer stack is etched by reactive ion etching through the opening.
US11217738B2
Various methods and devices for ultrasensitive infrared photodetection, infrared imaging, and other optoelectronic applications using the plasmon assisted thermoelectric effect in graphene are described. Infrared detection by the photo-thermoelectric uses the generation of a temperature gradient (ΔT) for the efficient collection of the generated hot-carriers. An asymmetric plasmon-induced hot-carrier Seebeck photodetection scheme at room temperature exhibits a remarkable responsivity along with an ultrafast response in the technologically relevant 8-12 μm band. This is achieved by engineering the asymmetric electronic environment of the generated hot carriers on chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown large area nanopatterned monolayer graphene, which leads to a record ΔT across the device terminals thereby enhancing the photo-thermoelectric voltage beyond the theoretical limit for graphene. The results provide a strategy for uncooled, tunable, multispectral infrared detection.
US11217733B2
A microelectronic device is disclosed. The microelectronic device has an outer enclosure enclosing a first gas in a first space, an inner enclosure disposed in the first space of the outer enclosure, at least one elongated elastomeric member disposed in the inner enclosure, and a plurality of lighting elements embedded in the at least one elongated elastomeric member.
US11217729B2
A covering element for covering an LED installed in a planar device surface, comprising a one- or multipart emitting body as well as a circumferential fastening web connected to the one- or multipart emitting body, wherein a receiving space is formed between the fastening web and the emitting body, into which an LED projecting over the device surface can dip.
US11217723B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible display substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a flexible display device, and belongs to the technical field of display. Among them, the method for manufacturing a flexible display substrate includes: providing a carrier substrate; forming a flexible display substrate including a plurality of pre-cuts on the carrier substrate, with the plurality of pre-cuts exposing the carrier substrate; forming an inverted frustum structure on the carrier substrate at the plurality of pre-cuts, an orthogonal projection of a lower end surface of the inverted frustum structure on the carrier substrate is located within an orthogonal projection of an upper end surface of the inverted frustum structure on the carrier substrate; packaging the flexible display substrate; and peeling the flexible display substrate packaged from the carrier substrate.
US11217720B2
A method for depositing a CdTe layer on a substrate in a vacuum chamber by means of physical gas phase deposition is provided. The substrate is heated to a coating temperature before the deposition process and then guided past a vessel in which CdTe is converted into a vapour state, a gaseous component with an increased pressure (compared to the vacuum in the vacuum chamber) flowing through at least one inlet, against the substrate surface to be coated, such that the gaseous component is adsorbed on the substrate surface to be coated before the substrate is guided past the at least one vessel.
US11217719B2
Disclosed are phototransistors, and more specifically a detector that includes two or more phototransistors, conductively isolated from each other. Embodiments also relate to methods of making the detector.
US11217718B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a photodetector device can include a substrate layer; a bottom contacting layer disposed over a surface of the substrate layer and having a first contacting region and a second contacting region, the bottom contacting layer providing a low resistance path between the first and second contacting regions; an insulating layer disposed over a surface of the bottom contacting layer; an intrinsic region disposed within the insulating layer, the intrinsic region in electrical contact with the first contacting region of the bottom contacting layer, the intrinsic region comprising a low band-gap material; a metal contact disposed within the insulating layer and in electrical contact with the second contacting region of the bottom contacting layer; an anode in electrical contact with the intrinsic region; and a cathode in electrical contact with the metal contact.
US11217712B2
Assembly method of a photovoltaic panel with back-contact solar cells of crystalline silicon, which provides to print ECA adhesive directly on the contacts of the cells and to immediately load and pre-fix the printed cells. The method includes a macro-phase including operating sub-phases, simultaneous and coordinated with respect to each other: a first sub-phase of oriented loading of the cells with the contacts facing upwards on a mobile tray, a second sub-phase of silkscreen printing of ECA on the contacts, a third sub-phase of control of the laying carried out and of optional re-positioning of the screen, a fourth sub-phase of overturning of the printed cells, a fifth sub-phase of oriented transport of a string of cells up to positioning, a sixth sub-phase of pre-fixing. An automatic assembly plant is also disclosed having a combined station that allows for execution of the macro-phase.
US11217707B2
A Schottky device includes a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate of a first conductivity type, a drift layer of the first conductivity type, a trench, a barrier layer of a second conductivity type, an electrically conductive material that at least partially fills the trench and contacts the barrier layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The drift layer is formed of SiC and is situated onto the SiC substrate. The trench extends from the top surface of the drift layer towards the SiC substrate. The barrier layer contacts the drifting layer and covers a sidewall and a bottom wall of the trench. The first electrode forms a Schottky junction with the drift layer and forms a low resistivity contact with the barrier layer and the electrically conductive material. The second electrode forms an ohmic contact with the SiC substrate.
US11217706B2
A diode structure and a manufacturing method are disclosed. The diode structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an epitaxy layer. The semiconductor substrate includes a first surface. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are extended toward the interior of the semiconductor substrate from the first surface by implanting a dopant. Both of the semiconductor types of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are opposite to the semiconductor type of the semiconductor substrate. The epitaxy layer is formed on the first surface, connected with the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and extended outwardly from the first surface. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are connected with each other, continuously. The concentration distribution of the dopant within the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is in a discontinuous curve.
US11217702B2
An object is to provide a material suitably used for a semiconductor included in a transistor, a diode, or the like. Another object is to provide a semiconductor device including a transistor in which the condition of an electron state at an interface between an oxide semiconductor film and a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film is favorable. Further, another object is to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device by giving stable electric characteristics to a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used for a channel. A semiconductor device is formed using an oxide material which includes crystal with c-axis alignment, which has a triangular or hexagonal atomic arrangement when seen from the direction of a surface or an interface and rotates around the c-axis.
US11217701B2
A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film which includes oxidized material containing silicon and covers the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and overlap with at least the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. In the oxide semiconductor film, a first region which is provided to be in contact with the gate insulating film and have a thickness less than or equal to 5 nm has a silicon concentration lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %, and a region in the oxide semiconductor film other than the first region has lower silicon concentration than the first region. At least the first region includes a crystal portion.
US11217695B2
Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a fin structure having a plurality of first semiconductor patterns and a plurality of second semiconductor patterns alternately stacked on a substrate, and extending in a first direction. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor cap layer on an upper surface of the fin structure, and extending along opposite side surfaces of the fin structure in a second direction crossing the first direction. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode on the semiconductor cap layer, and extending in the second direction. The semiconductor device includes a gate insulating film between the semiconductor cap layer and the gate electrode. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a source/drain region connected to the fin structure. The plurality of first semiconductor patterns include silicon germanium (SiGe) having a germanium (Ge) content in a range of 25% to 35%, and the plurality of second semiconductor patterns include silicon (Si).
US11217688B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor part, a metal layer, first and second electrodes, and first and second control electrodes. The first and second electrodes are provided on a front surface of the semiconductor part and arranged along the front surface of the semiconductor part. The first control electrode is provided between the semiconductor part and the first electrode. The second control electrode is provided between the semiconductor part and the second electrode. The metal layer covers a back-surface of the semiconductor part. The metal layer includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer of the metal layer is electrically connected to the semiconductor part. The second layer of the metal layer is provided on the first layer inside a periphery of the first layer. The second layer has a layer thickness thicker than a layer thickness of the first layer.
US11217685B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a device with a marker layer and methods of manufacture. The device includes: a collector region; an intrinsic base region above the collector region; an emitter region comprising emitter material and a marker layer vertically between the intrinsic base region and the emitter material; and an extrinsic base region in electrical contact with the intrinsic base region.
US11217682B2
Provided is a stable manufacturing method for a semiconductor device. In the manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, first, fins with an equal width are formed in each of a memory cell portion and a logic portion of a semiconductor substrate. Then, the fins in the logic portion are etched with the fins in the memory cell covered with a mask film, thereby fabricating fins in the logic portion, each of which is narrower than the fin formed in the memory cell portion.
US11217675B2
A semiconductor device includes a trench in a semiconductor material having a device section and a termination section. A gate structure is located in the trench. With some embodiments, the transverse cross-sectional width of the termination section is wider than the transverse cross-sectional width of the device section.
US11217668B2
A miniaturized transistor with reduced parasitic capacitance and highly stable electrical characteristics is provided. High performance and high reliability of a semiconductor device including the transistor is achieved. A first conductor is formed over a substrate, a first insulator is formed over the first conductor, a layer that retains fixed charges is formed over the first insulator, a second insulator is formed over the layer that retains fixed charges, and a transistor is formed over the second insulator. Threshold voltage Vth is controlled by appropriate adjustment of the thicknesses of the first insulator, the second insulator, and the layer that retains fixed charges.
US11217667B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a fin structure on the substrate, a gate structure on the fin structure, a gate spacer on at least on side surface of the gate structure, and a source/drain structure on the fin structure, wherein a topmost portion of a bottom surface of the gate spacer is lower than a topmost portion of a top surface of the fin structure, and a topmost portion of a top surface of the source/drain structure is lower than the topmost portion of the top surface of the fin structure.
US11217658B2
The disclosure relates to a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type on the semiconductor substrate, the second conductivity type being different than the first conductivity type. The semiconductor device also includes an isolation structure electrically isolating a first region of the semiconductor layer from a second region of the semiconductor layer. A shallow trench isolation structure vertically extends from a surface of the semiconductor layer into the first region of the semiconductor layer. An electrical resistor is formed on the shallow trench isolation structure.
US11217634B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, an insulation layer structure, a light emitting layer, and an optical module. The substrate has an opening region, a peripheral region surrounding the opening region, and a display region surrounding the peripheral region. An opening is defined through the substrate in the opening region. The insulation layer structure is disposed in the display region and the peripheral region on the substrate. The light emitting layer is disposed on the insulation layer structure, and extends in a first direction from the display region into the opening region. A first opening is defined through the light emitting layer in the peripheral region. The optical module is disposed in the opening of the substrate.
US11217632B2
An display panel and a display device are provided, the display panel having a display region defined therein, the display region including: a regular display region; and an irregular display region located at corners of the regular display region, the irregular display region comprising a first region and a second region which is located at edges of the irregular display region and outside the first region; the first region is provided with a plurality of first pixels therein, and the second region is provided with a plurality of second pixels therein, each of the plurality of second pixels having an area smaller than that of each of the plurality of first pixels.
US11217627B2
A method of forming a MRAM device includes forming an interconnect structure spanning a memory region and a peripheral region; forming a MTJ stack over the interconnect structure within the memory region; depositing a dielectric layer over the MTJ stack and spanning the memory region and the peripheral region; removing a first portion of the dielectric layer from the peripheral region, while leaving a second portion of the dielectric layer within the memory region; after removing the first portion of the dielectric layer from the peripheral region, forming a first IMD layer spanning the memory region and the peripheral region; forming a dual damascene structure through the first IMD layer to a metallization pattern of the interconnect structure within the peripheral region; and after forming the dual damascene structure within the peripheral region, forming a top electrode via in contact with a top electrode of the MTJ stack.
US11217621B2
A method includes performing an anisotropic etching on a semiconductor substrate to form a trench. The trench has vertical sidewalls and a rounded bottom connected to the vertical sidewalls. A damage removal step is performed to remove a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate, with the surface layer exposed to the trench. The rounded bottom of the trench is etched to form a slant straight bottom surface. The trench is filled to form a trench isolation region in the trench.
US11217620B2
A more preferable pixel for detecting a focal point may be formed by using a photoelectric converting film. A solid-state image sensor includes a first pixel including a photoelectric converting unit formed of a photoelectric converting film and first and second electrodes which interpose the same from above and below in which at least one of the first and second electrodes is a separated electrode separated for each pixel, and a second pixel including the photoelectric converting unit in which the separated electrode is formed to have a planar size smaller than that of the first pixel and a third electrode extending at least to a boundary of the pixel is formed in a region which is vacant due to a smaller planar size. The present disclosure is applicable to the solid-state image sensor and the like, for example.
US11217619B2
A sensor device for detecting an incident energy beam, the sensor device having stacked layers, the layers having: a first photodiode layer, at least four measuring contacts being arranged on electrode layers of the first photodiode layer, at each of which a partial current of a photocurrent dependent on the incident energy beam can be tapped, to determine an x and y coordinate in the three-dimensional coordinate system; and a second photodiode layer fixed to the first photodiode layer, at least four measuring contacts being arranged on electrode layers of the second photodiode layer, at each of which a partial current of a photocurrent dependent on the incident energy beam can be tapped, to determine an x and y coordinate in the three-dimensional coordinate system; wherein at least one of the photodiode layers is transparent.
US11217615B2
The present disclosure relates to an imaging element, a fabrication method, and electronic equipment by which an image having higher picture quality can be imaged. The imaging element includes a first light absorbing film formed in an effective pixel peripheral region, the effective pixel peripheral region being provided so as to enclose an outer side of an effective pixel region in which a plurality of pixels is disposed in a matrix, so as to cover a semiconductor substrate, a microlens layer provided as an upper layer than the first light absorbing film and having a microlens formed so as to condense light for each of the pixels in the effective pixel region, and a second light absorbing film provided as an upper layer than the microlens layer and formed in the effective pixel peripheral region. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a CMOS image sensor.
US11217611B2
A scanning antenna provided with an array of a plurality of antenna units includes a transmission and/or reception region including the plurality of antenna units, and a non-transmission and/or reception region other than the transmission and/or reception region. The scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate including a first dielectric substrate, a slot substrate including a second dielectric substrate and a slot electrode supported by a first main surface of the second dielectric substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate, and a reflective conductive plate disposed facing a second main surface of the second dielectric substrate opposite to the first main surface with a dielectric layer interposed between the reflective conductive plate and the second main surface. Each of the plurality of antenna units includes a TFT supported by the first dielectric substrate, a patch electrode electrically connected to a drain of the TFT, and a slot formed in the slot electrode corresponding to the patch electrode. The slot substrate further includes a first insulating layer provided between the second dielectric substrate and the slot electrode. The slot electrode has a tensile stress and the first insulating layer has compressive stress. When viewed from a normal direction of the second dielectric substrate, a portion of the slot substrate that does not include the slot electrode includes at least one first region exposing the second dielectric substrate from the first insulating layer and/or at least one second region having a thickness of the first insulating layer that is less than a thickness of a portion of the first insulating layer overlapping the slot electrode. When viewed from the normal direction of the second dielectric substrate, the at least one first region or the at least one second region includes at least a portion of an end of the second dielectric substrate.
US11217609B1
Array substrate, motherboard of array substrate, display panel, and method for forming display panel
Array substrates, motherboards of array substrates, display panels and method for forming display panels are provided. The array substrate includes sub-pixels, data lines, multiple-channel distribution units, X first switch control lines, test units and N second switch control lines. The first output terminals of the X first switch elements of a same multiple distribution unit are connected to the X data lines of the same data line group. The first control terminals of the X first switch elements of each multiple-channel distribution unit are connected to the X first switch control lines. The second output terminals of the second switch elements in a same test unit are electrically connected to the first input end of the first switch elements in the same multiple-channel distribution unit. The second control terminals of the N second switch elements in each test unit are connected to the N second switch control lines.
US11217602B2
Disclosed is a memory device and a method for fabricating the same, and the method may include forming an alternating stack in which dielectric layers and sacrificial layers are alternately stacked over a substrate, each of the sacrificial layers being a combination of porous and non-porous materials, forming a vertical opening penetrating the alternating stack, converting exposed surfaces of the sacrificial layers located on a side wall of the vertical opening into blocking layers through an oxidation process, forming a vertical channel structure contacting the blocking layers in the vertical opening, and replacing non-converting portions of the sacrificial layers with conductive layers, wherein each of the conductive layers comprises a round-like edge contacting each of the blocking layers.
US11217600B2
In the highly efficient fabrication processes for HNOR arrays provided herein, the channel regions of the storage transistors in the HNOR arrays are protected by a protective layer after deposition until the subsequent deposition of a charge-trapping material before forming local word lines. Both the silicon for the channel regions and the protective material may be deposited in amorphous form and are subsequently crystallized in an anneal step. The protective material may be silicon boron, silicon carbon or silicon germanium. The protective material induces greater grain boundaries in the crystallized silicon in the channel regions, thereby providing greater charge carrier mobility, greater conductivity and greater current densities.
US11217588B2
Some embodiments include integrated memory having a wordline, a shield plate, and an access device. The access device includes first and second diffusion regions, and a channel region. The channel region is vertically disposed between the first and second diffusion regions. The access device is adjacent to the wordline and to the shield plate. A part of the wordline is proximate a first side surface of the channel region with an intervention of a first insulating region therebetween. A part of the shield plate is proximate a second side surface of the channel region with an intervention of a second insulating region therebetween. The first insulating region includes an insulative material. The second insulating region includes a void. Some embodiments include memory arrays. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US11217587B2
A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method are provided. The semiconductor device includes an active region, a bit line, a capacitor contact, a conductive ring and a storage capacitor. The active region is formed in a substrate. The bit line and the capacitor contact are disposed over the substrate and electrically connected with the active region. The bit line is laterally separated from the capacitor contact, and a top surface of the bit line is lower than a top surface of the capacitor contact. An upper portion of the capacitor contact is surrounded by the conductive ring. The storage capacitor is disposed over and in electrical contact with the capacitor contact and the conductive ring.
US11217583B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The device includes a plurality of transistor pairs that are stacked over a substrate. Each of the plurality of transistor pairs includes a n-type transistor and a p-type transistor that are stacked over one another. The device also includes a plurality of gate electrodes that are stacked over the substrate with a staircase configuration. The plurality of gate electrodes are electrically coupled to gate structures of the plurality of transistor pairs. The device further includes a plurality of source/drain (S/D) local interconnects that are stacked over the substrate with a staircase configuration. The plurality of S/D local interconnects are electrically coupled to source regions and drain regions of the plurality of transistor pairs.
US11217581B2
Devices and methods for layout-dependent voltage handling improvement in switch stacks. In some embodiments, a switching device can include a first terminal and a second terminal, a radio-frequency signal path implemented between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a plurality of switching elements connected in series to form a stack between the second terminal and ground. The stack can have an orientation relative to the radio-frequency signal path, and the switching elements can have a non-uniform distribution of a first parameter based in part on the orientation of the stack.
US11217569B2
A light emitting device for a display including a first LED sub-unit, a second LED sub-unit disposed on the first LED sub-unit, a third LED sub-unit disposed on the second LED sub-unit, electrode pads disposed below the first LED sub-unit, and a filler disposed between the electrode pads, in which the electrode pads include a common electrode pad electrically connected in common to the first, second, and third LED sub-units, and first, second, and third electrode pads connected to the first, second, and third LED sub-units, respectively, the first, second, and third LED sub-units are independently drivable, light generated in the first LED sub-unit is configured to be emitted to the outside of the light emitting device through the second and third LED sub-units, and light generated in the second LED sub-unit is configured to be emitted to the outside through the third LED sub-unit.
US11217568B2
An LED filament assembly includes a frame, a first electrode disposed on a first end of the frame, and a second electrode disposed on a second end of the frame. The LED filament assembly includes a first group of LED chips capable of emitting a first color, a second group of LED chips capable of emitting a second color, and a third group of LED chips capable of emitting a third color. The first group of LED chips is disposed on the frame along a longitudinal axis, connected in series, and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. Similarly, the second and the third group of LED chips are also disposed on the frame along the longitudinal axis, connected in series, and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. A lamp including such an LED filament assembly is also disclosed.
US11217564B2
A stack package includes a lower semiconductor chip disposed on a package substrate, an interposer bridge including through vias, and an upper semiconductor chip. The upper semiconductor chip has a first edge and a second edge which are opposite to each other. The upper semiconductor chip includes a first region, a third region and a connection region which are located between the first and second edges. The upper semiconductor chip also includes a redistributed layer pattern that connects pads disposed on the first and third regions to each other. The redistributed layer pattern extends onto the connection region.
US11217559B2
A transfer method and a transfer device of micro LEDs are provided. By horizontally and vertically stretching a tensile substrate evenly to make horizontal distances and vertical distances between the adjacent micro LEDs achieve predetermined target values, and at last, bonding the micro LEDs spaced apart into the target values to an array substrate. The method does not need to manufacture a patterned mold or a patterned transfer head, and production period is reduced, and production cost is lowered, which effectively improves current transfer methods of the micro LEDs.
US11217555B2
A method includes placing a first package component and a second package component over a carrier. The first conductive pillars of the first package component and second conductive pillars of the second package component face the carrier. The method further includes encapsulating the first package component and the second package component in an encapsulating material, de-bonding the first package component and the second package component from the carrier, planarizing the first conductive pillars, the second conductive pillars, and the encapsulating material, and forming redistribution lines to electrically couple to the first conductive pillars and the second conductive pillars.
US11217551B1
A manufacturing method of a chip package structure is provided. A carrier board with an accommodating cavity, a substrate, and a stainless steel layer sputtered on the substrate is disposed. A chip is disposed in the accommodating cavity of the carrier board. The chip has an active surface, a back surface opposite to the active surface, and multiple electrodes disposed on the active surface. A circuit structure layer is formed on the carrier board. The circuit structure layer includes a patterned circuit and multiple conductive vias. The patterned circuit is electrically connected to the electrodes of the chip through the conductive vias. An encapsulant is formed to cover the active surface of the chip and the circuit structure layer. The active surface of the chip and a bottom surface of the encapsulant are coplanar. The carrier board is removed to expose the chip disposed in the accommodating cavity.
US11217546B2
A method includes attaching a voltage regulator to a first redistribution structure of a first package. A second redistribution structure is formed over the voltage regulator, the voltage regulator being embedded in the second redistribution structure. The first substrate is attached to the second redistribution structure to form a second package including the first package. A first voltage may be provided to the second redistribution structure and through the second redistribution structure to the voltage regulator. The voltage regulator regulates the first voltage into a second voltage and provides the second voltage through the first redistribution structure to a first device die, where an output of the voltage regulator is attached directly to the first redistribution structure.
US11217534B2
Techniques of protecting cored or coreless semiconductor packages having materials formed from dissimilar metals from galvanic corrosion are described. An exemplary semiconductor package comprises one or more build-up layers; first and second semiconductor components (e.g., die, EMIB, etc.) on or embedded in the one or more build-up layers. The first semiconductor component may be electrically coupled to the second semiconductor component via a contact pad and an interconnect structure that are formed in the one or more build-up layers. The contact pad can comprise a contact region, a non-contact region, and a gap region that separates the contact region from the non-contact region. Coupling of the contact pad and an interconnect structure is performed by coupling only the contact region with the interconnect structure. Also, a surface area of the contact region can be designed to substantially equal to a surface area of the interconnect structure.
US11217529B2
A semiconductor device and method is disclosed. The semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate including an active area, a metal layer structure over the active area, wherein the metal layer structure is configured to form an electrical contact, the metal layer structure including a solder area, a buffer area, and a barrier area between the solder area and the buffer area, wherein, in the barrier area, the metal layer structure is further away from the active area than in the solder area and in the buffer area, and wherein each of the solder area and the buffer area is in direct contact with the active area or with a wiring layer structure arranged between the active area and the metal layer structure.
US11217513B2
An integrated circuit (IC) package includes an encapsulation package that contains an integrated circuit die attached to a lead frame. A set of contacts is formed on the package that each have an exposed contact sidewall surface and an exposed contact lower surface. A protective layer of solder wettable material covers each contact sidewall surface.
US11217510B2
A semiconductor device forming a bidirectional switch includes a carrier, first and second semiconductor elements arranged on the carrier, a first row of terminals arranged along a first side face of the carrier, a second row of terminals arranged along a second side face of the carrier opposite the first side face, and an encapsulation body encapsulating the first and second semiconductor elements. Each row of terminals includes a gate terminal, a sensing terminal and at least one power terminal of the bidirectional switch.
US11217504B2
A double-sided coolable semiconductor package includes an upper electrically conductive element having an outwardly exposed metal surface, a lower carrier substrate having an upper electrically conductive layer, a lower electrically conductive layer with an outwardly exposed surface and an electrical insulating layer arranged between the upper and lower electrically conductive layers, a first electrically conductive spacer arranged between the upper electrically conductive element and the upper electrically conductive layer, a power semiconductor chip arranged between the upper electrically conductive element and the upper electrically conductive layer, a second electrically conductive spacer arranged between the upper electrically conductive element and the power semiconductor chip, and a passive electrical component electrically connected to the upper electrically conductive layer of the lower carrier substrate.
US11217501B2
The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced package, which includes a carrier, a thinned die over the carrier, a mold compound, and a heat extractor. The thinned die includes a device layer over the carrier and a dielectric layer over the device layer. The mold compound resides over the carrier, surrounds the thinned die, and extends beyond a top surface of the thinned die to define an opening within the mold compound and over the thinned die. The top surface of the thinned die is at a bottom of the opening. At least a portion of the heat extractor is inserted into the opening and in thermal contact with the thinned die. Herein the heat extractor is formed of a metal or an alloy.
US11217500B2
A semiconductor device includes a contact metallization layer arranged on a semiconductor substrate, an inorganic passivation structure arranged on the semiconductor substrate, and an organic passivation layer. The organic passivation layer is located between the contact metallization layer and the inorganic passivation structure, and located vertically closer to the semiconductor substrate than a part of the organic passivation layer located on top of the inorganic passivation structure.
US11217498B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a conductive wiring layer stacked with the semiconductor die and proximal to the first surface, an encapsulant encapsulating the semiconductor die and stacked with the conductive wiring layer, and a replacement structure exposing from the encapsulant and being free of fillers. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor package is also disclosed in the present disclosure.
US11217496B2
A device and methods for forming the device is provided. The device includes a substrate and circuit elements thereon. The device further includes a metallization layer over the substrate. The metallization layer includes interconnects interconnecting the circuit elements. A test pad is disposed over an uppermost interconnect in the metallization layer. The test pad is coupled to one or more circuit elements via the interconnects. The test pad is configured for testing the one or more circuit elements. A crack stop protection seal surrounding the test pad is provided. The crack stop protection seal confines damage caused by probing at the test pad from propagating to an area beyond the crack stop protection seal.
US11217493B2
There are provided a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the device. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include a substrate; a first source/drain layer, a channel layer and a second source/drain layer stacked on the substrate in sequence, wherein the second source/drain layer comprises a first semiconductor material which is stressed; and a gate stack surrounding a periphery of the channel layer.
US11217490B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first device region and a second device region, a first fin over the substrate in the first device region, a second fin over the substrate in the second device region, a first epitaxial feature over the first fin in the source/drain region of the first fin, a second epitaxial feature over the second fin in the source/drain region of the second fin, and a dielectric layer on the first and second epitaxial features. The first epitaxial feature is doped with a first dopant of a first conductivity and the second epitaxial feature is doped with a second dopant of a second conductivity different from the first conductivity. The dielectric layer is doped with the first dopant.
US11217489B1
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) inverter includes annealing a substrate printed with an oxide ink to obtain a first active layer, printing a carbon tube ink between a first source and the first drain to form a second active layer for obtaining a first thin-film transistor (TFT), forming a second source and a second drain on two sides of the first active layer to obtain a second TFT, and forming wires between the first TFT and the second TFT.
US11217487B2
A method for forming a semiconductor arrangement includes forming a first gate structure over a first active region. The first gate structure includes a first conductive layer. An etch process is performed using a process gas mixture to recess the first gate structure and define a recess. The etch process comprises a first phase to form a polymer layer over the first conductive layer and to modify a portion of the first conductive layer to form a modified portion of the first conductive layer and a second phase to remove the polymer layer and to remove the modified portion of the first conductive layer.
US11217470B2
A substrate placing table according to an exemplary embodiment includes a base and an electrostatic chuck provided on the base. The electrostatic chuck includes a lamination layer portion, an intermediate layer, and a covering layer. The lamination layer portion is provided on the base. The intermediate layer is provided on the lamination layer portion. The covering layer is provided on the intermediate layer. The lamination layer portion includes a first layer, an electrode layer, and a second layer. The first layer is provided on the base. The electrode layer is provided on the first layer. The second layer is provided on the electrode layer. The intermediate layer is provided between the second layer and the covering layer and is in close contact with the second layer and the covering layer. The second layer is a resin layer. The covering layer is ceramics.
US11217468B2
A substrate treatment apparatus for treating a substrate, the substrate treatment apparatus includes: an apparatus main body configured to perform a predetermined treatment on the substrate; a casing configured to house a predetermined component therein and to be attachable to and detachable from an upper part of the apparatus main body; a casing side connection part provided at the casing and connected to the predetermined component; a main body side connection part provided at the upper part of the apparatus main body and configured to be fitted into the casing side connection part; a guide part provided at the upper part of the apparatus main body and configured to move the casing in one direction; and a connection assisting mechanism configured to fit the casing side connection part into the main body side connection part while moving the casing in the one direction.
US11217464B2
The present invention relates to a system for transferring a micro LED, the system not only releasing a grip force of a transfer head when transferring a micro LED to a substrate but also applying an additional force to the micro LED from below the substrate to attract the micro LED onto the substrate.
US11217451B2
A method includes rotating a substrate, supplying a first processing liquid from a first nozzle to the substrate during a first period, and supplying a second processing liquid from a second nozzle to the substrate during a second period. First and second liquid columns are formed by the first and second processing liquids during at least partially overlapped period of the first and second periods, respectively. The shapes and arrangements of the first and second liquid columns satisfy that: at least one of first and second central axis lines of the first and second liquid columns is inclined with respect to a rotational axis line of the substrate, first and second cut surfaces obtained by cutting the first and second liquid columns along a horizontal plane at least partially overlap each other, and any point on the first central axis line is located on the second central axis line.
US11217448B2
Disclosed are methods for reducing transfer pattern defects in a semiconductor device. In some embodiments, a method includes providing a semiconductor device including a plurality of photoresist lines on a stack of layers, wherein the plurality of photoresist lines includes a bridge defect extending between two or more photoresist lines of the plurality of photoresist lines. The method may further include forming a plurality of mask lines by etching a set of trenches in a first layer of the stack of layers, and removing the bridge defect by etching the bridge defect at a non-zero angle of inclination with respect to a perpendicular to a plane of an upper surface of the stack of layers.
US11217444B2
A method for forming ultraviolet (UV) radiation responsive metal-oxide containing film is disclosed. The method may include, depositing an UV radiation responsive metal oxide-containing film over a substrate by, heating the substrate to a deposition temperature of less than 400° C., contacting the substrate with a first vapor phase reactant comprising a metal component, a hydrogen component, and a carbon component, and contacting the substrate with a second vapor phase reactant comprising an oxygen containing precursor, wherein regions of the UV radiation responsive metal oxide-containing film have a first etch rate after UV irradiation and regions of the UV radiation responsive metal oxide-containing film not irradiated with UV radiation have a second etch rate, wherein the second etch rate is different from the first etch rate.
US11217429B2
An antenna conductor is cooled to stably generate plasma, and unexpected fluctuation in the electrostatic capacity of a variable capacitor connected to the antenna conductor is suppressed while cooling the variable capacitor. A plasma processing device which generates plasma in a vacuum container and processes a substrate by using the plasma is provided. The plasma processing device includes: an antenna conductor through which a high-frequency current is caused to flow to generate plasma, and a variable capacitor which is electrically connected to the antenna conductor. The antenna conductor has a flow path in which a cooling liquid flows. A dielectric of the variable capacitor is constituted of the cooling liquid flowing through the antenna conductor.
US11217428B2
Provided is a multi charged particle beam writing apparatus including: an emission unit emitting a charged particle beam; a restriction aperture unit having a first opening having a variable opening area, the restriction aperture unit shielding a portion of the charged particle beam; a shaping aperture array substrate having a plurality of second openings, the shaping aperture array substrate forming multiple beams by allowing the shaping aperture array substrate to be irradiated with the charged particle beam passing through the first opening and allowing a portion of the charged particle beam to pass through the plurality of second openings; and a blanking aperture array substrate having a plurality of third openings, each beam of the multiple beams passing through the plurality of third openings, the blanking aperture array substrate being capable of independently deflecting each beam of the multiple beams.
US11217426B2
An ion source can have: a multiplicity of electrodes, which are mounted electrically separated from one another and have: a first electrode, which has a depression; a second electrode, which is arranged in the depression; a third electrode, which partially covers the depression and through which a slit passes which exposes the second electrode; one or more than one magnet, which is designed to provide a magnetic field in the slit.
US11217425B2
Systems and method for the preparation and delivery of biological samples for charged particle analysis are disclosed herein. An example system at least includes an ion filter coupled to select a sample ion from an ionized sample supply, the ion filter including a quadrupole filter to select the sample ion from the sample supply, an energy reduction cell coupled to receive the selected sample ion and reduce a kinetic energy of the sample ion, a validation unit coupled to receive the sample ion and determine whether the sample ion is a target sample ion, a substrate coupled to receive the sample, wherein the substrate is electron transparent, an ion transport module coupled to receive the sample ion from the ion filter and transport the sample ion to the substrate, and an imaging system arranged to image, with a low energy charged particle beam, the sample located on the substrate, wherein the substrate is arranged in an analysis location. The imaging system including a charge particle emitter coupled to direct coherent charged particles toward the sample; and a detector arranged to detect interference patterns formed from interaction of the coherent charged particles and the sample.
US11217420B2
According to one embodiment, an X-ray tube includes an anode including a target surface, and a cathode including a first filament and a focusing electrode. The focusing electrode includes a valley bottom portion, a first inclined plane sloping up from the valley bottom portion in a direction of the anode, a first focusing groove, and a first storage groove. θ1 is greater than 0°. The first focusing groove has a longitudinal axis. One end portion on the first extension line side of the first focusing groove is closer to a first reference surface than the other end portion of the first focusing groove.
US11217418B2
An electrical arrangement, which may, for example be a magnetron, has a sealed chamber and electrically insulating fluid contained within the chamber. A temperature expansion compensation bladder comprising a helical tube is located within the chamber, the helical tube having an end open to ambient atmosphere outside the chamber, and having a closed end within the chamber.
US11217415B2
A high breaking capacity chip fuse including a bottom insulative layer, a first intermediate insulative layer, a second intermediate insulative layer, and a top insulative layer disposed in a stacked arrangement in the aforementioned order, a fusible element disposed between the first and second intermediate insulative layers and extending between electrically conductive first and second terminals at opposing longitudinal ends of the bottom insulative layer, the first intermediate insulative layer, the second intermediate insulative layer, and the top insulative layer, wherein the first and second intermediate insulative layers are formed of porous ceramic.
US11217404B1
A keyswitch device includes a bottom plate, a keycap, and a position-returning member. The keycap includes a metal cover and a covering member. The metal cover includes a first main body. The first main body has a first surface and a second surface respectively facing toward and facing away from the bottom plate. The first surface presents a pattern. The covering member includes a second main body covering the first surface. The second main body has a light-transmitting area covering the pattern. The position-returning member is disposed between the bottom plate and the keycap and contacts the first main body.
US11217396B2
A tantalum capacitor includes a tantalum body having a tantalum wire exposed from one surface; a positive electrode terminal including a first electrode portion connected to the tantalum wire and a second electrode portion connected to be perpendicular to the first electrode portion; wherein the first electrode portion includes a first protrusion disposed in a tantalum wire direction, and the tantalum wire includes a first groove disposed in a tantalum body direction, wherein the first groove and the first protrusion are connected to each other.
US11217394B2
A multilayer capacitor includes a body, a plurality of internal electrodes and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes, wherein in the body, corners of cover portions include curved surfaces, and 10 μm≤R≤T/4 in which R is a radius of curvature of the curved surface corners and T is a thickness of the body, and when a distance from a surface of the body to an internal electrode closest to the surface of the body among the plurality of internal electrodes is a margin, a margin (δ) of each of the corners formed as the curved surfaces in the cover portions is greater than or equal to a margin (Wg) of the body in a width direction.
US11217385B2
In order to provide a transformer and an electric power converter which are less likely to become deteriorated with time and which have stable insulation performance, the transformer according to the present invention is provided with: a core; a bobbin in which a low-voltage-side primary winding and a high-voltage-side secondary winding are disposed along the central magnetic leg of the core; and a bobbin support part that supports the bobbin at an end of the bobbin on the primary winding side, such that an air gap is provided between the central magnetic leg of the core and a surface of the bobbin corresponding to the secondary winding.
US11217369B2
An overvoltage protection device having a printed circuit board, varistor, and gas discharge tube, the varistor and discharge tube connected in series between a second and third electrical connection terminal of the circuit board via conductive tracks, wherein the varistor is connected to the first terminal by a third conductive track, the discharge tube is connected to the varistor by a fourth conductive track, the discharge tube is connected to the third electrical connection terminal by a sixth conductive track, and wherein the fourth and sixth conductive tracks have curved portions situated on either side of the discharge tube, having a concavity facing in the same orientation respective to the discharge tube and a thermofusible area able to separate a corresponding track into two parts in response to an overcurrent, a distance between the two parts of each track allowing generation of an arc in response to an overvoltage that activates the discharge tube.
US11217366B2
Superelastic conductive fibers, and more particularly, sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles, and a process for fabricating of highly stretchable sheath-core conducting fibers by wrapping fiber-direction-oriented conductive nanofiber sheets on stretched rubber fiber cores.
US11217365B2
A mobile dedicated cable for a medical Computed Tomography (CT) bed, having an inner sheath layer, a first Teflon® belt, a signal cable layer, a second Teflon® belt, a braided layer and an outer sheath layer, which are coaxially arranged from inside to outside in sequence. The inner sheath layer has a PVC filling strip wrapped by the first Teflon® belt, and a plurality of bulletproof filaments arranged in the center of the PVC filling strip. The signal cable layer has a plurality of signal lines evenly arranged therein, each of which are circumscribed with the first Teflon® belt and the second Teflon® belt, and with two signal lines adjacent thereto.
US11217364B2
An insulated wire containing a thermoplastic resin layer (A) as a covering layer directly or indirectly on a rectangular conductor, in which the insulated wire has at least one protruding part which is continuous in a longitudinal direction of said insulated wire, on a surface of a portion of the thermoplastic resin layer (A), which portion corresponds to at least one side of a cross-section of the insulated wire, said protruding part and a flat part of the surface having the protruding part forms a curved portion with a radius of curvature of 0.01 to 0.75 mm in the cross-section of the insulated wire, and a lateral face of the protruding part has a slope of less than 90° to the flat part of the surface having the protruding part in the cross-section of the insulated wire, a coil produced by processing the insulated wire by winding, and an electric/electronic equipment comprising the coil.
US11217361B2
An electrical wire includes a metal conductor and an insulation layer. A wire diameter of the metal conductor is 0.20 mm or smaller. The insulation layer covers the metal conductor. The insulation layer includes an ultraviolet-crosslinkable resin composition containing 80% by mass or more of a thermoplastic resin. The ultraviolet-crosslinkable resin composition desirably contains, relative to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin, 0.5 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less of a photoradical generator, and 1 part by mass or more and 15 parts by mass or less of a reactive monomer.
US11217358B2
Optically transparent, highly conductive conductor materials are provided, which in certain variations may also be flexible. Methods of making transparent conductive conductors, such as electrodes, are also provided. Such a method may include creating a groove pattern on a substrate that defines a two-dimensional array. Then an electrically conductive material may be selectively applied within the groove pattern of the substrate so as to create a transparent conductor (e.g., a transparent conductive electrode (TCE)). The transparent conductor has a sheet resistance of ≤about 5 Ohms/Square and a transmissivity of ≥about 50% for a predetermined range of target wavelengths of electromagnetic energy. Such methods may form linear micromesh conductive arrays and tortuous micromesh conductive arrays that can be used in a variety of optoelectronic applications, including as optically transparent, flexible and mechanically reconfigurable zeroth-order resonant (ZOR) antennas.
US11217348B2
A system for identifying and providing for the retrieval of information relating to an individual by a plurality of authorized users comprising: a skin wearable, waterproof, non-transferable frangible individual identification device comprising an adhesive and an ink arranged on a substrate to provide a physiologically perceptible, humanly understandable information related to said individual, and a machine-readable two-dimensional code, wherein said code can be scanned for identification, interaction, information exchange, and instructions and further comprising an electronic device with the ability to send, receive, and store information; wherein once applied to skin of the individual said identification device is not removable in one piece rendering the identification device inoperable within said system once removed from skin; wherein the ink, substrate, and adhesive are biocompatible; a plurality of receivers; a computer interface device receiving information from said individual identification device and from said receivers respecting the individual identified by said individual identification device; a computer system coupled to said computer interface device, said computer system including a memory with an algorithm for processing information collected by said computer system; and a separate set of receivers and a separate service rendering system, each output information from their respective receivers to a common database, the contents of said common database being coupled to a computing device which communicates information to and from a central server. The identification device is encoded with machine-readable identification information and/or other information and may comprise optionally a Noncontact communication device such as RFID or Bluetooth circuit. A plurality of reader devices and said individual identification device provide information respecting the individual or thing identified by the inventive system.
US11217343B2
An electronic device includes a sensor, a processor, and a memory configured to store at least one instruction executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to collect activity information on a user related to the electronic device by using the sensor, the collecting of the activity information including creating an amount of activity of the user for a specific goal or an activity engagement level for the specific goal by using the activity information, adjust at least one of an output time point, an output cycle, the number of outputs, or the output contents of the activity guide information for the user to an activity guide parameter at least based on the amount of activity or the activity engagement level, and output the activity guide information created by using the adjusted activity guide parameter through an output device operatively connected to the processor.
US11217329B1
The methods disclosed herein can be used to determine sample integrity, such as sample identity, by using kinship coefficients. Kinship coefficients between two samples can be determined by measuring genetic relatedness in order to determine whether the samples are related or not related.
US11217327B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array including first to fourth planes, a page buffer circuit that includes first to fourth page buffer units connected with the first to fourth planes, respectively, an input/output circuit that includes a first input/output unit connected with the first to fourth page buffer units and a second input/output unit connected with the second and fourth page buffer units, and control logic that controls the input/output circuit to output first data from one of the first to fourth page buffer units through the first input/output unit in a first read mode and output second data from one of the first and third page buffer units through the first input/output unit and third data from one of the second and fourth page buffer units through the second input/output unit in a second read mode.
US11217323B1
In an embodiment, a method includes: receiving, with a first buffer of a first error compactor unit (ECU), a first memory error packet associated with a first memory; receiving, with the first buffer, a second memory error packet associated with a second memory; transmitting a first reading request for reading the first memory error packet; receiving the first reading request with an arbiter of an error aggregator unit (EAU) of a central memory error management unit (MEMU); in response to receiving the first reading request, reading the first memory error packet from the first buffer, transmitting the first memory error packet to a controller of the central MEMU, and transmitting a first acknowledgement to the first ECU; receiving the first acknowledgement with the first ECU; and in response to receiving the first acknowledgement, transmitting a second reading request for reading the second memory error packet.
US11217322B2
Methods, systems, and devices for drift mitigation with embedded refresh are described. A memory cell may be written to and read from using write and read voltages, respectively, that are of different polarities. For example, a memory cell may be written to by applying a first write voltage and may be subsequently read from by applying a first read voltage of a first polarity. At least one additional (e.g., a second) read voltage—a setback voltage—of a second polarity may be utilized to return the memory cell to its original state. Thus the setback voltage may mitigate a shift in the voltage distribution of the cell caused by the first read voltage.
US11217320B1
A system includes a memory device having a plurality of dice and A processing device to perform operations, including determining a representative number of program-erase cycles performed across the plurality of dice. The operations further include tracking the representative number of program-erase cycles over time. The operations further include, in response to the representative number of program-erase cycles satisfying a first threshold criterion, adding an additional threshold voltage offset bin to a plurality of threshold voltage offset bins for the memory device, wherein each of the plurality of threshold voltage offset bins comprises a corresponding window of time after program of data to the memory device.
US11217319B2
A memory controller optimizes read threshold values for a memory device using multi-dimensional search. The controller performs a read operation on cells using a pair of default read threshold values on a multi-dimensional plane. When the read operation has failed, the controller determines program states of cells and a pair of next read threshold values based on the program states and performs an additional read operation using the next read threshold values.
US11217315B2
The invention provides a semiconductor apparatus and a continuous readout method capable of achieving high speed continuous readout. The continuous readout method for NAND type flash memory of the invention includes: a detecting step of detecting a frequency of an external clock signal; a readout step of reading data from the memory cell array based on a readout timing corresponding to the frequency of the detected external clock signal; a holding step of holding the read data in a latch (L1) and a latch (L2), and an output step of outputting the held data in synchronization with the external clock signal.
US11217312B2
A semiconductor device includes a first memory block including a first memory string, a second memory block including a second memory string, a common source line commonly coupled to the first memory block and the second memory block, a first bit line coupled to the first memory string, a second bit line coupled to the second memory string, a first page buffer for accessing the first memory string through the first bit line, and a second page buffer for accessing the second memory string through the second bit line. The first bit line and the first page buffer are electrically connected to each other when the first memory block is selected.
US11217308B1
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for programming memory cells using asymmetric current pulses. An embodiment includes a memory having a plurality of self-selecting memory cells, and circuitry configured to program a self-selecting memory cell of the memory by applying a first current pulse or a second current pulse to the self-selecting memory cell, wherein the first current pulse is applied for a longer amount of time than the second current pulse and the first current pulse has a lower amplitude than the second current pulse.
US11217307B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of programming resistive memory cells of a resistive memory, the method comprising: applying, by a programming circuit based on a first target resistive state, an initial resistance modification to a first cell of the resistive memory to change its resistance from an initial resistive state to a first new resistance; comparing, by the programming circuit, the first new resistance of the first cell with a resistance range of the first target resistive state and with a target resistance range associated with the first target resistive state; and if it is determined that the first new resistance is outside the resistance range of the target resistive state and inside the target resistance range, applying by the programming circuit one or more further resistance modifications to the first cell to increase or decrease its resistance.
US11217302B2
A neuromorphic device, including a controller configured to generate ternary data by converting each bit of binary data into a ternary bit; and a memory device configured to store the ternary data, wherein the memory device includes: a first memory cell array including first memory cells formed between lower word lines and bit lines, wherein a first memory cell of the first memory cells includes a first switching element and a first resistive element; and a second memory cell array including second memory cells formed between upper word lines and the bit lines, wherein a second memory cell of the second memory cells includes a second switching element and a second resistive element, and wherein each bit of the ternary data is identified by a combination of a data bit stored in the first memory cells and a mask bit stored in the second memory cells.
US11217300B2
A floating body SRAM cell that is readily scalable for selection by a memory compiler for making memory arrays is provided. A method of selecting a floating body SRAM cell by a memory compiler for use in array design is provided.
US11217295B2
Apparatuses and methods for address detection are disclosed herein. An example apparatus it an address filter and an address tracking circuit. The address filter may be configured to receive a first address and to determine whether the first address matches an address of a plurality of addresses associated with the address filter. The address tracking circuit may be coupled to the address filter and configured to store the first address responsive to a determination that the first address matches an address of the plurality of addresses associated with the address filter. The address tracking circuit may further be configured to receive a second address and to change a count associated with the first address based on the second address matching the first address. The address tracking circuit may be configured to selectively provide the first address responsive to the count.
US11217293B2
Techniques are described for maintaining a stable voltage difference in a memory device, for example, during a critical operation (e.g., a sense operation). The voltage difference to be maintained may be a read voltage across a memory cell or a difference associated with a reference voltage, among other examples. A component (e.g., a local capacitor) may be coupled, before the operation, with a node biased to a first voltage (e.g., a global reference voltage) to sample a voltage difference between the first voltage and a second voltage while the circuitry is relatively quiet (e.g., not noisy). The component may be decoupled from the node before the operation such that a node of the component (e.g., a capacitor) may be allowed to float during the operation. The voltage difference across the component may remain stable during variations in the second voltage and may provide a stable voltage difference during the operation.
US11217283B2
A multi-chip package with reduced calibration time and an impedance control (ZQ) calibration method thereof are provided. A master chip of the multi-chip package performs a first ZQ calibration operation by using a ZQ resistor, and then, the other slave chips simultaneously perform second ZQ calibration operations with respect to data input/output (DQ) pads of the slave chips by using a termination resistance value of a DQ pad of the master chip on the basis of a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the DQ pad of the master chip. The multi-chip package completes ZQ calibration by performing two ZQ calibration operations, thereby decreasing a ZQ calibration time.
US11217278B2
A tape cartridge according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a tape reel; a cartridge case; and a reel lock member. The tape reel includes a reel hub having a bottomed cylindrical shape, a tape having been wound on the reel hub. The cartridge case includes a first protruding portion and a plurality of second protruding portions, the first protruding portion protruding toward a center of a bottom portion of the reel hub, the plurality of second protruding portions being arranged around the first protruding portion. The reel lock member is disposed inside the reel hub. The reel lock member includes a first tubular portion and a plurality of second tubular portions, the first tubular portion fitting with the first protruding portion, the plurality of second tubular portions fitting with the plurality of second protruding portions. The reel lock member is movable in a direction of the one axis between a lock position and a lock release position, the reel lock member engaging with the bottom portion of the reel hub at the lock position, engagement between the reel lock member and the bottom portion of the reel hub being released at the lock release position.
US11217275B2
A disk device includes a magnetic disk having a data non-recording region, and a data recording region inside the data non-recording region, a plurality of heads configured to read and write information from and onto the magnetic disk, and a plurality of arms supporting the heads, the arms being rotatable to move the heads from a parked position to a desired data recording position above or below the magnetic disk. Each of the arms comprises an overlapping region that overlaps the data recording region of the magnetic disk in a thickness direction of the magnetic disk when the heads are at the parked position.
US11217272B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a recording portion. The recording portion includes a magnetic pole, a shield, and a stacked body provided between the magnetic pole and the shield. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a first layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the shield. The first layer contacts the magnetic pole and includes at least one selected from the group consisting of IrMn, PtMn, FeMn, PdMn, NiMn, RhMn, MnCr, and PtCr. The first intermediate layer includes at least one selected from a first group consisting of Cu, Ag, Au, Al, Cr, and Ru.
US11217268B2
An audio system and method for generating improved augmented hearing effects in real-time. The system includes a wearable audio device arranged to obtain audio that includes a voice signal associated with a user and an environmental signal associated with other audio picked up by the wearable audio device that does not includes the user's voice. In some implementations, at least one processor of the wearable audio device is configured to isolate the voice signal from the environmental signal such that augmented hearing effects can be applied to the voice signal and/or the environmental signal, independently. In some implementations, augmented hearing effects are designated by a signal augmentation profile generated or stored in the wearable audio device such that the total time between receipt of the audio signal and the modifications and/or transformations to the respective audio signals does not exceed 100 ms.
US11217264B1
An electronic device includes one or more microphones that generate audio signals and a wind noise detection subsystem. The electronic device may also include a wind noise reduction subsystem. The wind noise detection subsystem applies multiple wind noise detection techniques to the set of audio signals to generate corresponding indications of whether wind noise is present. The wind noise detection subsystem determines whether wind noise is present based on the indications generated by each detection technique and generates an overall indication of whether wind noise is present. The wind noise reduction subsystem applies one or more wind noise reduction techniques to the audio signal if wind noise is detected. The wind noise detection and reduction techniques may work in multiple domains (e.g., the time, spatial, and frequency domains).
US11217263B2
A sound collection device includes a sensor, a database, a microphone, and an electronic controller. The sensor detects a state of at least one of the sound collection device or a device equipped with the sound collection device, or both. The database is a database of noise sounds. The electronic controller includes a signal processing unit configured to read at least one noise sound from the database based on a detection value of the sensor and carry out a noise reduction process to reduce noise from a sound signal acquired by the microphone based on the at least one noise sound read from the database.
US11217258B2
Soundfield signals such as e.g. Ambisonics carry a representation of a desired sound field. The Ambisonics format is based on spherical harmonic decomposition of the soundfield, and Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) uses spherical harmonics of at least 2nd order. However, commonly used loudspeaker setups are irregular and lead to problems in decoder design. A method for improved decoding an audio soundfield representation for audio playback comprises calculating a panning function (W) using a geometrical method based on the positions of a plurality of loudspeakers and a plurality of source directions, calculating a mode matrix (Ξ) from the loudspeaker positions, calculating a pseudo-inverse mode matrix (Ξ+) and decoding the audio soundfield representation. The decoding is based on a decode matrix (D) that is obtained from the panning function (W) and the pseudo-inverse mode matrix (Ξ+).
US11217245B2
A wake-up word for a digital assistant may be specified by a user to trigger the digital assistant to respond to the wake-up word, with the user providing one or more initial pronunciations of the wake-up word. The wake-up word may be unique, or at least not determined beforehand by a device manufacturer or developer of the digital assistant. The initial pronunciation(s) of the keyword may then be augmented with other potential pronunciations of the wake-up word that might be provided in the future, and those other potential pronunciations may then be pruned down to a threshold number of other potential pronunciations. One or more recordings of the initial pronunciation(s) of the wake-up may then be used to train a phoneme recognizer model to better recognize future instances of the wake-up word being spoken by the user or another person using the initial pronunciation or other potential pronunciations.
US11217235B1
A device capable of autonomous motion may move in response to a user speaking an utterance, such as a command. Before moving, the device processes audio data received from a microphone array to identify different audio signals arriving at the device from different directions. Based on properties of the audio signals, the device determines which of the audio signals are merely reflections of other audio.
US11217233B1
An apparatus includes processor(s) to: generate a set of candidate n-grams based on probability distributions from an acoustic model for candidate graphemes of a next word most likely spoken following at least one preceding word spoken within speech audio; provide the set of candidate n-grams to multiple devices; provide, to each node device, an indication of which candidate n-grams are to be searched for within the n-gram corpus by each node device to enable searches for multiple candidate n-grams to be performed, independently and at least partially in parallel, across the node devices; receive, from each node device, an indication of a probability of occurrence of at least one candidate n-gram within the speech audio; based on the received probabilities of occurrence, identify the next word most likely spoken within the speech audio; and add the next word most likely spoken to a transcript of the speech audio.
US11217230B2
There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method that enable speeding up of a responsivity of a system response to a speech of a user. The information processing device includes a processing unit configured to determine, on the basis of a result of semantic analysis that is to be obtained from an interim result of speech recognition of a speech of a user, presence or absence of a response to the speech of the user. It thereby becomes possible to speed up a responsivity of a system response to the speech of the user. The present technology can be applied to a speech dialogue system, for example.
US11217224B2
A multilingual text-to-speech synthesis method and system are disclosed. The method includes receiving first learning data including a learning text of a first language and learning speech data of the first language corresponding to the learning text of the first language, receiving second learning data including a learning text of a second language and learning speech data of the second language corresponding to the learning text of the second language, and generating a single artificial neural network text-to-speech synthesis model by learning similarity information between phonemes of the first language and phonemes of the second language based on the first learning data and the second learning data.
US11217223B2
One embodiment of the invention provides a method for speaker identity and content de-identification under privacy guarantees. The method comprises receiving input indicative of privacy protection levels to enforce, extracting features from a speech recorded in a voice recording, recognizing and extracting textual content from the speech, parsing the textual content to recognize privacy-sensitive personal information about an individual, generating de-identified textual content by anonymizing the personal information to an extent that satisfies the privacy protection levels and conceals the individual's identity, and mapping the de-identified textual content to a speaker who delivered the speech. The method further comprises generating a synthetic speaker identity based on other features that are dissimilar from the features to an extent that satisfies the privacy protection levels, and synthesizing a new speech waveform based on the synthetic speaker identity to deliver the de-identified textual content. The new speech waveform conceals the speaker's identity.
US11217222B2
An adaptive filter converts time domain samples of an input signal into frequency domain signals, dynamically adjusts a stability conditional number based on the frequency domain signals, and uses the dynamically adjusted stability conditional number to control step size normalization during adaptation of frequency domain coefficients of the adaptive filter. The stability control number may be global to a range of frequency bins based on a peak magnitude of the input signal and/or may be frequency bin-specific stability control numbers based on corresponding frequency bin-specific error signal magnitudes. The adaptive filter also dynamically adjusts a noise floor based on the frequency domain input signals and refrains from updating frequency domain coefficients when a magnitude of the frequency domain input signal associated with a frequency bin is greater than the dynamically adjusted noise floor.
US11217208B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that iteratively select versions of augmented reality objects at augmented reality levels of detail to provide for download to a client device to reduce start-up latency associated with providing a requested augmented reality scene. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems determine utility and priority metrics associated with versions of augmented reality objects associated with a requested augmented reality scene. The disclosed systems utilize the determined metrics to select versions of augmented reality objects that are likely to be viewed by the client device and improve the quality of the augmented reality scene as the client device moves through the augmented reality scene. In at least one embodiment, the disclosed systems iteratively select versions of augmented reality objects at various levels of detail until the augmented reality scene is fully downloaded.
US11217207B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of displays, a memory configured to store applications and parameters associated with execution screens of the applications, and a processor which is electrically connected with the plurality of displays and the memory. The processor is configured to, when at least one application of the applications is executed, obtain a first parameter associated with a first execution screen of the at least one application and a second parameter associated with a second execution screen of the at least one application from the memory, and to output the first execution screen in one of the plurality of displays based on the first parameter and output the second execution screen in another of the plurality of displays based on the second parameter.
US11217197B2
A data driving method and a data driving device are provided. The data driving method includes: transmitting a charge sharing signal for a current data line according to a pre-stored charge sharing timing table; transmitting a valid display data for the current data line; and executing the charge sharing signal to complete a charge sharing between signal channels. The data driving device includes a timing controller, a transmission interface, a source driver, a plurality of data lines, and a charge sharing switch. The data driving method and the data driving device of the disclosure can separately set the charge sharing signal for each row by setting the charge sharing signal on each row of the valid display data through the pre-stored charge sharing timing table. This achieves independent control of charge sharing per line during display.
US11217189B2
A decrease in a color gamut in a low gradation region is reduced to improve image quality in a liquid crystal panel. Therefore, a color image signal for a liquid crystal display panel in which a display image is generated by light passing through a rear liquid crystal cell and a front liquid crystal cell is converted into a black-and-white image signal by using a predetermined coefficient. Then, the black-and-white image signal thus obtained is subjected to gradation value conversion so as to become a signal for performing gradation expression in a gradation region set as a gradation range in which a color gamut greatly changes in a case where the front liquid crystal cell is driven by the color image signal, and thus a rear image signal serving as the black-and-white image signal for the rear liquid crystal cell is generated. Further, the color image signal is subjected to arithmetic processing by using the rear image signal, and thus a front image signal serving as the color image signal for the front liquid crystal cell is generated.
US11217188B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for displaying an image on a dual-screen display panel. According to an embodiment, the dual-screen display panel comprises a dimming screen and a display screen. The method comprises: generating first image data for the dimming screen according to image data; determining dimming driving voltages for a plurality of dimming areas based on the first image data according to a grayscale-dimming driving voltage relationship; determining display driving voltages for a plurality of display areas based on the image data according to a grayscale-display driving voltage relationship; and driving the dimming screen and the display screen with the determined dimming driving voltages and display driving voltages, respectively, to display the image.
US11217183B2
A pixel circuit, includes: a driving signal generating sub-circuit configured to generate and output an initial driving signal; a voltage boost sub-circuit electrically connected to the driving signal generating sub-circuit, and configured to receive the initial driving signal, amplify the initial driving signal to generate a target driving signal, and output the target driving signal; and a light-emitting sub-circuit electrically connected to the voltage boost sub-circuit, and configured to receive the target driving signal and be driven by the target driving signal to emit light.
US11217182B2
The present disclosure provides a power source voltage application circuit, including a power source voltage output end, an energy storage sub-circuitry, a resetting sub-circuitry and an output control sub-circuitry. A first end of the energy storage sub-circuitry is connected to a first node, and a second end of the energy storage sub-circuitry is connected to a second node. The resetting sub-circuitry is connected to a resetting control end, a reference voltage input tend, the first node, the second node and an initial voltage input end respectively. The output control sub-circuitry is connected to an output control end, a first voltage input end, the first node, the second node and the power source voltage output end respectively.
US11217177B2
Provided herein is a display device including a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes: a driving transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first gate electrode; a first emission transistor including a third electrode coupled to the first electrode of the driving transistor, a fourth electrode, and a second gate electrode; and a second emission transistor including a fifth electrode coupled to the second electrode of the driving transistor, a sixth electrode, and a third gate electrode, wherein both the second gate electrode and the third gate electrode are coupled to an emission line, and wherein the first emission transistor is turned-on but the second emission transistor is turned-off, based on an emission signal supplied from the emission line.
US11217176B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area includes first sub-pixels, and the second area includes second sub-pixels; and a power supply unit that generates a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage greater than the first driving voltage to supply the first and second driving voltages to the display panel. The first sub-pixels receive the first driving voltage, and the second sub-pixels receive the first driving voltage or the second driving voltage.
US11217160B2
A pixel circuit includes a data writing sub-circuit inputs a signal input via a second signal terminal to a compensating sub-circuit and a driving sub-circuit under control of a signal from a first signal terminal, the compensating sub-circuit compensates a threshold voltage of the driving sub-circuit according to a signal output from the data writing sub-circuit under control of a signal from a third signal terminal, a light-emitting control sub-circuit inputs a signal from a first voltage terminal to the driving sub-circuit and the compensating sub-circuit under control of a signal from a fourth signal terminal, the driving sub-circuit configured to generate and input a driving current to a light-emitting sub-circuit according to a signal output from the light-emitting control sub-circuit and a signal output from the data writing sub-circuit, and the light-emitting sub-circuit configured to emit light according to the driving current under control of a second voltage terminal.
US11217158B2
A pixel structure includes a light-emitting module, multiple sub-pixel circuits, and an internal driving circuit. The light-emitting module includes multiple sub-pixel light-emitting elements, and is disposed on a first plane. The multiple sub-pixel circuits are disposed on a second plane, and each of the multiple sub-pixel circuits is electrically connected with a corresponding one of the multiple sub-pixel light-emitting elements. The internal driving circuit is disposed on the second plane, and is electrically connected with one of the multiple sub-pixel circuits. The first plane is different from the second plane, and the multiple sub-pixel circuits and the internal driving circuit are located in a vertical projection projected by the light-emitting module onto the second plane.
US11217154B2
A display panel includes sub-pixels each including a light-emitting element and a pixel circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor; a timing control unit to generate bias data based on first characteristic information of the first transistor, and generate correction data based on second characteristic information of the second transistor; and a data sensing driving unit configured to receive the bias data and the correction data, and output a bias voltage and a grayscale voltage to the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes the first transistor to output a driving current to the light-emitting element; a first driving circuit to control a magnitude of the driving current based on the bias voltage; and a second driving circuit including the second transistor and configured to control a pulse width of the driving current based on the grayscale voltage.
US11217148B2
A shift register unit, a driving method, a gate driver on array and a display device. The shift register unit includes an input sub-circuit, an output sub-circuit, a pull-down control sub-circuit and a pull-down sub-circuit; the input sub-circuit is configured for inputting an input signal from an input signal terminal to a pull-up node under a control of a first clock signal; the output sub-circuit is configured for inputting a second clock signal to an output terminal under a control of a pull-up node; the pull-down control sub-circuit is configured for inputting the first clock signal to a pull-down node under a control of the first clock signal, and inputting a power supply signal to the pull-down no under the control of the pull-up node; the pull-down sub-circuit is configured for inputting the power supply signal to the output terminal under a control of the pull-down node.
US11217143B2
A display device includes a substrate, gate lines, a driving circuit, and auxiliary gate lines. The substrate has a display area. The gate lines are disposed on the display area, and are in parallel with a first edge of the display area. The gate lines include a first gate line which is farthest from the first edge. The driving circuit is disposed adjacent to the first edge. The auxiliary gate lines substantially perpendicular to the gate lines are connected to the gate lines, and are in parallel with a second edge of the display area. The auxiliary gate lines include a first auxiliary gate line and at least one auxiliary gate line. The first auxiliary gate line is configured to connect the first gate line to the driving circuit. The at least one auxiliary gate line is disposed between the second edge and the first auxiliary gate line.
US11217132B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to manage display luminance, for the purpose of power efficiency, halo reduction, and flicker prevention. An example apparatus includes a backlight analyzer to determine a first baseline luminance level associated with a first segment of a backlight of a screen of a display device based on pixel data defining a frame of content to be displayed via the screen and to determine a second baseline luminance level associated with a second segment of the backlight different than the first segment based on the pixel data, a segment-pair ratio analyzer to determine a segment-pair luminance ratio between the first and second segments based on the first and second baseline luminance levels, and a luminance controller to adjust an amount of power provided to at least one of the first segment of the backlight or the second segment of the backlight when the segment-pair luminance ratio satisfies a threshold.
US11217129B2
A display panel, and the display panel includes an array substrate, a counter substrate, a plurality of active switches, a shift register, a plurality of first testing pads, a plurality of second testing pads, and a tester; an input of the tester is connected to the plurality of first testing pads, an output of the tester is connected to the plurality of second testing pads. Thereby the shift register can be directly detected without pry up the panel, the circuit on the array substrate can be prevented from damaging, which can contribute to the analysis and improvement of the circuit issue.
US11217128B2
A display panel includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area around the display area; a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other on the substrate at the display area; a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines; and a test circuit portion on the substrate at the non-display area, the test circuit portion connected to the plurality of data lines. The test circuit portion includes: a lighting test signal line which applies a lighting signal to each of the plurality of data lines; and a crack detection circuit line connected between the plurality of data lines and the lighting test signal line. The crack detection circuit line includes a plurality of signal lines connected to different data lines among the plurality of data lines.
US11217125B2
A display device and a flexible display screen thereof. The flexible display screen includes a display layer, a flexible cover plate layer, a rigid layer and a buffer layer. The flexible cover plate layer is disposed on a light emitting surface of the display layer. The rigid layer is light-transmitting and is disposed between the display layer and the flexible cover plate layer. The buffer layer is disposed between the display layer and the flexible cover plate layer. And a projection of the buffer layer on the flexible cover plate layer is located at an edge of the flexible cover plate layer.
US11217117B1
An electronic chess set includes a plurality of game pieces, a chessboard having a playing surface including a plurality of individually identifiable locations visible to a user on the chessboard, an illumination system configured to illuminate each of the plurality individually identifiable locations and an electronic system coupled to the illumination system. Each of the individually identifiable locations is configured to receive any one of the plurality of game pieces. The electronic system includes a processor configured to determine when a user is in contact with a selected one of the plurality of game pieces and control an operation of the illumination system to illuminate the playing surface to provide a visual identification of at least one move available for the selected piece in view of a handicap level provided for the user. The at least one move is categorized in one of a plurality of move categories based on a strength of the at least one move and the visual identification communicates a move-category included in the plurality of move categories for the at least one move.
US11217116B2
A system and method for interactive training for application providers in a computing environment are presented. A proposed application solution from a user for a selected application may be compared to one or more optimized solutions to identify one or more differences in the proposed application solution. One or more missing assets may be identified from the proposed application solution according to the one or more differences. The user may be surveyed with a survey relating to the missing assets such that survey results are used to train and develop a level of expertise for the user.
US11217109B2
Embodiments include an apparatus and method for building courses. For example, one embodiment of a course builder apparatus comprises: a course builder application to retrieve data from a database, the data usable for constructing one or more online courses; a graphical user interface (GUI) of the course builder application for designing an online course, the GUI comprising: a template region in which one or more published classroom activity templates and/or step templates are graphically displayed; an editing region into which a designer of a course may select and drag one or more of the published classroom activity templates or step templates, the editing region comprising one or more fields or other graphical elements to allow the designer may edit the one or more published classroom activity templates or step templates.
US11217096B2
A traffic flow dynamic guiding method based on a region block includes: building communication connection with a cloud server by a vehicle-mounted terminal; performing data acquisition by the vehicle-mounted terminal, and uploading acquired data to the cloud server; receiving feedback of the cloud server by the vehicle-mounted terminal which is including an accident occurring probability of a current automobile in a set range of a current road section; sending the probability to a driver in a human-computer interaction mode; receiving communication addresses, sent by the cloud server, of the surrounding vehicle-mounted terminals in the set range by the current vehicle-mounted terminal in order to build a connection relationship with the surrounding vehicle-mounted terminals; performing running and updating after the region block relationship is built; performing traffic flow guiding on traffic accident information and performing traffic flow guiding on official vehicles by using the region block relationship.
US11217092B2
A transport vehicle system includes a controller that controls multiple transport vehicles. The controller performs, push out control to, when a transport vehicle travelling on a main route approaches a push out target vehicle, transmit a travel command to the push out target vehicle, and travel stop control, when there is no transport vehicle to which a transport command is assigned on the main route, sequentially transmit a travel stop command to the multiple transport vehicles travelling on the main route. In push out control, when there is a transport vehicle to which a transport command is assigned on the main route, a first travel command for a first distance is transmitted, and when there is no transport vehicle to which a transport command is assigned on the main route, a second travel command for a second distance smaller than the first distance is transmitted.
US11217091B2
Provided is a smart roadside unit, including: a high-bright camera assembly configured to capture a high-bright image; a low-bright camera assembly configured to capture a low-bright image, in which the high-bright camera assembly and the low-bright camera assembly have a substantially same shooting view; and a controller configured to extract vehicle information from the high-bright image and the low-bright image.
US11217087B2
A security assurance system for a building including one or more security assets includes one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including receiving first data indicating a layout of the building, receiving second data indicating a location of the one or more security assets within the building, generating location data for the one or more security assets indicating the location of the one or more security assets within the layout of the building, monitoring a status including at least one of a health, a service status, or a regulatory compliance of the one or more security assets, and presenting, via a user interface, the location data of the one or more security assets.
US11217081B2
An RF shut off system includes a sensor for indicating a mast or antenna position such that an antenna supported by the mast is operable or not according to an indication of the sensor.
US11217080B2
An apparatus of and a method for facilitating an artificial intelligence (AI) driven smart child safety system for motor vehicles provide active and constant monitoring for onboard child safety. The system includes various sensors and an AI controller that uses face recognition and seatbelt recognition technologies to monitor the presence of a child and/or adult through multiple cameras. Thus, the system can send out voice/text/video alarms whenever encountering an unsafe condition and/or emergency if a child is present in the vehicle without an adult, the child's seatbelt is not securely fastened, the vehicle cabin temperature is out of a safe range, the child's body temperature exceeds a predetermined maximum safe temperature, the vehicle is speeding, etc. The voice/text/video alarms are instantly played out via a speaker, a personal computing (PC) device, and/or sent to a local safety authority.
US11217077B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to an appliance for holding electronically tagged products and for recording an association between the tagged products and the appliance, and system and methods for use thereof. In one implementation, the appliance may include a housing defining a cavity for retaining the electronically tagged products. The appliance may also include an exciter integrated with the housing and configured to trigger tags of the products to cause the tag of each product to transmit a unique tag ID. The appliance may also include a receiver for receiving transmission of each unique tag ID. The appliance may also include a communicator for outputting indications of identities of electronically tagged products retained in the cavity.
US11217075B2
The present invention provides an interactive warning system for merchandise security, comprising an interactive monitor device, in this interactive warning system, the monitor device can interact with the interactive controller and the intelligent terminal. The interactive warning system comprising an interactive controller and monitor device, in this interactive warning system, the controller and the monitor device can both connect with the intelligent terminal. The warning system in this invention include intelligent terminal, as a mode to configure the controller and the monitor device, the intelligent terminal can connect the controller and the monitor device wirelessly, to this end, the present invention can easily configure and connect the controller and the monitor device.
US11217073B1
An instant alert notifier and docking station for use in emergency situations. Several notifiers and docking station can be located through a building. In a use, the user presses a button and pulls the device cover, which causes the notifier to (1) snap a still image of the person removing the notifier, (2) trigger a “code red” alert and/or activate flashing red LEDS on the docking stations where they are located throughout the building and/or (3) switch from a front to a rear camera operation. Using the notifier, real time video, and still images can be captured and uploaded to first responder devices. The pressing of the button or removal of the notifier from the docking station can also cause the system to stream live video to the first responders from all of the other notifiers in the building still contained within their docking stations.
US11217071B2
A reading apparatus includes a tray having a first surface side and a second surface side opposite the first surface side, an antenna unit disposed on the first surface side of the tray and configured to transmit a radio wave signal for reading a wireless tag and to receive a radio wave signal from the wireless tag, and a controller attached to the tray on the second surface side and configured to control the antenna unit to transmit the radio wave signal for reading the wireless tag. The controller reads data in the radio wave signal from the wireless tag received by the antenna unit. The tray includes at least one of an electromagnetic wave reflecting material or an electromagnetic wave absorbing material disposed between the antenna unit and the controller so as to block the radio wave signal for reading the wireless tag from reaching the controller.
US11217067B1
A method of reducing the exposure of a wagering network when the exposure exceeds a threshold due to an imbalance of wagers placed on one outcome compared to other outcomes by offering updated odds to users having placed wagers on less favored outcomes and further offering to update the odds of their original wager if they increase their wager amount to incentivize the users to increase their wager, thus reducing the exposure of the wagering network.
US11217066B2
A described gaming system implements an arrangement wherein, as part of a first base game instance, a gaming device is caused to include, at a first symbol position of a symbol array to be implemented by a gaming device, a first Wild symbol at a first symbol position on a reel of a plurality of reels; and, as part of a second base game instance following the first game instance, a modification of the reel of the plurality of reels is performed to move the first Wild symbol into a second symbol position different than the first symbol position.
US11217060B2
The present invention relates to a gaming machine, methods of gaming systems. In particular, a gaming machine which provides a spinning reel game of chance is provided. Certain symbols are controlled to expand to cover other symbols of virtual spinning reels, in order to provide the player with a dynamic visual game appearance.
US11217050B2
Remote control for actuating garage doors and other barriers, and method and system of using same. A base unit includes: a wireless receiver, to wirelessly receive from an electronic device an incoming wireless signal indicating a command to actuate a garage door; a wireless signal constructor, to dynamically construct an outgoing wireless signal which comprises a rolling code; a wireless transmitter, to transmit the outgoing wireless signal to a wireless receiver of a motor unit that is operably associated with the garage door. A wireless signal constructor dynamically constructs the outgoing wireless signal without having access to a secret seed value that is accessible to the motor unit. A local storage unit stores a data-set of rolling codes that are associated with the motor unit; and the outgoing wireless signal is dynamically constructed based on a next-available rolling code obtained from the local storage unit of the base unit.
US11217046B2
A first device uses a first runtime environment executing on the first device to transfer a code module to a second runtime environment executing on a second device. The code module is configured to execute within the second runtime environment and expose a function of the second device that is supported by the second runtime environment to the first device. The first device executes an application within the first runtime environment. The application remotely invokes the function of the second device via the transferred code module and the second runtime environment.
US11217045B2
An information processing system is configured to include a target vehicle data acquisition unit configured to acquire target vehicle data including a travel state of a target vehicle, driving operation information of the target vehicle, and position information of the target vehicle on a map, a behavior occurrence position recognition unit configured to recognize a behavior occurrence position that is a position where the target vehicle performs an unstable behavior, based on the target vehicle data, and a cause determination unit configured to determine whether or not the unstable behavior at the behavior occurrence position is caused by the driver, based on at least one of the travel state of the target vehicle and the driving operation information of the target vehicle.
US11217037B2
Disclosed herein is a point cloud data reception device including a receiver configured to receive a bitstream containing geometry data of point cloud data and/or attribute data of the point cloud data, and/or a decoder configured to decode the point cloud data in the bitstream. Disclosed herein is a point cloud data transmission device including an encoder configured to encode point cloud data, and/or a transmitter configured to transmit a bitstream containing the point cloud data and/or signaling information about the point cloud data.
US11217032B1
A method, system and product including obtaining a frame from a frame sensor of an Augmented Reality (AR) system comprising an AR device; executing a first skin on the frame or portion thereof to obtain a first overlay; executing a second skin on the frame or portion thereof to obtain a second overlay, wherein the first and second skins are configured to provide an augmented overlay to be used by the AR system in determining an AR view, wherein said executing the second skin is performed without providing the first overlay to the second skin; determining whether the second overlay can be utilized for providing the AR view; generating the AR view based on the first overlay and based on said determining whether the second overlay can be utilized for providing the AR view; and providing the AR view via the AR device.
US11217021B2
A mixed reality system that includes a head-mounted display (HMD) that provides 3D virtual views of a user's environment augmented with virtual content. The HMD may include sensors that collect information about the user's environment (e.g., video, depth information, lighting information, etc.), and sensors that collect information about the user (e.g., the user's expressions, eye movement, hand gestures, etc.). The sensors provide the information as inputs to a controller that renders frames including virtual content based at least in part on the inputs from the sensors. The HMD may display the frames generated by the controller to provide a 3D virtual view including the virtual content and a view of the user's environment for viewing by the user.
US11217015B2
A method and apparatus for rendering a game image are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a control meeting a preset transparency; generating a mesh model according to the control; synchronously loading the mesh model corresponding to the control in the process of displaying the control on a game image; and respectively rendering pixels of an area which is not covered by the mesh model and pixels corresponding to the control on the game image. The present disclosure solves the problem that pixel culling and rendering cannot be performed on a game image covered by a UI control under the architecture of game engine in the related art.
US11217010B2
The present invention discloses a sketch-based shape maintaining tree transformation animation method, comprising: creating a three-dimensional tree model; representing the three-dimensional tree model in the form of a skeleton and a cluster of leaves; selecting an angle of interest, detecting the step (2) canopy silhouette of the 3D tree model, and the transformation animation target canopy silhouette is drawn on the sketch, and the crown silhouette of the 3D tree model is gradually transformed into a transformation animation target crown silhouette, and the crown of the 3D tree model is the transformation of the silhouette is transmitted to the branches to obtain a smooth transformation process of the trees; the transformation process of the crown silhouette and the branches is recorded frame by frame, and the tree transformation animation of the shape is obtained. The invention maintains tree topological consistency and canopy morphological significance, and also provides an intuitive three-dimensional tree editing operation, which can effectively edit a three-dimensional tree model by simply drawing a simple sketch.
US11217008B2
An apparatus and a method for generating 3-dimensional computer graphic images. The image is first sub-divided into a plurality of rectangular areas. A display list memory is loaded with object data for each rectangular area. The image and shading data for each picture element of each rectangular area are derived from the object data in the image synthesis processor and a texturizing and shading processor. A depth range generator derives a depth range for each rectangular area from the object data as the imaging and shading data is derived. This is compared with the depth of each new object to be provided to the image synthesis processor and the object may be prevented from being provided to the image synthesis processor independence on the result of the comparison.
US11217001B2
A method, computer-readable storage medium, and device for generating an animation sequence are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving an input animation sequence, wherein the input animation sequence comprises character position information over a series of frames and a first style tag; executing an encoder to process the input animation sequence to generate a compressed representation of the input animation sequence, wherein the compressed representation of the input animation sequence comprises a vector representing the input animation sequence; and executing a decoder to generate an output animation sequence, wherein executing the decoder is based on the compressed representation of the input animation sequence, wherein the output animation sequence comprises character position information over a series of frames, and wherein the output animation sequence is based on the input animation sequence and comprises a second style tag.
US11216996B2
A system and method for generating an electronic option chart includes an interface module to receive option information including information on a call option and a put option having a plurality of strike prices and a control module to generate the electronic option chart on the basis of the received option information, wherein the control module sets a predetermined first position of a first axis as a position of a call option and a predetermined second position of the first axis as position of a put option and sets the second axis as an axis representing a price, generates signals to display price information of each of a plurality of call option products having different strike prices at the first position of the first axis, and displays price information of each of a plurality of put option products having different strike prices at the second position of the first axis.
US11216993B2
When processing graphics primitives in a graphics processing system, the render output is divided into a plurality of regions for rendering, each region comprising a respective area of the render output. It is determined for which of the plurality of regions of the render output a primitive should be rendered for. Primitive data for rendering the primitive is then stored either in a combined data structure in memory that is associated with a plurality of different regions of the render output, or is stored in a respective data structure for each region of the render output it is determined the primitive should be rendered for. Which manner the primitive data is stored is determined in dependence on a property, e.g. a coverage, of the primitive.
US11216991B2
A method is disclosed for generating an image. An embodiment of the method includes detecting a first projection data set via a first group of detector units, the first group including a first plurality of first detector units, each having more than a given number of detector elements; detecting a second projection data set via a second group of detector units, the second group including a second plurality of second detector units, each including, at most, the given number of detector elements; reconstructing first image data based on the first projection data set; reconstructing second image data based on the second projection data set; and combining the first image data and the second image data. A non-transitory computer readable medium, a data processing unit, and an imaging device including the data processing unit are also disclosed.
US11216983B2
A monitoring method includes the following operations: capturing depth image data of a predetermined environment and generating estimated distance of an object in the predetermined environment; comparing the depth image data with human body feature; and controlling the depth camera to perform a recording operation when the depth image data conforms to the human body feature and when the estimated distance is less than a first distance threshold, in order to generate video data.
US11216982B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing tools to validate color contrast are provided. To do so, three discrete color check processes are performed to ensure a user is able to identify when an icon is at risk of being inaccessible by some users. A border score considers each pixel at the edge of an icon compared to the background in which it is placed. An area score considers each discrete pixel of an icon compared to the background in which it is placed. A grid score considers a subdivision of an icon compared to the background in which it is placed. Using each of these three independent process, a summative score is provided. The summative score categories the icon into a risk level. Depending on the risk level, the icon may need to be refined to ensure it becomes more accessible.
US11216980B2
Method and device configured for color similarity evaluation between a first and a second color, comprising the steps of: calculating one or more filters from said first and second colors; determining that the first and second colors are dissimilar if at least one of the calculated filters is above a threshold predetermined for each filter; otherwise, calculating the CIEDE2000 color-difference and determining that the first and second colors are dissimilar if the calculated CIEDE2000 color-difference is above a predetermined threshold; otherwise, determining that they are similar. A module filter may calculate the module of the difference vector between the first and second colors represented as 3D coordinates in the RGB color space, the angle between the two vectors of the first and second colors represented as 3D coordinates in the RGB color space, or the lightness difference between the first and second colors in the CIELAB color space.
US11216979B2
An example apparatus enabling a dual fisheye model and calibration is described. The apparatus includes at least one memory; and at least one processor to execute instructions to: generate a first set of coefficients for an inverse distortion polynomial, the inverse distortion polynomial indicative of radial distortion of an image captured by a camera; generate a second set of coefficients for an alternative distortion polynomial, the alternative distortion polynomial to enable identification of a first point in the image corresponding to a second point in a three-dimensional space represented by the image; and determine a location of the camera within the three-dimensional space based on at least one of the inverse distortion polynomial or the alternative distortion polynomial.
US11216975B2
A hybrid phantom having marker patches that are visible both in a thermal image captured by a thermal camera and a 3D point cloud generated by a 3D camera. A thermal insulation between the marker, patches and a carrier part of the phantom maintains a temperature difference between the marker patches and the carrier part such that the marker patches are visible in the thermal image. Different optical properties of the marker patches and the carrier part make them distinguishable in the 3D point cloud.
US11216972B2
According to one embodiment, a system for determining a position of a vehicle includes an image sensor, a top-down view component, a comparison component, and a location component. The image sensor obtains an image of an environment near a vehicle. The top-down view component is configured to generate a top-down view of a ground surface based on the image of the environment. The comparison component is configured to compare the top-down image with a map, the map comprising a top-down light LIDAR intensity map or a vector-based semantic map. The location component is configured to determine a location of the vehicle on the map based on the comparison.
US11216970B2
An image processing apparatus includes a creation unit creating output image data to be used in an image forming unit forming an output image on a recording material by using original image data input from an outside, an acquisition unit acquiring defect position data related to a position of a defect on the recording material which is attributable to the image forming unit, and an output unit outputting display image data to be used for display on a screen of a display unit by using the output image data and the defect position data.
US11216967B2
A queue information analyzing method is applied to an image analyzing apparatus. A monitoring image captured by the image analyzing apparatus has a triggering area. The queue information analyzing method includes identifying a first candidate object stayed within the triggering area, forming a sampling range via the first candidate object, determining whether a second candidate object stayed within the sampling range belongs to a queue of the first candidate object, and acquiring an amount and a accumulated time of candidate objects about the queue.
US11216953B2
An image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store first region detection information corresponding to at least one object of a first frame, and a processor configured to perform region growing processing based on a seed region identified from a second frame and the first region detection information, obtain second region detection information corresponding to at least one object of the second frame, and perform image processing on the second frame based on the second region detection information.
US11216951B2
A computer-implemented method for representing environmental elements includes receiving scan data comprising at least a point cloud representing at least an environmental element from a sensor, segmenting the point cloud into point clusters, and partitioning the point clusters into hierarchical grids. The method also includes establishing a Gaussian distribution for points in each cell of each of the hierarchical grids, and constructing a Gaussian Mixture Model based on the Gaussian distribution for representing the environmental element.
US11216950B2
A method for automatically segmenting three-dimensional blood vessel data from three-dimensional medical image data of a patient through the use of a computer is provided. The method includes: receiving the three-dimensional medical image data of the patient; generating three-dimensional shape machine-learning blood vessel data from the received three-dimensional medical image data through the use of a machine-learned segmentation program so as to generate three-dimensional blood vessel data; and generating corrected three-dimensional shape blood vessel data from the received three-dimensional medical image data and the generated three-dimensional shape machine-learning blood vessel data through the use of an image processing program.
US11216949B1
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for gaze-based control of device operations. One method includes receiving a video stream from an imaging device, the video stream depicting one or more eyes, determining a gaze direction for the one or more eyes depicted in the video stream, detecting a change in the gaze direction of the one or more eyes, and triggering an operation in a client device based on the change in the gaze direction.
US11216946B2
The present invention relates to a decision support method for the management of an orchard of fruit trees, the method comprising the following steps: Receiving (10) a plurality of digital images acquired in color, Then for each current image of the plurality of images: Converting (20) the current digital image acquired, into a converted HSL image coded in Hue Saturation and Lightness components, Filtering (30) the Hue Saturation and Lightness components, Combining (40) the filtered Hue Saturation and Lightness planes (5, 6, 7) to obtain a Combined plane (12), Calculating (50) a Work plane (13) from the Combined plane (12), Counting (60) the objects of interest in the Work plane (13), Determining (70) a blossoming level for each current image as a function of the number of objects of interest counted for said current image.
US11216943B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a two-dimensional whole image of a recording region captured by means of a plurality of individual images, each having its own viewing direction and its own distance, wherein a spatial orientation of a main image plane of each individual image relative to a main image plane of the respective further individual image is determined on the basis of an overlap of the respectively captured subregions, and at least a plurality of the individual images are combined in accordance with the spatial orientations to form the whole image. The whole image area is the surface of a torus.
US11216938B2
Systems and methods for optimal electron beam metrology guidance are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the method may include receiving an acquired image of a sample, determining a set of image parameters based on an analysis of the acquired image, determining a set of model parameters based on the set of image parameters, generating a set of simulated images based on the set of model parameters. The method may further comprise performing measurement of critical dimensions on the set of simulated images and comparing critical dimension measurements with the set of model parameters to provide a set of guidance parameters based on comparison of information from the set of simulated images and the set of model parameters. The method may further comprise receiving auxiliary information associated with target parameters including critical dimension uniformity.
US11216935B2
A method, performed by a process management apparatus, of managing vision inspection using an artificial intelligence (AI) model and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes obtaining first process data related to a first manufacturing process through which a first object passes, identifying a first region on which intensive inspection is to be performed in an entire region of the first object using the AI model and the first process data, controlling a first vision inspector to inspect the identified first region, and determining whether a defect is present in the identified first region.
US11216931B2
A display device failure detection method, device and system are disclosed. The display device failure detection method includes that: at least one detection picture image acquired by an image acquisition device when a target display device regularly displays a detection picture sequence is received, and at least one image to be detected is determined from the at least one detection picture image (S11); at least one region to be detected corresponding to at least one display region of the target display device in the at least one image to be detected is determined, and image data of the at least one region to be detected is processed to obtain at least one image processing result (S13); and whether a display exception occurs to the target display device is judged according to the image processing result (S15).
US11216923B2
An apparatus and method for successive multi-frame image denoising are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a Wiener filter configured to filter a frame of an image; and a frame delayer configured to feedback the filtered frame to the Wiener filter, wherein the Wiener filter is further configured to filter a subsequent frame of the image based on the filtered frame.
US11216922B2
The present disclosure provides devices, systems and computer-readable media for identifying object characteristics using a machine learning model trained to de-emphasize brightness values. The machine learning model can be trained using modified training data. Modifying the training data can include converting the training data from an original color space into a color space having a brightness channel. The values of the brightness channel for the training data can then be modified. After the values of the brightness channel are modified, the training data can be converted back into the original color space and used to train the machine learning model. A detection device can be configured with the machine learning model and used to identify object characteristics.
US11216909B2
An information processing apparatus, connectable with an image output apparatus, includes circuitry to receive image data of an image from a memory, acquire information of an image placement region of the image output apparatus, the image placement region being variable depending on a type of the image output apparatus, and the image is to be output on the image placement region of the image output apparatus, generate an output image by placing the image within the image placement region based on the image data of the image to be output, and the image placement region of the image output apparatus, and transmit the generated output image to the image output apparatus.
US11216904B2
An image processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: performing detection on an image to be processed to determine a contour line of a target object in the image to be processed and a plurality of regions; determining, for a target region in the plurality of regions, first adjustment parameters of target pixel points according to one or more set parameters, where the target pixel points includes one or more first pixel points on the contour line and one or more third pixel points inside the contour line; determining, for the target region, second adjustment parameters of one or more second pixel points according to the first adjustment parameters; and adjusting the image to be processed according to the first adjustment parameters and the second adjustment parameters to obtain an adjusted image.
US11216891B2
Various embodiments are related to apparatuses and methods related to payroll processing. An employee can designate a customized payroll pay period, and each employee can designate a different payroll pay period. For example, the employee can designate to receive payroll payments on any frequency supported by the employer, including receiving a daily payroll payment on each day that the employee works. The employee's employer can make payroll payments according to the employee's designation. Further, when the employer is a merchant that makes sales each day using, for example, a point of sale system, the employer can electronically pay the employee using funds from the day's sales. For example, the employee can work on a selected day, and can receive an electronic payroll payment at the end of the shift. The employee can immediately use the just received electronic payment funds to purchase a good from a second merchant.
US11216884B1
A live video of a negotiable instrument may be provided to a financial institution so that an image of the negotiable instrument may be obtained from the live video, processed, and funds associated with the negotiable instrument may be deposited in an account of a user. The user may be identified and authenticated to the financial institution by one or more biometric characteristics. One or more biometric characteristics may be used to endorse the negotiable instrument. A holder may be used to hold the negotiable instrument while live video is being taken and provided from a user to a financial institution.
US11216871B2
Embodiments herein provide for performing an automated transaction. A request for funding is received. A request processing is performed in response to said request. The request processing comprises routing said request to a approval unit, determining by said approval unit that said funding is authorized, and determining that sufficient amount of funds are available for providing said funding. The funding is either approved or denied said funding based upon said request processing.
US11216869B2
A system and method for a media filter publication application are described. The media filter publication application receives a content item and a selected geolocation, generates a media filter based on the content item and the selected geolocation, and supplies the media filter to a client device located at the selected geolocation.
US11216867B2
An online system receives information describing (an) item(s) associated with an entity and a content item including an image. The online system accesses and applies a trained machine-learning model to predict a probability that the content item includes an image of an item associated with the entity. If the probability is at least a threshold probability, a link to a page associated with the item that includes a set of the information describing the item(s) is added to the content item by the online system. Responsive to receiving an interaction with the link from a user presented with the content item, the online system determines a measure of similarity between the item and each additional item based on the information describing the item(s), arranges the set of the information describing the item(s) within the page based on the measure(s) of similarity, and sends the page for display to the user.
US11216865B2
Systems, devices, and methods for storing one or more shopping items from a user in a user item database; determining a location of the user using a processor that tracks a geographical location of one or more devices associated with the user; determining a location of one or more stores associated with a stored shopping item using the processor that searches one or more store databases; providing, via a graphical user interface (GUI), a prompt to the user when the determined location of the user is within a pre-determined proximity; and providing, via the GUI, one or more navigation instructions from the determined location of the user to the determined location of the store when the prompt is accepted.
US11216851B2
Systems and methods for providing interactive content for display in low-bandwidth communication environments are provided. A system can receive request for a web page including primary content. The system can determine that the end user computing device is communicating with the data processing system via a network connection corresponding to a bandwidth below a predetermined threshold. The system can, responsive to determining that the network connection corresponds to a bandwidth below the predetermined threshold, provide the web page including the primary video content and web page code invoking a low bandwidth advertisement rendering script responsive to the request for the web page. The low bandwidth advertisement rendering script can be configured to cause the client device to receive an ad rendering application and an ad content package, and then render an interactive ad corresponding to the ad content package.
US11216845B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for generating a promotion structure. The method includes receiving an indication of a service offered by a merchant and presenting one or more tiles based on one or more promotion option structures, wherein each tile includes at least one option and a descriptor associated with each included option. The method further includes receiving one or more selections, and generating, by a processor, the promotion structure based on the received one or more selections. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US11216844B2
Systems and methods are provided for accessing a plurality of inventory item listings accessible over a network, wherein each of the plurality of inventory item listings includes one or more text strings, and creating inventory word vectors for at least some of the text strings of the plurality of inventory item listings. The systems and methods further provide for receiving a user input including an input word, wherein the user input is input by a user to access a primary media content, creating an input word vector for the input word, calculating cosine similarities between the input word vector and the inventory word vectors, and analyzing the calculated cosine similarities to determine one or more keywords from the one or more text strings, wherein the one or more keywords are from the text strings having inventory word vectors with the highest cosine similarities to the input word vector.
US11216836B2
A computer system performs display control to display a reward advertisement at a given screen switching timing, a screen switching timing due to start or end of a game progress unit, or a timing at which a game progression satisfies a given change condition. The computer system gives a reward for watching the advertisement to a player. The reward is set based on user data and/or play data of the player related to the game.
US11216827B2
A system providing self-service access to locked merchandise comprising: (a) providing a fixture that restricts access to the locked merchandise, wherein the fixture can automatically lock or unlock, allowing or restricting access to the locked merchandise; (b) providing a means of uniquely identifying an individual attempting to access the merchandise; (c) measuring a set of behaviors of the individual during any time the fixture is an open mode; (d) assessing whether the set of behaviors of the individual are suspicious or not relative to a set of suspicious event thresholds; (e) storing the individual and their set of behaviors as accessible records in at least one database; and (f) providing an algorithm which determines future access privileges of the individual to the enclosure based on a set of variables.
US11216823B2
This system is for the management of warranty information comprising: a kiosk disposed at a construction site; retrieving a set of warranty requirements representing requirements for maintaining a valid warranty for the construction project from the distributed ledger, creating a warranty record including the set of warranty requirements, determining if a set of construction materials retrieved from a distributed ledger representing construction materials physically delivered to the construction site are in compliance with the set of warranty requirements, determining if an installation action detected by the kiosk is in compliance with the set of warranty requirements, detecting an environmental condition at a date and a time that the installation action is performed, determining if the installation action is in compliance with an environmental condition requirement included in the set of warranty requirements, creating or appending a warranty record and storing the warranty record on the distributed ledger.
US11216808B2
A message processing server includes a message processor, a network interface, and a memory storing a token database of multi-layer tokens. Each token in the database includes a plurality of encrypted data layers. The message processor receives, via the network interface, at least one authorization message that identifies one of the tokens, derives a first decrypted data layer from the first encrypted data layer of the token, and extracts from the first decrypted data layer a second pointer to a secondary database that stores a predetermined data value. The message processor excises the predetermined data value from the secondary database.
US11216801B2
A voice controlled (VC) system for onboarding users and exchanging data in real-time over a network is provided. The VC system includes at least one data controller (DC) computing device in communication with at least one voice controlled (VC) computing device. The DC computing device is configured to receive transaction data and voice controlled (VC) data, parse the transaction data and the VC data, and perform a look up in a database using the parsed transaction data and VC data. The VC system is also configured to compare the transaction data and the VC data to stored data, and verify the transaction data and the VC data by matching the transaction data and the VC data to the stored data. The VC system is further configured to generate a message based on the matched data, and transmit the message to a merchant associated with the verified data.
US11216797B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for managing transactions by consolidating associated transactions. For instance, a method may include receiving transaction information for a transaction. The transaction information may include an identifier and a transaction amount associated with the transaction. The method may further include comparing the transaction amount to a threshold to determine whether the transaction amount is equal to or above the threshold, or whether the transaction amount is below the threshold. The method may include, in response to determining that the transaction amount is below the threshold, obtaining pending transaction information, analyzing the pending transaction information to determine whether there is at least one associated transaction associated with the transaction, and performing at least one processing action to resolve the transaction.
US11216793B2
A kiosk includes a barcode reader module, vision camera, and central processing unit positioned within a housing. The housing defines a front surface and has an upper portion that extends outward past the front surface. The barcode reader module includes an imaging assembly with a first field-of-view that defines a product scanning region. The vision camera is positioned within the upper portion of the housing with at least a portion of the vision camera located forward of the front surface of the housing and has a second field-of-view facing generally downward and intersecting the first field-of-view of the barcode reader module within the product scanning region. The central processing unit is operatively connected to the barcode reader module and the vision camera and is configured to decode barcodes captured by the barcode reader module and perform advanced processing of images received from the vision camera.
US11216782B2
An online insurance system including a customer interface, configured to enable an insurance customer to enter insurance claim details, a tradesperson interface, configured to enable a tradesperson to provide cost estimates based at least in part on the insurance claims details, and an assessor interface, configured to enable an assessor to review the claim provided by the customer; and the cost estimates provided by the tradesperson.
US11216779B2
An article management support apparatus sets coordinates indicating a position of an observation point and an observation direction from the observation point in a space including article storage spaces, acquires coordinates of an article picking opening of an article storage space within a predetermined range with respect to the position of the observation point and the observation direction, acquires information on the article stored in the article storage space corresponding to the article picking opening for which the coordinates are acquired, transforms the acquired coordinates of the article picking opening into coordinates on an image seen in the observation direction from the position of the observation point, generates an image for displaying the information on the article stored in the article storage space corresponding to the article picking opening for which the coordinates are acquired in association with a position of the transformed coordinates, and displays the generated image.
US11216778B2
Techniques are provided for automatically detecting disruptive orders for a supply chain. One method comprises obtaining a quote for an order; extracting features from the quote; and applying the extracted features to a disruptive quote machine learning engine that generates an anomaly score indicating a likelihood that the quote will cause a disruption, based on one or more predefined disruption criteria. The disruptive quote machine learning engine may employ an isolation forest algorithm and/or a multi-dimensional anomaly detection algorithm. The disruptive quote machine learning engine may be trained using historical order information comprising part-level information from historical orders and/or a manufacturing production plan comprising an inventory forecast.
US11216775B1
An on-demand shared luggage system and method comprising collapsible luggage assets or pieces of luggage. Each luggage asset has a reprogrammable label display configured to display shipping label data for a customer order. A central processing system receives an incoming customer order to use one or more luggage assets. The central processing system determines the specific luggage asset, carrier, and route to fulfill a customer order within the customer's requested parameters. The collapsed luggage asset assigned to the customer order is then delivered to a customer receiving location by a receiving location delivery date, expanded for packing customer belongings, and then delivered to a customer destination location by a destination location delivery date. Upon completion of the customer order, the luggage asset may be immediately assigned to a new customer order, loaded with new shipping label data, and delivered directly to a new customer receiving address, as determined by the central processing system.
US11216771B2
A computerized system for displaying delivery date estimation in a webpage. The system may include a processor and a nontransitory storage medium comprising instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions may include steps of receiving, from a remote device, a first request for product information, the first request including remote device information and product identification. The steps may also include providing (to a second system) a second request for a delivery date estimate, the second request comprising the remote device information and product identification, receiving (from the second system) the delivery date estimate. The steps may also include generating an electronic message comprising the product information and the delivery date estimate and forwarding (to the remote system) the electronic message.
US11216755B2
An example method for assisting autonomous vehicle (AV) riders reach their destination after drop-off can include receiving, by an autonomous vehicle (AV), a ride service request from a user, the ride service request specifying a pick-up location, a pick-up time, and a destination of a trip associated with the ride service request; navigating the AV to the pick-up location; providing the user a recommendation for where to sit within the AV, the recommendation being based on at least one of the destination of the trip, a drop-off location associated with the trip, environment conditions associated with the drop-off location, and an estimated egress location; receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the AV; determining, based on the sensor data and the drop-off location, a pull-over location for dropping off the user; and navigating the AV to the pull-over location.
US11216754B2
Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a reception unit configured to receive a use reservation of car sharing including designation of any one of round-trip car sharing and one-way car sharing, designation of a pickup location, and designation of a drop-off location from a user and store the use reservation in a use reservation database, and a selection unit configured to select, as users who share a ride in a vehicle, both of a first user who has made a use reservation for designating round-trip car sharing and a second user who has made a use reservation for designating one-way car sharing among a plurality of users who have made a use reservation with a pickup location and a drop-off location satisfying a predetermined condition.
US11216750B2
Methods for providing provable access to a distributed ledger with a tokenized instruction set are disclosed. A method may include accessing a distributed ledger including an instruction set, tokenizing the instruction set, interpreting an instruction set access request, and in response to the instruction set access request, providing a provable access to the instruction set.
US11216747B2
Provided is an artificial intelligence system. The system includes a first sensor configured to generate a first sensing signal during a sensing time, a second sensor disposed adjacent to the first sensor and configured to generate a second sensing signal during the sensing time, a pre-processing unit configured to select valid data according to a magnitude of a differential signal generated based on a difference between the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal, and an artificial intelligence module configured to analyze the valid data to generate result data.
US11216746B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for providing digital content to users by applying a machine learning model based on composite utility scores reflecting multiple events categories. For example, the systems described herein can identify, from a digital content publisher, significance ratings of various event categories that a user can perform. The systems can analyze user activities to determine a composite utility score for user based on events that the users have performed. Furthermore, in one or more embodiments, the systems train a machine learning model based on training composite utility scores to identify additional users likely to have elevated composite utility scores. Moreover, the disclosed systems can utilize the trained machine learning model to provide targeted digital content to computing devices of these additional users.
US11216740B2
The various implementations described herein include systems and methods for determining that media items are currently being presented. In one aspect, a method performed at a client device includes: (1) identifying a media item potentially being presented on an output device coupled to the client device; (2) calculating a level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user; (3) subsequent to the calculating, determining that at least one predetermined event associated with user interaction with the media item has occurred; and (4) based on the at least one predetermined event, increasing or decreasing the level of confidence that the identified media item is currently being presented to the user.
US11216734B1
A system receives a predictive model and receives one or more runtime constraints. The system generates a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of the predictive model indicating dependencies. The system compiles the predictive model into first instructions for a first processor based on the one or more runtime constraints and the DAG. The system packages first instructions, the one or more runtime constraints, and the DAG of the predictive model in a first binary. The system recompiles the predictive model into second instructions for a second processor based on the runtime constraints and the DAG stored in the first processor. The system packages the second instructions, the DAG, and the runtime constraints in a second binary.
US11216717B2
A novel and useful neural network (NN) processing core adapted to implement artificial neural networks (ANNs). The NN processor is constructed from self-contained computational units organized in a hierarchical architecture. The homogeneity enables simpler management and control of similar computational units, aggregated in multiple levels of hierarchy. Computational units are designed with minimal overhead as possible, where additional features and capabilities are aggregated at higher levels in the hierarchy. On-chip memory provides storage for content inherently required for basic operation at a particular hierarchy and is coupled with the computational resources in an optimal ratio. Lean control provides just enough signaling to manage only the operations required at a particular hierarchical level. Dynamic resource assignment agility is provided which can be adjusted as required depending on resource availability and capacity of the device.
US11216716B2
A memory chip capable of performing artificial intelligence operation and an operation method thereof are provided. The memory chip includes a memory array and an artificial intelligence engine. The memory array is configured to store input feature data and a plurality of weight data. The input feature data includes a plurality of first subsets, and each of the weight data includes a plurality of second subsets. The artificial intelligence engine includes a plurality of feature detectors. The artificial intelligence engine is configured to access the memory array to obtain the input feature data and the weight data. Each of the feature detectors selects at least one of the second subsets from the corresponding weight data as a selected subset based on a weight index, and the feature detectors perform a neural network operation based on the selected subsets and the corresponding first subsets.
US11216712B2
Described is a system (SY) comprising a card (DV1) and a peripheral device (DV2) configured to cooperate together to enable a biometric print to be acquired. The smartcard (DV1) includes a biometric print sensor (10) and a control module for transmitting control signals (SG) to the peripheral device (DV2), each control signal (SG) being defined by a respective single level of an electrical characteristic. Apart from a possible internal power supply, the peripheral device (DV2) may include passive components only, including a user interface (20) configured to put itself into a predetermined state in response to each received control signal (SG), so as to guide a user in acquiring a biometric print by means of the biometric print sensor (10).
US11216683B2
A computer aided scanning method for a medical device is provided in the present invention, comprising step 1: recognizing and analyzing a pre-scan image through a pre-trained neural network to determine and identify a region of interest in the pre-scan image; and step 2: determining, according to feature information of the identified region of interest, scanning parameters for further scanning of the region of interest. A medical device employing the above method and a computer readable storage medium for performing the method are further provided in the present invention. The method, the medical device, and the readable storage medium provided by the present invention can automatically identify a region of interest, determine a corresponding auxiliary line and subsequent scanning parameters, and improve the scanning efficiency and accuracy of the medical device.
US11216674B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting locations in an environment of a vehicle where objects are likely centered and determining properties of those objects. One of the methods includes receiving an input characterizing an environment external to a vehicle. For each of a plurality of locations in the environment, a respective first object score that represents a likelihood that a center of an object is located at the location is determined. Based on the first object scores, one or more locations from the plurality of locations are selected as locations in the environment at which respective objects are likely centered. Object properties of the objects that are likely centered at the selected locations are also determined.
US11216668B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing media content to recognize an object therein, wherein the media content is provided as a video stream displayed to a user of a communication device, the media content comprising a plurality of digital frames transported to the communication device over a private network; associating product information of a product with the object; receiving a user input selecting the object; determining providers of goods or services of the product, wherein the providers of goods or services are selected during the determining based on a proximity of the providers to the user of the communication device; and providing the product information to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11216667B2
An acquisition unit acquires frames constituting an image. An operation specification unit specifies operation details based on the image of the frames by way of machine learning using a learning model. A period specification unit corrects the operation details associated with the image of the frames based on time series relationship between a first period and a second period of periods included in the image and based on a predetermined operation order of a plurality of operation details and to specify a period of each operation corresponding to the operation order, the first period corresponding to continuous frames in which a first operation detail is specified by the operation specification unit, the second period being different from the first period and corresponding to continuous frames in which a second operation detail is specified.
US11216665B2
Embodiments provide for an augmented reality (AR) system able to track the movement of real-world objects and apply that movement to virtual objects. The AR system includes a radio configured to receive first sensor data from a sensor attached to a first physical object in physical space. The AR system further includes a processor configured to determine when a physical object changes from a first state to a second state object based on the first sensor data, and update an environmental map based on the change from the first state to the second state of the first physical object.
US11216649B2
A display device capable of automatically adjusting displayed image comprises a display device, a camera assembly, an image recognition device and a signal processor. The display device including a shell and a display panel partially exposed from the shell, wherein the display panel faces a first direction. The camera assembly obtains a first image with a first visual angle and obtain a second image with a second visual angle. The image recognition device generates a first instruction when the first image meets a first condition and generates a second instruction when the second image meets a second condition. The signal processor adjusts the display signal to conceal the displayed image according to the first instruction and to adjust the display signal to generate a reminder message on the displayed image according to the second instruction.
US11216643B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring of pet feeding. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of: obtaining a first reference image of a container corresponding to a full state of the container; obtaining a second reference image of the container corresponding to an empty state of the container; obtaining a sample image of the container; based on the first and second reference images, determining an amount of content in the container from the sample image; and based on the amount of the content being less than a reference amount, notifying a user that the amount of the content is getting low.
US11216634B2
An ultrasonic sensor and a display device and may drive a plurality of sensing pixels disposed in the ultrasonic sensor simultaneously to transmit an ultrasonic wave, may make a first electrode disposed in a sensing pixel to be floated at a timing receiving a reflected signal to store the signal, and then may perform a sensing sequentially. Therefore, as an accurate sensing may be possible while reducing a duration and a number of an ultrasonic wave transmitting, a sensitivity and an accuracy of a sensing may be maintained while improving a driving efficiency of the ultrasonic sensor.
US11216632B2
An ultrasonic sensor includes a two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers, wherein the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers is substantially flat, a contact layer having a non-uniform thickness overlying the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers, and an array controller configured to control activation of ultrasonic transducers during an imaging operation for imaging a plurality of pixels at a plurality of positions within the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers. For imaging a pixel of the plurality of pixels, the array controller is configured to activate a first subset of ultrasonic transducers of the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers to generate an ultrasonic beam directed to a contact surface of the contact layer, and activate a second subset of ultrasonic transducers of the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers to receive a reflected ultrasonic beam, wherein the second subset of ultrasonic transducers is at a location within the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers to account for a local angle between the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers and the contact surface where the ultrasonic beam interacts with the contact surface.
US11216630B2
This invention provides a system and method for detecting and acquiring one or more in-focus images of one or more barcodes within the field of view of an imaging device. A measurement process measures depth-of-field of barcode detection. A plurality of nominal coarse focus settings of a variable lens allow sampling, in steps, of a lens adjustment range corresponding to allowable distances between the one or more barcodes and the image sensor, so that a step size of the sampling is less than a fraction of the depth-of-field of barcode detection. An acquisition process acquires a nominal coarse focus image for each nominal coarse focus setting. A barcode detection process detects one or more barcode-like regions and respective likelihoods. A fine focus process fine-adjusts, for each high-likelihood barcode, the variable lens near a location of the barcode-like regions. The process acquires an image for decoding using the fine adjusted setting.
US11216627B2
The present application provides a method and system for providing and verifying a two-dimensional code. During operation, the system receives, from a terminal of a first user, a two-dimensional code generation request comprising service data, which comprises at least an identifier of the first user. The system obtains a picture that is identifiable by naked eyes, associates the obtained picture with the identifier of the first user, and stores the association between the obtained picture and the identifier of the first user. The system generates a two-dimensional code based on the service data or based on a combination of the service data and the obtained picture and provides the two-dimensional code and the obtained picture to the first user, thereby facilitating the first user to display the two-dimensional code and the obtained picture when providing services.
US11216623B1
An authenticated data sharing system may include a contactless card comprising a processor and a memory including one or more applets and an application comprising instructions for execution on a device. The application is configured to determine a capability associated with the contactless card after a first entry into a communication field. The application is configured to request additional information based on the determination. The one or more applets are configured to transmit, to the application, a generated tokenized link after a second entry into the communication field based on the requested additional information. The application is configured to transmit the link to obtain the requested additional information.
