US11445651B2
A substrate work system including a work device configured to perform predetermined work on a substrate by use of an exchangeable work unit includes a storage section configured to store the work unit, a maintenance device configured to perform maintenance of the work unit, a conveyance device capable of conveying the work unit, a determination section configured to determine a maintenance time for the work unit used in the work device based on quality information on work quality of the predetermined work, and a control section configured to, when the determination section determines that a maintenance time arrives, cause the conveyance device, the work device, and the maintenance device to unload the work unit, convey the work unit to the work device to exchange with the work unit that has been used, and convey the used-up work unit to the maintenance device.
US11445643B2
The invention concerns an electrical assembly comprising a cooling module, in particular an active cooling module comprising a network in which a cooling liquid flows and an electrical busbar, where the said electrical busbar is attached directly to a portion for receiving the cooling module, where the said electrical assembly is configured to be added in a frame of a first electrical device.
US11445622B2
A display device includes a display panel including a display area on which a plurality of display elements is disposed and a non-display area on which one or more wires for driving the plurality of display elements are disposed. A back cover is attached to one surface of the display panel and has a plurality of openings. A roller unit winds or unwinds the back cover and the display panel, and a lifting unit moves the back cover and the display panel in a vertical direction. The plurality of openings overlaps the display panel, and each of the plurality of openings is disposed to be staggered with one or more of the openings in an adjacent row. A size of the back cover is larger than a size of the display panel.
US11445620B2
A method of making a printed circuit board structure including a closed cavity is provided. The method can include the steps of forming a cavity in a core structure of a core layer, laminating each of a top surface and a bottom surface of the core structure with an adhesive layer and a metal layer to prepare a laminate structure and cover the cavity to define a closed cavity. The method also includes forming vias through the laminate structure, and patterning the metal layers in the laminate structure.
US11445619B2
A method of manufacturing a press pad is disclosed. The method includes: providing a planar pad having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and a release film sheet, the release film sheet including a polyimide-based film; cleaning the planar pad, the cleaning including electrostatically removing particulates from surfaces of the planar pad; and attaching a release film sheet to the first surface of the planar pad, the release film sheet being attached to the first surface using an acrylic-based adhesive containing thermoplastic polyolefin and methyl acrylate.
US11445618B2
A method for manufacturing a flexible circuit board includes providing a first laminated structure, the first laminated structure including two first wiring boards, a first adhesive layer sandwiched between the two first wiring boards, and a first conductive structure. The first conductive structure penetrates the two first wiring boards and the first adhesive layer and electrically connects the two first wiring boards. The first adhesive layer defines a first opening, the first opening includes a first edge away from the first conductive structure. The first laminated structure is cut along the first edge and then the two first wiring boards are unfolded. A flexible circuit board manufactured by such method is also disclosed.
US11445615B2
The present invention relates to a touch sensor module and an image display device including the same. The touch sensor module includes a touch sensor including pad portions, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including terminal portions, and a solder joint interposed between the touch sensor and the flexible printed circuit board, in which the solder joint includes a solder paste including solder balls and a flux, the pad portions and the terminal portions are electrically connected through the solder balls compressed by heating and pressing, the flux is used in an amount of 5 to 40 wt % based on the total weight of the solder paste, and the ratio of the diameter of the solder balls included in the solder paste to the gap between the pad portions of the touch sensor and the terminal portions of the flexible printed circuit board is 1:0.2-0.6.
US11445611B2
The present disclosure illustrates a signal transmission device and a display device using the same. The signal transmission device includes a first flexible printed circuit board comprising a first circuit layer and a connection member, wherein the first circuit layer is electrically connected to a display module and a system; a second flexible printed circuit board disposed on the first flexible printed circuit board, and comprising a second circuit layer; a third flexible printed circuit board disposed on the first flexible printed circuit board, and comprising a third circuit layer; insulating layers disposed between the first, second and third flexible printed circuit boards, and comprising a plurality of through holes formed thereon in a vertical direction; and conductive pillars disposed in the through holes, respectively, wherein the second and third circuit layer are electrically connected to the system through the first circuit layer and the conductive pillars.
US11445602B2
A power circuit includes bus bars that are connected to terminals of an FET and are provided flush with each other, and a first insulation region arranged between the bus bars. The power circuit includes a bus bar to which the FET is fixed, a conductive sheet that is connected to another bus bar via a first connection portion and electrically connects source terminals of the FET to the other bus bar, and a second connection portion that is provided in the conductive sheet and electrically connects the source terminals to the other bus bar.
US11445601B2
A component carrier includes a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure, a first electrically insulating layer structure and a second electrically insulating layer structure. The first electrically insulating layer structure is made of a material which has first physical properties. The second electrically insulating layer structure is made of another material which has second physical properties differing from the first physical properties. The first electrically insulating layer structure and the second electrically insulating layer structure are at least partially in direct physical contact with each other. A method of manufacturing a component carrier is also disclosed.
US11445582B2
A control circuit of a zero current controlled dimming circuit having a high side power switch, a low side power switch and an inductor, having: an error circuit, providing a compensation signal based on a reference signal and a current sense signal indicative of an output current; a compensation circuit, providing a compensation off time signal based on the compensation signal and a peak value sample and hold signal indicative of a peak value of an inductor current; and a control signal generating circuit, providing a low side switch control signal to control the low side power switch based on the compensation off time signal, wherein after the inductor current decreases to zero, the low side power switch maintains on for a compensation off time period determined by the compensation off time signal.
US11445581B2
The present invention comprises: a TRIAC (110) operated by TRIAC driving current input to a gate terminal (g); a bridge diode (120) for full-wave rectifying current which is output from the gate terminal (g) of the TRIAC (110) or input to the gate terminal (g) of the TRIAC (110); a TRIAC triggering unit (130) which operates the TRIAC (110) by receiving current (I) output from the bridge diode (120) as an input and outputting a TRIAC driving current (I1) for turning on the TRIAC (110) to the gate terminal (g) of the TRIAC (110); and a latch circuit unit (140) for outputting latch current which is in a latch-on state and has a smaller value than critical current (Ith) of the TRIAC (110) to the gate terminal (g) of the TRIAC (110).
US11445570B1
A mobile User Equipment (UE) uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to deliver mobile data services over different radios. The mobile UE qualifies the individual radios that have adequate signal strength at a geographic location. The mobile UE estimates TCP retransmission rates at the location for the qualified radios. The mobile UE identifies individual qualified radios that have adequate TCP retransmission rate estimates. The mobile UE selects one of the identified radios that has the lowest power usage. The mobile UE exchanges TCP packets over the selected radio which includes participating in TCP retransmissions at the location. The selected radio wirelessly exchanges the TCP packets with a wireless access node. The mobile UE stores resulting TCP retransmission data for the selected radio in association with the location for future TCP retransmission rate estimates.
US11445566B2
In a communications method of a wearable device, if a second BLUETOOTH connection between user equipment and the wearable device is disconnected, a first BLUETOOTH connection between a network connection device and the wearable device is established, so that the network connection device may send, to the wearable device through the first BLUETOOTH connection, first information sent by the user equipment through a third communication connection to the network connection device. In this way, indirect communication between the user equipment and the wearable device is implemented by using the network connection device, so that the user equipment and the wearable device are not limited by a communication range.
US11445565B2
A wireless device for resuming a connection in a communication network. The wireless device comprises a communication interface; and one or more processing circuits communicatively connected to the communication interface, the one or more processing circuits comprising at least one processor and memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: send to a network node a request to resume a connection in a communication network; receive a resume response message from the network node, the message comprising an indication to perform a full configuration; and apply the full configuration.
US11445564B2
Techniques described herein may be used to enable User Equipment (UE) to switch between Radio Access Technologies (RATs) while transitioning from an inactive state to an active state. For example. a UE may connect to a base station via one type of RAT (e.g., Long-Term Evolution (LTE) RAT), enter an inactive state, and later, while transitioning from the inactive state to an active state, connect to another base station via another type of RAT (e.g., a New Radio (NR) or 5th Generation (5G) RAT). The UE may transition from one RAT to another RAT without increasing signaling between the UE and the network beyond minimal signaling involved in a transition of the UE from the inactive state to an active state. The network may further minimize signaling by determining and communicating minimized connection configuration information to the UE.
US11445556B2
A communications method and apparatus related to the field of communications technologies and includes receiving, by an access and mobility management network element, a first message corresponding to a packet data unit (PDU) session from a session management network element, where the first message includes first information to be sent to a terminal, and where the PDU session is established based on a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) access, and sending, by the access and mobility management network element, the first information to the terminal using a 3GPP access.
US11445549B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for random-access channel (RACH) communication. For example, certain aspects provide a method for falling back from a 2-step RACH procedure to a 4-step RACH procedure.
US11445537B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a capability of receiving multiple downlink control information (DCI) signals or messages from one or more base stations indicating corresponding downlink data channels for a same transport block (TB) (e.g., for a same feedback process, where each downlink data channel has a same feedback identification). Subsequently, the UE may receive one or more DCIs, each scheduling a respective downlink data channel for the same TB, where the UE is then expected to transmit acknowledgement (ACK) feedback for the TB. Accordingly, the UE may transmit the ACK feedback (e.g., in a joint feedback message or via separate feedback messages) for the corresponding downlink data channels based on attempting to decode the TB on resources of the downlink data channels as indicated by the multiple DCIs.
US11445529B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may receive, from a second UE and on a first set of resources, a first control information associated with sidelink communication. The first UE may also receive, from the second UE and on a second set of resources, a first shared channel information associated with the sidelink communication. In some examples, the first UE may identify a third set of resources associated with a retransmission of the first control information and a fourth set of resources associated with a retransmission of the first shared channel information. The first UE may then transmit the retransmission of the first control information on the third set of resources and the retransmission of the first shared channel information on the fourth set of resources.
US11445525B1
Techniques are described for buffering data traffic destined for a mobile device when a data path to a base station for the mobile device is unavailable. For example, a network device comprises: a control unit comprising processing circuitry, wherein the control unit is configured to allocate, in response to determining that a data path from the network device to the base station for a mobile device is unavailable, a hardware queue of a packet processor of the network device to the data path; and a forwarding component with access to the hardware queue, wherein the forwarding component is configured to store data traffic for the mobile device to the allocated hardware queue, wherein the control unit is configured to, in response determining that the data path is available, configure the forwarding component to output the data traffic from the allocated hardware queue to the base station along the data path.
US11445523B2
A wireless device is configured to receive scheduling information at a predetermined time interval from a wireless node. The scheduling information includes a plurality of reception definitions. Each reception definition indicates a reception start time, a reception duration, and assigned frequency information. Each reception definition is derived from a wireless device identification associated with the reception definition. The wireless device is configured to receive data associated with at least one of the reception definitions.
US11445522B2
Embodiments of this application provide a vehicle communication method, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and an electronic device. The method may be applied to a network side device. After receiving a connection establishment request transmitted by user equipment, identification information of a plurality of network slices being carried in the connection establishment request, the network side device determines whether the plurality of network slices correspond to a same vehicle communication service according to the identification information of the plurality of network slices. When the plurality of network slices are determined to correspond to the same vehicle communication service, the network side device establishes a protocol data unit (PDU) session with the user equipment. The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application increase the number of vehicle communication use cases that the user equipment can support, and facilitate a promotion and a deployment of an Internet of Vehicles solution.
US11445516B2
In some implementations, a device may partition a coverage area associated with a network to form one or more geographic sectors, and may determine a pathloss value for each frequency band of multiple frequency bands and a spatial distribution between cells, within the geographic sector, for each frequency band. The device may determine a degree of contiguous coverage for each frequency band within the geographic sector based on the pathloss value and the spatial distribution between cells for that frequency band, and may determine, based on the degree of contiguous coverage for each frequency band, a specific frequency band, of the multiple frequency bands, to be used as a primary carrier for carrier aggregation in the geographic sector. The device may output information that identifies a carrier aggregation profile that indicates the specific frequency band to be used as the primary carrier for carrier aggregation in the geographic sector.
US11445514B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for beam determination prior to an indication of an activated beam. A user equipment may receive a configuration for one or more transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states; receive downlink control information that schedules a downlink transmission after a time offset; determine, prior to receiving an indication of an activated TCI state of the one or more TCI states, a beam for receiving the downlink transmission; and receive the downlink transmission using the beam. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11445508B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device in User Equipment (UE) and a base station for dynamic scheduling. The UE first receives first information; and then receives second information; and operates a first radio signal. Wherein the first information comprises Q field(s), a first field is used to determine a first antenna port set, the first field is one field of the Q field(s). The first antenna port set comprises a positive integer of antenna port(s), the second information is transmitted by an antenna port within the first antenna port set. The first information and the second information are both dynamically configured. The operating refers to receiving, or the operating refers to transmitting. The second information is used to determine scheduling information of the first radio signal. The present disclosure ensures the robustness of scheduling signaling reception in multi-antenna scenarios, and also avoids excessive overhead, hence improving transmission efficiency.
US11445505B2
A method of operating a radio receiver arranged to receive a plurality of data symbols transmitted on one of a predetermined set of frequencies. The method comprises receiving a first set of data symbols at a first transmission frequency. The first set of data symbols comprises a message indicating a first frequency sub-set. A synthesiser is calibrated for the one or more frequencies in the first frequency sub-set. A second set of data symbols transmitted on at least one of said one or more frequencies from the first sub-set is received. It is determined from the second set of data symbols whether a network quality metric exceeds a threshold. The synthesiser is calibrated for one or more frequencies in a second frequency sub-set when the network quality metric exceeds the threshold. The second sub-set comprises frequencies that are not in the first sub-set.
US11445504B2
The disclosure discloses a method for distributing pilot frequency in a massive antenna system, including: dividing a pilot frequency set into three sub sets that are intersecting with each other, and then dividing the users of each cell into a cell central user and a cell edge user. The cell central users use an intersection set of three pilot frequency sub sets. The cell edge users of all cells use a difference set, an intersection set and a union set of three pilot frequency sub sets according to a certain rule. When it is designing to implement the pilot resource distribution plan of the massive antenna system, three cells that are adjacent with each other in the system are used as a cluster, and a pilot frequency use plan of any one cluster may be designed according to the method proposed by the disclosure, and then the same design plan is applied to other clusters in the system, and then is adjusted according to the user distribution of each cluster and the business distribution circumstance thereof.
US11445495B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A technique for receiving a downlink control channel is provided that includes operations of determining whether a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is received at a time-domain position n; determining, according to a result of the determining, a frequency-domain position of a bandwidth part (BWP) for receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) at a time-domain position n+1, and receiving the PDCCH at the BWP of the frequency-domain position. The technique determines the frequency-domain position of the BWP for receiving the PDCCH by determining whether it is necessary to receive the PDSCH at the time-domain position preceding the current time-domain position for receiving the PDCCH, greatly reducing or even eliminating the influence of the adjustment time interval for the user equipment (UE) to convert the BWP on the normal data reception of the UE, which ensures the receiving performance and the throughput level of the received data of the UE.
US11445487B2
A base station device can transmit data via multiple data channels to a single user equipment device. Each of the multiple data channels can be configured and scheduled via respective downlink control channels to the user equipment device. In an embodiment, the downlink control information and data can be processed in the transmitter via separate coding structures, and then the separate channel data can be combined for transmission to the mobile equipment. The data channels can use overlapping resource elements, and the receiver can use interference cancellation to remove interference from the subsequent data channel after decoding the data from the first data channel. In other embodiments, the data channels can be associated with different beamforming matrices, demodulation reference signal ports, constellation points and resource elements.
US11445480B2
Various aspects related to various apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to protect downlink (DL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform DL communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to communicate regarding uplink (UL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to an allocation vector. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to random access. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform UL communication(s). The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects.
US11445478B2
Systems and methods for adapting parameters in wireless sidelink communications are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first node is disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting a wireless signal to a second node; and receiving a control signal from the second node, wherein the control signal is generated by the second node based on the wireless signal and includes information for controlling sidelink communication between the first node and at least one third node.
US11445474B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile switching node and a mobility management node to page a terminal device. The present disclosure may provide a method for a mobile switching node to page a terminal device. The method includes: storing (S201) an indication of whether a terminal device supports a circuit switching call function; receiving (S202) a request to implement the circuit switching call function, in regard to a subscriber number corresponding to the terminal device; and sending (S203), to a mobility management node, a circuit switching paging request for the terminal device, in response to that the indication shows the terminal device supports the circuit switching call function.
US11445470B2
In one example, a method comprises: receiving assistance data from a location server; classifying a plurality of candidate cells in the assistance data into a first group of candidate cells and a second group of candidate cells, wherein the classification is based on whether a candidate cell transmits position reference signal (PRS) symbols in one or more multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframes in a positioning occasion, and based on a cyclic prefix (CP) length of the PRS symbols being transmitted by the candidate cell in the positioning occasion; selecting, based on one or more predetermined criteria, one of the first group or the second group of candidate cells to measure the one or more PRS in the positioning occasion; and measuring the one or more PRS from one of the first group or the second group of candidate cells in the positioning occasion to measure PRS measurements.
US11445467B2
A method and system for providing location services at a network edge is described. An AP can receive location information associated with a second AP in a location group. The AP can also receive client location data from the second AP and associated with a first client. From at least the received client location data, the AP can determine a location of the first client. The AP can then send the location of the first client to a location service.
US11445461B2
A method for setting a time advance group (TAG) identifier includes: receiving configuration information sent by a base station, the configuration information comprising a supplement uplink (SUL) carrier configured for a serving cell of user equipment (UE); and setting, according to the configuration information, TAG identifiers (IDs) for the SUL carrier and a non-SUL carrier of the serving cell of the UE.
US11445460B2
When time locations of synchronization signal (SS) blocks (SSBs) are fixed within an SS burst set, the time locations and the slot pattern may be incompatible. In this case, the base station may not be permitted to transmit that SSBs that overlap in time with a configured uplink symbols because the base station is configured to receive uplink communications during this time, rather than transmit downlink communications during this time. As a result, the base station may have fewer opportunities to transmit SSBs, which may lead to increased latency due to delays in accessing the base station, may reduce spectral efficiency due to fewer opportunities to indicate beamforming parameters and/or fewer beams being used for communications, and/or the like. Some techniques and apparatuses described herein permit the base station to flexibly configure time locations of SSBs within an SS burst set, thereby reducing latency, improving spectral efficiency, and/or the like.
US11445455B2
Among other things, a communication system comprising remote units, a reference timing source, a controller, a controller clock, and a remote unit clock. The remote units exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with mobile devices. The reference timing source is synchronized with a coordinated universal time (UTC) or a Global Positioning System (GPS). The controller clock is synchronized with the reference timing source and provides timing information to the controller. The remote unit clock is synchronized with the controller clock and provides timing information to a remote unit. The controller and the remote unit are configured to transmit time stamp messages to synchronize the controller clock and the remote unit clock, by avoiding contention between time stamp transmissions and baseband data transmissions or between time stamp transmissions of different remote units to the controller.
US11445454B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises: determining, by a constrained network device in a low power and lossy network (LLN), a self-estimated density value of neighboring LLN devices based on wirelessly receiving an identified number of beacon message transmissions within an identified time interval from neighboring transmitting LLN devices in the LLN; setting, by the constrained network device, a first wireless transmit power value based on the self-estimated density value; and transmitting a beacon message at the first wireless transmit power value, the beacon message specifying the self-estimated density value, a corresponding trust metric for the self-estimated density value, and the first wireless transmit power value used by the constrained network device for transmitting the beacon message.
US11445452B1
Methods and systems are provided for limiting transmit power for one or more devices associated with a wireless telecommunications network. The methods can include determining if a noise level is at or above a threshold value. The methods can also include requiring one or more devices to limit transmit power on communications to the base station.
US11445446B2
Methods and apparatuses for power control are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving a first signaling indicating one or multiple power values for a downlink reception from a node, each power value being associated with a spatial domain filter, and determining a power value for the downlink reception from the node.
US11445444B2
The technical problem of reducing power consumption of paired client devices is addressed by using respective location data of paired client devices to determine whether to disable or to resume operation of short range wireless communication component, such as, e.g., a Bluetooth® sensor. In some examples, the location services utilize global positioning system (GPS). Respective location data of paired client devices is communicated between the paired client devices via a messaging server.
US11445433B2
An electronic device in a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) cluster is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) transceiver; and a processor, coupled with the Wi-Fi transceiver, configured to perform a synchronization with at least one device in the NAN cluster, wherein the at least one device comprises an external electronic device, after performing the synchronization, receive, from the external electronic device through the Wi-Fi transceiver, a frame including first data within at least one discovery window (DW) among a plurality of DWs, wherein the first data comprises channel information for second data, and time information for the second data, and based on the channel information and the time information, control the Wi-Fi transceiver to receive the second data at a channel corresponding to the channel information of the received first data during a time duration corresponding to the time information of the received first data.
US11445428B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide a method for setting up a route path, a device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method may include: establishing a neighbor list; wherein, the neighbor list comprises neighbor nodes of the node and position information of the neighbor nodes; in response to receiving a routing request (RREQ) message from a previous hop node, recording a source Internet Protocol (IP) address of a source node contained in the RREQ message as a destination IP address in a routing table established in the node; recording the previous hop node as a next hop node corresponding to the destination IP address in the routing table; selecting a pre-determined number of nodes from the neighbor list as next hop nodes of the RREQ message according to the position information of the neighbor nodes; and sending the RREQ message to the next hop nodes.
US11445423B2
Network environment health monitoring is provided by receiving an alert indicating that a first station (STA) is experiencing a connection with a first Access Point (AP) below a quality threshold; identifying a set of APs connected to a shared network with the first AP within one hop of the first AP; aggregating signal metrics for the first STA from the first AP and each AP of the set of APs; identifying a cause for the connection performing below the quality threshold based on the signal metrics as aggregated; and performing a remediation strategy based on the cause as identified.
US11445421B2
A wireless communication network to serve a wireless User Equipment (UE) with a wireless communication service over multiple wireless communication links. The wireless communication network comprises a primary access node, a first support access node, and a second support access node. The primary access node receives signal metrics for the support access nodes from the wireless UE, determines add thresholds for the support access nodes based on the amount of active UEs served by the primary access node, and converts the signal metrics for the support access nodes into add values for the support access nodes. When the add values are greater than the add thresholds, the primary access node signals the corresponding ones of the support access nodes to serve the wireless UE. The corresponding ones of the support access nodes exchange user data with the wireless UE.
US11445414B2
A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) capable of supporting multiple subscriptions, includes measuring, with a first of the multiple subscriptions, neighbor cells of at least one other subscription of multiple subscriptions. The method also includes storing measurement results from measuring the neighbor cells in a common measurement results database, while avoiding duplicates. The method further includes reporting, with a subscription for which a neighbor is configured by a network, the measurement results from the common measurement results database.
US11445410B2
A wireless communication system delivers a wireless data service to User Equipment (UE) responsive to a handover. A Centralized Unit (CU) transfers a handover registration to a Network Repository Function (NRF). A Session Management Function (SMF) transfers a handover subscription for the UE to the NRF. The CU detects a handover of the UE and responsively transfers a handover notice for the UE to the NRF. In response to the handover subscription for the UE from the SMF, the NRF transfers the handover notice for the UE to the SMF. The SMF modifies the wireless data service for the UE responsive to the handover notice for the UE. For example, the SMF may implement data encryption for the UE responsive to the handover.
US11445406B2
A communication system capable of dynamically changing an MME to serve in call processing in accordance with the load condition of the MMEs and the like is provided. A communication system of the present invention includes: communication control apparatuses (10) to (12); and a node apparatus (20) that executes call processing relating to a communication terminal with the communication control apparatuses (10) to (12). The communication control apparatuses (10) to (12) form a context sharing group that shares subscriber data of the communication terminal. The node apparatus (20) selects a first communication control apparatus in the context sharing group, and transmits a call processing message to the first communication control apparatus. The first communication control apparatus executes the call processing using the subscriber data shared in the context sharing group.
US11445405B1
A method and a system for concurrently transmitting from an antenna a first sequence of data from a first access node and a second sequence of data from a second access node is presented. An example method includes orthogonally encoding the first and second sequences, including encoding the first sequence with a first binary code to produce a first encoded sequence and encoding the second sequence with a second binary code to produce a second encoded sequence, combining the first encoded sequence and the second encoded sequence to produce a combined encoded sequence, and transmitting the combined encoded sequence from the antenna, with transmitting the combined encoded sequence from the antenna including engaging in a first transmission of the combined encoded sequence from the antenna and engaging in a second transmission of the combined encoded sequence from the same antenna with a phase delay compared with the first transmission.
US11445400B2
The present disclosure relates to an energy-efficient optimized computing offloading method for a vehicular edge computing network and a system thereof; the method comprises: calculating the energy efficiency cost EEC of local computing; calculating the energy efficiency cost EEC of mobile edge computing; determining an optimal offloading decision based on the energy efficiency cost of local computing and the energy efficiency cost of mobile edge computing; determining an optimal CPU frequency and an optimal transmit power of the vehicle based on the optimal offloading decision; and determining the optimal offloading time of the vehicle based on the optimal CPU frequency and the optimal transmit power of the vehicle. The method of the present disclosure can improve the computing offloading efficiency.
US11445392B2
In one embodiment, a device receives data regarding a node from a plurality of management platforms, each management platform being associated with a different access network used by the node. The device applies a unified data model to the data regarding the node received from the plurality of management platforms, to form unified data regarding the node. The device analyzes the unified data regarding the node, to generate insight information. The device provides the insight information to an application associated with a manufacturer of the node.
US11445388B2
This disclosure relates to a communication method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a reference signal sent by a network device; measuring the reference signal to obtain at least one piece of beam quality; and reporting specified differential beam quality indication information to the network device, where the specified differential beam quality indication information is used to indicate that beam quality reporting is abnormal, and/or the specified differential beam quality indication information is used to indicate that beam quality corresponding to the specified differential beam quality indication information is a specified value. A corresponding apparatus is further disclosed. According to the solution in this disclosure, specified differential beam quality indication information is used to indicate that beam quality reporting is abnormal or indicate that beam quality is a specified value, so that beam quality can be accurately reported.
US11445373B1
For validation of position, navigation, time (PNT) signals, a hash included in messages with PNT data is used to validate the source of the message without backhaul. Different tags from a hash chain are included in different messages. The receiver is pre-loaded with the root or later trusted hash tag of the chain as created. The hash of any received message may be hashed by the receiver. The result of the hashing will match the pre-loaded or trusted hash tag if the transmitter of the message is a valid source. The PNT data may be validated using a digital signature formed from the PNT data for one or more messages and the hash tag wherein a hash tag of the chain in a subsequently received message is used as the key. The digital signature may be formed from data across multiple messages.
US11445368B2
Exemplary embodiments create a vehicle, a network component, a method, a computer program and a device for generating an ID for an equipped status of a vehicle. The method for generating an ID for an equipped status of a vehicle comprises determining a first information on one or more available software components and their software versions and determining a second information on one or more available hardware components and their hardware versions. The method moreover comprises generating a hash value based on the first information, the second information and software content of the one or more software components, and providing the hash value as an ID for the equipped status of the vehicle.
US11445367B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Disclosed is method of refreshing a security key in a secondary cell group (SCG) controlled by a secondary node (SN) of a wireless communication system, wherein the network is configured to operate in dual connectivity (DC) mode and further comprises a master cell group (MCG) controlled by a master node (MN) the method comprising: the SN indicating in a first message to a user equipment (UE) that security key refresh is to be performed; the UE generating the refreshed security key and transmitting a second message to the SN, wherein the second message indicates that the security key has been refreshed.
US11445365B2
A communication method and a communications apparatus, where the method includes: after receiving an RRC resume request message from a UE, determining, by a target access network device, a first user plane security protection method between the target access network device and the UE based on a context information obtaining response from a source access network device; determining a first user plane security key between the target access network device and the UE; when receiving first uplink user plane data from the UE, performing user plane security deprotection on the first uplink user plane data based on the first user plane security key and the first user plane security protection method, to obtain uplink user plane data; and sending the uplink user plane data.
US11445363B1
In accordance with one embodiment, a method of modifying data in a telecommunication system can be implemented by receiving a communication comprising voice data and non-voice data at a first processor; sending the non-voice data from the first processor to a second processor; sending the voice data from the first processor to a third processor; receiving a sensitive-data-alert-message at the second processor from a fourth processor; and, in response to the sensitive-data-alert-message from the fourth processor, producing a set of modified-non-voice data at the second processor by removing a set of sensitive data contained within the non-voice data.
US11445362B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for a device disposed at an edge of a vehicular communication network or vehicles within a coverage area of the device. The device is to generate a list of vehicle security data to be distributed to vehicles currently within a coverage area of the device, based at least in part on a context related to the vehicles. The device is further to announce, on a control channel communicatively coupling the device and the vehicles, that the list of vehicle security data are available and a service channel to receive the list of vehicle security data. The list of vehicle security data are to be provided to the vehicles via the service channel. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11445358B2
A terminal apparatus includes the following. A mounting unit can be mounted with two memory media each storing setting information regarding a communication path of data communication. A communicator performs data communication through a communication path according to the setting information of one of the two memory media. A processor is configured to perform the following processes. A first selecting process selects a first memory medium in which first setting information is stored when the following conditions are satisfied, wherein the conditions are that an application program being executed is a specific application program registered in advance and that a connection destination of data communication started by the application program being executed is a specific connection destination registered in advance. A second selecting process selects a second memory medium in which second setting information is stored when the above conditions are not satisfied.
US11445349B2
Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for managing emergency communications providing data sharing amongst groups of devices, proxy calling by one communication device on behalf of another, and seamless data extraction from a communication device by first responders.
US11445346B2
A communication system may include a plurality of geographically proximate nodes that communicate via one or more range-limited wireless technologies such as BLUETOOTH® low energy (BLE). An origin node may generate and communicate a first message responsive to detecting an event occurrence. The message may include an identifier associated with the origin node, data indicative of the event occurrence, a hop count, a maximum hop count, and a number of designated recipient nodes within the communication system. A first designated recipient node may, upon receiving the first message, attempt to confirm the event occurrence included in the first message. Upon confirming the event occurrence, the first designated recipient node may communicate a notification to an external third party. If unable to confirm the event occurrence, the first designated recipient node may generate and communicate a second message to a second designated recipient node included in the first message.
US11445342B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to mechanisms for enhancing pedestrian to vehicle (P2V) communications. For example, a pedestrian user equipment (P-UE) may detect a change in at least one of: location or motion of the UE adjust, based on the detection, behavior of one or more features of the UE related to P2V transmissions.
US11445330B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, computing a first location of a processing system, receiving first data via a unicast transport technology at a first rate, computing a first corrected location of the processing system in accordance with the first location and the first data, receiving second data via a broadcast transport technology, a multicast transport technology, or a combination thereof, at a second rate that is less than the first rate, and computing a second corrected location of the processing system in accordance with the second data. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11445328B2
A mobile wireless network and a method of operation provide analysis of mobile wireless device communications and suggested corrective initiated upon detecting communications performance issues.
US11445325B2
A device may receive basic safety message (BSM) data from vehicles, and may determine, based on a quantity of the vehicles and speed data identified in the BSM data, a primary geofence area that includes a first set of the vehicles. The device may determine a secondary geofence area based on the speed data and the quantity of the vehicles, wherein the secondary geofence area is greater in size than the primary geofence area. The device may determine a difference between the primary geofence area and the secondary geofence area to generate a difference geofence area that includes a second set of the vehicles that is different than the first set of the vehicles. The device may generate a multicast message based on the BSM data associated with the second set of the vehicles, and may broadcast the multicast message to the first set of the vehicles.
US11445321B2
A headphone for spatial audio rendering includes a first database having an impulse response pair corresponding to a reference speaker location. A head sensor provides head orientation information to a second database having rotation filters, the filters corresponding to different azimuth and elevation positions relative to the reference speaker location. A digital signal processor combines the rotation filters with the impulse response pair to generate an output binaural audio signal to transducers of the headphone. Efficiencies in creating impulse response or HRTF databases are achieved by sampling the impulse response less frequently than in conventional methods. This sampling at coarser intervals reduces the number of data measurements required to generate a spherical grid and reduces the time involved in capturing the impulse responses. Impulse responses for data points falling between the sampled data points are generated by interpolating in the frequency domain.
US11445317B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for localizing a multichannel sound signal. The method includes: obtaining a multichannel sound signal to which sense of elevation is applied by applying a first filter to an input sound signal; determining at least one frequency range of a dynamic cue according to change of a head-related transfer function (HRTF) indicating information regarding paths from a spatial location of an actual speaker to ears of an audience; and applying a second filter to at least one sound signal, corresponding to the determined at least one frequency range, of at least one channel in the multichannel sound signal to change the at least one sound signal so as to remove or to reduce the dynamic cue when the multichannel sound signal is output.
US11445313B2
A system is disclosed for configuring a hearing device. The system comprises an audiogram processing component arranged to process image data indicative of an image of an audiogram associated with a person so as to produce audiogram data indicative of the audiogram, and a hearing device configuration component arranged to produce hearing device configuration data based on the audiogram data. The configuration data is indicative of configuration settings for a hearing device that will cause the hearing device to assist the hearing of the person.
US11445311B2
A bone conduction device includes split high-frequency and low-frequency actuators. The frequency response of the low-frequency actuator can be restricted to the lower range of hearing frequencies to improve performance. The high-frequency actuator can be implanted under tissue close to the cochlea to improve transmission efficiency, since high-frequency vibrations suffer greater attenuation.
US11445302B2
Electronics devices according to embodiments of the present technology may include a first loudspeaker and a second loudspeaker disposed in a housing. The housing may define a first internal volume between a first end of the housing and a backside of the first loudspeaker. The housing may define a second internal volume between a second end of the housing and a backside of the second loudspeaker. The first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker may be positioned within the housing so a front side of the first loudspeaker faces a front side of the second loudspeaker. A duct may be defined by the housing, which may access the first internal volume at a first end and may access the second internal volume at a second end. The electronic device may also include a processor configured to deliver signals to the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker.
US11445299B2
An apparatus and method of rendering audio. A binaural signal is split on an amplitude weighting basis into a front binaural signal and a rear binaural signal, based on perceived position information of the audio. In this manner, the front-back differentiation of the binaural signal is improved.
US11445297B2
A display device includes a display panel including a main area, a first subsidiary area extending from a first side of the main area, and a second subsidiary area extending from a second side of the main area, and a first sound generator disposed on the first subsidiary area and the second subsidiary area of the display panel, where the first sound generator generates a sound by vibrating the first subsidiary area and the second subsidiary area of the display panel.
US11445290B1
A method performed by an in-ear headphone that includes a speaker and an internal microphone. The method receives a microphone signal from the internal microphone that indicates a current sound pressure level (SPL) in an ear canal of a user. The current SPL is a result of a control leak from the in-ear headphone into an ambient environment that reduces a SPL in the ear canal between 2 dB and 25 dB at a frequency within a frequency range than if otherwise not present. The method determines an active noise cancellation (ANC) filter based on the microphone signal and generates an anti-noise signal using the ANC filter. The method drives the speaker using the anti-noise signal to reduce the current SPL in the ear canal of the user as much as 25 dB at a frequency within the frequency range.
US11445277B2
Provided are a link establishment method and apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium. The link establishment method includes: exchanging optical link auto-negotiation information with a terminal device through an optical link auto-negotiation channel; and in a case where exchanging the optical link auto-negotiation information is finished, establishing at least one of a traffic data channel or an optical link auto-negotiation channel; where the optical link auto-negotiation channel is independent of the traffic data channel or the optical link auto-negotiation channel; and the optical link auto-negotiation information includes at least one of information about an operating wavelength channel of the terminal device, an enabled or disabled state of forward error correction with the terminal device, a forward error correction type with the terminal device, or an operating mode of the auxiliary management channel.
US11445274B2
Systems and methods for obtaining telemetry environmental readings from within an electromagnetic-absorbing material are disclosed herein. The system may include a self-contained power source powering a switch-mode amplifier to drive a multi-turn coil to be driven with a low-frequency carrier.
US11445269B2
Advertisements are tailored not only to a person's profile but also to the context in which the person finds himself. Thus, for example a video-based advertisement may be reformatted or reprovisioned in audio format when the person is driving, while an audio-based advertisement may be reformatted or reprovisioned to video format in noisy conditions.
US11445266B2
Audiovisual content in the form of video clip files, streamed or broadcasted may further contain subtitles. Such subtitles are provided with timing information so that each subtitle should be displayed synchronously with the spoken words. However, at times such synchronization with the audio portion of the audiovisual content has a timing offset which when above a predetermined threshold is bothersome. The system and method determine time spans in which a human speaks and attempts to synchronize those time spans with the subtitle content. Indication is provided when an incurable synchronization exists as well as the case where the subtitles and audio are well synchronized. It further is able to determine, when an offset exists, the type of offset (constant or dynamic) and providing the necessary adjustment information so that the timing used in conjunction with the subtitles timing provided may be corrected and synchronization deficiency resolved.
US11445261B2
Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for providing a management interface for controlling multiple households. The management interface may be provided as an application on a mobile device or as an Internet webpage. An example implementation involves a device displaying representations of: a plurality of households; an indication of a selected household; one or more zones within the selected household; and a representation of media being played by a selected zone of the one or more zones. While displaying the representations, the device receives, from a server, data indicating updated information associated with the plurality of households; and, in response, updates the graphical display to display at least an updated representation of media being played by the selected zone.
US11445260B2
A video streaming playback system is provided with a video playback module configured to provide a video to a video hosting site by a content creator on a user interface displayed on a computer of a content consumer so as to enable streaming playback of the video over an electronic network; a tipping module; a reward download button/link display module; and a reward setup interface configured for the content creator to upload content as a reward file, the content being different from the video for streaming playback; wherein the tipping module comprises: a tipping button/link display module configured to display an activated tipping button/link on a user interface; and a tip processing module configured to, in response to a content consumer operating the activated tipping button/link, process payment of a tip of a specific amount according to a default setting or a setting made by the content creator; wherein the reward download button/link display module is configured to display, depending on the processing of the tip payment, an activated reward download button/link on the user interface, enabling the content consumer to download the reward file which was uploaded from the reward setup interface.
US11445257B1
A media content storage and delivery system, and related operating methods are presented here. A disclosed method of delivering user-provided content that is linked to on-demand media content involves: causing playback of on-demand media content at a first presentation device; receiving uploaded media content, wherein uploading of the uploaded media content is initiated during playback of the on-demand media content at the first presentation device; and linking the uploaded media content with the on-demand media content. After performing the linking, the method causes playback of the on-demand media content at a second presentation device, and causes playback of the uploaded media content after playback of the on-demand media content at the second presentation device, or after pausing playback of the on-demand media content at the second presentation device.
US11445251B2
A portable information terminal includes a controller configured to control a communication interface to transmit a charging permission response to a broadcast receiving apparatus in response to a charging permission request data transmitted when a broadcasting program that a user of the broadcast receiving apparatus desires to view contains an asset that requires charging. The charging permission response is allowed to be transmitted when positional information indicates that the portable information terminal is positioned inside of a predetermined positional range and apparatus identification information in the charging permission request data, by which the broadcast receiving apparatus is allowed to be identified, coincides with apparatus identification information stored in a memory. The controller controls the communication interface to transmit a charging denial response to the broadcast receiving apparatus when the positional information indicates that the portable information terminal is positioned outside of the predetermined positional range.
US11445247B2
Recovering a hardware component, such as a Remote MACPHY node (RMN), a wireless base station, a CATV amplifier, a Wi-Fi hotspot, a microcell, or a PON switch, after a power interruption. A hardware component, upon detecting that input power to the R-PHY device will be imminently interrupted, provides an alarm signal to a central processing unit (CPU) in the R-PHY device. The CPU, in response to receiving the alarm, stores running parameter data for the R-PHY device in a non-volatile memory. The running parameter data is normally obtained through network communications during a boot operation of the R-PHY device. If certain conditions are satisfied, then the R-PHY device recovers from the interruption in input power using the stored running parameter data without obtaining the running parameter data through a normal boot operation, thus shortening the boot time.
US11445234B2
A broadcast television support platform includes at least one processor implementing the broadcast television support platform, the broadcast television support platform being configured to provide support to a wireless device implementing a television receiver configured for receiving and displaying terrestrial television content. The broadcast television support platform also includes an input/output device, the input/output device configured to connect the broadcast television support platform over a wireless network to the wireless device implementing the television receiver to support reception and display of the terrestrial television content.
US11445233B2
For establishing cooperation among an external device 30, a video display device 10 and a remote control terminal 20 and to achieve cooperative operation among these devices that affords a high level of operability to a user with less burden, the video display device 10 to which an external device 30 and a remote control terminal 20 that remotely operates the external device can be connected, comprising: a connection detection section 140 configured to detect a connection of the external device 30 to the video display device 10; a cooperation establishment section 120 configured to generate a start signal for initiate an application software accepting an operation instruction to the external device 30 on the remote control terminal 20 when the connection detection section 140 detects the connection of the external device 30; and a communication interface 18 configured to transmit the start signal to the remote control terminal.
US11445224B2
Methods, systems and devices for using flexible and efficient partitioning techniques, and in particular, sub-block shapes in extended quadtree partitioning, are described. An exemplary method for visual media decoding includes applying, to a current visual media block, a partitioning process that splits the current visual media block into exactly four sub-blocks including at least one sub-block that has a size different from half of a width of the current visual media block times half of a height of the current visual media block, where a size of the current visual media block is M×N, and the size of the at least one sub-block is based on a minimum value between M and N, or a maximum value between M and N; decoding, based on a bitstream representation, the four sub-blocks; and decoding, based on the four sub-blocks and the partitioning process, the current visual media block.
US11445223B2
Video data is received at a decoding device. An encoded first frame of the video data is received with a current frame description for the first frame comprising: an identifier of the first frame, and an indicator of a storage location at the receiving device for the first frame and its frame identifier. An encoded second frame of the video data is also received with at least one reference frame description for the second frame comprising: a reference frame identifier, and an indicator of said storage location. This allows the decoding device to check that the correct reference frame for decoding the second frame is stored thereat. Corresponding encoding operations are also disclosed.
US11445217B2
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes encoding a current video block of a video using a matrix intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation; and adding, to a coded representation of the current video block, a syntax element indicative of applicability of the MIP mode to the current video block using arithmetic coding in which a context for the syntax element is derived based on a rule.
US11445214B2
Techniques are provided for determining variance of a pixel block in a frame of video based on variance of pixel blocks in a reference frame of the video, instead of directly, for example, by calculating variance based on pixel values of the pixel block. The techniques include identifying a motion vector for a pixel block in a current frame, the motion vector pointing to a pixel block in a reference frame. The techniques also include determining the cost associated with the motion vector and comparing the cost to first and second thresholds. The techniques include determining the variance for the pixel block of the current frame based on the comparison of the cost to the first and second threshold and based on the variance of the pixel block of the reference frame.
US11445213B2
According to the disclosure of the present document, in a subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (sbTMVP), a position of a subblock for deriving a motion vector per subblock unit can be efficiently calculated, and thus video/image coding efficiency can be increased and hardware implementation can be simplified.
US11445209B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, includes deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer for a current block based on a history, and deriving motion information of the current block based on an HMVP candidate included in the HMVP buffer, thereby increasing inter prediction efficiency.
US11445203B2
A video coder is configured to determine a split type of a block of video data from an intra prediction mode associated with a neighboring block. The video coder may determine an intra prediction mode associated with a neighboring block of the current block of video data, determine a split type of the current block of video data based on the intra prediction mode associated with the neighboring block, split the current block of video data into a plurality of sub-partitions based on the determined split type, and code the plurality of sub-partitions.
US11445193B2
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: deriving a spatial merge candidate for a current block, generating a merge candidate list for the current block based on the spatial merge candidate, obtaining motion information for the current block based on the merge candidate list, and performing motion compensation for the current block based on the motion information. Herein, if the current block does not have a pre-defined shape or a size equal to or greater than a pre-defined size, the spatial merge candidate of the current block may be derived based on a block which have the pre-defined shape or a size equal to or greater than the pre-defined size, the block including the current block.
US11445189B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure may include determining whether a prediction mode of a current block is an intra prediction mode based on information on the prediction mode of the current block, determining whether intra sub-partitions (ISP) is available for the current block, when the prediction mode of the current block is an intra prediction mode, decoding an ISP application indicator indicating whether to apply ISP to the current block, when ISP is available for the current block, and generating a prediction block for the current block by applying ISP to the current block, upon determining that ISP applies to the current block based on the ISP application indicator.
US11445179B2
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 one among the plurality of reference sample lines, determining whether to apply an intra filter to a reference sample included in the selected reference sample line, selectively applying the intra filter to the reference sample according to the determination, and performing intra prediction for the current block using the reference sample.
US11445174B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an inter prediction mode and a usage of a position dependent prediction combination (PDPC) in the inter prediction mode. Then, the processing circuitry calculates an intermediate value for a sample in the current block based on neighboring samples of the current block that are selected based on a position of the sample, and combines the intermediate value for the sample with an inter prediction value of the sample to reconstruct the sample.
US11445169B2
A measurement system for a vehicle including a first camera defining a field of view having a corresponding optical axis, and a motion detection sensor mechanically fixed to the first camera such that the motion detection sensor is configured to detect motion of the optical axis.
US11445168B1
Techniques for content-adaptive video sampling for automated video quality monitoring are described. As one example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to train a machine learning model on a training video file comprising at least one labeled defect, performing an encode on the training video file to generate one or more compression features for each compressed frame of the training video file, training the machine learning model to identify a proper subset of candidate defect frames of the training video file based at least in part on the one or more compression features for each compressed frame of the training video file and the at least one labeled defect, receiving an inference request for an input video file, performing an encode on the input video file to generate one or more compression features for each compressed frame of the input video file, generating, by the machine learning model, a proper subset of candidate defect frames of the input video file based at least in part on the one or more compression features for each compressed frame of the input video file, and determining a defect in the input video file based at least in part on the proper subset of candidate defect frames of the input video file.
US11445164B2
The present disclosure provides a structured light projection module comprising: a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) array light source that includes a semiconductor substrate and at least two VCSEL sub-arrays arranged thereon. The at least two VCSEL sub-arrays include VCSEL light sources. The structured light projection module further includes a diffractive optical element (DOE) that includes at least two DOE sub-units. The DOE sub-units are respectively corresponding to the VCSEL sub-arrays and configured to project multiple copies of light beams emitted by the corresponding at least two VCSEL sub-arrays.
US11445156B2
Provided is an optical device including: a light-emitting layer structure constituted of a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer; and a wavelength selection unit. The wavelength selection unit is disposed on one side of the light-emitting layer structure. The first light-emitting layer emits light having a first wavelength region. The second light-emitting layer emits light having a second wavelength region based on the light emitted from the first light-emitting layer. The wavelength selection unit allows parts and of the light having the first wavelength region emitted from the light-emitting layer structure to pass through, returns the remaining light to the light-emitting layer structure, and allows the light having the second wavelength region to pass through.
US11445154B2
A laser drive apparatus is provided with a digital to analog converter including current sources of a number corresponding to a bit number of a digital input code and switches of a number corresponding to the number of bits. The digital input code is converted from input video data, and provided to a DA converter, that generates RGB drive currents for a laser scanning type image display apparatus driven by the laser drive apparatus, and output currents from current sources are weighted in accordance with bits of the digital input code. A ratio of each of the output currents from each of the current sources to a load capacity of a driver having each of current mirror circuits is identical for all bits corresponding to each of the current sources, and the current mirror circuits is configured to distribute load capacity of the driver circuit.
US11445151B2
A vehicle electronic mirror system including: a rearward image capture section configured to capture a rearward video image from a vehicle; a video image processing section including: a computation section configured to extract a feature point in the rearward video image and to compute an optical flow direction of the feature point, a determination section configured to determine whether or not the optical flow direction of the feature point is heading toward a point-at-infinity side in the rearward video image, and a processed video image generation section configured to generate a processed video image in which visibility of a region in the rearward video image corresponding to a feature point heading toward the point-at-infinity side is reduced relative to a visibility of other regions in the rearward video image; and a display device configured to display the processed video image toward an occupant.
US11445139B2
An analog-digital converter includes a count code generator to receive a code generation clock signal from a clock signal generator and to output a count code according to the code generation clock signal, a latch to latch the count code, an operating circuit to generate a count value of the count code and to output a digital signal based on the count value, and a transfer controller to transfer the count code from the latch to the operating circuit. The transfer controller determines whether to transfer the count code according to a logic level of a count enable clock signal generated from the clock signal generator.
US11445132B2
In order to detect flying objects, a camera configuration is used for video monitoring of a monitoring space, and a control unit is used for controlling the camera configuration and evaluating the video frames recorded by the camera configuration. The camera configuration has an infrared illuminator for the monitoring space and at least one camera with an infrared image sensor. The infrared illuminator is preferably operated in a pulsed fashion synchronously with a measurement cycle of the camera.
US11445131B2
An imager array may be provided as part of an imaging system. The imager array may include a plurality of infrared imaging modules. Each infrared imaging module may include a plurality of infrared sensors associated with an optical element. The infrared imaging modules may be oriented, for example, substantially in a plane facing the same direction and configured to detect images from the same scene. Such images may be processed in accordance with various techniques to provide images of infrared radiation. The infrared imaging modules may include filters or lens coatings to selectively detect desired ranges of infrared radiation. Such arrangements of infrared imaging modules in an imager array may be used to advantageous effect in a variety of different applications.
US11445129B2
A low leakage binned pixel is provided. The pixel comprises a photodiode, a bin transistor and an output amplifier circuit. The photodiode has an anode and a cathode, the anode to collect electrons generated by light or by other form of ionising radiation, e.g. electrons. The bin transistor has a first terminal coupled to the cathode of the photodiode; a second terminal, configured to be coupled to a first terminal of a voltage reset switch (VRST) transistor; and a gate, configured to be coupled to a controller to receive a bin signal. The output amplifier circuit has an input and an output, wherein the input is coupled to the cathode of the photodiode and to the second terminal of the bin transistor. A multi-pixel binned circuit, an image sensor and a camera are also provided.
US11445128B2
An intelligent video processing management method may comprise joining a videoconference session with multiple participants via a multimedia multi-user collaboration application, detecting a current central processing unit (CPU) consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application and a current MMCA processor setting, associating each of the participants with an organizational ranking relative to the purpose of the videoconference session, inputting sensor data including the participant's organizational rankings, the current CPU consumption by the multimedia multi-user collaboration application, and the current MMCA processor setting to a trained neural network, outputting from the neural network an optimized boundary detection algorithm selection instruction predicted to adjust performance of the information handling system to meet a preset performance benchmark requirement, during the videoconference session, and applying a virtual background around a boundary of a user of the information handling system detected within an image captured by a camera according to the optimized boundary detection algorithm selection instruction.
US11445121B2
A movable photographing system is provided. The movable photographing system includes a carrier, an image capturing device, a storage device and a processing device. The image capturing device is carried by the carrier and configured to generate a first image. The storage device stores a plurality of image data. The processing device obtains the feature information of a target object in the first image, and according to the feature information, compares the first image with the plurality of image data to select a reference image from the plurality of image data. In addition, the processing device generates motion information using the first image and the reference image and the carrier moves according to the motion information to adjust the shot position of the image capturing device to generate a second image.
US11445120B2
Disclosed are an information processing method and information processing apparatus which execute an installed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or machine learning algorithm to process a spoken utterance of a user in a 5G communication environment. The information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving a spoken utterance of a user and extracting, from the spoken utterance, a demonstrative pronoun referring to a target indicated by the user, determining an image capture region to be scanned by a camera according to the type of the demonstrative pronoun, recognizing the target indicated by the user from a result of scanning the image capture region, and feeding back a result of processing the spoken utterance to the user on the basis of a result of recognizing the target indicated by the user.
US11445118B2
Image pickup apparatuses, control methods and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. At least one image pickup apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image generated by an imaging unit; an image processing unit that extracts in-focus areas from a plurality of images different in in-focus position that are generated by the imaging unit and that composites the extracted areas; and a control unit. The control unit acquires, out of image magnifications corresponding to the plurality of images different in in-focus position, a reference image magnification, and the image processing unit corrects the image to be displayed on the display unit based on an image magnification corresponding to the image to be displayed on the display unit and the reference image magnification.
US11445112B2
Systems and methods for determining a location of a wearable electronic device are disclosed. In some aspects, the device includes a position acquisition device and an accelerometer. A hardware processor included in the device may be configured to generally maintain the position acquisition device in a low power state to save power. When a video or image is captured, it may tag the video or image with first location information. Given the inoperative position acquisition device, a current location may not be known. In some aspects, in response to a need for location information, measurements from an accelerometer may be stored. The position acquisition device may also be transitioned to an operative state, and after some time delay, a second location determined. In some aspects, the location of the capture may then be obtained based on the acceleration measurements and the second location.
US11445109B2
An image processing device comprises: one or more processors comprising hardware, the one or more processors being configured to: generate a high-resolution combined image by aligning a plurality of time-series images with each other in a high-resolution image space having a resolution higher than the plurality of time-series images based on an amount of displacement between the plurality of time-series images, and combining the plurality of time-series images; generate a low-resolution combined image by aligning the plurality of time-series images with each other in a low-resolution image space having a resolution equal to or lower than the resolution of the plurality of time-series images based on the amount of displacement, combining the plurality of time-series images through weighted addition; calculate a feature quantity pertaining to a pixel-value change direction at each region in the generated low-resolution combined image; and correct the high-resolution combined image based on the calculated feature quantity.
US11445104B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for forming a recessed gate electrode that has high thickness uniformity. A gate dielectric layer is deposited lining a recess, and a multilayer film is deposited lining the recess over the gate dielectric layer. The multilayer film comprises a gate electrode layer, a first sacrificial layer over the gate dielectric layer, and a second sacrificial layer over the first sacrificial dielectric layer. A planarization is performed into the second sacrificial layer and stops on the first sacrificial layer. A first etch is performed into the first and second sacrificial layers to remove the first sacrificial layer at sides of the recess. A second etch is performed into the gate electrode layer using the first sacrificial layer as a mask to form the recessed gate electrode. A third etch is performed to remove the first sacrificial layer after the second etch.
US11445092B2
A camera module includes a circuit board, an image sensor, a filter removable switch, a camera lens, and a thermally conductive structure. The circuit board has a surface. The image sensor is disposed on the surface. The filter removable switch is located over the surface. The camera lens is on the light-sensing path of the image sensor. The thermally conductive structure is contacted between the circuit board and the filter removable switch and has a channel. The image sensor is located in the channel.
US11445081B2
A slide rack determination system for a digital slide scanning apparatus. In an embodiment, a motor drives a slide rack at a known rate toward an engagement surface. The elapsed time until engagement may be used to detect the presence or absence of the slide rack and/or the height of the slide rack. In addition, one or more sensors may detect one or more features of the slide rack, and these feature(s) may be used to determine the presence or absence of a slide rack, whether usage of the slide rack is supported or unsupported by the digital slide scanning apparatus, the orientation of the slide rack, and/or the manufacturer and/or model of the slide rack.
US11445066B2
A device may receive voice call data indicating that a voice call has been initiated between a first device and an interactive voice response device. The device may obtain, based on the voice call data, a user account identifier identifying a user account and obtain, based on the user account identifier, user account data including user authentication data. The device may receive user input provided by the first device during the voice call and determine, based on the user authentication data, that the user input fails to authenticate a user associated with the user account. The device may receive data indicating that the voice call has terminated and identify, based on the user input failing to authenticate the user, a second device. The device may perform an action based on the second device and the voice call data.
US11445056B1
Technologies related to telecommunications are described herein, wherein such technologies are configured to assist users with hearing impairments. The technologies described herein cause transcriptions of spoken utterances directed to a telephone in a telephone conversation to be presented on a display of the telephone nearly simultaneously with the spoken utterances being audibly output by the telephone.
US11445038B2
Systems and methods for downloading and updating save data to a data center are described. Save data is downloaded from a cloud storage to the data center before play of a game to cache the save data in the data center. Any updates to the save data that occur during a play of a game are stored in the data center and are uploaded to the cloud storage. Next time, a user desires to access the game, there is no need to transfer the updates to the data center from the cloud storage.
US11445034B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for user identification via community detection are disclosed. Example instructions, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least access personally identifiable information to device links, build a device graph based on the personally identifiable information to device links, split components of the device graph into person clusters using community detection, create a snapshot including a device-to-person link lookup, and prepare a person-level impression measurement report from the snapshot.
US11445033B2
A private network system operates over a public network to provide an asymmetric service to members with information from other members and non-members. The system includes central servers and databases connected via the public network to client systems of public network users. The users may be members who communicate with a private protocol or non-members who communicate with the public protocol. A process for the private service includes communication of information between users via the private service servers. The private service server implements the private service, which includes a viral engine for network deployment. Features of the viral engine include genetic algorithms, data mining, personalization, frictionless service setup, user maximization, and member-controlled privacy. A sample setup process and contact update wizard that include several viral engine features are described.
US11445032B2
A method includes receiving first event data from a device, the first event data including a first identifier (ID) that identifies the device, web browser metadata, and data associated with an application state. The method includes generating a first persona including the first ID and a first event identifier that identifies a first user action. The method includes receiving second event data, the second event data including device metadata and a second ID that identifies the device. The method includes generating a second persona based on the second event data, the second persona including the second ID and a second event identifier that identifies a second user action. Additionally, the method includes determining that the first and second personas are associated with the device based on matches between the browser metadata and device metadata and transmitting a response to the device configured to route the device to the application state.
US11445023B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing and accessing data using one or more data cloud servers. An exemplary method includes: retrieving from one or more external sources, output data; receiving a first instruction from a user to provide access to the output data to a first set of one or more recipient systems; providing the first set of one or more recipient systems with access to the output data; receiving a second instruction from the first set of the one or more recipient systems to provide access to the output data to a second set of the one or more recipient systems; providing the second set of the one or more recipient systems with access to the output data.
US11445021B2
A method for replicating a set of parent resources from an administrator namespace to a set of tenant namespaces is described. The method includes receiving, by the administrator namespace, a global object that includes a set of object fields that reference (1) a set of parent resources and (2) the set of tenant namespaces; monitoring, by an operator controller of the administrator namespace, the global object to determine whether a change has been made to the global object; and replicating, by the operator controller, the set of parent resources to the set of tenant namespaces as child resources based on the global object in response to detecting a change to the global object.
US11445015B2
It is desired to make it possible to verify data more properly while effectively utilizing resources. There is provided an information processing apparatus including a verification unit that verifies predetermined data using first data obtained from the predetermined data and second data obtained from a P2P database.
US11445013B2
A method for changing a member in a distributed system, includes requesting, by a first target node, a node address set from a management server, where the node address set includes first addresses of all nodes in the distributed system, sending, by the first target node, a join request to a master node in the distributed system when the node address set does not comprise a second address of the first target node, adding, by the master node, the second address to the node address set, and instructing all slave nodes in the distributed system to add the second address to a corresponding local member list.
US11445012B2
Load balancing technology is used to distribute tasks requested of a data storage network across the connected storage nodes within the data storage network. Conventional load balancing technology is not proactive. Storage nodes within a data storage network may have different performance characteristics and/or current loads created by various demands on the storage nodes and connected servers. The proactive load balancers and corresponding load balancer agents disclosed herein are used to detect these variations in performance characteristics and/or current loads in the storage nodes and connected servers to inform decisions made by the proactive load balancer in distributing incoming access requests across the storage nodes and connected servers.
US11445004B2
A method for processing shared data, an apparatus, and a server are provided, and relate to the field of communications technologies, so that shared data can be cached across application programs, which facilitates data sharing across applications programs, can reduce a quantity of repeated computations, and helps accelerate a computing speed of a Spark architecture. The method includes: receiving a first instruction; starting a first Spark context for a first application program, to create a DAG of the first application program, and caching the DAG of the first application program in a first area of a first server; receiving a second instruction; starting a second Spark context for a second application program reading m DAGs from the first area; and caching the to-be-cached shareable RDDs in a main memory of a second server, where the shareable RDD is an RDD included in at least two DAGs of the m DAGs.
US11445002B2
A computing system may include a server, and a client computing device in communication with the server. The server may be configured to provide a corresponding virtual desktop instance for the client computing device. The computing system may include a local device to be coupled to a given client computing device and to be operable in a given virtual desktop instance associated with the given client computing device, thereby generating client initialization packets. The server may be configured to generate a server mapping table. The given client computing device may be configured to generate a client mapping table, replace a client packet with a client mapping ID number to define compressed client initialization packets, and send the compressed client initialization packets to the server. The server may be configured to replace the client mapping ID number with the client packet in the compressed client initialization packets based upon the server mapping table.
US11444993B2
Multiple media delivery subsystems are connected via a communications network, and are configured to transfer broadcast content among themselves. A media distribution device communicates with the media delivery subsystems via the communications network. The media delivery subsystems transmit temporal priority messages to the media distribution device. A temporal priority message is used to indicate a temporal priority of a media item from the perspective of the media delivery subsystem associated with the message. The media distribution device manages transfers of broadcast content from one media delivery subsystem to another media delivery subsystem in accordance with the temporal priority messages.
US11444992B2
A method and an apparatus for communication processing, a terminal, a server, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first request, in which the first request is configured to request to turn on a microphone and collect audio; sending a second request to a server, in which the second request is configured to request a configuration document required for microphone-connecting and stream-pushing and the configuration document is configured to provide a setting item required for microphone-connecting and stream-pushing; receiving the configuration document returned from the server; parsing the configuration document, turning on the microphone based on the setting item, collecting the audio and implementing the stream-pushing.
US11444990B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for simultaneously displaying a session view of a videoconferencing session and a participant-initiated breakout session view. The session view displays a video feed of the videoconferencing session to meeting participants of the videoconferencing session on their respective participant computers. The breakout session participants are a subset of the meeting participants. The simultaneous display may be generated by a videoconferencing system to be displayed on a single online meeting user interface, or the simultaneous display may be created from two different videoconferencing systems, one for creating the session view, and another one for creating the participant-initiated breakout session view. The session view of the videoconferencing session is a breakout session, and the non-host participant-initiated breakout session is a further breakout session created from this breakout session. The videoconferencing session that is a breakout session is formed by meeting participants of the videoconferencing session who are in proximity to each other in virtual space.
US11444985B2
In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.
US11444974B1
Systems, methods, and products comprise an analytic server, which improves security of a unified system of distributed network infrastructure comprising a plurality of cyber-physical systems. The analytic server may instantiate a sub attack tree for each cyber-physical system within the unified system. The analytic server may determine how the interconnection of the plurality of cyber-physical systems may affect the unified system security. The analytic server may monitor systems and receive electronic notifications of alerts in real-time from devices in the plurality of cyber-physical systems. The analytic server may follow the logic of the attack tree model by traversing the attack tree from bottom up and determine how the alerts from the cyber-physical systems may affect the distributed network infrastructure as a whole. The analytic server may generate reports comprising a list of the prioritized attacks and recommendation actions to mitigate the attacks.
US11444966B2
The method and system are provided for monitoring a protected network for strain. The method includes receiving a learned model having clusters of learning requests of learning network traffic observed during non-strain operation of the protected network, observing network traffic, classifying each of the traffic requests with one of the clusters based on fields of the traffic request and fields used for clustering the learning requests, determining an analysis response time for respective traffic requests associated with the classified traffic requests, determining an analysis response time characteristic per cluster based on an analysis response time associated with the respective classified traffic requests classified with the cluster, determining a difference per cluster between the analysis response time and the learning response times associated with the cluster, and notifying a mitigation device when the difference determined for enough of the clusters exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US11444965B2
Methods and systems for detection of cyberattacks in onboard systems of aircraft. Measurements carried out on these onboard systems are correlated, in case of doubt of one of the measurements, to validate the doubt, (and therefore a cyberattack) or to avert the risk. The correlation can be understood as a coming into correspondence of two or more elements/facts (for example measurements or acquired values) which makes it possible to highlight if there is a dependence of one upon the other and thus to justify modifications of one by those of the other. The correlation, preferably temporal, between identification of a suspect measurement and one or more other (quasi)simultaneous measurements allows dynamic detection, in real time, of the cyberattacks, whether they be already known or not. Thus, there is no dependence on a static protection of the onboard systems developed on the a priori knowledge of the existing cyberattacks alone.
US11444962B2
Detecting and defending against password spraying attacks is provided. Information is received regarding failed attempts to login to user accounts located on a target system of a network. Each password used to attempt a failed login to any of the user accounts located on the target system is recorded. It is determined whether a common password is used in a failed login attempt to a number of different user accounts located on the target system greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold. In response to determining that the common password was used in the failed login attempt to the number of different user accounts on the target system greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, an alert is sent regarding a password spraying attack corresponding to the common password that resulted in the failed login attempt to the number of different user accounts located on the target system.
US11444959B2
An integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) system to resolve equipment-fault related anomalies detected by cyber intrusion detection system (IDS). A benefit of the present system is that it can result in fewer alerts that need manual analysis. A combination of cyber and monitoring with integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) may be a high value differentiator. As a solution gets more mature through a learning loop, it may be customized for different customers in a cost effective manner, something that might be expensive to develop on their own for most original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). An IVHM symptom pattern recognition matrix may link a pattern of reported symptoms to known equipment failures. This matrix may be initialized from the vehicle design data but its entries may get updated by a learning loop that improves a correlation by incorporating results of investigations.
US11444956B2
A traffic-monitoring system that monitors encrypted traffic exchanged between IP addresses used by devices and a network, and further receives the user-action details that are passed over the network. By correlating between the times at which the encrypted traffic is exchanged and the times at which the user-action details are received, the system associates the user-action details with the IP addresses. In particular, for each action specified in the user-action details, the system identifies one or more IP addresses that may be the source of the action. Based on the IP addresses, the system may identify one or more users who may have performed the action. The system may correlate between the respective action-times of the encrypted actions and the respective approximate action-times of the indicated actions. The system may hypothesize that the indicated action may correspond to one of the encrypted actions having these action-times.
US11444946B2
Embodiments of the invention include a server system with a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in data communication with the processor that can store and exchange content data including or representing content derived or received from a server of a social network and/or a user. An application programming interface includes steps executable by the processor to upload, download, or enable access of the content data. A content rights synchronization process is configured to enable the user to assign and/or control a rights access to any of the content data associated with the user. Further, a content engine can monitor for and save the content data as received content when identified, accessed, and/or received by the network. The content metadata and/or the content data is stored for recall in a centralized library database, where rights access is assigned by the at least one user.
US11444940B2
Methods for authenticating a user utilizing a smart speaker system are presented, the methods including: requesting a user authentication by issuing a voice command to a smart speaker; playing a sonic one-time password (OTP) on the smart speaker received from an authentication server in response to the requesting a user authentication; receiving the sonic OTP by a mobile device of the user; transmitting an OTP decoded from the sonic OTP to the authentication server; and authorizing the user by the authentication server to execute a secure transaction using the smart speaker system.
US11444939B2
An authentication control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined identification information regarding an on-vehicle device to be newly added to an on-vehicle network; and a determination unit configured to determine which of a plurality of types of authentication procedures is to be applied as an authentication process for the on-vehicle device, on the basis of the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11444937B2
A method for deploying a device to a local network hosted by a host device includes receiving a message causing the host device to request a piece of information from the device; requesting a determination if the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to an expected data pattern; if the received piece of information comprises data corresponding to the expected data pattern initiating a pairing with the device; and in response to the pairing generating an indication that the device is paired with the host device. A host device, a system and to a computer program product are also disclosed.
US11444927B2
A method and apparatus for encrypting data includes: acquiring a first data unit included in a media frame to be encrypted, wherein the first data unit includes a boundary portion and a content portion, the boundary portion including boundary information for identifying a starting boundary of the first data unit, and the content portion including content data of the first data unit; encrypting the content data included in the content portion of the first data unit to acquire a second data unit, wherein a boundary portion of the second data unit includes the boundary information, and a content portion of the second data unit includes a data length of the content data and encrypted data acquired by encrypting the content data.
US11444925B1
Secure access to a corporate application in an SSH session using a transparent SSH proxy. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving, at a secure access cloud point of delivery (PoD), from a client application on a client device, a request to access a corporate application that is deployed in a corporate datacenter. The method may also include forwarding, from the secure access cloud PoD, to a connector that is also deployed in the corporate datacenter, the request. The method may further include brokering, by the connector and the secure access cloud PoD, authentication of a user, authorization of access by the user, and an SSH session between the client application and the corporate application using a transparent SSH proxy, with the client application being unaware that the SSH session is brokered by the connector and the secure access cloud PoD.
US11444920B2
A policy management server enables selective enforcement of a segmentation policy. The policy management server manages a segmentation policy that specifies a set of segmentation rules specifying permitted communications between workloads. The policy management server separately manages an enforcement policy that controls whether or not the segmentation policy is enforced for different services provided by the workloads. For services that are enforced, the policy management server distributes instructions to distributed enforcement modules that configure traffic filters to block traffic pertaining to enforced services that does not meet the segmentation rules. For non-enforced services, the policy management server obtains traffic data from the distributed enforcement modules without enforcing the segmentation policy to enable an administrator to build and/or test the segmentation policy.
US11444909B2
A method implemented by at least one server computer is provided, including: providing, over the Internet, access to a plurality of topics, wherein each topic includes, and further provides access to, a plurality of posted items; recording interaction data for the plurality of topics, the interaction data identifying user activity occurring within each of the topics; analyzing the interaction data to identify clusters of topics that exhibit similar behavioral patterns; for each cluster of topics, generating a community that includes the topics in the cluster; providing, over the Internet, access to the communities, wherein accessing a given community further provides access to the topics included in that community, which further provide access to the posted items that are included in the topics within that community.
US11444905B1
A tool for predicting communication patterns and availability on one or more computer devices. The tool allocates an incoming mail identification to the incoming mail. The tool determines a location of origin for the incoming mail based, at least in part, on domain information and information from an address book. The tool determines one or more holidays, a day of a week, and a time of day utilizing a sending timestamp from the location of origin. The tool determines a sending tendency for the sender identification. The tool determines a response prediction rate for a per-determined timeframe based, at least in part, on the one or more holidays, the day of the week, the time of day and the sending tendency for the sender identification. The tool displays the response prediction rate and the sending tendency in one or more pop-up dialog windows.
US11444891B2
An electronic control unit includes a receiver that receives a data frame transmitted at given transmission periods from a transmission source electronic control unit connected via a communication network, a buffer capable of storing the data frame, a writer that writes the data frame received by the receiver into the buffer, and an abnormality determiner that determines that the data frame is abnormal when the number of data frames written into the buffer exceeds a given threshold or when the data frame is written in excess of a capacity of the buffer.
US11444889B2
Some embodiments provide a network forwarding element with a data-plane forwarding circuit that has a parameter collecting circuit to store and distribute parameter values computed by several machines in a network. In some embodiments, the machines perform distributed computing operations, and the parameter values that compute are parameter values associated with the distributed computing operations. The parameter collecting circuit of the data-plane forwarding circuit (data plane) in some embodiments (1) stores a set of parameter values computed and sent by a first set of machines, and (2) distributes the collected parameter values to a second set of machines once it has collected the set of parameter values from all the machines in the first set. The first and second sets of machines are the same set of machines in some embodiments, while they are different sets of machines (e.g., one set has at least one machine that is not in the other set) in other embodiments. In some embodiments, the parameter collecting circuit performs computations on the parameter values that it collects and distributes the result of the computations once it has processed all the parameter values distributed by the first set of machines. The computations are aggregating operations (e.g., adding, averaging, etc.) that combine corresponding subset of parameter values distributed by the first set of machines.
US11444887B2
A method provides for delivering video content from a server to a plurality of media devices is disclosed that distributes accurately excess bandwidth. The method includes: determining, by the server, the bandwidth to allocate to each of the plurality of media devices using a hypertext transfer protocol-based live streaming client model or a need parameter vector and/or measured bandwidth limitations associated with each of the plurality of media devices and providing the allocated bandwidth to each of the plurality of media devices, wherein the video content is transmitted in a plurality of segments from the server, and wherein each segment is transmitted at a bitrate that may vary from segment to segment.
US11444886B1
A method for storing a packet in an application buffer of a processor node is described. A first out of order (OOO) packet within a stream of packets transmitted from a second network interface controller is received in a sequence represented by respective sequence numbers that are assigned to corresponding packets in the stream. The first OOO packet is received out of order relative to at least a first missing packet of the stream of packets. One of an OOO buffer associated with the first network interface controller or the application buffer associated with the first network interface controller is selected. The OOO buffer is configured to store OOO packets. The first network interface controller is configured to store the stream of packets in sequential order in the application buffer. The first OOO packet is stored in the selected buffer.
US11444875B2
Techniques are presented herein for load-balancing a sequence of packets over multiple network paths on a per-packet basis. In one example, a first network node assigns sequence numbers to a sequence of packets and load-balances the sequence of packets on a per-packet basis over multiple network paths of a network to a second network node. The second network node buffers received packets that are received over the multiple network paths of the network from the first network node and re-orders the received packets according to sequence numbers of the received packets.
US11444861B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for detecting traffic. The method includes: acquiring traffic information of at least two dimensions of a target IP; determining whether the traffic information of the at least two dimensions contains traffic information exceeding an abnormal traffic threshold of a corresponding dimension of the target IP; and in response to determining that the traffic information of the at least two dimensions contains the traffic information exceeding the abnormal traffic threshold of the corresponding dimension, determining that the traffic of the target IP is abnormal.
US11444849B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums for using a cloud assist service to generate a read-only GUI to view the status of a storage system. An authorized user can login remotely to the cloud assist service to view the read-only GUI of the storage system. The read-only GUI will present a view of the status of the storage system that is similar to a local GUI available to users connecting directly to the storage system. Responses used to generate the local GUI are recorded and simulated by the cloud assist service to create a familiar read-only GUI.
US11444843B2
A computer-implemented method for simulating a system of at least two computing systems connected via at least one data packet connection, wherein a computing system comprises interconnect adapters for physical connections based on a physical layer protocol each. A packet switching component is provided, as are physical attachments for each interconnect adapter. The physical attachments are registered. A connection director is provided for managing the data packet exchange. In response to the receipt of a simulation start indicator, each physical attachment registers its unique address at the package switching component. This assigns unique identifiers for each computing system, and unique identifiers for simulated physical layer protocols.
US11444840B2
Systems, devices, and techniques described herein are directed to a virtualized networking topology decoupling networking objects from an underlying physical topology. A virtualized networking topology can include networking application objects implementing various networking specifications independent of a networking node or a physical topology of the network to render services to the network. A network forwarding module can render services such as routing and forwarding of packets to the networking application objects. A topology module can probe a network to develop a physical layout of the network by determining connections among ports. And a mapping module can intelligently map networking application objects with the physical topology and various forwarding and routing protocols to build the virtualized networking topology. Networking application objects can be implemented on various networking nodes and located independent of a physical topology of the network, while forwarding and control planes can be updated automatically for directing network traffic.
US11444839B2
System for optimizing bandwidth during an online meeting comprises a plurality of data processing systems, wherein each of the data processing systems is associated with a user and comprises a processor, and a memory comprising a digital client and a digital client display interface, wherein the processor causes the digital client to publish an audio-visual stream comprising a video component and an audio component from the corresponding data processing system. A first data processing system, among the plurality of data processing systems is configured to receive an instruction to optimize the bandwidth by limiting the number of data processing systems from which an audio-visual stream is to be played in the first digital client display interface. Further, the first data processing system may play, in the first digital client display interface, an audio-visual stream from each of the number of data processing systems as instructed by the first user.
US11444837B1
Techniques are disclosed for network policy verification system that can obtain a set of connectivity paths of a containerized environment that individually indicate connections between pairs of containers. Identify a first container and a second container of a pair based at least in part on a connectivity path. Determine a network policy corresponding to the connectivity path that indicates an expected result of that particular connection. A connection can be initiated between the two containers. The result may be presented at a user device based at least in part on identifying that the result is different from the expected result indicated by the network policy corresponding to the connectivity path.
US11444834B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods identify, among a plurality of DSL lines, a subgroup of DSL lines based on one or more common characteristics and use the common characteristic(s) to identify a set of power control parameters that enable an upstream rate for the subgroup of DSL lines that is different than an upstream rate for DSL lines in the plurality of DSL lines that do not include the subgroup of DSL lines before applying the set of power control parameters to the subgroup of DSL lines to achieve the upstream rate.
US11444830B2
An improved method for configuring and managing network devices using network mediators is provided. The improved method comprises receiving, from a device management server, one or more policies for configuring or managing one or more network devices. For each policy from the one or more policies: a network mediator determines, based on the policy, a network device to which the policy applies. Then, based on the policy, the network mediator determines instructions for configuring or managing the network device, and transmits the instructions to the network device. Upon receiving, from the network device, a response to the instructions, the network mediator determines whether the response satisfies one or more conditions set forth in the policy. In response to determining that the response satisfies the conditions set forth in the policy, the network mediator generates a message based on the response, and transmits the message to the device management server.
US11444827B2
A telecommunication system can include a network flow controller (e.g., SMF) and a network-charging node (e.g., CHF). The flow controller can generate a first charging-event record associated with a network session. The flow controller can detect an outage at least partly by determining that no network-charging node is available to receive the first charging-event record and, in response, mark the first charging-event record to provide a first marked charging-event record. The flow controller can store the first marked charging-event record in a buffer. After the marking, the flow controller can determine that a network-charging node is available to receive the first marked charging-event record, and, in response, send the first marked charging-event record to the network-charging node. The network-charging node can determine a charging-data record indicating occurrence of an event during the outage.
US11444824B2
Systems and methods for analyzing a root cause of issues in a network, such as an optical communication network, are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes the steps of deriving symptoms indicative of issues in a network by utilizing performance data obtained from network elements in the network and storing the derived symptoms in a database. The method also includes the step of obtaining diagnostics from the network elements. Also, the method may include utilizing the database to compute distances between the derived symptoms and each of the diagnostics, whereby the computed distances may be configured to correspond to dissimilarities between the derived symptoms and the diagnostics. The distances are computed based on machine learning models, user feedback, and analytical functions. Also, the method includes analyzing a root cause of the derived symptoms based on a lowest distance selected from the computed distances.
US11444808B1
According to one embodiment, a computerized method conducted by logic deployed within a network device implemented within a virtual private cloud network for supporting network address translations within a public cloud network is described. Herein, after receipt of a message, based on content within the message, a network address translation (NAT) control logic unit from a plurality of NAT control logic units is selected. The selected NAT control logic unit is configured to perform address translations on information within the message to produce a translated message. Thereafter, the translated message is routed to a destination network device located on the public network.
US11444806B2
In various examples there is a telecommunications network access point of a telecommunications network in which the control plane is implemented using a data center comprising a plurality of interconnected computation nodes. The access point comprises a memory holding a log of encapsulated control messages the control messages being messages of a control protocol of the telecommunications network. The access point has a processor configured, for a control message to be sent by the access point to a node in the data center, to: generate a message identifier; encapsulate the control message in a packet of a communications protocol of the data center, add the message identifier to a header of the encapsulated control message; send the encapsulated control message to the node of the data center; and store a record of the encapsulated control message and node of the control plane in the log.
US11444804B2
Described herein are systems and methods for preventing switch loops in a layer 2 network. A method can provide, at a computer including a microprocessor, two or more virtual local area networks (VLANs), each VLAN comprising a number of bridges, a plurality of end nodes connected to the two or more VLANs via a plurality of network interface cards (NICs). The method can connect two of the plurality of nodes to two of the VLANs via two or more tunnels. The method can receive a first instance of a broadcast packet at a bridge of a VLAN, and then receive a second instance of the broadcast packet is the bridge of the VLAN. Upon the second instance of the broadcast packet being received within a configured time period, the method can drop the second instance of the broadcast packet.
US11444799B2
A device and a method for controlling a device using a real-time image are provided. The method includes: receiving an image captured by an image capturing device connected to a network to display the image in real-time; searching for the device that is connected to the network and is controllable; designating, within the image, a setting zone corresponding to the device; receiving a user input; and controlling the device selected according to the user input. A location of the setting zone within the image may be updated according to a change in the image. The user may receive immediate visual feedback on how the devices are being controlled. The user may control a device displayed on the screen on which the real-time indoor image is displayed without having to navigate through different sub-menus for different devices.
US11444795B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first user input that identifies a first trigger phrase to be monitored for in a first virtual meeting being facilitated by the device, monitoring, responsive to the receiving the first user input, the first virtual meeting for occurrences of the first trigger phrase, determining that a user of the device is currently engaged in a second virtual meeting being facilitated by the device, detecting, based on the monitoring, an occurrence of the first trigger phrase in the first virtual meeting, and causing a first notification regarding the occurrence of the first trigger phrase in the first virtual meeting to be outputted, wherein the causing is based on the determining that the user of the device is currently engaged in the second virtual meeting. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11444794B2
A device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to maintain an Internet of Things (IoT) device database that stores, for an IoT device in the IoT device database, an application server device list that includes one or more application server devices that are to be notified when the IoT device is determined to be in an awake state. The processor may be further configured to receive a first indication from a first application server device that the IoT device is in an awake state; access the IoT device database to identify a second application server device associated with the IoT device; and send a second indication to the second application server device that the IoT device is in the awake state based on the received first indication from the first application server device.
US11444790B1
Shared memory communication is facilitated between systems of a computing environment capable of communicating over a network using transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP). The network includes a network path between one system and another system of the computing environment, where the network path passes through one or more routers of the network. The facilitating includes obtaining performance-related data for shared memory communication of the one system with the other system across the network path using a remote direct memory access (RDMA) protocol. Based on the performance-related data, the facilitating includes dynamically determining whether to use the RDMA protocol for shared memory communication of the one system with the other system across the network path, rather than the TCP/IP protocol.
US11444786B2
Embodiments describe apparatuses, systems, and methods for analyzing digital certificates. A system may scan the internet to identify all publicly available digital certificates. The system may further determine external information for individual digital certificates that is not found within the digital certificate. The system may store the external information and internal information that is found within the digital certificates. The system may run one or more queries on the stored information to identify one or more vulnerable digital certificates among a set of digital certificates associated with a client. For example, the system may identify differences between the internal information and/or external information among the digital certificates of the set and/or may compare the internal information and/or external information for the digital certificates of the set to expected information. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11444785B2
Example techniques for establishing trusted communication with container-based services are described. In an example, a digital certificate stored in a memory is injected from the memory into a container. The container is external to the memory. The digital certificate is usable to establish a trusted communication between a service deployed in the container and a software program.
US11444783B2
Computer-implemented methods, apparatuses, and system for processing transactions using a blockchain integrated station are provided. The blockchain integrated station includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a smart network card, wherein the smart network card comprises a processor different from the CPU. The smart network card is configured to receive a transaction of a blockchain network, wherein the blockchain integrated station is a blockchain node of the blockchain network; write the transaction into a cache; in a process that the blockchain integrated station participates in a blockchain consensus of the blockchain network, perform consensus interactions with other blockchain nodes of the blockchain network based on the transaction in the cache; determine, based on a result of the blockchain consensus, a to-be-executed transaction list; and send the to-be-executed transaction list to the CPU.
US11444780B2
A processing device receives, from a host system, a key manifest and a digital signature generated based on the key manifest using a private key corresponding to a public/private key pair. The key manifest comprises one or more verification keys. The digital signature is verified using the public key and the processing device stores the key manifest in a persistent storage component in response to successful verification of the digital signature. The one or more verification keys are utilized in one or more verification operations based on the key manifest being stored in the persistent memory component.
US11444772B2
A system and method and for verifying that distorted biometric information submitted to a computing device is authentic. In various embodiments, the method includes receiving a signal indicative of a distorted biometric of a person; determining a DNA sequence code of the signal indicative of the distorted biometric signal; generating a first dataset based on the DNA sequence code; hashing the first dataset to obtain a second dataset; encrypting the second dataset; storing the encrypted second dataset into a blockchain; comparing the second dataset to a test dataset to determine if the second and test datasets are from a related data source and remain unchanged from the distorted biometric of the person; and updating a new transaction record on the blockchain to indicate that the blockchain transaction has been validated.
US11444771B2
The disclosed embodiments are related to securely updating a semiconductor device and in particular to a key management system. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising storing a plurality of activation codes, each of the activation codes associated with a respective unique identifier (UID) of semiconductor device; receiving, over a network, a request to generate a new storage root key (SRK), the request including a response code and a requested UID; identifying a selected activation code from the plurality of activation codes based on the requested UID; generating the SHRSRK value using the response code and the selected activation code; associating the SHRSRK value with the requested UID and storing the SHRSRK value; and returning an acknowledgement in response to the request.
US11444761B2
A method of securely replacing a first data value with a second data value and related systems are disclosed. The method includes generating a first public key and a first private key, generating a cryptographic seed value, and passing the cryptographic seed value through an elliptic curve to generate a second public key and a second private key. The method further includes combining the first public key with the second private key using public key cryptography to create a shared encryption key and passing the shared encryption key through a symmetric algorithm to encrypt the cryptographic seed value.
US11444750B2
In a system and method for distribution of media content, a cable provider gateway cooperates with a broker API, one or more streaming provider gateways, and one or more streaming applications to locally cache and display media content from the streaming provider gateways even when the streaming applications do not have connectivity to their gateways.
US11444749B2
Blockchain environments may mix-and-match different encryption, difficulty, and/or proof-of-work schemes when mining blockchain transactions. Each encryption, difficulty, and/or proof-of-work scheme may be separate, stand-alone programs, files, or third-party services. Blockchain miners may be agnostic to a particular coin's or network's encryption, difficulty, and/or proof-of-work schemes, thus allowing any blockchain miner to process or mine data in multiple blockchains. GPUs, ASICs, and other specialized processing hardware components may be deterred by forcing cache misses, cache latencies, and processor stalls. Hashing, difficulty, and/or proof-of-work schemes require less programming code, consume less storage space/usage in bytes, and execute faster. Blockchain mining schemes may further randomize byte or memory block access, further improve cryptographic security.
US11444736B2
The application relates to a communication device comprising: a communication interface configured to transmit a pilot signal via a communication channel to a second communication device and to receive a plurality of data elements representing channel state information (CSI) from the second communication device, wherein the plurality of data elements are a subset of a set of data elements representing the full channel state information (CSI) being available at the second communication device; and a processing unit configured to generate the full channel state information (CSI) on the basis of the plurality of data elements by applying a fitting scheme to the plurality of data elements received from the second communication device.
US11444731B2
The present disclosure relates to transmission methods, terminals, and network devices. One example method includes receiving, by a terminal, a plurality of pieces of downlink control information (DCI), where the DCI includes at least first trigger information that is in a one-to-one correspondence with the DCI, and the first trigger information is used to indicate, to the terminal, at least one of a resource used by a first reference signal or sending processing of the first reference signal, determining, by the terminal, target first trigger information from a plurality of pieces of first trigger information, and performing, by the terminal and based on the target first trigger information, sending processing on the first reference signal.
US11444727B2
The present application relates to method and apparatus for downlink slot set determination. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives a first number of downlink transmissions indicating a first slot for transmitting corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback and receives a second number of downlink transmissions indicating a second slot for transmitting corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback; a processor that determines a first downlink slot set for the HARQ-ACK feedback transmitted in the first slot and a second downlink slot set for the HARQ-ACK feedback transmitted in the second slot, and determines the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot; and a transmitter that transmits a first HARQ-ACK codebook in the first slot for the first downlink slot set and a second HARQ-ACK codebook in the second slot for the second downlink slot set, wherein HARQ-ACK feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first HARQ-ACK codebook or the second HARQ-ACK codebook.
US11444726B2
An uplink control information transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes determining, by a terminal device, according hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information and a mapping relationship, a channel resource corresponding to the HARQ-ACK information, where a channel resource corresponding to an acknowledgement (ACK) and a channel resource corresponding to {ACK, negative acknowledgement (NACK)} in the mapping relationship are the same, generating, by the terminal device, an uplink signal based on the channel resource corresponding to the HARQ-ACK information, and sending, by the terminal device, the uplink signal.
US11444725B2
The invention relates to a method for transmitting redundancy data in an hybrid broadband/broadcast network system comprising a broadcast network dedicated to transmission of broadcast services and a broadband network dedicated to transmission of at least unicast services, the method being carried out in at least one network entity and comprising the following steps: —selecting (42) a transmission mode for transmitting redundancy data among a plurality of transmission modes supported by the broadband network; —obtaining (43) redundancy data, said redundancy data comprising information for decoding broadcast services broadcasted by the broadcast network; —transmitting (44), via at least one node of the broadband network, the obtained redundancy data according to the selected transmission mode.
US11444724B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. One method for wireless communication at a first device includes receiving a multicast packet from a second device, decoding control header information in the received multicast packet, determining that a decoding procedure associated with a payload of the received multicast packet is unsuccessful and transmitting a negative acknowledgement (NACK) based at least in part on the determining. The method also includes retrieving a list of transmitter identifiers. In some cases, transmitting the NACK is based at least in part on the list of transmitter identifiers. The method further includes determining a transmitter identifier associated with the multicast packet and determining that the transmitter identifier is present in the list of transmitter identifiers.
US11444723B2
A signal protector utilizes a variable latency station to provide error correction.
US11444720B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One or more UEs communicating over sidelink may indicate transmit and receive categories to other UEs. A first UE may receive, in a sidelink communication message, an indication of a receive category of a second wireless device. The first UE may then transmit a shared sidelink channel message to the second wireless device based on the receive category of the second wireless device. In another case, a first UE may receive, in a sidelink communication message, an indication of a transmit category of a second wireless device. The first wireless device may then compare the transmit category of the second wireless device with a receive category of the first wireless device. The first wireless device may determine whether to decode a shared sidelink channel message from the second UE based on the comparing.
US11444719B2
Systems and methods include receiving first power snapshot from a receiving end of a foreign controlled link of the one or more foreign controlled optical links when there are no faults thereon; responsive to obtaining second power snapshot from the receiving end of the foreign controlled link, detecting a fault on one of at least one channel and part of the spectrum traversing the foreign controlled link; correlating the second power snapshot with the first power snapshots; and raising an indication of fault for the foreign controlled link based on the correlating.
US11444717B2
The disclosed systems and methods support addition of bands to a multi-band optical interface. The systems and methods can include a multi-band interface device for optical networks. The device can include a multi-band optical amplifier, a C-Band Add/Drop multiplexer, an L-Band Add/Drop multiplexer and an amplifier noise source. The multi-band optical amplifier can be connected to the C-Band Add/Drop multiplexer and connected to the L-Band Add/Drop multiplexer through the amplifier noise source. The amplifier noise source be configured to generate a combination of bulk noise and an input transmission received from the L-Band Add/Drop multiplexer. The gain of the amplifier noise source can depend on the power of the received input transmission. The power of the received input transmission can be increased over a period of time, transitioning the amplifier noise source from acting as a bulk noise source to acting an amplifier.
US11444701B2
A method for adjusting transmitter output power (PTX) comprises sensing, by a proximity sensor communicatively coupled to a transmitting device, whether an object is proximate to the transmitting device. The method further comprises analyzing an image from a camera to determine whether the transmitting device is proximate to a portion of a human body, when the proximity sensor senses the object proximate to the transmitting device. Further, the method comprises adjusting the PTX of an antenna operatively coupled to the transmitting device to be less than or equal to a SAR threshold output power (PSARMAX), when it is determined that the transmitting device is proximate to the portion of the human body or when it cannot be determined whether the transmitting device is proximate to a portion of a human body.
US11444700B2
A method and apparatus for measuring antenna radiation patterns comprising: an array of test antennas coupled to at least one transmitter; an antenna under test located proximate to the array of test antennas and a compressive sensing processor coupled to the antenna under test and the array of test antennas to control signals emitted and received by the antenna under test and the array of test antennas and processing the signals using compressive sensing.
US11444697B2
A method of communicating information via optical data transmission between two utility vehicles includes providing a control unit on a first utility vehicle, a work light on the first utility vehicle, and a second utility vehicle. The method also includes generating activation signals by the control unit of the first utility vehicle in dependence on transmission data to be transmitted, activating the work light by the activation signals, and emitting light signals via the activated work light to the second utility vehicle. The light signals represent the transmission data.
US11444694B2
Provided is an optical transmission system that includes an optical transmitter, and an optical receiver. The optical transmitter includes: a signal coding unit configured to perform nonlinear trellis coding, which corresponds to nonlinear calculation, on a symbol sequence; and a modulator configured to modulate the symbol sequence subjected to the nonlinear trellis coding by the signal coding unit, and transmit the modulated symbol sequence to the optical receiver. The optical receiver includes: a light receiving unit configured to receive an optical signal transmitted from the optical transmitter, and convert the received optical signal into an electrical signal; and a digital signal processing unit configured to perform digital signal processing on the electrical signal to reconstruct the symbol sequence.
US11444685B2
Embodiments describe systems, apparatuses, and methods for transmitting/receiving signal data to/from a plurality of transceiver modules. Devices in accordance with some embodiments can include a plurality of wireless transceiver modules, each wireless transceiver module to be communicatively coupled to a corresponding external transceiver module, one or more antennas to exchange signal data with the plurality of external transceiver modules, a radio frequency (RF) circulator, and one or more amplifiers to amplify the signal data received by the one or more antennas and signal data to be transmitted by the one or more antennas. The use of circulator prevents transmitting signals that may collide with each other and cause interference with the communications.
US11444680B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may support signaling an indication of a duration (for example, in UE capability information) for the UE to perform a beam switch (for example, to switch between different directional beams). Among other examples, base stations may be configured with a default value related to a duration for UEs to perform a beam switch. Thus, in an absence of the above signaling by the UE, base stations may identify a duration for UEs to perform a beam switch according to the configured default value. Additionally, base stations may allocate symbols between different physical channels (such as, downlink channels or uplink channels) related to directional communications. One or more symbols may be exclusive of or be part of resources related to the physical channels to provide improvements to beam switching for UEs.
US11444679B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a radio access network. The method includes selecting, from a set of defined reception beams formed by reception beamforming, one or more beams for processing, wherein selecting is based on a beam quality representation determined for one or more beams of the set for one or more transmitters.
US11444678B2
Disclosed by the present application is a method for indicating beam failure recovery, comprising: when conditions for triggering beam failure recovery are met, a terminal device sending a media access control (MAC) control element (CE), the MAC CE indicating a beam index corresponding to a beam used by a network device to send a feedback message. Further disclosed by the present application are another method for indicating beam failure recovery, a terminal device, a network device, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
US11444655B2
In an electronic device and an operation method thereof according to certain embodiments, the electronic device may include: a first communication circuit configured to perform a first communication using an ultra-wide band (UWB) communication scheme and a processor. The processor may control the communication circuit to: identify, based on a characteristic of data to be transmitted using the first communication circuit, a frame length of the data to be transmitted; determine, based on the identified frame length, a peak voltage of a signal containing the data to be transmitted; and transmit the data using the signal having the determined peak voltage.
US11444652B1
Various embodiments disclosed herein enable steerable, time division duplex (“TDD”) communications channels at millimeter-wave frequency bands. Among other things, embodiments disclosed herein provide improved steering accuracy and power distribution, lower power consumption, and potentially longer service life than previous transceiver systems.
US11444645B2
A receiver circuit associated with a communication device is disclosed. The receiver circuit comprises a digital data compression circuit configured to receive a plurality of digital receive signals derived from a plurality of analog receive signals respectively associated with the receiver circuit. The digital data compression circuit is further configured to compress the plurality of digital receive signals to form one or more compressed digital data signals based thereon, to be provided to an input output (I/O) interface associated therewith. In some embodiments, a compressed digital signal dimension associated with the one or more compressed digital data signals is less than a digital signal dimension associated with the plurality of digital receive signals.
US11444643B2
Systems and methods for estimating frequency and bandwidth of unknown signals using learned features of a filter pair for the purpose of detecting, separating and tracking these signals in an electronic receiver. The techniques could be part of a signal cueing system that initiates signal detection, separation and tracking or a signal separation and tracking system which is initialized by the cueing system and adaptively updates frequency and bandwidth estimates so as to continuously separate and track signals after initial detection. The methodology is to train the filter responses using machine learning by creating a grid of training data based on signal examples that cover a span of frequencies and bandwidths. The system estimates frequency and bandwidth in real time, inputs those estimates into interpolating lookup tables to retrieve filter coefficients, and provides those filter coefficients to a tunable tracking filter.
US11444641B2
A data storage system includes multiple head nodes and data storage sleds. The data storage sleds include multiple mass storage devices and a sled controller. Respective ones of the head nodes are configured to obtain credentials for accessing particular portions of the mass storage devices of the data storage sleds. A sled controller of a data storage sled determines whether a head node attempting to perform a write on a mass storage device of a data storage sled that includes the sled controller is presenting with the write request a valid credential for accessing the mass storage devices of the data storage sled. If the credentials are valid, the sled controller causes the write to be performed and if the credentials are invalid, the sled controller returns a message to the head node indicating that it has been fenced off from the mass storage device.
US11444636B2
A quantum computing system and associated methods. An exemplary method includes generating a specification from a binary matrix and at least one quantum check operator. The binary matrix is based at least in part on a classical error correcting code and the quantum check operator(s) is/are based on at least one multiple-qubit Pauli operator. The specification indicates which ancilla qubits are to be coupled to which data qubits. The data qubits are prepared as a plurality of multiple-qubit entangled states. The exemplary method also includes directing quantum hardware components of the quantum computing system to couple each of selected ones of the data qubits to one or more of the ancilla qubits in accordance with the couplings indicated in the specification. Each of the plurality of multiple-qubit entangled states is coupled to a plurality of the ancilla qubits.
US11444628B2
An apparatus includes a processor, a Phase-Locked Loop Waveform Generator (PLLWG), a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO), a demodulator, signal conditioning circuitry, and an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC). The processor generates control command signals, receives a digital data input signal, and performs spectrum analysis on the digital data input signal. The PLLWG is coupled to the processor, receives the control command signals, and generates a charge pump output signal based on the control command signals. The VCO is coupled to the PLLWG, receives a tuning signal based on the charge pump output signal, and outputs a VCO output signal based on the tuning signal. The demodulator receives an incoming modulated signal and the VCO output signal, and outputs an analog output signal based on the incoming modulated signal and the VCO output signal. The ADC converts the analog output signal into the digital data input signal.
US11444621B2
A touchless trigger apparatus is touchless button, comprising a photon-gate side, a photon-gate distal side more than 1 cm (11.0 in) and less than 30 cm (11.0 in) across the photon-gate opening, to the photon-gate side. An electro-optical sensor is connected to the photon-gate side. An ASIC controller is connected to the output of the electro-optical sensor. Lastly a button face is within the opening of the photon gate. Alternatively, a touchless trigger apparatus is a touchless pushbutton, or a touchless switch. Any person or primate trained to use a button, pushbutton or switch could intuitively learn to use a touchless trigger apparatus due to its recognizable combination of elements and low-latency feedback before touching the button, the pushbutton or the switch.
US11444612B2
In described examples, an amplifier can be arranged to generate a first stage output signal in response to an input signal. The input signal can be coupled to control a first current coupled from a first current source through a common node to generate the first stage output signal. A replica circuit can be arranged to generate a replica load signal in response to the input signal and in response to current received from the common node. A current switch can be arranged to selectively couple a second current from a second current source to the common node in response to the replica load signal.
US11444609B2
A system includes a prime mover configured to rotate a shaft. The system also includes a wound rotor induction generator (WRIG). The WRIG includes a rotor coupled to the shaft of the prime mover and configured to rotate when the shaft rotates, where the rotor includes a rotor winding. The WRIG also includes a stator winding electrically connected to a utility source and a load. When the stator winding receives first power from the utility source, the WRIG is configured to transform at least one of a voltage and a frequency of the first power before outputting at least a portion of the first power to the load. When the stator winding does not receive the first power from the utility source, the WRIG is configured to generate second power due to kinetic energy of the rotor and output at least a portion of the second power to the load.
US11444608B2
A level shifter includes: a first inverter configured to receive an input signal in a low voltage domain and shift the input signal from the low voltage domain to a first output signal at a first output terminal in a high voltage domain higher than the low voltage domain in response to a logical high state of a first clock signal in the low voltage domain; a second inverter configured to receive a complement of the input signal and shift the complement of the input signal from the low voltage domain to a second output signal at a second output terminal in the high voltage domain in response to the logical high state; a first NMOS sensing transistor and a second NMOS sensing transistor; a PMOS transistor configured to equalize the first output signal and the second output signal in response to a logical low state of the first clock signal.
US11444605B2
A spike generation circuit includes a first CMOS inverter connected between a first power supply and a second power supply, an output node of the first CMOS inverter being coupled to a first node that is an intermediate node coupled to an input terminal to which an input signal is input, a switch connected in series with the first CMOS inverter, between the first power supply and the second power supply, a first inverting circuit that outputs an inversion signal of a signal of the first node to a control terminal of the switch, and a delay circuit that delays the signal of the first node, outputs a delayed signal to an input node of the first CMOS inverter, and outputs an isolated output spike signal to an output terminal.
US11444600B1
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator includes a resonant semiconductor structure, drive electrode, sense electrode and electrically conductive shielding structure. The first drive electrode generates a time-varying electrostatic force that causes the resonant semiconductor structure to resonate mechanically, and the first sense electrode generates a timing signal in response to the mechanical resonance of the resonant semiconductor structure. The electrically conductive shielding structure is disposed between the first drive electrode and the first sense electrode to shield the first sense electrode from electric field lines emanating from the first drive electrode.
US11444597B2
An acoustic wave filter device includes first and second acoustic wave filters provided on a piezoelectric substrate, an insulating layer that is provided on the piezoelectric substrate and has a smaller dielectric constant than the piezoelectric substrate, a first wiring conductor electrically connected to an electrode of the first acoustic wave filter, a second wiring conductor electrically connected to an electrode of the second acoustic wave filter, the first wiring conductor and the second wiring conductor facing each other on the insulating layer in plan view, and a ground conductor located between the insulating layer and the piezoelectric substrate in a region A circumscribing the first wiring conductor and the second wiring conductor on the insulating layer in plan view.
US11444587B2
A circuit having an input and an output, the circuit comprising: a first amplifier having a first input, a second input and an output coupled to the output of the circuit; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the first input of the first amplifier and a second terminal coupled to the output of the first amplifier; a first resistor having a first terminal coupled to the first input of the first amplifier and a second terminal; a buffer having an output coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor and an input; a second resistor having a first terminal coupled to the output of the first amplifier and a second terminal coupled to the input of the buffer; a second capacitor coupled between the input of the buffer and ground; and a third resistor coupled between the input of the buffer and the input of the circuit.
US11444580B2
An offset-cancellation circuit having a first amplification stage with a gain of the first amplification stage and configured to receive an offset voltage of a first amplifier. A storage element is configured to be coupled to and decoupled from the first amplification stage and configured to store a potential difference output by the first amplification stage. The potential difference is determined by the offset voltage of the first amplifier and the gain of the first amplification stage. A second amplification stage is coupled to the storage element and configured to receive the potential difference from the storage element when the storage element is decoupled from the first amplification stage and configured to deliver an offset-cancellation current. The offset-cancellation current is determined by the potential difference and a gain of the second amplification stage.
US11444575B2
Included are: a first power source 3 configured to output a voltage required for a first gate bias voltage for turning a power amplifier 2 to an ON state; a second power source 4 configured to output a voltage required for a second gate bias voltage for turning the power amplifier 2 to an OFF state; a changeover switch 5 connected between the first power source 3 and the power amplifier 2 and configured to supply either the first gate bias voltage or the second gate bias voltage to the power amplifier 2 by switching a state between the first power source 3 and the power amplifier 2 to either an open state or a short-circuit state on the basis of a control signal related to on-off control of the power amplifier 2; and a resistance value varying unit 15 connected between the second power source 4 and the power amplifier 2 and configured such that a resistance value thereof is variable.
US11444571B2
A solar array may include a first rigid composite solar panel including solar cells secured to a first substrate. The solar array may further include a second rigid composite solar panel including solar cells secured to a second substrate. The solar array may also include solar panel modules including solar cells secured to a flexible sheet of material. The solar panel modules may be coupled between the first composite solar panel and the second composite solar panel. The solar array may be configured to be retained in a stowed arrangement with the solar panel modules between the first rigid composite solar panel and the second rigid composite solar panel. The solar array further configured to be extended with an extendable arm until each of the first rigid composite solar panel, the second rigid composite solar panel and the solar panel modules are arranged in a substantially straight line.
US11444562B2
In one aspect, a system for determining an initial angular position of a rotor of a synchronous machine includes a motor driver module configured to provide a motor driver voltage signal to the synchronous machine, the motor driver voltage signal being sufficient to induce an electrical current in the synchronous machine; and a rotor position determination module configured to receive an indication of the current generated in the machine and to determine the initial position of the rotor based on the indication of the current generated in the machine. The motor driver voltage signal includes at least a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion has a first non-zero voltage during a first temporal duration, the second portion has a second non-zero voltage during a second temporal duration, and the third portion has a substantially zero voltage during a third temporal duration, the first portion has a first polarity and the second portion has a second polarity that is opposite to the first polarity, and the first temporal duration and the second temporal duration are different.
US11444560B2
A drive controller includes a first drive circuit, a first capacitance element and a first processing part and a second processing part. The first drive circuit supplies a current output from a power source to a first load. The first capacitance element is connected to a power supply path between the power source and the first drive circuit. The first processing part is configured to apply a charge from the power source and to charge the first capacitance element before power supply to the first load is started. The second processing part is configured to supply a current output from the power source and a current corresponding to a charge charged in the first capacitance element to the first load through the first drive circuit after the first capacitance element is charged.
US11444554B2
Proposed is an actuator using a bi-directional electrostatic force, which generates a bi-directional electrostatic force in order to amplify and vibrate the vibration of a vibrator. The actuator may include an upper electrostatic force generator configured to generate a first electrostatic force in response to a first high voltage signal, a lower electrostatic force generator configured to generate a second electrostatic force in response to a second high voltage signal having a phase difference with the first high voltage signal, and a vibration generator positioned in a space between the upper electrostatic force generator and the lower electrostatic force generator and configured to generate vibration in response to the first and second electrostatic forces.
US11444552B2
The present invention provides an electric power conversion device and an electric power generation system which are capable of suppressing ripples in a detected voltage and detection delay.
US11444542B2
Method of operating a bidirectional DC DC converter that transfers power among an energy source (for example, a solar PV array), an energy storage system, and an energy usage system (for example, a DC AC inverter) to control the charge and discharge times of the energy storage system so that power harvested during peak energy source production can be stored and can later be released to the energy usage system at predetermined times.
US11444533B2
A power stage includes a power converter having high- and low-side switches, a driver circuit that drives the switching power converter based upon a PWM signal, and a current sensing circuit that detects a low-side current level on the low-side switch, and provides a current level signal that includes the low-side current level. The power stage turns on the low-side switch at a first time, and estimates a first low-side current level at the first time. In estimating the first low-side current level, the power stage detects a second low-side current level at a second time while the low-side switch is turned on, the second time being after the first time, and detects a third low-side current level at a third time while the low-side switch is turned on, wherein the third time is after the second time. The first low-side current level is estimated based upon the second and third low-side current levels.
US11444529B2
A power supply capable of protecting a rectifier circuit using a switching element from an overvoltage or an overcurrent is provided. The power supply includes a power input terminal; an output capacitor; a synchronous rectifier configured to rectify an AC voltage input through the power input terminal; a converter configured to convert the rectified AC voltage into a DC voltage following a preset voltage and supply the DC voltage to the output capacitor; and a protection circuit provided between the power input terminal and the output capacitor, and configured to supply an AC voltage higher than the voltage charged in the output capacitor to the output capacitor by bypassing the synchronous rectifier.
US11444527B2
A switching regulator with improved load regulation is discussed. The switching regulator increases an on time length of a first power switch if the switching regulator operates at discontinuous current mode and a current flowing through the second power switch crosses a zero reference, until the first power switch is turned on again; and the switching regulator maintains the on time length of the first power switch during other time period.
US11444516B2
A wiring board (3) has first and second rigid sections (11, 12) each having six metal leaf layers, and a flexible section (13) having two metal leaf layers that connect the both rigid sections (11, 12). A capacitor unit (34) and a filter unit 31, which supplies power to an inverter, are mounted on the first rigid section (11), and a CPU (21) and a pre-driver circuit element (22) are mounted on the second rigid section (12). Mutually-independent two control systems are arranged so as to be symmetrical about a board center line (M). Detection signal lines (51) of rotation sensors (37, 38) located at the middle of the first rigid section (11) extend along the board center line (M) on the flexible section (13). Each of the two control systems is configured along a wiring direction of the detection signal lines (51).
US11444512B2
An electronic module is provided for a power tool having an electric motor. The module includes a module housing having a radial portion and a cylindrical portion extending from the radial portion away from the electric motor and defining an open end, a printed circuit board (PCB) received within the module housing through the open end thereof, power switches mounted on the PCB, and magnetic sensors mounted on the PCB facing the motor substantially equidistantly from a center of the PCB. The module housing includes openings disposed in the radial portion angularly around a center of the module housing to receive the magnetic sensors therein to allow the magnetic sensors to magnetically interface with the electric motor.
US11444511B2
An electrically driven actuator includes a vibration damping device; and an electrically driven unit operated by using electricity. The vibration damping device includes a vibration absorbing unit provided between a first support and a second support provided to face the first support, and expanding and contracting by using electricity, a measurement unit that measures vibrations of the second support, and a control unit that electrically controls the vibration absorbing unit to cancel the vibrations of the second support which are measured by the measurement unit. The electrically driven unit includes a housing provided on a fixed side, a shaft movable in an axial direction which is a direction toward a movable side opposite to the fixed side with respect to the housing, and a drive unit provided between the housing and the shaft, and driving the shaft with respect to the housing.
US11444508B2
An electric motor includes a rotor, a stator, and an electric motor casing. The electric motor casing forms a first accommodating space accommodating a rotary shaft and a rotor core and a stator, and has an inner peripheral surface including an abutting inner peripheral surface in contact with a top portion on the radially outer side of a core convex portion. An outer peripheral-side flow path through which a cooling medium is capable of flowing is formed between the core convex portions adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction. The outer peripheral-side flow path is defined by an outer peripheral surface of the core main body and the inner peripheral surface of the electric motor casing.
US11444505B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of shaft sealing, and particularly relates to a sealing structure of an electric-machine-shaft extension end. The sealing structure of an electric-machine-shaft extension end includes an electric-machine end cap and an electric-machine-shaft extension end, the electric-machine-shaft extension end is mounted to the electric-machine end cap via a bearing, a double-oil-seal structure is provided between the electric-machine end cap and the electric-machine-shaft extension end, the double-oil-seal structure includes an oil-seal seat that is connected to the electric-machine end cap and an outer-side oil seal and an inner-side oil seal that are provided inside the oil-seal seat, the outer-side oil seal and the inner-side oil seal are provided face to face, and are interference-fitted to the oil-seal seat, and an oil storing chamber and an oil-seal spacer ring contained inside the oil storing chamber are provided between the outer-side oil seal and the inner-side oil seal.
US11444501B2
A stator includes a stator core, and a coil mounted on the stator core and having an insulating film, at least a part of the insulating film being coated with a protective paint, wherein the insulating film has a vacancy, and the vacancy is formed by a hollow capsule. In addition, the protective paint has a powder, and an internal form of the vacancy is smaller than an external form of the powder.
US11444499B1
A rotor for a rotating electric machine is described. Embodiments of the apparatus may include a rotor core comprising a plurality of slots, the rotor core comprising a circumference, a first winding comprising a first termination end exiting the rotor core at a first of the plurality of slots, a second winding comprising a second termination end exiting the rotor core at a second of the plurality of slots, wherein the second of the plurality of slots is 120 degrees around the circumference of the rotor core relative to the first of the plurality of slots, and a third winding comprising a third termination end exiting the rotor core at a third of the plurality of slots, wherein the third of the plurality of slots is 240 degrees around the circumference of the rotor core relative to the first of the plurality of slots.
US11444494B2
A wireless charging system includes an electrical and/or electronic interconnect as first connector. The transmitter electronics are included in the first connector. The first connector is electrically connected to a second connector via a cable. The second connector includes a transmitter coil. The first connector, cable, and the second connector are form the transmitter portion of the wireless charging system. Information from a receiver is obtained by the first connector which demodulates and processes the information and based on the request from the receiver changes the impedance and switching frequency of a tank circuit of the transmitter coil. Efficiency of the wireless charging system is optimized while reducing the form factor.
US11444491B1
A system for safe transmission of an RF electromagnetic power beam to a receiver for conversion into electric power. The receiver has an antenna array for receiving the RF beam and electrical circuitry to receive a corresponding RF electrical current from the antenna array. The circuitry includes a converter for generating DC current from the RF electrical current, and includes at least one component that reflects part of the RF current back towards the antenna array. This converts the reflected portion of the RF electrical current into a retransmitted RF electromagnetic beam having the same frequency as the RF electromagnetic power beam, and is directed back towards the transmitter. The receiver monitors the reflected RF current, and transmits a proportional signal back to a controller. The controller reduces the transmitted power beam if its interference with the retransmitted beam would generate a field intensity above a safe level.
US11444484B2
An energy-harvesting generator provides energy for storage in a capacitor. A sensing circuit senses a voltage across the capacitor and generates an activation signal as a function of the sensed voltage. The activation signal switches from a first value to a second value when the sensed voltage reaches an upper threshold and switches from the second value to the first value when the sensed voltage reaches a lower threshold. A signal transmitter powered by stored energy in the capacitor responds to the activation signal being switched to the second value by activating and transmitting a transmission signal. The signal transmitter further responds to the activation signal being switched to the first value by discontinuing transmission of the transmission signal and deactivating. A duration of time elapsing between de-activation and activation of the transmitter is indicative of an amount of energy harvested by the energy-harvesting electric generator.
US11444483B2
Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of state estimation are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method comprising determining, with a state estimator, a state estimate based on power grid data corresponding to characteristics of a power grid received from a plurality of local controllers; calculating, with the state estimator, a first gain matrix based on a Gauss-Newton method; updating, with the state estimator, the state estimate based on the first gain matrix; calculating, with the state estimator, a second gain matrix based on Newton's method; updating, with the state estimator, the state estimate based on the second gain matrix; and iteratively recalculating the second gain matrix and updating the state estimate based on the second gain matrix until the state estimate converges.
US11444480B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wireless charging system, a wireless charging device, and a wireless power receiving device, and relate to the field of wireless charging. The system includes a wireless charging device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless charging device includes a wireless charging module, a first function module, and a first communication module, and the wireless charging module includes a radio frequency transmitting antenna; the wireless power receiving device includes a wireless power receiving module, a second function module and a second communication module; the wireless charging module is configured to supply power to the wireless power receiving device through the radio frequency transmitting antenna; and the first function module and the second function module communicate with each other through the first communication module and the second communication module.
US11444478B2
A control device includes: a voltage control unit that sequentially switches a command voltage of a direct current-direct current converter between different predetermined measurement voltages to control the command voltage; an obtaining unit that obtains, for each of the measurement voltages, a first terminal voltage of a battery when constant current discharge is performed and a second terminal voltage of the battery when constant current charge is performed; and a correction unit that corrects an SOV-OCV characteristic curve indicating a relationship between the state of charge and an open circuit voltage of the battery, based on a comparison between the first terminal voltages newly obtained by the obtaining unit and the first terminal voltages immediately previously obtained by the obtaining unit and a comparison between the second terminal voltages newly obtained by the obtaining unit and the second terminal voltages immediately previously obtained by the obtaining unit.
US11444472B2
A portable power bank with card storage function include a portable power bank module and a card case module; the portable power bank module and the card case module are slidably connected via a connector; the portable power bank module is provided with a guiding mounting rod; the guiding mounting rod is mounted in a sliding slot of the connector; the sliding slot is recessed inwards with an opening at each end thereof; the portable power bank module is assembled to the sliding slot via the guiding mounting rod; one side of the card case module is provided with a connecting strap which is hollow inside and opens at both ends; the connecting strap is connected to the connector via a connecting shaft. This invention has the advantages of providing users with the convenience of card storage and serving as a contingency power supply for supplying power to electronic devices. It serves multiple functions and is convenient for actual use. It is easy to carry, helps to prevent loss of properties, and suitable for users' needs. The card case module and the portable power bank module can be dissembled and used separately.
US11444471B2
A charging case includes a main body, a lid and an actuating mechanism. The main body has an accommodating space extending along an axial direction. The lid is pivotably connected to the main body and has a guiding bump which swings as the lid is opened or closed. The actuating assembly includes a slider and a return mechanism. The slider is slidably disposed in the accommodating space and is configured to reciprocate along the axial direction as the guiding bump swings and pushes the slider. The return mechanism is connected to the slider and is configured to provide the slider with a force in the axial direction.
US11444470B2
Example batteries, terminals, and charging systems are described. One example battery includes a battery charging port, a battery discharging port, a battery negative port, an overcurrent protection element, a protection integrated circuit, a control switch, and an electrochemical cell. The battery charging port is connected to a positive electrode of the electrochemical cell. The control switch is connected in series between a negative electrode of the electrochemical cell and the battery negative port. The protection integrated circuit is connected in parallel to two ends of the electrochemical cell. The protection integrated circuit is further connected to the control switch so as to send a control signal to the control switch. In addition, the overcurrent protection element is connected in series between the battery discharging port and the positive electrode of the electrochemical cell. The battery provided in the present application has both a charging path and a discharging path.
US11444469B2
In order to improve safety while suppressing a decrease in efficiency of an equalizing process between a plurality of cells, controller executes an equalizing process between a plurality of cells by controlling a plurality of discharge circuits based on voltages of the plurality of cells measured by voltage measurement unit. Anomaly determination circuit determines whether or not the voltage of each of cells measured by voltage measurement unit is within a normal range. Controller includes, for each first cycle, a first discharge suspension period during which the voltages of the plurality of cells are measured without an influence of the equalizing process during execution of the equalizing process between the plurality of cells and includes, for each second cycle longer than the first cycle, a second discharge suspension period during which a determination result according to anomaly determination circuit is fixed.
US11444467B2
Disclosed is a smart balancing energy charging control system including a multi-power input unit connected to each of different power sources and receiving power for charging a battery pack from the different power sources, a micro-controller unit performing charging within rated power of the battery pack using charge power applied from the different power sources applied from the multi-power input unit and performing smart charging balancing control by determining whether a predetermined condition is met, and a battery pack charge connection unit coupled to the battery pack and charging the battery pack with the charge power applied through the smart charging balancing control under the control of the micro-control unit.
US11444464B1
A portable hybrid generator may comprise a sturdy portable housing configured for easy movement and transport, an inverter for managing renewable and non-renewable energy sources, one or more batteries with or without a battery management system, one or more solar panels and solar panel combiner box, a communications systems, and a generator. In some instances the portable hybrid generator may comprise a communications system equipped to simplify the usage, maintenance, and control of the portable hybrid generator.
US11444463B2
A low voltage, low frequency multi-level power converter capable of power conversion is disclosed. The power converter may include a low voltage, low frequency circuit that includes a plurality of phase-shifting inverters in series; a plurality of low voltage source inputs, and a plurality of phase-shifting inverters in series. Each of the plurality of phase-shifting inverters may be configured to receive at least one of the plurality of low voltage source inputs; and generate at least one square wave output. A semi-sine wave output may be derived from the generated at least one square wave output.
US11444459B2
There is provided a method of operating a renewable power plant that is connected to a wider power network by a bus. The method comprises: identifying a predetermined voltage condition of the renewable power plant or of the bus; controlling the renewable power plant to maintain zero reactive power exchange at the bus for a first period; calculating an average voltage level of the bus that was achieved during the first period; and controlling the renewable power plant to maintain the voltage output at a set voltage level for a second period, the set voltage level being substantially equal to the calculated average voltage level. The method ensures that voltage oscillations due to a push-pull phenomenon between a power plant controller and the power network do not upset the stability of the grid.
US11444458B2
Disclosed is a device for supplying power to an electronic computer having a first connection terminal coupled to a power supply, a second connection terminal coupled to an electrical ground, a microprocessor having a microprocessor supply input coupled, firstly, to a first terminal of first capacitance of a first capacitor and, secondly, coupled to a supply output of the power supply device, the second terminal of first capacitance being coupled to the electrical ground, the power supply device has a first supply input. It has a diode coupled to the supply input, and to the supply output, and a switching device coupled in parallel with the diode.
US11444451B2
A current transient suppression circuit includes an inductor electrically connected to a test signal by an input of the inductor, at least one switching device electrically connected to an output of the inductor, and an output of the at least one switching device connected to a shunt path. A method of suppressing current transients in a circuit includes receiving a test signal at an inductor, and when the test signal comprises a current transient, the current transient is received at the inductor, activating at least one switching device electrically connected to the inductor to shunt the current transient away from a device under test.
US11444448B2
An leakage current detection and protection device includes a leakage current detection module for detecting a leakage current on the power supply lines and generating a detection feedback signal in response thereto, a self-test module for testing whether the leakage current detection module is faulty, and a trip module for disconnecting the power supply lines in response to the self-test fault signal. The self-test module includes a simulated leakage current trigger circuit for generating a simulated leakage current trigger signal, a simulated leakage current generating circuit for generating a simulated leakage current signal in response to the simulated leakage current trigger signal, a trigger signal turn-off module for turning off the simulated leakage current trigger signal in response to the detection feedback signal, and a fault signal generating module for detecting a fault in the leakage current detection module and generating a self-test fault signal in response thereto.
US11444444B2
An electric meter in a utility box is capable of detecting arcing conditions between meter blades and a meter socket in the utility box at a premises. The electric meter includes a current-transformer structure forming an enclosed space. An arc detection antenna can be placed in the enclosed space along with the current transformer. The current-transformer structure is placed on a baseplate of the electric meter near the blades connected to the meter socket. Leads of the arc detection antenna are electrically connected to an arc detection circuit configured to detect arcing conditions based on the signal received from the arc detection antenna. If it is determined that the arcing condition is present, the electric meter may be activated to interrupt the connection between the power source and the premises.
US11444443B2
Disclosed are a household appliance, an apparatus and a method for detecting an arc fault in the household appliance. The apparatus includes: a grid current detecting unit, configured to detect a current from a power grid to the household appliance so as to generate a first current detecting signal; a filter protecting unit, configured to perform an attenuation processing on an arc signal in the power grid; a load current detecting unit, configured to detect an actual running current in a load of the household appliance so as to generate a second current detecting signal; and a control unit connected to the grid current detecting unit and the load current detecting unit respectively, and configured to identify and compare the first current detecting signal and second current detecting signal so as to determine a source of the arc fault.
US11444439B1
A racked in and out circuit breaker for a cubical housing of electrical switchgear has a back to front, threaded rod mechanism and, at the rear of the cubical a stationary and interior threaded bolt is provided so that when the rod is turned the circuit breaker is mechanically pulled into the cubical and, if turned oppositely, causes the circuit breaker to move out of the cubical housing. A non-threaded section of the rod cooperates with the same bolt so that when it is within the threads of the bolt, further effort at rotating the rod prevents further rearward movement of the circuit breaker.
US11444438B2
A switch cabinet frame rack with multiple profile struts and a rectangular base frame, the underside of which is an outer side of the switch cabinet frame rack, which has at least one through-opening, wherein the through-opening is closed by a skid which is detachable mounted on the outer side.
US11444437B2
A power supply apparatus includes a plurality of power modules for receiving alternating current power to provide the power to a load; an uninterruptible supply module to supply self-power to the load; an inverter module installed on one side of the power modules or the uninterruptible supply module to convert the power and provide converted power to the load; direct current bus bars provided inside enclosures of the power modules, the uninterruptible supply module, and the inverter module, respectively; and a connection bus bar for connecting adjacent direct current bus bars, wherein in the power modules and the uninterruptible supply module, an alternating current/direct current converter or a direct current/direct current converter is provided in the upper portion of the direct current bus bar, or the alternating current/direct current converter or the direct current/direct current converter is provided in the lower portion of the direct current bus bar.
US11444421B2
A power adapter is disclosed with retractable prongs to engage an outlet and obtain power therefrom, when extended, and be partially or entirely within the housing of the power adapter when retracted. To ensure safe operation, a channel is provided within the power adapter to accommodate the prongs when retracted and to accommodate the prongs travel as they pivot between extended and retracted. The channel is width-limited and/or has a length to make it impossible or, at least, exceptionally difficult for a human finger to come into contact with the prongs while the prongs are extended and sufficiently engaged with an outlet to obtain power therefrom.
US11444412B1
An electrical interface can include one or more connector devices that facilitate communication between components while they are connected. The connector devices can provide a secure communication and/or power link that resists infiltration by foreign object debris (“FOD”) as well as redundant electrical pathways. The connector devices can further provide mechanisms that are lightweight, are operable in a broad range of temperatures (e.g., low temperatures), accommodate displacement without loss of electrical continuity, and are of low resistance and induction. The connector devices can further provide a kickoff force upon separation of the components.
US11444409B2
A connector includes: a terminal fitting; a housing containing the terminal fitting inside and provided with a fitting portion inserted and fitted into inside of a hole-shaped counterpart fitting portion of a counterpart wall member; a shield shell including a cylindrical portion covering, from outside, a projecting portion of the housing, a flange portion projecting outer than an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, and a fixed portion bent from an end portion of the flange portion and fixed on an end surface of the counterpart wall member; and an annular water stop member attached to the flange portion and pressed between the flange portion and the wall surface of the counterpart wall member. The shield shell is provided with a through hole provided in a bent portion between the flange portion and the fixed portion and causing inside and outside thereof to communicate with each other.
US11444401B2
A flat electrical cable extends longitudinally along a length of the cable. The flat electrical cable includes a plurality of conductor sets extending along the length of the cable. Each conductor set includes one or more insulated electrical conductors. Each insulated conductor includes a central conductor surrounded by a first dielectric material. The plurality of conductor sets includes a middle conductor set disposed between two other conductor sets and an edge conductor set disposed proximal to a longitudinal edge of the cable. The first dielectric material of each insulated conductor of the edge, but not the middle, conductor set includes an intumescent flame retardant material.
US11444397B2
An electrical connector includes a housing, first and second sets of terminals and a spacer. The housing has a first sidewall, a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall and a cavity between the first and second sidewalls. The first set of terminals is disposed in the cavity adjacent to the first sidewall. The second set of terminals is disposed in the cavity adjacent to the second sidewall. The spacer is disposed in the cavity between the first and second sets of terminals.
US11444392B2
A conductor connection terminal with at least one spring-loaded clamping connection for connecting an electrical conductor via a spring-loaded clamping. The spring-loaded clamping connection has at least one clamping point for clamping the electrical conductor which is formed with a clamping leg of a clamping spring. The conductor connection terminal has a manual actuating element which, as a result of manual actuation, can be moved from at least a closed position, in which the clamping point is closed, to an open position, in which the clamping point is open, and vice versa. The conductor connection terminal comprises a movably mounted control element by means of which the manual actuating element is mechanically coupled to the clamping spring, so that, as a result of manual actuation of the manual actuating element, the clamping point can be opened and closed via the control element.
US11444391B2
An electrical contacting interface includes a low and stable electrical transition resistance including at least two contacting partners, which interact for electrical contacting. According to an embodiment, in one of the two contacting partners, in the region of a contacting surface, a structure is formed which protrudes from the plane of the contacting surface of the one contacting partner. The structure deforms under the influence of a mechanical force and causes a corresponding deformation in the shape of a recess in the opposite contacting partner. The structure protruding from the plane is formed such that even after the deformation caused in the opposite contacting partner and the flat regions of the two contacting surfaces do not touch. Therefore, the electrical current is forced to flow solely through the contact interface created during the deformation process, such that the electricity transfer surfaces are precisely localized.
US11444389B2
A printed circuit board for an antenna comprising at least one antenna bay comprising an input port; a feed network and a radiative component is provided. The feed network has a center node connected to the input port; a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising an active surface having at least two feed micro-strips and a reference surface having at least two first reference micro-strips, the reference surface being opposite to the active surface. The radiative component has at least two dipoles, each of the at least two dipoles being shaped as a helix and being uniformly disposed about an antenna axis, each of the at least two dipoles comprising a dipole fed portion connected to one of the at least two feed micro-strips and a dipole reference portion connected to one of the at least two first reference micro-strips.
US11444383B2
An object of the present invention is to suppress occurrence of disturbance in pass amplitude characteristics within a band and disturbance in return loss characteristics in the band due to total reflection, improve cutoff performance, and acquire a favorable gain. An antenna device 1 includes a waveguide body 5 including a coaxial waveguide conversion unit 6 that includes an inner space 8 and a connector attachment hole 22, and a closure member 30. The antenna device 1 also includes a connector 50 including a connector body 51, a center conductor 60, and a radiator 54 b configured by an end portion 60 a of the center conductor that adapts the protruding length of the end portion to a specific frequency band.
US11444376B2
Systems and methods for performing calibration of antenna arrays with dual-polarization antenna elements are disclosed. An example system includes an antenna array and a calibration circuitry. The antenna array includes a plurality of antenna cells arranged in K rows and L columns, each cell including a plurality of dual-polarization antenna elements. Antenna cells in columns 1 through Y form a first sub-array, while antenna cells in columns Y+1 through L form a second sub-array. The calibration circuitry is configured to perform calibration by individually calibrating each column of antenna cells of the first sub-array, calibrating different columns of antenna cells of the first sub-array with respect to one another, individually calibrating each column of antenna cells of the second sub-array, calibrating different columns of antenna cells of the second sub-array with respect to one another, and calibrating antenna elements of the first and second sub-arrays with respect to one another.
US11444375B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for frequency routing based on orientation are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, by a playback device, an audio data stream. The example method includes determining, by the playback device, an orientation of the playback device. The example method includes routing, by the playback device, a first set of frequencies in the audio data stream to at least one of a plurality of speaker drivers based on the first orientation. The example method includes routing, by the playback device, a second set of frequencies in the audio data stream to the at least one of the plurality of speaker drivers based on the second orientation, wherein the first set of frequencies is different than the second set of frequencies.
US11444367B2
An antenna assembly configured to be mounted on a glass structure. The antenna assembly comprises a multilayer structure comprising i) a superstrate layer comprising a thin dielectric material; ii) an antenna layer on which the superstrate layer is disposed, the antenna layer comprising an electrically conducting material; and ii) a first substrate layer on which the antenna layer is disposed. The antenna assembly further comprises a housing in which the multilayer structure is disposed. The housing is adapted for attachment to a surface of the glass structure. A dielectric characteristic of the superstrate layer compensates for a dielectric characteristic of the glass structure in order to reduce the variability of the operating frequency of the antenna assembly.
US11444366B2
Disclosed is a resonator for expanding a transfer distance. A conical resonator includes a metal layer configured to operate according to a resonant frequency, and a dielectric layer coupled to the top or bottom of the metal layer to space the metal layer apart from another metal layer without overlap, wherein the metal layer and the dielectric layer have a Swiss-roll structure, and include an input face to which power is supplied on the bottom and an open face on the top.
US11444363B2
A flexible cable is provided. The flexible cable includes a first insulation part, a second insulation part disposed on the first insulation part, a first group of ground parts disposed at regular intervals under the first insulation part, at least one transmission line disposed at regular intervals under the first insulation part and alternately arranged with the first group of ground parts, an air gap formed under the first insulation part, a prepreg layer disposed under the first insulation part, and a third insulation part disposed under the air gap and the prepreg layer. The air gap is configured to prevent signals emitted from the at least one transmission line from propagating in a direction of the air gap. Hence, it is possible to shield electromagnetic interference with other electronic components while minimizing the signal loss.
US11444360B2
A fusing system for a brick of lithium ion battery in a battery module is provided where the fusing system has a combination of low-voltage fuses and a high-voltage fuse. The low-voltage fuse can have one or more fusing elements in a springy spiral configuration or a straight configuration with the fuse element encapsulated.
US11444359B2
A composite battery cell includes a plurality of electricity supply elements connected to each other in series/parallel to form the electricity supply element groups. The electricity supply element groups are connected to each other in parallel/series and packed to form the battery cell with high capacity and high voltage. Each electricity supply element is an independent module and the electrolyte system does not circulate therebetween. There only have charges transferred rather than electrochemical reactions between the adjacent electricity supply elements. Therefore, the electrolyte decomposition would not occur result from the high voltage caused by connecting in series. Both series and parallel connection are made within the package of the battery cell to achieve high capacity and high voltage.
US11444358B2
A manufacturing method for fuel cell separators by way of a progressive pressing method which molds a plurality of separator shaped parts in an elongated metal plate, the method having: a pressing step of forming a separator shaped part in an elongated metal plate by way of pressing; a trimming step of cutting loose the separator shaped part from the elongated metal plate by punching an outer peripheral part of the separator shaped part formed in the elongated metal plate in the same pressing direction as the pressing step; a lifting step of lifting up the elongated metal plate from which the separator shaped part was cut loose; and a separator shaped part conveying step of conveying the separator shaped part which was cut loose to a downstream side in the conveying direction, in the midst of the elongated metal plate being lifted up in the lifting step.
US11444357B2
A process for joining a battery element (49) by at least one polymer thread (28, 30), comprises the method steps: a) applying a web-shaped or sheet-shaped electrode material (16) to a first separator web (12), b) heating the at least one polymer thread (28, 30) above the softening temperature of the polymer material, c) introducing at least one polymer thread (28, 30) between the first separator web (12) and a further second separator web (40) to be applied to the first separator web (12), and d) cooling the at least one polymer thread (28, 30) between the separator webs (12, 40) and forming at least one material-bond compound (46, 48) therebetween.
US11444355B2
A battery device with a battery module that includes multiple secondary cells, and the battery module is provided with a positive pole and a negative pole. Moreover, the battery module is placed inside an insulating housing with a contact element, which is connected to the positive pole and to the negative pole and through which the positive pole and the negative pole may be connected to an electronics unit of a battery system. Moreover, the invention relates to a battery system and a method for assembling a battery system.
US11444351B2
An energy storage apparatus includes: an outer case having a box-shaped outer case and a lid covering one side of the outer case body in a predetermined direction; and an inner lid disposed on one side of one end portion of the energy storage device on the one side in the predetermined direction. The outer case body includes a pair of first side walls facing each other, and a pair of first fixing portions that are respectively provided on the pair of first side walls and attach the inner lid. The inner lid includes a pair of second fixing portions that are respectively connected with the pair of first fixing portions and are arranged at a predetermined distance from each other. The outer case body and the inner lid are fixed by connecting the pair of first fixing portions and the pair of second fixing portions with each other.
US11444340B2
A battery module is provided. The battery module provided by the disclosure includes a battery and a temperature collecting unit. The temperature collecting unit includes a support plate and a thermal element. The thermal element is disposed on an upper surface of the support plate. A lower surface of the support plate is attached to the battery.
US11444339B2
Provided is a rechargeable battery comprising an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, a protective housing that at least partially encloses the anode, the cathode and the electrolyte, a heat-spreader element disposed at least partially inside the protective housing and configured to receive heat from an external heat source at a desired heating temperature Th to heat up the battery to a desired temperature Tc for battery charging. Preferably, the heat-spreader element does not receive an electrical current from an external circuit (e.g. battery charger) to generate heat for resistance heating of the battery. Charging the battery at Tc enables completion of the battery in less than 15 minutes, typically less than 10 minutes, and more typically less than 5 minutes without adversely impacting the battery structure and performance.
US11444328B2
A non-aqueous electrolyte for secondary battery, secondary battery having the same and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes an electrolytic salt having an electrolytic salt concentration of about 0.5 M (mol/L) to about 3.8 M (mol/L) in the non-aqueous electrolyte, a first solvent having a solubility of the electrolytic salt in a range from about 100 g to about 400 g, and a second solvent having a solubility of the electrolytic salt of less than or equal to about 1 g. The first solvent includes a coordination solvent coordinated with an ionized ion from the electrolytic salt and a free solvent that is not coordinated with an ionized ion from the electrolytic salt, and a peak area ratio of the free solvent determined by a Raman spectrum is less than about 20%.
US11444327B2
Disclosed are an electrolyte solution for lithium secondary batteries capable of increasing the lifetime of the lithium secondary batteries and a lithium secondary battery including the same. Provided is an electrolyte solution for lithium secondary batteries including a lithium salt, a solvent and allyl(4-nitrophenyl) carbonate.
US11444316B2
A solid electrolyte having a garnet type crystal structure. The garnet type crystal structure contains Li, La, Zr, O and Ga and at least one element selected from Al, Mg, Zn and Sc.
US11444309B2
A fuel cell system includes a stack case and an auxiliary device case. The stack case stores a stack including a power generation cell stack body including a plurality of power generation cells stacked horizontally in a stacking direction, and an insulating plate stacked at an end of the power generation cell stack body in the stacking direction. The auxiliary device case stores a fuel cell auxiliary device. The inside of the stack case and the inside of the auxiliary device case that are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction are separated by a partition wall. The partition wall has ventilation connection ports. The ventilation connection ports connect the inside of the stack case with the inside of the auxiliary device case. The insulating plate provided closer to the partition wall, than the power generation cell stack body, inside the stack case faces the ventilation connection ports.
US11444305B2
Disclosed are a polymer electrolyte membrane, a method of manufacturing the membrane, and a membrane-electrode assembly including the membrane. The polymer electrolyte membrane contains a porous support having a plurality of pores, a first layer including a first ion conductor that fills the pores adjoining one surface of the porous support, and a second layer including a second ion conductor that fills the pores adjoining the other surface of the porous support, wherein the first ion conductor and the second ion conductor are different from each other, and one selected from the group consisting of the first layer, the second layer, and a combination thereof includes an organic-based antioxidant.
US11444304B1
Provided herein are anode and/or cathode pan assemblies comprising unique manifold, outlet tube, and/or baffle plate configurations; electrochemical cell and/or electrolyzer containing the anode and/or the cathode pan assemblies; and methods to use and manufacture the same.
US11444301B2
A power supply device disposed on an aircraft to provide a power to the aircraft is provided. The aircraft has an average required power value. The power supply device includes a secondary battery, a transformer and a fuel cell. The transformer is coupled between the secondary battery and the aircraft. The fuel cell is coupled to the aircraft and is adapted to provide a first output current to the aircraft. The transformer has an output voltage set value. When the first output end voltage of the fuel cell is lower than the output voltage set value, the transformer provides a second output current of the secondary battery to the aircraft. The output voltage set value is in a voltage range with a fuel cell output power between the maximum power value of characteristic curve of the fuel cell and the average required power value of the aircraft.
US11444299B2
A method for the start preparation of a fuel cell system in a vehicle having a fuel cell and a system bypass where an air flow is conveyed by parts of the fuel cell system in order to dry the fuel cell. In a first temporal phase of the method, a larger part of the air flow is led through the fuel cell and a smaller part of the air flow is led through the system bypass, after which, in a second temporal phase, a larger part of the air flow is led through the system bypass and a smaller part of the air flow is led through the fuel cell.
US11444296B2
A membrane humidifier has multiple stacking units mounted one on top of the other, where an individual stacking unit includes a flow plate and diffusion unit, where a circumference of the diffusion unit is formed by two oppositely situated first edge sides and two oppositely situated second edge sides. The diffusion unit includes: a top layer on a top side of the diffusion unit, a bottom layer on a bottom side of the diffusion unit, a moisture-permeable membrane, two oppositely situated upper receiving elements at the two first edge sides, on the top side of the diffusion unit, and two oppositely situated lower receiving elements at the two second edge sides, on the bottom side of the diffusion unit, where the flow plate of the stacking unit is inserted into the two lower receiving elements, and where the next stacking unit is inserted into the two upper receiving elements.
US11444284B2
The present application relates to a secondary battery and an electrode member thereof. The electrode member includes an insulating substrate, a conducting layer and an active material layer. The conducting layer is provided on a surface of the insulating substrate, and the conducting layer includes a main portion and a protruding portion extending from the main portion, the main portion is coated with the active material layer, the protruding portion is not coated with the active material layer. The active material layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion is positioned at an end of the active material layer away from the protruding portion, the second portion is positioned at a side of the first portion close to the protruding portion, and a thickness of the first portion is less than a thickness of the second portion.
US11444277B2
Alkali metal secondary batteries that include anodes constructed from alkali metal foil applied to only one side of a porous current collector metal foil. Openings in the porous current collectors permit alkali metal accessibility on both sides of the anode structure. Such anode constructions enable the utilization of lower-cost and more commonly available alkali metal foil thickness, while still achieving high cell cycle life at a significantly reduced cost. Aspects of the present disclosure also include batteries with porous current collectors having increased volumetric and gravimetric energy densities, and methods of manufacturing anodes with porous current collectors.
US11444274B2
A positive electrode active material particle with little deterioration is provided. A power storage device with little deterioration is provided. A highly safe power storage device is provided. The positive electrode active material particle includes a first crystal grain, a second crystal grain; and a crystal grain boundary positioned between the crystal grain and the second crystal grain; the first crystal grain and the second crystal grain include lithium, a transition metal, and oxygen; the crystal grain boundary includes magnesium and oxygen; and the positive electrode active material particle includes a region where the ratio of the atomic concentration of magnesium in the crystal grain boundary to the atomic concentration of the transition metal in first crystal grain and the second crystal grain is greater than or equal to 0.010 and less than or equal to 0.50.
US11444272B2
The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode for a solid electrolyte battery which includes: a positive electrode current collector; a first positive electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector and including a first positive electrode active material, a first solid electrolyte and a first electrolyte salt; and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer and including a second positive electrode active material, a second solid electrolyte, a second electrolyte salt and a plasticizer, wherein the plasticizer has a melting point of 30-130° C. The present disclosure also relates to a solid electrolyte battery including the positive electrode.
US11444257B2
A quantum dot electroluminescent element, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The quantum dot electroluminescent element includes an anode layer, a composite light-emitting layer, and a cathode layer which are stacked. The composite light-emitting layer includes at least two quantum dot light-emitting layers which are stacked, and an intermediate layer arranged between every two adjacent ones of the at least two quantum dot light-emitting layers; the intermediate layer is configured to transport holes and block electrons.
US11444256B2
This invention provides a filter-free tunable spectrum PD with a layered structure of at least two electrodes and two functional layers. Both functional layers can be a layer, a stack of inorganic semiconductors, an organic semiconductor, an organic/polymer donor/acceptor blend, a hybrid semiconductor or their combinations that has a good charge transport property. The first functional layer absorbs the shorter-wavelength EM waves and is transparent to the longer-wavelength EM waves. The second functional layer absorbs the longer-wavelength EM waves. The detection spectrum window is determined by the difference in wavelengths between the transmission cut-off wavelength of the first functional layer and absorbing edge of the second functional layer, or between the absorption edge of the first functional layer and that of the second functional layer. The present PDs can be used in imaging, thermal therapy, night-vision, Li-Fi, optical communication, environmental detection, agricultural, wellness, bioimage, food, automotive and security monitoring.
US11444247B2
A compound is represented by Formula 1, where the substituents are as defined in the detailed description. An organic light-emitting device including the compound has high efficiency and improved lifespan compared to an organic light-emitting device including a compound of the related art.
US11444246B2
An aromatic amine derivative represented by formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, L, Ar1, Ar2, k, m, and n are the same as defined in the specification, is useful as a material for an organic EL device and realizes an organic EL device with a high efficiency and a long lifetime even when driving it at a low voltage.
US11444242B2
A resistive memory device including a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a variable resistance layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the variable resistance layer includes cadmium-free quantum dots (Cd-free quantum dots) and at least a portion of the Cd-free quantum dots include a Cd-free quantum dot including a halide anion on a surface of the Cd-free quantum dot, a method of manufacturing the same and an electronic device.
US11444241B2
A method for etching a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structure is described. A MTJ stack is deposited on a bottom electrode wherein the MTJ stack comprises at least a pinned layer, a barrier layer on the pinned layer, and a free layer on the barrier layer, A top electrode layer is deposited on the MTJ stack. A hard mask is deposited on the top electrode layer. The top electrode layer and hard mask are etched. Thereafter, the MTJ stack not covered by the hard mask is etched, stopping at or within the pinned layer. Thereafter, an encapsulation layer is deposited over the partially etched MTJ stack and etched away on horizontal surfaces leaving a self-aligned hard mask on sidewalls of the partially etched MTJ stack. Finally, the remaining MTJ stack not covered by hard mask and self-aligned hard mask is etched to complete the MTJ structure.
US11444238B2
A magnetic random access memory (MRAM) array includes a plurality of MRAM cells, each of the MRAM cells including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack disposed on a bottom metal via connecting the MTJ stack to a bottom conductive contact in a substrate, a plurality of top conductive contacts, each of the top conductive contacts disposed on a respective one of the MTJ stacks, and a plurality of unitary structures configured as a heat sink/magnetic shield disposed on a vertical portions of each of the MRAM cells, including vertical portions of the bottom metal vias, and under a portion of each of the MTJ stacks.
US11444236B2
A polymer composite thin film exhibiting piezoelectric properties may include a polymer matrix with base material of Polyoxymethylene (POM) and a piezoelectric additive of greater than approximately five (5) percent by weight of the polymer composite thin film. The piezoelectric additives may include BaTiO3 and KNN. The polymer composite thin film exhibits piezoelectric characteristics and may be used in electronic devices in piezoelectric actuators and piezoelectric sensors.
US11444235B2
The vibrator device includes: a base; a circuit element disposed on the base; a vibrating element disposed to at least partially overlap the circuit element in a plan view; and a support substrate that is disposed between the circuit element and the vibrating element and supports the vibrating element. In addition, the vibrating element has a frequency adjustment portion that performs frequency adjustment by removing at least a part of the vibrating element, and the support substrate includes a base portion that supports the vibrating element, a support portion that supports the base portion, a beam portion that couples the base portion the support portion, and a shielding portion that is connected to the beam portion, overlaps the frequency adjustment portion in a plan view, and has light shielding properties.
US11444226B2
An optoelectronic device (LV) with a reflective composite material (V) having a carrier (1) consisting of aluminium, having an interlayer (2) composed of aluminium oxide present on one side (A) of the carrier (1) and having a reflection-boosting optically active multilayer system (3) that has been applied via the interlayer (2). The interlayer (2) consisting of aluminium oxide has a thickness (D2) in the range from 5 nm to 200 nm and that, on the opposite side (B) of the carrier (1) from the reflection-boosting optically active multilayer system (3), a superficial layer (9) of a metal or metal alloy having, at 25° C., a specific electrical resistivity of not more than 1.2*10−1 Ωmm2/m has been applied. The thickness (D9) of the superficially applied layer (9) is in the range from 10 nm to 5.0 μm. For an optoelectronic device (LV), the leadframe (LF) has a metallic material with an aluminium carrier (1), on the surface (A) of which a metallic joining layer (FA) not consisting of aluminium has been applied locally at the bonding site (SP) of an electronic surface-mounted device (SMD) to a wire (D).
US11444222B2
A nitride semiconductor light-emitting element includes an n-type cladding layer including n-type AlGaN and having a first Al composition ratio, and a multiple quantum well layer in which a plurality (number N) of barrier layers including AlGaN having a second Al composition ratio more than the first Al composition ratio and a plural (number N) well layers having an Al composition ratio less than the second Al composition ratio are stacked alternately in this order, wherein the second Al composition ratio of the plurality of barrier layers of the multiple quantum well layer increases at a predetermined increase rate from an n-type cladding layer side toward an opposite side to the n-type cladding layer side.
US11444213B2
Provided are a radiation detector and a radiation detection apparatus in which the efficiency of detecting radiation is enhanced by increasing a portion capable of detecting radiation. A radiation detector includes a semiconductor part having a plate-like shape, the semiconductor part being provided with a through hole penetrating the semiconductor part, one surface of the semiconductor part being an incident surface for radiation. The semiconductor part has a sensitive portion capable of detecting incident radiation, the sensitive portion including an inner edge of the incident surface.
US11444208B2
A non-volatile memory device is provided. The non-volatile memory device comprises a semiconductor channel layer, a tunneling layer, a charge trap layer, and a blocking insulating layer arranged in sequence. A plurality of control gate electrodes are disposed on the blocking insulating layer. An inter-cell insulating layer is disposed between the control gate electrodes. A spacer insulating film is disposed between the control gate electrode and the inter-cell insulating layer, and the spacer insulating film has a lower dielectric constant than the inter-cell insulating layer. The charge trap layer extends under the plurality of control gate electrodes and is disposed under the inter-cell insulating layer and the spacer insulating film.
US11444207B2
A semiconductor device includes a field-effect transistor, a first back-end-of-line (BEOL) metallization level and a second BEOL metallization level disposed above the first BEOL metallization level. A portion of the field-effect transistor includes lithium therein, and the field-effect transistor is integrated between the first and second BEOL metallization levels. The portion of the field-effect transistor including the lithium therein can be a channel layer, or a source and/or drain region.
US11444203B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to ferroelectric materials and semiconductor devices, and more particularly to semiconductor memory devices incorporating doped polar materials. In one aspect, a capacitor comprises a crystalline polar layer comprising a base polar material substitutionally doped with a dopant. The base polar material comprises one or more metal elements and one or both of oxygen or nitrogen. The dopant comprises a metal element of one of 4d series, 5d series, 4f series or 5f series that is different from the one or more metal elements, such that a ferroelectric switching voltage of the capacitor is different from that of the capacitor having the base polar material without being doped with the dopant by more than about 100 mV.
US11444189B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first, second, and third electrodes, first, second, and third semiconductor layers, and a first insulating member. The first semiconductor layer includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth partial regions. A direction from the first partial region toward the second partial region is along a first direction. The first electrode includes a first electrode portion. A direction from the first electrode portion toward the second electrode is along the first direction. A second direction from the third partial region toward the third electrode crosses the first direction. The second semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor portion and a second semiconductor portion. At least a portion of the first semiconductor layer is between the third and second semiconductor layers. The first insulating member includes a first insulating portion. The first insulating portion is provided between the third partial region and the third electrode.
US11444181B2
A method includes forming a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin in an n-type Fin Field-Effect (FinFET) region and a p-type FinFET region, respectively, forming a first dielectric fin and a second dielectric fin in the n-type FinFET region and the p-type FinFET region, respectively, forming a first epitaxy mask to cover the second semiconductor fin and the second dielectric fin, performing a first epitaxy process to form an n-type epitaxy region based on the first semiconductor fin, removing the first epitaxy mask, forming a second epitaxy mask to cover the n-type epitaxy region and the first dielectric fin, performing a second epitaxy process to form a p-type epitaxy region based on the second semiconductor fin, and removing the second epitaxy mask. After the second epitaxy mask is removed, a portion of the second epitaxy mask is left on the first dielectric fin.
US11444180B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes: providing a structure including a substrate and a target layer disposed on the substrate, and the target layer includes a central area and a periphery area; forming a plurality of linear fin features within the central area in which the linear fin features are substantially parallel to each other and include edge imbalance portions; and removing the edge imbalance portions of the linear fin features to obtain linear uniform fin features.
US11444176B2
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate and a cap element over the gate stack. The cap element has an upper portion and a lower portion, and the upper portion is wider than the lower portion. The semiconductor device structure also includes a spacer element over a sidewall of the cap element and a sidewall of the gate stack.
US11444175B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. An example method includes providing a workpiece including a first dummy gate stack and a second dummy gate stack in a first area of the workpiece, a third dummy gate stack and a fourth dummy gate stack in a second area of the workpiece, a hard mask layer over each of the first dummy gate stack, the second dummy gate stack, the third dummy gate stack, and the fourth dummy gate stack. The method further includes depositing a photoresist (PR) layer over the workpiece to form a first PR layer portion over the first area and a second PR layer portion over the second area; and selectively forming a first opening through the second PR layer portion over the third dummy gate stack and a second opening through the second PR layer portion over the fourth dummy gate stack.
US11444172B2
Examples of a method for producing a semiconductor device includes: forming a barrier layer having a composition of InAlN or InAlGaN over a channel layer; forming a transition layer having a composition of InGaN on the barrier layer while raising a growth temperature; and forming a cap layer of GaN on the transition layer.
US11444165B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming an inner spacer on a semiconductor fin. Two outer spacers are formed around the inner spacer, with one outer spacer being separated from the inner spacer by a gap. A dipole-forming layer is formed on the semiconductor fin in the gap. A gate stack is formed on the semiconductor fin, between the outer spacers.
US11444153B2
Embodiments herein are directed to methods and devices having a stress memorization layer along a side of a substrate. In some embodiments, a method may include providing a substrate having a first main side opposite a second main side, implanting the second main side of the substrate to form an amorphous implant area, forming a stress liner over the second main side of the substrate, and annealing the stress liner to form a stress memorization layer in the amorphous implant area.
US11444148B2
An inductor is disclosed. The inductor includes a vertically coiled conductor, a metal contact coupled to a first end of the vertically coiled conductor, and a dielectric material coupled to the metal contact. A tunable high permittivity component is coupled to a second end of the vertically coiled conductor.
US11444137B2
A display panel and a display device including the display panel are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other. The first substrate includes a first base, and the second substrate includes a second base. The first substrate further includes a plurality of first electrodes in an array on the first base, and the second substrate further includes a plurality of second electrodes in an array on the second base. An orthographic projection of each second electrode on the first base at least partially overlaps orthographic projections of n first electrodes on the first base, n is an integer greater than 1.
US11444128B2
An OLED display substrate, a manufacturing method and a display device are provided. The OLED display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixel units arranged on the base substrate, each pixel unit includes a plurality of subpixel units, and each subpixel unit includes a switching TFT and a bottom-emission OLED, the OLED display substrate further includes a light-shielding layer arranged between the OLED and the switching TFT, and an orthogonal projection of the light-shielding layer onto the base substrate completely covers an orthogonal projection of a semiconductor region of the switching TFT onto the base substrate.
US11444116B2
A method includes depositing a gate dielectric layer over a substrate. A gate electrode layer, a protection oxide layer, and a hard mask are sequentially deposited over the gate dielectric layer. The gate electrode layer and the protection oxide layer are patterned by using the hard mask as an etching mask to form a gate structure over the gate dielectric layer. An etching process is performed to remove the hard mask and thin the protection oxide layer after forming the gate structure.
US11444110B2
A pixel includes a photoconversion zone, an insulated vertical electrode and at least one charge storage zone. The photoconversion zone belongs to a first part of a semiconductor substrate and each charge storage zone belongs to a second part of the substrate physically separated from the first part of the substrate by the insulated vertical electrode.
US11444107B2
A manufacturing method of a display panel includes providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; forming a high-shielding position layer on the first surface, wherein the light-shielding positioning layer has at least one first alignment pattern; forming a transparent material layer on the second surface; forming a photoresist layer on the transparent material layer; performing an exposure process, such that a light beam passes through the at least one first alignment pattern to penetrate through the substrate and the transparent material layer to the photoresist layer; performing a developing process to pattern the photoresist layer and form a patterned photoresist layer; and performing an etching process to pattern the transparent positioning layer having at least one second alignment pattern. In a direction perpendicular to the substrate, at least one first alignment pattern overlaps with at least one second alignment pattern.
US11444100B2
A vertical memory device and a method of fabricating the same are proposed. The vertical memory device includes a gate stack structure in which gates and interlayer insulating layers for insulating the gates are alternately laminated on a substrate and multiple memory cell areas and inter-memory cell areas are divided in a first direction perpendicular to the substrate; a channel structure extending in the first direction from the substrate to penetrate the gate stack structure; and charge storage elements disposed between the gate stack structure and the channel structure and sequentially formed to be embedded in the gate stack structure.
US11444096B2
A semiconductor device includes a cell array including a source structure, a peripheral circuit, an interconnection structure located between the cell array and the peripheral circuit and electrically coupled to the peripheral circuit, and a decoupling structure configured to prevent a coupling capacitor that occurs between the cell array and the interconnection structure.
US11444095B2
A semiconductor device with integrated memory devices and metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices, including a substrate with a first area and a second area, multiple double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (DMOS) devices on the first area, wherein the double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (DMOS) device includes a field oxide on the substrate, a first gate dielectric layer adjacent to the field oxide, and a first polysilicon gate on the field oxide and the first gate dielectric layer, and multiple memory units on the second area, wherein the memory unit includes an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) tri-layer and a second polysilicon gate on the oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) tri-layer, wherein a top surface of the second polysilicon gate of the memory unit in the second area and a top surface of the first polysilicon gate of the double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor (DMOS) in the first area are on the same level.
US11444092B2
The present technology includes a semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor memory device includes a first semiconductor layer, a cell stack and a peripheral stack each disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a first slit structure extending in a first direction and penetrating the cell stack and the peripheral stack, a penetration structure penetrating the peripheral stack and being spaced apart from the first slit structure, and a support structure penetrating the peripheral stack. The support structure includes first sidewall portions spaced apart from each other and a second sidewall portion connecting the first sidewall portions to each other, and the penetration structure is disposed between the first sidewall portions.
US11444090B2
An embodiment of a method of forming a programming element using a III/V semiconductor material may include forming one or more recesses in a first portion of a gate material and forming a first conductor on the one or more recesses. In an embodiment, the method may include configuring a programming circuit to form a voltage across the one or more recesses that is greater than a breakdown voltage of the gate material underlying the one or more recesses.
US11444083B2
A method of forming vertical fins on a substrate at the same time, the method including, forming a mask segment on a first region of the substrate while exposing the surface of a second region of the substrate, removing a portion of the substrate in the second region to form a recess, forming a fin layer in the recess, where the fin layer has a different material composition than the substrate, and forming at least one vertical fin on the first region of the substrate and at least one vertical fin on the second region of the substrate, where the vertical fin on the second region of the substrate includes a fin layer pillar formed from the fin layer and a substrate pillar.
US11444077B2
A semiconductor device includes a thyristor disposed in a semiconductor body. The thyristor has an anode, a cathode, a first bipolar transistor located on an anode side, and a second bipolar transistor located on a cathode side. The first and second bipolar transistors are nested and connected between the anode and the cathode. A MOS transistor is disposed in the semiconductor body. The MOS transistor is coupled between a collector region and an emitter region of the second bipolar transistor. The MOS transistor has a gate region connected to the cathode via a resistive semiconductor region that incorporates at least a part of a base region of the second bipolar transistor.
US11444068B2
An integrated circuit (IC) package is described. The IC package includes a power delivery network. The IC package also includes a first die having a first surface and a second surface, opposite the first surface. The second surface is on a first surface of the power delivery network. The IC package further includes a second die having a first surface on the first surface of the first die. The IC package also includes package bumps on a second surface of the power delivery network, opposite the first surface of the power delivery network. The package bumps are coupled to contact pads of the power delivery network.
US11444067B2
An interposer comprises a semiconductor material and includes cache memory under a location on the interposer for a host device. Memory interface circuitry may also be located under one or more locations on the interposer for memory devices. Microelectronic device assemblies incorporating such an interposer and comprising a host device and multiple memory devices are also disclosed, as are methods of fabricating such microelectronic device assemblies.
US11444058B2
A package structure includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip is connected to a pair of first signal lines and a plurality of first power lines. The second chip is connected to a pair of second signal lines and a plurality of second power lines. The first chip and the second chip belong to a common wafer. A separated street is between the first chip and the second chip.
US11444055B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor apparatus includes preparing an intermediate member that includes a first member having a first substrate comprising a semiconductor element formed thereon, a second member having a second substrate, the second substrate including a part of a circuit electrically connected to the semiconductor element and having a linear expansion coefficient different from that of the first substrate, and a third member having a third substrate showing such a linear expansion coefficient that a difference between itself and the linear expansion coefficient of the first substrate is smaller than a difference between the linear expansion coefficients of the first substrate and the second substrate, and includes bonding the first member and the second member together. A first bonding electrode containing copper electrically connected to the semiconductor element and a second bonding electrode containing copper electrically connected to the circuit are bonded together.
US11444051B2
A semiconductor device, and method of making the same, comprising a plurality of conductive studs formed over an active surface of a semiconductor die. The plurality of conductive studs may be disposed around a device mount site, wherein the device mount site comprises conductive interconnects comprising a height less than a height of the plurality of conductive studs. An encapsulant may be disposed around the semiconductor die and the conductive studs. A portion of the conductive studs may be exposed from the encapsulant at a planar surface. A build-up interconnect structure comprising one or more layers may be disposed over and coupled to the planar surface, the conductive studs, and the conductive interconnect. A device may be coupled to the conductive interconnects of the device mount site.
US11444049B2
An electronic component module according to an embodiment includes a substrate, an electronic component, and a connection device. The substrate includes an electrode array. The electronic component includes an electrode array. The connection device that includes a plurality of post parts including respective conductive parts and a base for supporting the plurality of post parts. The connection device is interposed between the substrate and the electronic component, and is configured in a manner that the conductive parts electrically connect the electrode array of the substrate and the electrode array of the electronic component to each other via solder.
US11444044B2
A power transistor die includes a semiconductor die with input and output die sides, and a transistor integrally formed in the semiconductor die between the input die side and the output die side, where the transistor has an input and an output (e.g., a gate and a drain, respectively). The power transistor die also includes an input bondpad and a first output bondpad integrally formed in the semiconductor die between the input die side and the transistor. The input bondpad is electrically connected to the input of the transistor. A conductive structure directly electrically connects the output of the transistor to the first output bondpad. A second output bondpad, which also may be directly electrically connected to the transistor output, may be integrally formed in the semiconductor die between the transistor and the output die side.
US11444043B2
Disclosed are substrates having an electronic component, including a frame having a through hole, the electronic component disposed in the through hole, a first wiring portion formed on a surface of the frame and the electronic component, a first layer formed on the first wiring portion, and a second wiring portion formed on the first layer, and the second wiring portion including an antenna layer.
US11444041B2
A method for producing an individualisation area includes providing at least a first level of the electrical tracks. The method includes depositing a dielectric layer and a deformable layer on the interconnection level. The method includes producing, in an area of the deformable layer, recessed patterns, by penetrating an imprint mould into the deformable layer, the production of the patterns being configured so that the patterns have a randomness in the deformable layer, thus forming random patterns. The method includes transferring the random patterns into the dielectric layer to form transferred random patterns therein and exposing the vias located in line with the transferred random patterns. The method includes filling the transferred random patterns with an electrically conductive material so as to form electrical connections between vias. The method includes producing a second level of the electrical tracks on the vias and the electrical connections.
US11444036B2
A power module assembly is disclosed and includes a package body, a first wiring layer, a capacitor, and a system bus set. The package body includes a first surface, a second surface and two switches connected in series to form a bridge arm between the first surface and the second surface. The first wiring layer is disposed on the first surface. The capacitor is connected in parallel with the bridge arm to form a first high-frequency loop. The system bus set includes a positive-electrode bus and a negative-electrode bus fanned out from the first surface, respectively. The projection of the positive-electrode bus or/and the negative-electrode bus on the first surface is at least partially overlapped with the projection of the two switches on the first surface. The bridge arm is electrically connected between the positive-electrode bus and the negative-electrode bus to form a second high-frequency loop.
US11444033B2
A hybrid microelectronic substrate may be formed by the incorporation of a high density microelectronic patch substrate within a lower density microelectronic substrate. The hybrid microelectronic substrate may allow for direct flip chip attachment of a microelectronic device having high density interconnections to the high density microelectronic patch substrate portion of the hybrid microelectronic substrate, while allowing for lower density interconnection and electrical routes in areas where high density interconnections are not required.
US11444030B2
A semiconductor device may be provided, including a first dielectric layer having a first region and a second region laterally adjacent to the first region. The semiconductor device may further include a bottom electrode at least partially arranged within the first region of the first dielectric layer, a memory element arranged over the bottom electrode, a top electrode arranged over the memory element, and a second dielectric layer arranged over at least the first region of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer may surround the memory element and may surround at least a part of the top electrode. The semiconductor device may further include a third dielectric layer arranged over the second region of the first dielectric layer and laterally adjacent to the second dielectric layer, and a conductive interconnect arranged in the third dielectric layer and the second region of the first dielectric layer.
US11444029B2
A semiconductor structure includes an interlayer dielectric layer, a first set of back-end-of-line interconnect structures disposed in the interlayer dielectric layer, and a second set of back-end-of-line interconnect structures at least partially disposed in the interlayer dielectric layer. Each of the first set of back-end-of-line interconnect structures has a first width and a first height providing a first aspect ratio. Each of the second set of back-end-of-line interconnect structures has a second width and a second height providing a second aspect ratio different than the first aspect ratio. The second width is greater than the first width, and the second height is different than the first height.
US11444028B2
A semiconductor device and methods of formation are provided. A semiconductor device includes an annealed cobalt plug over a silicide in a first opening of the semiconductor device, wherein the annealed cobalt plug has a repaired lattice structure. The annealed cobalt plug is formed by annealing a cobalt plug at a first temperature for a first duration, while exposing the cobalt plug to a first gas. The repaired lattice structure of the annealed cobalt plug is more regular or homogenized as compared to a cobalt plug that is not so annealed, such that the annealed cobalt plug has a relatively increased conductivity or reduced resistivity.
US11444020B2
A method for forming a via in a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device including the via are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method may include bonding a first terminal and a second terminal of a first substrate to a third terminal and a fourth terminal of a second substrate; separating the first substrate to form a first component device and a second component device; forming a gap fill material over the first component device, the second component device, and the second substrate; forming a conductive via extending from a top surface of the gap fill material to a fifth terminal of the second substrate; and forming a top terminal over a top surface of the first component device, the top terminal connecting the first component device to the fifth terminal of the second substrate through the conductive via.
US11444011B2
An embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having leads, a mold compound partly encasing the leadframe so that the leads protrude from the mold compound, a power transistor die attached to the leadframe at a first side of the leadframe, and a driver die attached to the leadframe at a second side of the leadframe opposite the first side so that the power transistor die and the driver die are disposed in a stacked arrangement. The driver die is configured to control the power transistor die. The driver die is in direct electrical communication with the power transistor die only through the leadframe and any interconnects which attach the power transistor die and the driver die to the leadframe. Corresponding methods of manufacturing the semiconductor package are also described.
US11444004B2
A cooler of the present invention is provided with a case having a top plate, a bottom plate, and a side plate, cooling fins disposed inside the case, and a flow path for cooling fluid that comes into contact with the cooling fins and that flows through the interior of the case, the cooler cooling an object to be cooled in contact with the top plate or the bottom plate. The cooling fins have a shaft part and vane parts that protrude outward from the shaft part and extend spirally in the axial direction; the overall cooling fin configuration constituting a quadrangular column shape. The cooling fins are disposed in contact with at least the top plate and the bottom plate, and the flow path has a spiral-formed configuration formed by the vane parts, the top plate, and the bottom plate.
US11443996B2
A method for fabricating a copper pillar. The method includes forming a layer of titanium tungsten (TiW) over a semiconductor wafer, forming a layer of zinc (Zn) over the layer of TiW, and forming a copper pillar over the via. In addition, the method includes performing an anneal to diffuse the layer of Zn into the copper pillar. A semiconductor device that includes a layer of TiW coupled to a via of a semiconductor wafer and a copper pillar coupled to the layer of TiW. The copper pillar has interdiffused Zn within its bottom portion. Another method for fabricating a copper pillar includes forming a layer of TiW over a semiconductor wafer, forming a first patterned photoresist, forming a layer of Zn, and then removing the first patterned photoresist. The method further includes forming a second patterned photoresist and forming a copper pillar.
US11443994B2
The present application provides an electronic package having an optoelectronic component and a laser component disposed on a packaging unit, with the optoelectronic component and the laser component being separated from each other. Since the laser component and the optoelectronic component are separated from each other, the electronic package has a reduced fabrication difficulty and a high yield rate. A method for fabricating the electronic package and an electronic packaging module having the electronic package are also provided.
US11443992B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a substrate and a MEMS element, wherein the substrate includes a surface, and wherein the MEMS element is disposed at the surface of the substrate and the MEMS element includes a sensitive area; a first electrical interconnect structure electrically connected to the surface of the substrate; a carrier electrically connected to the first electrical interconnect structure; and a first stress relieve spring entrenched in the carrier, wherein the first stress relieve spring is a single integral channel that comprises two parallel channels that join together at a periphery of the first electrical interconnect structure to form the single integral channel that wraps around a portion of the periphery of the first electrical interconnect structure, wherein the two parallel channels extend outward, in parallel, from the periphery of the first electrical interconnect structure to a first termination region of the carrier.
US11443991B2
Test pad structures and methods of forming a test pad are described herein. A method for forming a test pad includes forming a device element over a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer over the device element and the substrate, and etching openings in the dielectric layer to a first depth. Once the openings have been formed, a conductive material is deposited in the openings and followed by a chemical mechanical planarization to form a first grid feature and a panel region of the test pad, the first grid feature extending lengthwise from the panel region to a perimeter of the test pad. Once formed, a probe may be used to contact the panel region of the test pad during a wafer acceptance test (WAT) and/or a process control monitoring (PCM) test of the device element.
US11443970B2
A coreless package substrate with dual side solder resist layers is disclosed. The coreless package substrate has a top side and a bottom side opposite of the top side and includes a single build-up structure formed of at least one insulating layer, at least one via, and at least one conductive layer. The coreless package substrate also includes a bottom plurality of contact pads on the bottom side, and a top plurality of contact pads on the top side. A bottom solder resist layer is on the bottom side, and a top solder resist layer is on the top side. The concept of dual side solder resist is extended to packages with interconnect bridge with C4 interconnection pitch over a wide range.
US11443968B2
A substrate treating apparatus and a substrate transporting method. A platform is placed on a first ID block, and a platform is placed on a second ID block. A currently-used carrier platform is provided only on the first ID block. A substrate is transported in both a forward path and a return path between the first ID block and an IF block. The substrate is sent in the return path from the IF block to the second ID block disposed between a coating block and a developing block without being transported from the IF block to the first ID block. Consequently, transportation process in the return path by the coating block disposed between the first ID block and the second ID block is reduced. As a result, an entire throughput of a substrate treating apparatus can be enhanced.
US11443961B2
An apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device has a housing defining a buffer chamber, a plurality of reactor ports formed in the housing for establishing interfaces with a plurality of process chambers that are to receive a wafer during a fabrication process to fabricate the semiconductor device, a wafer positioning robot positioned within the buffer chamber to transport the wafer between the plurality of process chambers through the plurality of reactor ports, a purge port formed in the housing for introducing a purge gas into the buffer chamber, a pump port formed in the housing for exhausting a portion of the purge gas from the buffer chamber, and a first flow enhancer that directs the purge gas flowing in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the purge port into the buffer chamber in a plurality of radial directions relative to the longitudinal axis.
US11443960B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding unit that holds a substrate horizontally while rotating the substrate around a vertical rotational axis running through its center portion, an opposed member having an opposed surface that is opposed to an upper surface of the substrate, and a processing liquid discharge unit that includes a center portion discharge port on the opposed surface, that opens being opposed to the upper surface center portion of the substrate, and a peripheral portion discharge port on the opposed surface, that opens being opposed to the upper surface peripheral portion of the substrate, that discharges a processing liquid from the center portion discharge port to supply the processing liquid between the substrate and the opposed surface, and discharges the processing liquid from the peripheral portion discharge port to replenish the processing liquid between the substrate and the opposed surface.
US11443959B2
A system includes a chamber, an inlet valve, a control device, and a recycle pipe. The chamber is configured to perform a semiconductor process and including an output port. The inlet valve is coupled to the chamber and a supply pipe. The controller is coupled to the inlet valve and the chamber. The recycle pipe arranged outside the chamber and coupled to the chamber. The recycle pipe is independent from the supply pipe. The controller is configured to determine whether the chamber is idle, and is configured to control the inlet valve based on the determination of whether the chamber is idle. When the controller closes the output port of the chamber and opens the inlet valve, water from the supply pipe flows into a wall of the chamber through the inlet valve first and then flows into the recycle pipe.
US11443954B2
An apparatus and method process a substrate in a first session and a second session. In the first session, a hybrid gas application cycle is performed in a chamber that holds the substrate. A first gas is introduced for a first time period so components of the first gas adsorb onto the substrate. Subsequently, a second gas is introduced for a second time period so the second gas reacts with the components of the first gas to provide a protective layer on sidewalls of a pattern of the substrate, and the second gas etches a bottom portion of the pattern, a ratio of the first time period to the second time period being a use-ratio. Then, in a second session, the hybrid gas application cycle is repeated with a different use-ratio that corresponds with a vertical dimension of the pattern.
US11443953B2
A processing method includes receiving a substrate containing a base layer having a mandrel pattern formed thereon containing a number of features, conformally depositing a silicon oxide film over the mandrel pattern by coating surfaces of the substrate with a metal-containing catalyst layer, and in the absence of any oxidizing and hydrolyzing agent, exposing the substrate to a process gas containing a silanol gas at a substrate temperature selected to yield a preferred level of stress in the silicon oxide film. The method further includes removing the silicon oxide film from upper surfaces of the mandrel pattern and lower surfaces adjacent the mandrel pattern to leave behind silicon oxide sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the mandrel pattern, and removing the mandrel pattern from the substrate to leave behind the silicon oxide sidewall spacers that form a new pattern having double the number of features of the removed mandrel pattern.
US11443950B2
A method for figuring an optical surface of an optical element to achieve a target profile for the optical surface includes: applying a removal process to an extended region of the optical surface extending along a first direction to remove material from the extended region of the optical surface; adjusting a position of the optical surface relative to the removal process along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to remove material from additional extended regions of the optical surface extending along the first direction at each of different positions of the optical surface along the second direction; and repeating the applying of the removal process and the adjusting of the optical surface relative to the removal process for each of multiple rotational orientations of the optical surface about a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions to achieve the target profile of the optical surface.
US11443949B2
A substrate processing method includes providing a substrate containing a first semiconductor material and a second semiconductor material, treating the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material with a chemical source that selectively forms a chemical layer on the second semiconductor material relative to the first semiconductor material, and exposing the substrate to a first metal-containing precursor that selectively deposits a first metal-containing layer on the first semiconductor material relative to the chemical layer on the second semiconductor material. The method can further include annealing the substrate to react the first metal-containing layer with the first semiconductor material to form a first metal silicide layer, removing the chemical layer from the second semiconductor material, depositing a second metal-containing layer on the second semiconductor material, and annealing the substrate to react the second metal-containing layer with the second semiconductor material to form a second metal silicide layer.
US11443945B2
The present invention provides a manufacturing method of an array substrate, including steps of: providing a flexible substrate layer, forming a buffer layer, forming an active layer, forming a gate insulating layer, forming a gate layer, forming an interlayer insulating layer, forming a source and drain layer, forming an organic planarization layer, forming an anode layer. An array substrate manufactured by the above manufacturing method, and the array substrate includes laminated a flexible substrate layer, a buffer layer, an active layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a source and drain layer, an organic planarization layer, and an anode layer, which are disposed in a stack.
US11443943B2
A sputtering target including an oxide that includes an indium (In) element, a tin (Sn) element, a zinc (Zn) element and an aluminum (Al) element, wherein the oxide includes a homologous structure compound represented by InAlO3(ZnO)m (m is 0.1 to 10) and a bixbyite structure compound represented by In2O3.
US11443937B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor ICF target is described. On an n-type silicon wafer a plurality of hard mask layers are etched to a desired via pattern. Then isotropically etching hemispherical cavities, lithographically patterning the hard mask layers, conformally depositing ablator/drive material(s) and shell layer material(s), inserting hollow silicon dioxide fuel spheres in the hemisphere cavities, thermally bonding a mating wafer with matching hemisphere cavities and etching in ethylene diamine-pryrocatechol-water mixture to selectively remove n-type silicon and liberate the spherical targets.
US11443935B2
An acceleration voltage generator is configured to cause a power MOSFET to turn on or off to switch a high direct-current voltage, so as to generate a high-voltage pulse for an ejection of ions from an ion ejector. A drive signal is used to cause the power MOSFET to turn on, and further includes a secondary drive signal to recharge a gate capacitance to cause the power MOSFET to stay in an on-state. In a drive signal generator, edge detection circuits generate an edge detection signal based on a start signal; selection circuits generate a primary drive signal by adjusting the edge detection signal in its signal width; and a secondary drive signal generator includes multiple circuit elements such as a semiconductor element, and generates the secondary drive signal.
US11443930B2
The present invention is a system and method for providing a charge detector that utilizes small feedback capacitors in a low-noise, high-gain, system that combines a differential topology in a solid-state amplifier implemented in a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process with active reset, thereby achieving high dynamic range and robust operations. A custom optoelectronic system is used to measure gain, and while operating at a sampling frequency of 10 kHz, the active reset extends the dynamic range of the charge detector.
US11443919B2
Systems and methods of using pulsed RF plasma to form amorphous and microcrystalline films are discussed herein. Methods of forming films can include (a) forming a plasma in a process chamber from a film precursor and (b) pulsing an RF power source to cause a duty cycle on time (TON) of a duty cycle of a pulse generated by the RF power source to be less than about 20% of a total cycle time (TTOT) of the duty cycle to form the film. The methods can further include (c) depositing a first film interlayer on a substrate in the process chamber; (d) subsequent to (c), purging the process chamber; and (e) subsequent to (d), introducing a hydrogen plasma to the process chamber. Further in the method, (b)-(e) are repeated to form a film. The film can have an in-film hydrogen content of less than about 10%.
US11443914B2
The objective of the present invention is to use brightness images acquired under different energy conditions to estimate the size of a defect in the depth direction in a simple manner. A charged-particle beam device according to the present invention determines the brightness ratio for each irradiation position on a brightness image while changing parameters varying the signal amount, estimates the position of the defect in the depth direction on the basis of the parameters at which the brightness ratio is at a minimum, and estimates the size of the defect in the depth direction on the basis of the magnitude of the brightness ratio (see FIG. 5).
US11443912B2
A feedthrough for providing an electrical connection is provided. The feedthrough comprises a conductor and a quartz or a glass structure configured to surround at least a portion of the conductor and provide isolation to the conductor. The conductor and the quartz or glass structure may be coaxially arranged. The feedthrough can provide an electrical connection between an inside and outside of a vacuum chamber that contains a sample.
US11443911B2
The present device was conceived in order to resolve the aforementioned problem, and the objective thereof is to provide an arc chamber of a circuit breaker that enhances assemblability and ensures the consistency of the product. An arc chamber of the circuit breaker according to one embodiment of the present device comprises: a plurality of grids arranged at predetermined intervals outside a motion locus of a movable contactor and having a body portion and a leg portion extending from one side of the body portion; and a fixing cap having a receiving portion that is inserted into the leg portion in a press-fitting manner, wherein the fixing cap has a coupling portion extending to a side of the body portion at one side thereof.
US11443910B2
Electrical switching device are disclosed having a housing with internal component within the housing. The internal components comprise contacts configured to operate, to change the state of the switching device from a closed state, allowing current flow through the switching device to an open state which interrupts current flow through the switching device. A pyrotechnic feature is included that is configured to interact with the internal components to transition the switching device from the closed state to the open state when the pyrotechnic feature is activated. The pyrotechnic feature is configured to trigger in response to levitation between the contacts at elevated current signal flowing through the switching device.
US11443906B1
A keyboard case for a tabled computer has a keyboard with a bezel plate having a matrix of apertures therein. A matrix of keycaps corresponds to the matrix of apertures in the bezel plate. The bezel plate has a web between the matrix of apertures comprising narrower lateral web between laterally proximate apertures and wider diagonal web between diagonally proximate apertures. Pockets extend from corners of each aperture into the diagonal web of the bezel plate. Tabs extend from corners of each keycap into corresponding pockets of the bezel plate to interlock the keycaps to the bezel plate.
US11443892B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with a substrate assembly with an encapsulated magnetic feature for an inductor are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a substrate assembly may include a base substrate, a magnetic feature encapsulated within the base substrate, and a coil, wherein a portion of the coil extends through the magnetic feature. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11443888B2
A coil component including a first conductive plate part formed with a first coil pattern having a first opening, and a second conductive plate part formed with a second coil pattern having a second opening and disposed at a predetermined interval in the laminating direction with respect to the first conductive plate part. The first conductive plate part and the second conductive plate part are made of the same single plate and are integrally formed by a bent joining segment.
US11443885B2
Embodiments include inductors and methods of forming inductors. In an embodiment, an inductor may include a substrate core and a conductive through-hole through the substrate core. Embodiments may also include a magnetic sheath around the conductive through hole. In an embodiment, the magnetic sheath is separated from the plated through hole by a barrier layer. In an embodiment, the barrier layer is formed over an inner surface of the magnetic sheath and over first and second surfaces of the magnetic sheath.
US11443876B2
A varistor component and a method for securing a varistor component are disclosed. In an embodiment a varistor component includes a first external contact, a second external contact, a varistor electrically connected to the first external contact, a path between the varistor and the second external contact and an active releasing device having a shutter and a heat sensitive element, wherein, under abnormal operation conditions, the heat sensitive element releases the shutter, and the shutter moves along a straight line and closes the path between the varistor and the second external contact.
US11443869B2
A wiring member includes a plurality of wire-like transmission members each including a transmission wire body and a coat covering the transmission wire body and a flattening member keeping the plurality of wire-like transmission members in a flat state. For example, the flattening member is considered to include a first flattening member which is a member formed separately from the plurality of wire-like transmission members.
US11443864B2
A method for managing disposal of high-level nuclear waste (HLW) may include: generating electrical power from nuclear fuel; producing HLW as a byproduct from generating the electrical power; encapsulating the HLW within waste-capsules, forming a deep geologic repository for disposing of the encapsulated HLW; and/or loading the HLW into lateral wellbore(s) of the deep geologic repository. The method may also include other steps such as, but not limited to: surface storage and transporting steps of the HLW; licensing steps; receiving payments; closing the deep geologic repository; monitoring, maintaining and/or providing security with respect to the deep geologic repository; and/or using the deep geologic repository for either temporary HLW disposal or permanent HLW disposal. At least some of the steps in the method may be carried by a nuclear power generating company and/or agent(s) thereof; such that the nuclear power generating company takes an active role in the disposal of HLW.
US11443856B2
A health service system for caring for the health of a patient. In one example, the health service system operates to present media content in association with a telehealth consultation. The health service system generates a virtual waiting room for display on a patient device, which presents a media content presentation. After the media content presentation has concluded, the health service system facilitates the telehealth consultation between a patient and a care provider. In some configurations the health service system further includes at least one hub care facility. The hub care facility includes a locked door with a scanner that unlocks the locked door upon scanning a time sensitive door unlock code; and a locked medication locker with a scanner that unlocks the locked medication locker upon scanning a medication locker unlock code.
US11443855B2
The present disclosure provides blockchain computing systems and methods of using same.
US11443854B2
Techniques are provided for identifying interactions between natural medicines and modern medicines. A corpus of information is analyzed pertaining to interactions of natural medicines with modern medicines for treating a condition. A mapping is created, wherein natural medicines are mapped to modern medicines for treating the condition. An on-line clinical trial study group is created, allowing participation by users, wherein a participation in a group is allowed for a selected set of users based on a group medication usage profile. Information from participants in each group is collected, and the collected information is analyzed.
US11443851B2
In order to determine, in a cancer test using nematodes, whether or not the nematodes used in the cancer test are adequate, the present invention is characterized in that after a plate on which a urine from a subject and the nematode are set is placed, a cancer test apparatus performs imaging for quality assay of the nematode during the initial two minutes; an analysis apparatus determines a quality of the nematode using the imaging result; after taxis of the nematode is completed, the cancer test apparatus performs imaging for cancer test assay by the nematode; and the analysis apparatus determines the presence or absence of a cancer in the subject using the imaging result.
US11443848B2
This application provides a computer-implemented method for providing notifications. The method includes creating and storing a geofenced area associated with a mobile device and a location that has a healthcare facility in a data store and outputting a notification to the mobile device when the mobile device is within the geofenced area. The notification may include that the location offers at least one healthcare service that can be received on an unscheduled basis, where in the facility that the at least one healthcare service is offered, whether or not the healthcare service is covered by a patient's insurance, the cost of the healthcare service, the out-of-pocket cost by the patient of the healthcare service, wait time at the facility for the healthcare service, and when the patient should not receive the healthcare service for other medical reasons.
US11443844B2
Smart tray for measuring food intake and weight change, and weight management system comprising same
The present invention relates to a smart tray for measuring a food intake and a weight change, and a weight management system comprising the smart tray, the smart tray comprising: a weight sensor for detecting the weight of an object placed on the upper surface and generating object weight information; an input unit for inputting the current weight information of an eater; and a control unit for controlling the weight sensor, generating weight deduction information, which is a value deducted from the object weight information, as food intake information within a predetermined time, and, by using same, generating estimated changed weight information.
US11443843B2
Approaches presented herein enable treating a medical condition via individual customized cognitive guidance. More specifically, a current interactive and customized diagnosis object (ICDO) comprising a treatment schedule for a patient is generated by combining a set of previous ICDOs from the patient, wherein each ICDO has a structure which defines elements that are used to diagnose a symptom and match the patient with a treatment. A status of the patient is monitored in real time via an internet of things network to detect an actual event of the patient differing from the treatment schedule. In real time, the treatment schedule is modified responsive to the differing event by adjusting the current ICDO by exchanging one element of the treatment plan for a new element according to a learned set of rules to compensate for the differing event. This modified treatment schedule is provided to the patient in real time.
US11443839B2
An interrogation data management system operates to manage implantable cardiac device interrogation data and reports. In one example the system generates a report including a reading physician note, a summary report, and an implantable cardiac device manufacturer's report. Some embodiments include smart routing, to automatically route interrogation data reports to medical professionals based on predetermined rules. The interrogation data management system interacts with the reading physician to formally review the interrogation data reports and to generate a reading physician note. The reading physician note includes the reading physician's findings/interpretations and conclusions. Other aspects are also described in this disclosure.
US11443833B2
A data processing system includes a data processing arrangement, wherein the data processing arrangement includes computing hardware for executing one or more software products, wherein execution of the one or more software products configures the data processing arrangement to access data from a file system arrangement. The data processing arrangement is operable to load a dynamic linker that is operable to include an intercept library that intercepts file access operations of an executable software product wherein: (i) a virtual file that does not exist on the file system arrangement becomes accessible to the executable software product; (ii) the virtual file is a result of either (a) a just-in-time translation of one or more real files of the file system arrangement, wherein the just-in-time translation is made from one file format to another file format, or (b) conversion of the access operation to an equivalent cloud object-storage access operation(s) on a real object located on the cloud object-storage, or (c) a combination of the just-in-time translation of (a) with the object access conversion from (b). Optionally, at least one of: (iii) the virtual file is a different file format to the real file/object, wherein a compressed file format and the virtual file are mutually different file formats; and (iv) the file formats are genomic file formats.
US11443829B2
A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller configured to divides an n-dimensional space into a plurality of regions by a plurality of hyperplanes, assign a representative point of a read level for reading data from a plurality of memory cells to each region, trace a branch node in the binary tree by determining whether a first read level is higher or lower than a voltage level at the branch node of the binary tree, determine a read level of a representative point assigned to a region correlated with a leaf node among the plurality of divided regions as a second read level corresponding to the first read level when reaching the leaf node of the binary tree by tracing the branch node in the binary tree, and cause the memory to read data of the cells by applying a voltage of the second read level.
US11443818B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for improving the safety of the reading phase of a non-volatile memory device including at least an array of memory cells and with associated decoding and sensing circuitry and a memory controller, the method comprising: storing in a dummy row of said memory block at least a known pattern; performing some reading cycles changing the read trimming parameters up to the moment wherein said known value is read correctly; adopting the trimming parameters of the correct reading for the subsequent reading phases. The disclosure further relates to a memory device structured for implementing the above method.
US11443815B2
A memory device may include a first sub-block and a second sub-block each including a plurality of select transistors and a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit performing a read operation on data stored in the first sub-block, and a control logic controlling the peripheral circuit to turn on the plurality of select transistors included in each of the first and second sub-blocks and apply a read voltage to a selected word line among a plurality of word lines.
US11443813B2
Methods for erasing storage data of a three-dimensional (3D) memory device are presented. The 3D memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block having a plurality of memory strings with vertically stacked memory cells. Each memory cell is addressable through a word line and a bit line. The storage data in a selected memory block can be erased by applying an erase voltage on an array common source and applying a first voltage on the word lines of the selected memory block. Word lines of an unselected memory block are floating, i.e., without external bias, during the erasing operation. After the erasing operation, a second voltage is applied on the word lines of entire memory plane to reset the memory cells for improved data retention.
US11443809B2
Provided is a memory device. The memory device may include a voltage code controller configured to generate a voltage code that generates a program voltage and pass voltages based on a number of times a program loop is performed, and a voltage generator configured to generate the program voltage and the pass voltages in response to the voltage code, transmit the program voltage to a selected word line, and transmit the pass voltages to unselected word lines, wherein the voltage generator is configured to sequentially increase the pass voltage that is applied to the unselected word lines in order of proximity to the selected word line as the number of times a program loop is performed increases.
US11443794B2
An operation method of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes separate first and second dies in a package and receives first types of signals through first and second respective channels independent of each other and corresponding to the first and second respective dies. The method includes a step in which when information for controlling internal operations of the first and second dies is first applied to the first die through a first pad, the first die performs the internal operation and also transmits the information to the second die through an internal interface connecting the first die and the second die, and a step in which when the information is transmitted to the second die, the second die performs the internal operation.
US11443791B2
Magnetic junction memory devices and methods for writing data to memory devices are provided. The magnetic junction memory device includes a first memory bank including first magnetic junction memory cells, a first local write driver adjacent to the first memory bank, connected to global data lines, the first local write driver configured to write data to the first magnetic junction memory cells via local data lines, a second memory bank adjacent to the first memory bank and including second magnetic junction memory cells, a second local write driver adjacent to the second memory bank, connected to the global data lines, the second local write driver configured to write data to the second magnetic junction memory cells via local data lines, and a global write driver configured to provide first and second write data to the first and second local write driver, respectively, via the global data lines.
US11443789B1
A memory device includes a memory group and a control circuit. The memory group includes several memory banks. The control circuit is coupled to the memory group. The control circuit includes a tri-state logic enable circuit and an address decoding circuit. The tri-state logic enable circuit is configured to temporarily store several temporarily stored address signals, to output the several temporarily stored address signals according to a synchronization signal, to decode the several temporarily stored address signals to generate an enable signal, and to transmit the enable signal to one of the several memory banks. The address decoding circuit is configured to decode the several temporarily stored address signals to drive the one of the several memory banks.
US11443783B2
A semiconductor device includes a memory device configured to have a first buffer and a second buffer, the first buffer storing a plurality of requests sent to a plurality of destinations, the second buffer storing identification information of the entry associated with a first destination of a first request written to first buffer; and an entry selector configured to identify the first destination from the plurality of destinations when the identification information of the entry is stored in the second buffer, and to read the first request from the plurality of requests stored in the first buffer by using the first destination.
US11443779B2
Methods, systems, and devices for drive strength calibration for multi-level signaling are described. A driver may be configured to have an initial drive strength and to drive an output pin of a transmitting device toward an intermediate voltage level of a multi-level modulation scheme, where the output pin is coupled with a receiving device via a channel. The receiving device may generate, and the transmitting device may receive, a feedback signal indicating a relationship between the resulting voltage of the channel and an value for the intermediate voltage level. The transmitting device may determine and configure the driver to use an adjusted drive strength for the intermediate voltage level based on the feedback signal. The driver may be calibrated (e.g., independently) for each intermediate voltage level of the multi-level modulation scheme. Further, the driver may be calibrated for the associated channel.
US11443771B2
Video information defining video content may be accessed. Music information defining a music track providing an accompaniment for video content may be accessed. The music track may have pulses and one or more music events. Individual music events may correspond to different moments within the music track. One or more music events may be individually classified into one or more categories based on intensities of one or pulses occurring within the music event. One or more visual effects may be selected for different moments within the music track based on the categories of the music events. One or more visual effects may be applied to the video content. One or more visual effects may be applied to one or more moments within the video content aligned to one or more different moments within the music track.
US11443770B2
Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for receiving a request from a user to add a media item to a playlist at a certain playlist position where the media items in the playlist are provided to other users in a media group. Based on a determination that the requesting user has rights to the requested media item, the requested media item may be added to the playlist at the position. When the playlist reaches the position, the user that added the media item to the playlist may be provided with a first version of the media item and the other users in the group may be provided with a second version of the media item. If the user that requested the item to be added to the playlist is determined not to have rights to the media item, the item is added to a position different than the requested position.
US11443759B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory storing instructions. The instructions cause the apparatus to extract a plurality of local features from data indicating a speech, the characteristics of feature extraction being formed through learning; and to encode a series of chronological features of the data based on the plurality of local features, characteristics of encoding the series of chronological features being formed through learning. The instructions also cause the apparatus to generate information obtained by weighting features at a specific point in time associated with emotion classification, of the series of chronological features encoded, characteristics of weighting the features at the specific point in time being formed through learning; and to classify emotion corresponding to the data using the information obtained by weighting the features at the specific point in time, characteristics of classification being formed through learning.
US11443757B2
An artificial sound source separation method and device are disclosed. The sound source separation method by the artificial sound source separation device based on dictionary learning generates a dictionary matrix by performing dictionary learning, receives an overlapping sound source in which at least two sound sources are mixed and separates a target sound source from the overlapping sound source based on the dictionary matrix; and detecting the target sound source. The dictionary learning may be performed using a K-SVD algorithm. The intelligent computing device configuring a sound source processing device of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV), robot, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, devices related to 5G services, and the like.
US11443750B2
A method and apparatus for authenticating a user based on an utterance input includes obtaining an input audio signal based on the utterance input of the user; obtaining, from the input audio signal, at least one audio signal of an utterance section and at least one audio signal of a non-utterance section; generating environment information indicating an environment in which the utterance input is received, based on the at least one audio signal of the non-utterance section; obtaining a result of a comparison between the generated environment information and registration environment information indicating an environment in which a registration utterance input corresponding to a previously registered registration audio signal corresponding to the user is received; adjusting an authentication criterion for authenticating the user based on the result of the comparison; and authenticating the user based on the adjusted authentication criterion and the input audio signal.
US11443748B2
A computer-implemented method includes obtaining, using a hardware processor, training data including utterances of speakers and performing tasks to train a machine learning model that converts an utterance into a feature vector, each task using one subset of multiple subsets of training data. The subsets of training data include a first subset of training data including utterances of a first number of speakers and at least one second subset of training data. Each second subset of training data includes utterances of a number of speakers that is less than the first number of speakers.
US11443743B2
A voice control information output system includes: a voice control information obtainment unit that obtains voice control information for controlling a device based on a voice received by a voice input terminal, from a voice control system that outputs the voice control information; and an output unit that outputs display-related information for displaying a content related to the voice control information.
US11443739B1
Coordinated operation of a voice-controlled device and an accessory device in an environment is described. A remote system processes audio data it receives from the voice-controlled device in the environment to identify a first intent associated with a first domain, a second intent associated with a second domain, and a named entity associated with the audio data. The remote system sends, to the voice-controlled device, first information for accessing main content associated with the named entity, and a first instruction corresponding to the first intent. The remote system also sends, to the accessory device, second information for accessing control information or supplemental content associated with the main content, and a second instruction corresponding to the second intent. The first and second instructions, when processed by the devices in the environment, cause coordinated operation of the voice-controlled device and the accessory device.
US11443735B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for generating a filled pause detection model using a small amount of speech data included in a new domain in a 5G communication environment by executing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and/or machine learning algorithms provided therein. According to the present disclosure, the filled pause detection model generating method for a new domain may include constructing a filled pause detection model for the new domain, determining the initial model parameter for the filled pause detection model for the new domain by combining model parameters for filled pause detection models of a plurality of existing domains, and training the filled pause detection model of the new domain in which initial model parameter is set, using speech data from the new domain as training data.
US11443729B2
A vehicle sound synthesis system is provided with a controller and a loudspeaker. The controller is programmed to receive an input indicative of at least one of a gear selection, an engine speed, and a pedal position and to generate an audio signal indicative of synthesized engine noise (SEN). The controller is further programmed to attenuate the audio signal at a first rate in response to at least one of the gear selection, the engine speed, and the pedal position indicating first vehicle conditions. The loudspeaker is adapted to project sound within a passenger compartment of a vehicle in response to receiving the attenuated audio signal.
US11443726B2
A sound isolation window includes a frame and a plurality of sound blocking bars. The frame has an upper frame portion and a lower frame portion. The frame further has a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected to the upper and lower frame portion. The upper frame portion, the lower frame portion, the first sidewall and the second sidewall form a first opening and an opposite second opening. Each sound blocking bar includes a plane perpendicular to the upper frame portion and the lower frame. The sound blocking bars are arranged along the first direction from the first opening to the second opening and spaced apart from each other. Projections along the first direction of the sound blocking bars over the first opening cover the first opening. The width of each sound blocking bar is less than one-half of the width of the first opening.
US11443724B2
A method for synchronizing an electronic interactive device on basis of a first sound track is provided. The method may include identifying a first peak point and a valley point of the first sound track by calculating a first energy of the first peak point and a first energy of the valley point of the first peak point and comparing the first energy of the first peak point with first energy of neighboring points of the first peak point. The method may also include identifying a first peak point of a second soundtrack, and determining a similarity between the first soundtrack and a second sound track on basis of the first peak point of the first soundtrack and the first peak point of the second sound track.
US11443720B2
An application issues a display request to display a content in an area set on a display device. In response to determining that a different content is displayed in the area, an arbitration is executed to allocate the content to the area to satisfy a rule-based arbitration using a rule definition including (i) an arbitration policy defining a basic arbitration when allocating the content to the area on the display device and (ii) a constraint expression describing a property to be exceptionally satisfied.
US11443717B2
A biometric information display device includes a display controller configured to display a morphological image indicative of a morphology of a subject, on a display, an input controller configured to receive a designation of a specified position on the morphological image, a pathway generating section configured to generate a pathway based on the specified position on the morphological image, and a current extracting section configured to extract current components at a plurality of positions along the pathway, based on current information reconstructed based on magnetic field measurement data generated by the subject. The display controller displays the current components extracted along the pathway on the display.
US11443713B2
Embodiments relate to a billboard circuit that stores context information received from various component circuits in an electronic device. The context information indicates an operating status of the corresponding component circuit, system or shared resources. The stored context information may be retrieved by one or more component circuits when events (e.g., turning on of a component circuit) are detected. By using the billboard circuit, a component circuit may detect changes in the operating status of other components circuits and configure or update its operations even when the changes occurred while the component circuit was asleep or disabled. The billboard circuit may monitor updating of the context information by the component circuit and initiate notification to other components circuits when certain entries of the context information is updated.
US11443706B2
A shift register includes an input circuit, a compensation circuit, an output circuit, a pull-down control circuit, a pull-down circuit, and a reset circuit. During operation of a pixel driving circuit, if a display abnormality occurs in one or more pixels corresponding to the shift register, a compensation signal may be provided by the compensation circuit to a pull-up node according to specific condition of the display abnormality, so as to change a voltage of the pull-up node, and further change a delay time of waveform of the signal passing the switching element in the output circuit connected to the pull-up node.
US11443702B2
A display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal between two substrates; and first, second, and third light sources emitting light in different colors. A light emission period includes a first light emission period is which luminance of the first light source is higher than luminance of the second and third light sources, and at least one of the second and third light sources emits light, a second light emission period in which the luminance of the second light source is higher than the luminance of the first and the third light sources, and at least one of the first and third light sources emits light, and a third light emission period in which the luminance of the third light source is higher than the luminance of the first and second light sources, and at least one of the first and second light sources emits light.
US11443696B2
An apparatus for display an active region having a plurality of light-emitting elements, a gate scanning driver operatively coupled to the active region and configured to stop a gate scanning signal to the plurality of light-emitting elements in a period, and a light emitting driver operatively coupled to the active region and configured to cause the plurality of light-emitting elements to emit light in the period.
US11443690B2
Disclosed is an electronic device comprising at least one sensor, a communication circuit, a display, and at least one processor operationally connected to the display, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: display, on the display, a watch screen including a fixed element displayed at a designated location on the display, a repetitive element displayed on the basis of at least a designated rule, and a changing element associated with information obtained through the at least one sensor or received through the communication circuit; generate first data on the basis of at least one of the designated rule or the shape of the repetitive element; generate second data based on at least one of the fixed element or the changing element, in response to the changing element changing from a first value to a second value; and generate first deterioration information on the basis of the first data, the second data, and the duration over which the changing element maintains the first value. Various other embodiments understood through the specification are also possible.
US11443688B2
The present disclosure relates to an image display apparatus and a method thereof. The image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a display panel; a panel temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the display panel; and a controller configured to: first check a state of the display panel; perform a primary afterimage compensation on the display panel based on a result of first checking the state of the display panel; monitor the temperature of the display panel through the panel temperature sensor when the primary afterimage compensation is performed; secondly check the state of the display panel when the temperature of the display panel is less than or equal to a predetermined reference temperature; and perform a secondary afterimage compensation on the display panel based on a result of secondly checking the state of the display panel.
US11443687B2
A display device includes a pixel including a first transistor coupled between a first node and a second node, an emission driver supplying an emission control signal at a first frequency to an emission control line, a scan driver supplying first to fourth scan signals respectively to first to fourth scan lines, a data driver supplying a data signal to a data line, and a timing controller. The first scan signal controls a timing at which a voltage of a first power source is supplied to the first node or the second node, and the second scan signal controls a timing at which a first electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor are coupled to each other. The scan driver controls a bias state of the first transistor by supplying, plural times, the first and second scan signals in a non-emission period.
US11443682B2
A display device, a gate drive circuit, a shift register and a control method are disclosed. A first shift register unit of the shift register is configured to write a first control signal to a first node under control of a first input signal, write a first clock signal to a first signal output terminal; a second shift register unit of the shift register is configured to write a second control signal to the first node under control of a second input signal, write a second clock signal to a second signal output terminal; during the first frame, the first clock signal and the first input signal are pulse signals, the second clock signal and the second input signal are DC signals; during the second frame, the first clock signal and the first input signal are DC signals, the second clock signal and the second input signal are pulse signals.
US11443681B2
A gate driver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes a pull-up-pull-down circuit configured to pull up a gate signal to a high level of a first clock signal in a first duration and configured to pull down the gate signal to a low level of the first clock signal in a second duration, and a pull-down boosting circuit configured to output a first off voltage to the pull-up-pull-down part in the second duration in response to a second clock signal.
US11443672B2
Data driver, display apparatus including the same and method of driving display panel using the same
A data driver includes a digital to analog converter, a buffer and a buffer controller. The digital to analog converter is configured to receive a data signal having a digital type and to convert the data signal into a data voltage having an analog type. The buffer is configured to buffer the data voltage and to output the data voltage. The buffer controller is configured to determine a parameter of the buffer based on previous line data of the data signal and present line data of the data signal.
US11443670B2
Embodiment of the present disclosure relate to a display device, a controller, a driving circuit, and a driving method capable of easily improving the motion picture response time through a multi-scanning operation of switching devices.
US11443667B2
The disclosure provides a display apparatus and a data driving integrated circuit thereof for removing the interference patterns caused by radio wave interference. In the disclosure, a data driving integrated circuit includes a gamma voltage generating circuit, power terminals for receiving power voltages of the gamma voltage generating circuit. The data driving integrated circuit couples dummy terminals to the power terminals, so as to decrease the equivalent impedance of the power terminals through a parallel connection between the I/O ESD protection circuits. Therefore, the DC offset of the power voltages caused by the radio wave interference may be decreased.
US11443662B2
One variation of system includes a set of a brixel units and a primary controller configured to distribute a set of actuation routines to the set of brixel units, each brixel unit including: a chassis including a motor mount and a arm extending outwardly from the motor mount and defining a drive post mount opposite the motor mount; a motor coupled to the motor mount; a drive post arranged on the drive post mount and driven by the motor; a pixel element mounted to and configured to rotate with the drive post and including a first face defining a first visual characteristic and a second face defining a second visual characteristic; and a local controller configured to store an actuation routine and to drive the motor to locate the pixel element over a sequence of angular positions, relative to the arm, defined by the actuation routine.
US11443660B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a flexible display panel; a roller extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein the flexible display panel is wound around or unwound from the roller; a first end of the roller rotatably coupled to a first frame; a second frame rotatably coupled to a second end of the roller and disposed opposite to the first frame with respect to the roller; a door disposed adjacent to an end of the flexible display panel unwound from the roller and coupled to the first frame and the second frame; and a side brake positioned between the door and the roller and the side brake is adjacent to the first frame when the door is closed, wherein the side brake restricts rotation of the roller.
US11443658B2
Included are flexible display panels, manufacturing methods thereof and flexible display apparatuses, which are used to solve the problem of poor conductive function of wires in a bending area. The flexible display panel includes a display area and a bending area located around the display area, where the bending area includes: a flexible substrate; an adjustment layer covering the entire flexible substrate; a protective layer located on the adjustment layer; a plurality of wires located on the protective layer; and a planarization layer located above the wires and covering a functional film layer on the flexible substrate; where the protective layer corresponds to the wires in the bending area, and an orthographic projection of the wires in the bending area on the flexible substrate falls into an orthographic projection of the protective layer on the flexible substrate.
US11443648B2
A system and method for delivery of an online course, customized to a student based on captured student's actions in interacting with the course is disclosed. The actions are compared to actions of others, where the actions of others are correlated with known learning results. In part, such comparison involves tagged content and the tagging process is also a part of the present invention.
US11443647B2
Systems and methods are provided by which an adaptive learning engine may be executed to determine the probability that a given user will respond correctly to a given assessment item of a digital assessment on their first attempt. The adaptive learning engine may apply one or more machine learning models to feature data corresponding to the user and the assessment item in order to determine the probability. The feature data may be calculated periodically and/or in real time or near-real time according to a machine learning model definition based on assessment data corresponding to the user's activity and/or based on responses submitted globally by users to the assessment item and/or to content related to the assessment item. Based on the correct first attempt probability, the adaptive learning engine may identify and recommend assessment items for which a user should be preemptively assigned credit.
US11443640B2
An unmanned helicopter platform includes a fuselage, a tail coupled with the fuselage, a payload rail coupled with and extending along the fuselage and a main rotor assembly coupled with the fuselage. The tail includes a tail rotor and a tail rotor motor. The main rotor assembly includes a main rotor having an axis of rotation and a main rotor motor. The payload rail allows mechanical connection of payloads to the fuselage and positioning of the payloads such that a center of gravity of the payloads is alignable with the axis of rotation. A system for controlling the unmanned helicopter includes a processor and a memory for providing instructions to the processor. The processor can receive a task, dynamically determine a route for the task and autonomously perform the task including flying along at least part of the route. The route is based on the task, geography and terrain.
US11443633B2
A method and a system for vehicle-to-pedestrian collision avoidance system, the system comprising participants consisting of Long-Term Evolution (LTE)-capable user equipment (UE) terminals physically linked to at least one vehicle and at least one pedestrian; wherein a spatiotemporal positioning of the terminals is determined from Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular radio signals mediated by Long-Term Evolution (LTE) cellular base stations (BS) and a Location Service Client (LCS) server including an embedded Artificial Intelligence algorithm comprising a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) algorithm and analyzes the spatiotemporal positioning of the terminals and determines the likely future trajectory and communicates the likely future trajectory of the participants to the terminals physically linked to the pedestrian; the terminals physically linked to the pedestrian include an embedded Artificial Intelligence algorithm comprising a Conditional Random Fields (CRFs) algorithm to determine if the likely future trajectory of the pedestrian is below a vehicle-to-pedestrian proximity threshold limit and, if this condition is reached, communicates a collision-avoidance emergency signal to the at least one pedestrian and/or vehicle that meet the proximity threshold limit.
US11443627B2
A navigation system includes: a user interface configured to: receive a sensor data packet for a scan area; a control circuit, coupled to the user interface, configured to: analyze the sensor data packet submitted to a multilayer neural network already trained including storing the sensor data packet; parse the sensor data packet with the multilayer neural network to generate real world endpoints and a bounding box including identifying the real world coordinates; apply line rules, including identifying a parking space by the real world endpoints including storing the real world endpoints in the storage circuit; compile an overhead depiction including boundary lines of the parking space identified by the real world endpoints and the bounding box in the scan area; merge vehicle maneuvering instructions into the overhead depiction for accessing the parking space; and present the overhead depiction for displaying on a user display.
US11443618B2
An environmental assessment system for correlating environmental data with traffic data having, a traffic/environment system including a) a traffic count system for obtaining the traffic data of moving objects on a road, and classifying the moving objects into several vehicle types, b) an environmental sensor system including a particulate matter (PM) sensor for measuring PM concentration and/or a carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration sensor, c) a microphone for obtaining sound signals originated from the moving objects on the road, d) a communication device and e) a microcomputer/memory for running computer programs, the computer programs including a function for adding a time stamp showing a time onto the traffic data, and a sever having functions for correlating the traffic data with the environmental data, wherein the traffic count system is arranged to classify the traffic data by referring to the sound signals obtained by the microphone.
US11443616B2
A method, comprising: receiving position data from a mobile device; incrementing a counter variable, said counter variable associated with a predefined geographic area that includes a position of the position data, and initializing a time variable, said time variable set to a predefined value and decremented continuously; and decrementing said counter variable in response to expiration of said time variable.
US11443601B2
An antitheft device for a power generator electrically connectable to a work machine, comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire position information from each of a plurality of power generators, a setting unit configured to set a single area including positions of the plurality of power generators as a movable area based on the position information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a notification unit configured to make a predetermined notification if at least one of the plurality of power generators has moved out of the movable area set by the setting unit.
US11443593B2
The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and devices that enable interactions between a tag having conductive, coded ink and a gaming environment. As an example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving, at a touch-capable user interface, a user gesture provided in combination with a tag having data encoded thereon with an encoded physical medium that is readable by the touch-capable user interface. The method further includes extracting the data encoded on the tag, determining an output to provide based on the extracted data, and causing a user output device of a gaming device to provide the determined output.
US11443591B2
An electronic gaming machine includes a display device and a game controller configured to initiate a feature game that uses a plurality of mechanical reels and the display device, identify a number of feature game symbols initially available for use during the feature game, display a plurality of symbol columns, each symbol column of the plurality of symbol columns is associated with a reel, perform a spin of the reels, in response to the player initiating the play, distribute the number of feature game symbols into the plurality of symbol columns based on an output of a random number generator, each feature game symbol being displayed in a determined symbol column of the plurality of symbol columns, evaluate an outcome of the feature game based on attributing the feature game symbols to associated reels, and award credit to the player based on the evaluating.
US11443590B2
A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
US11443589B2
In one embodiment, a system to authorize a mobile electronic device to play games of chance includes a gaming system manager and a docking station, The docking station can be configured to: (i) detect whether the mobile electronic device is connected to a receiver of the docking station; (ii) receive device information from the mobile electronic device if it is detected that the mobile electronic device is connected to the receiver; (iii) determine whether a game of chance can be played on the mobile electronic device based on the received device information; (iv) authorize the mobile electronic device to play the game of chance; and (v) transmit gaming data to the mobile electronic device if it is determined that the game of chance can be played on the mobile electronic device and if the mobile electronic device is authorized.
US11443587B2
To provide a gaming table apparatus capable of suppressing the prevention of progress of a game. The gaming table apparatus includes bet units on which gaming media betted by players are placed, a reading unit reading monetary values of the gaming media placed on the bet units, a card shoe in which cards used for a game are accommodated in a drawable manner, a detecting device detecting identification information of the cards taken from the card shoe and outputs the detected identification information, a controller managing the destination to which the game proceeds, a display displaying information about the destination to which the game proceeds managed by the controller, and a memory in which the information displayed on the display is stored, in which the controller determines the destination to which the game proceeds when the monetary values of the gaming medium betted on the bet unit change.
US11443576B2
The invention relates to a system and a method for identity and baggage control at a transition from a public area to a restricted area, between which a control area is provided, which comprises a baggage check-in area, an identity control area, a baggage control area as well as a baggage reclaim area and a data processing unit.
US11443564B2
The vehicle management system is configured with a detection unit to detect work related to maintenance for a vehicle based on vehicle information related to the vehicle, a specifying unit to specify predetermined work out of the work detected by the detection unit, based on work information specifying the predetermined work that even a person who is not a mechanic of the vehicle can perform, and an output unit to output information indicative of the work specified by the specifying unit.
US11443563B2
A system for determining a driving range of a vehicle includes an energy storage component to store electrical energy or fuel. The system further includes a power source to convert the electrical energy or fuel into mechanical power to propel the vehicle. The system further includes a memory to store map data including road speeds, altitude data, road grades, or stop information corresponding to at least one of stop signs or stop lights, and a first driver profile corresponding to driving behavior of a first driver. The system further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) designed to predict the driving range of the vehicle based on an amount of the at least one of the electrical energy or fuel remaining in the energy storage component, the map data, and the first driver profile. The system further includes an output device designed to output the driving range of the vehicle.
US11443560B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for providing an active pane within a communication platform. The system displays video of a video conference with one or more participants. A view menu is configured to receive selection of a view layout. Selection of an active pane view may be received via the view menu. The system may display a draggable active pane. A drag input from the user is received to move the active pane to a new location on screen near a camera capturing video of the user in the video conference. The system displays the active pane on the screen at the new location near the camera.
US11443557B2
A body language system for determining a body language message of a living being in a context comprising an artificial intelligence system, said AI system running a computer program that: retrieves an image of said living being showing body language; labels said living being in said image, resulting in a labeled living being; determines said context from said image using a trained machine learning model; determines a baseline body language of said labeled living being from said image using a trained machine learning model; adapts a trained machine learning model of said AI system using said baseline body language and said context; applies the adapted trained machine learning model of said AI system to the one image for categorizing said body language resulting in a category, and applying said category for determining said body language message.
US11443549B2
A facial recognition system, comprising: an automatically adjustable camera rig comprising a plurality of movable cameras, wherein the plurality of movable cameras are moved by a camera control platform according to take enrollment images; a first input for receiving images from the automatically adjustable camera rig; a second input for receiving a plurality of images from an comparative input; a first computing memory for storing a machine learning model that includes a three dimensional and a two dimensional comparison between the received first input and the received second input, wherein the comparison uses key facial points to compute a distance between the first input and the second input; and a match output in a case of a distance within a predetermined threshold.
US11443541B2
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for classifying person type in a visual medium. The implementations include identifying a person in an image, generating a visual boundary around the identified person, and dividing the image into a plurality of image portions such that multiple images portions partially depict the identified person inside the visual boundary. The implementations include generating the divided image on a user interface that prompts a user to select each portion that at least partially depicts a person of a predetermined type. The implementations include receiving a selection of at least one portion. The implementations include generating, for a machine learning model and in response to determining that the selection comprises the identified person, a training input that comprises a training image and a tag indicating that the identified person is of the predetermined type. Additionally, the implementations include storing the training input in memory.
US11443539B2
A system and a method for identifying and tagging individuals present in an image are disclosed. The method comprises detecting a second device present in proximity of a first device, for establishing a connection. The connection may be established while the first device enters in a camera mode. Immediately after the first device captured an image, the first device may receive identity information of individuals from the second device. The identity information of individuals may comprise at least one of images and personal details of the individuals. Based on the received identity information, the first device may identify the individuals present in the image. The identified individuals present in the image may be tagged using their corresponding identities. Such tagging information may be stored in metadata of the image for a later usage.
US11443528B2
A system for video analysis includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a trigger indication. The processor is configured to determine a time sequence set of video frames associated with the trigger indication; determine a decision based at least in part on an analysis of the time sequence set of video frames; and indicate the decision.
US11443526B2
A road obstacle detection device which uses a pre-learned first identifier to associate a semantic label with each pixel of an image, uses a pre-learned second identifier to estimate a statistical distribution of a semantic label of a predetermined region of interest of the image from a statistical distribution of a semantic label of a peripheral region that surrounds the region of interest, and uses the statistical distribution of the semantic label associated with the region of interest and the statistical distribution of the semantic label estimated for the region of interest to estimate a likelihood that an object is a road obstacle.
US11443525B1
A vehicle may receive one or more images of an environment of the vehicle. The vehicle may also receive a map of the environment. The vehicle may also match at least one feature in the one or more images with corresponding one or more features in the map. The vehicle may also identify a given area in the one or more images that corresponds to a portion of the map that is within a threshold distance to the one or more features. The vehicle may also compress the one or more images to include a lower amount of details in areas of the one or more images other than the given area. The vehicle may also provide the compressed images to a remote system, and responsively receive operation instructions from the remote system.
US11443523B2
A method comprises: collecting first point cloud data under a static scenario around a target collecting point; building a static background mesh model under the static scenario around the target collecting point according to the first point cloud data; collecting a second point cloud data of a target frame under a dynamic scenario after a dynamic obstacle moves around the target collecting point; annotating the point cloud of dynamic obstacle in the second point cloud data corresponding to the target frame, according to the static background mesh model. Through the technical solution of the present disclosure, it is feasible to automatically annotate the point cloud of the dynamic obstacle, effectively save manpower and annotation time spent in annotating the dynamic obstacle point cloud, and thereby effectively improve the efficiency of annotating the dynamic obstacle.
US11443520B2
The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing system enabling the presentation of more useful information. An image in a viewpoint direction corresponding to the state of an object is generated from a captured image. Alternatively, an image of the periphery of the object is captured at a wide angle, and then an image obtained by projecting a part of the wide-angle captured image thus obtained onto a plane in a viewpoint direction corresponding to the state of the object is displayed. For example, an image of the periphery of an object is captured at a wide angle, an image in a viewpoint direction corresponding to the state of the object is generated from the obtained captured image, and the generated image is displayed.
US11443504B2
A method for box filtering includes obtaining, by a computing device, a form image, and identifying, by the computing device, a region of the form image that includes boxes. Vertical lines in the region of the form image are detected. The boxes in the region are detected according to the plurality of vertical lines, and image content is extracted from the boxes.
US11443502B2
An object detection post-processing device of a display device, includes: an input to receive position information of an object that is detected from input image data for the display device in a current frame; a position information storage device to accumulatively store the position information of a plurality of previous frames; an accumulated position calculator to generate accumulated position information according to the position information of the current frame and the position information of the plurality of previous frames; and a position information determiner to determine final position information according to the accumulated position information, and to output the final position information.
US11443500B2
An image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting a first detected region and a second detected region from an input image, on the basis of a first detection criterion and a second detection criterion, respectively; image setting means for setting, as a target image subjected to correction, an image including the first detected region, and setting, as a reference image that is referred to in the correction, an image including the second detected region; accepting means for accepting, from a user, designation of a region in the target image and a correction instruction for the designated region; correction region setting means for identifying, in the reference image, a region corresponding to the designated region, and for setting a to-be-corrected region on the basis of the identified region and the second detected region; and correcting means for correcting the first detected region in the target image on the basis of the to-be-corrected region set in the reference image.
US11443497B2
A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to set a curved plane between a first bone region and a second bone region included in a joint, in three-dimensional medical image data obtained by imaging the joint including at least the first bone region and the second bone region. The processing circuitry is configured to reshape at least one of the first and the second bone regions along extension of the curved plane to obtain a reshaped bone region. The processing circuitry is configured to generate display-purpose image data on the basis of the reshaped bone region resulting from the reshaping.
US11443496B2
A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus includes an attribute setting unit that sets, for each of plural voxels representing a three-dimensional object, an attribute of a voxel of a second three-dimensional object, which is obtained by combining plural first three-dimensional objects together, in accordance with a priority level set for an attribute of a voxel at a time when the plural first three-dimensional objects are combined together.
US11443495B2
Embodiments described herein provide a system for facilitating dynamic assistance to a user in an augmented reality (AR) environment of an AR device. During operation, the system detects a first element of an object using an object detector, wherein the object is associated with a task and the first element is associated with a step of the task. The system then determines an orientation and an alignment of the first element in the physical world of the user, and an overlay for the first element. The overlay can distinctly highlight one or more regions of the first element and indicate how the first element fits in the object. The system then applies the overlay to the one or more regions of the first element at the determined orientation in the AR environment.
US11443493B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with an extended field of view.
US11443488B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating an augmented reality display for users of augmented reality devices. Features provided in the AR displays may be used to update a non-augmented reality display. In addition, interactions in the AR displays may also be incorporated into the non-augmented reality display.
US11443468B2
A method and system generate an ensemble image representation for cross-domain retrieval of a fashion item image from a database by using a three-stream Siamese triplet loss trained convolutional neural network to generate a first retrieval descriptor corresponding to an inputted query image; using an average precision loss trained convolutional neural network to generate a second retrieval descriptor corresponding to the inputted query image; concatenating both the first retrieval descriptor and the second retrieval descriptor; and I2-normalizing the concatenated result to generate the ensemble image representation. During a first stage of the method and system, database items are cropped using a trained fine-grained fashion item detector.
US11443466B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a storage device that stores font data including a character code and outline data in association with the character code, the outline data being used to render a character specified by the character code; and a text processing unit configured to obtain, from the font data, the outline data in association with the character code included in the printable data, and a character rendering unit configured to process the outline data by changing a coordinate of a stroke, thickness of each line, and/or an interval between characters to thereby create processed outline data, the stroke being a center line of each line included in an object of the character rendered by using the outline data, and render an object of the character by using the processed outline data to thereby render the character specified by the same character code as a different object.
US11443452B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for using spatial filter to reduce bundle adjustment block size, including a method comprising: assigning a plurality of feature tracks to a voxel corresponding to a region of a geographic area, the voxel having a length, a width and a height, each feature track including a geographic coordinate within the region, a first image identifier identifying a first image, a second image identifier identifying a second image, a first pixel coordinate identifying a first location of a first feature in the first image, and a second pixel coordinate identifying a second location of the first feature within the second image; determining a quality metric value of the feature tracks assigned to the voxel; and conducting bundle adjustment on a subset of the feature tracks assigned to the voxel, the subset of the feature tracks based on the quality metric value.
US11443450B2
Embodiments provide multi-angle screen coverage analysis. In some embodiments, a system obtains at least one image, where the at least one image is a computer graphics generated image, and where the at least one image comprises at least one target object. The system determines screen coverage information for the at least one target object, where the screen coverage information is based on a portion of a screen that is covered by the at least one target object. The system determines depth information for the at least one target object. The system determines an asset detail level for the at least one target object based on the screen coverage information and the depth information, where the asset detail level is adjustable based on the screen coverage information. The system then stores the asset detail level in a database.
US11443446B2
State of art systems in the domain of dynamism detection fail to estimate noise if depth images are being collected as input for the dynamism detection, as the noise in depth images depend on the scene being captured. Disclosed herein are method and system for determining dynamism by processing depth image of a scene. The system models depth sensor noise as ergodic stochastic process by determining that distribution estimated at each reference pixel from a plurality of neighborhood pixels in a reference image being processed is statistically same as a distribution estimated from evolution of the reference pixel over the time. After modeling the depth sensor noise in this manner, the same is eliminated/removed from the reference image, which is then processed to estimate divergence at each pixel based on temporal and spatial distribution built at pixel level in the reference image, and in turn determines dynamism in the scene.
US11443444B2
A 360 panoramic video sequence of an architectural or industrial site includes a plurality of 360 images. 3D poses of the 360 images are determined with respect to one another, and a subset of the images extracted for further processing according to selection criteria. The 3D poses of the extracted images is refined based on determined correspondences of the features in the images, and a 3D point cloud of the site is developed from the extracted images with refined pose estimates. An “as-built” representation of the site captured in the panoramic video sequence is created from the sparse 3D point cloud and aligned to a 2D or 3D plan of the site. Once so aligned, the extracted images may be presented to a user in conjunction with their plan positions (e.g., overlayed on the site plan). Optionally, a point cloud or mesh view of the site may also be returned.
US11443442B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to localize data from at least one of two or more data sets a based upon the registration of synthetic images representative of the two or more data sets. In the context of a method, first and second synthetic images are created from first and second data sets, respectively. In creating the first and second synthetic images, representations of one or more features from the first and second data sets are rasterized. The method also determines a transformation based upon a phase correlation between the first and second synthetic images. The transformation provides for improved localization of the data from at least one of the first or second data sets. The method also generates a report that defines the transformation.
US11443431B2
The disclosed method encompasses using an augmented reality device to blend in augmentation information including for example atlas information. The atlas information may be display separately from or in addition to a patient image (planning image). In order to display the atlas information in a proper position relative to the patient image, data the two data sets are registered to one another. This registration can serve for generating a diversity of atlas-based image supplements, for example alternatively or additionally to the foregoing for displaying a segmentation of the patient image in the augmented reality image. The disclosed method is usable in a medical environment such as for surgery or radiotherapy.
US11443425B2
A method includes presenting, on a display, an electroanatomical (EA) map of a surface of a cavity of an organ. Input is received from a user, and, in response to the user input, a region of the EA map is locked to subsequent updates.
US11443423B2
A method for constructing a panorama of teeth arch with elements of interest emphasized, comprising the steps of: extracting a teeth arch from a volumetric image; unfolding the extracted teeth arch into a panoramic ribbon; assigning weighted priorities to at least two points in the panoramic ribbon, wherein priorities are weighted higher for points inside or proximal to elements of interest and applying a weighted summation in a direction perpendicular to teeth arch resulting in the panorama with elements of interest emphasized.
US11443422B2
A system includes a processor and, a computer-readable tangible storage device storing program instructions for execution by the processor. The program instructions include instructions for receiving ultrasonic derived data comprising an ultrasound image, representing a region of interest, and radio frequency “(RF”) data associated with the ultrasound image, and instructions for analyzing the RF data to identify at least one feature associated with a region of interest, including either or both of a feature representing a two-dimensional spectrum feature and a feature based on a cepstrum determined from the RF data. The program instructions further include instructions for classifying the region of interest as one of a plurality of anatomical classes from the identified at least one feature and causing a display to display the anatomical class.
US11443415B2
An inspection method for inspecting a counting function of an imaging system that captures an image of a phase object includes: capturing an image of a reference standard plate that includes a base region and a plurality of counting target regions having a phase amount in a thickness direction different from a phase amount of the base region, under a condition where the number of counting target regions positioned within a field of view of the imaging system is specified among the plurality of counting target regions; counting the counting target regions included in the captured image of the reference standard plate; and outputting at least a counted result of the counting target regions.
US11443412B2
Systems and techniques for estimating illumination from a single image are provided. An example system may include a neural network. The neural network may include an encoder that is configured to encode an input image into an intermediate representation. The neural network may also include an intensity decoder that is configured to decode the intermediate representation into an output light intensity map. An example intensity decoder is generated by a multi-phase training process that includes a first phase to train a light mask decoder using a set of low dynamic range images and a second phase to adjust parameters of the light mask decoder using a set of high dynamic range image to generate the intensity decoder.
US11443409B1
An image capture device may capture visual content through a front-facing optical element. A portion of the visual content may be enlarged for presenting on a front-facing display of the image capture device. Extent of the visual content within the portion may be warped to increases size of depiction within the portion.
US11443408B2
A method for processing an electronic image including receiving, by a viewer, the electronic image and a FOV (field of view), wherein the FOV includes at least one coordinate, at least one dimension, and a magnification factor, loading, by the viewer, a plurality of tiles within the FOV, determining, by the viewer, a state of the plurality of tiles in a cache, and in response to determining that the state of the plurality of tiles in the cache is a fully loaded state, rendering, by the viewer, the plurality of tiles to a display.
US11443385B1
A method includes receiving a digital file from a customer, extracting metadata from the file, and verifying the metadata prior to accepting the digital file. The method may include verifying that a representation of a required physical token appears in the digital file.
US11443379B1
Systems and methods for offering and purchasing tokenized securities on a blockchain platform meeting current and future federal, state, and offering and holding entity rules and regulations. Tokenized securities purchased during or after the tokenized securities offering are tradable on a secondary market. The server computer of the tokenized securities provides an automated transfer capability for tokenized securities holders.
US11443372B2
Systems and methods for using social network data to validate a loan guarantee are disclosed. An example system may include a social networking input circuit to interpret a loan guarantee parameter; a social network data collection circuit to collect data using a plurality of algorithms that is configured to monitor social network information about an entity involved in a loan in response to the loan guarantee parameter; and a guarantee validation circuit to validate a guarantee for the loan in response to the monitored social network information.
US11443371B2
Due diligence of documents is faster and simpler. An electronic mortgage application, for example, often contains or references a collection of many separate electronic documents. Electronic data representing an original version of an electronic document and its current version may be hashed to generate digital signatures. Any auditor may then quickly conduct the due diligence by comparing the digital signatures. If the digital signatures match, then the due diligence reveals that the electronic document has not changed since its creation. However, if the digital signatures do not match, then the electronic document has changed since its creation. The auditor may thus flag the electronic document for additional due diligence. Regardless, a result of the due diligence may be incorporated into one or more blockchains.
US11443365B2
Apparatus, system and method for interactive packaging to determine purchase eligibility for a user are described. The apparatus may comprise a container for holding the product defined by an at least one wall; a display device attached to the at least one wall; and an input device attached to the at least one wall for receiving user input, and if the user input matches a predetermined value, presenting a purchase identifier. In some cases, the container is a removably locking anti-theft device that is removably attached to the product. In some cases, the display device is an electronic ink display.
US11443362B2
In a delivery service, a picker retrieves items specified in an order by a customer. If a picker encounters an issue with an item in the order, the picker may select, via a user interface, the item and an associated template message, which requests input from the customer regarding a course of action for the item, to send to the customer. The customer may select, via another user interface, a template message describing a course of action for the item. In response to receiving one of a subset of template messages, the online concierge system displays via the user interface, a set of replacement options to the customer, who may select one of the replacement options to be sent to the picker with the template message.
US11443352B2
Systems and processes for managing service orders for service bundles are provided herein. An account assignment object may be created in a service order database corresponding to a main item and a plurality of subitems may be linked to the account assignment object, the main item representing the service bundle and the plurality of subitems offered collectively as the service bundle. The main item and subitems may be part of a hierarchy structure in which the main item is at a higher level than the subitems. A value of the main item may be set corresponding to a price of the service bundle. Follow-up processing may be automatically performed and a billing document may be generated for the service order using the account assignment object. Entries for each of the main item and the plurality of subitems for the order may be displayed in a hierarchical line item view.
US11443346B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed for training neural networks of a group recommender to provide item recommendations for ephemeral groups having group interaction sparsity. A preference encoder and aggregator generate user and group preference embeddings from user-item interactions, wherein the preference embeddings form a latent user-group latent embedding space. The neural preference encoder and the aggregator are trained by regularizing the latent user-group embedding space to overcome the group interaction sparsity by: i) maximizing user-group mutual information (MI) between the group embeddings and the user embeddings so that the group embeddings encode shared group member preferences, while regularizing the user embeddings to capture user social associations, and ii) contextually identifying informative group members and regularizing the corresponding group embeddings using a contextually weighted user loss value to contextually weight users' personal preferences in proportion to their user-group MI to reflect personal preferences of the identified informative group members.
US11443344B2
Systems and methods are provided for reducing communications between servers and a mobile device and providing enhanced security and privacy to wireless beacon services. This can involve a broadcast device transmitting a beacon transmission using a short range wireless radio, such a Bluetooth or WiFi, and including a MAC address, a first unique identifier, and a beacon service identifier. The mobile device then selects one or more unique identifiers from received beacon transmissions, by filtering (that is, selecting) those beacon transmissions which include the beacon service identifier. The wireless device then takes further action, if the first unique identifier is present among the selected one or more unique identifiers, using stored information from the server. The stored information may be delivered to the wireless device in response to the wireless device sending the first unique identifier to a server, or the stored information may have been previously downloaded.
US11443341B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for organizing pedestrian movement data. The method includes receiving a set of travel data. The set of travel data includes one or more pedestrian trips including an origin and a destination. The method also includes generating a pedestrian flow matrix. The pedestrian flow matrix has one or more pedestrian flow compartments. The method further includes assigning at least one of the pedestrian trips to one or more of the pedestrian flow compartments based on the origin and the destination of the given pedestrian trip. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US11443336B1
A facility is described that causes a map to be displayed to each of a number of users. From each of these users, the facility receives input in connection with the displayed map that selects a geographic location. The facility identifies one of the users who selected a geographic location closest to a target geographic location and causes a prize to be awarded to the identified user.
US11443334B2
A network system, such as a transport management system, efficiently allocates resources by monitoring the geospatial and topological locations of a rider responsive to receiving a trip request. A trip management module matches a rider with an available driver based in part on an comparison of the estimated times of arrival of the rider and the driver at the pickup location. A client positioning module monitors the rider's progress through nodes and edges in a topological graph associated with the origin location based on radio signatures received at the rider client device. A client ETA module calculates a rider ETA based on the rider's rate of travel through the origin location represented by nodes in the topological graph. Responsive to determining that the rider ETA and the driver ETA vary by over a threshold amount of time, the trip management module matches the rider with a second available driver.
US11443333B2
A marketing support system includes an acquisition unit acquiring questionnaire information including a response result of a questionnaire and an attribute of a respondent of the questionnaire, the questionnaire conducted to consumers in a product and service field to which a marketing target belongs, regarding recognition, usage experience and frequency of use of a brand belonging to the field, an assignment unit for assigning the respondent to any one of a plurality of segments set in advance based on the response result, an aggregation unit configured to estimate the number of consumers and the ratio of the number of consumers with respect to all the segments based on the number of respondents assigned to each of the plurality of segments, and an output unit configured to display a policy for respective consumers of the plurality of segments and information on costs for the policy for comparison among different segments.
US11443330B2
A system, method and program product for analyzing product preferences and providing trend analysis for a gathering of individuals at an event. An infrastructure is disclosed having a system for setting up and managing an event; a system for registering users physically attending the event; a system for registering items associated with the users and storing event-user-item (EUI) information in an EUI database; and an analysis system for analyzing EUI information to provide item preferences and trend analysis.
US11443326B2
An example operation may include one or more of acquiring, by a provision server, system policy data from a system policy engine, receiving, by the provision server, jurisdiction policy parameters from a jurisdiction policy engine, selecting, by the provision server, a smart contract from a smart contract repository based on the system policy data and the jurisdiction policy parameters, mapping, by the provision server, the smart contract to a node, and provisioning the node to a blockchain network.
US11443325B2
A payment network server for processing an electronic commerce (e-commerce) transaction initiated by a customer is described. The server comprises at least a computer processor and a data storage device, where the data storage device comprises instructions operative by the processor to: (i) receive, from a merchant server, an authentication request, the authentication request comprising at least a payment card identifier associated with a payment card; (ii) generate an authentication code associated with the e-commerce transaction for authenticating the customer; (iii) store, in a payment network database, the authentication code as a stored authentication code; (iv) transmit, the authentication code for transmission to the customer and an indication of the payment card to an issuer server; (v) receive, from the merchant server, a customer entered authentication code which was entered by the customer into a merchant website associated with the merchant server; (vi) determine if the customer entered authentication code matches the stored authentication code; if the customer entered authentication code matches the stored authentication code: (vii) generate an authentication indication; (viii) store, in the payment network database, the authentication indication as a stored authentication indication; and (ix) transmit, to the merchant server, an authentication response comprising the authentication indication.
US11443324B1
A system for providing card account controls and purchase impact information may comprise at least one subsystem that receives information regarding a potential purchase of a customer, and at least one subsystem that provides potential purchase impact information to the customer based on the information regarding the potential purchase of the customer.
US11443318B2
A payment terminal may include payment interfaces to receive payment information from payment devices such as chip cards and NFC payment devices. Monitoring components may monitor these payment interfaces. In addition, test requests may be transmitted to a payment device in order to elicit responses. The monitored information and the responses may be used by the payment terminal to determine whether a transaction is fraudulent or if a tamper attempt is ongoing, based on local test criteria. In addition, the monitored information and responses may be provided to a server, which may store the monitored information and responses, test for fraudulent transactions and tamper attempts based on server test criteria, and determine updates to the local test criteria.
US11443316B2
Aspects and examples are disclosed for facilitating mobile commerce. In one example, a processing device receives a data network identifier or other identifier from a commerce application. The data network identifier or other identifier can be associated with a mobile device conducting a transaction with the commerce application. The processing device can also obtain a credential associated with the mobile device using the data network identifier. The processing device can additionally retrieve identification information from a credit file associated with the credential. The identification information can be useable for completing the transaction. The processing device can further transmit the identification information to a computing device executing the commerce application.
US11443313B2
Systems and methods for authorizing a real-time transaction with a third party platform (TPP). The system includes a memory that stores instructions for authorizing the real-time transaction with the TPP. The system also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to: generate a tokenized personal identification number (PIN) based on a request to register with the TPP, the request including a customer PIN and an authorization token; transmit the tokenized PIN and the authorization token to the TPP, wherein the TPP stores the tokenized PIN and the authorization token; in response to receipt, at the TPP, of a request for the real-time transaction from a customer, receive the tokenized PIN from the TPP; decrypt the tokenized PIN to extract the customer PIN; and transmit instructions including the customer PIN to a service provider, the instructions comprising a command to provide access to a vehicle.
US11443307B2
This specification provides method for auditing authenticity of cross-border resource transfers, device, and electronic equipment. The method is implemented on a client device, and comprises: obtaining cross-border resource transfer information initiated by an initiator of a cross-border resource transfer; obtaining, in response to the cross-border resource transfer information, identification information corresponding to proof information that is stored in a blockchain and corresponds to the cross-border resource transfer information; generating a cross-border resource transfer request based on the cross-border resource transfer information and the identification information; and sending, to an auditor of cross-border resource transfers, the cross-border resource transfer request, causing the auditor to perform, based on the proof information that is stored in the blockchain and corresponds to the identification information, an authenticity verification on the cross-border resource transfer information.
US11443304B2
A method for identifying a wallet address associated with a virtual asset service provider is provided. The method comprises receiving a target wallet address, obtaining a transaction of a virtual asset associated with the target wallet address, obtaining a list of a plurality of known wallet addresses of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and identifying a type of the target wallet address, by performing at least one of a cold wallet determination routine and a hot wallet determination routine for the target wallet address, based on the transaction and the list of known wallet addresses of the VASPs.
US11443300B1
Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for identifying that a user is accessing a retailer or service provider website and automatically enabling an interactive window that includes personalized user information. The system can detect that the user is accessing a payment webpage associated with the website, and, in response, generate a selectable list of payment instruments associated with the user. When the user selects a payment instrument, the system can create an electronic ghost card linked to the payment instrument and the electronic ghost card information can be input into the payment webpage.
US11443297B2
A system and method is provided for generating a sensory indication on a transaction card, whereby a user is rewarded with a visual, audial, haptic, or olfactory experience. The method comprises executing a purchase transaction on the card, the transaction relating to an event, charging a power source on the card, receiving an input signal by the card, the signal indicating an output indication relevant to the event, and generating an output signal using power from the power source, based on the input signal. The card comprises a security component enabling a purchase relating to an event, a power source receiving charging energy at the time of the purchase, an input component receiving an input signal comprising information specifying a desired indication relevant to the event, an output component for generating the desired indication, one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors executing the instructions to perform the method.
US11443292B2
A transaction card is provided for communicating with a computing device. The transaction card may comprise a computer interface device, at least one memory, at least one processor, and a card reader module. The card reader module configured to receive, from the computing device through the computer interface device, a first data packet comprising a request associated with a transaction, the first data packet being compatible with an interface protocol. The card reader module may process the first data packet to generate a second data packet compatible with the payment authentication protocol; provide the second data packet to the processor; receive, from the processor, a third data packet comprising a response to the request; process the third data packet to generate a fourth data packet based on the response, the fourth data packet compatible with the interface protocol; and transmit, to the computer interface device, the fourth data packet.
US11443289B2
The system enables one to securely recycle an electronic device in a publicly accessible location. In particular, the embodiment described may be used by a mobile phone owner to submit his/her mobile phone for recycling via an electronic kiosk and receive compensation in some form. The compensation might be dispersed via cash, voucher, credit or debit card, or other magnetic or electronic transaction methods.
US11443286B1
Aspects relate to methods and systems for exploiting value within certain domains. An exemplary method includes interrogating, using a remote device, a user for scheduling data and at least a domain, wherein the at least a domain includes at least one domain and no more than a predetermined maximum number of domains, receiving, using the remote device, the at least a domain from the user, interrogating, using the remote device, the user for domain-specific data associated with the at least a domain, receiving, using the remote device, the domain-specific data from the user, generating, using a computing device, a domain target for the at least a domain as a function of the domain-specific data, generating, using the computing device, a user schedule as a function of the domain target and the scheduling data, and displaying, using the remote device, the user schedule and the domain target to the user.
US11443273B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for artificial intelligence for compliance simplification in cross-border logistics. A computer system and method may be used to infer product information. A computer system may feed a product data record into a machine learning (ML) models to identify a predictive attribute(s) that corresponds with identifying accurate product information. The computer system may feed the product data record and the predictive attribute into a ML model(s) to estimate additional data for the product data record. The computer system may update the product data record with the estimated additional data. The computer system may predict product code data by feeding the updated product data record into an ensemble of ML models, the product code data based on one or more commerce classification code taxonomies.
US11443269B2
A system and method for managing real time parcel delivery in an internet of things (IoT) computing environment are presented. One or more intercepting locations may be identified and determined to replace an originally scheduled delivery location for real-time delivery of a parcel to a recipient using one or more IoT computing devices. The one or more intercepting locations may be selected to replace the originally scheduled location for real-time delivery of the parcel to the recipient using the one or more IoT computing devices. Real-time delivery of the parcel to the one or more intercepting locations may be arranged/coordinated between a delivery service and the recipient.
US11443264B2
Automated computing machinery that agnostically augments a customer relationship management (“CRM”) application, including a leadership hub with computer memory configured according to a logical table, with logical columns identifying sales campaigns and a column identifying tele-agents, including also logical rows, each row representing an assignment of a tele-agent to work on a sales campaign; and a campaign management portal with computer memory configured according to a logical table, with logical columns identifying sales campaigns and a column identifying display templates, including also logical rows, each row associating a sales campaign and a display template comprising at least one sales campaign question and an answer form for the question; the leadership hub and the campaign management portal operative to display the template as an overlay of a web page of a CRM.
US11443249B2
This disclosure generally relates to a light electric vehicle. More specifically, this disclosure describes how to limit or restrict access to a light electric vehicle based on determined or anticipated environmental conditions. The disclosure also describes how to change one or more capabilities or operating parameters of the light electric vehicle based on determined and/or anticipated environmental conditions.
US11443248B2
Systems and methods are provided for assigned a plurality of timeslots for an event to a plurality of performers. A plurality of ticket requests from a plurality of computing devices are tracked at a server. Each ticket request includes an indicator representing at least one of the plurality of performers. A score is assigned to each of the plurality of performers based on the indicators associated with each performer across the plurality of ticket requests. A plurality of timeslots for the event are assigned to the plurality of performers according to the determined score for each of the plurality of performers.
US11443241B2
A method and system for automating repetitive task on a user interface is disclosed. The method includes identifying a plurality of Document Object Model (DOM) elements from a repetitive pattern. The method further includes identifying a set of dynamic DOM elements from the plurality of DOM elements. The method further includes determining a path and a path position within the application code of the repetitive pattern for each of the set of dynamic DOM elements. The method further includes training an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model to identify the repetitive pattern and to identify the corresponding path and the path position within the application code component, for each of the set of dynamic DOM elements. The method further includes automatically executing a code for each of the set of dynamic DOM elements based on the associated path and path position.
US11443234B2
A user interface may be generated to receive inputs for constructing a data processing pipeline that includes an orchestrator node, a preparator node, and an executor node. The preparator node may generate a training dataset and a validation dataset for a machine learning model. The executor node may execute machine learning trials by applying, to the training dataset and the validation dataset, machine learning models having different sets of trial parameters. The orchestrator node may identify, based on a result of the machine learning trials, an optimal machine learning model for performing a task. The data processing pipeline may be adapted dynamically based on the input dataset and/or computational resource budget. The optimal machine learning model for performing the task may be generated by executing, based on the graph, the data processing pipeline the orchestrator node, the preparator node, and the executor node.
