US11438832B2
An allocation method of communication resources is use with at least a user mobile device, at least first and second wireless network access point devices, and a base station device for mobile communication. In the allocation method, the base station device receives a registration request from the user mobile device; and the base station device determines an order of the first and second wireless network access point devices for the user mobile device to register in according to intensities of signals of the first and second wireless network access point devices, which are measured by the user mobile device, and counts of user mobile devices having registered in the first and second wireless network access point devices, respectively.
US11438828B2
A method for providing network function (NF) discovery service enhancements includes receiving, by an NF repository function (NRF) from a consumer NF, a NF discovery request message that requests discovery of a network service hosted by producer NFs and includes at least one of a maximum payload size parameter and a profile count limit parameter and obtaining, by the NRF, NF profile objects corresponding to producer NFs that host the network service. The method further includes in response to determining that the consumer NF supports conditional limit features based on the at least one of the maximum payload size parameter and the profile count limit parameter, providing by the NRF to the consumer NF, a number of the NF profile objects that adheres to the at least one of the maximum payload size parameter and the profile count limit parameter indicated in the NF discovery request message.
US11438827B2
A band steering system includes a station and a wireless access point. The station broadcasts a probe request, where the probe request corresponds to a received signal strength indicator. The wireless access point monitors whether the probe request is in a first band or in a second band. When the wireless access point receives the probe request from the first band, the wireless access point determines whether the station is associated with the first band or the second band. When the station is not associated with the first band and the second band, the wireless access point blocks or responds to the probe request according to the received signal strength indicator and a first threshold. When the station is associated with the first band or the second band, the wireless access point blocks or responds to the probe request according to the received signal strength indicator and a second threshold.
US11438825B2
Presented herein are techniques to facilitate wireless authorization based on in-line assurance and tariffing information. In one example, a method may include determining, by a roaming subscriber, that a visited network is a chargeable network; querying, by the roaming subscriber, the visited network for charging policies for at least two identity realms; obtaining, by the roaming subscriber, charging policy metadata associated with the charging policies for the at least two identity realms; selecting, by the roaming subscriber, an identity realm through which to connect to the visited network based on the charging policy metadata for the at least two identity realms; and connecting to the visited network using the selected identity realm.
US11438823B2
A method and apparatus for routing packets in a network, such as a satellite mesh network. Geographic routing is employed in which packets specify their physical destination location. Network nodes maintain physical location information for nodes, along with routing information, for a limited portion of the network which is local thereto. At each node and for each packet, a target node is selected from the limited portion. The target node may be the node which is closest in orthodromic distance to the physical destination location. Based on the routing information, a next node belonging to the limited portion of the network and located along an available network path between the node and the target node is determined, and the packet is forwarded to the next node.
US11438821B2
A method for handling beam blockage in a wireless communication system by a user equipment (UE), a method for handling beam blockage in a wireless communication system by a base station, a UE, and a base station are provided. The method for handling beam blockage in a wireless communication system by a UE includes detecting, by a user equipment (UE), a blockage of at least one beam; determining, by the UE, a duration of the blockage of the at least one beam, wherein the duration of the blockage is determined at a time period at which the blockage is detected; and indicating, by the UE, the blockage.
US11438818B2
The present patent application discloses a handover method, a base station, and a terminal device. The handover method includes: sending, by a source base station, a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request includes information about a first service of a terminal device; receiving, by the source base station, a handover response sent by the target base station, where if the first service is supported by the target base station, the handover response includes information about a handover instruction for the first service, and the handover instruction is used to instruct the terminal device to hand over the first service from the source base station to the target base station; and sending, by the source base station, a handover response to the terminal device.
US11438790B2
According to an embodiment disclosed in the specification, an electronic device may include a display, a wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory storing a first application program having a first priority associated with use of a resource of the wireless communication circuit and a second application program having a second priority associated with the use of the resource. The memory may store instructions that cause the processor to execute the first application program, to execute the second application program, to compare the first priority with the second priority when the first application program is displayed on the display, and to cause the first application program to have a priority the same as the second application program or to have a priority higher than the second application program, based at least partly on the comparison.
US11438781B2
The techniques described herein involve determining a context-based Quality of Experience based upon client device Quality of Experience diagnostic files in combination with client device equipment dynamics. Client device Quality of Experience (QoE) diagnostic files may indicate a reduced QoE at a client device, such as reduced signal strength or an increased number of dropped packets. User behavior during a reduced QoE event may be reflected as equipment dynamics, which may be included in equipment dynamics files. A service provider may receive information from the client device and may analyze the information to determine, with an increased confidence level, that the user device experiences a reduced QoE. Network resources may be allocated in response to the reduced QoE determination, thereby increasing a functioning of the computing network and an associated device's Quality of Experience.
US11438776B2
A control channel monitoring method, a monitoring indication method, a terminal and a network device are provided. The control channel monitoring method includes: acquiring indication information for a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, the indication information including a first PDCCH monitoring periodicity; monitoring the first PDCCH in a monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity; and when the first PDCCH is not detected in the monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity, monitoring the PDCCH in a next slot including a PDCCH resource set; or when the indication information further includes a second PDCCH monitoring periodicity and the first PDCCH is not detected in the monitoring slot belonging to the first PDCCH monitoring periodicity, monitoring a second PDCCH in a monitoring slot belonging to the second PDCCH monitoring periodicity.
US11438770B2
A method and apparatus for predicting channel availability in a spectrum-controlled network such as a Citizen's Band Radio Service (CBRS) network. The Base Stations/Access Points (BS/APs) and Domain Proxy monitor operating channels at an enterprise location and provide time series data. The data is analyzed, and patterns are identified in the collected channel availability data using Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. Channel availability is predicted using AI techniques, including one or more target channels and termination times. The network channels are reorganized to define a network reconfiguration that avoids the target channel, and pre-emptively reallocated. The enterprise network provides feedback regarding prediction accuracy, which is utilized in a machine learning process to modify the models and provide greater prediction accuracy. In some embodiments a plurality of enterprise networks provide channel availability and geographical data to a centralized provider network, where it is utilized to make predictions.
US11438750B2
A method for providing a safety alert in a network system (400), the system comprising at least one User Equipment (UE 100), the UE (100) being a member of at least one network (410) being associated with a resource device (RD 300), the method comprising: the UE (100) receiving safety-related information associated with the network; displaying the safety-related information (140); receiving a selection of a RD (300) and in response thereto receiving data from the RD (300) and displaying the data of the RD (300); providing at least one selectable user alert action, wherein at least one user alert action is based on the received data of the RD (300); receiving a selection of a user alert action; and executing the user alert action, wherein the user alert action is one taken from the group comprising {sending an alert and posting a notification} through a transmission to at least one other member of the network.
US11438749B2
An acoustic apparatus according to each of the embodiments includes a reception unit, an operation unit, and a control unit. The reception unit is configured to receive a packet to which voice data and a signal for azimuth estimate are added. The operation unit is configured to operate a signal angle of the packet by using the signal for azimuth estimate. The control unit is configured to control information related to a sound image of the voice data according to the signal angle.
US11438735B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a network node receives a reference signal comprising a plurality of time and frequency resources, the plurality of time and frequency resources spanning a plurality of disjoint bandwidth segments, the plurality of disjoint bandwidth segments being time aligned or having a known time offset with respect to each other, and determines a time of arrival (ToA) of the reference signal based on jointly processing the plurality of time and frequency resources of the reference signal across the plurality of disjoint bandwidth segments.
US11438734B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a neural network location classifier that is designed and trained in accordance with a hierarchical architecture, thereby producing a hierarchical neural network location classifier. Further embodiments relate to obtaining, through use of the hierarchical neural network location classifier, an inferred hierarchical label for a user equipment location. The inferred hierarchical label may then be decoded to obtain a location.
US11438722B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide away to render augmented reality (AR) and/or virtual reality (VR) sensory enhancements using ray tracing. More particularly, systems, apparatuses and methods may provide a way to normalize environment information captured by multiple capture devices, and calculate, for an observer, the sound sources or sensed events vector paths. The systems, apparatuses and methods may detect and/or manage one or more capture devices and assign one or more the capture devices based on one or more conditions to provide observer an immersive VR/AR experience.
US11438720B2
A system in a first vehicle includes a plurality of sensors, a plurality of audio output devices and circuitry. The circuitry receives a plurality of signals from the plurality of sensors. The circuitry determines a relative position between a first device and the first vehicle based on the received plurality of signals or a geo-location of the first vehicle. The circuitry receives first information from the first device based on the determined relative position between the first device and the first vehicle, and at least one selection criterion. The circuitry generates a first three-dimensional (3D) audio object corresponding to the received first information. The circuitry controls, based on the determined relative position, a first set of audio output devices of the plurality of audio output devices to output the generated first 3D audio object, in a 3D space of the first vehicle at a first time instant.
US11438715B2
An operating system is provided for a hearing aid through which the hearing aid can be controlled to enhance the operation of the hearing aid. The operating system can be associated with a Smart Phone that connects with the hearing aid through Bluetooth technology. The control system can enhance desired frequencies of sound, corresponding to selections made by the individual wearing the hearing aid to better hear certain desired sounds. The control system can simply amplify sounds falling into the selected frequency ranges to distinguish those desired sounds above sounds falling into other frequencies. Optionally, the control system could at least partially block, filter or cancel the sounds falling outside the selected frequency ranges to further distinguish the sounds of the selected frequency over the sounds of the non-selected frequencies. The control system can be used to control undesirable sounds for people with ASD or TBI.
US11438711B2
Various implementations include systems for processing audio signals. In particular implementations, a system includes at least one microphone configured to capture acoustic signals; a wearable hearing assist device configured to amplify captured acoustic signals from the at least one microphone and output amplified audio signals to a transducer; a voice activity detector (VAD) configured to detect voice signals of a user from the captured acoustic signals; and a voice suppression system configured to suppress the voice signals of the user from the amplified audio signals being output to the transducer.
US11438710B2
Various implementations include control mechanisms for managing hearing aid usage. In some cases, an interface with a representation of the hearing aid in space is used to control audio functions in the device. In other cases, directionality of the device is controlled based upon the user's visual focus direction. In additional cases, the operating mode of the device is adjustable based upon the signature of a nearby acoustic signal.
US11438708B1
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for providing an occluded sound effect and an electronic device. The method includes: providing a virtual environment, wherein the virtual environment comprises a first object, and the first object is approximated as a second object; defining an object detection range of a sound source based on a sound ray originated from the sound source; in response to determining that the first object enters the object detection range, defining a reference plane based on a reference point on the second object and the sound ray, wherein the reference plane has an intersection area with the object detection range; projecting the second object onto the reference plane as a first projection; determining a sound occluding factor based on the intersection area and the first projection; and adjusting a sound signal based on the sound occluding factor.
US11438703B2
An ultrasonic sensor array includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, each transducer including a piezoelectric member. Each of the transducers includes an electret member, a receive (Rx) layer configured to exhibit a first d33 resonating mode coefficient and a transmit (Tx) layer configured to exhibit a second d33 resonating mode coefficient, the first coefficient being different from the second coefficient. The transducers are disposed on a flexible substrate.
US11438702B2
Sound-producing acoustic receivers are disclosed. The acoustic receiver includes a housing, a first diaphragm, and a motor. The housing has an internal volume separated by the first diaphragm into a first front volume and a first back volume such that the first front volume has a first sound outlet. The first diaphragm includes a first paddle movable about a first hinge. The motor is disposed in the housing and includes an armature mechanically coupled to the first paddle. The first hinge is located between opposite ends of the first paddle such that actuation of the armature pivots both ends of the first paddle about the hinge.
US11438700B2
An armature having a U-shaped element having a first leg portion and a second leg portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion has a first leg and a second leg and a central portion connected to the legs, such as an E-shaped portion, where the first leg portion is connected to the central portion. A transducer can include such armature.
US11438687B2
There is provided a speaker device including a controller that controls assignment of a process to a key on the basis of whether or not the speaker device is stored in a case. The key is configured to be inputted to an operation section of the speaker device. The process is executed in a case where the key is inputted to the operation section.
US11438680B2
A motor that includes a plurality of stator members and a busbar member. The busbar member connects to coil end portions of a predetermined stator member of the plurality of stator members. The busbar member may comprise a first busbar, a second busbar, and a third busbar. The busbars may include an annular-shaped base portion, and a connection terminal connected to an outer circumference of the base portion and connected to the coil end portions. The busbar member and the plurality of stator members may be aligned in an axial direction. Each connection terminal of the busbars may have a shape projecting toward the stator member relative to the base portion.
US11438669B2
Techniques are described by which set-top boxes receive closed-captioning data streams as input to a Sign Language Interpretation (SLI) library. Depending on the demographics, different SLIs are provided. Additionally, input audio stems, e.g., for video programs without closed captioning, are sent to a speech-to-text processor before the SLI library. The text stream is then converted into sign language view mode in a PIP window for single view mode or to a multiview window for dual view mode. The current accessibility setup menu holds the ‘SLI’ option on/off button. SLI library contains videos for vocabulary which are sequenced in the SLI mode view window based on input text from closed captioning stream. If there is a word without a matching video in the SLI library, then the word itself is displayed in the SLI window. Such words are reported to a server for possible future package release with the additions.
US11438664B2
Systems and methods for enhancing virality for a content item are disclosed herein. A content item is uploaded to a content sharing platform over a communication network. Feedback on the content item is received from the content sharing platform over the communication network. Based on the feedback, a virality score for the content item is determined and a determination is made as to whether the virality score meets a virality criterion. In response to a determination that the virality score does not meet the virality criterion, a virality enhancement technique is selected from a virality enhancement database, the content item is modified by applying the virality enhancement technique to the content item, and the modified content item is uploaded to the content sharing platform over the communication network.
US11438663B1
Techniques are described for transparent switching between live-edge and non-live-edge playback responsive to user navigation. For example, live content is available to a user both via a live stream from a remote live edge server, and via a recorded-live stream from a remote recording server. During playback of a live content stream, a player system uses a warm-up player to continually receive, pre-decode, and pre-buffer the live stream at the live edge to maintain a pre-buffered warm-up stream; and the player system uses a primary player to decode and generate a playback stream for playback. As the user navigates playback between live-edge and non-live-edge locations, the player system can seamlessly switch between generating the playback stream based on the recorded-live stream for non-live-edge playback, or based on the pre-buffered warm-up stream for live-edge playback.
US11438651B2
The present application provides a method and device for picture quality assessment after dynamic panoramic video stream cropping. An attention focus parameter is obtained, the attention focus parameter is used for representing an attention level of a user to a picture and the attention focus parameter is a function of a picture angle and a picture height; a resolution distribution parameter is obtained; the attention focus parameter and the resolution distribution parameter are combined to obtain a picture quality parameter that the user views in a dynamically cropped panoramic video stream; and the picture quality is assessed according to the picture quality parameter.
US11438650B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method, capable of improving the convenience of a voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with content. The convenience of the voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with the content can be improved by providing an information processing apparatus including a control unit configured to control a timing of a voice response upon using a voice AI assistance service in cooperation with content on the basis of voice response time information indicating time suitable for the voice response to an utterance of a viewer watching the content. The present technology can be applied to a system in cooperation with a voice AI assistance service, for example.
US11438643B2
A terminal, a method for voice control, and related products are provided. The method for voice control is applicable to a terminal including a LPWAN communication module, and the method includes the following. A first enhanced LPWAN with at least one smart device is established. Voice data of a user is obtained and a control intention of the user for the at least one smart device is determined according to the voice data. A dedicated control instruction for a first smart device of the at least one smart device is determined according to the control intention, where the dedicated control instruction is used to instruct the first smart device to perform a corresponding operation. The dedicated control instruction is sent to the first smart device.
US11438628B2
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for decoding point cloud data. Data corresponding to a point cloud is received. Hash elements corresponding to one or more neighboring nodes associated with a current node are identified. A size of a hash table is decreased based on deleting one or more of the hash elements corresponding to non-border regions of the one or more neighboring nodes. The data corresponding to the point cloud is decoded based on the hash table having the decreased size.
US11438627B2
A method in a rate adaptive system includes categorizing, by an encoder, a plurality of clusters of data in a segmented image into one of a plurality of categories corresponding to a different predetermined label with a predetermined priority level; vectorizing, by the encoder, the data to generate a sparse vector xi for its corresponding label; encoding, by the encoder, a plurality of the sparse vectors xi by multiplying a measurement matrix Ai(t) with the sparse vector xi to generate a set of encoded information yi; transmitting, by the encoder to the decoder, the plurality of sets of the encoded information yi in a prioritized order; decoding, by the decoder, the plurality of sets of encoded information yi to determine the plurality of the sparse vectors xi based on determining measurement matrix Ai(t); and uniting the plurality of the sparse vectors xi into a single image frame.
US11438626B2
A method of generating a prediction for an area of video data, comprises Receiving a rectangular video block including sample values, and for each sample included in the video block, generating a predictive sample value by averaging a horizontal interpolation and a vertical interpolation corresponding to the location of the sample within the video block.
US11438623B2
A coding tool is provided to improve the compression performance of inter prediction and is used at the encoder/decoder side to adjust the correction of a motion vector based on a high level syntax. In addition, a method is provided for simply performing an integer sample search step of searching for an integer offset and a fractional sample refinement step of searching for a sub-pixel offset in relation to motion vector refinement among coding tools.
US11438622B2
An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: configuring an affine merge candidate list with respect to a current block; deriving CPMVs with respect to CPs of the current block on the basis of the affine merge candidate list; deriving prediction samples with respect to the current block on the basis of the CPMVs; and generating a reconstructed picture with respect to the current block on the basis of the derived prediction samples, wherein the maximum number of inherited affine candidates is two, a first inherited affine candidate is derived on the basis of a left block group of the current block, and a second inherited affine candidate is derived on the basis of an upper block group of the current block.
US11438611B2
Method and apparatus of coding a video sequence, are disclosed. According to the method, a bitstream corresponding to encoded data of the video sequence is generated at an encoder side or received at a decoder side, where the bitstream complies with a bitstream conformance that one or more constraints are satisfied. The constraints are related to a set of RPR (Reference Picture Resampling) parameters including scaling window width or height of a current picture, scaling window width or height of a reference picture, current picture width or height, and maximum picture width or height specified for the video sequence. Scaling information for the RPR mode is derived using the set of RPR parameters. A target picture of the video sequence is then encoded at the encoder side or decoded at the decoder side by utilizing the scaling information when the RPR mode is enabled for the target picture.
US11438605B2
Cross plane filtering may be used for enhanced chroma coding. An indication of a cross-plane filter associated with a current picture may be received. The current picture may include an intra-coded video block and a plurality of reference samples. The plurality of reference samples may be used to predict the intra-coded video block. A luma sample region may be determined in the current picture. The luma sample region may determined to enhance a corresponding chroma sample in the current picture. The cross-plane filter may be applied to a plurality of luma samples in the luma sample region to determine an offset. The cross-plane filter may be a high pass filter. The offset may be applied to the corresponding chroma sample to determine an enhanced chroma sample.
US11438604B2
A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream, identify, as a function of the bitstream, a current frame, and a cropped sub-frame of the current frame, wherein the cropped sub-frame is signaled in the bitstream, the cropped sub-frame is signaled using at least a horizontal offset, the at least a horizontal offset includes an sps_conf_win_left_offset and an sps_conf_win_right_offset, determine, as a function of the bitstream, a scaling constant associated with the cropped sub-frame, wherein the scaling constant is signaled within the bit stream, and the scaling constant is signaled as a function of a pps_pic_width_in_luma_samples parameter, a pps_scaling_win_right_offset parameter, and a pps_scaling_win_left_offset parameter, and reconstruct pixel data of the cropped sub-frame using the scaling constant.
US11438592B2
An image coding method can include generating a prediction block using an intra prediction mode; generating a prediction block using motion information; transforming residual signals generated using an original block and the prediction block to generate a transformed block; quantizing the transformed block using a quantization parameter to generate a quantized block; determining a scan pattern and applying the scan pattern to the quantized block to generate one-dimensional coefficient information; and entropy-coding the one-dimensional coefficient information, in which the residual signals are transformed in transform unit, a transform type used for transforming the residual signals of luma component is determined by a prediction mode and a size of the transform unit, and a transform type used for transforming the residual signals of chroma components is a DCT-based integer transform, and the quantization parameter is a luma quantization parameter, and a differential quantization parameter is generated by subtracting a quantization parameter predictor from the quantization parameter, and is entropy-coded.
US11438586B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a coding unit on an outline of a picture. An image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment determine whether a current coding unit extends across an outline of a picture, by comparing a location of the current coding unit in the picture to at least one of a width and a height of the picture, split the current coding unit in at least one direction into a plurality of coding units based on a shape of the current coding unit upon determining that the current coding unit extends across the outline of the picture, obtain block shape information and split type information of the current coding unit from a bitstream and split the current coding unit into a plurality of coding units based on the block shape information and the split type information upon determining that the current coding unit does not extend across the outline of the picture, and decode a coding unit that is no longer split among the plurality of coding units.
US11438582B2
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: deriving a plurality of reference sample lines for a current block, selecting at least two among the plurality of reference sample lines, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the selected reference sample lines.
US11438580B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. The circuitry: derives an absolute value of a sum of horizontal gradient values; derives, as a first parameter, the total sum of the absolute values of horizontal gradient values; derives, as a second parameter, the total sum of the absolute values of vertical gradient values; derives a horizontal-related pixel difference value; derives, as a third parameter, the total sum of the absolute values of horizontal-related pixel difference values; derives a vertical-related pixel difference value; derives, as a fourth parameter, the total sum of the absolute values of vertical-related pixel difference values; and generates a prediction image using the first to fourth parameters.
US11438577B2
An image prediction method according to the present invention may comprise: identifying a reference pixel region designated for obtaining correlation information; determining a reference pixel processing configuration on the basis of determination of the availability of the reference pixel region; and performing intra prediction according to the determined reference pixel processing. As described above, performing intra prediction on the basis of the availability of a reference pixel according to the present invention can improve encoding performance.
US11438566B2
Disclosed herein are systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture to present three dimensional images without glasses. An example apparatus includes a micro lens array and at least one processor. The at least one processor is to: determine a first position of a first pupil of a viewer; determine a second position of a second pupil of the viewer; align a first eye box with the first position of the first pupil; align a second eye box with the second position of the second pupil; render, for presentation on a display, at least one of a color plus depth image or a light field image based on the first position of the first pupil and the second position of the second pupil; and cause backlight to be steered through the micro lens array and alternatingly through the first eye box and the second eye box.
US11438561B2
A projection device having an information input unit, a storage unit, a scaling unit, an image processing unit and a projection unit is provided. The information input unit receives the image file corresponded to a compressed personalized startup image file. The storage unit has a first storage block storing a preset startup image file and a second storage block. The scaling unit generates a projected image signal according to the compressed personalized startup image file, and the scaling unit stores the compressed personalized startup image file in the at least one second storage block. The image processing unit generates a projection control signal according to the projected image signal. The projection unit generates an image beam according to the projection control signal, and projects the image beam on a projection surface to form the startup image screen. The disclosure further provides a personalized startup image setting method.
US11438553B1
A monitoring unit for security and automation in a premises are described. The monitoring unit uses remote configuration and control to enable monitoring of a premises. The monitoring unit provides multiple monitoring functions to respond to events within the space and alert a user at a remote device like a smartphone. An image sensor provides a wide field of view which can be segmented on the mobile device to enable specific areas to be viewed enabling the user to view the area and be alerted when an event occurs based upon a rules based configuration.
US11438550B1
Systems and methods for providing video conference content requests to non-participants. An example method may include receiving, from a first participant of a video conference, via a first communication channel that is associated with the video conference, a content request directed to a non-participant, wherein the non-participant is not connected to the video conference; transmitting, via a second communication channel that is not associated with the video conference, the content request to the non-participant; receiving, from the non-participant, a response to the content request; and transmitting, via the first communication channel, to at least one of the first participant or a second participant of the video conference, a message reflecting the response.
US11438548B2
Computing systems and methods are described in which video calls or other online communications are established or enhanced among two or more live participants. In some variants one or more preferences are gleaned from a first participant's behavior so as to streamline a call establishment with one or more qualified recipients. Alternatively or additionally, enriched auditory message data may be received privately from a sender without leaving a shared space.
US11438544B2
The present application discloses an image transmission device and method. The image transmission device includes a receiver configured to receive pixel data in image data from a camera in sequence and buffer the pixel data into a memory, and determine, upon reception of a line of pixel data, a line number of the line of pixel data in the image data and a frame number of the image data; and a processor configured to obtain the line of pixel data, the line number of the line of pixel data and the frame number of the image data from the receiver, package the obtained line of pixel data, line number of the line of pixel data and frame number of the image data into a data packet, and transmit the data packet to a server.
US11438543B2
A solid-state imaging device is disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a current mirror circuit connected to first and second vertical signal lines, first and second unit pixels connected to the first or the second vertical signal line, a current supply line connected to the first and the second unit pixels, and a constant current circuit connected to the current supply line. The unit pixels each include a photoelectric conversion element, a transfer transistor that transfers an electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element, first and second charge accumulation units that accumulate the transferred electric charge, a switching transistor configured to control accumulation of the electric charge by the second charge accumulation unit, and an amplification transistor that causes a voltage corresponding to electric charges accumulated the first and/or the second charge accumulation units to appear in the first or the second vertical signal line.
US11438533B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method of driving the same, and an electronic apparatus. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel having a photodiode that performs photoelectric conversion on incident light, and a driving control unit configured to control driving of the pixel. The pixel stores a first charge generated by the photoelectric conversion in the photodiode and stores a second charge generated by the photoelectric conversion in a first capacitor provided in a pixel separation portion. The driving control unit causes a pixel signal due to the second charge stored in the first capacitor to be output and then a pixel signal due to the first charge stored in the photodiode to be output. The present technology may be applied, for example, to a solid-state imaging device or the like that detects both electrons and holes to perform high dynamic range imaging.
US11438532B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device capable of performing a plurality of charge accumulation operations within the same time period of a vertical synchronization signal. A follow-up control value and a first predicted control value which is more distant from a current control value than the follow-up control value in a direction of change are set based on a photometry result using the current control value. When at least one of proper differences between the follow-up control value and the first predicted control and respective photometric values obtained therewith is not larger than a predetermined allowable value, the photometric value associated therewith is determined as a proper exposure. The current control value is an initial value or one of the photometric values in a case where the proper differences are both larger than the predetermined allowable value.
US11438528B2
Focal plane arrays (FPAs) of plasmonic enhanced pyramidal silicon Schottky photodetectors (PDs) operative in the short wave infrared (SWIR) regime, and imaging systems combining such FPAs with active illumination sources and readout integrated circuit (ROIC). Such imaging systems enable imaging in the SWIR regime using inexpensive silicon detector arrays, specifically in vehicular environments in which such an imaging system may be mounted on a vehicle and image various moving and stationary targets.
US11438527B2
A system and method for rendering an object box of an object in an image is provided in the present disclosure. The method includes obtaining a plurality of images, in a temporal sequence, each of the plurality of images relating to an object. The method also includes obtaining a first processed image by performing a smart algorithm analysis on a first image in the plurality of images, the smart algorithm analysis including identifying the object in the first image and determining a first coordinate of the object in the first image. The method further includes determining a first pixel distance between the object in two adjacent images in the plurality of images and rendering an object box for the object in each of the plurality of images for display based on the first coordinate of the object in the first image and the first pixel distance.
US11438520B1
A processor obtains an input image containing both bright and dark regions. The processor obtains a threshold between a first pixel value and a second pixel value of the display. Upon detecting a region of the input image having an original pixel value above the threshold, the processor can create a data structure including a location of the region in the input image and an original pixel value of the region. The data structure occupies less memory than the input image. The display presents the input image including the region of the image having the original pixel value above the threshold. The processor sends the data structure to a camera, which records the presented image. The processor performing postprocessing obtains the data structure and the recorded image and increases dynamic range of the recorded image by modifying the recorded image based on the data structure.
US11438511B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for controlling an electronic device. The method includes the steps of displaying a viewfinder interface, the viewfinder interface including a first image, the first image including a target image; acquiring first operation information for a target operation of the target image in the first image; determining whether the first operation information satisfies a rule; and determining whether to trigger the electronic device to enter a first image collection mode based on a determination result, wherein in the first image collection mode, the target image in the first image is combined with multimedia information to display a combined multimedia information with the target image in the viewfinder interface.
US11438508B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided herein systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing an image sensor reconfiguration framework for seamless resolution-based tradeoffs. For example, there is disclosed a system for performing a resolution reconfiguration of an image sensor without dropping frames; in which such a system includes: means for opening an image device having the image sensor embedded therein; means for setting the image sensor to a first sensor format: means for requesting and mapping buffers for a vision data stream from the image sensor in accordance with the first sensor format; means for receiving a resolution reconfiguration request to change the image sensor from the first sensor format to a second sensor format; and means for performing a parallel reconfiguration of the image sensor, wherein the image device continues to process the vision data stream from the image sensor in accordance with the first sensor format in parallel with the image device resetting the image sensor to the second sensor format. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US11438492B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media may be configured to characterize optical characteristics of optical elements. An optical element mount may be configured to carry an optical element. A calibration display may be configured to display a calibration object. The calibration object may include a known visual pattern. Multiple images of the calibration object may be obtained. The multiple images may be acquired using the optical element carried by the optical element mount. The multiple images may include different perspectives of the calibration object. Optical characteristics of the optical element may be characterized based on the known visual pattern and the different perspectives of the calibration object.
US11438490B2
The disclosure extends to devices, systems and methods for connecting one or more sensors to one or more printed circuit boards (PCB) in the distal end or tip of a scope. The disclosure also extends to a connector assembly for an image sensor for protecting the sensor and conveying information from the sensor to the PCB.
US11438488B2
An optical device comprising a lens barrel part housing one or more lens elements and comprising a first coupling formation. A support part is provided comprising a second coupling formation mechanically mated with the first for supporting the lens barrel part in front of an optical sensor. The first and second coupling formations are mated at a connection plane. At least a rear portion of the lens barrel part extends rearward from the connection plane such that at least one lens element is located between the connection plane and the optical sensor. Forward movement of the connection plane caused by thermal expansion of the support part is compensated by rearward thermal expansion of the rear portion for maintaining the image plane substantially coincident with the sensitivity plane.
US11438487B2
A vehicular camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion. A circuit board includes a circuit board substrate having electronic circuitry disposed thereat. A thermal interface material is molded at an inner surface of the housing. The front housing portion is attached at the circuit board and the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion to encase the circuit board. The thermal interface material is formed to interface with electronic components of the circuit board and may conform with the electronic components at the circuit board substrate when the front housing portion is attached at the circuit board and/or when the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion. A connector element in electrical contact with circuitry of the circuit board is configured to connect to a connector end of a wire harness.
US11438481B2
An image reading apparatus is provided, including a platen glass having opposed upper and lower surfaces, a support frame supporting a peripheral portion of the platen glass, a reading device reciprocable in a first direction and disposed on an inner side of the support frame so as to be nearer to the lower surface than to the upper surface, a guide formed on an inner bottom surface on the inner side of the support frame and extending in the first direction so as to guide reciprocation of the reading device, a controller that controls operations of the reading device, a harness connecting the reading device and the controller to each other, and a harness accommodating portion accommodating the harness and constituted by a groove having a recessed shape, extending in the first direction, and formed at the inner bottom surface at a position located in front of the guide.
US11438476B2
A reading apparatus includes a feeding roller pair configured to feed a sheet supplied from another apparatus that is to be connected to the reading apparatus; a tray provided above the feeding roller pair in a vertical direction; a conveyance path through which the sheet is to be conveyed to discharge the sheet fed by the feeding roller pair to the tray; a first conveyance roller pair which is provided in the conveyance path, and is configured to convey the sheet; a second conveyance roller pair which is provided in the conveyance path on a downstream of the first conveyance roller pair in a conveying direction in which the sheet is conveyed, and is configured to convey the sheet; and a reading unit configured to read an image formed on the sheet while moving in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction.
US11438474B2
An image reading apparatus includes a support portion in contact with a mount surface on which the apparatus is mounted, an apparatus body portion that is provided so that a position thereof is changeable by being rotated relative to the support portion, and a discharge tray provided so as to be openable/closeable relative to the apparatus body portion, the discharge tray receiving the original. The apparatus body portion is switchable between a first position that is a position while not in use, and a second position in which reading of the original is performed. When the apparatus body portion is in the first position and when the discharge tray is opened from the closed state, the discharge tray switches the apparatus body portion from the first position to the second position.
US11438464B2
A method of reporting traffic metrics by a User Plane Function, UPF, to a Session Management Function, SMF, in a telecommunication network, wherein said method comprises the steps of receiving, by said UPF, a session creation/modification message for creating/modifying a session between said UPF and said SMF, wherein said message comprises a Reporting Rule thereby defining which traffic metric is to be reported by said UPF to said SMF, measuring, by said UPF, said traffic metric based on said received Reporting Rule, transmitting, by said UPF, to said SMF, a reporting message, wherein said reporting message comprises said measured traffic metric.
US11438460B1
Tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media include instructions that cause a processor to receive a first indication that a user is attempting to communicate with a provider, and intercept communication between the user and the provider based on the first indication being received. The instructions also cause the processor to send user information to a provider application server based on the first indication being received, and display a visual interface that establishes communication with the relevant provider department or performs a transaction based on the first indication being received. The instructions further cause the processor to receive a second indication associated with performing the action associated with the provider via the visual interface; and performing the action based on the second indication being received.
US11438456B2
Introduced here is a platform for actively managing communication channels. In particular, the communication channels are managed to increase the probability of success of a call center agent to meaningfully engage with a client. In addition, the platform provides identification information and other information to facilitate a conversation between the parties, while also reducing the pre-call preparation by an agent. The platform parses search results to identify contact information for prospect by utilizing keyword identification algorithm. During the call, the platform applies voice detection and speaker detection algorithms to ensure that the agent is speaking with a live voice, rather than a pre-recorded message. By applying these algorithms, the platform aims to increase call center efficiency and conversation rates, while reducing pre-call preparation and skepticism of a prospect.
US11438449B2
A community safety system (CSS) including a notification management entity (NME) comprising servers, the NME communicatively coupled to multiple user devices and one or more administrator devices (collectively, registered user devices). The CSS includes a plurality of registered users, wherein each registered user is associated with an organization, and a user category of a set of user categories. The NME may maintain a list of the registered users and associated information. The registered users may have user devices including a CSS application operating thereon. In some embodiments the CSS enables inter-organizational communication, allowing for members of a first organization to provide alerts that the NME can pass to a second organization when the registered user is physically located within a security zone associated with a second organization but not a member of the second organization.
US11438446B2
A node may generate a data packet comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) header and a destination options extension header (DOEH). The DOEH may comprise one or more data fields and an IP payload. The node may send the data packet to another node in a data network.
US11438443B1
Systems and methods for scalable collaborative editing are generally described. In various examples, a first collaborative editing session may be executed at a first node of a first cluster of compute nodes. A load balancer executing on the first cluster of compute nodes may receive a first request from a first computing device. In various examples, the first request may include first identifier data identifying the first collaborative editing session. In some examples, the load balancer may determine that the first identifier data is associated with the first collaborative editing session. Further, the load balancer may determine that the first collaborative editing session is assigned to the first node. In some examples, the first request may be sent to the first node.
US11438442B1
A multi-access edge computing device may receive historical content data associated with a content application of a user equipment and may process the historical content data, with a machine learning model, to identify content to cache for the user equipment. The multi-access edge computing device may provide, to a content provider device, a request for the content to cache and may receive, from the content provider device, the content to cache based on the request for the content to cache. The multi-access edge computing device may process the content to cache, with a document object model and a browser object model, to generate intermediary content that corresponds to the content to cache. The multi-access edge computing device may store the intermediary content in a data structure associated with the multi-access edge computing device.
US11438439B1
Non-personal network attributes of a user's network connection are detected. A user's physical location is classified as being onsite or remote based upon the non-personal network attributes. Connectivity performance information is generated indicative of a performance of a user device in connecting with the host computing system over the network, and a control signal is generated to surface performance information through an administrative system.
US11438430B2
An electronic apparatus is configured to: obtain through the communicator characteristic data of each of the external apparatuses regarding a plurality of user characteristics, classify the plurality of external apparatuses into a plurality of groups, whose user characteristic are similar, based on the obtained characteristic data, in response to designating one or more first external apparatuses among the plurality of external apparatuses, calculate similarity of the user characteristic between the first external apparatus and a plurality of second external apparatuses of the group in which the first external apparatus is included among the plurality of groups, and select one or more second external apparatuses whose similarity are relatively high among the plurality of second external apparatuses.
US11438429B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to monitor mobile Internet activity are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, and processor circuitry to execute instructions to at least assign (i) a first port of a proxy server to a first mobile device associated with a first panelist and (ii) a second port of the proxy server to a second mobile device associated with a second panelist, in response to receiving an un-authenticated request for media from at least one of the first, second, or third mobile devices, service the un-authenticated request in response to determining that the un-authenticated request is from an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with an IP address range representative of devices on a cellular network, and, in response to servicing the un-authenticated request via the first port, store an association between the media and first panelist demographic information associated with the first mobile device.
US11438427B2
There is provided mechanisms for making resources discoverable. A method is performed by a resource location mapping node. The method comprises acquiring scope information of a local network and location information enabling determination of specific locations of resources in the local network. The method comprises generating Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) resource identifiers of the resources from the scope information and the location information. The method comprises providing the CoAP resource identifiers to a resource directory, thereby making the resources discoverable.
US11438425B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a method and system for identifying an application identifier (APP ID), and a device. The method includes: receiving, by a packet flow description function network element, a query request that carries a signature parameter of a service data flow; determining an APP ID corresponding to a PFD that matches the signature parameter of the service data flow, as an APP ID corresponding to the service data flow; and sending a query response that carries the APP ID corresponding to the service data flow. The method provided in the embodiments of this application is applicable to APP ID identification.
US11438420B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for establishing multi-domain multi-layer connectivity service. The method includes: receiving a multi-domain multi-layer connectivity service establishment request carrying an identifier of a first service interface point, first configuration information of two or more network layer protocols of the first service interface point, an identifier of a second service interface point, and second configuration information of two or more network layer protocols of the second service interface point; and establishing multi-domain multi-layer connectivity service according to the multi-domain multi-layer connectivity service establishment request.
US11438416B1
A shared storage dynamic user quota system includes a storage management device coupled to a storage system having a shared storage space. The storage management device receives a data storage request from a user device to store data in the shared storage space. If the storage management device determines that the storage of the data in the shared storage space will exceed a user storage quota for a user associated with the user device, it determines whether the user qualifies to store the data in the shared storage space and exceed the user storage quota. In response to determining that the user qualifies to store the data in the shared storage space and exceed the user storage quota, the storage management device stored the data in the shared storage space.
US11438415B2
An aspect includes splitting a table of buckets into a fixed number of domains. Each of the domains includes a corresponding subset of the buckets. An aspect also includes providing a spare bucket for each of the subsets of the buckets and providing a metadata structure for each of the domains. The metadata structure includes a head pointer that points to a first bucket of a corresponding subset of the buckets and a spare_bucket pointer that points to the spare bucket of the subset of the buckets. An aspect further includes providing a split-spare bucket pointer that interleaves, during updates to data, among the subset of buckets in the domain. Data subject to the updates is stored in the spare bucket for a corresponding one of the domains. An aspect also includes updating the head pointer and the spare_bucket pointer for corresponding domains in response to updating the data.
US11438411B2
A data storage system includes a rack, multiple head nodes, multiple data storage sleds, and at least two networking devices. The at least two network devices are configured to implement at least two redundant networks within the data storage system. Also, each of the head nodes is assigned at least two network addresses for communication with the data storage sleds of the data storage system via the at least two networking devices. The data storage sleds each include multiple mass storage devices and a sled controller that is configured to couple with the at least two network switches. IO In some embodiments, the data storage system further includes redundant power systems within a rack in which the head nodes, the data storage sleds, and the at least two networking devices are mounted.
US11438406B2
In one embodiment, a device deploys a first machine learning model to an inference location in a network. The first machine learning model is used at the inference location to make inferences about the network. The device receives, from the inference location, an indication that the first machine learning model is exhibiting poor performance. The device identifies a corrective measure for the poor performance that minimizes resource consumption by a model training pipeline of the device. The device deploys, based on the corrective measure, a second machine learning model to the inference location. The second machine learning model is used in lieu of the first machine learning model to make the inferences about the network.
US11438405B2
A method or system for efficiently routing a file located on two or more sources to one or more file recipients connected by a plurality of paths in one or more networks. For each file recipient, one or more predetermined utility functions are evaluated to select the most efficient one of the plurality of paths to use for routing the file to the one or more file recipients, and the file is routed to the one or more file recipient using the selected path. The predetermined utility function may be the estimated operating expense associated with the routing of the file to the one or more file recipients, or the estimated return on investment for improving the routing of said file to the one or more recipients, or is related to an estimated file transfer time to the one or more file recipients.
US11438392B1
Network architectures interface with several real-time streams that control network operation. The network can analyze stream data by storing incoming raw stream data, processing the data, and controlling network operations based thereon. Specific packets, bits, flags, fields, or messages may be targeted, including HL7 ADTs. Data is queued for processing in a FIFO manner to avoid timeline mistakes. The network sets a configuration value based on the data analyzed in this time ordering, and a relational database can be updated in real-time with these values as stream data is incoming. Separate clean-up functions separately manage the database by adjusting the values as they become old. Timeline information is generated and selectively broadcast based on the operations value, potentially with additional information from the targeted data. The network selectively provides this information to users interfaces and displays as dictated by the operating value and information calculated therefrom.
US11438391B1
In one or more examples, a method uses a system including data server, a processing circuit, and a data-communications server, with the server being used to route calls in the form of data communications to and from a plurality of telecommunication devices associated with respective user accounts. The server may store data generated by the plurality of telecommunication devices on the data server. The user accounts each have a settings file associated with the user account. In response to a set of criteria indicated in the settings file of one of the user accounts being satisfied, the processing circuit logs into a data server remote to the server may use login credentials included in the settings file. In further response to the set of criteria being satisfied, the processing circuit may copy one or more data files associated with the user account from the data server to the remote data server.
US11438388B2
A telecommunications service provider provides a telecommunications infrastructure that is based in part on an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The provider may have various IMS application servers to support different services for subscribers of the provider, such as messaging, voice communications, presence, etc. In addition, third parties may provide their own IMS application servers for the same services or for different services. Subscribers of the provider are routed to the provider-supported application servers, while subscribers of the third parties are routed to application servers of the third parties. This allows third parties to implement and control their own services, while also leveraging the existing infrastructure of the provider.
US11438375B2
A method for preventing Medium Access Control (MAC) spoofing attacks in a communication network may include obtaining, by a protection layer, a connecting request for connecting a terminal to the communication network. The method may include issuing, by the protection layer, a MAC authentication request to a Network Access Control (NAC) server, the MAC authentication request may be a request to determine whether a MAC address of the terminal is whitelisted. The method may include responding, by the NAC server, to the MAC authentication request of the protection layer by allowing the terminal to join the communication network based on whether the MAC address of the terminal is whitelisted. The method may include sending, by the NAC server, a log message to a log analyzer server, the log message including a result identifying whether the MAC address of the terminal is whitelisted.
US11438374B2
Disclosed herein are systems and method for providing agentless security of virtual machines. In one aspect, the method intercepts, by a virtual switch filtering extension of an extensible virtual switch on a host processor, a data packet in an outbound transmission from a virtual machine to a destination device, wherein the virtual switch filtering extension is also configured to intercept data packets in inbound transmissions to the virtual machine. In response to determining that the data packet is not in compliance with the set of predefined rules associated with the virtual machine, the method prevents, by the virtual switch filtering extension, transmission of the data packet from the virtual machine to the destination device.
US11438369B2
An information security system that incorporates time, feedback, and/or varying trust in analyzing and responding to attacks. A solution can defer processing of a request for a period of time, which can be sufficient to allow the request to be approved or disproved. The solution can be configured to automatically approve or disprove the request after the period of time if no affirmative response is received. Trust for an entity can be periodically determined and can automatically decay over time. Feedback can be used as part of the approval/disproval process and/or to reevaluate trust.
US11438366B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for network risk assessment. One of the methods includes obtaining information describing network traffic between a plurality of network devices within a network. A network topology of the network is determined based on the information describing network traffic, with the network topology including nodes connected by an edge to one or more other nodes, and with each node being associated with one or more network devices. Indications of user access rights of users are associated to respective nodes included in the network topology. User interface data associated with the network topology is generated.
US11438363B2
Systems and methods include receiving a domain of interest; performing an analysis of the domain to extract namespaces of the domain, hosts associated with the domain, subdomains associated with the domain, namespaces of the subdomains, and addresses including address ranges of any identified namespaces; performing a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) search based on the analysis to identify a CVE list associated with the domain; determining weightings of the namespaces of the domain and the subdomains to provide a name list; obtaining cloud monitoring content associated with the domain; and utilizing the name list, the CVE list, and the cloud monitoring content to determine a risk associated with the domain.
US11438362B2
A system, a method, and a computer program for remediating a vulnerability on a computing resource asset located in a computer network that has a plurality of other computing resource assets each having at last one vulnerability, where a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score is determined for the vulnerability. Vulnerability scanning results data corresponding to the computing resource asset can be analyzed and an environmental factor weighting score value determined for each of a plurality of environmentally-dependent factors. The environmental factor weighting score values and CVSS score can be aggregated and an adjusted environmental factor weighting score aggregate value generated. A prioritization score value for the vulnerability on the computing resource asset can be determined based on the adjusted environmental factor weighting score aggregate value and the vulnerability remediated on each of the computing resource assets according to the prioritization score value.
US11438359B2
One example method includes deploying a group of bots in a computing environment that includes a group of nodes, each of the bots having an associated attack vector with respect to one or more of the nodes, receiving, from each of the bots, a report that identifies a node attacked by that bot, and a result of the attack, and adjusting, based on the bot reports, a confidence score of one or more of the attacked nodes.
US11438355B2
An anomaly detection system is on an in-vehicle network including: a first network connected to first devices that communicate using a first protocol; and a second network connected to second devices that includes a driving assistance controller communicates using a second protocol. The system includes: a communicator receiving, through the first network, first unit data including (i) source information indicating a source first device and (ii) second unit data including a data identifier; a database storing rule; and an anomaly determiner that determines whether the first unit data has anomaly by comparing the source information and the data identifier with the rule. Based on the rule, the first unit data is determined to have anomaly when the source first device is a sensing device and, according to the identifier, the second unit data is to be received by the controller.
US11438354B2
A device may receive log data identifying access of user devices to containers provided by a cloud-based network, and may aggregate the log data to generate aggregated log data identifying container profiles associated with the containers. The device may train one or more machine learning models, with the aggregated log data, to generate one or more trained machine learning models, and may receive particular log data identifying access of a particular user device, of the user devices, to a particular container of the containers provided by the cloud-based network. The device may process the particular log data, with the one or more trained machine learning models, to identify an anomaly associated with the access of the particular user device to the particular container, and may perform one or more actions based on identifying the anomaly.
US11438346B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate generally to a data processing system that identifies possibly manipulated or fraudulent digital components in a computer network environment. The data processing system can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of data packet (or other protocol based) transmission over one or more computer networks by, for example, preventing or reducing the number of manipulated or fraudulent digital component transmissions.
US11438345B2
A system and method for connected vehicle cybersecurity. The method includes creating a normal behavior model based on a first set of data, the first set of data including at least one first event with respect to at least one connected vehicle, wherein the first set of data is collected from a plurality of data sources; detecting an anomaly based on the normal behavior model and a second set of data, the second set of data including a second event with respect to the at least one connected vehicle, wherein each of the first set of data and the second set of data includes vehicle data related to operation of the at least one connected vehicle, wherein each event represents a communication with the at least one connected vehicle; determining, based on the detected anomaly, at least one mitigation action; and causing implementation of the at least one mitigation action.
US11438338B2
A computer-implemented method of providing nodes, such as data structures and devices, with access to a network is disclosed, and a corresponding network architecture. At least one core network access provider controls real time access to the network across the layers of a protocol stack for the network, and sequentially assigns a network communication address to the or each access-requesting node. The assigned network address is encoded with a unique parameter of the node and a unique parameter of the node user, in a sequential identifier ledger which is distributed in real time to all of the network-connected nodes. Each node processes the ledger to verify its sequential integrity and, upon determining a sequential integrity loss, the ledger record causing the loss is identified and an alert comprising the identified record is broadcast to the nodes across the network. The core network access provider cancels network access for the node to which the network communication address corresponding to the identified ledger record was assigned, upon either identifying the ledger record at the verifying step or receiving an alert.
US11438326B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a camera; a storage unit; and a processor for capturing an image including authentication information of an external electronic device through the camera, acquiring first information related with a public key included in the image and storing the first information in the storage unit, and comparing second information with the first information so as to authenticate the external electronic device when the second information and identification information related with the public key are received from the external electronic device on the basis of a type of first information.
US11438324B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a system and method for cryptographically transmitting and storing identity tokens and/or activity data among spatially distributed computing devices. The system may comprise a plurality of chains, such as an identity chain and an activity chain. In some aspects, identity data associated with a user may be used to generate an identity token for the user. The identity token may be transmitted to a plurality of computing devices for verification. Based on a verification of the identity token, the identity token may be stored in the identity chain. A request to perform an activity may also be received, and identity data associated with the user may be received in order to authenticate the user.
US11438319B2
Embodiments herein include, for example, a method, comprising: generating a shared symmetric key to begin a communication session among a group of users by a first user; distributing, by the first user, the generated shared symmetric key to each user in the group of users; communicating within the communication session among a group of users, where each user encrypts a message to the group of users to be distributed through the communication session using the generated shared symmetric key, and each user decrypts a message received from the communication session using the generated shared symmetric key.
US11438310B2
The present disclosure may be implemented in the form of a method or corresponding apparatus for sending signaling messages through an IPX proxy from a first network element. The at least one example embodiment includes a first network element located on a first mobile network, the first network element configured to establish an initial signaling connection with a second network element on a second mobile network. The first network element may be configured to send a signaling request message to the second network element, receive a signaling response message from the second network element, the received signaling response message including an indication of an IPX proxy selected by the second network element. The first network element may be further configured to establish a signaling connection with the IPX proxy indicated in the received signaling response message, and send a second signaling request message to the IPX proxy for mediation service.
US11438309B2
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method prevents use of a network protocol over an encrypted channel. In the method, a packet is received on an encrypted channel addressed to a network address. It is determined whether a network host at the network address is able to service a request formatted according to the network protocol over the encrypted channel. When the network host is determined to be able to resolve to a domain name over the encrypted channel, the network packet is blocked.
US11438304B2
The technology disclosed relates to detection and resolution of conflicts between requested internet services and package of internet services associated with a domain. The method disclosed includes receiving a request from a client to add a requested internet service to a package of internet services. The method includes searching a domain name system (DNS) database for DNS records or a DNS server for external domains having attribute fields indicating attributes of the internet services in the package of internet services. The method includes comparing attributes of the requested internet service to attribute fields for the internet services in the package of internet services using a set of conflict definitions to identify attributes of the internet service requested conflicting with attributes of the package of internet services. When conflicting attributes are identified, the method includes invoking a resolution process to resolve the conflict.
US11438302B1
A map of IP addresses of a distributed cloud computing network to one or more groupings is stored. The IP addresses are anycast IP addresses for which compute servers of the distributed cloud computing network share. These IP addresses are to be used as source IP addresses when transmitting traffic to destinations external to the cloud computing network. The map is made available to external destinations. Traffic is received at the distributed cloud computing network that is destined to an external destination. An IP address is selected based on the characteristic(s) applicable for the traffic and the map. The distributed cloud computing network transmits the traffic to the external destination using the selected IP address.
US11438282B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to facilitate implementation of an interface, among other things, and, more specifically, to a computing and data platform that implements logic to facilitate transfer of an exchange of electronic messages to a secure messaging channel having configurable states of synchronicity based on one or more message-related attributes. In some examples, a method may include detecting an electronic message via a first data channel, transmitting an invitation message to transfer an exchange of electronic messages to a secure data channel, establishing a secure data channel, identifying an attribute to initiate routing of an electronic message to generate an automatic response or data representing an agent-assisted response, or both, transmitting an electronic response message as a function of availability of a first data channel, and the like.
US11438280B2
Methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable media for handling IP network addresses in a virtualization system. Embodiments are configured to receive, from a cloud provider, a cloud provider media access control address to assign to a network interface of a computing node. Also received from the cloud provider is a cloud provider's IP address associated with the cloud provider's media access control address. A virtual machine on the computing node is configured such that the cloud provider's IP address serves as an IP address of the virtual machine and such that a virtualization system media access control address serves as a MAC address of the virtual machine. The virtualization system correlates the cloud provider's media access control address to the IP address of the virtual machine. In some cases, the cloud provider's media access control address stored in a virtual switch of a hypervisor.
US11438273B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for real-time processing in wireless communications systems. An interruption of processing of one or more first symbol packets at one or more wireless communication components is detected. A predetermined period of time for a delay in processing of one or more second symbol packets is determined. Processing of one or more second symbol packets is delayed until expiration of the predetermined period of time. Processing of one or more second symbol packets is then performed.
US11438272B2
Information regarding current conditions in a RAN or hybrid RAN/WAN are provided at fine geographic and temporal granularities (for example, on a per cell basis every second) using measurements and statistics produced in real time by monitoring a plurality of data sessions carried on the data plane of the network and tagging the measurements from the data sessions with a network location identifier (such as an identifier of a cell) associated with an endpoint of the data session. The information may include a profile for a shared channel (such as a cell) of the network, monitoring statistics for a portion of the network (such as a cell), or both. The information may have application in, for example, automatic network management (such as in congestion control), in automatic network diagnosis, and in network resource management and planning.
US11438270B2
A data scheduling method is applied to a first top of rack (TOR) switch in a data center network (DCN). The data scheduling method comprises using a load of a path as a basis for data scheduling such that a load change status of the DCN can be dynamically sensed.
US11438260B2
A method and an apparatus for forwarding an MPLS data packet are provided, which are used in an environment of hybrid networking of an SR network and a non-SR network. The method includes: when obtaining a to-be-sent MPLS data packet, a first SR router in an SR network determines whether a next-hop router supports an SR characteristic; the first SR router encapsulates the MPLS data packet into an IP tunnel when determining that the next-hop router does not support the SR characteristic, and sends an encapsulated MPLS data packet to the next-hop router to enable the encapsulated MPLS data packet to be forwarded, based on an IP routing table, to a second SR router. According to the application, correct forwarding of an MPLS data packet is completed in an environment of hybrid networking of an SR router and a non-SR router.
US11438254B2
A method is implemented by a switch in a software defined networking (SDN) network to trace packets in a packet processing pipeline of the switch. The method includes creating a copy of a received packet to function as a trace packet. The method further includes, at each of one or more subsequent flow tables that the trace packet traverses, appending an identifier of that flow table to a recorded route of the trace packet and resubmitting the trace packet to that flow table to be processed without packet tracing. The method further includes sending, at an egress table, the trace packet to a controller along with the recorded route of the trace packet.
US11438250B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for distributed monitoring in clusters with self-healing. One example method includes determining, by a monitoring agent of a first node of a cluster, a self-monitoring check to perform for the first node. The first node is among multiple, other nodes included in the cluster. In response to receiving a successful status for the self-monitoring check, a registry in the first node is updated with the successful status. The registry includes node statuses for each node in the cluster. In response to receiving an unsuccessful status for the self-monitoring check, the monitoring agent performs at least one corrective action on the first node and updates the registry in the first node with a result of the at least one corrective action. The registry is broadcasted to each of the other nodes in the cluster as an updated registry.
US11438244B2
Methods and systems for monitoring, by a baseboard management controller, a network interface of an information handling system, identifying one or more management information exchanges between the information handling system and a plurality of information handling systems, identifying one or more telemetry metrics associated with the one or more management information exchanges on a hardware level, storing the one or more telemetry metrics into a telemetry metrics database of the information handling system, transmitting a telemetry metrics report including the one or more telemetry metrics to a service provider for analysis, analyzing, by the service provider, the telemetry metrics report to indicate a percent usage of an overall usage capacity associated with each device of a plurality of devices of the information handling system, and transmitting a usage report to each of the plurality of information handling systems based on the analysis of the telemetry metrics report.
US11438241B2
A system for visualizing and navigating network data may include at least one computing device that receives input data using a NetTree application. The NetTree application may parse the input data and determine a list of nodes in a network and a list of links between nodes in the network from the input data. One of the nodes may be selected as a start node and inserted into a line of a network tree. After selecting the start node, the NetTree application may iterate through each of the links between the nodes in the network and add each new node that is not yet added to the network tree to a list of nodes to check for their links. Each link is added to a line in the network tree. A graphical user interface (GUI) may display the network tree.
US11438234B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for validating endpoint information for nodes in a network. A network assurance appliance is configured to retrieve, from a first leaf node in a network, first endpoint information for a first set of endpoints connected to the first leaf node, wherein the first set of endpoints includes a virtual port channel (VPC) endpoint. The network assurance appliance retrieves second endpoint information from a second node in the network, compares the first endpoint information with the second endpoint information, and identifies an inconsistency when the first endpoint information and the second endpoint information do not match.
US11438232B2
Information technology discovery data items are received from a plurality of different discovery sources. The received information technology discovery data items are stored in a multisource data store. The received information technology discovery data items from the plurality of different discovery sources are reconciled to determine an attribute value of a configuration item. The determined attribute value of the configuration item is stored in a configuration management database (CMDB).
US11438230B2
Broadly speaking, the present techniques relate to a computer implemented method comprising: receiving, at a first server, one or more device identifiers from a device; determining, with the first server, the availability of a resource template for the device based on or in response to the one or more device identifiers; when the resource template is available for the device: provisioning, from the first server to the device, a template identifier to enable the device to register with a second server using the template identifier.
US11438223B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for managing concurrent requests from clients for services. Client computing devices may be permitted to use available capacity beyond their assigned quotas. When backpressure exists and/or when a total quantity of current connections associated with a service is greater than or equal to a total connection threshold, connections with a client exceeding a proportion of excess capacity may be closed before connections with a client not exceeding a proportion of excess capacity.
US11438208B1
A method comprises: digitizing a signal to produce a reference frame of amplitude samples in a time-domain; generating a spectrogram that includes energy content of the reference frame, represented by amplitude and phase, across frequency and time of the spectrogram; detecting regions of the spectrogram that have energy levels greater than a threshold level to produce detected regions; copying energy content from the detected regions into an energy vector; and performing an Inverse Fourier transform (IFT) based on the energy vector to transform the energy vector into in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) (IQ) samples in the time-domain.
US11438202B2
The present invention relates to a system for demodulating or blind searching the characteristics of digital telecommunication signals, characterized in that it comprises at least one hardware architecture or hardware and firmware comprising memories and one or more processing units for implementing a network of specific computation blocks connected together, including a first specialized block of the network estimating at least one filter for acquiring the blind signal, and a second block subsequently producing at least one module for estimating the amplification of the observed signals in order to subsequently assess the other characteristics of the signals observed by the other computation blocks of the network, at least a third specialized computation block producing a decision-making module for computing an error signal and back-propagating the computed errors to each of the preceding residual blocks (“propagate”, “update”).
US11438201B2
A millimeter wave (MMW) circuitry includes a phase modulation circuitry, a plurality of amplifier multiplier chain circuitries and a power combiner circuitry. The phase modulation circuitry is configured to receive input data and a plurality of divided input signals and to provide as output a plurality of phase modulation circuitry output signals. Each phase modulation circuitry output signal corresponds to a respective divided input signal. At least one phase modulation circuitry output signal has a nonzero phase relative to the divided input signals that is related to the input data. Each amplifier multiplier chain circuitry is configured to amplify and frequency multiply and phase multiply the respective phase modulation circuitry output signal to yield a respective power combiner input signal. The power combiner circuitry is configured to sum a plurality of power combiner input signals to yield an output signal. A modulation of the output signal is related to the input data.
US11438198B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising signaling, wherein communicating utilising signaling is based on performing pulse-shaping pertaining to the signaling, wherein pulse-shaping is based on a pulse-shaping indication. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11438192B2
A ring-based switch has nodes with a link management logic having forward and reverse link outputs couplable to other nodes, forward and reverse link inputs adapted couplable to other nodes, and memory coupled to the link management logic. The link management logic has a first mode where packet bursts are received through the forward link input and transmitted on its forward link output. The link management logic has a second mode where packet bursts are received through the forward link input and transmitted on its reverse link output; and a third mode where packet bursts are received through the reverse link input and transmitted on its forward link output. The node transmits test packets over the forward link output and, if no acknowledgment is received over the reverse link input within a predetermined test-time interval, the link management logic configures in the second mode.
US11438179B2
A computer-implemented method, a system, and a computer program product for renewing a digital certificate. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the computer-implemented method comprises copying a digital certificate, from a first computer, onto a second computer, and requesting, from the second computer, renewal of the digital certificate by a certificate authority. The method further comprises loading a renewed digital certificate from the certificate authority, and saving the renewed digital certificate on the second computer. The renewed digital certificate is checked, on the second computer, for specified conditions, and the renewed digital certificate is copied from the second computer onto the first computer.
US11438177B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for securely distributing certificates or encryption keys. A management service can receive an enrollment request from a client device. The management service can then send a key request to a certificate provider, the key request comprising a user identifier. The management service can also send a skeleton payload to an enterprise gateway. In response, the management service can receive an encrypted profile from the enterprise gateway, the encrypted profile comprising the skeleton payload with an encryption key inserted by the enterprise gateway into the skeleton payload. Finally, the management service can send the encrypted profile to the client device.
US11438175B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for determining cryptographic address for a same entity across a plurality of distributed blockchain networks that use a same elliptic curve. In some embodiments the method includes computing a cryptographic address hash of the first cryptographic address using the cryptographic public key of the first cryptographic address, the cryptographic address hash being a common representation of the first entity on the first distributed blockchain network and the cryptographic address hash being derived via a cryptographic one-way hash function, the cryptographic one-way hash function following a protocol of performing a function on the cryptographic public key, the cryptographic public key being used on the first distributed blockchain network and a second distributed blockchain network, the first distributed blockchain network and the second distributed blockchain network using the same elliptic curve.
US11438173B2
A method and apparatus provides a blockchain that includes one or more blocks that contain a cryptographic binding of a signature-verification public key and/or a data encryption public key to the identity of the holder of the corresponding private key. The binding is performed by one or more key binding entities, referred to herein as a blockchain identity binder. Originators and recipients use the identity binding data to secure block chain transactions.
US11438164B2
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card, a client device, and one or more servers are provided. The contactless card may include one or more processors and memory, which may include one or more applets. The client device may include one or more processors and memory. The client device may be in data communication with the contactless card. One or more servers may be in data communication with the client device. A first set of information may be transmitted from the contactless card to the client device. The first set of information may include one or more links to activate the contactless card via a designated email program. Upon validation of the first set of information by the one or more servers, the contactless card may be activated.
US11438160B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for issuing assets and/or asset tokens using zero-knowledge proofs (“ZKPs”). An issuance system may receive a command to issue an asset. The issuance system may determine that issuing the assets would not violate administrator-defined or network-defined rules that may govern the types of assets and/or the quantity of assets that the issuance system may issue. The issuance system may then issue the assets and generate a ZKP corresponding to the issuance and indicating adherence to the rules while concealing information related to the asset token, such as the types of assets and/or quantity of assets. The issuance system may publish the ZKP to a blockchain so that verifier nodes may confirm that the issuance system adhered to the rules while still preventing access to the underlying issuance information.
US11438155B2
Techniques for implementing a key vault as an enclave are presented. The techniques include securely storing, in a key vault enclave, a key for an encryption system according to a key use policy; sending an vault attestation report of a key vault enclave to a vault client; and performing an operation in the key vault enclave with the key. Some embodiments further include receiving, at the key vault enclave, a client attestation report of the vault client wherein the vault client and key vault enclave are hosted on different native enclave platforms.
US11438148B2
A quantum computing-threat-resistant system for cryptography key exchange comprises a linear-space computing module, a manifold computing module, and a Banach-space computing module. The system implements the technologies of homotopy morphing and key cloaking for facilitating the key-exchanging processes to perform quantum computing-threat-resistant operations in a mathematics space which is different from the spaces that generic quantum attacks work on, and then retrieve the original key in a Hilbert space after the processes of key exchange. The system not only avoids quantum attacks on key-exchanging processes, but also avoids the defects of current PQC solutions, the vulnerability of the main streamed symmetric & asymmetric encryption systems, and the limitation of quantum key operation in a Hilbert space. Both legacy key solution and quantum key solution are provided and implemented without requiring expensive devices.
US11438146B1
A method of performing cryptographic key exchange while overcoming a malicious adversary party using a multi-party computation (MPC) process performed by the multiple parties, where the parties hold initial shares of a secret used an as exponentiation of the key exchange, where the parties do not reveal the initial shares during the entire process, and where arithmetical computations are performed on the initial shares and on random values outputted during MPC processes.
US11438145B2
Techniques for computer security, and more specifically timestamp-based key generation techniques, are described. Some implementations provide a table of key generation processes that is shared as a secret between a first computing system and a second computing system, both of which have two clocks. The first clock is a real-time clock and the second clock is a variable-time clock. The variable time clocks are synchronized and run at the same rate, faster or slower than real time. Both computing systems use the same technique for selecting a key generation process from the table, such as based on a random number generator seeded with a timestamp obtained from their variable time clocks. Since the computing systems have synchronized variable-time clocks, they both select and use the same key generation process, thereby generating the same encryption key without the need to communicate the key from one system to another.
US11438130B2
Systems and methods relating to full duplex mesh networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mesh network comprising a first base station may be disclosed, the first base station comprising: a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving to and from the first base station on the single frequency band; and a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving to and from a second base station on the single frequency band, each transceiver of each transceiver node performing self-interference cancellation to send and receive full duplex data on the single frequency band at substantially the same time, thereby enabling the creation of a mesh network with at least one transceiver node having both access and backhaul using only the single frequency band.
US11438127B2
A measurement gap determination method, a UE and a network side device are provided. The measurement gap determination method includes: receiving, by a UE, measurement configuration information of a SS block of at least one BWP transmitted from a network side device, wherein the UE operates at the BWP on which no SS block is transmitted when the UE receives the measurement configuration information; determining, by the UE, a measurement gap for the measurement of the SS block on the at least one BWP in accordance with the measurement configuration information; and measuring, by the UE, the SS block on the at least one BWP in the measurement gap.
US11438124B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to coordinate information across a wireless network. One or more access nodes of a wireless network may configure a time resource container for receiving, amplifying, and forwarding a signal, such as a notification signal, in an operating mode. A notification signal may include an indication of coordination information and may be transmitted or received in the time resource container, such as in a first subset of a set of time resources of the time resource container. An access node may first receive a signal from a second access node, amplify and forward the signal in the time resource container to a third access node, and then decode the received signal and determine whether the signal includes coordination information for the access node. If the signal includes coordination information for the access node, the access node may perform one or more actions.
US11438118B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a network node (100) in a NR radio access network, the method comprising transmitting demodulation reference signaling, DM-RS, associated to downlink channel signaling, the DM-RS having a DM-RS pattern in frequency domain over a range of subcarriers including a reference subcarrier, wherein in a first frequency range below the reference subcarrier, the DM-RS pattern comprises a first sub-pattern represented by a repeated flush arrangement of a pattern element covering a number NP of subcarriers, and in a second frequency range above the reference subcarrier, the DM-RS pattern comprises a second sub-pattern represented by a repeated flush arrangement of the pattern element, wherein the first sub-pattern and the second sub-pattern are separated in frequency domain by an interrupting pattern having a number NI of subcarriers, wherein NI>0 and NI is different from NP. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
US11438117B2
Proposed is a method for receiving a reference signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: receiving a control resource set (CORESET) and information on a reference signal mapped to a resource included in the CORESET; and receiving the reference signal on the basis of the information, wherein, when the CORESET overlaps a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB), the reference signal is mapped to a remaining resource region except for an overlapping resource region in which the CORESET overlaps the SSB in the CORESET.
US11438112B2
The reference signal transmission method includes: using at least one of the following information indication bit to configure the indication information of the reference signal to be transmitted and transmitting the reference signal: port information of the demodulated reference signal (DMRS), port correspondence information of the phase tracking reference signal (PTRS), code block group (CBG) related notification information, and SRS resource indicator (SRI) information, precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) information, or transmission layer number indicator (TRI) information. Figure accompanying the abstract: FIG. 5
US11438106B2
The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting an HARQ-ACK signal by a UE in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method is characterized by receiving control information for distinguishing first information and second information, receiving the first information and second information by means of at least one transmission block (TB), respectively decoding the first information and second information on the basis of the control information, and transmitting an HARQ-ACK signal on the basis of a decoding result with respect to the first information and a decoding result with respect to the second information. The reliability requirement of the first information is higher than the reliability requirement of the second information.
US11438102B2
A method, apparatus, system and medium for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat ReQuest (HARQ). The method includes: receiving, by User Equipment (UE) a first downlink control channel, and the first downlink control channel being used by a network device to schedule the UE to receive a first downlink channel; determining, by the UE, a first uplink channel; sending, by the UE, a HARQ-ACK corresponding to each channel in a first downlink channel set on the first uplink channel, the first downlink channel belonging to the first downlink channel set, and downlink channels included in the first downlink channel set being located in a first HARQ window.
US11438095B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication apparatus and method for supporting a forward error correction scheme in a communication system. To this end, by means of a generation mode among a plurality of generation modes (ssbg_mode #0, #1, #2), a source symbol block having a plurality of source symbols is generated by using a source packet block having a plurality of source packets, and a repair symbol block for the generated source symbol block is generated by means of a forward error correction (FEC) scheme among a plurality of FEC schemes (FEC payload ID mode 0, FEC payload ID mode 1). A first FEC scheme (FEC payload ID mode 1) is applied to generate the repair symbol block, and in response to an occurrence of a discontinuity in packet sequence numbers, a repair packet may be generated to include length repair data and a repair FEC payload identifier (ID).
US11438090B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) station (STA) may be configured to encode a Physical Layer (PHY) Service Data Unit (PSDU) of at least one user in an EDMG PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) according to an EDMG Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) encoding scheme, which is based at least on a count of one or more spatial streams for transmission to the user; and transmit the EDMG PPDU in a transmission over a channel bandwidth in a frequency band above 45 Gigahertz (GHz).
US11438085B2
A method for allocating wireless resources based on sensitivity to interference provides a base station controller which, within an area of overlap of adjacent wireless cells, determines a set of neighboring cell pairs from a plurality of cells. The base station controller sorts the set of neighboring cell pairs according to the number of inner-pair interfered user equipment devices of each neighboring cell pair where inner-pair interfered user equipment devices are user equipment devices located in coverage areas of the neighboring cell pair and allocates resource blocks for each neighboring cell pair sequentially based on the sorted set. An apparatus employing the method is also disclosed.
US11438083B2
A signal generating device includes a digital signal processing unit, M sub DACs of which an analog bandwidth is fB, M being an integer equal to or greater than 2, a broadband analog signal generating unit configured to generate a broadband analog signal that includes a component of a frequency of (M-1)fB or more by using M analog signals output from the M sub DACs. The digital signal processing unit includes components for generating M original divided signals that correspond to signals obtained by dividing a desired output signal into M portions on a frequency axis and down-converting the portions to the baseband, components for generating M folded divided signals by folding back the M original divided signals on the frequency axis, and a 2M×M filter that takes the original divided signals and the folded divided signals as inputs and outputs M composite signals to be transmitted to the M sub DACs. The 2M×M filter can set a response function independently for each of 2M2 combinations of input and output.
US11438076B2
Systems and methods for providing optical quantum communication networks based on rare-earth ion quantum bits (qubits) entrapped in solids are presented. According to one aspect a qubit is provided by an 171Yb3+ ion doped into a YVO crystal structure. A nanophotonic cavity fabricated in the doped crystal structure provides a zero-field energy level structure of the ion with optical transitions between ground and excited states at a wavelength longer than 980 nm. A subspace of the qubit is provided by two lower energy levels at the ground states separated by a microwave frequency of about 675 MHz. Addressing of the optical transitions is via first and second lasers and addressing of microwave transitions at the ground and excited states are via respective microwave sources. A single-shot readout sequence of the qubit based on two consecutive readout sequences on the optical transitions separated by a microwave pumping of the ground states is presented. Assignment of a readout state is conditionally based on combined states detected in the two consecutive readout sequences.
US11438059B2
An improved technique for acoustic sensing involves, in one embodiment, launching into a medium, a plurality of groups of pulse-modulated electromagnetic-waves. The frequency of electromagnetic waves in a pulse within a group differs from the frequency of the electromagnetic waves in another pulse within the group. The energy scattered by the medium is detected and, in one embodiment, the beat signal may be used to determine a characteristic of the environment of the medium. For example, if the medium is a buried optical fiber into which light pulses have been launched in accordance with the invention, the presence of acoustic waves within the region of the buried fiber can be detected.
US11438056B2
The terrestrial-based satellite telephone monitoring system may be used for, among other things, intelligence gathering purposes that intercept communications to or from target satellite handsets or terminals. The exemplary signal processing units receive wireless signals and extend the line-of-sight range of a terrestrial-based satellite telephone monitoring system. The exemplary signal processing unit may be installed in or on an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or a satellite, such as a CubeSat, or other vehicle.
US11438054B2
The disclosure relates to a communication technique, which is a convergence of IoT technology and 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond 4G system, and a system for same. The disclosure can be applied to smart services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health case, digital education, retail businesses, security- and safety-related services and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a device and a method enabling explicit or implicit indication of beam selection in order to select a beam between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system using a beamforming technique, and enabling selection of a beam in correspondence with same.
US11438050B2
A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication device and a server communicably connected to the first wireless communication device. The server accumulates a plurality of optimized beam table, and selects therefrom an optimized beam table to be used by the first wireless communication device, and, the first wireless communication device obtains the optimized beam table selected by the server by communicating with the server, and performs a wireless communication using the obtained optimized beam table.
US11438049B2
A wireless device receives one or more messages. The one or more messages comprise configuration parameters of the cell. The configuration parameters indicate a first reference signal set for a first type of beam switching. The configuration parameters indicate a second reference signal set for a second type of beam switching. A beam switching type indication is transmitted. The beam switching type indication indicates one of the first type of beam switching or the second type of beam switching. A command confirming the beam switching type indication is received. One of the first reference signal set and the second reference signal set is selected as a selected reference signal set based on the command. A spatial domain transmission filter is determined based on at least one reference signal of the selected reference signal set. An uplink transport block is transmitted based on the spatial domain transmission filter.
US11438042B2
A transmitter for transmitting data to a receiver of a wireless communication network, the transmitter includes at least one antenna, a codebook, an encoder, and a transceiver coupled to the encoder and to the at least one antenna. The codebook includes a plurality of codewords, each codeword being a vector including a plurality of symbols, each symbol to be transmitted over resources of the wireless communication network. The encoder is configured to receive an information message to be transmitted to a receiver of the wireless communication network, to select from the codebook the codeword associated with the received information message, and to divide the selected codeword into a plurality of sub-codewords. The transceiver is configured to transmit via the at least one antenna a first sub-codeword, and to transmit via the at least one antenna a second sub-codeword responsive to an indication that the encoded information message was not successfully decoded at the receiver on the basis of the received first sub-codeword.
US11438039B2
Provided is a feedback method in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes enabling a receiver to acquire a reception signal vector including a channel component and a noise component, enabling the receiver to generate feedback information by performing one or more of the following on the reception signal vector: processing through one or more first layers; processing through a second layer, and processing through a quantization layer, and enabling the receiver to transmit the feedback information to a transmitter. In the feedback method, the quantization includes stochastic binarization.
US11438038B1
A base station may apply a nonlinear precoding to data for MU-MIMO transmission to a set of paired UEs to generate a first set of precoder symbols, and apply a linear precoding to the first set of precoder symbols to generate a second set of precoder symbols using a linear precoding matrix. The base station may normalize the second set of precoder symbols, and scale the second set of precoder symbols, before transmission of the data, using a scaling factor based on one or more of modulation symbols or a channel matrix. The base station may apply the linear precoding to DMRS associated with the data. The base station may transmit the second set of precoder symbols based on the second set of precoder symbols and the DMRS to the set of paired UEs.
US11438030B2
Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include one or more circuits to facilitate high power transfer at high frequencies. Such wireless power transfer systems include a damping circuit, configured to dampen a wireless power signal such that communications fidelity is upheld at high power. The damping circuit includes at least a damping transistor that is configured to receive, from the transmitter controller, a damping signal for switching the transistor to control damping during transmission of the wireless data signals. Utilizing such systems enables wireless power transfer at high frequency, such as 13.56 MHz, at voltages over 1 Watt, while maintaining fidelity of in-band communications associated with the higher power wireless power signal.
US11438023B1
An electronic device may include a first set of radios subject to a specific absorption rate (SAR) limit and a second set of radios subject to a maximum permissible exposure (MPE) limit over an averaging period. Control circuitry may dynamically adjust radio-frequency (RF) exposure metric budgets provided to the radios over the averaging period, based on feedback reports from the radios identifying the amount of SAR and MPE consumed by the radios during different subperiods of the averaging period. The control circuitry may distribute and adjust SAR budgets and MPE budgets across the radios based on the feedback reports, distribution policies, radio statuses, transmit activity factors, and/or usage ratios associated with the radios. This may provide efficient utilization of the total available SAR and MPE budget, thereby leading to increased uplink coverage and throughput relative to scenarios where the SAR and MPE budgets remain static.
US11438014B2
A deep neural network (DNN) media noise predictor configured for one-dimensional-magnetic (1DMR) recording or two-dimensional-magnetic (TDMR) is introduced. Such architectures are often combined with a trellis-based intersymbol interference (ISI) detection component in a turbo architecture to avoid the state explosion problem by separating the inter-symbol interference (ISI) detection and media noise estimation into two separate detectors and uses the turbo-principle to exchange information between them so as to address the modeling problem by way of training a DNN-based media noise estimators. Thus, beneficial aspects include a reduced bit-error rate (BER), an increased areal density, and a reduction in computational complexity and computational time.
US11438010B2
One embodiment provides a computer implemented method of data compression including segmenting user data into data segments; deduplicating the data segments to form deduped data segments; compressing the deduped data segments into compression units using a hardware accelerator; packing the compression units into compression regions; and packing the compression regions into one or more containers.
US11438001B2
A method of using an analog-to-digital converter system includes receiving a sampled voltage corresponding to one of an input voltage and a known voltage, causing preamplifiers to generate output signals based on the sampled voltage, generating first and second signals based on the output signals, causing a delay-resolving delay-to-digital backend to generate a single-bit digital signal representing an order of receipt of the first and second signals, and adjusting one or more of the preamplifiers based on the digital signal. The disclosure also relates to a system which includes a voltage-to-delay frontend and a delay-resolving backend, and to a method which includes causing a delay comparator to generate a single-bit digital signal representing an order of receipt of input signals, causing the comparator to transmit a residue delay signal to a succeeding comparator, and transmitting a signal to adjust one or more of the preamplifiers based on the digital signal.
US11437997B1
A level shifter circuit is provided. In some examples, the level shifter circuit includes a first set of transistors and a second set of transistors coupled between first and second power supply nodes. The control terminals of the first and second lower transistors are coupled to an input node. The level shifter circuit also includes a third set of transistors and a fourth set of transistors coupled between first and third power supply nodes. A control terminal of a third lower transistor is coupled to a second intermediate node, and a control terminal of a fourth lower transistor is coupled to a first intermediate node. Control terminals of the first upper transistor and the fourth upper transistor are coupled to a third intermediate node. Control terminals of the second upper transistor and the third upper transistor are coupled to a fourth intermediate node.
US11437995B1
A quantum computing system implementing surface code in a measurement circuit may be configured to translate a quantum algorithm including at least one Hadamard gate into an equivalent circuit that lacks a Hadamard gate, the circuit including Hadamard-conjugated Pauli measurements that include joint logical measurements implemented on diagonally-arranged patches of the surface code.
US11437979B2
A SAW filter is a high-frequency filter including a common terminal, a transmission terminal and a reception terminal through which high-frequency signals are inputted and outputted. The SAW filter includes: a first filter circuit having a first frequency band as a pass band, and connected to the common terminal and the transmission terminal; a second filter circuit having a second frequency band different from the first frequency band as a pass band, and connected to the common terminal and the reception terminal; an antenna connected to the common terminal; and at least one inductor connected in series between the common terminal and the first filter circuit or the second filter circuit.
US11437974B2
An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate including a main surface including first and second regions adjacent to each other in a plan view; a multilayer body including an intermediate layer in the first region of the support substrate and a piezoelectric layer on the intermediate layer, and including a side surface; an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric layer of the multilayer body; and an insulating film in the second region of the support substrate to cover the side surface of the multilayer body. An angle defined between the main surface of the support substrate and the side surface of the multilayer body is a tilt angle, and the side surface of the multilayer body includes portions having different tilt angles at a portion covered with the insulating film.
US11437948B2
Apparatus and methods for generating electricity and maintaining data are described. A unit has multiple solar panels and a set of hinges into which additional hardware may be added. Rotatable hinges allow rotatable solar panels to move between open, partial open and closed configurations of the unit. For a closed configuration, each rotatable hinge holds each solar panel relative to one another in the approximate cubic shape. A set of hinges may be a set of removeable rods and sleeves. In a further feature, electronics positioned within a solar unit are protected and electromagnetically shielded. A switch controls a security state of the solar unit that varies depending on whether the solar unit is in an open, partial open or closed configuration. The security state may include the type of external communication and access permitted. Skate or skateboard assemblies provide greater mobility.
US11437944B2
A power conversion device includes a harmonic voltage generation unit that superimposes dc-axis and qc-axis harmonic voltages on dc-axis and qc-axis voltage commands in accordance with a switching signal; and an inductance estimation unit that estimates dc-axis inductance and qc-axis inductance on a basis of dc-axis and qc-axis harmonic currents, amplitude values of the harmonic voltages, and the switching signal.
US11437941B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a motor control device including an acquisition unit, an AD conversion unit, a calculation unit and a drive control unit. The acquisition unit acquires an analog signal indicating a rotational position of a motor. The AD conversion unit AD-converts the analog signal to generate a digital value. The calculation unit estimates a slope of a waveform of the analog signal by using a plurality of the digital values and obtains an intersection timing at which a straight line corresponding to the estimated slope intersects with a threshold. The drive control unit controls driving of the motor according to a rotation cycle obtained from a plurality of the intersection timings.
US11437940B2
An actuator includes a polyphased brushless motor having a two-wire connection for receiving a modulated power supply signal with a cyclic ratio or a modulated frequency, supplied by a motor control unit. The actuator also includes an electronic circuit having a microcontroller and a power stage delivering the power supply signals of the coils of the brushless motor, and a power supply stage including a rectifier and/or a filtering of the modulated signal for delivering a continuous power supply signal of the electronic circuit. The electronic circuit includes: a stage which is external or integral to the decoding microcontroller by temporal determination of the rising and falling edges of the modulated signal for providing: a direction of rotation set point value by analysis of the signal on the two wires; and/or a set point value of the target position of the rotor; and/or a set point value of a pre-recorded movement sequence; and/or a speed set point value, the microcontroller controlling the power supply signal of each of the phases according to the set point values and the power supply signal, the outputs of the power stage feeding the coils of the brushless motor.
US11437938B2
A system is provided for driving multiple motors. The system includes multiple cascaded H-bridge (CHB) power inverters, a DC bus, and multiple neutral point converter/inverters. Each of the multiple CHB power inverters is connected to a respective motor at one or more AC terminals of the CHB power inverter. Each of the multiple CHB power inverters includes one or more DC terminals configured to receive DC power. Each of the multiple neutral point converter/inverters is connected to a respective CHB power inverter at one or more neutral terminals of the respective CHB power inverter and connected to the DC bus.
US11437931B2
An electrostatic energy harvester broadly comprises an electrical energy storage component, an electrical energy transfer stage, first and second variable capacitors, and a switching control module. The electrical energy transfer stage includes diode-connected transistors and dictates electrical energy transfer between the electrical energy storage component and the variable capacitors. The switching control module timely switches between the first and second variable capacitors according to a state machine. Subsequent electrical energy investments from the electrical energy storage component are less than an initial electrical energy investment due to remnant electrical energy remaining at the previously active one of the first and second variable capacitors from previous electrical energy harvesting.
US11437928B2
The present invention provides an adaptively modulated multi-state inverter system, comprising: a split capacitor, four bridge arms and an isolation switch group, on each of the four bridge arms a pair of complementary power switch groups is arranged; the isolation switch group comprises four fuses and six bidirectional thyristors. The output branches of the first bridge arm, the second bridge arm and the third bridge arm are respectively connected in series with a fuse to output a three-phase voltage, and at three-phase output voltage side two shared auxiliary branches are arranged, one auxiliary branch starts from the fourth bridge arm output branch on which a fuse is connected in series and is then connected to the output terminal of the three-phase voltage via three bidirectional thyristors. The other auxiliary branch starts from the DC side feed branch from the midpoint of the split capacitor, and is connected with the output terminal of the three-phase voltage via three bidirectional thyristors respectively. The invention also provides a modulating method of the multi-state inverter system. The use of the adaptive modulating technology enables the multi-state inverter to have the functions of overcurrent protection, isolation of faulty bridge arms and fault-tolerant control on any single and double bridges.
US11437919B2
A power supply circuit has a push-pull portion having a transformer; first and second terminals of the primary winding, each connected to ground via first and second switches; an inductor connected between an input voltage and the primary winding centre tap via a third switch; an energy storage portion connected between the primary winding and ground, and to the inductor via a fourth switch; a controller arranged to monitor the input voltage and to apply partially overlapping first and second PWM signals to the first and second switches; when input voltage is between first and second thresholds, the controller closes the third switch and opens the fourth switch; above the second threshold, the controller applies a third PWM signal to the third switch and opens the fourth switch; and below the first threshold, the controller closes the third switch and applies a fourth PWM signal to the fourth switch.
US11437913B2
A switching control circuit for controlling a power supply circuit having a transformer and a transistor. The switching control circuit is configured to operate based on a power supply voltage that corresponds to a voltage from an auxiliary coil of the transformer. The switching control circuit includes a drive signal output circuit that outputs a drive signal that corresponds to an operation mode of the power supply circuit, the operation mode including a burst mode, a drive circuit that performs switching of the transistor based on the drive signal outputted by the drive signal output circuit, and a control circuit that outputs, to the drive signal output circuit, a control signal for operating the power supply circuit in the burst mode, when a first transition condition or a second transition condition is satisfied, the first transition condition including time as a condition, and the second transition condition not including time as a condition.
US11437911B2
A controller for a power converter comprising a drive signal generator and drive strength control and a variable strength multi-stage gate driver. The drive signal generator and drive strength control outputs a drive signal to control switching of a power switch and a strength signal to control drive strength of the power switch. The variable strength multi-stage gate driver is configured to turn ON the power switch in response to the drive signal with a first drive strength then a second drive strength when the strength signal is not asserted. The variable strength multi-stage gate driver is configured to turn ON the power switch in response to the drive signal with a third drive strength then the second drive strength when the strength signal is asserted. The second drive strength is stronger than the first drive strength and the first drive strength is stronger than the third drive strength.
US11437908B2
A voltage regulator includes a first control circuit and a first voltage adjusting circuit. The first control circuit receives an output voltage and generates a first control signal according to the output signal. The first voltage adjusting circuit is coupled to the first control circuit, receives the first control signal, and adjusts the output voltage according to the first control signal.
US11437905B2
A driver for improving reliability of a switch in a power device, comprising one or more sensors configured to sense an operational parameter of a power device. The driver comprises a controller configured to receive one or more sensor values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to adjust a driving pulse according to the sensor values. The controller is configured to apply the driving pulse to one or more control terminal of one or more switch of the power device.
US11437903B2
Described herein are latching devices where relative speed of movement between members is in part controlled or reduced via eddy current formation and in part controlled or relative motion stopped via a latch arrangement. Various embodiments are described, one being use of a conductive member; at least one magnetic field and a latch member that, prior to latching, moves independently to the at least one conductive member. A kinematic relationship exists between the conductive member and at least one magnetic field that enables the conductive member to move at a different speed relative to the magnetic field on application of an energizing force, thereby inducing an eddy current drag force by relative movement of the conductive member in the magnetic field. The eddy current drag force resulting causes movement of the conductive member causing the conductive member to engage the latch member thereby halting movement between the at least one conductive member and the at least one latch member.
US11437899B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for sensing rotor location, the apparatus comprising: a central shaft; a magnet coupled to the central shaft; a sensor portion is disposed correspond to the magnet; wherein the sensor portion comprising a substrate, a first group including a first Hall sensor and a third Hall sensor disposed on the substrate, and a second group including a second Hall sensor and a fourth Hall sensor, the first Hall sensor and the third Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft and the second Hall sensor and the fourth Hall sensor are arranged to overlap in a radial direction about the central shaft.
US11437891B2
Apparatus for determining a position of a movable object in a high pressure chamber includes a housing configured to delimit the high-pressure chamber and a carrier unit having an object-facing stationary end and a flexible region arranged between the stationary end and a region that extends through the housing. The flexible region is formed by a section of a guiding tube in the form of a tube spiral. A detecting unit is received in the carrier unit and includes a sensor for detecting a position of the object and outputting a position signal, and a sensor cable guided out of the high pressure chamber through the guiding tube and through the region for relaying the position signal to an evaluating unit. The sensor is arranged stationary in the high pressure chamber on the stationary end of the carrier unit.
US11437887B2
An electric generator system may include a housing assembly that forms an inlet vent opening and an outlet vent opening, an electric generator, an engine, and at least one fan positioned within the housing assembly, an electrical component, and an electrical component fan that is positioned proximate to the inlet vent opening and configured to draw air from externally of the housing assembly through the inlet vent opening and direct air to the electrical component during operation of the electric generator system. The at least one fan may be positioned generally opposite of the electrical component fan relative to the electrical component to draw air across the electrical component during operation of the electric generator system.
US11437883B2
A drive unit includes: a rotating electric machine having a rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction; a rotating electric machine case which accommodates the rotating electric machine; and a power conversion device converting electric power supplied to the rotating electric machine and electric power supplied from the rotating electric machine. The power conversion device is arranged on one side of the rotating electric machine. A first connector portion, to which a power line connected to a battery is connected, is provided on an upper portion of the power conversion device to face the horizontal direction. The first connector portion includes an internal connection portion connected to a conductive member arranged inside the power conversion device, and the first connector portion has a configuration in which the internal connection portion permits access from an upper side of the power conversion device.
US11437882B2
The cluster block accommodates connection terminals and has conductive member insertion holes, into which the conductive members are inserted. The cluster block is disposed between the bottom wall of the housing and second coil ends. The conductive member insertion holes are located on the radially outer side of the inner circumferential surface of the stator core. The cluster block includes a second wall portion in the vicinity of the electric motor and a first wall in the vicinity of the bottom wall of the housing. The second wall portion has a pressed surface on the radially inner side of the inner circumferential surface of the stator core. The outer surface of the first wall portion has a contact surface that is lined up with the pressed surface in the axial direction of the stator core. The contact surface is allowed to contact the bottom wall of the housing.
US11437881B2
A motor includes a sheet-metal cover accommodating a stator and a substrate and a wiring assembly electrically connected to the substrate. The cover includes a wiring lead port, which is open to a wall of the cover and communicates with an outside and an inside of the cover. The wiring assembly includes cables connected to the substrate and extending from the inside of the cover to the outside through the wiring lead port, a sleeve with a tubular shape into which the cables are inserted, the sleeve having an elastic modulus smaller than an elastic modulus of a coated portion of the cable, and a binder that bundles the cables through the sleeve. The sleeve is opposed to the wiring lead port from the inside of the cover, and an outer diameter of the sleeve is larger than an inner diameter of the wiring lead port.
US11437880B2
In a stator, coils of multiple phases are wound around a stator core via an insulator. A guide member is provided on one side of the stator core in the axial direction and guides the terminal line of the coil in the circumferential direction at a position overlapping the coil in the axial direction. The guide member has a collecting portion which collect the terminal lines at one place in the circumferential direction. The terminal line of the coil arranged in a vicinity of the collecting portion in the terminal line is a non-drawn terminal wire that is collected in the collecting portion without being drawn on the guide member in the circumferential direction.
US11437879B2
A bus-bar unit includes bus-bars and a bus-bar holder supporting the bus-bars. The bus-bar includes a first and a second bus-bar piece, including a plate. The first bus-bar piece includes a coil wire connecting portion connected to a coil wire drawn from a stator, and a first junction terminal joined to the second bus-bar piece. The second bus-bar piece includes an external connection terminal connected to an external device, a second junction terminal joined to the first bus-bar piece, and a second piece main body connecting them. The second piece main body has a first extension extending from the external connection terminal along a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the axial direction, a second extension extending from the second junction terminal along a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the axial direction, and a crank portion located between them and bent in a crank shape in a plate thickness direction.
US11437872B2
An electric machine includes an annular stator and a rotor disposed within the stator. The stator has a plurality of stator segments in the circumferential direction and a stator winding applied to a winding support. Each stator segment has lateral cutouts in the circumferential direction. In each case a winding support having a toroidally applied stator winding is introduced into lateral cutouts, which are adjacent in the circumferential direction, of adjacent stator segments. The radial outer side of the stator winding is partially surrounded by stator segment outer arms of mutually adjacent stator segments in such a way that a radially directed outer gap is formed between the stator segment outer arms of the two mutually adjacent stator segments.
US11437870B2
Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include one or more circuits to facilitate high power transfer at high frequencies. Such wireless power transfer systems include a transmission integrated circuit which includes a damping circuit and a transmitter controller, configured to dampen a wireless power signal such that communications fidelity is upheld at high power. The damping circuit includes at least a damping transistor that is configured to receive, from the transmitter controller, a damping signal for switching the transistor to control damping during transmission of the wireless data signals. Utilizing such systems enables wireless power transfer at high frequency, such as 13.56 MHz, at voltages over 1 Watt, while maintaining fidelity of in-band communications associated with the higher power wireless power signal.
US11437866B2
A contactless motor vehicle-charging device which, as components, includes a primary side and a secondary side, between which, via at least one air gap, energy can be transferred via inductive and/or capacitive coupling, and each of the components in each case includes at least a portion of a control circuit of the contactless motor vehicle-charging device, wherein at least one of the components includes a field controller and at least one of the components comprises a field measurement device which is designed to acquire a magnetic and/or electric field strength, wherein the field controller is designed to use in at least one control operation the acquired field strength as an actual value and, by this actual value and a predetermined setpoint value, to set at least one field strength of the contactless motor vehicle-charging device as a control variable.
US11437863B2
A wireless power transmission system wirelessly transmits power from a power transmission apparatus to a power reception apparatus. The system performs detection processing using a first detection method for detecting an object different from the power reception apparatus. The system determines whether a predetermined condition related to a state of at least either one of the power transmission apparatus and the power reception apparatus is satisfied. Then, the system performs object detection processing using a second detection method, different from the first detection method, according to a result of the determination regarding whether the predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11437859B2
A method of focused wireless power transmission is disclosed which includes generating a map for electromagnetic fingerprints at N locations within an environment of interest, including a transmitter and plurality of receivers each located at one of the N locations, transmitting pre-matched signals based on the electromagnetic fingerprints in a predetermined order for a first location of the N location, measuring response at each of the N locations, measuring spatial correlations between all other locations and the first location, and evaluating electromagnetic power focus at each of the N locations by comparing the measured spatial correlations.
US11437858B2
A system for providing electrical power to a remote device through wireless transmission is provided. The system includes a power transmitting data unit (PTDU), at least one power receiving data unit (PRDU) and at least one power throttling circuit. The PTDU receives electrical power from a power source. The PRDU is connected to a load device. The PRDU includes a resonator and a power conversion circuit. The resonator receives electromagnetic waves from the PTDU and converts the electromagnetic waves into the electrical power. The power conversion circuit provides target power to the load device. The power throttling circuit determines how much electrical power from the resonator needs to be transmitted to the power conversion circuit based on the power requirement of the load device, wherein the electrical power required for the load device is regarded as the target power.
US11437846B2
Disclosed is a reliable resilient router for a wide-area phasor measurement system of a power grid. The reliable resilient router includes a Data-type data packet processing module, a RetransReq data packet processing module, a RetransReport data packet processing module, a basic data packet processing module, a multi-path forwarding state table module, a content storage queue module and a physical port. The reliable resilient router of the present invention realizes active detection of a lost data packet and a single or batch retransmission mechanism, so that the lost data packet can be directly recovered in the grid from an upstream router through which the lost data packet passes, which improves the recovery time success rate and the high efficiency of the lost data packet, and guarantees the safe and stable operation of the wide-area phasor measurement system of the power grid.
US11437842B2
A power supply control device includes a charge circuit, a detection circuit, and a charge control circuit. The charge circuit charges a capacitor coupled to a power supply voltage node based on a full-wave rectified voltage. The charge control circuit enables a charge mode of the charge circuit when the detection circuit detects that a power supply voltage is less than a first threshold voltage. The charge control circuit disables the charge mode when the detection circuit detects that the power supply voltage reached a second threshold voltage. The charge control circuit sets a charge capacity of the charge circuit in a second charge mode period according to a length of a first charge mode period.
US11437840B2
In the battery control system pertaining to the present invention, one antenna is provided for each cell controller or each group of cell controllers. A battery controller switches between antennas by using a switch and performs wireless communication with each cell controller or each group of cell controllers. Hence, even if the number of cell controllers increases, a countermeasure can be taken by adding antennas and changing switches, and an increase in the number of battery controllers can be suppressed.
US11437829B2
Lithium-ion cells are widely used in various platforms, such as electric vehicles (EVs) and mobile devices. Complete and fast charging of cells has always been the goal for sustainable system operation. However, fast charging is not always the best solution, especially in view of a new finding that cells need to rest/relax after being charged with high current to avoid accelerated capacity fading. A user aware charging algorithm is proposed which maximizes the charged capacity within a user-specified available charging time (i.e., user-awareness) while ensuring enough relaxation (i.e., cell-awareness) and keeping cell temperature below a safe level.
US11437824B2
Techniques are disclosed for implementing a scalable hierarchical energy distribution grid utilizing homogeneous control logic are disclosed that provide distributed, autonomous control of a multitude of sites in an energy system using abstraction and aggregation techniques. A hierarchical energy distribution grid utilizing homogeneous control logic is provided that includes multiple control modules arranged in a hierarchy. Each control module can implement a same energy optimization scheme logic to directly control site energy resources and possibly energy resources of sites associated with control modules existing below it in the hierarchy. Each control module can act autonomously through use a similar set of input values to the common optimization scheme logic.
US11437811B2
The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a circuit board; a housing; and an antenna, wherein the antenna and the circuit board are fixed inside the housing, wherein the circuit board comprises a first electrostatic protection circuit and a protected circuit, wherein the antenna is electrically connected to a first end of the first electrostatic protection circuit, and electrically connected to a first end of the protected circuit, wherein a second end of the first electrostatic protection circuit is electrically connected to a first ground point, a second end of the protected circuit is electrically connected to a second ground point, and the first electrostatic protection circuit is connected in parallel with the protected circuit, and wherein a trace distance between the second end of the first electrostatic protection circuit and the second end of the protected circuit is less than a first threshold, to reduce parasitic inductance.
US11437805B2
In a method of warning of a hazardous electrical condition at a dock with wiring coupled to a voltage source via a dock breaker, an electric voltage between a ground and at least one of the dock frame or the water is detected. A plurality of voltage values of the electric voltage is stored. When at least two successive voltage values of the plurality voltage values exceeds a baseline safe voltage by a preset margin, then a shock warning signal is asserted, a dock breaker is opened and a shock warning indication is transmitted to a remote unit via a communication chipset. When at a voltage is sensed in the dock wiring system after the dock breaker has been opened, then a faulty dock breaker warning indication is transmitted to the remote unit via the communication chipset.
US11437802B2
A cable management system. The cable management system includes a collapsible body. The cable management system also includes a mounting plate attached to the collapsible body, wherein the mounting plate is configured to attach to an external device. The cable management system further includes a faceplate attached to the collapsible body opposite the mounting plate.
US11437798B2
A cover plate assembly is provided with a subplate with a substrate mounted to a wall mounted electrical device, to enclose the electrical device. A rim extends from a periphery of the substrate with a plurality of notches formed into an outer periphery of the rim. A cover plate with a substrate is adapted to be mounted upon the subplate substrate. A rim extends from a periphery of the cover plate substrate. A plurality of fasteners extends from the cover plate rim to engage the plurality of notches in the subplate to fasten the cover plate to the subplate. The plurality of fasteners is formed integrally with the cover plate and concealed within the cover plate rim.
US11437797B2
A bracket for supporting at least one electrical device includes a first portion including a flange oriented in a first plane and at least one second portion including a leg oriented in a second plane substantially parallel to and offset from the first plane. Each second portion is configured to be coupled to the at least one electrical device.
US11437793B2
A cable tray section includes first and second side rails, each side rail having opposite longitudinal ends and a length extending between the opposite longitudinal ends. A splice member is secured to one of the first and second rails adjacent one of the longitudinal ends. The splice member includes at least one opening configured to receive a fastener to connect the splice member to another splice member of another cable tray section to attach the two cable tray sections together. The at least one opening has an axis extending along the length of at least one of the first and second rails.
US11437788B2
A method for manufacturing a spark plug electrode system including a ground electrode and a center electrode, which are connected to each other by a joining area, formed from a one-piece spark plug electrode base body made up of spark plug electrode material.
US11437782B2
An embodiment discloses a vertical cavity surface emitting laser including a substrate, a lower reflective layer disposed on the substrate, a laser cavity including an active layer and disposed on the lower reflective layer, an oxide layer disposed on the laser cavity, an upper reflective layer disposed on the oxide layer, a plurality of first holes formed in the upper reflective layer and the oxide layer, and an upper electrode disposed on inner sides of the plurality of first holes and disposed on the upper reflective layer, wherein the oxide layer includes a plurality of light emitting regions spaced apart from each other, and the plurality of first holes are disposed to surround each of the light emitting regions in a plan view.
US11437780B2
A semiconductor laser device lases in a multiple transverse mode and includes a stacked structure where a first conductivity-side semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-side semiconductor layer are stacked above a substrate. The second conductivity-side semiconductor layer includes a current block layer having an opening that delimits a current injection region. Side faces as a pair are formed in portions of the stacked structure that range from part of the first conductivity-side semiconductor layer to the second conductivity-side semiconductor layer. The active layer has a second width greater than a first width of the opening. The side faces in at least part of the first conductivity-side semiconductor layer are inclined to the substrate. A maximum intensity position in a light distribution of light guided in the stacked structure, in a direction of the normal to the substrate, is within the first conductivity-side semiconductor layer.
US11437777B2
A method for tuning an emission wavelength of a laser device, including: acquiring a drive condition of a wavelength tunable laser diode to make the wavelength tunable laser diode oscillate at a wavelength from a memory; driving a first thermo-cooler and a first heater based on the drive condition of the wavelength tunable laser diode; determining whether respective control values of the first thermo-cooler and the first heater are reached within a first range of target values; and driving a gain region after the control values have been reached within the first range.
US11437776B2
A light emission control device includes: a first light emission control circuit outputting a first control signal and a second control signal; and a second light emission control circuit outputting a third control signal and a fourth control signal. The first light emission control circuit controls a phase of the second control signal based on a first PWM signal in a first PWM dimming mode. The second light emission control circuit controls a phase of the fourth control signal based on a second PWM signal in a second PWM dimming mode. The second light emission control circuit outputs the fourth control signal having a phase different from that of the second control signal in a first analog dimming mode and a second analog dimming mode.
US11437772B1
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a device comprising a pair of handles, and a set of prongs. The pair of jaws is coupled to the pair of handles. The set of prongs is coupled to the pair of jaws. The set of prongs comprises a pair of prongs coupled to a first jaw of the pair of jaws. The set of prongs comprises a single prong coupled to a second jaw of the pair of jaws. The device, via the set of prongs is constructed to crimp a wire as the pair of handles is closed.
US11437769B2
Apparatus and method provide a solenoid coil having a field-replaceable status indicator light, such as an LED. The status indicator light lights up when power is supplied to the solenoid coil to indicate the coil is energized and turns off when the coil is no longer energized. This allows technicians and other personnel working in hazardous environments to easily and reliably monitor the operational status of the solenoid coil. An electrical splitter adapter splits power between the solenoid coil and the status indicator light. The splitter adapter allows the status indicator light to be removed without interrupting power to the solenoid coil. Where the power is AC power, a rectifier may be provided on the splitter adapter to convert the AC power to DC power.
US11437764B2
A receptacle including a housing having a front cover, an outlet located on the front cover, and a light configured to project light through the front cover. The receptacle further including a photo sensor, a motion detector, and a controller. The photosensor is configured to detect light and output a light signal corresponding to the detected light. The motion detector is configured to detect motion and output a motion signal corresponding to the detected motion. The controller includes a memory and an electronic processor. The controller is configured to receive the light signal, receive the motion signal, compare the light signal to a light signal threshold, compare the motion signal to a motion signal threshold, and activate at least one selected from a group consisting of the light and the outlet, when the light signal crosses the light signal threshold and the motion crosses the motion signal threshold.
US11437761B2
The present invention relates to a high-current plug-in connector component and a high-current plug-in connector. The high-current plug-in connector component comprises a plug body provided with a center hole and a cable connecting hole in an inner cavity thereof, a silver cap which is welded to an outer side of an opening of the center hole, an elastic rubber arranged in the center hole, and a preset soldering tin arranged at a bottom of an inner side of the cable connecting hole, wherein the plug is slotted into three to six petals so that the plug is expanded to form an expansion plug; a head of the high-current plug-in connector component and a heel part of the plug are in a plugging engagement with a socket component of a corresponding plug-in connector, so that the high-current plug-in connector component is in electrical contact with corresponding plug-in connector component.
US11437755B2
According to one embodiment, a controller may include a user interface that is operable to receive input from a user to control an electronic system to which the controller may be coupled either directly or indirectly. The user interface may comprise an interface housing to which the user interface is coupled, the interface housing having a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion of which may contain the user interface. A controller housing may be coupled to the rear portion of the interface housing, the controller housing having a smaller perimeter than the interface housing. The controller housing may be comprised of at least one sidewall and a rear wall. At least one magnet may be coupled to the controller housing. The magnet(s) may be operable to hold the controller in position using magnetic force when the controller housing is inserted into a mounting receptacle.
US11437754B2
A plug-connector module for electrical contacts in the vehicle sector features the following: at least two contact elements that each feature at least one contact opening for receiving an electrical contact, and each features at least one first engagement device; and at least one positioning element for connecting the contact elements. For this purpose, the positioning element includes at least two second engagement devices that are configured complementary to the first engagement devices. Each contact element features at least one positioning opening for pushing-through the at least one positioning element. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a method for connecting at least two contact elements to a plug-connector module.
US11437749B2
A connector includes a terminal having a base plate portion and a pair of elastic curl portions, a connector housing having a terminal accommodating chamber, a flexible locking piece provided on a first wall of facing walls of the terminal accommodating chamber, a recessed groove provided on a second wall of the facing walls, extends from a rear side of the connector housing toward a front side of the connector housing along a terminal insertion direction of the terminal, and has a groove width smaller than a width of the base plate portion, and a contact surface formed at a front end portion of the recessed groove. When the terminal is reversely inserted, tip end contact portions of the elastic curl portions are brought into contact with the contact surface to prevent the terminal from being inserted further.
US11437744B2
A board connector used in a printed circuit board assembly and includes a shell, a pin and an elastic member. The shell has a chamber therein and a hole on a surface thereof. The pin is configured to accommodate in the chamber, wherein at least one part of the pin protrudes out of the shell via the hole. The elastic member is configured to locate in the chamber. The pin is located between the surface of the shell and the elastic member.
US11437742B2
Flexible circuits are described including markings that indicate connections between their flat-wire conductors and specific circuits of a vehicle electrical system. Wire conductors within the flexible circuit share connections with different circuits of the vehicle electrical system. To indicate a connection between a wire conductor and a vehicle circuit, the flexible circuit includes one or more human or machine-readable marks specifically indicating the connection, in some cases, at a position where the connection is to be made. The marks can include etchings or printings on the wire conductors or printings on or otherwise visible from the insulating body that protects the wire conductors.
US11437741B2
A complex terminal with a fastening structure for collectively fastening ends of a plurality of electric wires to a fastening target, the complex structure including: a plurality of couplers to which the ends of the plurality of electric wires are to be respectively coupled; a plurality of extensions respectively extending from the plurality of couplers; and a joint that is provided at a portion where end edges or side edges of the plurality of extensions are abutted against each other, and is formed by friction stir welding, wherein a fastening hole formed by a tool used in the friction stir welding is provided passing through the joint.
US11437730B2
Examples of a patch antenna are described herein. Some examples of the patch antenna include a parallelepipedal antenna holder. In some examples, a first excitation surface is situated on a first side of the antenna holder, where a second side opposite the first side is situated on a metal plane. A grounding surface is situated on a third side between the first side and the second side. An excitation radiator feed is situated to provide electromagnetic coupling between the excitation radiator feed and the first excitation surface.
US11437726B2
A helix antenna structure includes loop antennas and a multilayered printed circuit board including printed circuit board layers. Each printed circuit board layer includes a peripheral loop antenna and each adjacent two loop antennas are electrically connected by a connection bridge functioning as a monopole antenna. A selected printed circuit board layer physically and electrically accommodates a transmitter inside ‘its’ peripheral loop antenna, and it further includes a first antenna feeding line which is connected to the loop antenna that is disposed on the selected printed circuit board layer and electrically connectable to a first output terminal of the transmitter. A second antenna feeding line is disposed on another printed circuit board layer and electrically connected to its loop antenna and connectable to another output terminal of the transmitter. The two antenna feeding lines lie in a plane perpendicular to an axis of the printed circuit board after its folding.
US11437723B2
An antenna apparatus may include: a substrate; two feed vias disposed in the substrate; and an antenna pattern disposed on one surface of the substrate, and including a central portion and wing portions protruding from the central portion. A first wing portion and a second wing portion adjacent to the first wing portion, among the wing portions, may be disposed over the two feed vias. The antenna apparatus may be configured to selectively provide a feed signal to either one or both of the two feed vias.
US11437721B2
A method for manufacturing a dual-band antenna includes stamping a metallic sheet to form an antenna plate having at least one antenna element with a low frequency section and a high frequency section having a slot; and folding the at least one antenna element about a portion of a perimeter of the stamped metallic sheet forming an upper surface, a side wall and a lower surface of the at least one antenna element.
US11437711B2
The present disclosure provides an antenna module and a mobile terminal. The antenna module includes a dielectric block and a radiation patch. The dielectric block is a polyhedron, the radiation patch is attached to a plurality of surfaces of the dielectric block, and the radiation patch is provided with a feed point and a ground point. The mobile terminal is provided with several antenna modules described above. The antenna module provided in the present disclosure attaches the radiation patch to the plurality of surfaces of the dielectric block with a polyhedral structure, thereby reducing an overall volume of the antenna module while increasing an effective radiation area of the radiation patch and enhancing radiation performance of the antenna module.
US11437709B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device with advanced antenna. The electronic device includes: a display screen; a metal frame surrounding a side edge of the display screen; and a connecting component disposed between the side edge of the display screen and a top end of the metal frame; wherein a height of the connecting component is larger than a preset height such that a portion of the side edge of the display screen not facing the metal frame has at least the preset height. Since the height of the connecting component is larger than the preset height such that the area of the portion of the side edge of the display screen which faces directly the metal frame may be smaller than a predetermined value. Thus, interruption between the display screen and the metal frame may be reduced or eliminated.
US11437704B2
A wireless communication device comprises a control unit, an antenna interface, an active wireless transceiver operable together with the control unit and antenna interface, a passive wireless transceiver operable together with the antenna interface and operable by harvesting power from received radio messages. The device is further configured to deactivate the one or more active wireless transceivers and control unit to an inactive state and, subsequently, by the passive wireless transceiver, activate the control unit and an active wireless transceiver to an active state when the passive wireless transceiver receives a message from the antenna interface.
US11437703B2
A window glass for a vehicle includes a glass plate for window of the vehicle, a defogger on the glass plate, and an antenna on the glass plate. The defogger includes a pair of bus bars extending in a height direction of the glass plate, a first defogging area formed by a plurality of first heating wires connected between the pair of bus bars and extending in a widthwise direction of the glass plate, and a second defogging area formed by at least a second heating wire connected to the pair of bus bars or to the first defogging area and extending in a protruding manner to one side in the height direction to surround a wiring-prohibited area. The antenna is provided in at least one of areas that are an area on left of the second defogging area and an area on right of the second defogging area.
US11437696B2
Methods for manufacturing a microwave or radio frequency (RF) device include mounting a printed circuit board (PCB) on a flexible PCB having at least one ground plane and a signal terminal. The PCB can include a through-hole the sidewalls of which are coated with a conductive material. The methods can include placing a microwave component within the through-hole. The methods can include disposing a conductive cover on the PCB such that the cover is in electrical contact with the ground plane of the flexible PCB through the conductive material, forming shielding around the microwave component. The flexible PCB can be folded along a respective bend portion.
US11437695B2
A surface mountable coupler may include a monolithic base substrate having a first surface, a second surface, a length in an X-direction, and a width in a Y-direction that is perpendicular to the X-direction. A plurality of ports may be formed over the first surface of the monolithic base substrate including a coupling port, an input port, and an output port. The coupler may include a first thin film inductor and a second thin film inductor that is inductively coupled with the first thin film inductor and electrically connected between the input and output ports. A thin film circuit may electrically connect the first thin film inductor with the coupling port. The thin film circuit may include at least one thin film component.
US11437687B2
A power unit made up of a weld-free assembly of a plurality of battery cells having positive and negative contact surfaces, respectively, on the two opposing front ends thereof, the cells being mechanically juxtaposed and parallel with one another, the unit including: a bottom plate having metal contact zones capable of ensuring electrical and optionally thermal connection with the bottom metal base of a cell; a top plate having metal contact zones for ensuring electrical connection with the top cap of a cell; means for connecting with the top caps of the cells, which are resiliently deformable in an axial direction relative to the orientation of the cells.
US11437682B2
A battery module includes a partition wall to separate an upper space from a lower space, a first plate that defines the upper space together with the partition wall, and a second plate that is disposed above the first plate such that a gap is left between the first and second plates. A case has an opening that is formed to let the gap communicate with an outside of the case. The first plate has a through hole through which the upper space and the gap communicate. The battery module further includes a through path passing through the partition wall and each of the plates to let the lower space communicate with a space above the second plate. The upper space and the gap constitute an exhaust duct, while the lower space and a top space constitute a cooling duct.
US11437673B2
An impact-proofed battery includes a packaging film, an electrode assembly received in the packaging film, tabs extending from an end portion of the electrode assembly, and insulating layers. Each tab includes a connecting region, a packaging region, and an exposed region connected in the order written. The connecting region is electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and the exposed region is exposed from the packaging film. Each insulating layer includes a packaging portion and a protective portion connecting to the packaging portion. The packaging portion covers the packaging region and is between the packaging film and the packaging region. The protective portion is between the connecting region and the packaging film, and an area of the protective portion is greater than an area of the connecting region. The disclosure also provides a device using the battery.
US11437666B2
A battery module made from a plurality of side-by-side pouch cell modules, wherein each pouch cell module is formed with a pair of cells on either side of an insulation pad with the cells in turn positioned between first and second metal brackets such that each cell contacts an insulation pad on one side and a metal bracket on the other. Also included are a pair of pressure plates at the ends of the stack of side-by-side pouch cells and a compression band wrapping around the plurality of side-by-side pouch cells and the pressure plates. A busbar electrically connects the plurality of side-by-side pouch cells together.
US11437660B2
A battery module including a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries stacked in at least one direction and configured so that electrode leads of the secondary batteries protrude in at least one direction of forward direction and a rearward direction thereof; an upper housing disposed at an upper portion of the cell assembly; and a sensing block located at at least one of a front side and a rear side of the cell assembly and having a bus bar made of an electrically conductive material and contacting the electrode leads of the secondary batteries at the corresponding front side or rear side of the cell assembly is provided. The sensing block being slidably coupled to the upper housing.
US11437657B2
A method for controlling a rechargeable battery on a machine tool contains the steps of: setting the control electronics of the rechargeable battery to a deactivation mode, with the result that no current flows from the rechargeable battery into the control electronics and to the machine tool; transmitting at least one signal from the machine tool to the rechargeable battery via the first and second communication lines; activating the wake-up circuit for activating control electronics by detecting a voltage value from the first or second communication line, wherein the voltage value corresponds to either the dominant or the recessive state of the first or second communication line; setting the control electronics of the rechargeable battery to an activation mode via the wake-up circuit; and enabling current to be drawn from the rechargeable battery by the machine tool. A system containing a rechargeable battery and a machine tool, a rechargeable battery and a machine tool for carrying out the method are also provided.
US11437654B2
A battery pack which includes: a battery cell which contains a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the battery cell is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery; a casing which stores the battery cell; and at least one liquid leakage sensor which detects liquid leakage from the battery cell, wherein the casing and/or the battery cell have a leaked liquid retention region in which the non-aqueous electrolyte tends to be retained when the non-aqueous electrolyte leaks out of the battery cell, wherein the liquid leakage sensor outputs measurement information as a detection result without using a charging/discharging circuit which charges and discharges the battery cell, and wherein at least one sensor unit of the liquid leakage sensor is provided in the leaked liquid retention region.
US11437653B2
A laminated secondary battery that includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte accommodated in an exterior body. In the electrode assembly, a positive and negative electrode laminate body including an electrode current collector and electrode multi-units having two or more electrode material layers formed on the electrode current collector with non-forming regions interposed between them is bent in the non-forming regions of the electrode multi-unit, and the electrode multi-units have a collector tab extended from sides adjacent to the non-forming regions among all sides defining the two or more electrode material layers in a plan view thereof before being bent.
US11437649B2
Separator and electrolyte composites include a porous self-supporting separator film between or adjacent one or two electrolyte films. The electrolyte films may contain a glyme or mixture of glymes, LiX salt and complexing agent, such as PEO. The porous self-supporting separator film may be used dry or wetted with a liquid electrolyte composition. Solid state batteries include the described separator and electrolyte composites in combination with an anode and a cathode.
US11437645B2
An electrolyte according to the present disclosure contains a lithium composite metal oxide represented by the following compositional formula. Li7-xLa3(Zr2-xAx)O12-yFy In the formula, 0.1≤x≤1.0, 0.0
US11437641B2
Redox flow battery efficiency and performance may be improved with a high energy density bipyridinium based ionic room-temperature liquid electrolyte. Current electrolytes require solvent to dissolve the redox-active material and a supporting electrolyte to maintain charge balance. A room temperature redox-active electrolyte having intrinsic charge balancing would not need a solvent to form a liquid and would therefore have a higher density of anions and cations involved with charge storage. As such, creating redox-active bipyridinium core ionic materials that are in a liquid form at room temperature or, more particularly, are liquids across the range at which a redox flow battery would operate permit smaller and less costly flow battery design than conventional flow batteries.
US11437639B2
The present invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell especially protonic ceramic fuel cell which can operate at intermediate temperature and fuel cell thereof. The composition comprising a formula BaCe0.7Zr0.25-xYxZn0.05O3-δ or BaCe0.7Zr0.1Y0.2-xPrxO3-δ, wherein x=0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.25 to vary Zr and Y percentage at the B-site, and Ba=100%, Ce=70%; and Zn=5%.
US11437636B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell a current sensor that detects a current of the fuel cell, a plurality of cell voltage sensors that detects a voltage in a unit of one or two or more cells of the fuel cell among the cells, a pump that adjusts a flow rate of the cooling medium, and a controller. The controller estimates, in a first case, a calorific value of the fuel cell using each detected cell voltage value and the detected current value, decides the flow rate of the cooling medium based on the estimated calorific value, and controls the operation of the pump such that the flow rate of the cooling medium is lower than that of a case where the estimated calorific value is the same in a normal operation of the fuel cell.
US11437632B2
Disclosed herein is a fuel-cell unit cell, at a first part of which: the fuel-cell unit cell has a bonding layer; between a first separator and an outer peripheral edge portion of a first gas diffusion layer, the bonding layer bonds the first separator and the outer peripheral edge portion together; between the first separator and an outer peripheral edge portion of a membrane-electrode assembly, the bonding layer is bonded to the outer peripheral edge portion of the membrane-electrode assembly; and between the first separator and a support frame and/or between a second separator and the support frame, the bonding layer bonds the support frame and the separator together.
US11437631B2
A passage bead seal of a fuel cell joint separator includes a straight portion and curved portions. An oxygen-containing gas bridge section connecting the inside and the outside of a portion surrounded by a passage bead seal includes inner tunnels and outer tunnels coupled to an inner side wall and an outer side wall of a straight portion, and protruding in a separator thickness direction. The tunnel height is determined to be smaller than the bead seal height by not less than a predetermined value in a manner that a line pressure applied by a compression load to a front end surface of the straight portion becomes the same as a line pressure applied by the compression load to a front end surface of the curved portion.
US11437630B2
The invention relates to a fuel cell (2) comprising at least one membrane/electrode unit (10) comprising a first electrode (21) and a second electrode (22), which electrodes are separated from one another by a membrane (18), and comprising at least one bipolar plate (40) which comprises a first distribution region (50) for distributing a fuel to the first electrode (21) and a second distribution region (60) for distributing an oxidation agent to the second electrode (22). A distribution unit (30) is provided in at least one of the distribution regions (50, 60) and has at least one flat woven fabric (80), wherein the flat woven fabric (80) is deformed in such a way that raised portions (32) of the woven fabric (80) touch one of the electrodes (21, 22).
US11437623B2
This application discloses a secondary battery and an apparatus containing the secondary batteries. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, the positive electrode plate comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film comprising a positive active material; the negative electrode plate comprising a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film comprising a negative electrode active material, wherein the positive active material comprises one or more of layered lithium transition metal oxides and modified compounds thereof, the negative electrode active material comprises artificial graphite and natural graphite, and the negative electrode plate satisfies 0.02≤I3R(012)/I2H(100)≤0.18, alternatively the positive active material comprises one or more of lithium-containing phosphates with olivine structure and modified compounds thereof, the negative electrode active material includes artificial graphite and natural graphite, and the negative electrode plate satisfies 0.04≤I3R(012)/I2H(100)≤0.22.
US11437621B2
Composites of silicon and various porous scaffold materials, such as carbon material comprising micro-, meso- and/or macropores, and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The compositions find utility in various applications, including electrical energy storage electrodes and devices comprising the same.
US11437612B2
An object of the present disclosure is to produce a cathode mixture capable of increasing the charge-discharge capacity of a sulfur battery. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a cathode mixture used for a sulfur battery and a method for producing the same, wherein the cathode mixture is produced by a mechanical milling treatment of a raw material mixture including Li2S and MxSy wherein M is selected from P, Si, Ge, B, Al, or Sn, and x and y are integers that confer an electroneutrality with respect to S according to a kind of M; a cathode active material including a sulfur simple substance; and a conductive aid including a carbon material.
US11437611B2
A negative electrode active material and a method for preparing a negative electrode active material, comprising preparing a silicon-based compound including SiOx, wherein 0.5
US11437592B2
The present invention relates to bi- and oligonuclear metal complexes and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
US11437590B2
An organic electroluminescence element material contains a π-conjugated boron compound having a structure represented by Formula (1), wherein, X1 and X2 each independently represent O, S, or N—Y1, Y1 represents an alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group, or an aromatic heterocyclic group, when there are a plurality of Y1s the plurality of Y1s may be the same or different, R1 to R9 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
US11437581B2
The present application provides a blue fluorescent material and an OLED display panel, wherein the blue fluorescent material is a tetrahedral structure formed by simultaneously connecting a tert-butyl pyrene and a charge carrier transport unit to a same carbon of cyclohexane; wherein the tert-butyl pyrene increases an external quantum efficiency of the OLED display panel, and the tetrahedral structure increases distance between activated particles and reduces a concentration quenching. The charge carrier transport unit improves a balance of the carrier transfer and alleviates a problem that the current OLED display panel has a low luminous efficiency of the blue light material.
US11437576B2
A method and a deposition apparatus of fabricating a display device is disclosed. The method may include providing a target substrate in an internal space of a chamber of a deposition apparatus, depositing a first material which includes an organic material and a deposition material coupled to each other, on the target substrate to form preliminary deposition layer, performing a preliminary decomposition step to remove the organic material, and performing a decomposition step to remove the organic material remained in the preliminary deposition layer and to form a deposition layer. The preliminary decomposition step may include heating the preliminary deposition layer, and the decomposition step may include injecting a second material containing an organic solvent onto the preliminary deposition layer.
US11437573B2
A semiconductor device includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode, a switching layer and a diffusion harrier layer. The top electrode is over the bottom electrode. The switching layer is between the bottom electrode and the top electrode, and configured to store data. The diffusion barrier layer is between the bottom electrode and the switching layer to obstruct diffusion of ions between the switching layer and the bottom electrode.
US11437570B2
A resistive switching memory device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a first electrode; a second electrode formed to be separated from the first electrode; and an insulating layer formed near the first electrode and the second electrode, and changed to one of a high resistance state and a low resistance state when a conductive filament is controlled by a change of external humidity or a voltage applied through the first electrode or the second electrode.
US11437561B2
An acoustic resonator comprises a substrate, a resonant portion disposed on the substrate and in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are stacked, a protective layer disposed on an upper portion of the resonant portion, and a hydrophobic layer formed on the protective layer, and the protective layer comprises a first protective layer stacked on the second electrode and a second protective layer stacked on the first protective layer, wherein a density of the second protective layer is higher than a density of the first protective layer.
US11437559B2
A physical vapor deposition system includes a chamber, three target supports to targets, a movable shield positioned having an opening therethrough, a workpiece support to hold a workpiece in the chamber, a gas supply to deliver nitrogen gas and an inert gas to the chamber, a power source, and a controller. The controller is configured to move the shield to position the opening adjacent each target in turn, and at each target cause the power source to apply power sufficient to ignite a plasma in the chamber to cause deposition of a buffer layer, a device layer of a first material that is a metal nitride suitable for use as a superconductor at temperatures above 8° K on the buffer layer, and a capping layer, respectively.
US11437557B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor device and a method for forming an optoelectronic semiconductor device are disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes a carrier having a main plane of extension, at least one semiconductor chip arranged on the carrier, a frame arranged on the carrier and surrounding the semiconductor chip in lateral directions which are parallel to the main plane of extension of the carrier and a conversion layer covering the at least one semiconductor chip and the frame, wherein the at least one semiconductor chip extends further in a vertical direction than the frame, wherein the semiconductor chip is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, and wherein the frame and the semiconductor chip are spaced from each other in the lateral directions by a gap.
US11437555B2
An embodiment provides a semiconductor device comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor structure disposed on the substrate and including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an activation layer disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer; a bonding layer disposed between the semiconductor structure and the substrate; a cover layer disposed between the bonding layer and the semiconductor structure; and an electrode pad disposed on the cover layer and spaced apart from the semiconductor structure, wherein: the semiconductor structure further comprises a stepped portion at which the lateral surface of the second conductive semiconductor layer, the lateral surface of the activation layer, and the lower surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer are exposed; the stepped portion is disposed at the outer portion of the semiconductor structure; and the cover layer is disposed to extend from a region vertically overlapping the electrode pad to a region vertically overlapping a part of the exposed lower surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer.
US11437546B2
The present invention provides a display panel and a display module, and the display panel includes: an array substrate; a light emitting device layer on the array substrate, including an anode layer on the array substrate, the anode layer including at least one metal layer; The display panel further includes at least one retaining wall on the array substrate; a distance between an edge of the at least one metal layer in the anode layer and a first boundary of the display panel is greater than a distance between the retaining wall and the first boundary.
US11437541B2
A method of manufacturing a micro light emitting diode (LED) display and a transfer apparatus are provided. The method of manufacturing a micro LED display includes: identifying a repairing micro LED, from among a plurality of second micro LEDs, on a second substrate based on a first position of a defective micro LED, from among a plurality of first micro LEDs, on a first substrate; removing the defective micro LED from the first substrate; matching the first position on the first substrate from which the defective micro LED has been removed to a second position of the repairing micro LED on the second substrate; and transferring the repairing micro LED from the second position on the second substrate to the first position on the first substrate from which the defective micro LED has been removed, by using a laser transfer method.
US11437537B2
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have the potential to achieve high efficiencies through improvements to the optical and electrical parameters of perovskite/silicon tandem devices, via photon management, particularly using the optical band-edge shifting properties of silicon via surface modification of silicon. Silicon can directly extract the light generated charge carriers, which can achieve an efficiency of over 28%.
US11437536B2
An improved solar power generation system, having at least one solar-array module. The solar cells in a solar-array module are interconnected in a crisscross matrix network configuration. The solar cells are a pre-sorted by the class of tolerance level of output power, such that the solar cells in each of the rows of solar cells are arranged in a steadily ascending (or steadily descending) order of the maximum power values that the solar cells are capable to provide, wherein the maximum power value of a solar cell in a particular row is higher or equal to the maximum power values of the previous (next, for steadily descending order) solar cells in the same row.
US11437535B2
A voltage-matched solar module for converting incident solar radiation into electricity consisting of a plurality of wafer-sized multi-junction solar devices and wiring circuitry adjacent to a module-sized bottom substrate. Each solar device has at least two photovoltaic (PV) cells separated by electrically insulating transparent layers. The PV cells are aligned so as to overlap and are electrically connected to the wiring circuitry by conducting vias. The wiring circuitry includes a multiplicity of serial strings electrically connected in parallel and having substantially the same voltage. A method of producing the solar module is disclosed which utilizes an ALD/LPCVD tool for van der Waals epitaxy of 2D materials.
US11437531B2
A photodetector especially useful for infrared detection. The photodetector includes a two-dimensional arrangement of resonator-photodiode units disposed along a detector surface for detecting radiation incident from above the detector surface and having a target frequency (vt) that corresponds to a target wavelength (λt) in vacuum, wherein each resonator-photodiode unit has a photodiode semiconductor structure, which is sensitive to the target frequency (vt), and a subwavelength dielectric resonator.
US11437530B2
Methods of fabricating solar cell emitter regions with differentiated P-type and N-type regions architectures, and resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, a back contact solar cell can include a substrate having a light-receiving surface and a back surface. A first polycrystalline silicon emitter region of a first conductivity type is disposed on a first thin dielectric layer disposed on the back surface of the substrate. A second polycrystalline silicon emitter region of a second, different, conductivity type is disposed on a second thin dielectric layer disposed on the back surface of the substrate. A third thin dielectric layer is disposed over an exposed outer portion of the first polycrystalline silicon emitter region and is disposed laterally directly between the first and second polycrystalline silicon emitter regions. A first conductive contact structure is disposed on the first polycrystalline silicon emitter region. A second conductive contact structure is disposed on the second polycrystalline silicon emitter region. Metallization methods, include etching techniques for forming a first and second conductive contact structure are also described.
US11437528B2
Contact holes of solar cells are formed by laser ablation to accommodate various solar cell designs. Use of a laser to form the contact holes is facilitated by replacing films formed on the diffusion regions with a film that has substantially uniform thickness. Contact holes may be formed to deep diffusion regions to increase the laser ablation process margins. The laser configuration may be tailored to form contact holes through dielectric films of varying thicknesses.
US11437526B2
In one example, an electronic device includes: an electronic component comprising a sensor and an electrical interconnect; a substrate comprising an electrically conductive material and a translucent mold compound, wherein the electrically conductive material is coupled to the translucent mold compound and wherein the electrical interconnect of the electronic component is coupled to the electrically conductive material of the substrate; and a translucent underfill contacting the electrical interconnect and between the translucent mold compound and the sensor. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11437506B2
A wide gap semiconductor device has: a drift layer using wide gap semiconductor material being a first conductivity type; a well region being a second conductivity type and provided in the drift layer; a source region provided in the well region; a gate contact region provided in the well region and electrically connected to a gate pad; and a Zener diode region provided in the well region and provided between the source region and the gate contact region.
US11437504B2
Group III-N transistors of complementary conductivity type employing two polarization junctions of complementary type. Each III-N polarization junction may include two III-N material layers having opposite crystal polarities. The opposing polarities may induce a two-dimensional charge sheet within each of the two III-N material layers. Opposing crystal polarities may be induced through introduction of an intervening layer between two III-N material layers. A III-N heterostructure may include two III-N polarization junctions. A 2D electron gas (2DEG) is induced at a first polarization junction and a 2D hole gas (2DHG) is induced at the second polarization junction. Transistors of complementary type may utilize a separate one of the polarization junctions, enabling III-N transistors to implement CMOS circuitry.
US11437500B2
The on-state characteristics of a transistor are improved and thus, a semiconductor device capable of high-speed response and high-speed operation is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device showing stable electric characteristics is made. The semiconductor device includes a transistor including a first oxide layer; an oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide layer; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer; a second oxide layer over the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer over the second oxide layer; and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer. An end portion of the second oxide layer and an end portion of the gate insulating layer overlap with the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer.
US11437496B2
A method for fabricating an integrated circuit is disclosed. The method comprises forming a semiconductor ridge over a semiconductor surface of a substrate and forming an implant screen on a top and sidewalls of the semiconductor ridge. The implant screen is at least two times thicker on the top of the semiconductor ridge relative to the sidewalls of the semiconductor ridge. The method further comprises implanting a dopant into the top and sidewalls of the semiconductor ridge.
US11437491B2
A method includes forming a protruding structure, and forming a non-conformal film on the protruding structure using an Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) process. The non-conformal film includes a top portion directly over the protruding structure, and a sidewall portion on a sidewall of the protruding structure. The top portion has a first thickness, and the sidewall portion has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness.
US11437489B2
RMG techniques for VFET formation using a chamfering process are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a VFET device includes: patterning fins adjacent to one another in a substrate; forming bottom source/drains at a base of the fins; forming bottom spacers over the bottom source/drains; forming sacrificial gates alongside the fins; forming top source/drains at a top of the fins; forming top spacers surrounding the top source/drains; removing the sacrificial gates; depositing a high-κ gate dielectric along sidewalls of the fins; removing the high-κ gate dielectric from an opening between adjacent top spacers; depositing at least a first workfunction-setting metal layer onto the high-κ gate dielectric; removing the first workfunction-setting metal layer from the opening between the adjacent top spacers; and depositing at least a second workfunction-setting metal layer onto the first workfunction-setting metal layer to form replacement metal gates. A VFET device is also provided.
US11437482B2
A field effect transistor (FET), a method of fabricating the field effect transistor, and an electronic device are provided. The field effect transistor comprises: a source and a drain, the source being made of a Dirac material (103); a channel disposed between the source and the drain, and doped opposite to the source; and a gate (106) disposed on the channel and electrically insulated from the channel.
US11437478B2
A semiconductor device, its manufacturing method, and a radiation measurement method are presented, relating to semiconductor techniques. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate comprising a base area and a collector area adjacent to each other; a plurality of semiconductor fins on the substrate, wherein the plurality of semiconductor fins comprises at least a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin on the base area and separated from each other, the first semiconductor fin comprises an emission area adjacent to the base area, and the second semiconductor fin comprises a first region adjacent to the base area; a first gate structure on the second semiconductor fin; and a first source and a first drain at two opposite sides of the first gate structure and at least partially in the first region. Radiation in a semiconductor apparatus can be measured through this semiconductor device.
US11437473B2
A nitride semiconductor device includes: a first nitride semiconductor layer constituting an electron transit layer; a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and constituting an electron supply layer; a ridge-shaped gate portion formed on the second nitride semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer so as to face each other with the ridge-shaped gate portion interposed therebetween, wherein the ridge-shaped gate portion includes: a nitride semiconductor gate layer containing acceptor-type impurities and disposed on the second nitride semiconductor layer; a gate metal film disposed on the nitride semiconductor gate layer; a gate insulating film formed on the gate metal film; and a gate electrode capacitively-coupled to the gate metal film by the gate insulating film.
US11437470B2
The disclosure relates to a semiconductor component having an SiC semiconductor body and a first load terminal on a first surface of the SiC semiconductor body. A second load terminal is formed on a second surface of the SiC semiconductor body opposite the first surface. The semiconductor component has a drift zone of a first conductivity type in the SiC semiconductor body and a first semiconductor area of a second conductivity type which is electrically connected to the first load terminal. A pn junction between the drift zone and the first semiconductor area defines a voltage blocking strength of the semiconductor component.
US11437459B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device comprising: a substrate; a thin film transistor layer on a first surface of the substrate and including a first hole; a light emitting element layer on the thin film transistor layer and including a light emitting element; a first light blocking layer between the substrate and the thin film transistor layer and including a second hole overlapping the first hole in a thickness direction of the substrate; and a second light blocking layer between the thin film transistor layer and the light emitting element layer and including a third hole overlapping the first hole and the second hole in the thickness direction of the substrate.
US11437452B2
Disclosed are an array substrate and a display device. In some embodiments of the disclosure, at least one multi-access selector arranged proximate to a first non-right-angled edge is segmented into a plurality of sub-units, and orthographic projections of at least two of the sub-units are stagger in a Y direction, the Y direction is perpendicular to a X direction in which gate lines extend.
US11437447B2
Provided are a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The display device includes an organic light-emitting display panel and a fingerprint identification assembly disposed on a non-light-emitting display side of the organic light-emitting display panel. The fingerprint identification assembly includes a first substrate, a fingerprint identification unit and a light-shielding structure. The fingerprint identification unit and the light-shielding structure are disposed on a same side of the first substrate. The light-shielding structure is disposed between the fingerprint identification unit and the organic light-emitting display panel; the light-shielding structure includes at least two light-shielding layers, each light-shielding layer includes light-transmissive portions and at least one light-shielding portion, and the light-transmissive portions are at least partially surrounded by the light-shielding portion; in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate, positions of light-transmissive portions in one light-shielding layer are in one-to-one correspondence with positions of light-transmissive portions in another one light-shielding layer.
US11437437B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory including material layers each including one or more low-resistance areas and one or more high-resistance areas, insulating layers stacked alternately with the material layers and including protrusions extending more than the material layers, conductive pillars passing through the insulating layers and the low-resistance areas, conductive layers located between the protrusions, and variable resistance layers interposed between the low-resistance areas and the conductive layers.
US11437428B2
A display device comprises: a substrate; a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate; and a plurality of light emitting elements provided to the respective pixels. The light emitting elements include a plurality of first light emitting elements, a plurality of second light emitting elements, and a plurality of third light emitting elements, the first light emitting elements are arrayed on the substrate in a first direction and a second direction, the third light emitting element has a part not overlapping the first light emitting element or the second light emitting element when one of the pixels is viewed in the first direction, and the third light emitting element has a part not overlapping the first light emitting element or the second light emitting element when one of the pixels is viewed in the second direction.
US11437410B2
A display apparatus includes a plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to form a single pixel, a plurality of signal electrodes configured to supply a data signal to the plurality of inorganic LEDs, and a common electrode configured to provide a ground to the plurality of inorganic LEDs.
US11437399B2
A semiconductor device includes a stacked structure including insulating layers and conductive layers alternately stacked on each other, a hard mask pattern located on the stacked structure, a channel structure passing through the hard mask pattern and the stacked structure, insulating patterns interposed between the insulating layers and the channel structure and each including a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface faces each of the insulating layers and is flat and the second surface faces the channel structure and includes a curved surface, and a memory layer interposed between the stacked structure and the channel structure and filling a space between the insulating patterns, wherein a sidewall of each of the conductive layers is located on an extending line of a sidewall of the hard mask pattern and the insulating patterns protrude farther towards the channel structure than the sidewall of the hard mask pattern.
US11437369B2
An array of multi-stack transistor structures is provided, wherein the multi-stack transistor structures are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns in the array, wherein each of the multi-stack transistor structures includes two or more vertically arranged transistor stacks, and wherein a dam structure is formed between adjacent two rows in a same column so that a multi-stack transistor structure in one of the adjacent two rows is electrically isolated from a multi-stack transistor structure in the other of the adjacent two rows in the same column.
US11437367B2
A 3D integrated circuit (3D IC) chip is described. The 3D IC chip includes a die having a compound semiconductor high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) active device. The compound semiconductor HEMT active device is composed of compound semiconductor layers on a single crystal, compound semiconductor layer. The 3D IC chip also includes an acoustic device integrated in the single crystal, compound semiconductor layer. The 3D IC chip further includes a passive device integrated in back-end-of-line layers of the die on the single crystal, compound semiconductor layer.
US11437365B2
A semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type is coated with a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type. A buried region of the second conductivity type is formed an interface between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer. First and second wells of the first conductivity type are provided in the semiconductor layer. A second region of the second conductivity type is formed in the first well. A third region of the second conductivity type is formed in the second well. The first well, the semiconducting layer, the second well and the third region form a first lateral thyristor. The second well, the semiconductor layer, the first well and the second region form a second lateral thyristor. The buried region and semiconductor substrate form a zener diode which sets the trigger voltage for the lateral thyristors.
US11437364B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region of a first conductivity type and a second region of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, the first region and the second region being adjacent to each other and forming a pn junction in the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor fin on the semiconductor substrate, and an electrode on the semiconductor fin. The pn junction in the semiconductor substrate has a relatively large area to prevent local hot spots from occurring when a current flows through the ESD protection device, thereby reducing performance degradation of a semiconductor device.
US11437363B2
A diode having a simple structure and a simple manufacturing method of the diode are provided. A diode including: a semiconductor layer having a first region and a second region having a resistance lower than a resistance of the first region; a first insulating layer having a first aperture portion and a second aperture portion and covering the semiconductor layer other than the first aperture and the second aperture, the first aperture portion exposing the semiconductor layer in the first region, the second aperture portion exposing the semiconductor layer in the second region; a first conductive layer connected to the semiconductor layer in the first aperture portion and overlapping with the semiconductor layer in the first region via the first insulating layer in a planar view; and a second conductive layer connected to the semiconductor layer in the second aperture.
US11437362B2
A multi-cavity package includes a single metal flange having first and second opposing main surfaces. The multi-cavity package also includes a circuit board attached to the first main surface of the single metal flange. The circuit board includes a first surface facing the single metal flange, and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The circuit board also includes a plurality of openings exposing different regions of the first main surface of the single metal flange. The circuit board also includes a lateral extension that overhangs the single metal flange. A corresponding method of manufacturing is also provided.
US11437361B2
A method includes forming a release film over a carrier, forming a polymer buffer layer over the release film, forming a metal post on the polymer buffer layer, encapsulating the metal post in an encapsulating material, performing a planarization on the encapsulating material to expose the metal post, forming a redistribution structure over the encapsulating material and the metal post, and decomposing a first portion of the release film. A second portion of the release film remains after the decomposing. An opening is formed in the polymer buffer layer to expose the metal post.
US11437358B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device is provided. The OLED display device includes a display panel and a camera. A first alignment mark is formed on a low pixel density area of the display panel, a second alignment mark is formed in the camera, and arrangements of the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark are consistent. Therefore, an alignment accuracy between the camera and the display panel is improved, and a purpose of adopting a blind hole in the area where the camera is mounted on the display device and displaying normally is achieved.
US11437356B2
A display module is provided. The display module includes a substrate including a thin film transistor (TFT) layer including a plurality of TFTs, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on a front surface of the substrate, each LED corresponding to a respective TFT, and an operation driver that is connected to a rear surface of the substrate and controls an operation of the TFTs. The substrate includes a plurality of first via holes extending in a vertical direction from the front surface of the substrate to the rear surface of the substrate. The first via holes are filled with conductive materials and are distributively arranged based on at least one of the columns or rows of the plurality of LEDs. The first via holes connect the TFTs to the operation driver.
US11437343B2
The present disclosure relates to a full-automatic deep access ball bonding head device includes: a Z-axis base; a Z-axis sliding stage, which is connected to the Z-axis base in a sliding manner along Z-axis; an EFO mechanism; and a bonding mechanism, which is fixed on the Z-axis sliding stage. The EFO mechanism includes an EFO sliding block, an EFO wand, and a compressed spring. The EFO sliding block is located on the side of the Z-axis sliding stage and connected to the Z-axis base in a sliding manner. The compressed spring is connected between the upper end of the Z-axis sliding stage and the upper end of the EFO sliding block, and the EFO wand is connected to the lower end of the EFO sliding block.
US11437340B2
An electronic module has a first electronic element 13, a first connector 60 provided in one side of the first electronic element 13, and having a first columnar part 62 extending to another side and a first groove part 64 provided in a one-side surface, and a second electronic element 23 provided in one side of the first connector 60 via a conductive adhesive agent provided inside a circumference of the first groove part 64. The first connector 60 has a first concave part 67 on one side at a position corresponding to the first columnar part 62.
US11437337B2
A chip or integrated circuit includes a layer that includes a first device and a second device. A scribe line is located between the first device and the second device and separates the first device from the second device. An electrically conductive connection traverses the scribe line and is coupled to the first device and the second device, thus connecting the first and second devices.
US11437335B2
Integrated circuit (IC) packages employing a thermal conductive semiconductor package substrate with die region split and related fabrication methods are disclosed. The package substrate includes a die split where metal contacts in one or more dielectric layers of the package substrate underneath the IC die(s) are thicker (e.g., in a core die region) than other metal contacts (e.g., in a peripheral die region) in the dielectric layer. This facilitates higher thermal dissipation from the IC die(s) through the thicker metal contacts in the package substrate. Cross-talk shielding of the package substrate may not be sacrificed since thinner metal contacts of the package substrate that carry high speed signaling can be of lesser thickness than the thicker metal contacts that provide higher thermal dissipation. The dielectric layer in the package substrate may also include dielectric materials having different thermal conductivities to further facilitate thermal dissipation and/or desired electrical or mechanical characteristics.
US11437333B2
A packaged semiconductor device includes a lead frame and a semiconductor device. A solder joint is coupled between the lead frame and a terminal on the semiconductor device. A reflow wall is on a portion of the lead frame and is in contact with the solder joint. A molding compound covers portions of the semiconductor device, the lead frame, the solder joint, and the reflow wall.
US11437331B2
A chip structure is provided. The chip structure includes a semiconductor substrate. The chip structure includes a first dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate. The chip structure includes a first conductive layer over the first dielectric layer. The chip structure includes a second dielectric layer over the first conductive layer and the first dielectric layer. The chip structure includes a first conductive via passing through the second dielectric layer, the first conductive layer, and the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The chip structure includes a second conductive via passing through the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer. The chip structure includes a first conductive pad over and in direct contact with the first conductive via. The chip structure includes a second conductive pad over and in direct contact with the second conductive via.
US11437326B2
A semiconductor package includes a first substrate, a second substrate provided on the first substrate, a semiconductor chip provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, solder structures extending between the first substrate and the second substrate and spaced apart from the semiconductor chip, and bumps provided between the semiconductor chip and the second substrate. The solder structures electrically connect the first substrate and the second substrate.
US11437323B2
A silicon interposer may include an on-chip DC blocking capacitor, comprising: a first electrical connection to couple to a supply voltage and to cathodes of a plurality of photodiodes formed in a two-dimensional photodiode array on a first substrate, and a second electrical connection to couple to ground and to ground inputs of a plurality of transimpedance amplifiers on a second substrate; wherein the on-chip DC blocking capacitor is configured to be shared among a plurality of receiver circuits comprising the plurality of photodiodes and the plurality of transimpedance amplifiers; and wherein the silicon interposer comprises a substrate separate from the first substrate and the second substrate.
US11437320B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first cell region, a second cell region adjacent to the first cell region in a first direction, and a comparison region adjacent the first and second cell regions in a second direction, a bit line in a first metal level on the substrate and extending in the first direction, and a first ground rail in a second metal level different from the first metal level. The first ground rail comprises a first sub-ground rail extending in the second direction on the first cell region, a second sub-ground rail extending in the second direction on the second cell region, a third sub-ground rail connecting the first sub-ground rail to the second sub-ground rail on the first and second cell regions, and a fourth sub-ground rail that branches off from the third sub-ground rail and extends in the second direction.
US11437317B2
Integrated chips and methods of forming lines in the same include forming first lines on a underlying substrate. Conformal dielectric spacers are formed on sidewalls of the first lines. Second lines are formed on the underlying substrate, in open areas between the dielectric spacers.
US11437313B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a conductive feature and a first punch stop layer, where the conductive feature has a first top surface, and where the first punch stop layer has a second top surface that is substantially level with the first top surface. The method further includes forming a resistive element over the first punch stop layer. The method further includes etching through a first portion of the resistive element to form a first trench that exposes both the second top surface of the first punch stop layer and a first sidewall surface of the resistive element. The method further includes forming a first conductive via within the first trench, where the first conductive via contacts the first sidewall surface of the resistive element.
US11437312B2
A metal insulator metal capacitor and method for fabricating a metal insulator metal capacitor (MIMcap) are disclosed. A first level metal pattern is embedded in a first dielectric layer over a substrate. The first level metal pattern has a top surface co-planar with a top surface of the first dielectric layer. In a selected etch step, either one of the first metal pattern or the first dielectric is etched to form a stepped top surface. A conformal insulating layer on the stepped top surface. The MIMcap is formed on the conformal insulating layer in a conformal manner.
US11437308B2
A packaging glass substrate for semiconductor includes a glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface facing each other, and a plurality of core vias penetrating through the glass substrate in a thickness direction, wherein a plain line is a line linking places where the core vias are not formed, a via line is a line linking places where the core vias are formed, a stress difference value (P) is a value according to Equation (1), and the stress difference value (P) is 1.5 MPa or less, Equation (1): P=Vp−Np where P is a stress difference value measured at the same glass substrate, Vp is a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of stress measured at the via line, and Np is a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of stress measured at the plain line.
US11437306B2
A non-conductive encapsulation cover is mounted on a support face of a support substrate to delimit, with the support substrate, an internal housing. An integrated circuit chip is mounted to the support substrate within the internal housing. A metal pattern is mounted to an internal wall of the non-conductive encapsulation cover in a position facing the support face. At least two U-shaped metal wires are provided within the internal housing, located to a side of the integrated circuit chip, and fixed at one end to the metallic pattern and at another end to the support face.
US11437301B2
A device includes a substrate, an insulating layer that includes an etch stop layer formed over an upper surface of the substrate, a first conductive region formed over the insulating layer, and an opening formed within the substrate that extends from a lower surface of the substrate, through the upper surface of the substrate, and through at least a portion the insulating layer, terminating on the first conductive region. A method for forming the device includes forming the substrate, forming the insulating layer that includes the etch stop layer over the upper surface of the substrate, forming a first conductive region over the insulating layer; and forming an opening within the substrate that extends from the lower surface of the substrate, through the upper surface of the substrate, and through at least a portion the insulating layer, terminating on the first conductive region formed over the insulating layer.
US11437295B2
A semiconductor package includes a substrate including an antenna; a heating element disposed on a first surface of the substrate and connected to the antenna; a heat radiating part coupled to the heating element; and a signal transfer part disposed on the first surface of the substrate and configured to electrically connect the substrate to a main substrate. The heat radiating part may include a heat transfer part connected to the heating element and heat radiating terminals connecting the heat transfer part and the main substrate to each other.
US11437293B2
A semiconductor package is disclosed. The disclosed semiconductor package includes a substrate having bonding pads at an upper surface thereof, a lower semiconductor chip, at least one upper semiconductor chip disposed on the lower semiconductor chip, and a dam structure having a closed loop shape surrounding the lower semiconductor chip. The dam structure includes narrow and wide dams disposed between the lower semiconductor chip and the bonding pads. The wide dam has a greater inner width than the narrow dam. The semiconductor packages further includes an underfill disposed inside the dam structure and being filled between the substrate and the lower semiconductor chip.
US11437279B1
During a front side process of a wafer, a hard mask layer is formed under a metal portion of a semiconductor device, and an epitaxial layer is deposited to form epitaxial portions of the semiconductor device. In a back side process of the wafer to cut the epitaxial layer, the metal portion is covered and protected by the hard mask layer from damages during etching of the epitaxial layer.
US11437277B2
A method includes forming a semiconductor fin protruding higher than top surfaces of isolation regions. The isolation regions extend into a semiconductor substrate. A portion of the semiconductor fin is etched to form a trench, which extends lower than bottom surfaces of the isolation regions, and extends into the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes filling the trench with a first dielectric material to form a first fin isolation region, recessing the first fin isolation region to form a first recess, and filling the first recess with a second dielectric material. The first dielectric material and the second dielectric material in combination form a second fin isolation region.
US11437270B2
A method of forming a memory device includes forming an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers over a substrate forming memory stack structures through the alternating stack, forming a first backside trench and a second backside trench through the alternating stack, forming backside recesses by removing the sacrificial material layers, depositing a backside blocking dielectric layer after formation of the backside recesses, forming a liner that a lesser lateral extent than a lateral distance between the first backside trench and the second backside trench; and selectively growing a metal from surfaces of the liners while either not growing or growing at a lower rate the metal from surfaces of the backside recesses that are not covered by the liners.
US11437263B2
An electrostatic chuck includes at least one conductor layer; an electrostatic electrode; and a base body in which the electrostatic electrode is embedded, the base body having a first dielectric layer on which the electrostatic electrode is mounted, the base body having a second dielectric layer stacked on the first dielectric layer with covering the electrostatic electrode. The conductor layer is formed on a surface of the first dielectric layer opposite to a surface on which the electrostatic electrode is mounted. The second dielectric layer has a first surface facing the first dielectric layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the second surface is a placement surface on which a suction target is placed. A relative permittivity of the first dielectric layer is lower than a relative permittivity of the second dielectric layer.
US11437253B2
The invention provides a wafer heating pedestal including a shaft connected to a bottom of a plate. The shaft holds a contact array being in contact with plural contact pads of the plate. The contact array includes plural contact columns.
US11437242B2
Exemplary methods of etching semiconductor substrates may include flowing a fluorine-containing precursor into a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The processing region may house a substrate having an exposed region of a first silicon-containing material and an exposed region of a second silicon-containing material. The second silicon-containing material may be exposed within a recessed feature defined by the substrate. The methods may include flowing a silicon-containing precursor into the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming a plasma within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber to generate plasma effluents of the fluorine-containing precursor and the silicon-containing precursor. The methods may include contacting the substrate with the plasma effluents. The methods may include removing at least a portion of the second silicon-containing material.
US11437241B2
An apparatus and methods for selectively etching a particular layer are disclosed. The apparatus and methods are directed towards maintaining the etch rate of the particular layer, while keeping intact a non-etched layer. A gas mixture may be flowed onto the substrate in separate loops having an oxide layer and an oxynitride layer as an etch layer and a nitride layer as a non-etched layer, for example. A reaction between the resulting gas mixture and the particular layer takes place, resulting in etching of the oxide layer and the oxynitride layer while maintaining the nitride layer in the above example.
US11437239B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a first layer over a substrate. The first layer has a trench. The method includes forming a first spacer and a second spacer respectively over opposite inner walls of the trench. The first spacer and the second spacer are spaced apart from each other. The method includes removing a first portion of the first spacer to form a first gap in the first spacer, wherein a first part and a second part of the first spacer are spaced apart by the first gap, and the first gap communicates with the trench. The method includes forming a filling layer into the trench and the first gap to cover the first spacer and the second spacer. The filling layer, the first spacer, and the second spacer together form a strip structure. The method includes removing the first layer.
US11437236B2
Methods and systems for crystallizing a thin film provide a laser beam spot that is continually advanced across the thin film to create a sustained complete or partial molten zone that is translated across the thin film, and crystallizes to form uniform, small-grained crystalline structures or grains.
US11437222B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes a process chamber having an inner space, an electrostatic chuck in the process chamber and to which a substrate is mounted, a gas injection unit to inject a process gas into the process chamber at a side of the process chamber, a plasma applying unit to transform the process gas injected into the process chamber into plasma, and a plasma adjusting unit disposed around the electrostatic chuck and operative to adjust the density of the plasma across the substrate.
US11437219B2
Frequency tuning for a matchless plasma source is described. To perform the frequency tuning, current is measured at an output of an amplification circuit of the matchless plasma source after a change in a frequency of operation of the matchless plasma source. Upon determining that the current has increased with the change in the frequency of operation, the frequency of operation is further changed until the current has decreased. When the current has decreased, the changed frequency of operation is further modified to be an operational frequency. When the matchless plasma source operates at the operational frequency, the current at the output of the amplification circuit is maximized.
US11437216B2
Systems for reducing the generation of thermal magnetic field noise in optical elements of microscope systems, are disclosed. Example microscopy optical elements having reduced Johnson noise generation according to the present disclosure comprises an inner core composed of an electrically isolating material, and an outer coating composed of an electrically conductive material. The product of the thickness of the outer coating and the electrical conductivity is less than 0.01Ω−1. The outer coating causes a reduction in Johnson noise generated by the optical element of greater than 2×, 3×, or an order of magnitude or greater. In a specific example embodiment, the optical element is a corrector system having reduced Johnson noise generation. Such a corrector system comprises an outer magnetic multipole, and an inner electrostatic multipole. The inner electrostatic multipole comprises an inner core composed of an electrically isolating material and an outer coating composed of an electrically conductive material.
US11437211B2
Solid-state circuit breaker with self-diagnostic, self-maintenance, and self-protection capabilities
A solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) with self-diagnostic, self-maintenance, and self-protection capabilities includes: a power semiconductor device; an air gap disconnect unit connected in series with the power semiconductor device; a sense and drive circuit that switches the power semiconductor device OFF upon detecting a short circuit or overload of unacceptably long duration; and a microcontroller unit (MCU) that triggers the air gap disconnect unit to form an air gap and galvanically isolate an attached load, after the sense and drive circuit switches the power semiconductor device OFF. The MCU is further configured to monitor the operability of the air gap disconnect unit, the power semiconductor device, and other critical components of the SSCB and, when applicable, take corrective actions to prevent the SSCB and the connected load from being damaged or destroyed and/or to protect persons and the environment from being exposed to hazardous electrical conditions.
US11437208B2
An electrical switch with identifying features. Embodiments include a toggle assembly for an electrical switch that comprises a switch body including a contact mechanism configured to control an electrical circuit. A movement of the toggle assembly from a first position to a second position is mechanically communicated to the contact mechanism. The toggle assembly can also include a user-operable actuator portion elongated between the switch engagement portion and a front end of the toggle assembly enabling a user to pivot the toggle assembly from the first position to the second position. Embodiments include an interchangeable tile removably coupleable to the toggle. The interchangeable tile can comprise an identifier. Embodiments include an illuminating element and a cover.
US11437201B2
A key structure includes a keycap and a connecting member. The keycap has a bottom surface and includes a fixing portion and an elastic arm. The fixing portion is disposed on the bottom surface, and the fixing portion has a connection hole and a first opening communicating with each other. At least one end of the elastic arm connects to a side surface of the fixing portion, and the elastic arm is adjacent to the first opening. The elastic arm has an open end communicating with the opening and a limiting surface toward the bottom surface. The connecting member includes a connection pin, one end of which connects to the connection hole and the other end of which has an extension portion. The connection pin is disposed in the connection hole, and the extension portion is disposed between the bottom surface and the limiting surface.
US11437195B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic main body including a functional part in which first internal electrodes and second internal electrodes are laminated in a vertical direction, end margin parts provided respectively between a first end surface of the ceramic main body and the second internal electrodes and between a second end surface of the ceramic main body and the first internal electrodes, and side margin parts that respectively cover the functional part from sides. The electronic component further includes external electrodes respectively provided on the first end surface and the second end surface. The end margin parts contain boron (B), and the side margin parts contain silicon (Si) and boron. A concentration of boron in the side margin parts is less than a concentration of boron in the end margin parts.
US11437192B2
A multilayered capacitor includes a capacitor body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes; and external electrodes disposed on both end portions of the capacitor body and connected to exposed portions of the internal electrodes, respectively. Each of the external electrodes includes a conductive layer formed on the capacitor body and connected to the internal electrodes; an inner plated layer including nickel (Ni) and phosphorus (P), and covering the conductive layer; and an outer plated layer including palladium (Pd) and phosphorus (P), and covering the inner plated layer.
US11437185B2
A method and system for predicting performance of a fluid filled electrical device are provided. The system includes a sensing unit operable communicating with a fluid level estimation system. The sensing unit includes one or more sensors physically mountable on and/or around the electrical device, recording temperature data associated with the fluid and the ambient environment. The fluid level estimation system determines temperatures of the fluid and a an ambient temperature, generates feature vectors for one or more of the temperatures based on their correlation with the ambient temperature, and estimates a fluid level inside the electrical device and thereby the performance, based on the feature vectors and a probability density function derived from a distribution constructed using historical temperature gradient data associated with the electrical device.
US11437183B2
A coil component includes a body, a coil part including a coil pattern and embedded in the body, an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the body and electrically connected to the coil part, a shielding layer disposed on the external surface of the body, and a ceramic insulating layer disposed on a surface of the shielding layer.
US11437181B2
A metal film includes portions that are opposed to each other and located away from each other between the first winding and the second winding. The metal film includes the first linear part that is thermally coupled to a housing. The average value of electric resistance per unit length in the peripheral direction of the first linear part of the metal film is greater than an average value of electric resistance per unit length of locations other than the first linear part.
US11437171B2
A magnetic material which is likely to be cracked or chipped. The magnetic material is a magnetic material including ferrite particles and segregated particles containing Bi and Si, and characteristically, the magnetic material contains, as a main constituent, 46.0 mol % to 50.0 mol % Fe2O3, 0.4 mol % to 8.0 mol % CuO, 23.0 mol % to 32.0 mol % ZnO, and 18.0 mol % to 22.0 mol % NiO, and the ratio of the average particle size of the segregated particles to the average particle size of the ferrite particles is 0.04 or more and 0.19 or less (i.e., 0.04 to 0.19).
US11437164B2
An electrical cable includes a plurality of electrical lines extending from a first section to a third section through a second section. Each electrical line is enveloped by an insulating sheath. The electrical lines are arranged side-by-side in the first section in a first plane and in the third section in a third plane. The insulating sheath is integrally formed as a first insulating section in the first section and as a third insulating section in the third section. The insulating sheath is divided into a first further insulating section and a second further insulating section in the second section that are separated from each other by a gap. The first further insulating section is guided from the first insulating section to the third insulating section in a first arcuate path and the second further insulating section is guided from the first insulating section to the third insulating section in a second arcuate path.
US11437155B2
An improved retention and alignment system for nuclear fuel rods includes an upper nozzle plate and a lower nozzle plate, nuclear fuel rods, each having an upper end and a lower end and extending axially between the upper and lower nozzle plates, a first precision magnet incorporated onto the lower end of the fuel rod, and a plurality of second precision magnets incorporated onto the lower nozzle plate in positions confronting the first precision magnets on the fuel rods. Each first precision magnet has at least one of a magnetic north or south polarity and the second precision magnet has at least one of a magnetic south or north polarity opposite the polarity of the confronting first precision magnet to effect magnetic attraction between the confronting first and second precision magnets. Grids between the upper and lower nozzle plates form cells through which the fuel rods pass. Precision magnets of the same polarity may be positioned laterally along the fuel rods and grid walls in positions confronting each other to repel the fuel rods from the grid walls to maintain fuel rod alignment and prevent contact between the fuel rods and the grids.
US11437153B2
A method for manufacturing a nuclear fuel compact is provided. The method includes forming an additive structure, consolidating a fuel matrix around the additive structure, and thermally processing the fuel matrix to form a fuel compact in which the additive structure is encapsulated therein. The additive structure optionally includes a vertical segment and a plurality of arm segments that extend generally radially from the vertical segment for conducting heat outwardly toward an exterior of the fuel compact. In addition to improving heat transfer, the additive structure may function as burnable absorbers, and may provide fission product trapping.
US11437149B2
A system (100) includes an echocardiogram measurement tool (150) that determines a subset (152) of measurements from a list of echocardiogram measurements according to a view of an ultrasound imaging sequence (110) and a mapping (154) between the view and the subset of measurements.
US11437143B2
Various systems and methods for predicting metabolic and bariatric surgery outcomes are provided. The systems and methods can also provide predictions for non-surgical metabolic and bariatric treatments. In general, a user can receive predictive outcomes of multiple bariatric procedures that could be performed on a patient. In one embodiment, a user can electronically access a metabolic and bariatric surgery outcome prediction system, e.g., using one or more web pages. The system can provide predictive outcomes of one or more different bariatric surgeries for the patient based on data gathered from the user and on historical data regarding outcomes of the different bariatric surgeries. The system can additionally provide predictive outcomes for not having any treatment and/or a comparison of the predictive outcomes of the one or more different bariatric surgeries to the predictive outcomes for not having any treatment.
US11437141B2
A method of providing performance reports to persons associated with the monitoring of an analyte level, such as blood glucose concentrations in a host, is provided. The performance reports can indicate a measure of an analyte variability of the host over a first analysis time period compared to a measure of analyte variability of the host over one or more other analysis time periods. The analyte level of the host can be received in each of a plurality of sensor readings from a continuous analyte sensor, such as multiple sensor readings per hour, so that the analyte variability that is used in determining the performance report of the host can be based on not just a few metered readings taken by the host, but a plurality of intermittent readings that are taken by a continuous analyte sensor, for example. Various types of performance reports can be generated, such as reports that comprise charts, graphs, tables, and/or other visual indicia of a host's performance during one analysis period versus another analysis period.
US11437135B2
A liquid ingesting management system is provided. The liquid ingesting management system includes a fluid container, a database and a wireless transmit/receive unit. The wireless transmit/receive unit communicates with the fluid container and the database through a wireless technique to access the database and control the fluid container to perform a liquid ingesting management process.
US11437124B2
A method for tracking a biological parameter of a patient by processing one or more initially-measured values A(n) that correspond to results of one or more biological analyses of the patient's biological parameter from one or more laboratories, may include receiving data from one or more laboratories that includes at least one initial value A(n) and metadata indicating a corresponding normal range. The data is recorded and each of the initial values A(n) are transformed into a normalized value Anorm(n) through the use of a mathematical model and computer processing. A progression over time of the given biological parameter may be generated and displayed using a method of electronic graphical representation, wherein the normalized values Anorm(n) may be presented in combination with at least one element of data that relates to a common normalized normal range.
US11437119B2
An apparatus includes an error read flow component resident on a memory sub-system. The error read flow component can cause performance of a plurality of read recovery operations on a group of memory cells that are programmed or read together, or both. The error read flow component can determine whether a particular read recovery operation invoking the group of memory cells was successful. The error read flow component can further cause a counter corresponding to each of the plurality of read recovery operations to be incremented in response to a determination that the particular read recovery operation invoking the group of memory cells was successful.
US11437115B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction code (ECC) engine, row fault detector circuitry and control logic circuitry. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cell rows. The control logic circuitry controls the ECC engine circuitry to perform a plurality of error detection operations on each of the memory cell rows. The control logic circuitry controls the row fault detector circuitry to store an error parameter associated with each of a plurality of codewords in each of which at least one error is detected by accumulating the error parameter for each of a plurality of defective memory cell rows. The row fault detector circuitry determines whether a row fault occurs in each of the plurality of defective memory cell rows based on a number of changes of the error parameter.
US11437114B1
A first set of 64 bytes of data and a second set of 64 bytes of data are received. A first set of eight error-correcting code (ECC) bytes for the first set of 64 bytes of data and a second set of eight ECC bytes for the second set of 64 bytes of data are calculated. The first set of 64 bytes of data, the second set of 64 bytes of data, the first set of eight ECC bytes, and the second set of eight ECC bytes are sent to one or more 5th generation double data rate (DDR5) synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) modules through a DDR5 dual-channel in a single burst, wherein the DDR5 dual-channel comprises a first data channel and a second data channel, and wherein the first data channel and the second data channel are driven by a same clock signal.
US11437111B2
Instructions can be executed to adjust a trim at first intervals until a quantity of program/erase cycles (PEC) have occurred. The trim defines a valley width between data states. Instructions can be executed to adjust the trim at second intervals, greater than the first intervals, after the quantity of PEC have occurred.
US11437107B2
A semiconductor memory device may include a caching latch circuit and a sensing latch circuit. The caching latch circuit may store setup data. The sensing latch circuit may store sensing data.
US11437102B1
A memory array with memory cells may have one or more heaters integrated into the memory array between the memory cells. A processor in communication with the heater may notify the heater to activate when a trigger event occurs.
US11437101B2
A resistive memory storage apparatus including a memory cell, a selecting transistor and a memory controller is provided. The memory cell outputs a writing current during a writing pulse width period. The selecting transistor is coupled to the memory cell. The memory controller is coupled to the selecting transistor and the memory cell. The memory controller is configured to apply a control voltage that gradually changes to a predetermined voltage level to a control end of the selecting transistor during a resistance transition phase of the writing pulse width period and set the control voltage to the predetermined voltage level during a filament stabilization phase after the resistance transition phase, so as to limit the writing current to a predetermined current value. In addition, an operating method for a resistive memory storage apparatus is also provided.
US11437094B2
A memory device includes: a first substrate; a peripheral circuit provided on the first substrate; a first metal bonding layer provided on the peripheral circuit; a second metal bonding layer directly bonded to the first metal bonding layer; a memory cell array provided on the second metal bonding layer; and a second substrate provided on the memory cell array. A page buffer circuit in the peripheral circuit receives a verification result through the metal bonding layers, divides the verification result into stages, and sequentially outputs the verification result for the division into the stages, and a pass/failure checker in the peripheral circuit sequentially performs a counting operation about each of the stages to generate accumulated values, and compares the accumulated values and a reference value which increases from an initial value as the counting operation is performed, and the initial value is set by an external memory controller.
US11437092B2
Disclosed herein are related to a memory system and a method of operating the memory system. In one aspect, resistances of a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a third memory cell, and a fourth memory cell are individually set. In one aspect, the first memory cell and the second memory cell are coupled to each other in series between a first line and a second line, and the third memory cell and the fourth memory cell are coupled to each other in series between the second line and a third line. In one aspect, current through the second line according to a parallel resistance of i) a first series resistance of the first memory cell and the second memory cell, and ii) a second series resistance of the third memory cell and the fourth memory cell is sensed. According to the sensed current, multi-level data can be read.
US11437089B2
An integrated circuit device includes a sense amplifier configured to sense a voltage change of a bit line, wherein the sense amplifier includes: a sense amplifier unit connected to the bit line and a complementary bit line, configured to sense the voltage change of the bit line in response to a control signal, configured to adjust voltages of a sensing bit line and a complementary sensing bit line based on the sensed voltage change, and including a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor; and a first offset canceling unit connecting the bit line to the complementary sensing bit line in response to an offset canceling signal, and including a first offset canceling transistor arranged between the first NMOS transistor and the first PMOS transistor, wherein the first offset canceling transistor shares a common impurity region with the first NMOS transistor.
US11437088B2
A nonvolatile memory includes; a memory cell array including memory cells commonly connected to a first signal line, a first row decoder including a first pass transistor configured to provide a driving voltage to one end of the first signal line, and a second row decoder including a second pass transistor configured to provide the driving voltage to an opposing end of the first signal line. An ON-resistance of the first pass transistor is different from an ON-resistance of the second pass transistor. A first wiring line having a first resistance connects the first pass transistor and the one end of the first signal line and a second wiring line having a second resistance different from the first resistance connects the second pass transistor and the opposing end of the first signal line.
US11437085B2
A multi-phase clock generator includes first and second variable delay lines, a first phase splitter configured to phase-split a first phase-delayed clock, output from a clock tree, to output a first divided clock and a third divided clock, a second phase splitter configured to phase-split a second phase-delayed clock, output from the clock tree, to output a second divided clock and a fourth divided clock, a first duty cycle detector configured to detect a first duty error between the first divided clock and the third divided clock, and a second duty cycle detector configured to detect a second duty error between the second divided clock and the fourth divided clock. The first variable delay line is controlled according to the first duty error, and the second variable delay line is controlled according to the second duty error.
US11437077B2
Provided herein may be a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include a stack including word lines, a bit line penetrating the stack, a global bit line disposed above the stack, global word lines disposed above the stack, a common select line disposed above the stack, a first contact plug coupling the global bit line and the bit line to each other and penetrating the common select line, and second contact plugs coupling the global word lines and the word lines to each other respectively and penetrating the common select line.
US11437066B2
To provide a magnetic recording tape and the like that have excellent magnetic properties and exhibit a favorable SNR. There are provided a magnetic recording tape and the like including at least: a base layer that includes a long film having flexibility; and a magnetic layer formed on a side of one main surface of the base layer, in which an under layer and a seed layer are provided in the stated order from a side of the magnetic layer toward a side of the base layer between the magnetic layer and the base layer, the underlayer contains at least Co and Cr, and has an average atomic number ratio represented by the following formula (1): Co(100-y)Cry (where y is within a range of 37≤y≤45.), and the seed layer formed directly on the base layer has a film thickness of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less, and contains Ti and O and has an average atomic number ratio represented by the following formula (2): Ti(100-x)Ox (where x≤10.) or contains Ti—Cr—O and has an average atomic number ratio represented by the following formula (3): (TiCr)(100-x)Ox (where x≤10.).
US11437049B2
A device for signal processing includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store a parameter associated with a bandwidth-extended audio stream. The processor is configured to select a plurality of non-linear processing functions based at least in part on a value of the parameter. The processor is also configured to generate a high-band excitation signal based on the plurality of non-linear processing functions.
US11437047B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method and an apparatus thereof for controlling a concealment method for a lost audio frame of a received audio signal. A method for a decoder of concealing a lost audio frame comprises detecting in a property of the previously received and reconstructed audio signal, or in a statistical property of observed frame losses, a condition for which the substitution of a lost frame provides relatively reduced quality. In case such a condition is detected, the concealment method is modified by selectively adjusting a phase or a spectrum magnitude of a substitution frame spectrum.
US11437043B1
Systems and methods for presence ground truth approximation and utilization are disclosed. For example, a system detects the presence of a predefined subject, such as a person associated with a given user profile, and/or determines that authentication criteria for performing an action in association with the user profile has been satisfied. A period of time to associate data is determined, and data of one or more data types is labeled as being associated with the speaker identification event. That data may be formatted and input into one or more models to train those models to more accurately detect presence and/or determine whether authentication of a user profile should succeed.
US11437042B2
A communication robot capable of communicating with other electronic devices and an external server in a 5G communication environment by performing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms to be loaded and performing a speech recognition, and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The method for driving a communication robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving an utterance speech uttered by a user who has approached within a predetermined distance from the communication robot, and selecting any one ASR module capable of processing the uttered speech among plural ASR modules as an optimized ASR module. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to improve user's satisfaction with the use of the communication robot by reducing the inconvenience that the user has to manually set a first language in the preprocessing operation in order to receive a service from the communication robot.
US11437039B2
Modifying operation of an intelligent agent in response to facial expressions and/or emotions.
US11437034B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for remotely controlling an imaging apparatus. A method of controlling a remote control apparatus includes converting a spoken utterance of a user into an utterance text or receiving the utterance text, applying a generative model-based first learning model to the utterance text and generating an image having attributes corresponding to a context of the utterance text, and externally transmitting the image and the utterance text. In addition, a method of controlling an imaging apparatus includes receiving a first input including text or speech data and a second input including a first image, capturing at least one second image based on the first input, comparing the first image and the second image, and transmitting the second image in response to a comparison result of the first image and the second image.
US11437032B2
The present disclosure discloses an image processing device including: a receiving module configured to receive a voice signal and an image to be processed; a conversion module configured to convert the voice signal into an image processing instruction and determine a target area according to a target voice instruction conversion model, in which the target area is a processing area of the image to be processed; and a processing module configured to process the target area according to the image processing instruction and a target image processing model. The examples may realize the functionality of using voice commands to control image processing, which may save users' time spent in learning image processing software prior to image processing, and improve user experience.
US11437027B1
Techniques for handling errors during processing of natural language inputs are described. A system may process a natural language input to generate an ASR hypothesis or NLU hypothesis. The system may use more than one data searching technique (e.g., deep neural network searching, convolutional neural network searching, etc.) to generate an alternate ASR hypothesis or NLU hypothesis, depending on the type of hypothesis input for alternate hypothesis processing.
US11437014B1
An ultrasonic and optical waveguide apparatus includes a face plate and an ultrasonic waveguide extending through a portion of the face plate. The ultrasonic waveguide has a hollow interior with an interior diameter tapered along an elongate axis of the ultrasonic waveguide. The elongate axis of the ultrasonic waveguide is oriented orthogonal to the face plate. An optical shield extends through at least a portion of the hollow interior of the ultrasonic waveguide. The optical shield prevents transmission of a portion of light through the hollow interior.
US11437010B2
Systems and methods for selectively providing audio alerts via a speaker device are disclosed herein. A system plays first audio content through a speaker. A microphone captures second audio content comprising an alert. Output of the second audio content through the speaker is suppressed by using noise cancellation. The system identifies the alert within the second audio content and determines a priority level of the alert. The system determines, based on the priority level, that the alert should be reproduced, and audibly reproduces the alert via the speaker, with the first audio content or instead of the first audio content.
US11436989B2
A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each pixel column extends in a first direction and each pixel row extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a first data line extending in the first direction and configured to transfer a data voltage to pixels included in at least two pixel columns, and for each pixel row, a first gate line extending in the second direction and disposed at a first side of the pixel row, and a second gate line extending in the second direction and disposed at a second side of the pixel row, the first and second sides of the pixel row are opposite to each other. In a pair of adjacent pixel columns, pixels, which are connected to the first gate line of their respective pixel row, are arranged in a zigzag arrangement in the first direction.
US11436987B1
A display device dynamically determines a duration of the illumination period for a display frame to adjust an average brightness of a display device as the framerate dynamically changes. The display device includes a backlight unit (BLU) for providing light for displaying an image, a plurality of pixels for modulating the light provided by the BLU, and a controller circuit for controlling the BLU. The controller circuit measure a duration of a previous frame and determine a duration for an illumination period of a current frame based on the measured duration of the previous frame. The control circuit then controls the BLU based on the determined duration of the illumination period for the current frame.
US11436986B2
A light-emitting display device includes a display panel including a high-potential power voltage line and a low-potential power voltage line and provided with a plurality of pixels each including a driving transistor and an organic light-emitting diode, a timing controller configured to generate N (N being a natural number) sensing images depending on a size of accumulated image data by accumulating image data for each pixel, and to display the display panel of data of at least one sensing image of the N sensing images on the display panel and to obtain an amount of degradation of organic light-emitting diodes in a sensing mode, and a degradation sensing unit configured to estimate the amount of degradation of the organic light-emitting diodes by sensing an electrical physical quantity for each panel or for each region in a panel in a state in which the at least one sensing image is displayed on the display panel, and to provide the amount of degradation of the organic light-emitting diodes to the timing controller.
US11436985B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel including pixels, a gate driver applying a gate signal to a gate line, a data driver applying a data voltage to a data line and a driving controller determining a mode of an input image data to a moving image mode or a static image mode according to whether the input image data is a moving image or a static image, driving the display panel in a moving image driving frequency in the moving image mode and in a static image driving frequency in the static image mode, operating the gate driver in an alternate driving mode such that the gate driver scans a first group of the gate lines in a first duration and a second group of the gate lines in a second duration and inserting a compensation frame to scan all of the gate lines when an image transition is occurred in the static image mode.
US11436980B2
Provided is a display device including an irregularly shaped display panel that allows a frame area to be narrowed by utilizing the frame area in a cutout portion. Some emission circuits that respectively correspond to scan circuits arranged in a first curvature portion are arranged in a part of a second side portion that is near the first curvature portion, and remaining emission circuits are arranged in a first notch side portion. Accordingly, the emission circuits arranged in the first notch side portion have lines connected to second emission control lines in a second display area from the first notch side portion side, resulting in a fewer number of lines extending into the first curvature portion.
US11436979B2
A pixel circuit includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a first transistor having first and second electrodes and a first gate electrode; a second transistor connected between a data line and the first electrode, controlled by a first scan line; a third transistor connected between the second electrode and the a electrode of the first transistor, controlled by the first scan line; a fourth transistor connected between the first gate electrode and a first initialization voltage line, controlled by a second scan line; a fifth transistor connected between a power line and first electrode, controlled by a first emission line; a sixth transistor connected between the second electrode and the OLED and controlled by a second emission line; and a storage capacitor connected between the first gate electrode and the power line, wherein the first emission line and the second emission line are located at different nodes.
US11436975B2
Provided is a display panel in which a size of a driving transistor of display areas arranged apart from each other in a direction, with an opening area, in which a component is located, therebetween, is different from a size of a driving transistor of display areas other than the above display areas.
US11436968B2
A display driver that drives a display panel comprises storage circuitry, color addition processing circuitry, and drive circuitry. The storage circuitry stores F subpixel data acquired from color coordinate data indicating color coordinates of a displayed color in a predetermined color space displayed on the display panel when an R subpixel, a G subpixel, and a B subpixel in each of a plurality of pixels of the display panel are driven with drive signals corresponding to a minimum grayscale value and an F subpixel in each of the plurality of pixels which displays an additional color other than a primary color R, a primary color G, and a primary color B is driven with a drive signal corresponding to a maximum grayscale value. The color addition processing circuitry generates output FRGB data from input RGB data, in response to the F subpixel data stored in the storage circuitry.
US11436954B2
A display panel for an upright display system includes a substrate having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper edge, a lower edge and a pair of opposing side edges. The substrate includes first and second cutouts in the rear surface, the cutouts extending from the upper edge to the lower edge to form a pair of hinges in the substrate. The cutouts dividing the substrate into a main substrate portion adjacent the second cutout, an intermediate portion between the cutouts, and a fold portion extending from the first cutout to a side edge of the substrate. The substrate is folded about the hinges such that the rear surface of the fold portion abuts the rear surface of the main portion. An adhesive is positioned between the rear surface of the fold portion and the rear surface of the main portion; and at least one magnet is disposed on the front surface of the substrate and capable of aligning and attracting an associated magnet on another of the substrates to form interconnected walls of the upright display system.
US11436946B2
There is provided an encryption device to ensure strong security without using a random number in a white-box model. The encryption device includes: an encryption part configured to encrypt an input value using a black-box model in which input/output values are able to be recognized from the outside and an intermediate value is not able to be recognized from the outside; and a key generation part configured to encrypt the input value to the encryption part to generate a cryptographic key of the encryption part using a white-box model in which the input/output value and the intermediate value are able to be recognized from the outside.
US11436937B2
Method, apparatus and computer program for providing a personalized study plan to a learner through cognitive and behavioral diagnosis of the learner. A learner who uses a data input device such as a smart pen and a stylus pen by using data obtained from the data input device. The method, apparatus and computer program relate to technology for obtaining input data based on information inputted by a user for at least one question with the data input device, creating test behavior data on the user from the obtained input data, analyzing cognition and behavior of the user based on at least one of metadata on the at least one question and the created test behavior data, and providing a personalized study plan to the user through an algorithm using machine learning based on the cognition and behavior analysis.
US11436936B2
A network device receives first signaling from a first parent device that assigns a first task for completion by a first child, and includes a first task allotment designated by the parent for the first child's completion of the first task. The network device receives second signaling, from a first child device, indicating that the first child has completed the first task. The network device sends third signaling to the first parent device requesting approval of the completion of the first task, and receives, responsive to the third signaling, an indicator of an approval, or a rejection, from the first parent device. The network device initiates provision of the first task allotment to the first child based on receipt of the indicator of approval from the first parent device.
US11436934B2
One embodiment includes a processor and a memory component coupled to the processor. The memory component stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to provide a first user interface for a trainee to practice a skill, receive a first recording from the trainee practicing the skill, provide the first recording to a trainer, and provide a second user interface for the trainer to provide comments to the first recording. In some embodiments, the logic causes the system to receive a comment from the trainer at a first section of the first recording, save the comment as a previously recorded comment, perform an analysis of the first recording to determine a feature of the interaction that corresponds to the previously recorded comment, and predict when the trainer will provide the previously recorded comment to a second section of the recording, based on the analysis of the feature.
US11436924B1
A vehicle parking management system includes one or more processors configured to receive data indicative of one or more characteristics of one or more parking locations. The one or more processors is also configured to determine one or more recommended parking locations of the one or more parking locations based on the data and based on an input related to a vehicle. The one or more processors is further configured to output a recommendation of the one or more recommended parking locations via a display screen to a driver of the vehicle.
US11436914B2
Provided is a control object and a method for controlling a plurality of pieces of equipment. The method includes determining, with the control object, a piece of equipment to be controlled from the plurality of pieces of equipment based on a user pointing the control object at the piece of equipment to be controlled, adapting, with the control object, a control interface of the control object as a function of the piece of equipment to be controlled, receiving, through the control interface of the control object, at least one command from the user to control the piece of equipment to be controlled, generating, with the control object, control data configured to control the piece of equipment to be controlled based on the at least one command received from the user, and controlling the piece of equipment to be controlled by transmitting the control data with the control object.
US11436909B2
A monitoring system for determining whether the child or pet has been left unattended within the vehicle. The system may include a vehicle device having a monitoring platform, an alarm switch, and an alert device, which may emit an alarm if a first sensor detects the presence of the child or pet and a second sensor detects that the vehicle is in an off state. The system further may include a portable alert device that detects its location relative to the vehicle device, and emits an alarm if it is located outside a predetermined zone surrounding the monitoring platform. In another embodiment, the system may include a vehicle device having a sensor that detects whether the vehicle transitions from an on state to an off state and an alert device that emits an alarm if the sensor detects that the vehicle transitions to the off state.
US11436908B2
Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for gas detection. A method may comprise operating a gas detector with a first alarm setting comprising a first predefined threshold; receiving sensed data of oxygen content in the ambient air; when the sensed data is below the first predefined threshold, activating an alarm; generating an acknowledgement request asking if the gas detector has entered an inert work zone; receiving a response from the user acknowledging that the gas detector has entered an inert work zone; deactivating the alarm; changing the alarm settings of the gas detector to a second alarm setting comprising a second predefined threshold; continuing to receive sensed data of oxygen content in the ambient air; when the sensed data is above the second predefined threshold, activating an alarm; and generating an acknowledgement request for the user asking if the gas detector has entered a normal operation work zone.
US11436900B2
Embodiments described herein relate generally to providing information through tactility. A computer system may receive an input from a user. The computer system may identify one or more locations associated with haptic elements disposed on a wearable haptic apparatus. The computer system may generate a message that includes an indication of the one or more locations. The computer system may transmit this message to the wearable haptic apparatus. The wearable haptic apparatus may actuate one or more haptic elements disposed thereon based on the indication of the one or more locations included in the message. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11436893B2
A method of executing a sports fantasy wagering event among multiple players executed through player terminals to one or more servers, each of the player terminals comprising: one or more processors; player input controls; a communications component to connect the player terminal to a gaming platform running on the one or more servers; wherein the sports fantasy event is a single player game competing against multiple other single players that is dependent upon verifiable sports event outcomes in sports events; wherein each of the players select individual sports players or sports team performances, even if other ones of the multiple players have selected same individual sports players or sports team performances; and the one or more servers generate an amended point outcome based on reducing numbers of points awarded to each of the multiple players inversely based on numbers of the players having selected any identical performance.
US11436892B2
A method and apparatus include a processor that determines a location of a mobile game device and a count of other mobile gaming devices disposed at the location. The processor determines a game configuration associated with the location's proximity to merchant locations. The processor generates a game outcome using the game configuration and displays the outcome on the mobile game device.
US11436882B1
An artificial intelligence (AI) entry management (EM) security system includes a camera, a microphone, a motion detector, a speaker, and a software platform. Geofences are utilized to create boundaries around physical areas, such as locations for package delivery or property boundaries. The EM device and other devices connected to the software platform are configured to monitor the geofences and detect a presence of an activity, an event, an object, or a device. At least one license plate reader is utilized to read license plate characters. Voice recognition and voice identification are used to grant or deny permissions for individuals on a property.
US11436880B2
A method for estimating the distance between an authentication device and a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, the vehicle including a computer and a plurality of communication modules capable of communicating with the device by exchanging signals over a wireless communication link, each communication module including an electronic clock that defines the sampling frequency of the signals received from the device. The method includes a plurality of measurement phases each comprising determination, by the computer, of the distance between the vehicle and the device and stopping and restarting of the electronic clock, and estimation of the actual distance between the vehicle and the device based on the plurality of distances determined during the measurement phases.
US11436873B2
A communication system includes a plurality of processors coupled with a network, each of the processors having a predefined encryption method for a communication with a server. Each of the processors configured to determine a primary processor of the processors based on at least one of a processability of the processor, network distance to the processor, or cipher strengths, when the processor is not determined as the primary processor, transfer unencrypted communication data through the network to the primary processor, and when the processor is determined as the primary processor, perform an encryption of unencrypted communication data received, and an encrypted communication with the server by the encryption method of the primary processor.
US11436872B2
A data management platform for Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) is provided. The data management platform can receive, from an AV at a first time, a first copy of a manifest including a creation history of a transformed object generated by the AV and a data integrity value corresponding to the transformed object. The data management platform can receive, from a second computing system at a second time, a second copy of the manifest. The data management platform can reconcile the first copy and the second copy. The data management platform can receive, from the second computing system at a third time, a request to upload the transformed object. The data management platform can validate the transformed object stored in storage of the first computing system based on the data integrity value included in the manifest.
US11436869B1
A method includes receiving, from a camera disposed on a robotic device, a two-dimensional (2D) image of a body of an actor and determining, for each respective keypoint of a first subset of a plurality of keypoints, 2D coordinates of the respective keypoint within the 2D image. The plurality of keypoints represent body locations. Each respective keypoint of the first subset is visible in the 2D image. The method also includes determining a second subset of the plurality of keypoints. Each respective keypoint of the second subset is not visible in the 2D image. The method further includes determining, by way of a machine learning model, an extent of engagement of the actor with the robotic device based on (i) the 2D coordinates of keypoints of the first subset and (ii) for each respective keypoint of the second subset, an indicator that the respective keypoint is not visible.
US11436864B2
A driver recognition system of a vehicle identifies a person approaching the vehicle as a driver or other user. In one approach, the driver recognition system collects data using one or more cameras of the vehicle. The collected data corresponds to the person approaching the vehicle. Based on the collected data, a computing device determines (e.g., using a machine-learning model) whether the person is a user (e.g., driver) associated with the vehicle. If the person is a user associated with the vehicle, then the computing device causes one or more actions to be performed for the vehicle (e.g., controller configuration, boot up of a computing device, updating software using over-the-air update, etc.).
US11436862B2
A privacy protecting capturing module including a capture device, a memory unit storing at least part of an image captured by the capture device, an interface for receiving commands and transmitting information, and a processor, executing receiving a first image captured by the capture device, analyzing the first image and determining whether the first image meets a condition, subject to the condition being met, transmitting information related to the first image through the interface, receiving a second image captured by the capture device consequent to the first image, analyzing the second image and determining whether the second image meets a second condition, and subject to the second condition being met, prohibiting transmission of further information through the interface, where all accesses to the privacy protecting capturing module are through the interface, and no direct access is enabled to the capture device or to the memory unit.
US11436859B2
A fingerprint detection device includes a substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are provided to the substrate and each output a signal corresponding to light emitted thereto, a plurality of signal lines coupled to the photoelectric conversion elements, a detection circuit that is electrically coupled to the photoelectric conversion elements through the signal lines, and a signal line selection circuit that switches the number of the signal lines to be coupled to the one detection circuit.
US11436855B2
A method for performing fingerprint sensing is introduced. The method includes performing a predetermined number of consecutive fingerprint sensing cycles; informing a processing unit that a fingerprint sensing driver is ready for providing pre-scanned fingerprint data after each cycle of a fingerprint sensing cycle set, wherein the fingerprint sensing cycle set includes at least one of the fingerprint sensing cycles except for a last one of the fingerprint sensing cycles; and providing the processing unit with the pre-scanned fingerprint data obtained from the each cycle of the fingerprint sensing cycle set. An electronic module capable of performing fingerprint sensing and a computing apparatus capable of performing the same are also provided.
US11436853B1
A document inspection system performs texture analysis on a portion of a first image that represents a first document and on a portion of a second image that represents a second document; performing. Feature vectors for the regions from the first and second documents are compared. If the feature vectors have a threshold degree of similarity, they may be identified as being sufficiently related. This may have applicability, for example, in determining with a first document is valid because reflects sufficiently-similar characteristics to those of a reference document.
US11436845B2
An occupant detection apparatus includes a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and an occupant presence determination unit. The first detection unit detects an occupant present in a first region or a second region, among the plurality of regions. The second detection unit detects an occupant present in the second region or a third region, among the plurality of regions. The occupant presence determination unit determines whether an occupant is present in each of the first region, the second region and the third region, based on a first detection result obtained by the first detection unit and a second detection result obtained by the second detection unit.
US11436843B2
A hybrid approach for using reference frames is presented in which a series of anchor frames is used, effectively resetting a global frame upon a trigger event. With each new anchor frame, parameter values for lane boundary estimates (known as lane boundary states) can be recalculated with respect to the new anchor frame. Triggering events may a based on a length of time, distance traveled, and/or an uncertainty value.
US11436836B2
An access point barrier system having a barrier that extends in such a way as to be movable between an enabled position and a non-enabled position preventing a vehicle from crossing the access point is provided. The image-capture device is integrated to the arm of the barrier and a computing device coupled to a database of registered vehicles, wherein the computing device is adapted to establish a match between the vehicle adjacent the barrier against the database of registered vehicles based on in part at least one image captured by the image-capture device so that an established match moves the barrier to the enabled position.
US11436833B2
An image processing method for extracting a frame from a moving image. The method includes determining a type of the moving image, extracting a frame from the moving image, based on a result of the determination and information indicating a plurality of predetermined types of frame features, the extracted frame having at least one of the plurality of predetermined types of frame features, wherein the plurality of predetermined types of frame features correspond to a plurality of image-capturing scenes, a sorting step of sorting a plurality of frames, which include the frame extracted in the extracting step, into a plurality of frame groups according to the type of the moving image that is determined in the determining step, and displaying the frame extracted in the extracting step on a display device. The plurality of frame groups are displayed on the display device based on the sorting.
US11436828B1
Techniques include receiving image data representing an environment. Based at least in part on the image data, an identity of at least one object disposed within the environment is determined. Based at least in part on the image data, an image is displayed on an electronic device. The image includes a three-dimensional representation of at least a portion of the environment, a three-dimensional representation of the at least one object, and a three-dimensional representation of an assistant providing a request related to the at least one object. A first input is received from a user of the electronic device and based at least in part on the request. An object list is generated based at least in part on the first input and the identity of the at least one object, the list including the at least one object.
US11436827B1
A tracking system for tracking movements of an object in an area using a plurality of cameras: obtains a first recognized object and first information associated with the first recognized object, where the first recognized object is detected in a first image captured by a first camera, where the first information includes a first location of the first recognized object; stores the first recognized object and the first information in a tracking object on a list of tracking objects; obtains a second recognized object and second information associated with the second recognized object, where the second recognized object is detected in a second image captured by a second camera, where the second information includes a second location of the second recognized object; compares the first information with the second information; and when matched, stores the second information comprising the second location in the tracking object.
US11436823B1
A mechanism for radiation detection is disclosed. An integrated circuit usable in detecting radiation includes a plurality of readout circuits is described. A readout circuit of the plurality of readout circuits includes an integration capacitor and an averaging capacitor. The integration capacitor is coupled with a pixel of a photodetector pixel array. The pixel has a pixel area. An available area less than the pixel area is usable for layout of the integration capacitor. The integration capacitor has a capacitor area less than the available area. The averaging capacitor has an averaging capacitance greater than the integration capacitance of the integration capacitor. In some aspects, the integrated circuit further includes at least one cascaded averaging circuit coupled with the averaging capacitor.
US11436821B2
A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.
US11436816B2
The information processing device includes a storage section storing a learnt model, a reception section, and a processor. The learnt model is obtained by mechanically learning the relationship between a sectional image obtained by dividing a voucher image and a type of a character string included in the sectional image based on a data set in which the sectional image is associated with type information indicating the type. The reception section receives an input of the voucher image to be subjected to a recognition process. The processing section generates a sectional image by dividing the voucher image received as an input and determines a type of the generated sectional image based on the learnt model.
US11436800B2
A method for providing an immersive VR experience comprises defining in the computer memory, a model representing a three-dimensional model. The method further comprises producing field data based upon a simulation of the three-dimensional model. Additionally, the method comprises storing the field data within a data structure. The method also comprises extracting, for display, a surface of the three-dimensional model from a simulation model. The method additionally comprises creating a surface texture for the surface of the three-dimensional model from the field data. Further, the method comprises creating a query optimized grid from the calculated field data. Further still, the method comprises displaying a visualization of the calculated field data by means of the surface and the query optimized grid.
US11436785B2
An apparatus and method for compressing ray tracing data prior to transmission between nodes. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a first node comprising a first ray tracing engine, the first node communicatively coupled to a second node comprising a second ray tracing engine; first compression circuitry coupled to the first ray tracing engine, the first compression circuitry to perform compression on ray tracing data of the first ray tracing engine to produce a first compressed stream of ray tracing data; and interface circuitry to transmit the first compressed stream of ray tracing data from the first node to the second node.
US11436780B2
A method for matching mouth shape and movement in digital video to alternative audio includes deriving a sequence of facial poses including mouth shapes for an actor from a source digital video. Each pose in the sequence of facial poses corresponds to a middle position of each audio sample. The method further includes generating an animated face mesh based on the sequence of facial poses and the source digital video, transferring tracked expressions from the animated face mesh or the target video to the source video, and generating a rough output video that includes transfers of the tracked expressions. The method further includes generating a finished video at least in part by refining the rough video using a parametric autoencoder trained on mouth shapes in the animated face mesh or the target video. One or more computers may perform the operations of the method.
US11436776B2
An information processing apparatus includes a designation unit configured to designate at least a part of a plurality of frame areas in each of which an image provided on a screen is arrangeable; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a frame area that satisfies a predetermined condition from the designated frame area; a first determination unit configured to automatically determine an image to be arranged in the frame area that satisfies the predetermined condition; and a display control unit configured to arrange and display the determined image in the frame area that satisfies the predetermined condition.
US11436767B2
A computer-implemented method includes, in an embodiment, receiving first X-ray projections of an examination volume in respect of a first X-ray energy and second X-ray projections in respect of a second X-ray energy, the first and second X-ray energies differing. The method further includes determination of a multienergetic real image data record of the examination volume based upon the first and second X-ray projections; selection of first voxels of the multienergetic real image data record based upon the multienergetic real image data record; selection of second voxels of the multienergetic real image data record based upon the first X-ray projections and the second X-ray projections, the first voxels including the second voxels and the second voxels mapping contrast medium in the examination volume. The method further includes provision of a constraint image data record and/or a difference image data record based upon the second voxels.
US11436759B2
The present disclosure discloses an image decompression method, device, and display terminal. The method includes: a step of acquiring image compression data; a step of performing inverse quantization on the image compression data based on a preset inverse quantization factor to obtain inversely quantized data; wherein the inverse quantization factor is in integer form; and a step of performing an inverse discrete cosine transformation (DCT) on the inversely quantized data to obtain image data; wherein the inverse DCT includes bit-shift operations and addition operations.
US11436758B2
A method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes acquiring an image of a urine test kit equipped with a biochemical sample rod including a plurality of pad cells including a plurality of sub-pad cells, extracting at least one potential RGB value from the image by means of a potential color extractor, and converting and analyzing the at least one potential RGB value using a plurality of color spaces included in a color space conversion engine and a color space analysis engine by means of an analyzing unit. The plurality of color spaces are randomly generated, and a color space having a smallest distance value from the potential RGB value is determined as an optimal color space.
US11436753B2
A machine vision-based method and system to facilitate the unloading of a pile of cartons within a work cell are provided. The method includes the step of providing at least one 3-D or depth sensor having a field of view at the work cell. Each sensor has a set of radiation sensing elements which detect reflected, projected radiation to obtain 3-D sensor data. The 3-D sensor data including a plurality of pixels. For each possible pixel location and each possible carton orientation, the method includes generating a hypothesis that a carton with a known structure appears at that pixel location with that container orientation to obtain a plurality of hypotheses. The method further includes ranking the plurality of hypotheses. The step of ranking includes calculating a surprisal for each of the hypotheses to obtain a plurality of surprisals. The step of ranking is based on the surprisals of the hypotheses.
US11436738B1
The present application belongs to the technical field of oil and gas exploration and development, and specifically provides a rock stratification identification method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring multiple sets of CT slice images of a rock, where each set of the CT slice images include a first CT slice image and a second CT slice image, the first CT slice image and the second CT slice image are acquired by scanning a same depth section of the rock, scanning energy corresponding to the first CT slice image is different form scanning energy corresponding to the second CT slice image; determining multiple dual energy indices of the rock according to the multiple sets of CT slice images; and determining a rock stratification according to the multiple dual energy indices, which can identify stratification of a large-scale rock by using CT.
US11436735B2
A volume of an object is extracted from a three-dimensional image to generate a three-dimensional object image, where the three-dimensional object image represents the object but little to no other aspects of the three-dimensional image. The three-dimensional image is yielded from an examination in which the object, such as a suitcase, is situated within a volume, such as a luggage bin, that may contain other aspects or objects that are not of interest, such as sidewalls of the luggage bin. The three-dimensional image is projected to generate a two-dimensional image, and a two-dimensional boundary of the object is defined, where the two-dimensional boundary excludes or cuts off at least some of the uninteresting aspects. In some embodiments, the two-dimensional boundary is reprojected over the three-dimensional image to generate a three-dimensional boundary, and voxels comprised within the three-dimensional boundary are extracted to generate the three-dimensional object image.
US11436733B2
The image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a document and generate a scanned image, a dividing unit configured to analyze a distribution of constituent pixels of the scanned image and divide the scanned image based on a document component, an obtaining unit configured to obtain an inclination of a predetermined area among areas into which divided by the dividing unit, a classifying unit configured to classify the predetermined area into a predetermined area group based on the obtained inclination of the predetermined area, a setting unit configured to set a circumscribed rectangle encompassing the predetermined area included in the predetermined area group, a specifying unit configured to specify an area whose feature amount changes in the scanned image outward from the circumscribed rectangle as a document area, and a cropping unit configured to crop the specified document area as a document image.
US11436719B2
Cell evaluation method, cell evaluation device, and recording medium storing cell evaluation program
A cell evaluation method evaluates the quality of a cell population including a plurality of cells. The cell evaluation method comprises: an index calculation step of calculating an index, based on a captured image of the cell population, the index including at least any one of an average distance representing a packing degree of the cells, a spring constant representing a degree of consistency in distances between the cells, and a hexagonal order parameter representing a degree to which an arrangement of the cells resembles a regular hexagon; and an evaluation step of evaluating the cell population, based on the index calculated in the index calculation step.
US11436712B2
Methods and systems for managing vegetation include training a machine learning model based on an image of a training data region before a weather event, an image of the training data region after the weather event, and information regarding the weather event. A risk score is generated for a second region using the trained machine learning model based on an image of the second region and predicted weather information for the second region. The risk score is determined to indicate high-risk vegetation in the second region. A corrective action is performed to reduce the risk of vegetation in the second region.
US11436700B2
A device comprising filtering means having a pattern of at least four blocks wherein a second block is located vertical to a first block, a third block is located horizontal to said first block and a fourth block is located vertical to said third block and horizontal to said second block; and means to generate a new image from images captured using said filtered rays.
US11436699B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include downsampling and encoding one or more video segments into a plurality of encoded segments with an analysis encoder using a plurality of encoding parameter value sets and decoding and upsampling the plurality of encoded segments to a plurality of decoded segments at an original resolution of the one or more video segments. The method may further include determining, based on analyzing the plurality of decoded segments, an analysis encoding parameter value set for the analysis encoder for the one or more video segments and predicting, based on the analysis encoding parameter value set, a target encoding parameter value set for a target encoder for the one or more video segments. The method may also include encoding the one or more video segments with the target encoder using the target encoding parameter value set. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11436694B2
A system includes a computer remote from a vehicle. The computer is programmed to store a label of an odor associated with a user, instruct the vehicle to pick up the user, receive data from an environmental sensor in the vehicle, and output a message upon determining that the data indicate that a level of the odor exceeds a threshold.
US11436691B2
Measurements of energy usage including details of power consumption can be stored for power usage devices. The measurements of energy usage can be used to predict future consumption for each of the power usage devices. A power consumption can be modified using the prediction. The energy cost can be optimized based using the prediction, such as, for example, by modifying a power consumption of one of the power usage devices.
US11436689B2
Techniques for scanning physical media on physical items and providing information about those physical items are provided. In one technique, based on a printed medium of a physical item, a mobile device generates digital scan data that reflects multiple individual items that are referenced on the printed medium. The mobile device sends, over a computer network, to a remote server, the digital scan data or data that identifies individual items. The remote server determines a toxicity metric for each individual item. The remote server generates, based solely on each toxicity metric, a safeness rating of the physical item. Rating data is generated based on the safeness rating and presented on a screen of the mobile device in association with data that identifies the physical item.
US11436673B2
A system includes processor(s), memory(s) and a network interface that receives information regarding a plurality of order books from a plurality of asset exchanges. The processor(s) is configured to update a consolidated order book based on information regarding the plurality of order books for local orders received from users of the system. When a received new order does not match any order in the consolidated order book, the processor(s) is configured to place the new order in at least one of the consolidated order book, a separate local order book, or at least one of the plurality of order books of the plurality of asset exchanges. When the new order matches an order in the consolidated order book, the processor(s) is configured to: communicate a custodial order to the particular asset exchange.
US11436668B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for account authentication. A method includes receiving a user request to include financial data describing a financial account in an interface, the financial account being associated with a financial institution. The method further includes redirecting the user to a first webpage associated with the financial institution, where the user inputs into the first webpage login credentials for accessing the financial account. The method further includes, in response to the user inputting into the first webpage login credentials for accessing the financial account, receiving, from the financial institution, an access token other than the login credentials for accessing the financial account. The method further includes storing the access token for use in accessing and aggregating financial data describing the financial account.
US11436663B2
An order processing system and method includes sending, to a backend, an order queue comprising at least one order identifying a delivery object associated with a client and comprising at least one ordered item, receiving, from the backend, an updated preparing status of each target ordered item in the order queue, updating the order queue based on the preparing status of each target ordered item, determining the preparing status of each target ordered item in the target order based on the updated order queue, and sending the preparing status of each ordered item in the order to the client associated with the delivery object of the order.
US11436659B2
Product recommendations are selected according to a model. Product recommendations may be annotated with rules of the model used to select the products. A user may modify the model and be provided with a URL and a cookie associated with the modified model. Subsequent requests or the URL and presenting the cookie are processed using the modified model. A context may be associated with the cookie and modified by the user to observe performance of the model for the context. An interface may permit a user to specify rules for the model or otherwise model its behavior. User interactions with a website result in recommendations according to the model. A journey is recorded that records content, recommendations, and parameters of the model corresponding to the recommendations. The journeys of users may be filtered and visually presented to a user.
US11436657B2
A computer-implemented method and system including a recommendation engine receiving a first user behavior data, the first user behavior data associated with a user action taken by a user, wherein the recommendation engine utilizes a recommendation model to generate recommendations to users based on first user behavior data; labeling the first user behavior; classifying the labeled first user behavior; generating, by the recommendation engine, a recommendation to the user based on the classifying of the labeled first user behavior; providing, by the recommendation engine, the recommendation to the user; receiving, by the recommendation engine, a second user behavior data, the second user behavior data associated with a user response by the user to the recommendation; and evaluating, by the recommendation engine, the second user behavior data and performing a corrective action to the recommendation model.
US11436656B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating a product recommendation. During operation, the system obtains data indicating vertices and edges of a graph. The vertices represent consumers and products and an edge represents an access relationship. The system may receive a query indicating an ego for determining a product recommendation. The system may then traverse the graph from a vertex representing the ego through a plurality of edges to a plurality of vertices representing products. The system may traverse the graph from the plurality of vertices representing products to a plurality of vertices representing other consumers. The system may then traverse the graph from the plurality of vertices representing other consumers to a plurality of vertices representing other products. The system may generate a recommendation that based on the plurality of vertices representing other products.
US11436654B2
In some examples, a computing device may display a build-to-order user interface to enable a default configuration of a configurable device to be modified. The computing device may receive modifications to the default configuration and modify the default configuration to create a modified configuration of the configurable device. The computing device may identify prebuilt devices with configurations matching at least a portion of the modified configuration. For example, the computing device may determine a score for individual prebuilt devices indicating how many options of the individual prebuilt device are similar or identical to corresponding options of the modified configuration of the configurable device. The computing device may display at least a portion of the matching prebuilt devices in a particular order that is based on the score associated with individual prebuilt devices. The computing device may receive a selection to acquire a particular one of the prebuilt devices.
US11436649B2
A parking meter receives data indicative of a remote payment being completed and displays an amount of time purchased by the remote payment for a parking session. The parking meter determines an amount of time remaining in the parking session and powers down at least a portion of a meter communication subsystem subsequent to receiving the data indicative of the remote payment being completed. The parking meter wakes up the powered down portion of the communication subsystem upon determining that the amount of time remaining is below a threshold time, and can receive an indication of additional time being paid for remotely, and can update the displayed time remaining to reflect the additional time.
US11436640B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes determining, by a processing system including a processor, that a viewer is viewing primary content for a first time; capturing, by the processing system, an emotive response of the viewer as the primary content is viewed during the first time; determining that the viewer is viewing the primary content at a subsequent time, wherein the subsequent time is later than the first time; detecting the emotive response of the viewer as the primary content is viewed during the subsequent time; retrieving external media responsive to detecting the emotive response; and displaying the external media. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11436638B2
In an approach to determining a boundary-specific offer, one or more computer processors determine a user of a mobile device is within a pre-defined physical boundary. The one or more computer processors determine a first notification of an offer corresponding to the pre-defined physical boundary. The one or more computer processors send the first notification of the offer to the mobile device. The one or more computer processors determine whether the user of the mobile device moved outside of the pre-defined physical boundary. In response to determining the user of the mobile device moved outside of the pre-defined physical boundary, the one or more computer processors invalidate the offer.
US11436633B2
A machine-learning algorithm is trained with features relevant to a modeled set of input directed to patterns of activities specific to a given behavior. The trained algorithm is also trained on success and failures of remediation actions that change or do not change the given behavior. The trained algorithm is then provided the modeled set of input at predefined intervals of time and supplies as output expected deviations/changes that are predicted for the given behavior along with an indication as to whether the remediation actions are likely to prevent or change the expected behaviors.
US11436632B2
A system described herein may use automated techniques, such as machine learning techniques, to identify products that a user may be interested in purchasing. For example, a model may be created for a user, and attributes of products available for sale may be compared to the model. When determining that a user may be interested in a particular product, a graphical user interface (“GUI”) may be pre-populated and presented to a device of the user, to facilitate the user purchasing the product with minimal interaction.
US11436625B2
Head mounted display systems configured to facilitate the exchange of biometric information between the head mounted display system and another computing device are disclosed. The head mounted display system can comprise a virtual or augmented reality device. After displaying a consent request regarding biometric information with the head mounted display system, a response to the consent request that includes a consent indication regarding an aspect of the biometric information can be determined. After obtaining biometric information from a wearer utilizing e.g., a camera of the head mounted display, and processing the biometric information, a biometric information processing result can be generated. The result can be communicated from the head mounted display system to another computing device.
US11436620B2
A method for facilitating utilization of processing resources of a plurality of user electronic devices for mining of cryptocurrency. A user application on each user device includes code for a cryptocurrency mining module and code for functionality different from cryptocurrency mining. Various mining activity data indicative of an extent to which each of the plurality of user electronic devices is utilized by a cryptocurrency mining pool to perform cryptocurrency mining operations is received. The method further includes receiving, from at least one of the cryptocurrency mining pool and a cryptocurrency server separate from the cryptocurrency mining pool, an aggregate amount of cryptocurrency. The aggregate amount cryptocurrency may be exchanged, by communicating with a cryptocurrency exchange server, for an aggregate amount of currency other than cryptocurrency. The method further includes allocating the aggregate amount of currency among user accounts respectively associated with the user electronic devices.
US11436616B2
Some embodiments may provide a method and a system for receiving, from a first user, a first evaluation indication with respect to a first publication, and in response to receiving the first evaluation indication, automatically initiating a secondary evaluation process comprising automatically selecting a set of publications including at least a second publication; presenting a first user interface affordance to elicit a selection indication indicating a publication from among the set of publications, receiving a selection indication indicating the second publication, and in response to receiving the selection indication, presenting a second user interface affordance to elicit a second evaluation indication with respect to the second publication.
US11436609B1
Techniques are described for performing secure card not present (CNP) transactions using integrated circuit chip-enabled cards. The techniques include continually or periodically tracking a location of a user's card by a user computing device, e.g., a “smart” phone, and storing a log of datasets relating to the location of the user's card at a server device. Based on the tracking, the user computing device may alert the user via a push notification or other message when the user's card is not within a preset range of the user computing device. In addition, an authentication server determines a location of a purchaser computing device attempting to perform a CNP transaction using the user's card information, and compares the location of the purchaser computing device with a most recent location of the user's card retrieved from the log of datasets to determine whether to approve the CNP transaction.
US11436606B1
Embodiments of an electronic fraud analysis platform system are disclosed which may be used to analyze tax returns for potential fraud. Analysis of tax return data using the tax return analysis platform computing systems and methods discussed herein may provide insight into whether a tax return may be fraudulent based on, for example, an initial screening component configured to filter tax returns which appear fraudulent due to missing or inaccurate information provided with the return; a device activity analysis component configured to identify whether a device used to submit a tax return or to provide further authentication information needed to complete processing of the return may have been used in other fraudulent activities; and a knowledge-based authentication component configured to identify potential fraudsters using dynamically generated questions for which fraudsters typically do not know the answers.
US11436594B2
An apparatus and method for user identity control are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage unit including a unique ID and a plurality of sections, each section including different identity information, and a controller for, in response to a transaction request, transmitting a request for identity information to an authorization server via the communication unit, and for, in response to authorization information received from the authorization server, transmitting identity information to a third party to complete the transaction according to the received authorization information.
US11436579B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to performing enhanced deposit item processing using cognitive automation tools. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive, from a deposit item input support server, image data associated with a deposit item. Subsequently, the computing platform may apply a machine learning classification model to the image data associated with the deposit item. In doing so, the computing platform may produce one or more predicted values for one or more fields of the deposit item and one or more confidence scores for the one or more predicted values. Based on these predicted values and confidence scores, the computing platform may generate and send one or more commands directing the deposit item input support server to accept or reject the deposit item, which in turn may cause the deposit item input support server to accept or reject the deposit item.
US11436571B2
Provided is an automatic classification system. The automatic classification system is designed based on a YOLOV3 technical framework, so that garbage can be classified and recycled, garbage pollution is reduced, and waste is recycled at the maximum cost. The system is designed with a box of a double-layer structure, wherein an upper box is provided with a garbage throwing-in opening, a camera is mounted at the upper box, and the upper top of the upper box is provided with an partition layer for the installation of a solar panel and a storage battery, so as to meet the power supply requirement of the system. The camera captures thrown-in garbage and uses the recognition algorithm to recognize and classify the garbage classes. A lower box is designed into a double-box structure or a multi-box structure according to the class of the garbage, a mechanical and electric control part is arranged at the joint of the upper box and the lower box, two steering engines are used for respectively controlling the rotation of control baffles and a classification baffle so as to automatically drive the garbage to fall into classification boxes corresponding to the class of the garbage. The automatic classification of the garbage can be realized by the disclosure.
US11436566B2
Described herein is a contextual contact recommendation or suggestion service and system. The service, which, in some embodiments, is integrated with a social networking service and/or an instant messaging service, takes as input a first parameter that identifies a member of the social networking service, and a second parameter that defines a context (e.g., a web page that is being viewed by the member. The service, based in part on the context, computes a ranked list of members to populate a contextual contact list, thereby recommending or suggesting contacts, with whom the member might be interested in initiating, or continuing, a conversation, based on the context of the member's current web browsing session. Optionally, the service may take as input a third parameter, defining a use case, such that the recommendation algorithm can be customized by use case.
US11436565B2
The present invention provides a method for determining and organizing multimedia content of a network page, related to reactions of at least one user to at least one common content object or context. The method comprising the steps of: receiving plurality of comments originated by different users relating one or more common multimedia object, wherein the user is required to define characteristics of their comment from multiple choice of definition types, enabling users to react to said comment by selecting one type of reaction from multiple choice of reaction types, wherein the each reaction type define different characteristics of the comment, analyzing comment characteristics as defined by the originator user and/or by reaction type; and selecting and organizing of comments and/or content objects which are related to the comments and/or and the relevant reactions according to the said analysis.
US11436563B2
A life plan management (LPM) computing device for connecting consumers with producers is provided. The LPM computing device may be in communication with a client computing device and may include a processor. The processor may be programmed to i) receive user input including at least one goal, ii) analyze the at least one goal to determine a plurality of categories, iii) store the plurality of categories, iv) analyze at least one of the plurality of categories to determine a plurality of producers, v) store the plurality of producers, vi) generate an interactive life map including the at least one goal, and enabling the consumer to access the plurality of producers by navigating the life map to select the at least one goal and the at least one category, vii) and cause the interactive life map to be displayed on the client computing device.
US11436560B2
A computer-based technology is provided to optimize a warehouse space, such as warehouse racks. The technology determines a storage duration of a pallet in a warehouse, and further determines an optimal storage location for the pallet in the warehouse. For example, the technology can determine how long an inbound pallet will stay in a warehouse, and locate an optimal area of the warehouse to store the pallet. Such an optimal pallet storage area is selected to reduce labor costs in transporting the pallet in, within, and out of the warehouse and further optimize the management of multiple pallets in the warehouse as a whole. In addition, the technology can consider the size of the pallet in determining the optimal storage location in the warehouse.
US11436559B2
A method of managing inventory comprising generating a list of inventory items, identifying removal of one of the inventory items from inventory, updating the list of inventory items as inventory items are removed, predicting a future rate of removal of inventory items, and developing purchasing plan for inventory items based on predicted rate of removal.
US11436557B1
One or more load cells measure the weight of items on a shelf or other fixture. Weight changes occur as items are picked from or placed to the fixture. Output from the load cells is processed to produce denoised data. The denoised data is processed to determine event data representative of a pick or a place of an item. Hypotheses are generated using information about where particular types of items are stowed, the weights of those particular types of items, and the event data. A high scoring hypothesis is used to determine interaction data indicative of the type and quantity of an item that was added to or removed from the fixture. If ambiguity exists between hypotheses, additional techniques such as data about locations of weight changes and fine grained analysis may be used to determine the interaction data.
US11436552B2
A method may include the following steps: determining, based on timing measurements between a first digital radio communication device (DRCD) node and at least a second DRCD node, a distance between the first DRCD disposed on a tanker and the second DRCD disposed about a loading/unloading facility; and facilitating, in response to determining a position based on the timing measurements, fluid payload loading/unloading of the tanker at the loading/unloading facility.
US11436551B2
This transportation operation control device includes: a transportation cost acquisition unit that acquires a transportation cost obtained from a transportation operation for transporting an article to a transportation destination site from a transportation source site among a plurality of sites, the transportation cost being acquired in association with the combination between the transportation source site and the transportation destination site; a correction unit that calculates a corrected cost obtained by correcting the transportation cost on the basis of information indicating the reliability related to the transportation cost; a presence status acquisition unit that acquires presence status information indicating a presence status of the article between the transportation source site and the transportation destination site; and a calculation unit that calculates the importance degree of the transportation operation relative to the combination on the basis of the presence status information and the corrected cost.
US11436528B2
A method includes determining, based on an input data sample, a set of probabilities. Each probability of the set of probabilities is associated with a respective label of a set of labels. A particular probability associated with a particular label indicates an estimated likelihood that the input data sample is associated with the particular label. The method includes modifying the set of probabilities based on a set of adjustment factors to generate a modified set of probabilities. The set of adjustment factors is based on a first relative frequency distribution and a second relative frequency distribution. The first relative frequency distribution indicates for each label of the set of labels, a frequency of occurrence of the label among training data. The second relative frequency distribution indicates for each label of the set of labels, a frequency of occurrence of the label among post-training data provided to the trained classifier.
US11436527B2
Machine learning (ML) is provided at edge computing devices based on distributed feedback received from the edge computing devices. A trained instance of an ML model is received at the edge computing devices via communications networks from an ML model manager. Feedback data including labeled observations is generated by the execution of the trained instance of the ML model at the edge computing devices on unlabeled observations captured by the edge computing devices. The feedback data is transmitted from the edge computing devices to a machine learning model manager. A re-trained instance of the machine learning model is generated from the trained instance using the collected feedback data. The re-trained instance of the machine learning model is received at the edge computing devices from the machine learning model manager. The re-trained instance of the machine learning model is executed at the edge computing devices.
US11436525B2
A software-defined radio system may include a radio frequency front end connected to a high performance computing processor comprised of a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a shared memory between the CPU and GPU. The software-defined radio system may incorporate a signal processing unit between the radio frequency front end and the high performance computing processor. Additionally, the software-defined radio system may be configured to create a ring buffer in a shared memory between the CPU and GPU and directly store digital signal data in the ring buffer. The software-defined radio system may be used to implement and train machine learning algorithms and transmit digital signals.
US11436522B2
An indication of a plurality of different entities in a social networking service is received, including at least two entities having a different entity type. A plurality of user profiles in the social networking service is accessed. A first machine-learned model is used to learn embeddings for the plurality of different entities in a d-dimensional space. A second machine-learned model is used to learn an embedding for each of one or more query terms that are not contained in the indication of the plurality of different entities in the social networking service, using the embeddings for the plurality of different entities learned using the first machine-learned model, the second-machine learned model being a deep structured semantic model (DSSM). A similarity score between a query term and an entity is calculated by computing distance between the embedding for the query term and the embedding for the entity in the d-dimensional space.
US11436520B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for redaction of artificial intelligence (AI) training documents. Data comprising an unredacted document is received. The unredacted document comprises a plurality of objects arranged according to a first topology. The unredacted document is parsed to identify objects either directly or relationally containing user sensitive information using a predetermined rule set based on the first topology. The user sensitive information within the unredacted document is substituted with placeholder information to generate a redacted document having a second topology. The second topology is substantially identical to the first topology. In some variations, the redacted document is provided to an AI model for training.
US11436513B2
This disclosure discloses a network-based computing technology to evaluate relationships between social networking profiles and then to take an action based on such evaluation. This network-based computing technology may include a running logic, whether hardware or software, such as an engine, which may be modularized, that is programmed to score the relationships based on shared content.
US11436506B2
Methods for determining metrology sites for products includes detecting corresponding objects in measurement data of one or more product samples, and aligning the detected objects are aligned. The methods also include analyzing the aligned objects, and determining metrology sites based on the analysis. Devices use such methods to determine metrology sites for products.
US11436504B1
Indications of static objects (e.g., lane segments, signs etc.) and dynamic objects (e.g., moving vehicles, pedestrians and the like) in the operation environment of a vehicle are obtained. A graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges is generated. Individual ones of the nodes represent respective static and dynamic objects, and an edge between a first pair of nodes represents a relationship between the objects represented by the pair. The graph includes an indication of an uncertainty metric associated with the relationship. To generate the graph, a geometric analysis is performed, as a result of which an edge between a different pair of nodes is excluded from the graph. Using the graph, one or more operations of a task pertaining to vehicle movements is performed.
US11436501B1
A unique implementation of a machine learning application for suggesting actions for a user to undertake is described herein. The application transforms a history of user behavior into a set of models that represent user actions given a set of parameters. These models are then used to suggest that users in a payments or banking environment take certain actions based on their history. The models are created using the DensiCube, random forest or k-means algorithms.
US11436500B2
A schema matching system processes training event data received from multiple sources to determine correspondence rules associating fields in the schemas of each source. To generate the correspondence rules, the schema matching system can use training event data from multiple sources comprising events associated with multiple schemas. Then, based on one or more similarity metrics between data entries of the training event data, the system matches individual events using a machine learning algorithm and, based on the pairs of matching events, corresponding schema fields across the multiple schemas. Based on the matching events and/or user feedback, the schema matching system can generate one or more correspondence rules based on the normalization rules and the corresponding fields of the schemas for later use by one or more transaction monitoring systems on incoming event data.
US11436497B2
Provided are an optimization system and method of a deep learning model. According to example embodiments, by optimizing the structure of the deep learning model appropriately for a target dataset without fixing the structure of the deep learning model, it is possible to generate a model structure capable of having high performance on the target dataset and also saving resources.
US11436492B2
A method includes collecting a first dataset of input-output data for a first building, training a deep learning model using the first dataset, initializing parameters of a target model for a second building using parameters of the deep learning model, collecting a second dataset of input-output data for a second building, training the target model for the second building using the initialized parameters of the target model and the second dataset, and controlling building equipment using the target model. Controlling the building equipment affects a variable state or condition of the building.
US11436491B2
Improved convolutional neural network-based machine learning models are disclosed herein. A convolutional neural network is configured to decompose feature maps generated based on a data item to be classified. The feature maps are decomposed into a first and second subsets. The first subset is representative of high frequency components of the data item, and the second subset is representative of low frequency components of the data item. The second subset is upsampled and is combined with the first subset. The combined feature maps are convolved with a filter to extract a set of features associated with the data item. The first subset is also downsampled and combined with the second subset. The combined feature maps are convolved with a filter to extract another set of features. The data item is classified based on the sets of features extracted based on the convolution operations.
US11436489B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for node matching with accuracy by combining statistical methods with a knowledge graph to assist in responding (e.g., providing content) to a user query in a user support system. In order to provide content, a keyword matching algorithm, statistical method (e.g., a trained BERT model), and data retrieval are each implemented to identify node(s) in a knowledge graph with encoded content relevant to the user's query. The implementation of the keyword matching algorithm, statistical method, and data retrieval results in a matching metric score, semantic score, and graph metric data, respectively. Each score associated with a node is combined to generate an overall score that can be used to rank nodes. Once the nodes are ranked, the top ranking nodes are displayed to the user for selection. Based on the selection, content encoded in the node is displayed to the user.
US11436484B2
In various examples, physical sensor data may be generated by a vehicle in a real-world environment. The physical sensor data may be used to train deep neural networks (DNNs). The DNNs may then be tested in a simulated environment—in some examples using hardware configured for installation in a vehicle to execute an autonomous driving software stack—to control a virtual vehicle in the simulated environment or to otherwise test, verify, or validate the outputs of the DNNs. Prior to use by the DNNs, virtual sensor data generated by virtual sensors within the simulated environment may be encoded to a format consistent with the format of the physical sensor data generated by the vehicle.
US11436477B2
A processor-implemented data processing method includes: generating compressed data of first matrix data based on information of a distance between valid elements included in the first matrix data; fetching second matrix data based on the compressed data; and generating output matrix data based on the compressed data and the second matrix data.
US11436476B2
An actuating unit, for a memory that includes at least one memory cell in which one of a plurality of discrete storable values is encodable as an electrical resistance value of a memristor, includes: a measuring device configured to measure the resistance value of the memristor; a discretizer configured to allocate to the measured resistance value one of the plurality of discrete storable values as the read value; a comparator unit configured to ascertain the difference between the nominal resistance value of the memristor that corresponds to the read value and the measured resistance value of the memristor; and a driver configured to apply, to the memristor on the basis of the ascertained difference, a current-time profile that drives the actual resistance value of the memristor in the direction of the nominal resistance value that corresponds to the read value, so that the memory cell is refreshed.
US11436470B2
Generating image training data for training an autonomous photography agent to learn the preferences and photo-taking styles of a given set of human users. The preferences and/or photo-taking styles include, but are not necessarily limited, to: (i) human users of a certain age group (such as toddlers or adults); (ii) profession of the photo-taker (professional photographer rather than a hobbyist); (iii) health status of the photo-taker; and/or (iv) travel status of the photo-taker (such as a tourist in a new city rather than a resident of a given city).
US11436467B2
An asset identification tag having an adhesive region proximate a first end of the tag that has an adhesive disposed on at least a portion of a surface thereof, an extension region proximate a second end of the tag that has a radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder disposed within the extension region, and an indicator disposed between the extension region and the adhesive region.
US11436465B2
The disclosed technology relates generally to apparatus comprising conductive polymers and more particularly to tag and tag devices comprising a redox-active polymer film, and method of using and manufacturing the same. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a substrate and a conductive structure formed on the substrate which includes a layer of redox-active polymer film having mobile ions and electrons. The conductive structure further includes a first terminal and a second terminal configured to receive an electrical signal therebetween, where the layer of redox-active polymer is configured to conduct an electrical current generated by the mobile ions and the electrons in response to the electrical signal. The apparatus additionally includes a detection circuit operatively coupled to the conductive structure and configured to detect the electrical current flowing through the conductive structure.
US11436464B2
An IC tag according to the present invention includes: a sheet-shaped tag main body having an outer shape that extends in a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction orthogonal to the lengthwise direction; and a reinforcing member that is arranged along the widthwise direction so as to cover a surrounding area of the tag main body. The tag main body includes: an IC chip; an antenna configured to electrically transmit and receive information stored in the IC chip; and a sheet-shaped substrate that supports the IC chip and the antenna. The reinforcing member is made of a material having a Shore D hardness that is less than or equal to a Shore D hardness of the substrate, and is arranged so as to cover at least the IC chip.
US11436451B2
The present disclosure provides a multimodal fine-grained mixing method and system, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: extracting data features from multimodal graphic and textual data, and obtaining each composition of the data features, the data features including a visual regional feature and a text word feature; performing fine-grained classification on modal information of each composition of the data features, to obtain classification results; and performing inter-modal and intra-modal information fusion on each composition according to the classification results, to obtain a fusion feature. The method enables a multimodal model to utilize a complementary characteristic of the multimodal data, with no influence by irrelevant information.
US11436444B1
A computing device trains a fair machine learning model. A prediction model is trained to predict a target value. For a number of iterations, a weight vector is computed using the bound value based on fairness constraints defined for a fairness measure type; a weight value is assigned to each observation vector based on the target value and a sensitive attribute value; the prediction model is trained with each weighted observation vector to predict the target value; and a conditional moments vector is computed based on the fairness constraints and the target and sensitive attribute values. Conditional moments difference values are computed. When the conditional moments difference values indicate to adjust the bound value, the bound value is updated and the process is repeated with the bound value replaced with the updated bound value until the conditional moments difference values indicate no further adjustment of the bound value is needed.
US11436438B1
(A) Conditional vectors are defined. (B) Latent observation vectors are generated using a predefined noise distribution function. (C) A forward propagation of a generator model is executed with the conditional vectors and the latent observation vectors as input to generate an output vector. (D) A forward propagation of a decoder model of a trained autoencoder model is executed with the generated output vector as input to generate a plurality of decoded vectors. (E) Transformed observation vectors are selected from transformed data based on the defined plurality of conditional vectors. (F) A forward propagation of a discriminator model is executed with the transformed observation vectors, the conditional vectors, and the decoded vectors as input to predict whether each transformed observation vector and each decoded vector is real or fake. (G) The discriminator and generator models are updated and (A) through (G) are repeated until training is complete.
US11436434B2
Techniques are provided for using machine learning techniques to identify predictive features and predictive values for each feature. In one technique, a model is trained based on training data that comprises training instances, each of which corresponds to multiple usage-based features of an online service by a user. For each usage-based feature in a subset of the usage-based features, the model is used to generate a dependency graph, a histogram is generated, and an optimized value is selected based on the dependency graph and the histogram. A user of the online service is identified, along with a usage value that indicates a level of usage, by the user, of a usage-based feature. A comparison between the usage value and an optimized value of the usage-based feature is performed. Based on the comparison, it is determined whether to present data about that usage-based feature to the user.
US11436422B2
A reading device includes a placing table supporting an article to which an RFID tag is attached. An antenna is configured to emit a radio wave for communicating with the RFID tag toward the placing table. A reading unit is configured to read tag information including a tag identifier identifying the RFID tag by communicating with the RFID tag via the antenna while the placing table and the antenna are integrally moved. An extracting unit is configured to extract a tag identifier in which an amount of change in phase information is a predetermined value or less, based on the phase information of a response wave obtained from the RFID tag when the tag information is read. An outputting unit is configured to output the tag information including the tag identifier extracted by the extracting unit.
US11436421B2
A tag reader includes a communication controller, a communication interface, and a processor. The communication controller controls an output level of an output signal to be output from an antenna for reading an RFID tag. The communication interface communicates with a host device. The processor specifies a minimum output level of the output signal at which the RFID tag can be read and transmits the minimum output level to the host device through the communication interface.
US11436418B2
Provided are a system and method for automatically translating characters in an image. In the system for automatically translating characters in an image, a processor determines, after a translation request is input, whether a signal input through an input and output interface is a character region selection signal or an autofocus request signal by analyzing the input signal, acquires a translation target region on the basis of a determination result, recognizes characters in the acquired translation target region, and then translates the recognized characters.
US11436402B1
Disclosed is an improved approach for implementing a three-dimensional integrated circuit design with mixed macro and standard cell placement. This approach concurrently places both the macros and standard cells of the 3D-IC design onto two or more stacked floorplan and optimize the instance locations by timing, density, wire length and floorplan constraint.
US11436388B2
Methods and apparatus for improving the provision of a procedure based upon automated determination of a location of agents and equipment during a procedure and quantifying conditions in an environment via automated sensors. The present invention provides apparatus and methods for wireless designation of a position of health care providers and equipment relative to each other based upon wireless communications amongst multiple wireless transceivers combined with ongoing monitoring of conditions present in a facility. The transceivers may be portions of nodes and nodes may form self-verifying arrays. A user interface may provide a augmented reality view of positions of all or some the providers and equipment and condition quantifying sensors.
US11436383B2
An active shielding device and method for active shielding are disclosed. The active shielding device includes current sources configured to generate currents, an analog wire shield unit connected to the current sources, a current to voltage converter connected to the analog wire shield unit and configured to generate a voltage in response to the currents that are generated by the current sources, and a voltage comparator connected to the current to voltage converter and configured to compare the voltage that is generated by the current to voltage converters with a reference voltage.
US11436380B2
There is provided a method and apparatus for controlling a privacy setting of at least one sensor. A signal is acquired from one or more sensors. A characteristic of one or more subjects is detected in the acquired signal. A privacy level is set based on the detected characteristic of the one or more subjects. A privacy setting of at least one sensor is controlled based on the set privacy level.
US11436378B2
A method includes compressing data to generate compressed data having a first block size corresponding to a block-size requirement of a client device. The method further includes encrypting the compressed data to generate an encrypted data packet. The method further includes adding, by a processing device, a padding bit pattern to the encrypted data packet to generate a data block for storage, the data block having a second block size determined by a buffer size of a storage array.
US11436373B2
Systems and methods are disclosed detecting whether calls to consent rejection functions originate with an automated tool or a human user. The system can determine that a calls to a consent rejection function are likely from an automated tool by determining that a rate and/or number of calls to a function exceeds a threshold and/or that the calls are received before the interface requesting user consent preferences has been rendered to the user. The system can also require that a function call include a token that an automated tool would not have knowledge of or access to and reject function calls without this token. The system can also use private consent rejection function calls with obfuscated names and/or provide a follow up consent rejections confirmation interface requiring human user input before process a consent rejection.
US11436372B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting user privacy may include (i) detecting that a website indicates a user account identifier, (ii) detecting whether a third-party script has access to the user account identifier, and (iii) performing, based at least in part on detecting that the third-party script has access to the user account identifier, a security action to protect user privacy such that the security action facilitates an attempt to prevent the third-party script from actually accessing the user account identifier. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11436350B2
Content source and sink devices and methods help to guard against compromising security of content transferred from a source device to a sink device, for example where a primary encryption mechanism protecting the content has been compromised. A content source device is configured to connect to a content sink device to transmit digital media content to the content sink device. The content source device includes a connection module configured to establish a connection to the sink device, encrypt a digital media content for transmission across the connection with a first cipher using a connection key, and transmit the encrypted digital media content to the sink device over the connection. The content source also includes a protection module configured to prevent the sink device from using the digital media content without authorisation. The protection module receives a digital certificate identifying the sink device, verifies the digital certificate, and determines if the digital certificate identifies a sink device authorised to receive digital media content over the connection. If the determination is positive, the protection module enables the sink device to use the digital media content.
US11436349B2
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to leveraging GPU farms for machine learning where the selection of data is self-service. The data may be cleansed based on a classification and automatically transferred to a cloud services platform. This allows an entity to leverage the commoditization of the GPU farms in the public cloud without exposing data into that cloud. Also, an entire creation of a ML instance may be fully managed by a business analyst, data scientist and/or other users and teams.
US11436347B2
A method of dynamically sampling application events includes receiving usage data for a plurality of applications on client devices. The usage data includes data for instances of events that occur in the plurality of applications in response to users interacting with the plurality of applications on the client devices. The method further includes storing the usage data in a first data store, determining, for respective applications of the plurality of applications, sampling rates for respective application events of the plurality of application events based at least in part on respective quantities of instances of the respective application events during a period of time, sampling from the first data store the data for the instances of the respective application events at the sampling rates to form respective sets of usage data, and providing a report using one or more sets of the sets of usage data.
US11436342B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to trust domain islands with self-contained scope. In one example, a system includes multiple sockets, each including multiple cores, multiple multi-key total memory encryption (MK-TME) circuits, multiple memory controllers, and a trust domain island resource manager (TDIRM) to: initialize a trust domain island (TDI) island control structure (TDICS) associated with a TD island, initialize a trust domain island protected memory (TDIPM) associated with the TD island, identify a host key identifier (HKID) in a key ownership table (KOT), assign the HKID to a cryptographic key and store the HKID in the TDICS, associate one of the plurality of cores with the TD island, add a memory page from an address space of the first core to the TDIPM, and transfer execution control to the first core to execute the TDI, and wherein a number of HKIDs available in the system is increased as the memory mapped to the TD island is decreased.
US11436339B1
In some embodiments, a cybersecurity data handling and governance service displays a cybersecurity artifact generation object. In some embodiments, while displaying the cybersecurity artifact generation object, the cybersecurity data handling and governance service receives a first input selecting the cybersecurity artifact generation object. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the first input is directed to generating a first cybersecurity artifact corresponding to a first authoritative information security standard and in accordance with a determination that the first user interface is dedicated to displaying information directed to a respective cybersecurity data catalogue, the cybersecurity data handling and governance service generates the first cybersecurity artifact based on a first set of cybersecurity control data objects included in the respective cybersecurity data catalogue in accordance with submittal-criteria defined by the first authoritative information security standard.
US11436324B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to approaches for securing a computing system. A management controller is to monitor a plurality of parameters of monitored controllers. The management controller provides each of the controllers a key to update the parameters. The management controller includes a representation of the parameters. A current version of one of the parameters is received from one of the monitored controllers. It is determined whether an unauthorized modification occurred to the current version of the first parameter using the representation.
US11436320B2
A method of computer security for a host computer system in communication with remote computer systems, including generating an attack map as a directed graph data structure modelling individual events leading to an exploitation of the host computer system and collecting a log of each of a plurality of attack events occurring at the host including network packets involved in each attack event, the attack map being generated in a training phase of the host computer system in which the host is subjected to attacks by one or more attacking remote computer systems; using stacked autoencoders to extract features from the log event in each attack; generating a directed graph representation based on each of the extracted features; and responsive to an occurrence of a new attack in the host computer system, triggering the regeneration of the attack map including additional events generated in respect of the new attack.
US11436319B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automated detection of user device security risks related to process threads and corresponding activity are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining information pertaining to processes running on a user device; obtaining information pertaining to images loaded into at least one memory associated with at least one of the processes running on the user device; obtaining information pertaining to threads created in connection with at least one of the processes running on the user device; automatically identifying at least one of the threads as a security risk by processing the information pertaining to the images and the information pertaining to the threads; and performing at least one automated action based on the identification of at least one of the one or more threads as a security risk.
US11436316B2
Registration means of an authentication system (S) registers, for each user, first authentication information and second authentication information in storage means. First authentication means performs first authentication based on a similarity between the first authentication information that has been input and the registered first authentication information. Second authentication means performs second authentication based on a match between the second authentication information that has been input and the registered second authentication information. Restriction means restricts a plurality of users having similar first authentication information to each other from registering the same second authentication information as each other.
US11436313B2
Provided is a method for authenticating a device. The method may include coupling a first device to an interaction database that is connected to a second device. The first and second devices store first group public and private keys. The second device also stores second device public and private keys. The first device transmits to a remote computer system a first message encrypted with a remote computer system public key that includes challenge data and response data encrypted with the first group public key and authentication data. The second device receives from the remote computer system a second message including the encrypted challenge data. The second device transmits to the remote computer system a third message including the response data. In response to receiving an authentication message, interaction may be permitted between the first device and remote computer system. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11436312B2
Systems and methods for operating a system including a plurality of directories. The methods comprises: receiving, by a computing device, a first search request for identity information associated with an individual user of the system that is in a common request format supported by a common Application Programming Interface (“API”); performing first operations by the computing device to generate second search requests by transforming a format of the first search request from the common request format to a plurality of directory search request formats respectively supported by the plurality of directories; and respectively communicating the second search requests to the plurality of directories for retrieving the identity information associated with an individual user of the system.
US11436309B2
An authentication subsystem receives a request for authentication of a user to access a server. A voiceprint is determined for the user based on recordings of the user speaking. Authentication phrases is determined for the user based on the voiceprint. Based public user data and/or user transaction data, user knowledge is determined which reflects topics about which the user has knowledge. An authentication question is generated based on the authentication phrases and the user knowledge. An anticipated answer to the authentication question one of the authentication phrases. The authentication question is provided to a device operated by the user. If a response voiceprint associated with an actual spoken response to the authentication question sufficiently matches an anticipated voiceprint for an expected recording of the anticipated answer, the user is granted access to the server. Otherwise, access to the server is denied.
US11436304B1
Systems and methods may generally provide a demographic-based type-specific patient refund, facilitated by a structured data element, to a responsible party for overpayment made for healthcare services. An example method may include receiving a formatted claim file including an amount paid, receiving an amount owed by a responsible party, determining a refund amount based on the amount paid and the amount owed, and generating a formatted remittance file including the structured data element identifying the refund amount. The method may include determining a refund type, for example, based on at least one demographic factor of the responsible party, or providing, using information from the structured data element, the refund amount to the responsible party, such as via the refund type.
US11436303B1
A system and method for managing and tracking fishing/hunting rules and regulations is provided. The system generally comprises a global positioning system (GPS), a processor operably connected to the GPS, a power supply, a display operably connected to the processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon. The system and method are designed to easily and conveniently compile and store information or data related to wildlife sports. The system may use this information to help a user comply with state and federal rules and regulations via the creation of registration strategies and via indicia.
US11436302B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic system for computing items of an outer product matrix, for each item of at least part of the items of the matrix. The system is configured to receive a pair of real numbers of two vectors, the pair corresponding to the item. The system is further configured to compute a stochastic representation of the real numbers resulting in two sets of bits, the set of bits comprising a subset of bits representing the real number and a sign bit indicative of the sign of the real number. The system is further configured to perform a sequence of digital operations using the two sets of bits to provide a representation of the item.
US11436300B1
A process for rendering a user interface for launching content for publication using a content management system (CMS), includes: providing, over a network, an editor application associated with the CMS, enabling editing of entities stored in the CMS, the editing includes authoring fields for each entity; providing, over the network, a launch application, wherein execution of the launch application renders the user interface for launching content for publication; receiving selection of a group of entities, via the user interface, the selection is for publishing the group of entities; and generating, responsive to the selection, an API call to the CMS, that triggers initiation of a validation process to validate each entity in the group of entities, wherein the validation process is executed in a draft entity store of the CMS that is created for said validation without requiring separate API calls for validating each entity in the group of entities.
US11436285B2
In some examples, an anomaly database system is provided for processing metrics in telemetry data. An example anomaly database system comprises a continuous data management (CDM) node, the CDM node including a metrics library for sending out system metrics in a sparse manner and a statistics relay for receiving streaming metrics from nodes in a node cluster, the node cluster including the CDM node, the statistics relay pushing the received metrics to a metrics collector. A sparse consumers module pulls metrics, from the metrics collector, pushed to the metrics collector by the statistics relay.
