US11849654B2
Technologies relating to crossbar array circuits with proton-based two-terminal volatile memristive devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first bottom conductive layer, a capacitor oxide layer formed on the first bottom conductive layer, a second bottom conductive layer formed on the capacitor oxide layer, a second oxide layer formed on the second bottom conductive layer, and a proton reservoir layer formed on the second oxide layer. In some embodiments, the second bottom conductive layer is H-doped. In some embodiments, a conductance of the second oxide layer is modulated by H-dopant.
US11849652B2
A device includes: a substrate including a superconductor quantum device, the superconductor quantum device including a superconductor material that exhibits superconducting properties at or below a corresponding critical temperature; a cap layer bonded to the substrate; and a sealed cavity between the cap layer and the substrate.
US11849651B2
This disclosure describes a superconducting device comprising a trench and a cavity that extends through a superconducting base layer. The trench crosses the cavity. The superconducting device further comprises a first junction layer that extends from a first region of the superconducting base layer to the cavity, an insulating layer on the surface of the first junction layer, and a second junction layer that extends from a second region of the superconducting base layer to the cavity. The second junction layer overlaps with the insulating layer on the bottom of the cavity. The disclosure also describes a method for producing this disclosed superconducting device.
US11849642B2
A piezoelectric artificial artery can be 3D printed to provide the real-time precise sensing of blood pressure and vessel motion patterns enabling early detection of partial occlusions. An electric-field assisted 3D printing method allows for rapid printing and simultaneously poled complex ferroelectric structures with high fidelity and good piezoelectric performance. The print material consists of ferroelectric potassium sodium niobate (KNN) particles embedded within a ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer matrix.
US11849640B2
Thermoelectric conversion cells of a thermoelectric conversion element include a thermoelectric conversion layer formed on a main surface of a substrate, an insulating layer covering the thermoelectric conversion layer, a first electrode including a first layer and a second layer, and a second electrode. The first layer connects to the main surface of the thermoelectric conversion layer via a first contact hole, and the second layer covers the first layer. The second electrode connects to the main surface of the thermoelectric conversion layer via a second contact hole. The second layer and the second electrode, and the first layer are formed from materials having different work functions. In thermoelectric conversion cells that are adjacent to each other, the second layer of one of the thermoelectric conversion cells and the second electrode of the other of the thermoelectric conversion cells are formed integrally, and the thermoelectric conversion cells are connected in series.
US11849635B2
An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment may include a first electrode, a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode, an emission layer disposed on the hole transport region, an electron transport region disposed on the emission layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region. The electron transport region may include a first compound represented by Formula 1, thereby improving the moving speed of electrons. Accordingly, the organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment may show decreased driving voltage and improved efficiency.
US11849632B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer. The organic layer includes at least one of an amine-based compound represented by Formula 1, for example, in the hole transport region, hole transport layer, or emission layer. The organic light-emitting device including the amine-based compound represented by Formula 1 may exhibit improved driving voltage, efficiency, and excellent I-V-L characteristics:
US11849617B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of gate line groups. At least one pixel unit includes a plurality of sub-pixels. At least one sub-pixel includes a sensing transistor and a driving transistor. Each gate line group includes a first gate line and a second gate line; for the first gate line and the second gate line corresponding to the sub-pixels in the same row, the positions of the sensing transistors are closer to the second gate lines, and the positions of the driving transistors are closer to the first gate line, For two sub-pixels close to each other and located in different pixel units in the same row, at least one signal line has a double-layer alignment structure, and the double-layer alignments are electrically connected with each other.
US11849614B2
An organic light emitting diode display includes a lower substrate, a sub-pixel structure, an upper substrate, a sealant, and a first power supply wire. The lower substrate has a display area, a peripheral area, and a pad area. The sub-pixel structure is disposed in the display area on the lower substrate. The upper substrate is disposed on the sub-pixel structure. The sealant is disposed in the peripheral area between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The first power supply wire is disposed between the lower substrate and the sealant, and overlaps the lower substrate and the sealant. The first power supply wire includes a first protrusion protruding in a first direction that is a direction from the pad area to the display area in the first peripheral area.
US11849610B2
Display device and method of manufacturing the display device are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a display device includes a display panel having a display area and a pad area, which is spaced apart from the display area; a protective film disposed on one surface of the display panel; and a middle layer interposed between the protective film and the display panel, wherein the middle layer has a light-blocking area and a light-transmitting area, the light-blocking area overlaps with the display area, and the light-transmitting area overlaps with the pad area.
US11849604B2
A display device includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, and a sensor disposed below the pixel array that includes a first region having a low resolution and overlapping the sensor, and a second region having a high resolution and disposed adjacent to the first region, the first region includes a plurality of first pixels having a first structure, the second region includes a plurality of second pixels having a second structure different from the first structure, and a light-emitting region of each of the first pixels is wider than a light-emitting region of each of the second pixels.
US11849602B2
An organic light emitting display device may include a filling part filling a space between a second substrate and an organic light emitting diode, and a dam structure disposed in a non-display area and surrounding the filling part. At least one of the dam structure and the filling part includes a getter. The getter of the present disclosure is composed of magnesium oxide particles whose surfaces are modified into a first surface modification part made of an amino silane-based compound and a second surface modification part bound to the first surface modification part and made of a compound containing an acrylate group and a methacrylate group. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an organic light emitting display device that has high transparency and of which optical properties and durability are improved by minimizing permeation of water and oxygen.
US11849595B2
A near-infrared absorber includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1. A near-infrared absorbing/blocking film, a photoelectric device, an organic sensor, and an electronic device may include the near-infrared absorber. In Chemical Formula 1, Ar1, Ar2, X1, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, and R4 are the same as defined in the detailed description.
US11849590B2
In some examples, a system comprises a capacitor including a first plate, a second plate, and a ferroelectric material disposed between the first and the second plates and comprising a Bismuth Metal Oxide-Based Lead Titanate thin film. The capacitor further comprises a dielectric layer disposed on a transistor, wherein the capacitor is disposed on the dielectric layer.
US11849583B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include forming a stack with alternately stacked first material layers and second material layers, forming an opening passing through the stack, forming a memory layer in the opening, forming a slit passing through the stack and exposing the first material layers and the second material layers, and forming first barrier patterns, without removing the second material layers, by partially oxidizing the memory layer through the second material layers.
US11849579B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a stacked portion including an insulating layer and a conductor layer that are alternately stacked, and a plurality of memory pillars extending into the stacked portion. When viewed along a direction perpendicular to a surface of the stacked portion, the stacked portion includes a first area in which the plurality of memory pillars are provided, and a second area adjacent to the first area and free of the memory pillars. The first memory pillar of the plurality of memory pillars formed at a position closest to a boundary between the first area and the second area and a second memory pillar of the plurality of memory pillars that is adjacent to the first memory pillar have the same width.
US11849578B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, a plurality of periodic two-dimensional arrays of memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, a plurality of periodic two-dimensional arrays of memory opening fill structures, and bit lines. The bit lines laterally extend along a second horizontal direction. Each periodic two-dimensional array of memory openings includes a plurality of columns of memory openings in which neighboring columns of memory openings are laterally spaced apart along a first horizontal direction with an intercolumnar pitch. Memory openings within each column of memory openings are laterally spaced apart along the second horizontal direction with a nearest-neighbor pitch.
US11849569B2
A configurable, double sided, manifold micro-channel cold plate includes a one or more manifold micro-channel cold plate cells. Each cold plate cell includes a manifold body, a manifold insert, a plurality of heat sinks, and a plurality of longitudinal openings configured for fluidic communication with the fluid channels. The manifold body has fluid channels to permit flow of a fluid coolant. The manifold insert has a plurality of manifold insert fluid channels, and is configured for receipt in the one of the modular body recesses. The heat sinks are configured for receipt in the modular body recesses, and include an impingement surface configured for fluidic communication with the manifold insert fluid channels, and a heat transfer surface for thermal communication with one or more heat generating devices.
US11849568B2
A motor driving apparatus for a cleaner includes a DC terminal capacitor, an inverter including switching elements configured to convert the DC power into AC power, a motor configured to operate the inverter, an impeller connected to the motor and configured to circulate air, and a printed circuit board having a first surface that mounts the switching elements and faces toward the motor and the impeller, and a second surface that mounts the DC terminal capacitor. The printed circuit board includes circuit elements mounted on a first area of the first surface and configured to carry a current having a level greater than or equal to a predetermined level. The first area is positioned in a flow path of the air circulated by the impeller.
US11849560B1
A holding module is installed in a chassis of an electronic device. The holding module is used to hold an expansion module and includes a holding member, a fixation member, and a linkage member. The holding member includes a carrier plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate. The first side plate and the second side plate are connected to two opposite sides of the carrier plate, respectively. The fixation member is pivotally connected to the first side plate and the second side plate. The fixation member is provided with a linkage portion. The linkage member is rotatably arranged in the holding member. The linkage member includes a docking portion and a pushing portion. The docking portion is connected to the linkage portion. The pushing portion is connected to the expansion module selectively.
US11849557B2
Infrastructure management device including at least one communications interface configured to connect to at least one IT device. The infrastructure management device further includes, one or more processors, a system memory, a system bus, and at least one non-transitory tangible machine readable medium. The non-transitory tangible machine readable medium includes instructions configured to cause at least one of the one or more processors to index IT device information that identifies at least one of the at least one IT device into an IT device index, including collecting, processing and organizing the IT device information for the at least one of the at least one IT device from the infrastructure management device.
US11849554B2
Textured cover assemblies for electronic devices are disclosed. The textured cover assemblies may provide a combination of optical and tactile properties to the electronic devices. In some cases, a textured cover assembly may be provided over decorative coating.
US11849553B2
An electronic component storage container includes a main body including recesses to store electronic components and positioned along a longitudinal direction of the main body and respectively including openings on one side in a height direction of the main body, a cover sheet to cover the openings of the recesses and removably attached to the main body, and a cover positioned such that the cover sheet is between the cover and the main body and engaged with the main body, slidably in the longitudinal direction. The cover includes a guide section to guide sliding movement relative to the main body, and a fitting section engageable with the main body in the height direction. The main body includes a strip section engageable with the guide section to allow the main body to be held by the cover in the height direction.
US11849552B2
A support assembly for a data display monitor. The support assembly utilizes a base frame that can be placed on a flat working surface. A hub is connected to the base frame and is free to rotate about a vertical axis. At least one support arm is provided. Each support arm is connected to the hub with a first hinge connection. Each support arm also connects to a mounting plate with a second hinge connection. The second hinge connection enables the mounting plate to rotate at least ninety degrees through a range of motion. The mounting plate is attached to the data display monitor. As the mounting plate moves through its range of motion, the data display monitor moves with the mounting plate. The data display monitor can therefore be moved through the range of motion between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation.
US11849548B2
A power supply structure of an electric grinding tool machine comprises a power management module, a power connecting wire and a battery socket, wherein the power management module is arranged on a main body of the electric grinding tool machine, the power connecting wire is electrically connected with the power management module and extends outside the main body of the electric grinding tool machine, and the battery socket is connected with the power connecting wire and can be randomly changed in position on the basis of the power connecting wire, the battery socket being used for a replaceable battery which is selectively arranged on the battery socket, and the battery socket being provided with a guide chute formed corresponding to a boss on the replaceable battery in shape and at least two conductive terminals arranged in the guide chute.
US11849543B2
A plasma ashing system includes a plasma generator configured to generate a plasma from a gas source. The system further includes a plasma reaction chamber configured to house a substrate comprising a Parylene coating, wherein the plasma reaction chamber is configured to expose surfaces of the Parylene coating on the substrate to the plasma, wherein the plasma is configured to remove portions of the Parylene coating on the substrate.
US11849541B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to modular wiring interface boards for an actuator, the interface boards including a body, electrical terminals configured to receive a signal from a field control device, electrical contacts configured to be placed in electrical communication with a backplane electrically communicating with an actuator, switching mechanisms, and a processor. Each of the switching mechanisms is positionable in a first position and a second position. The processor reconfigures a wiring configuration of the plurality of electrical terminals to accommodate different field control devices based on the positions of the plurality of switching mechanisms. Modular wiring systems for an actuator and methods of operating an actuator are also provided.
US11849540B2
The development of stretchable, mechanically and electrically robust interconnects by printing an elastic, silver-based composite ink onto stretchable fabric. Such interconnects can have conductivity of 3000-4000 S/cm and are durable under cyclic stretching. In serpentine shape, the fabric-based conductor is enhanced in electrical durability. Resistance increases only ˜5 times when cyclically stretched over a thousand times from zero to 30% strain at a rate of 4% strain per second due to the ink permeating the textile structure. The textile fibers are ‘wetted’ with composite ink to form a conductive, stretchable cladding of the silver particles. The e-textile can realize a fully printed, double-sided electronic system of sensor-textile-interconnect integration. The double-sided e-textile can be used for a surface electromyography (sEMG) system to monitor muscles activities, an electroencephalography (EEG) system to record brain waves, and the like.
US11849532B1
Some variations provide an atom vapor-density control system, the system comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode that is electrically isolated from the first electrode; an ion-conducting layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the ion-conducting layer is in ionic communication with the second electrode; at least one atom reservoir in contact with the second electrode or with an additional electrode, wherein the atom reservoir is electrochemically configured to controllably supply or receive atoms; a heater in thermal communication with a heated region comprising the first electrode; and one or more thermal isolation structures configured to minimize heat loss out of the heated region into a cold region. Several exemplary system configurations are presented in the drawings. The disclosed atom vapor-density control systems are capable of controlling the vapor pressure of metal atoms (such as alkali atoms) at low electrical power input.
US11849529B2
Systems and methods of forming fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites with electrostatic dissipative properties are described herein. The FRP composite is bonded to a surface and integrates a grounding system to dissipate electro-static energy, thus eliminating the potential risk of explosion. The system can be used for structures that require reinforcement and that are susceptible to electro-static explosions.
US11849516B2
A lighting device circuit comprising: a reference LED string, a mirror LED string coupled in parallel to the reference LED string, an operational amplifier based current mirror circuit coupled to the reference LED string and to the mirror LED string, and a window comparator circuit that includes only a single input that is coupled to a fault sense node. The fault sense node directly connects to a drain node of a transistor within the operational amplifier based current mirror and a LED within the mirror LED string.
US11849513B2
An LED dimming device with a high refresh rate and smooth dimming includes a constant current source circuit and an LED dimming circuit that are sequentially connected in series. The LED dimming circuit includes an LED and a first electronic switch. A positive electrode of the LED is connected to an output end of the constant current source circuit. The first electronic switch is connected in parallel at both ends of the LED. The LED dimming device further includes an energy release circuit and a first control circuit. The energy release circuit is connected in series with the first electronic switch to release excess energy in the constant current source circuit. The first control circuit is connected to the first electronic switch to control turning on or off of the first electronic switch.
US11849504B2
A method for steering of roaming (SOR) in wireless communication networks includes sending by a mobile equipment (ME) a registration message to a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN). The ME receives a first message from a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) through the VPLMN. The ME determines that the first message has failed a security check. In response to determining that the first message has failed the security check, the ME sends a second message to the VPLMN, the second message including an indication that the first message has failed the security check.
US11849503B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques provide for the configuration and operation of a multi-hop relay at different layers to enable a remote user equipment (UE) to act as a relay for a client UE that may be out of coverage of a network. For example, a network relay UE may establish a communication link with the network, and the network relay UE may transmit, to a remote UE, a relay configuration that authorizes the remote UE as a multi-hop relay to provide a connection to the network for one or more other UEs. The remote UE may transmit an acknowledgement to the network relay UE in response to receiving the relay configuration, and the remote UE may then transmit a relay discovery message including multi-hop relay information based on receiving the relay configuration.
US11849500B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information identifying a slot or sub-slot granularity for transitioning from a non-monitoring state to a monitoring state, wherein the information identifies, for each slot or sub-slot, whether to operate in the non-monitoring state or the monitoring state; and transition from the non-monitoring state, wherein the user equipment (UE) is not performing monitoring, to the monitoring state, wherein the UE is performing monitoring, in accordance with the DRX configuration information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11849497B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to UP transmission for a device in an inactive state. The first device in an inactive state performs a small data transmission procedure between the first device and a second device and transmits an indication to the second device. The indication indicates the following a presence of non-small data transmission data to be transmitted by the first device and information associated with the data. Through this solution, the second device may make a proper and reasonable determination about whether to resume a radio resource control connection with the terminal device and whether to stop the ongoing small data transmission procedure.
US11849479B2
A method for a base station which communicates with a user equipment (UE) is described. The method may comprise sending first radio resource control (RRC) configuration information. The first RRC configuration information may indicate code block group (CBG) transmission for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The method may also comprise sending second RRC configuration information. The second RRC configuration information may indicate Nmax which is a maximum CBGs per transport block. The method may further comprise, after a channel access procedure, transmitting, to the UE, a PDSCH containing a transport block with N CBG(s). N is an integer. The method may further comprise receiving, from the UE, a HARQ-ACK feedback including Nmax HARQ-ACK information bits for the transport block of the PDSCH. If N is smaller than Nmax, the HARQ-ACK information bit(s) for last Nmax-N CBG(s) may be set to NACK. A contention window for the channel access procedure may be adjusted using the HARQ-ACK feedback, wherein the HARQ-ACK information bit(s) for last Nmax-N CBG(s) may be ignored.
US11849478B2
Aspects directed towards new radio (NR) transmissions of uplink control information (UCI) are disclosed. In a particular example, a priority is assigned to each of a plurality of UCI components such that the priority is assigned according to at least one of a type or payload size respectively associated with each of the plurality of UCI components. The plurality of UCI components are then transmitted based on the priority respectively assigned to each of the plurality of UCI components.
US11849472B2
Methods and apparatuses are presented to facilitate coexistence between multiple wireless communication protocols implemented by a wireless communication device, by dynamically adjusting priority between the two protocols. The wireless communication device may typically favor a first protocol (e.g. Bluetooth/BTLE), prioritizing resource requests by the first protocol. In certain use cases, the first protocol may demand high resource usage for an extended time, particularly for newer tracking and wearable devices, such as location tags, watches, headsets, etc. Such applications can disrupt existing use cases for a second protocol (e.g., Wi-Fi). Therefore, the wireless communication device may dynamically determine whether the second protocol is performing critical operations, such as latency-sensitive applications or high-performance operations. If so, the wireless communication device may allocate resources accordingly in real time, e.g., by reducing or limiting the resources assigned to the first protocol, to allow increased resources for the second protocol.
US11849461B2
Systems for providing prioritization of UL transmissions in a UE are described. The prioritization information is used to resolve resource conflicts among UL transmissions that include conflicts between high priority UL transmissions, between an aperiodic-channel state information transmission and a scheduling request, and between a low priority UL transmission and a high priority UL transmission when timeline conditions for multiplexing in a single UL transmission are not met. The prioritization is based on timing and priority of the UL transmissions to determine which of the UL transmissions to transmit and which to cancel. Additional prioritization is based on reception by the UE of a cancelation index or in an additional overlapping high priority UL grant received in a DCI of a PDCCH that overlaps with at least one other PDCCH associated with the UL transmissions.
US11849444B2
A method for processing data includes: determining a second UE based on logical channel priorities of logical channels corresponding to SL-DRBs and/or SL-SRBs of data to be transmitted; and determining a medium-access-control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) for transmitting to the second UE, in which the MAC PDU includes data to be transmitted in one or more sidelink radio bearers (SL-RBs) determined based on logical channel priorities of logical channels corresponding to SL-RBs of the second UE, and the SL-RBs of the second UE include SL-DRB(s) of the second UE and/or SL-SRB(s) of the second UE.
US11849442B2
In a 5G network, a slice controller operating in a radio access network (RAN) is arranged to make predictions of channel state information (CSI) for user equipment (UE) on the network using a predictive propagation model. The slice controller uses the predicted CSI to schedule subcarriers and time slots associated with physical radio resources for data transmission on slices of the 5G network between a 5G radio unit (RU) and the UE to maximize network throughput on a slice for the radio spectrum that is utilized for a given time period. In view of the CSI predictions, the slice controller controls operations of the MAC (Medium Access Control) layer functions based on PHY (physical) layer radio resource subsets to schedule the subcarrier and time slots for data transmissions on a slice over the 5G air interface from RU to UE.
US11849440B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information identifying an offset between a start of a frame on a first component carrier and a start of a frame on a second component carrier, wherein the first component carrier is one of a primary cell (PCell) or a secondary cell (SCell), and wherein the second component carrier is the other of the PCell or the SCell; determine that a slot on the first component carrier is aligned with a slot on the second component carrier; identify the slot on the second component carrier in accordance with the offset; and communicate on the first component carrier or the second component carrier based at least in part on the start of the slot on the second component carrier. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11849436B2
Provided in an implementation of the present invention are a radio communication method and device capable of realizing feedback acknowledgement for a downlink channel repeatedly transmitted in a 5G system. The method comprises: a terminal transmitting feedback information at a first time unit, wherein the feedback information comprises feedback acknowledgement information corresponding to a first downlink channel transmitted by means of a target resource set, resource units in the target resource set belong to the same carrier, and repeated transmission of the first downlink channel occupies multiple resource units in the target resource set.
US11849435B2
Provided is a method for a first device (100) to perform sidelink transmission. The method may comprise: a step for performing sensing on a plurality of resources on the basis of a first resource unit including one or more symbols; a step for selecting a first transmission resource from the plurality of resources on the basis of the sensing; and a step for performing the sidelink transmission on the first transmission resource.
US11849433B2
Provided are transmission parameter determination method and device, and storage medium. The method includes: acquiring multiple transmission parameter sets, where the multiple transmission parameter sets at least include: a first transmission parameter set, a second transmission parameter set, transmission parameters having a same type; determining multiple resource areas, where the multiple resource areas at least include: a first resource area, a second resource area; each resource area includes at least one of: time domain resource area, code domain resource area, frequency domain resource area, spatial domain resource area, reference signal resource area; sending information or receiving information on the multiple resource areas according to the multiple transmission parameter sets, which at least includes: sending information or receiving information on the first resource area according to the first transmission parameter set; and sending information or receiving information on the second resource area according to the second transmission parameter set.
US11849421B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some user equipment (UE) may be equipped with multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs). A multi-SIM UE may receive a control message at a first SIM which indicates a set of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources for receiving SRS according to a first periodicity. The UE may also receive a registration message at a second SIM which includes a first parameter indicating a first set of paging occasions for receiving paging messages in accordance with a second periodicity. The UE may identify a collision in time between the one or more SRS resources and paging resources, and may transmit a registration request message to a base station. The UE may then receive a second registration message which includes a second parameter for calculating a second set of paging occasions that have a third periodicity that are non-overlapping with the SRS resources.
US11849417B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing blind fast network synchronization for reducing LTE public safety products costs, comprising, in one embodiment: determining if location setup is required to mitigate timing offset due to propagation delay from the synchronization source and adjusting downlink timing, and when location setup is required then providing one of manual setup in terms of timing samples, limited power RACH based on SIB2 parameters, and based on observed time difference of arrival and position reference signal; coordinating network listening periods based on graphs and hash function to avoid common silence for two or more neighboring eNodeBs; and providing continuous synchronization using blind carrier estimation.
US11849416B1
The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for synchronizing nodes in a mesh network. A system in some embodiments may comprise a node having a counter that is incremented using a non-linear counting function. The node may be incremented using the function at intervals as measured by an internal oscillator of the node. The counter may also be incremented by a fixed amount when receiving a sync-packet from neighboring nodes. The non-linear counting function effectively smooths out the variability of the internal oscillator while the synchronization packet acts to keep the value of the counter synchronized with the value of the counters of neighboring nodes. This allows nodes in a mesh network to be synchronized for certain events while avoiding the issues of other synchronization techniques.
US11849410B2
An antenna system and an electronic device are provided. The antenna system includes an antenna, a sensor, and a wireless radio frequency module. The sensor is electrically connected to the processor. The wireless radio frequency module is electrically connected to the antenna and the processor. The sensor generates and transmits a sensing signal to the processor according to a change of a proximity distance between an object and the antenna. The processor dynamically adjusts an output power of the wireless radio frequency module according to a sensing signal.
US11849407B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to power spectral density (PSD) limit. A device may generate a frame comprising one or more elements to be sent to a first station device, wherein the frame is to be sent using a 6 GHz band. The device may include in the frame, information associated with a PSD limit on a per bandwidth size basis of the 6 GHz band. The device may cause to send the frame to the first station device.
US11849405B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information; identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE; and transmitting, to the other UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss.
US11849403B2
There is provided mechanisms for transmitting uplink reference signals. A method is performed by a terminal device. The method comprises obtaining, from a network node, a configuration of transmission of the uplink reference signals. The configuration comprises an indication of a first frequency interval in which the uplink reference signals are to be transmitted. The method comprises distributing transmission power available for transmitting the uplink reference signals over the first frequency interval based on channel information for the first frequency interval. The method comprises transmitting the uplink reference signals in accordance with the distributed transmission power.
US11849400B2
A device including a host logic and a wireless controller. The wireless controller includes a transceiver and a scheduler. The scheduler is configured to determine a first device and a second device to cluster together. Further, upon occurrence of a communication event, the scheduler is configured to wakeup the transceiver for a period of time for the transceiver to exchange packets with the first and second devices, exchange a packet with the first device, exchange a packet with the second device, and power down the transceiver.
US11849396B2
Systems and method for configuring and providing discontinuous reception (DRX) operations in sidelink (SL) mode 1 and mode 2 are disclosed. A first user equipment (UE) may operate in DRX communications with a second UE over a SL while concurrently maintaining DRX communications with a base station. In some embodiments, DRX operations may include the first UE monitoring for either one or both of transmissions in a downlink from a base station and in the SL from the second UE during an active period of a DRX cycle of the DRX configuration. In embodiments, the UE may extend the active period associated with the DRX cycle when control information from either the base station or the second UE is received. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11849393B2
A method and apparatus may be used in wireless communications. The apparatus may be an access point (AP), and may transmit a power save frame. The power save frame may include one or more Uplink (UL) Transmission Times (ULT)s. The apparatus may determine that a station (STA) did not transmit during its respective ULT. The AP may transmit another power save frame. The other power save frame may include a modified ULT. The modified ULT may be for a STA that did not transmit during its respective ULT. The other power save frame may include an unmodified ULT. The unmodified ULT may be for a STA that did not transmit.
US11849387B2
A methods and apparatuses for supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless network is provided. According to embodiments, during a period where a D2D device 1 (D1) and a D2D device 2 (D2) are available for active D2D communications therebetween and when D2 identifies a need for a second communication with at least one of a base station or a different D2D device, the method includes transmitting, by D2, a D2D communication not available message (DNAM) to D1. The DNAM indicates that one or both of D1 and D2 are unavailable for active D2D communications therebetween. Upon receipt of the DNAM by D1, the method further includes transitioning, by D1, to a listening mode for receiving at least a D2D communication available message (DAM) from D2. The DAM indicates that D1 and D2 are available for active D2D communications therebetween.
US11849357B2
The present invention provides a mobile communication system sub-network comprising a macrocell base station, and a plurality of small cell base stations, the plurality of small cell base stations being in wireless communication with the macrocell base station, wherein each small cell base station is either in direct connection with the macrocell base station or is in connection with the macrocell base station via one or more other small cell base stations, wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure a UE device having a RRC connection to the macrocell base station with candidate small cell base station information for enabling the UE device to switch autonomously between small cell base stations, and wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure the small cell base stations with small cell base station configuration information.
US11849353B2
A bridge system establishes a network connection between each of a plurality of private computer networks and a public computer network. The bridge system includes a plurality of bridge devices, each bridge device being connected to the public computer network. Additionally, the bridge system includes a central controller in connection with each bridge device. The central controller configures each bridge device for wireless communication with a designated private network, with aspects of the bridge device configuration being reviewable and modifiable through a network interface in communication with the central controller. Accordingly, the bridge system creates a private-to-public network link between each private network and the public network. As a result, an internet-enabled device with access to the network link is afforded with all the network services and resources provided by the private network over the substantially broadened geographic area of coverage delivered by the public network.
US11849338B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing cellular network enhancements may utilize sensors mounted on or within a cellular base stations to collect information concerning environmental and/or shelter conditions. The collected information may be used by processing devices to predict a future load on a cellular network and may be used to optimize the number of channels needed for a particular base station. The collected information may also be transmitted to electronic devices in a cell coverage area to inform users of the electronic devices of the detected environmental and/or shelter conditions.
US11849330B2
A system for providing geolocation-based policy rules is provided. The system includes a policy engine and a memory communicatively coupled to the policy engine. The policy engine is configured to receive geolocation data for a plurality of objects. The policy engine is configured to create, based on the geolocation data, location policy attributes for the plurality of objects. The policy engine is configured to incorporate the location policy attributes into policy rules. The policy rules include rules for accessing the plurality of objects. The policy engine is further configured to execute the policy rules with regard to the plurality of objects.
US11849328B2
A computer-implemented method, in a communication framework in which each of a plurality of users has one or more devices associated therewith, and in which the users use at least some of their devices to communicate via a backend system. A first user has a first set of first one or more associated trusted devices, and a second user has a second set of second one or more trusted devices associated therewith. The first user forms a first trust relationship between a first device in the first set and a second device in the second set. Based on (i) the first trust relationship, and (ii) the second set associated with the second user, the first user forms a second trust relationship between each device in the first set and each device in the second set. A least one device in the first set communicates with one or more devices in the second set based on the second trust relationship.
US11849321B2
Systems and method are provided for a temporary network slice usage barring service within a core network. A network device in the core network receives a slice barring information message for an application function (AF). The slice barring information message includes a unique subscriber identifier associated with a user equipment (UE) device to be barred from a network slice and indicates a barring expiration time. The network device stores barring parameters based on the slice barring information message. The barring parameters include a slice identifier associated with the AF, the unique subscriber identifier, and the barring expiration time. The network device sends a barring instruction message to another network device associated with the network slice. The barring instruction message includes the unique subscriber identifier and the barring expiration time. The other network device enforces temporary barring of the UE device from the network slice based on the barring instruction message.
US11849316B2
A key management is provided that enables security activation before handing over a user equipment from a source 5G wireless communication system, i.e., a Next Generation System (NGS), to a target 4G wireless communication system, i.e., a Evolved Packet System (EPS)/Long Term Evolution (LTE). The key management achieves backward security, i.e., prevents the target 4G wireless communication system from getting knowledge of 5G security information used in the source 5G wireless communication system.
US11849308B2
A circuit for processing a wake-up signal, which is usable for activating electrical devices. The circuit includes an evaluation circuit, which checks an applied wake-up signal for its validity, and an output driver circuit, which outputs a processed wake-up signal when the evaluation circuit evaluates the applied wake-up signal as valid. The evaluation circuit has a comparator, which compares the applied wake-up signal to at least one threshold value for the evaluation. The evaluation circuit includes an input circuit and a switchable constant voltage source via which at least one criterion for evaluating the applied wake-up signal is adjustable in each case. The comparator is a multi-channel, integrated comparator circuit, and the individual channels of the integrated comparator circuit evaluating one criterion of an applied wake-up signal in each case.
US11849307B2
A method comprising: forming a cluster comprising at least two network nodes, wherein each of said network nodes comprises at least a wireless transceiver and at least one application server; continuously acquiring, by each of said network nodes, cluster topological data from at least some of said other network nodes; continuously transmitting, by each of said network nodes, to at least some of said other network nodes, said acquired topological data; designating, based at least in part on said transmitted topological data, a cluster head; and selecting, by said cluster head, at least one of said other network nodes in said cluster to provide one or more services associated with its respective at least one application server, wherein said one or more services are provided to all other network nodes.
US11849302B2
To provide a realistic video and audio to a passenger of a moving body, an output control device includes: a position and orientation identifying section which identifies a real position and a real orientation; a reading section which reads virtual space data; a virtual position determining section which determines a virtual position and a real orientation according to the real position and the real orientation; a display control section which controls a display to display, based on the virtual position, the virtual orientation, and a position where the display (4) is provided, an image of a partial region or a part of an object in a virtual space; and an audio output control section which controls, based on the virtual orientation and a positional relationship between the virtual position and an audio source object, a position of a stereo image formed by audio outputted from a speaker.
US11849301B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program that enable more efficient edit. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that selects and groups a plurality of objects existing in a predetermined space, and changes the positions of the plurality of the objects while maintaining the relative positional relationship of the plurality of the grouped objects in the space. The present technology can be applied to information processing apparatuses.
US11849297B2
An acoustic device including a first passive radiator structure and a second passive radiator structure is provided. The first passive radiator structure includes a passive diaphragm mechanically coupled to a first enclosure member via a first flexible suspension element, and is configured to vibrate relative to the first enclosure member. The second passive radiator structure includes a second enclosure member, and is configured to vibrate relative to the first enclosure member. The second passive radiator structure further includes a second flexible suspension element mechanically coupled to the first enclosure member and the second enclosure member. The second passive radiator structure further includes an active electro-acoustic transducer mechanically coupled to the second enclosure member. The second passive radiator structure moves when the active electro-acoustic transducer vibrates. A first mass of the first passive radiator structure is less than a second mass of the second passive radiator structure. During operation, the first enclosure member experiences substantially no vibrations.
US11849292B2
A low power voice processing system that includes a plurality of non-audio sensors, at least one microphone system, and a plurality of audio modules, at least some of which can be configured in selected modes. A context determination module is connected to the plurality of audio modules, and further connected to receive input from the plurality of non-audio sensors and the at least one microphone system. The context determination module acts to determine use context for the voice processing system and at least in part selects mode operation of at least some of the plurality of audio modules.
US11849282B2
The invention relates to the technical field of microphones, in particular to an online trimmed MEMS microphone. The online trimmed MEMS microphone comprises an acoustic transducer for receiving an external ultrasonic signal and converting the ultrasonic signal into an electric signal; an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) chip, coupled to the acoustic transducer, wherein the ASIC chip comprises: an amplifier unit for performing amplification on the electric signal and outputting an amplified signal; a decoding unit, connected to the amplifier unit, and configured to decode the amplified signal to obtain a decoded signal sequence; a matching unit, connected to the decoding unit, and configured to match the decoded signal sequence with a predetermined identification code to obtain a matched signal; a control unit, connected to the matching unit, and configured to generate one or more circuit adjusting parameters under the action of the matched signal.
US11849277B2
A loudspeaker system, having a good low-frequency response without a large box and effectively improving the efficiency of the loudspeaker system, so as to increase the output sound pressure level of the system, comprises a box and a plurality of loudspeakers arranged in the box and connected in parallel with each other, wherein each of the loudspeakers comprises a frame, a diaphragm arranged on the frame, and a voice coil for driving a vibration of the diaphragm; front surfaces of the diaphragms of the loudspeakers are arranged to face each other; a sound cavity is formed among the front surfaces of the diaphragms, and the sound cavity is in communication with the outside of the box; and each of the frames is located between a rear surface of its corresponding diaphragm and an inner wall of the box.
US11849276B2
A throat headset system includes an element configured to be arranged at least partially around a user's neck, at least one microphone being connected to the element and configured to be in contact with a user's throat or neck skin when the headset is worn and connected wireless or by cable to the microphone and configured to be connected to a communication device, in a wireless manner or via a cable, and at least one earphone connected to the cable or in a wireless manner to a communication unit. The microphone is a microphone of the type that does not require power or electric energy of a power source for detecting sound waves.
US11849266B2
According to some embodiments, a railcar monitoring system for monitoring one or more conditions associated with a railcar comprises a railcar controller and one or more sensors disposed throughout the railcar and communicably coupled to the railcar controller. The railcar controller is configured to exchange data with the one or more sensors and transmit data from the one or more sensors to a remote location. An amount of data exchanged between the railcar controller and the one or more sensors is controlled based on a railcar context. The railcar context is based on a location and/or activity associated with the railcar.
US11849264B2
An apparatus for white balance editing, includes a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to obtain an input image having an original white balance that is corrected by image signal processing, and obtain, using a first neural network, an intermediate representation of the obtained input image, the intermediate representation having the original white balance that is not corrected by the image signal processing. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the instructions to obtain, using a second neural network, a first output image having a first white balance different than the original white balance, based on the obtained intermediate representation.
US11849261B1
The present disclosure discloses a recreational vehicle monitoring device, which includes a camera, a connecting cable, a signal transmitting device and a display device. The camera is configured to be arranged at a rear portion of a carriage of the recreational vehicle and generate a video signal. A first end of the connecting cable is connected to the camera, and the connecting cable is configured to transmit the video signal and electric energy. The signal transmitting device is connected to a second end of the connecting cable, and the signal transmitting device is configured to receive the video signal, convert the video signal into a radio signal, and transmit the radio signal. The display device is configured to receive the radio signal, convert the radio signal into the video signal, and play a video.
US11849257B2
Systems and methods for multi-attendee video conferencing are described. A system can convert from huddle video conference mode to spatial video conference mode. In particular, by assigning user roles, specific users can have greater control of the video conference as compared to other users. For instance, moderators may have a greater level of control of the video conferencing system. Thus, in example implementations of the present disclosure, specific users can affect transition between two or more video conferencing modes, such as between a huddle video conference mode and a spatial video conference mode.
US11849255B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The device can display a live video communication user interface of a live video communication application that includes participant affordances corresponding to participants. In response to detecting an input that corresponds to a request to initiate a process of starting a new live communication session, the device can: in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the first participant affordance, initiate a process of starting a new live communication session that includes a group of three or more participants; and in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the new session affordance, initiate a process for selecting two or more participants and start a new live communication session that includes a participant associated with the device and the selected participants.
US11849254B2
Systems for capturing and organizing team-generated content produced during a meeting defined/facilitated by a third-party meeting tool or service. In particular, a server system includes a memory allocation and a processor allocation configured to cooperate to instantiate an instance of a bridge service configured to communicably couple to API endpoints of the third-party meeting tool and to one or more collaboration tools. The bridge service can monitor user or team input (and/or user input events) to the third-party meeting tool before, during, or after a meeting. Captured user input is provided to an input classifier which classifies the input as one of a set of input types. Based on the input type, parsing or analysis operations can be triggered and/or one or more API endpoints of a collaboration tool is selected such that an input to the collaboration tool, including the user input, can be provided.
US11849251B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device of transmitting a video signal, a method and device of receiving a video signal, and a display device. The method of transmitting the video signal includes: acquiring the video signal, wherein the video signal contains a plurality of frame data; embedding configuration data for at least one frame data of the video signal in a previous invalid interval of the at least one frame data; and transmitting the video signal embedded with the configuration data.
US11849243B2
A video control apparatus includes a display that displays a video, a capturer that captures a video of a display screen of the display, an area determiner that determines whether or not a second area that displays a video of a display screen that has been previously captured is included in a first area that is an area of a capturing target of the video, and a video generator that generates a video in which the video of the second area is not displayed from a video that has been captured from the first area and displays the generated video on the display if the second area is included in the first area.
US11849236B2
The present disclosure provides a time delay integration (TDI) sensor using a rolling shutter. The TDI sensor includes multiple pixel columns. Each pixel column includes multiple pixels arranged in an along-track direction, wherein two adjacent pixels or two adjacent pixel groups in every pixel column have a separation space therebetween. The separation space is equal to a pixel height multiplied by a time ratio of a line time difference of the rolling shutter and a frame period, or equal to a summation of at least one pixel height and a multiplication of the pixel height by the time ratio of the line time difference and the frame period. The TDI sensor further records defect pixels of a pixel array such that in integrating pixel data to integrators, the pixel data associated with the defect pixels is not integrated into corresponding integrators.
US11849232B2
An integrated image sensor includes a pixel array; an analog circuit configured to control the pixel array and read out image data based on an output signal of the pixel array; a processor configured to generate a control signal for controlling the analog circuit based on the image data and to feed back the control signal to the analog circuit; and a memory storing the image data.
US11849222B2
Methods and systems for automatically calibrating external illumination sources are disclosed herein. An example method includes supplying power over Ethernet (PoE) to an imaging assembly. The example method may further include identifying a characteristic corresponding to an external illumination source connected to the imaging assembly. The example method may further include adjusting an output intensity of the external illumination source based upon the characteristic, wherein the imaging assembly supplies the PoE to the external illumination source.
US11849219B2
The present disclosure relates to an image pickup device that enables inhibition of occurrence of color mixture or noise, and an electronic apparatus. The image pickup device of the present disclosure includes an image plane phase difference detection pixel for obtaining a phase difference signal for image plane phase difference AF. The image plane phase difference detection pixel includes: a first photoelectric conversion section that generates an electric charge in response to incident light; an upper electrode section that is one of electrodes disposed facing each other across the first photoelectric conversion section, the upper electrode section being formed on an incident side of the incident light on the first photoelectric conversion section; and a lower electrode section that is another of the electrodes disposed facing each other across the first photoelectric conversion section, the lower electrode section being formed on an opposite side of the incident side of the incident light on the first photoelectric conversion section, the lower electrode section being multiple-divided at a position that avoids a center of the incident light. The present disclosure is applicable to image sensors.
US11849215B2
A vehicular vision system includes a camera, a near-infrared light emitter operable to illuminate at least part of a region viewed by the camera, and an electronic control unit having an image processor. The camera captures frames of image data at a first rate, and the near-infrared light emitter is pulsed on/off at a second rate. The first rate is greater than the second rate. First frames of image data are captured by the camera when the region is illuminated by light emitted by the near-infrared light emitter, and the captured first frames of image data are processed at the ECU for a first vehicle function. Second frames of image data are captured by the camera when the region is not illuminated by light emitted by the near-infrared light emitter, and the captured second frames of image data are processed at the ECU for a second vehicle function.
US11849207B2
An inspection system is presented for use in monitoring plants' conditions in a plant growing area. The inspection system comprises: an optical probe comprising at least one imaging set, each imaging set comprising: a flash illuminator unit; an imaging unit configured with a predetermined resolution; and a sensing unit; the optical probe being configured and operable to perform one or more imaging sessions on a target in a plant growing area at a target location during a movement of the optical probe along a movement path in a vicinity of the target location, said sensing unit comprising a distance sensing element configured and operable to determine an instantaneous distance between the imaging unit and the target being imaged, and generate distance sensing data indicative thereof; and a control unit configured and operable to be responsive to the distance sensing data to initiate the imaging session and synchronize operation of the flash illuminator unit and the imaging unit to capture images of the target by the optical probe, thereby enabling analyzing the images and determining a condition of the target being indicative of at least one of pest, insect and disease presence at the target.
US11849206B1
Automated object identification and tracking systems and methods may include an imaging device operatively coupled to a movable base. The movable base may include one or more actuators to adjust pan and/or tilt orientations of the movable base and imaging device, and the imaging device may include a zoom controller to adjust a zoom level of the imaging device. A controller of the movable base may receive imaging data from the imaging device, process the imaging data to identify an object, and track the object over a plurality of frames of imaging data by instructing adjustments to a pan orientation, a tilt orientation, and/or a zoom level to substantially maintain the identified object at a desired size and within a field of view of the imaging device based on a position and/or size of the object represented within the imaging data.
US11849199B2
A glass rear cover includes a light-transmitting region. The light-transmitting region at least partially overlaps with a camera assembly in a thickness direction of the glass rear cover. The light-transmitting region allows light out of the glass rear cover to pass through the light-transmitting region to enter the camera assembly. The glass rear cover includes a first predetermined region and a second predetermined region. The first predetermined region is configured close to the light-transmitting region, and a strength of the first predetermined region is less than a strength of the second predetermined region. Therefore, when the glass rear cover is stressed, an extension direction of the crack on the glass rear cover is turned at the first predetermined region without reaching the light-transmitting region, avoiding the impact on image capturing of the camera assembly.
US11849194B1
Techniques are provided that include receiving, by a set-top box (STB) and over a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) channel, an instructional media file; storing the instructional media file in a local database for future viewing; adding metadata about the instructional media file to an analytics engine; determining, by the analytics engine, a time to present the instructional media file to an end-user associated with the STB, wherein the determination is based on processing an associated profile of the end-user and the metadata about the instructional media file; transmitting a notification for delivery to the end-user, where the notification indicates that the instructional media file is ready to be presented; and presenting, by a local processor associated with the STB, the instructional media file. Various artificial intelligence and augmented reality aspects are created and implemented in the system.
US11849193B2
Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses are described to implement voice search in media content for requesting media content of a video clip of a scene contained in the media content streamed to the client device; for capturing the voice request for the media content of the video clip to display at the client device wherein the streamed media content is a selected video streamed from a video source; for applying a NLP solution to convert the voice request to text for matching to a set of one or more words contained in at least close caption text of the selected video; for associating matched words to close caption text with a start index and an end index of the video clip contained in the selected video; and for streaming the video clip to the client device based on the start index and the end index associated with matched closed caption text.
US11849192B2
Systems and methods are described to provide voice search in an elastic cloud environment communicating with a set-top box (STB) by receiving by a voice cloud search server pulse-code modulation (PCM) audio packets transmitted from the STB; sending the PCM audio packets to a natural language processing (NLP) service for converting to text; sending the text sets to an elastic voice cloud search server for querying an electronic program guide (EPG) service, channel and program data associated with the text set wherein the EPG service to at least return identified channel and program data; in response to an identified return of channel and television program data, sending sets of text to a third-party search service for performing an independent search for related data and returning search results of video and image content which is then stripped of dynamic scripts to return to the STB.
US11849190B2
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for generating and playing a selectable content depth media program are provided. Media content items are edited to produce selectable depth media segments which are assembled into selectable depth media programs. A media-playback device is configured to navigate and play the selectable depth media program through interaction by a listening user. The user selects the desired content depth for each media segment.
US11849188B2
In some embodiments, a method receives information for a delivery of instances of supplemental content for a plurality of line items. A line item is associated with an instance of supplemental content that can be delivered and a pacing curve that describes a pace of delivery over time. The method updates a parameter for the line item to generate an updated parameter based on the delivery of the instances of supplemental content and a desired pacing behavior. The updated parameter is provided to a selection system that uses the updated parameter to select an instance for delivery. The delivery of instances of supplemental content for the line item is adjusted to meet the pacing curve based on a characteristic of the pacing behavior.
US11849186B1
A data storage device and method for enabling metadata-based seek points for media access are provided. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a plurality of frames in video data that differ from surrounding frames by more than a threshold amount; store identifiers of the plurality of frames in the memory; and send the identifiers to the host to enable quick playback of the video data by the host. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.
US11849179B2
Techniques are disclosed for characterizing audience engagement with one or more characters in a media content item. In some embodiments, an audience engagement characterization application processes sensor data; such as video data capturing the faces of one or more audience members consuming a media content item, to generate an audience emotion signal. The characterization application also processes the media content item to generate a character emotion signal associated with one or more characters in the media content item. Then, the characterization application determines an audience engagement score based on an amount of alignment and/or misalignment between the audience emotion signal and the character emotion signal.
US11849169B2
A programming access device such as, for example, a cable or satellite set top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), a personal computer, and/or a digital media receiver automatically optimizes an order of content choices presented in a content listing, such as a program guide display, favorite channel display, and/or a recording listing display based on the past viewing and/or recording history of an identified user.
US11849168B2
Methods and systems are provided for recording data in a network. A recording device may receive a recording instruction identifying a media content transmitted by an upstream media content server, and may offload recording one or more of a plurality of portions of the media content to one or more intermediate recording devices positioned between the recording device and the upstream media content server. Each portion of the media content may correspond to different portion of a transmission period associated with transmission of the media content, and may be assigned a corresponding recording control information configured based, at least in part, on one or more parameters associated with a network node recording or storing a corresponding one of the portions. Storage and retrieval of each of the portions of the media content may be managed based, at least in part, on the corresponding recording control information.
US11849167B1
Techniques for on-demand issuance of private keys for encrypted video transmission are described. A video processing service of a provider network receives a request from a computing device outside the provider network to begin video processing of video data generated by a video source device outside the provider network. The video processing service sends instructions to a video encoding device associated with the video source device to establish the connection for video transmission. The video processing service sends an encryption key to the video encoding device, and sends a decryption key to a video decryption engine. Subsequently, the video processing service receives video data from the video source device, via the video encoding device.
US11849164B2
Provided is a method for detecting live streaming jitter, a device, and a medium. An implementation is: calculating, for a live stream transmitted by an edge content delivery network (CDN) node in a CDN, quality information of the live stream based on a transmission frame rate and a viewer count of the live stream; calculating quality information of the edge CDN node based on the quality information of the live stream; and determining, based on the quality information of the edge CDN node, whether jitter occurs at the edge CDN node.
US11849157B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for live streaming. The system may receive a play request associated with a live stream from a terminal device. The system may determine whether there are one or more cached fragments associated with the live stream, wherein the one or more cached fragments are cached from a stream source via a first protocol. In response to determining that there are one or more cached fragments associated with the live stream, the system may determine whether the play request is a request that the terminal device requests the live stream for the first time. In response to determining that the play request is the request that the terminal device requests the live stream for the first time, after a caching of a current fragment is completed, the system may transmit an index file corresponding to the current fragment and at least one of the one or more cached fragments to the terminal device via a second protocol.
US11849155B2
A system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment are presented. In one embodiment, a vertical and horizontal array of thermostats is provided and each thermostat includes an identification corresponding to a room in which the thermostat is placed. Each thermostat includes a wireless transceiver that periodically transmits an identification beacon signal that is received by a proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device. The proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device, in turn, broadcasts data packets including an indication of the strength of thermostat identification signals received. The broadcasts are received by a server via an array of wireless routers. A location of the proximate wireless-enabled programmable interactive device is determined based on the signal strength information in the data packets.
US11849154B2
Techniques for signaling of sample adaptive offset (SAO) information that may reduce the coding rate for signaling such information in the compressed bit stream are provided. More specifically, techniques are provided that allow SAO information common to two or more of the color components to be signaled using one or more syntax elements (flags or indicators) representative of the common information. These techniques reduce the need to signal SAO information separately for each color component.
US11849146B2
A method of utilizing an N-point primary transform core matrix to encode may include determining whether to use a first transform core matrix that is an N-point 8-bit primary transform core matrix. When a result of the determination is to use the first transform core matrix, the method may include: (i) constructing the first transform core based on a set of unique numbers, and (ii) encoding using the derived primary transform core. The method may further include, when a result of the determination is to not use the first primary transform: (i) deriving a second transform core based on the same set of unique numbers, and (ii) encoding using the derived second transform core.
US11849140B2
A video decoding apparatus is provided for decoding pictures using inter-prediction. The video decoding apparatus includes a predictor that generates affine prediction samples for respective subblocks in a target block in a current picture to be decoded by performing affine motion prediction on a subblock-by-subblock basis using control point motion vectors which respectively correspond to corners of the target block. The predictor also modifies sample values of the affine prediction samples by executing a first coding tool, the first coding tool compensating for motion according to sample positions in each of the subblocks using the control point motion vectors.
US11849138B2
A method of encoding a motion information predictor index for an Affine Merge mode, comprising: generating a list of motion information predictor candidates; selecting one of the motion information predictor candidates in the list as an Affine Merge mode predictor; and generating a motion information predictor index for the selected motion information predictor candidate using CABAC coding, one or more bits of the motion information predictor index being bypass CABAC coded.
US11849132B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus of the present invention may derive motion information of a current block, and perform motion compensation for the current block on the basis of the motion information. The motion information of the current block is derived on the basis of an inter-mode predefined in an encoding/decoding apparatus, and the predefined inter-mode may include at least one of a merge mode, an AMVP mode, an affine mode, or an intra block copy (IBC) mode.
US11849124B2
A video image encoding device, in a first mode, variable-length-encodes a residual coefficient to generate a coefficient code string, outputs the coefficient code string and the header information in a state in which the header information is associated with the coefficient code string, in a second mode, directly uses a differential image as a coefficient code string without variable-length-encoding the differential image, and outputs the coefficient code string and the header information in a state in which the header information is associated with the coefficient code string.
US11849119B2
The disclosure regards cross-component prediction and methods for deriving of a linear model for obtaining a first-component sample for a first-component block from an associated reconstructed second-component sample of a second-component block in the same frame, the method comprising determining the parameters of a linear equation representing a straight line passing through two points, each point being defined by two variables, the first variable corresponding to a second-component sample value, the second variable corresponding to a first-component sample value, based on reconstructed samples of both the first-component and the second-component; and deriving the linear model defined by the straight line parameters.
US11849115B2
A method includes determining whether at least one of a height or width of a residual coding block, that corresponds to a data block of an image, is greater than or equal to a threshold; and based on determining that the at least one of the height or width of the residual coding block is greater than or equal to the threshold: obtaining a reduced-complexity residual coding block based on the residual coding block and performing transform coding of the reduced-complexity residual coding block using a line graph transform (LGT) core to perform direct matrix multiplications for each of the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the reduced-complexity residual coding block, wherein the performing includes determining an order of performing horizontal and vertical transforms to the reduced-complexity residual coding block when zero-out is enabled on LGT, depending on a ratio of width to height of the residual coding block.
US11849108B2
A method of encoding a motion information predictor index, comprising: generating a list of motion information predictor candidates; when an Affine Merge mode is used, selecting one of the motion information predictor candidates in the list as an Affine Merge mode predictor; when a non-Affine Merge mode is used, selecting one of the motion information predictor candidates in the list as a non-Affine Merge mode predictor; and generating a motion information predictor index for the selected motion information predictor candidate using CABAC coding, one or more bits of the motion information predictor index being bypass CABAC coded.
US11849107B2
A method of intra prediction of a block, comprising obtaining two lines of reconstructed neighboring samples; deriving a set of reference samples based on the two lines of reconstructed neighboring samples; obtaining a set of MIP coefficients based on a intra prediction mode obtained from a bitstream, wherein a MIP coefficient CMIP of the set of MIP coefficients is obtained based on CMIP=vsgn·(q<
US11849106B2
Disclosed is a video signal processing method and device that encodes or decodes a video signal. In particular, the video signal processing method may comprise the steps of: parsing a first syntax element indicating whether a merge mode is applied to a current block; when the merge mode is applied to the current block, determining whether to parse a second syntax element on the basis of a first predefined condition, wherein the second syntax element indicates whether a first mode or a second mode is applied to the current block; when the first mode and the second mode are not applied to the current block, determining whether to parse a third syntax element on the basis of a second predefined condition; and determining a mode applied to the current block on the basis of the second syntax element or the third syntax element.
US11849100B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to obtain an image and correction information on a first optical system and a second optical system, the image including a first area corresponding to a first image inputted via the first optical system and a second area corresponding to a second image inputted via the second optical system having a predetermined parallax with respect to the first optical system; execute correcting processing of correcting, based on the correction information, positions of a pixel included in the first area and a pixel included in the second area in the image, and generate a processed image by executing processing of transforming the corrected first area and the corrected second area.
US11849099B2
Methods to solve the problem of performing fusion of images acquired with two cameras with different type sensors, for example a visible (VIS) digital camera and an short wave infrared (SWIR) camera, include performing image space equalization on images acquired with the different type sensors before performing rectification and registration of such images in a fusion process.
US11849093B2
A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information.
US11849091B2
A configuration is provided in which in a case where a user operation is performed on an image forming apparatus or a data processing apparatus while the image forming apparatus and the data processing apparatus are operating in cooperation with each other, the automatic clearing timers of both the apparatuses are reset.
US11849078B2
Methods and systems are provided for presenting media content capable of being dynamically adapted. One method involves analyzing content of a media program to identify a replaceable object at a spatial location within the content at a temporal location within the content, analyzing the spatial location of the content corresponding to the replaceable object within the content to identify one or more attributes of the replaceable object, identifying a substitute object based at least in part on the one or more attributes associated with the replaceable object, augmenting the temporal location of the content to include the substitute object at the spatial location within the content in lieu of the replaceable object, and providing the augmented version of the content to a media player for presentation.
US11849077B1
Interpolation between explicitly signaled CPB (or HRD) parameters at selected bit rates is used to achieve a good compromise between CPB parameter transmission capacity and CPB parametrization effectiveness and may be, particularly, made in an effective manner.
US11849076B1
Interpolation between explicitly signaled CPB (or HRD) parameters at selected bit rates is used to achieve a good compromise between CPB parameter transmission capacity and CPB parametrization effectiveness and may be, particularly, made in an effective manner.
US11849065B2
Various embodiments of the invention are detection systems and methods for detecting call provenance based on call audio. An exemplary embodiment of the detection system can comprise a characterization unit, a labeling unit, and an identification unit. The characterization unit can extract various characteristics of networks through which a call traversed, based on call audio. The labeling unit can be trained on prior call data and can identify one or more codecs used to encode the call, based on the call audio. The identification unit can utilize the characteristics of traversed networks and the identified codecs, and based on this information, the identification unit can provide a provenance fingerprint for the call. Based on the call provenance fingerprint, the detection system can identify, verify, or provide forensic information about a call audio source.
US11849051B2
Systems and methods for off-chain verification of cryptographic transactions are disclosed. The system receives a first transaction from a first blockchain, wherein the first transaction is associated with a first address of a first user device and receives a notification of an analysis of a whitelist status for the first transaction. The system performs a first off-chain check on the first transaction to determine validity of the first transaction and if the first off-chain check fails, determines whether a second off-chain check is required. If the second off-chain check is required the system performs the second off-chain check and if the second off-chain check fails, determines whether a supervised check is required. If the supervised check is required, the system sends transaction parameters of the first transaction to a second user device and submits transaction details to the first blockchain if an approval is received from the supervisor user device.
US11849050B1
Systems and methods for using ring usage certificate extensions are described. Some implementations described limit the ability of signers using a ‘ring signature’ from using public key certificates to create the ring signatures without the permission of the creators of those respective public key certificates. An implementation may describe receiving a request to validate, receiving a plurality of digital certificates associated with the request to validate, determining the request to validate requires validation of a ring signature using the plurality of digital certificates, determining one or more of the plurality of digital certificates comprises a ring usage certificate extension, analyzing the ring usage certificate extension to retrieve a value associated with the ring usage certificate extension, and failing validation of the request based on determining the request to validate requires validation of the ring signature and based on the value associated with the ring usage certificate extension.
US11849049B2
Secure patching of an operating system of the integrated circuit chip. A patch server encrypts a patch to the operating system of the integrated circuit chip and transmits the encrypted patch to an issuing-authority server. The issuing-authority server appends the encrypted patch into a digital certificate in an extension to the digital certificate and transmits the digital certificate including the encrypted patch to a terminal. The terminal transmits the digital certificate the integrated circuit chip. The integrated circuit chip recovers the extension to the second digital certificate and decrypts the extension using a decryption key of the manufacturer of the integrated circuit chip thereby recovering the patch to the operating system of the integrated circuit chip and installs the patch into the operating system of the integrated circuit chip.
US11849048B2
A device can (i) store public keys Ss and Sn for a network and (ii) record private key sd. A network can record a corresponding private keys ss and sn. The device can (i) generate a device ephemeral PKI key pair (Ed, ed) and (ii) send public key Ed to the network. The device can receive an ephemeral public key Es from the network. The device can calculate values for A: an elliptic curve point addition over Ss, Sn, and Es, and B: (sd+ed) mod n. The device can input values for X and Y into an elliptic curve Diffie Hellman key exchange (ECDH) in order to determine a mutually derived shared secret X5, where the network can also derive shared secret X5. The device can (i) use X5 to derive a key K2 and (ii) decrypt a ciphertext from the network using key K2.
US11849042B2
A method includes an authorizing entity computer receiving a request for a virtual access credential from a communication device operated by a user. The authorizing entity computer can then transmit the virtual access credential to the communication device operated by the user. The authorizing entity computer can then receive an authorization request message comprising the virtual access credential from an access device associated with a resource provider for an interaction between the user and the resource provider. The authorizing entity computer can then determine an account identifier linked to the virtual access credential. The account identifier being associated with an account maintained by an external entity computer that is external to the authorizing entity computer. The authorizing entity computer can then determine that the interaction is authorized based upon determining the account identifier associated with the virtual access credential.
US11849041B2
A method of securely exchanging a session token for a claims-based token by a plug-in integrated into an extensible system includes the steps of: transmitting, to an extensible system server of the extensible system, the session token and a request for a first claims-based token that corresponds to the session token and that is cryptographically signed by an authentication server; acquiring, from the extensible system server, the first claims-based token; transmitting, to the authentication server, the first claims-based token and a request for a second claims-based token; and receiving, from the authentication server, the second claims-based token, wherein the second claims-based token is cryptographically signed by the authentication server, and wherein if the second claims-based token is transmitted to a resource provider server hosting a resource provider service, the resource provider service performs a requested operation on behalf of an interactive user of the extensible system.
US11849033B2
This disclosure relates to, among other things, key generation systems and methods. Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide for generation of cryptographic keys based on one or more defined key generation rules. Key generation consistent with various aspects of the disclosed embodiments may increase the difficultly and/or cost of producing public keys and, by extension, discourage the generation of fake keys used in connection with a key flooding attack. In certain embodiments, generated keys and/or associated key generation rules may depend, at least in part, on associated binding data.
US11849026B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for database integration with an external key management system. One example method includes receiving, by a database system, a key encryption key from an external key management system external to the database system that is used to encrypt a data encryption key used to encrypt database data. The data encryption key is obtained, by the database system, using the key encryption key. Encrypted database data is decrypted, by the database system and using the data encryption key, to obtain decrypted database data before performing an operation on the decrypted database data. The database system determines that the external key management system has performed an operation on the key encryption key. In response to determining that the external key management system has performed the operation on the key encryption key, the database system modifies operation of the database system.
US11849016B1
Techniques are disclosed for performing time synchronization at a plurality of computing devices in a network. In one example, a method comprising obtaining timestamp data in accordance with a synchronization operation for a timing protocol; computing a skewness estimate and an offset estimate from the timestamp data by executing a regression analysis, wherein the regression analysis is configured to train a first model to predict the offset estimate and the skewness estimate, the offset estimate comprising a clock time difference between the first clock and the second clock; computing a corrected skewness estimate and a corrected offset estimate based on a second model having parameters based on the offset estimate and the skewness estimate; and modifying a current time value of at least one of the first clock or the second clock based on at least one of the corrected offset estimate or the corrected skewness estimate.
US11849012B2
A method for estimation of performance characteristics for transport control protocol includes sparsely sampling, at a middlebox, a plurality of packets from a transport control protocol (TCP) connection between a source endpoint and a destination endpoint through the middlebox. For each packet of the sampled plurality of packets, the method includes generating a time stamp when the packet is sampled and recording a sequence number and an acknowledgment number for the respective packet. The acknowledgment number is recorded when the acknowledgment number exists for the respective packet. The method also includes generating an estimated performance characteristic for the TCP connection between the source endpoint and the destination endpoint through the middlebox over the period of time based on at least two of a respective time stamp, a respective sequence number, or a respective acknowledgment number from one or more of the sampled plurality of packets.
US11849010B2
The document describes systems and methods for handling local (legacy) devices. A local cloud gateway comprises a plurality of interface connectors of different types to physically connect a plurality of these legacy devices to the cloud, comprising a plurality of distant servers. Developments describe the step of extracting the functional messages out of messages stemming from local legacy devices (e.g. protocol translators), secure communications, logical representations of legacy devices in the cloud (“twins”), administration options, various user interfaces (e.g. buzzer) for seamless configuration and use, the use of one or more actuators (retroactions on the physical world), etc. Software and/or hardware embodiments are described.
US11849007B2
Techniques for of providing data from a plurality of data sources are disclosed. A plurality of modules are provided at a common access point. Each module defines data on a respective one of a plurality of data sources, the data including information on data available from the respective data source. In response to a request for data from one of the plurality of data sources at the common access point, data is retrieved from the respective data source using the data on the data source from the respective module. Data is provided from the common access point in dependence on the retrieved data.
US11849003B2
Persistent connections are provided between components in a container environment. A hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) client may include a monitoring service and a proxy service. To obtain information regarding containers in the container environment, the monitoring service communicates a request to the proxy service. The proxy service in turn maintains a persistent connection for a session with a container management service using an authentication token, and communicates the request to the container management service during the session. The container management service obtains the requested information from the container(s) and returns the information in a response to the proxy service, which in turn returns the response to the monitoring service. The session is destroyed/ended only under certain error conditions—otherwise, the session between the proxy service and the container management system is kept persistent.
US11848998B2
A system for cross cloud workload identity virtualization including a program having instructions to route a first network call from a workload in a first cloud computing environment addressed to a first cloud computing environment instance metadata service (IMS) having destination data with an IP address of 169.254.169.254 to a universal IMS (UIMS) different from the first cloud computing environment IMS, route a second network call from the workload addressed to a destination other than the first cloud computing environment IMS to the destination indicated by the second network call, respond to the first network call with credentials valid for accessing a cloud service provided in a second cloud computing environment. The workload can access the cloud service from the first cloud computing environment, and access the cloud service from a third cloud computing environment different from the first cloud computing environment.
US11848993B2
A method of signaling enhancement for an always-on PDU session is provided. A User Equipment (UE) transmits a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) request message to a mobile communication network. The NAS request message includes an Always-on PDU Session Requested (APSR) Information Element (IE). The UE receives a NAS response message including an Always-on PDU Session Indication (APSI) IE from the mobile communication network. The APSI IE includes a time length indicator. In response to the APSI IE indicating that the always-on PDU session is not allowed, the UE starts a timer based on the time length indicator and retransmits the NAS request message to the mobile communication network when the timer expires.
US11848987B2
A system can a divide database into a group of shards distributed among a group of data centers, wherein the group of shards comprises respective leader replicas. The system can determine respective correlation values between pairs of shards of the group of shards. The system can examine the pairs of shards in a descending order of respective correlation values, comprising, in response to determining that a respective pair of shards of the pairs of shards has a first correlation value greater than a predetermined threshold value, and that at least one shard of the respective pair of shards is unlocked, reassigning leader replicas of the respective pair of shards to be stored in a same data center of the group of data centers, and locking the leader replicas of the respective pair of shards from being reassigned to another data center of the group of data centers during the examining.
US11848985B2
A method by an email sending system to send emails from different public sending network addresses. The method includes receiving, by a load balancer, an email that is to be sent by the email sending system, sending, by the load balancer, the email to a mail transfer agent (MTA) instance from a plurality of MTA instances, wherein each of the MTA instances has access to configuration data that indicates which proxy virtual machines (VMs) serve as egresses for which public sending network addresses, determining, by the MTA instance, a public sending network address to send the email from, determining, by the MTA instance based on consulting the configuration data, a proxy VM that serves as an egress for the public sending network address, and sending, by the MTA instance, the email to the proxy VM for sending to its destination from the public sending network address.
US11848982B2
Techniques for facilitating operations in hybrid cloud computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving, at a public cloud, a plurality of applications deployable in a private cloud and informing an access service of the public cloud computing system regarding the received applications deployable in the private cloud. The method also includes receiving, from a connection service of the private cloud, a request for a list of the received applications available at the public cloud and deployable in the private cloud. The method further includes in response to the received request, selectively identifying to the private cloud the list of applications based on a service subscription associated with the connection service.
US11848966B2
A system and method for analyzing integrated operational technology and information technology systems with sufficient granularity to predict their behavior with a high degree of accuracy. The system and method involve creating high-fidelity models of the operational technology and information technology systems using one or more cyber-physical graphs, performing parametric analyses of the models to identify key components, scaling the parametric analyses of the models to analyze the key components at a greater level of granularity, and iteratively improving the models testing them against in-situ data from the real-world systems represented by the high-fidelity models.
US11848958B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect malware based on network traffic analysis. An example apparatus includes a classification controller to: in response to a first classification score of a first network traffic sample satisfying a first threshold, determine whether a second classification score of a second network traffic sample satisfies a second threshold; and in response to the second classification score of the second network traffic sample satisfying the second threshold, classify network traffic associated with the first network traffic sample and the second network traffic sample as potentially malicious network traffic; and a remediation controller to, in response to the network traffic being classified as the potentially malicious network traffic, execute a remediation action to remediate malicious activity associated with the potentially malicious network traffic.
US11848955B2
Systems, methods, and related technologies for entity visibility are described. In certain aspects, information associated with a type of entity is accessed and a network is scanned for a plurality of entities. One or more entities are selected from plurality of entities based on the type of entity. Properties associated with the one or more selected entities are accessed. The information associated with the one or more selected entities and the one or more properties associated with the selected one or more entities are stored.
US11848950B2
Various embodiments provide an approach to detect intrusion of connected IoT devices. In operation, features associated with behavioral attributes as well as volumetric attributes of network data patterns of different IoT devices is analyzed by means of statistical analysis to determine deviation from normal operation data traffic patterns to detect anomalous operations and possible intrusions. Data from multiple networks and devices is combined in the cloud to provide for improved base models for statistical analysis.
US11848946B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for performing intrusion detection operations on a host computer. The method receives a data message sent by a machine executing on the host computer. For the data message's flow, the method identifies a set of one or more contextual attributes that are different than layers 2, 3 and 4 header values of the data message. The identified set of contextual attributes are provided to an intrusion detection system (IDS) engine that executes on the host computer to enforce several IDS rules. The IDS engine uses the identified set of contextual attributes to identify a subset of the IDS rules that are applicable to the received data message and that do not include all of the IDS rules enforced by the IDS engine. The IDS engine then examines the subset of IDS rules for the received data message to ascertain whether the data message is associated with a network intrusion activity. For instance, in some embodiments, the IDS engine identifies one rule in the identified subset of IDS rules as matching the received data message, and then processes this rule to determine whether the data message is associated with an intrusion.
US11848942B2
A method and system for detecting intrusion in a distributed field bus of a vehicle network involve using an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect intrusion in the network. In a network with a number of nodes, IDS is configured in each of the number of nodes. The IDS, in a first node configured in a transmission mode, receives at least one message signal. A hash function is performed on at least one message signal for generating a first Honeypot (HPT) signal. Simultaneously, the first node transmits the first HPT signal to the second node. The first node and the second node generates a reference HPT and second HPT respectively using an echo-hash function. The IDS detect intrusion based on a comparison of the reference HPT and the second HPT. The method is independent of network traffic timing and can be performed in real-time.
US11848936B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products that provide for an improved, more efficient, and more stable system of networked computing devices. The embodiments disclose an apparatus and system that enable client devices to selectively grant to third party applications permissions to access group-based communication objects of a group-based communication system. The apparatus and system further enable client devices to selectively grant to third party applications permissions to take specific actions with regards to the group-based communication objects within the system. To accomplish the improvements, the disclosed systems, apparatuses, and computing devices maintain a record of the permissions granted to third party applications in a permissions table stored in a computer storage device. The permissions table may be modified to expand the permissions granted to the third party application without requiring a new authentication process that issues a new authenticating token. Further, third party applications are installed at a group level and not at a user level within the system, which increases system stability and efficiency.
US11848930B1
This application describes methods, mediums, and systems for verifying a device for use in a messaging system. Using the device verification procedures described, a messaging system can securely authorize new devices to send and receive encrypted messages on behalf of a user, preferably without the need to share a private encryption key between the users' different devices. The application describes several techniques that can be used to provide such a system, including distributing a computer-perceptible code that encodes encryption information between a secondary device and a primary device. This allows the information to be distributed without intervention by a server. Other techniques provide unique ways to build and reverify authorized device lists, distribute encryption keys in chat channels, ensure that lists of authorized devices are distributed in the correct order and remain valid for an appropriate amount of time, add new devices to an ongoing or new conversation, and more.
US11848927B1
A social networking system performs account recovery for a user with the help of the user's connections (e.g., friends). The social networking system selects connections of the user based on information indicating likelihood of real-world interactions between the user and the selected connections. Access codes are sent to the selected connections and the user instructed to obtain access codes from the selected connections via a communication that is outside the social networking system, for example, via phone. The user provides the access codes obtained from the selected connections to the social networking system. If the access codes provided by the user match the access codes sent to the selected connections, the user is granted access to the account. Real-world interactions between two users are determined based on sharing of devices between the users or information indicating presence of the users in the same place during same time interval.
US11848925B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable program code executable by a processor to receive a transaction request from a user interface, and receive a user-identifier from the user interface, and the user-identifier associated with a user. The program code may be executable to send a first non-audible sound signal to initiate a multifactor authentication process during a first interval, and send a second non-audible sound signal during a second interval, where the second non-audible sound signal comprises a predetermined frequency pattern, associated with the user. The program code may also be executable to receive a third non-audible sound signal, where the third non-audible sound signal, at least in part, is utilized to determine whether to complete the transaction request or not. The first non-audible sound signal, the second non-audible sound signal, and the third non-audible sound signal may comprise a frequency greater than 15 kHz.
US11848920B2
Verifiable, secure communications between a sender and a receiver on at least one shared communication channel is provided. A manicoded key encoder produces an argument of knowledge for a secret key to the at least one shared communication channel, and a manicoded message encoder provides an implication argument indicating that knowledge of the secret key enables access to message content of the manicoded message. The argument of knowledge is included in a key manifest for the secret key within a manicoded key, and the implication argument is included in a message manifest of a manicoded message. In this way, the sender may provide message content within the manicoded message, and the receiver may operate a decoder to access the message content. A verifier may use the manicoded key and the manicoded message to verify that the receiver has access to the message content.
US11848919B1
Systems and methods for obfuscating data. The technology herein can be used to produce an obfuscated output that exhibits no easily discernible pattern, making difficult to identify or to filter using regular expressions, signature matching or other pattern matching. The output nevertheless can be reversed and the original data recovered by an intended recipient with a relatively low-cost of processing, making it suitable for low-powered devices. The obfuscation is stateless and does not require encryption.
US11848917B2
Disclosed is a mechanism for performing an anonymous transfer using a blockchain. A sender's device generates a commitment based on a serial number of a zero-knowledge token and a value of the zero-knowledge token. Moreover, the sender's device generates a range proof and a balance proof for the commitment. The range proof verifies that the value of the zero-knowledge token is within a preset range. The balance proof verifies that the value of a set of input tokens is greater than or equal to the value of the zero-knowledge token. The sender's device sends a conversion request to the blockchain network. The conversion request consumes the set of input tokens and generates the zero-knowledge token. The conversion request includes the generated commitment, the generated range proof, and the generated balance proof.
US11848914B2
Verification system and methods are provided for allowing database server responses to be verified. A proxy device may maintain a data structure (e.g., a Merkle B+-tree) within a secure memory space (e.g., an Intel SGX enclave) associated with a protected application. In some embodiments, the data structure may comprise hashed values representing hashed versions of the data managed by the database server. The proxy may intercept client requests submitted from a client device and forward such requests to the database server. Responses from the database server may be verified using the data structure (e.g., the hashes contained in the Merkle B+-tree). If the data is verified by the proxy device, the response may be transmitted to the client device.
US11848904B2
Modifying direct message (DM) communication membership is described. A communication platform can receive, in association with a DM communication and from a user computing device of a user of a first group of users, a first request to modify the first group of users. The communication platform can send a second request to designate whether to include context data associated with the DM communication in a new or existing DM communication. Based on receiving an indication to include at least a portion of the context data associated with the DM communication in the new or existing DM communication, the communication platform can generate the new DM communication, wherein the new DM communication is associated with a second group of users different than the first group of users, and at least the portion of the context data is associated with the new DM communication.
US11848902B2
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer m unsubscribing from unwanted mailing list traffic and email based relationships. A consumer's discovered accounts and subscriptions may be listed and displayed to the consumer. For each identified account or subscription, an unsubscribe and deletion action may be determined and automated for the consumer.
US11848901B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content providing, searching and/or hosting systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods provide a framework for delivering electronic messages to a recipient in an optimized manner based on current real-world and digital activities associated with the recipient. Once a message sent by a sender is received by the message platform, the message and information related to a user's activity is analyzed, and a delivery condition is determined by the messaging platform. The platform then sends the message according to that delivery condition, such that it is delivered to the user only upon the platform relaying the message thereon when the condition is satisfied or occurs.
US11848899B2
An electronic reader is implemented in a mobile computing device by downloading electronic reader computer instructions to be stored resident in the mobile computing device to permit the mobile computing device to be configured as a stand-alone electronic reader. One or more electronic books are downloaded and temporarily stored in a memory of the electronic reader. Chatroom functionality is integrated into the electronic reader to permit a user to communicate directly from an electronic book to a chatroom to thereby permit communication with selected parties. The user can communicate with other readers in the chatroom, with the author of the book, or with one or more subject matter experts designated by the author or publisher of the book. The integrated chatroom functionality combined with the stand-alone reader functionality provide a quality reading experience for the user as well as interactive capabilities.
US11848896B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a TDD slot format selection service is provided. The service may calculate a distance between a radio access network device and an end device and use the distance to select a TDD configuration for the end device. The service may use other criteria to select the TDD configuration such as downlink or uplink ratios and/or interference value pertaining to a neighboring radio access network device. The service may also include scheduling of traffic adjustments based on a determined traffic bias associated with the end device and slot format symbols.
US11848872B2
Described herein is a system for automatically capturing configuration changes to the cloud computing resources. The system for automatically capturing configuration changes may detect changes to configurations of cloud computing resources across the geographic regions, in real-time. The changes may be stored in a central data storage device instantiated by a central cloud computing account. Furthermore, a relationship graph indicating the relationships between the different cloud computing resources may be generated.
US11848870B2
A regular buffer and a shadow buffer are maintained at a receiver host. Responsive to receiving a data flow from a sender host that is clock-synchronized with the receiver host using a common reference clock, a first indication of data of the data flow is stored to the regular buffer, the shadow buffer is transitioned from an idle state to an active state, and a counter of the shadow buffer is incremented that indicates a unit of data traffic received. A dynamic drain rate is determined based on a number of units of the data removed from the regular buffer per unit of time while the shadow buffer is in the active state, where the shadow buffer reverts to an idle state responsive to a break in the receiver host receiving the data flow. Dwell time is calculated as a function of the counter of the shadow buffer and the dynamic drain rate, and a congestion signal for the data flow is determined based on the dwell time.
US11848861B2
Methods for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering (TE) design for IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) include determining that a network is a flat MPLS-enabled Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or Unified Communications IMS network including an IMS Core site and excluding Session Border Controllers (SBCs). The network further includes multiple user endpoints (UEs). Responsive to determining that the network is a flat MPLS-enabled VoIP or Unified Communications IMS network, the computer system configures a first set of TE LSPs between each UE and the IMS Core site. The computer system configures a second set of TE LSPs between each UE and each other UE of the plurality of UEs to form a full mesh. A display device of the computer system generates a graphical representation of the network. The graphical representation represents the first set of TE LSPs and the second set of TE LSPs connecting each UE.
US11848858B2
A bit index explicit replication (BIER) forwarding entry construction method is provided. The method includes receiving, by a second network device, a first message sent by a first network device, where the first message includes a host routing prefix of the first network device, first BIER information, and second BIER information. The first BIER information includes a bit index forwarding table identifier (BIFT ID) of the first network device, the second BIER information includes a bit forwarding router identifier (BFR ID) of at least one bit forwarding router (BFR) in a first area. The second network device constructs a BIER forwarding entry based on the first BIER information, the second BIER information, and the host routing prefix.
US11848856B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for generating and/or using virtual node(s) (e.g., virtual SPB node(s)) in a multi-area fabric (e.g., a multi-area SPB fabric). A multi-area network includes a first network area including a first set of network nodes. The multi-area network further includes a second network area including a second set of network nodes, where the second set of network nodes is outside of the first network area. The multi-area network further includes a virtual node including a logical Intermediate System to Intermediate System (ISIS) node representing at least one of the first set of network nodes and the second set of network nodes.
US11848852B1
An autonomous system border router (ASBR) provided in a domain in which routers share an anycast address, may perform a method comprising: (a) receiving, from an exterior Border Gateway Protocol (eBGP) peer, first reachability information for a first prefix, the first reachability information including a first next hop (NH) address; (b) communicating first link state information about the first prefix to another router in the domain, the first link state information associating the first prefix with the anycast address; (c) receiving, from an eBGP peer, second reachability information for a second prefix, the second reachability information including a second next hop (NH) address; and (d) communicating second link state information about the second prefix to the other router in the domain, the second link state information associating the second prefix with the anycast address. This effectively reduces the number of next hops related to a prefix learned by two or more ASBRs (e.g., one or more spine routers in a Clos of an aggregate spine) via eBGP, stored as forwarding information on a non-ASBR in an IGP domain (e.g., on a leaf node in a Clos of an aggregate spine).
US11848843B2
Anomalies in network traffic are detected using machine learning. A plurality of machine learning models is employed to determine whether there are anomalies in network traffic of an MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) network that can affect the performance of devices in the network. A first machine learning model is trained on network traffic passed through network tunnels of a plurality of routers in the network. A second machine learning model is trained on router-specific network traffic passed through router-specific network traffic for a subset of the network tunnels associated with a particular router. The first machine learning model is employed to determine a network anomaly, and the second machine learning model is employed to determine a router-specific anomaly. A router error is identified when both a network anomaly and a router-specific anomaly are determined. An indication of the router error is communicated to a computing device.
US11848839B2
Systems, methods, and related technologies for entity classification and attribute designation are described. Device property data associated with a device coupled to a network is accessed. One or more features for the device are identified based on the device property data. A first value for an attribute of the device is determined based on a set of rules applied to the one or more features of the device. A first belief value for the attribute is determined based on the set of rules applied to the one or more features of the device. A final value for the attribute of the device is selected based at least in part on the first belief value for the first value of the attribute.
US11848838B2
An example method includes recording, by a node out of a plurality of nodes, occurrence of one or more baseline node events, generating a statistical data corresponding to a recorded occurrence of the one or more baseline node events over a pre-determined period, comparing one or more subsequent node events with the statistical data, and communicating data corresponding to the one or more subsequent node events to the central control device, in response to determining that the one or more subsequent node events satisfy the event deviation threshold.
US11848825B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for providing a visualization of a topology for a logical network implemented in a physical network. The method identifies a set of logical elements of the logical network. For each logical element, the method identifies a set of one or more physical elements in the physical network that implements the logical element. Multiple physical elements are identified for at least one of the logical elements. Through a user interface (UI) the method displays a visualization that includes (1) the set of logical elements, (2) connections between the logical elements, (3) the sets of physical elements that implement each logical element in the set of logical elements, and (4) correlations between each logical element and the set of physical elements that implements the logical element. Each logical element and each physical element is represented by a node in the visualization.
US11848818B2
Embodiments provide a system and method for building idempotent configuration management modules for cloud infrastructure services. Idempotency of a configuration management (CM) task in a CM plan is one of the mechanisms used to achieve repeatable and reliable automations of configuration management tasks. This helps DevOps and operations personnel reliably apply and maintain configuration of their systems.
US11848815B2
Systems and methods of managing creation and configuration for 5G networks, NFs and NSSIs are provided. An instantiation or configuration request received from a managed entity respectively instantiates or configures the appropriate element. For NF instantiation, when the NF has a virtualized part to be instantiated by a VNF, interaction with an NFV MANO system instantiates the VNF is followed by NF instantiation notification and MOI creation for the NF. For NF configuration, the NF is configured and notification provided thereof. For network instantiation, after reception of a network creation request, interaction with the system to instantiate a NS that realizes the network is followed by determination that a new VNF associated with the NS has been instantiated, creation of a NF (constituting the network) MOI is realized by the new VNF, and NF configuration. For NSSI creation, a NF constituting the NSSI is created and configured.
US11848808B2
This application provides an information processing method and a communications apparatus. In embodiments of this application, when a time-frequency resource, for a first DMRS, indicated by first information overlaps a time-frequency resource, for a second DMRS, indicated by second information, but another parameter indicated by the first information is different from that indicated by the second information, a terminal device may discard the second information, to avoid a behavior error or behavior unpredictability of the terminal device. A parameter indicated by each of the first information and the second information includes at least one of the following parameters: bandwidth part indication information, antenna port information, and DMRS sequence initialization information.
US11848804B2
An electromagnetic wave transmission apparatus of the present invention includes a transmission unit whose voltage-current characteristics have a local maximum value and a local minimum value located on a higher voltage side than the local maximum value and which transmits an electromagnetic wave indicating a modulation signal, an acquisition unit which acquires a digital signal, and a modulation unit which modulates the digital signal into the modulation signal which is a signal using voltage values of three levels or more in an oscillation region which is a voltage region that is equal to or more than a voltage of the local maximum voltage and equal to or less than a voltage of the local minimum voltage. The transmission unit preferably transmits a synchronization signal as at least a part of the modulation signal. In this case, the synchronization signal preferably includes a maximum value and a minimum value among the voltage values of three levels or more, and includes a pattern in which the voltage value transitions from one of the maximum value and the minimum value to the other.
US11848797B2
A communication control device for a user station for a serial bus system and a method for communicating in a serial bus system. The communication control device controls a communication of the user station with at least one other user station of the bus system, and to generate a transmission signal for transmission onto a bus of the bus system and/or to receive a signal from the bus. The communication control device is designed to generate the transmission signal according to a frame. The communication control device is designed to generate the transmission signal in such a way that in the transmission signal, the bit time of at least one bit is adapted as a function of an edge height that is to be provided between the at least one bit and the preceding bit in a signal in which the bit is to be transferred via the bus.
US11848795B2
An IoT-based system and method are described having an IoT hub including an accelerometer. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) service, a plurality of IoT devices, each IoT device comprising a first secure communication module, and an IoT hub in communication with the plurality of IoT devices. The IoT hub comprising: a microcontroller unit to execute application-specific program code, a second secure communication module to establish a first secure communication channel with the IoT service and a plurality of second secure communication channels with the plurality of IoT devices, and a sensor to detect physical movements of the IoT hub and to change an operating mode of the IoT hub from a first operating mode to a second operating mode based on the physical movements.
US11848792B2
Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for facilitating efficient meeting management, according to embodiments of the present technology. In one embodiment, engagement data associated with an attendee of an online meeting is obtained. Thereafter, an engagement metric is generated using the engagement data, the engagement metric indicating an extent of engagement of the attendee to the online meeting. Based on the engagement metric indicating that the extent of engagement of the attendee to the online meeting falls below an engagement threshold, a request is provided to disconnect or throttle an audio and/or video stream of the online meeting to and/or from an attendee device associated with the attendee of the online meeting. Efficient meeting management may also be performed by clustering related messages.
US11848783B2
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for providing a single-bit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and a multi-bit HARQ feedback in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). For example, a WTRU may receive, via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), downlink control information (DCI). The DCI may include a field that indicates a code block group (CBG) based retransmission for at least one transport block (TB). On a condition that the DCI does not include the field, the WTRU may transmit, via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a single-bit HARQ feedback for a TB-based retransmission. On a condition that the DCI includes the field, the WTRU may transmit, via the PUCCH, the multi-bit HARQ feedback for the CBG-based retransmission. The WTRU may be configured to provide the single-bit HARQ feedback for the TB-based retransmission and a multi-bit HARQ feedback for the CBG-based retransmission.
US11848769B2
Example methods and systems for request handling with automatic scheduling are described. In one example, a computer system may receive, from multiple client devices, respective multiple requests that are generated and sent according to a first set of control parameters. Based on the multiple requests, request characteristic(s) may be monitored to determine whether an automatic scheduling condition is satisfied. In response to determination that the automatic scheduling condition is satisfied, the computer system may assign a second set of control parameters to the respective client devices and instruct the client devices to generate and send respective multiple subsequent requests according to the second set of control parameters to cause a modification of the request characteristic(s).
US11848764B1
A method includes: creating and maintaining, by a cloud object storage server, plural order data structures that define respective orders of objects stored in a bucket in a cloud object storage system; receiving, from a client device, a request to download the objects using one of the respective orders; allocating an iterator for the request, wherein the iterator is associated with a respective one of the plural order data structures that defines the one of the respective orders; returning an iterator identifier of the iterator to the client device; receiving, from the client device, a call containing the iterator identifier; and returning the objects to the client device in the one of the respective orders using the iterator and the respective one of the plural order data structures.
US11848762B2
Disclosed are a live broadcast stream pushing method and apparatus, and an electronic device. One specific embodiment of the method comprises: receiving viewing permission setting information, wherein the viewing permission setting information is used for representing viewing permission of viewing a live broadcast stream of a multimedia conference; on the basis of the live broadcast starting state of the multimedia conference and the viewing permission setting information, determining whether to push the live broadcast stream of the multimedia conference to a requester who requests the live broadcast stream; and in response to determining to push the live broadcast stream of the multimedia conference to the requester, pushing the live broadcast stream of the multimedia conference to the requester. According to the embodiment, the flexibility of pushing a live broadcast stream of a multimedia conference is improved.
US11848760B2
In various embodiments, systems, methods, and techniques are disclosed for generating a collection of clusters of related data from a seed. Seeds may be generated based on seed generation strategies or rules. Clusters may be generated by, for example, retrieving a seed, adding the seed to a first cluster, retrieving a clustering strategy or rules, and adding related data and/or data entities to the cluster based on the clustering strategy. Various cluster scores may be generated based on attributes of data in a given cluster. Further, cluster metascores may be generated based on various cluster scores associated with a cluster. Clusters may be ranked based on cluster metascores. Various embodiments may enable an analyst to discover various insights related to data clusters, and may be applicable to various tasks including, for example, tax fraud detection, beaconing malware detection, malware user-agent detection, and/or activity trend detection, among various others.
US11848759B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises a server for monitoring and tracking user activities based on different events in a security log. The server may retrieve the security log and parse the security log to identify a set of predetermined events for a user based on the event IDs, including logon events, logoff events, and privileged events. Based on the time point when privileged events occur at least partially during the pattern of having more logon events than logoff events, the server may determine when the user starts to work. Based on the time point when the logoff events and logon event starts to show the pattern that there are more logoff events than logon events and the difference increasing into a threshold, the server may determine when the user stops working. The server may generate a heat map indicating different users' work time length.
US11848758B1
Disclosed is a method for cross-authenticating non-credentialed devices and trusted blockchain enabled applications using multiple communications modalities and gathering information upon request for a blockchain network.
US11848752B2
Hybrid Automatic Retransmit ReQuest-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) index mapping and uplink resource allocation is performed and controlled for channel selection transmission. A method for transmitting HARQ-ACK information to an eNode-B (eNB) by a User Equipment (UE) includes identifying KPCell as a number of downlink subframe(s) of a PCell associated with an uplink subframe and identifying KSCell as a number of downlink subframe(s) of an SCell associated with the uplink subframe; generating Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) response information for a cell having a smaller number of downlink subframes between the PCell and the SCell; generating HARQ-ACK information including the generated DTX response information and response information on data received by the UE from the eNB; and transmitting the generated HARQ-ACK information to the eNB through the uplink subframe.
US11848751B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sidelink HARQ operation. One apparatus includes a memory coupled to a processor, where the processor is configured to cause the second apparatus to receive a SL grant for a SL transmission using SL resources, the SL grant indicating a first HARQ process identified by a first HARQ process identifier, and to select a second SL HARQ process identified by a second SL HARQ process identifier for the SL transmission using the SL resources. The processor is configured to cause the second apparatus to transmit SCI containing the second SL HARQ process identifier and to perform the SL transmission using the SL resources.
US11848750B2
Various schemes for mitigating radio frequency (RF) interference are described, wherein an adaptive local oscillator (LO) is utilized. A receiver measures a jamming indicator which indicates a total power within a receiving band of the receiver. If the jamming indicator indicates a presence of substantial in-band interference, the receiver may program the LO to a different frequency and/or adjust a bandwidth of a filter accordingly to reject or reduce the interference. The receiver may adjust the LO and/or the filter repeatedly until the interference is rejected to a point that de-sense to the signal intended to be received is satisfactorily mitigated. The receiver may restore the LO and the filter to a default setting when the jamming indicator indicates that the interference is no longer present.
US11848743B2
Various arrangements for spectrum sharing among a terrestrial network and a non-terrestrial network are presented herein. A first bandwidth part having a first frequency range for may be assigned use for communication between one or more UE of a plurality of UE and a terrestrial cellular network when a high signal strength is present. A second bandwidth part having a second frequency range may be assigned for use for communication between one or more UE of the plurality of UE and the terrestrial cellular network when a low signal strength is present. A third bandwidth part having a third frequency range can be assigned for use for communication between one or more UE of the plurality of UE and a non-terrestrial network. The third bandwidth part can overlap with the first bandwidth part but not the second bandwidth part.
US11848742B2
An apparatus including a circuit, a temperature sensor, a sensor and a control system. The circuit may be configured to receive an input signal and a configuration signal and generate an output signal in response to performing an upconversion of the input signal to a selected frequency band and an amplification of the input signal in response to the configuration signal. The temperature sensor may be configured to measure a temperature. The sensor may be configured to measure a sensor value. The control system may be configured to generate the configuration signal in response to the temperature and the sensor value. The configuration signal may be generated to maintain a gain of the amplification at a target level over a range of an operating condition during the upconversion. The target level of the gain for the operating condition may be determined in response to a pre-determined calculation.
US11848740B2
A search and rescue (from hereon, SAR) optimization/prevention system is set forth, for ensuring the safety and connectivity of people in locations such as but not limited to national parks, hiking trails, mountains, lakes, rivers, forests, and other areas that do not receive (or receive inconsistently) reliable cellular, satellite, or GPS network connectivity. The mesh network system comprises wearable devices used by the person being located, and transceivers responsible for getting a signal from the user to a responder via the bouncing of a signal. Once a signal is received at a designated transceiver, the system may output information about the at least approximate location and condition of the user that transmitted the signal, including the approximate location, time of distress, and other pertinent data, based on information carried in the signal.
US11848739B2
There is provided mechanisms for processing uplink signals. A method is performed by a RRU (200). The method comprises obtaining uplink signals (S102) as received from wireless devices at antenna elements of an antenna array of the RRU (200), each wireless device being associated with its own at least one user layer. The method comprises capturing (S104) energy per user layer by combining the received uplink signals from the antenna array for each user layer into combined signals, resulting in one combined signal per user layer. The combining for each individual user layer is based on channel coefficients of the wireless device associated with said each individual user layer. The method comprises providing (S106) the combined signals to a BBU (300).
US11848737B2
Aspects described herein relate to autonomously measuring one or more new candidate beam pairs during configured resources to determine measurement results for the one or more new candidate beam pairs, where the configured resources can be configured for uplink communications or measurement gaps for transmitting signals to measure candidate beams. A measurement result or an indication of at least one new candidate beam pair can be reported based on a measurement result for the at least one new candidate beam pair of the one or more new candidate beam pairs.
US11848733B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described to provide for a user equipment (UE) and a base station to dynamically change a priority level of channel state information (CSI) reporting, such as from a low level to a high priority level, and in some cases back to the low level. If a condition is met, the UE and the base station may determine to change the priority of the CSI reporting from a low priority level to a high priority level. When the priority level for the CSI reporting is changed to a high priority level, the UE may transmit one or more CSI reports to the base station. The UE and the base station may change the priority level of the CSI reporting back to a low priority level if a second condition is met.
US11848729B2
This application discloses methods and apparatuses for determining precoding vector. One example method includes: determining, by a network apparatus, a precoding vector of one or more frequency domain units based on the first indication information. The first indication information is used to indicate L1 beam vectors in a beam vector set, K1 frequency domain vectors in a frequency domain vector set, and T1 space-frequency component matrices. A weighted sum of the T1 space-frequency component matrices is used to determine a precoding vector of each frequency domain unit. The T1 space-frequency component matrices are selected from M1 space-frequency component matrices corresponding to the L1 beam vectors and the K1 frequency domain vectors, each space-frequency component matrix is uniquely determined by one beam vector and one frequency domain vector.
US11848723B2
Systems and methods of testing cables are provided. An exemplary testing system for testing radio frequency (RF) cables in a telecommunication system including a cable under test includes a termination element configured to be coupled to a distal end of the cable under test; and a controller in communication with the termination element, wherein the controller switches the termination element between two or more termination states selected from the group consisting of an open termination state, a short termination state, a load termination state, and a through state.
US11848722B2
A method to mitigate near end cross talk (NEXT) interference in networks may include receiving, through NEXT interference, a synchronization signal from a reference master node of a first network at a neighbor master node of a neighbor network. The method may also include scheduling, based on the synchronization signal, a cycle of downstream and upstream communications in the neighbor network synchronized with a cycle of downstream and upstream communications scheduled in the first network.
US11848713B2
Apparatus and methods for envelope alignment calibration in radio frequency (RF) systems are provided. In certain embodiments, calibration is performed by providing an envelope signal that is substantially triangular along an envelope path, and by providing an RF signal to a power amplifier along an RF signal path. Additionally, an output of the power amplifier is observed to generate an observation signal using an observation receiver. The observation signal includes a first peak and a second peak, and a delay between the envelope signal and the RF signal is controlled based on relative size of the peaks of the observation signal to one another.
US11848708B2
The present invention discloses a capacity optimization method for a mobile optical wireless communication system and a communication method and system. The capacity optimization method includes the following steps: establishing a mobile channel impulse response model; calculating an electrical signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of an output of a receiver; calculating bit error rate (BER) values of an optical wireless communication system in different candidate modulation formats according to the electrical SNR of the output of the receiver; selecting a first modulation format and a second modulation format from the different candidate modulation formats; determining quantities of chips in the first modulation format and the second modulation format in each data frame; and building a time domain hybrid modulation frame according to the quantities of chips in the first modulation format and the second modulation format, modulating data by using the time domain hybrid modulation frame, and performing data transmission.
US11848699B1
A system comprises an internal optical switch, couplable to a plurality of fibers, configured to automatically select fibers in succession from the plurality of fibers for testing. An optical test module, coupled to the internal optical switch, is configured to generate or receive one or more wavelengths of light on each selected fiber of the plurality of fibers. A communications interface, coupled to the internal optical switch and the optical test module, is configured to establish a communications link between the system and a second system to test each selected fiber.
US11848695B2
A radio frequency transmission system and methods for mitigating multipath radio frequency interference are disclosed. Embodiments include a first helical antenna having a first radius and operable to receive a first electromagnetic signal, and a second helical antenna having a second radius and operable to receive a second electromagnetic signal. Further embodiments include a phase adjuster configured to receive the first electromagnetic signal as an input signal, apply an adjustable phase delay to the input signal, and output an adjusted electromagnetic signal. Still further embodiments include a signal combiner configured to receive the adjusted electromagnetic signal and the second electromagnetic signal and output a combined electromagnetic signal.
US11848688B2
A decoding method and device are provided. The method includes: decoding grouped original data in parallel by a first decoding unit to obtain grouped decoded data; decoding merged grouped decoded data by a second decoding unit to obtain decoded data; and if the sum of the lengths of the decoded data is an integer multiple of an upper limit of the decoding times of the second decoding unit, updating the first decoding unit and the second decoding unit, and if the sum of the lengths of the decoded data is not an integer multiple of the upper limit of the decoding times of the second decoding unit, updating the second decoding unit to obtain the decoded data again, until the sum of the lengths of the decoded data is equal to a decoding length, and merging the decoded data to serve as a decoding result of the original data.
US11848687B1
A method of simplified successive cancellation list (SSCL) error decoding of S-polar codes includes representing an S-polar code as a perfect binary tree; providing a node v a vector αv(l) of soft information from a parent node; computing a vector αvl(l) of soft information for a left child of node v; providing node v with a vector βvl(l) of hard decisions from the left child and using it with αv(l) to create a soft information vector αvr(l) and passing it to a right child of node v; providing node v with a vector βvr(l) of hard decisions from its right child and using it with βvl(l) to create a hard decision vector, βv of hard decisions, and passing it to its parent node; updating, when v is a ith leaf of the perfect tree, two path metrics, and selecting paths obtained by expanding current paths with a lowest path metric.
US11848682B2
Apparatus includes an ADC configured to convert an analog signal to a digital signal, a comparator having a first input responsive to the analog signal, a second input responsive to the digital signal, and an output at which a comparison signal is provided, and an output checker configured to process the comparison signal to generate a fault signal indicative of whether a fault has occurred in the ADC. The comparator can be an analog comparator in which case the digital signal is converted to an analog signal for the comparison or a digital comparator in which case an additional ADC is provided to convert the analog signal into a digital signal for the comparison. Embodiments include more than one ADC in which case summation elements are provided to sum the analog signals and the digital signals for the comparison.
US11848677B2
A clock signal generation circuit for a switched capacitor circuit with a chopping function unit includes: first and second synchronous clock circuits that generate first and second synchronous clock signals, respectively; an edge signal generation circuit that generates one or more rise and fall edge signals by delaying the first synchronous clock signal; a first clock generator that generate a first clock signal group for driving the switched capacitor circuit; and a second clock generator that generates a second clock signal group for driving the chopping function unit. Frequencies of the first and second clock signal groups are respectively defined by the first and second synchronous clock circuits. Rise and fall edges of the first and second clock signal groups are defined by the edge signal generation circuit.
US11848673B1
An integrated circuit for use in high-reliability electronic systems contains one or more digital majority voters with corresponding disagreement detectors connected to the same input signals producing a majority value output and an error signal that is active when not all input signals agree. Internal error signals from multiple majority voter/disagreement detectors as well as external error inputs may be combined using disjunctive error logic to produce an “error detected” output indication. Cold-sparing and hot-plugging are supported by providing cold-sparable electrostatic discharge protection circuits and power-on reset circuitry controlling cold-sparable output stages. Internal modular redundancy provides immunity to single-event transients as well as enhanced reliability. Redundant electronic systems using the majority voter with error detection are also provided, as are fault notification systems that use the disjunctive error logic and external error input feedthrough capabilities of serially-connected integrated circuits to produce an error indication for a plurality of subsystems.
US11848666B1
Methods and devices to reduce the switching time of radio frequency (RF) switches including antenna switches are disclosed. The disclosed teachings include selective bypassing of the capacitive and resistive elements of the circuit during the transition of RF switches from one state to another. Several implementations of the disclosed methods and devices are also presented.
US11848658B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave resonator with hyperbolic mode suppression. The acoustic wave resonator can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode, a temperature compensation layer, and a mass loading strip. The mass loading strip can be a conductive strip. The mass loading strip can overlap edge portions of fingers of the interdigital transducer electrode. A layer of the mass loading strip can have a density that is at least as high as a density of a material of the interdigital transducer electrode. The material of the interdigital transducer can impact acoustic properties of the acoustic wave resonator.
US11848654B2
A technology is described for a repeater. A repeater can comprise a first port; a second port; a first-direction amplification and filtering path coupled between the first port and the second port; a multiplexer coupled between: the first-direction amplification and filtering path; and the second port; and a power amplifier (PA) coupled between the first port and the multiplexer. The repeater can further comprise an adjustable matching network coupled between the PA and the multiplexer, wherein the adjustable matching network is actively adjusted to match an impedance of an output of the PA at a selected channel over a frequency range for a first-direction signal with an impedance of an input of the multiplexer over the selected channel over the frequency range for a first-direction signal.
US11848651B2
A switching amplifier system with a power supply, a pulse modulator configured to modulate an input signal into a pulse width modulation signal, a switching stage configured to generate an amplified output signal, and an error feedback signal configured to correct errors in the amplified output signal, where the input signal is comprised of at least one of an analog signal and a digital signal. A method of signal amplification comprising generating, by a pulse width modulator, a pulse width modulation signal, combining, by a switching stage, the input signal and the pulse width modulation signal to form an amplified output signal, and generating, by the switching stage, an error feedback signal, where the error feedback signal is configured to correct errors in the amplified output signal, and where the input signal is comprised of at least one of an analog signal and a digital signal.
US11848649B2
An amplifier includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes a floating current source to maintain current within a threshold. The first stage also includes a local common mode feedback configured to provide gain to an input signal. Moreover, the second stage includes a driver that provides a load current to a load coupled to the amplifier.
US11848646B2
An amplifier circuit includes a voltage-to-current conversion circuit and a current-to-voltage conversion circuit. The voltage-to-current conversion circuit generates a current signal according to an input voltage signal, and includes an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) used to output the current signal at an output port of the OTA. The current-to-voltage conversion circuit generates an output voltage signal according to the current signal, and includes a linear amplifier (LA), wherein an input port of the LA is coupled to the output port of the OTA, and the output voltage signal is derived from an output signal at an output port of the LA.
US11848624B2
This invention proposes a single-vector-based finite control set model predictive control for two parallel power converters, which adopts a centralized control structure to achieve accurate control of overall performance. It establishes predictive models for line currents and three phase-circulating currents and constructs a novel cost function that uses these currents as performance indices to implement the predictive control algorithm based on the proposed predictive models. The invention proposes dynamic weighting coefficients and adjustment principles to improve system control performance. A finite set output signal matrix containing important characteristic information of all alternative vectors is constructed to avoid redundant calculations in each control horizon, reducing computation time during practical implementation. This invention addresses the limitations of existing one-vector-based FCS-MPC for two paralleled power converters, which controls each sub-converter individually with a set of available eight control actions and cannot effectively regulate the overall performance of the two paralleled power converters.
US11848621B2
A semiconductor device includes: first and second power transistors connected in parallel with each other and having different saturated currents; and a gate driver driving the first and second power transistors with individual gate voltages, respectively, the gate driver includes a drive circuit receiving an input signal and outputting a drive signal, a first amplifier amplifying the drive signal in accordance with first power voltage and supplying the amplified drive signal to a gate of the first power transistor, and a second amplifier amplifying the drive signal in accordance with second power voltage different from the first power voltage and supplying the amplified drive signal to a gate of the second power transistor.
US11848598B2
An end coil cooling structure includes: a shielding member which is disposed within a motor housing, surrounds an area where an end coil is disposed, and forms an enclosed space; and a plurality of heat conducting particles disposed to fill the enclosed space and to come into contact with the end coil.
US11848591B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for driving polyphase motors are provided. A system is provided that may include an inverter with more than three phases, a stator with more than three phases, and a rotor with a number of poles. The geometry, construction, magnet flux distribution, and/or reluctance distribution can be varied between rotor poles. A method is provided that may control a system by selectively activating inverter half-bridges or other suitable inverter components, and energizing stator coils with different amplitude, which may result in non-repeating stator combined magnetic flux distribution, which may electromagnetically couple and produce torque on individual rotor poles, such as based on a pre-determined efficiency map.
US11848585B2
The present disclosure relates to a rotor assembly and a motor including the same. The rotor assembly according to the present disclosure includes a rotor core having a through-hole formed through a central portion thereof in an axial direction of the rotor core, and a rotor shaft that is coupled to the rotor core through the through-hole and that has a hollow into which a cooling fluid is introduced. A cooling fin protrudes from an inner circumferential surface of the rotor core toward the rotor shaft to form, between the rotor core and the rotor shaft, a rotor cooling channel through which the cooling fluid flows.
US11848577B2
Wireless power transfer systems, disclosed, include one or more circuits to facilitate high power transfer at high frequencies. Such wireless power transfer systems may include voltage isolation circuits, to isolate components of the wireless receiver systems from high voltage signals intended for a load associated with the receiver. The voltage isolation circuit includes at least two capacitors, wherein the at least two capacitors are in electrical parallel with respect to the controller capacitor. The voltage isolation circuit is configured to regulate the AC wireless power signal to have a voltage input range for input to the receiver controller and isolate a voltage at the receiver controller from a voltage at the load associated with the wireless receiver system. Utilizing such systems enables wireless power transfer at high frequency, such as 13.56 MHz, at voltages over 1 Watt, while maintaining durability and lifecycle of components of the wireless receiver system(s).
US11848575B2
A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitter antenna, a sensor, a demodulation circuit, and a transmitter controller. The sensor is configured to detect electrical information indicative of data signals encoded in the transmission by a receiver. The demodulation circuit is configured to apply automatic bias control and gain control to the electrical information to generate a modified electrical information signal, detect a change in the modified electrical information signal, and generate alerts based on said change, indicative of the data signals. The transmitter controller is configured to perform a beaconing sequence to determine a coupling between the transmitter antenna and the at least one other antenna, determine the automatic bias control and the automatic gain control, for the demodulation circuit based on the beaconing sequence, receive the plurality of data alerts from the demodulation circuit, and decode the plurality of data alerts into the wireless data signals.
US11848572B2
A wireless power reception apparatus according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises: a power pickup circuit for receiving, by magnetic coupling to a wireless power transmission apparatus, wireless power from the wireless power transmission apparatus; and a communication/control circuit for communicating with the wireless power transmission apparatus and controlling the received wireless power, wherein the communication/control circuit transmits, before entering a power transmission phase, to the wireless power transmission apparatus, information regarding a first reference quality factor Qt1′(ref) measured at a first frequency f1(ref) and information regarding a second reference quality factor Qt2′(ref) measured at a second frequency f2(ref).
US11848569B2
A transmitter may inductively transfer power to a device via a relay. The transmitter may comprise circuitry configured to measure a current or voltage and reconfigure the transmitter with an operating frequency or duty cycle based on a measured change in the current or voltage within a time period. The measured change in the current or voltage within the time period may be caused by a removal of the device or an addition of a new device. The time period may be 200 usec or less.
US11848565B2
A wireless power transmitter includes a charging coil, an electronics housing, and a top side. The charging coil housing houses a charging coil and includes a top surface, wherein the charging coil wirelessly transmits power to a receiver placed on the top surface of the charging coil housing. The electronics housing houses one or more electronics and a fan. The top side is located adjacent to the electronics housing, wherein a top surface of the top side faces a bottom surface of the receiver. An intake cooling path is defined by a region between the bottom surface of the receiver and the top surface of the top side and an exhaust cooling path is located on a side of the charging coil housing opposite the intake cooling path and defined by a region between the receiver and the top surface of the top side.
US11848561B1
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for optimized control of renewable energy powerplants (REPP). A method may include partitioning an REPP into at least two partitions for a period of time; defining a first bidding strategy of a first partition of the at least two partitions for the period of time, wherein the first partition includes a first allocation of capacity; defining a second bidding strategy of a second partition of the at least two partitions for the period of time, wherein the second partition includes a second allocation of capacity; generating a first score for the first bidding strategy of the first partition and a second score for the second bidding strategy of the second partition; adjusting the at least two partitions based on the first score and the second score; and discharging energy from the REPP according to the adjusted at least two partitions.
US11848559B2
Excess DC current generated by a fuel cell stack may be provided to a current source inverter, and an AC current may be output by the current source inverter to a grid side bus. The AC current on the grid side bus may be used to support a load demand on a microgrid side bus or provided to a power grid. Various transmission buses and electric conditioning and control devices, such as rectifiers, current source inverters, motors, generators, electric contactors, relays, and/or transfer switches may be configured to use the AC current on the grid side bus to provide an AC current to the microgrid side bus to support the load demand on a microgrid side bus.
US11848554B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit includes an ESD detection circuit, a clamp circuit and an ESD assist circuit. The ESD detection circuit is coupled between a first and a second node. The first node has a first voltage. The second node has a second voltage. The clamp circuit includes a first transistor having a first gate, a first drain, a first source and a first body terminal. The first gate is coupled to at least the ESD detection circuit by a third node. The first drain is coupled to the second node. The first source and the first body terminal are coupled together at the first node. The ESD assist circuit is coupled between the first node and the third node, and is configured to clamp a third voltage of the third node at the first voltage during an ESD event at the first node or the second node.
US11848553B2
An integrated electro-static discharge (ESD) device has a set of metal layers. Each metal layer in the set has one or more first-terminal metal features interleaved with one or more second-terminal metal features in a lateral direction, and at least one first-terminal metal feature in a metal layer of the set overlaps in a normal direction at least one second-terminal metal feature in an adjacent metal layer of the set. By overlapping metal features in the normal direction, capacitance can be added to the ESD device, which improves its operating characteristics, without increasing the layout size of the ESD device.
US11848549B2
A junction box may include a housing box. The housing box may be configured to selectively attach to a sub-tile surface of the structure. The housing box may include a recess portion configured to be physically positioned between a plane of a tile surface of the structure and the sub-tile surface. The housing box may also include an expose portion configured to extend away from the plane of the tile surface. In addition, the housing box may include a bottom portion attached to the recess portion. The bottom portion may include a first surface configured to be physically positioned proximate the sub-tile surface such that a central plane of the housing box is not parallel to a plane of the sub-tile surface when the plane of the tile surface is not parallel to the plane of the sub-tile surface.
US11848547B1
A device that protects cabling that protrudes from a conduit on a utility pole or light pole, deters pest intrusion into the utility pole, and can be installed without tools or without needing to remove cabling or disassemble the utility pole.
US11848537B2
A tunable multi-mode laser is configured to generate a multi-mode optical signal at a tuned wavelength. The laser includes a semiconductor optical gain region, a feedback region, and a phase modulation region between the gain and feedback regions. Each of the regions may be monolithically integrated. A feedback loop is coupled to the tunable laser to receive the optical signal and includes at least one delay line. The delay line may also be monolithically integrated. An output of the delay line is fed back to the tunable multi-mode laser in order to provide at least one of self-injection locking and self-phase locked looping for the multi-mode tunable laser. Each of the optical gain region and phase modulation region of the laser is biased by the output of the delay line in order to reduce phase drift of the optical signal.
US11848535B1
A system including an optical transceiver, including a first portion of a laser cavity operable to output optical energy; and an optical modulator operable to modulate the optical energy output by the laser; and a temperature-controlled optical gain subassembly optically coupled to the optical transceiver, the optical gain subassembly including a plurality of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), wherein one SOA of the plurality of SOAs is operable to amplify the optical energy inside a laser cavity.
US11848533B2
A light emitting device includes: at least one semiconductor laser element; a base member on which the at least one semiconductor laser element is disposed; a light-transmissive member including: an upper surface, a lower surface, and a light-transmissive region through which laser light emitted from the at least one semiconductor laser element is transmitted from the lower surface to the upper surface; and a lens member through which the laser light emitted from the at least one semiconductor laser element, the lens member being fixed to the base member or the light-transmissive member. At least the light-transmissive region is made of sapphire. The light-transmissive member includes an incident surface on which the laser light is incident, the incident surface being an a-plane of the sapphire.
US11848527B2
A terminal includes a terminal body and a slider. The terminal body is formed by processing a metal sheet. The terminal body is coupled to a front end of an electric wire with respect to an extending direction in which the electric wire extends. The terminal body holds the electric wire. The slider is slidable in the extending direction relative to the terminal body. The terminal body includes connecting tabs that includes contact surfaces contactable with the electric wire. Each of the connecting tabs has a cantilever shape. The slider includes pressing portions that press the connecting tabs so that the connecting tabs deform and the contact surfaces contact the electric wire when the slider is slid. The connecting tabs include burrs that are produced during processing of the metal sheet. The burrs protrude from the contact surfaces toward the electric wire.
US11848524B2
A cable with terminal disclosed by this specification is provided with a shielded cable 11 including a conductive shield portion 15 for covering outer peripheries of two coated wires 12 and a sheath portion 16 for covering an outer periphery of the shield portion 15, a first outer conductor 51 made of metal and including a tubular portion 52 in the form of a rectangular tube, and a second outer conductor 60 including plate-like fixing barrels 62 to be crimped to wind around an outer surface of the tubular portion 52 in a circumferential direction. The tubular portion 52 includes a depressed portion 57 arranged inside to radially face the fixing barrels 62 and allowing the fixing barrels 62 to be crimped by causing the fixing barrels 62 to be excessively deformed beyond proper crimping positions.
US11848523B2
A connector housing assembly comprises a housing defining an accommodation space having a left side wall and a right side wall opposite to each other in a transverse direction of the housing. A partition member is inserted into the accommodation space for dividing the accommodation space into an upper insertion chamber and a lower insertion chamber. A shielding member is installed within the partition member and includes elastic contacts extending from lateral sides of the partition member for pressing on the left and right side walls of the accommodation space.
US11848522B2
Input/output (I/O) connectors (1) for conducting data at high data rates, (e.g. 112 gigabits per second or more) are provided with protective shields (4, 5, 6) to provide increased mechanical strength and signal integrity.
US11848514B2
The seal spring of the present invention has a dual functionality. The seal spring provides both a sealing property and spring function in use within an electrical connector system, which is accomplished by its elastomeric qualities. The seal spring is preferably comprised of Silicone, EPDM rubber or materials and compositions that provide similar performance during use, or the like. The seal spring of the present invention is not limited or defined into a spring section or a seal section by its geometry. Shown is an implementation of the seal spring within a conductive female housing and connector assembly. The seal spring compresses and provides adequate spring force against a disk ferrule assembly, pressing the disk ferrule assembly, with a wire shield, against a conductive female outer housing, providing a grounding scheme for the connector assembly. The seal spring also seals against the female outer housing and a wire.
US11848505B2
A loop antenna unit including two loop antennas having a same number of turns and different winding directions, the two loop antennas being positioned in line symmetry and not superposed on each other in a plan view. Each of the two loop antennas includes a loop conductive line wound continuously in one direction with n turns, where n is an integer of 3 or more, forming loops from a start point to an end point on the outermost loop or the innermost loop, the loop conductive line being bent in a transitional region in a direction from an outer loop toward an inner loop such that the loops have bent portions positioned side by side from an outermost first loop to an (n−1)th loop in the transitional region, and a jumper wire positioned on the insulating layer to cross the transitional region in a plan view.
US11848501B2
An antenna array according to an embodiment includes antenna elements arranged in a predetermined direction. Each antenna element includes a first radiation body, a second radiation body to be spaced apart from the first radiation body in a first direction, a third radiation body to be spaced apart from the first radiation body in a second direction, a first signal pad and a second signal pad to supply signals to the first radiation body, a first transmission line extending in the first direction to connect the first signal pad and the first radiation body, a second transmission line extending in the second direction to connect the second signal pad and the first radiation body, a third transmission line configured to connect the first radiation body and the second radiation body, and a fourth transmission line configured to connect the first radiation body and the third radiation body.
US11848500B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a housing including at least a part of a lateral surface of the electronic device; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the housing; at least one wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB; a first antenna module including at least one antenna disposed in a first region inside the housing; a second antenna module including at least one antenna disposed in a second region inside the housing; a third antenna module including at least one antenna disposed in a third region inside the housing; a first flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connecting the first antenna module to the at least one wireless communication circuit; and a second FPCB connecting the second antenna module and the third antenna module to the at least one wireless communication circuit. The second FPCB includes: a first connector disposed on the PCB and electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit; a second connector coupled to a second joint electrically connected to the second antenna module; a third connector coupled to a third joint electrically connected to the third antenna module; and a coupler connecting the first connector, the second connector, and the third connector.
US11848498B2
Filter arrangement comprising an inner electric conductor comprising at least one inner conductor segment, an outer electric conductor at least partly surrounding the inner conductor, at least one dielectric element and at least one coil spring. The at least one dielectric element is arranged sandwiched between at least one inner conductor segment and the outer conductor to form a capacitance between the outer conductor and the inner conductor segment. The at least one coil spring is arranged inside said outer conductor to force the inner conductor segment and the at least one dielectric element against the outer conductor. The at least one coil spring is made from an electrically conducting material to form an inductance and is electrically connected with the inner conductor segment. An antenna feeding network and a multi-radiator antenna comprising such a filter arrangement is also provided.
US11848497B2
An electromagnetic device includes at least one dielectric resonator antenna, DRA, and at least one dielectric waveguide, DWG, configured so that during operation of the electromagnetic device, the at least one DRA provides an electromagnetic signal to the at least one DWG, or the at least one DWG provides an electromagnetic signal to the at least one DRA. The at least one DWG has a three-dimensional, 3D, shape that is different from a 3D shape of the at least one DRA.
US11848496B2
A communication device includes a system board that includes a plurality of chips. Each chip in plurality of chips includes a plurality of antennas. A system cover coupled to system board includes a plurality of lenses. Each lens is configured to cover an antenna of plurality of antennas as a radome enclosure. Each lens includes a base, and a first tubular membrane coupled to base. A second membrane coupled to first tubular membrane. First tubular membrane and Second membrane cause the lens to have a bell shape. A support structure coupled to first tubular membrane. Support structure facilitates coupling of plurality of lenses to system cover. Each chip comprises a feeder array that further comprises a plurality of antenna elements that are positioned at a proximal distance from base of a lens, A distribution of a gain of input RF signals is substantially equalized across plurality of antenna elements.
US11848495B2
The present invention is a unique process of manufacturing rigid members with precise “shape keeping” properties and with reflective properties pertaining to radio frequency energy, so that air, land, sea and space devices or vehicles may be constructed including parabolic reflectors formed without discrete permanent layering. Rather, such parabolic reflectors or similarly, vehicles, may be formed by homogeneous construction where discrete layering is absent, and where energy reflectivity or scattering characteristics are embedded within the homogeneous mixture of carbon nanotubes and associated graphite powders and epoxy, resins and hardeners. The mixture of carbon graphite nanofiber and carbon nanotubes generates higher electrode conductivity and magnetized attraction through molecular polarization. In effect, the rigid members may be tuned based on the application. The combination of these materials creates a unique matrix that is then set in a memory form at a specific temperature, and then applied to various materials through a series of multiple layers, resulting in unparalleled strength and durability.
US11848486B2
An antenna arrangement for an aircraft includes an antenna unit, a radome structure covering the antenna unit, and a mounting device for mounting the antenna arrangement to an outer surface of an aircraft component. The antenna unit is mounted to or integrally formed with the radome structure and the radome structure is mounted to or integrally formed with the mounting device.
US11848483B2
A method for a wireless communication device including configuring an antenna including antenna circuitry to receive or transmit wireless signals; feeding a radio frequency signal into the antenna circuitry; providing a housing comprising a plurality of edges, wherein the edges comprise a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges, wherein a first edge of the housing comprises a conductive strip, a first slot, and a second slot, and wherein the first edge is the top or bottom edge; providing an input/output port adjacent to the first edge of the housing; and locating the conductive strip, which comprises a portion of the antenna, entirely between the first slot and the second slot, wherein a length of each of the first slot and the second slot extends across the first edge of the housing and is oriented perpendicular to a major axis of the conductive strip.
US11848481B2
A semiconductor package includes a substrate having thereon at least an antenna layer and a ground reflector layer under the antenna layer, a radio frequency (RF) die disposed on or in the substrate, a molding compound disposed on the antenna layer of the substrate, and a frequency-selective surface (FSS) structure disposed on the molding compound. The FSS structure is a two-dimensional periodic array of metal patterns of same shape and size. The FSS structure has highly reflective characteristic.
US11848472B2
A differential circulator comprises first and second magnets, a ground plane, a first three-port junction conductor disposed between the first magnet and the ground plane, and a second three-port junction conductor disposed between the second magnet and the ground plane. The first three-port junction conductor and the second three-port junction conductor are in the same magnetic circuit including the first and second magnets to provide substantially same pass characteristics to radio frequency signals passing through the first three-port junction conductor and the second three-port junction conductor.
US11848462B2
A battery outgassing filter system is provided. The system includes a battery cell, an external casing encapsulating the battery cell and including a casing vent, and an outgassing filter disposed upon the casing vent and including a filter element including a first filter element portion operable to contain a first size of particulate matter and a second filter element portion operable to contain a second size of particulate matter relatively smaller than the first size of particulate matter.
US11848454B2
Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include an electrode stack including a separator positioned between an anode and a cathode. The batteries may include an electrolyte. The batteries may include an enclosure extending about the electrode stack and containing the electrolyte. The enclosure may include a rigid housing defining a volume in which the electrode stack and the electrolyte are contained. The rigid housing may define a flange extending about the rigid housing. The enclosure may include a lid extending across the rigid housing. The lid may be characterized by a length and a width, and the lid may define a protrusion extending beyond the length or width on a side of the lid at a location corresponding to a predetermined strain location.
US11848446B2
Disclosed is a negative electrode current collector for an anode-free lithium metal battery. The negative electrode current collector includes a PdTe2 layer and an intermediate layer to inhibit the growth of lithium dendrite, resulting in significant improves in lifespan and performance of the lithium metal battery. The negative electrode current collector further includes an ion conductive layer to improve the performance of the lithium metal battery.
US11848440B2
A method of making a negative electrode for an electrochemical cell of a secondary lithium battery. The negative electrode includes composite Li—Si alloy particles dispersed in a polymer binder. The composite Li—Si alloy particles are formed by contacting Li—Si alloy particles with a precursor solution that includes a phosphorus sulfide compound dissolved in an organic solvent to form a lithium thiophosphate solid electrolyte layer over an entire outer surface of each of the Li—Si alloy particles.
US11848438B2
In an aspect, a Li-ion cell may comprise a densified electrode exhibiting an areal capacity loading of more than about 4 mAh/cm2. For example, the densified electrode may a first electrode part arranged on a current collector and a second electrode part on top of the first electrode part, the second electrode part of the at least one densified electrode having a higher porosity than the first electrode part of the at least one densified electrode. In some designs, the densified electrode may be fabricated by densifying electrode layers via a pressure roller while maintaining a contacting part of the pressure roller at a temperature that is less than a temperature of the second electrode part. In some designs, the applied pressure is a time-varying (e.g., frequency modulated) pressure. In some designs, a drying time for a slurry to produce the densified electrode may range from around 1-120 seconds.
US11848433B1
A system for battery pack cooling including a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of pouch cells and a separation element, where the separation separates at least a first pouch cell of the plurality pouch cells from a second pouch cell of the plurality of pouch cells. The separation element contains a fluid. The system also includes a cooling plate, where the cooling plate is adjacent to the lower side of the battery pack. The cooling plate comprises at least a cooling fin, where the at least a cooling fin extends towards the separation element.
US11848426B2
A battery system includes a lithium ion battery configured to couple to an electrical system, and a battery management system configured to electrically couple to the lithium ion battery and to control one or more recharge parameters of the lithium ion battery. The battery management system is programmed with an electrochemical model, and the battery management system is configured to monitor parameters of the lithium ion battery, and to control the one or more recharge parameters of the lithium ion battery based on the electrochemical model and the one or more monitored parameters. The electrochemical model determines lithium plating reaction kinetics at an anode of the lithium ion battery, determines a quantity of plated lithium at the anode of the lithium ion battery, or both, and indicates a relationship between the one or more monitored parameters and the lithium plating reaction kinetics, the quantity of plated lithium, or both.
US11848422B2
An electrochemical including an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a negative electrode plate, a positive electrode plate, and a separator. The negative electrode plate includes a negative current collector. The negative current collector includes a first part and a second part. A first negative active material layer is disposed on one side of the first part. A second negative active material layer and a third negative active material layer are disposed on two sides of the second part respectively. The positive electrode plate includes a positive current collector. The positive current collector includes a third part and a fourth part. A first positive active material layer is disposed on the third part. A second positive active material layer is disposed on the fourth part.
US11848420B2
A compound according to an embodiment is represented by Formula 1. An electrolyte includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and the compound. A lithium secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode disposed to face the cathode, a separation membrane interposed between the cathode and the anode, and the electrolyte. In a method for preparing the compound, a compound represented by Formula 2 and a compound represented by Formula 3 are reacted.
US11848412B2
Provided is a secondary battery, including: an electrode assembly, a packing bag, an electrode lead and an insulation part; the electrode assembly is housed in the packing bag having a sealing part on edge, and the electrode lead is connected to the electrode assembly and passes through the sealing part. The sealing part includes a main body area, a first step area and a first transition area which are located on same side of the electrode lead along width direction, and the main body area, first transition area and first step area are successively arranged along direction approaching the electrode lead; the insulation part is wrapped around the electrode lead, and has a first portion which is located on a side of the electrode lead close to the main body area along width direction and covered by the first step area on both sides in thickness direction.
US11848411B2
A cathode configured to use oxygen as a cathode active material, the cathode comprising a lithium-containing metal oxide comprising at least one of: a spinel compound represented by Formula 1 Li1±xM2±yO4−δ Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M is at least one metal element belonging to Group 2 to Group 16 of the periodic table of the elements, 0
US11848409B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a pixel located in the display area, a pad unit on one side of the non-display area, and a driver connected to the pixel. The pixel includes a first insulating layer, a first light emitting element on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on the first light emitting element and exposing one end portion and another end portion of the first light emitting element, a first contact electrode on the second insulating layer and connected to the one end portion of the first light emitting element, and a second contact electrode on the second insulating layer and connected to the other end portion of the first light emitting element. The pad unit includes a pad metal layer, a first pad insulating layer, a second pad insulating layer, and a pad electrode.
US11848404B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting diode chip, a light transmitting member, a white barrier member, and a conductive adhesive member. The light emitting diode chip has a bump pad formed on the lower surface thereof. The light transmitting member covers the side surfaces and the upper surface of the light emitting diode chip, and the upper surface of the light transmitting member has a rectangular shape having long sides and short sides. The conductive adhesive member is formed to extend through the white barrier member from the bottom of the light emitting diode chip. The upper surface of the conductive adhesive member is connected to the bump pad of the light emitting diode chip, and the lower surface of the conductive adhesive member is exposed at the lower surface of the white barrier member.
US11848402B2
Described are light emitting diode (LED) devices comprising a plurality of mesas defining pixels, each of the mesas comprising semiconductor layers, an N-contact material in a space between each of the plurality of mesas, a dielectric material which insulates sidewalls of the P-type layer and the active region from the metal. A multilayer composite film is on the P-type layer, the multilayer composite film comprising: a current spreading layer on the P-type layer, the current spreading layer having a first portion and a second portion; a dielectric layer on the second portion of the current spreading layer; a via opening defined by sidewalls in the dielectric layer and the first portion of the current spreading layer; and a P-contact layer in the via opening on the first portion of the current spreading layer, the sidewalls in the dielectric layer, and on at least a portion of the dielectric layer.
US11848393B2
The present invention provides a photodiode and a display screen. The photodiode includes a first electrode and a second electrode in order. When a direction of an incident light of the photodiode is a first direction, a material of the first electrode is a transparent conductive material, and a material of the second electrode is a metal material. When the direction of the incident light of the photodiode is a second direction, the second electrode is made of a transparent conductive material, and the first electrode is made of a metal material.
US11848392B2
Provided are a solar cell and a photovoltaic module. The solar cell includes: a silicon substrate; a passivation layer provided on a surface of the silicon substrate; a first electrode conductor at least partially arranged on the passivation layer and including a body portion and protruding portions located on two ends of the body portion; and a second electrode conductor at least partially arranged on the passivation layer and at least partially overlapping with the protruding portions. A length of each of the protruding portions in a width direction of the body portion is greater than a width of the body portion.
US11848379B2
A vertical power semiconductor transistor device includes: a drain region of a first conductivity type; a body region of a second conductivity type; a drift region of the first conductivity type which separates the body region from the drain region; a source region of the first conductivity type separated from the drift region by the body region; a gate trench extending through the source and body regions and into the drift region, the gate trench including a gate electrode; and a field electrode in the gate trench or in a separate trench. The drift region has a generally linearly graded first doping profile which increases from the body region toward a bottom of the trench that includes the field electrode, and a graded second doping profile that increases at a greater rate than the first doping profile from an end of the first doping profile toward the drain region.
US11848378B2
A semiconductor substrate has a trench extending from a front surface and including a lower part and an upper part. A first insulation layer lines the lower part of the trench, and a first conductive material in the lower part is insulated from the semiconductor substrate by the first insulating layer to form a field plate electrode of a transistor. A second insulating layer lines sidewalls of the upper part of said trench. A third insulating layer lines a top surface of the first conductive material at a bottom of the upper part of the trench. A second conductive material fills the upper part of the trench. The second conductive material forms a gate electrode of the transistor that is insulated from the semiconductor substrate by the second insulating layer and further insulated from the first conductive material by the third insulating layer.
US11848370B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method for forming a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, and a first gate dielectric stack over the substrate, wherein the first gate dielectric stack includes a first ferroelectric layer, and a first dielectric layer coupled to the first ferroelectric layer, wherein the first ferroelectric layer includes a first portion made of a ferroelectric material in orthorhombic phase, a second portion made of the ferroelectric material in monoclinic phase, and a third portion made of the ferroelectric material in tetragonal phase, wherein a total volume of the second portion is greater than a total volume of the first portion and the total volume of the first portion is greater than a total volume of the third portion.
US11848362B2
Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices that include transistors, e.g., III-N transistors, having a source region, a drain region (together referred to as “source/drain” (S/D) regions), and a gate stack. In one aspect, a contact to at least one of the S/D regions of a transistor may have a width that is smaller than a width of the S/D region. In another aspect, a contact to a gate electrode material of the gate stack of a transistor may have a width that is smaller than a width of the gate electrode material. Reducing the width of contacts to S/D regions or gate electrode materials of a transistor may reduce the overlap area between various pairs of these contacts, which may, in turn, allow reducing the off-state capacitance of the transistor. Reducing the off-state capacitance of III-N transistors may advantageously allow increasing their switching frequency.
US11848361B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a source/drain region and a gate electrode adjacent the source/drain region, forming a hard mask over the gate electrode, forming a bottom mask over the source/drain region, wherein the gate electrode is exposed, and performing a nitridation process on the hard mask over the gate electrode. The bottom mask remains over the source/drain region during the nitridation process and is removed after the nitridation. The method further includes forming a silicide over the source/drain region after removing the bottom mask.
US11848360B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly containing a first structure which includes one or more transition metals, and containing a second structure over the first structure. The second structure has a first region directly against the first structure and has a second region spaced from the first structure by a gap region. The second structure includes semiconductor material having at least one element selected from Group 13 of the periodic table in combination with at least one element selected from Groups 15 and 16 of the periodic table. An ionic compound is within the gap region. Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated assembly.
US11848357B2
Embodiments of present invention provide a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a plurality of sections from a top to a bottom thereof, wherein the plurality of sections has a same chemical composition and at least two different strains. For example, in one embodiment, the plurality of sections has a same chemical composition of epitaxially grown silicon (Si) and has alternating strains between a tensile strain and a compressive strain. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure is also provided.
US11848354B2
A power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body coupled to first and second load terminals. The body includes: at least a diode structure configured to conduct a load current between the terminals and including an anode port electrically connected to the first load terminal and a cathode port electrically connected to the second load terminal; and drift and field stop regions of the same conductivity type. The cathode port includes first port sections and second port sections with dopants of the opposite conductivity type. A transition between each of the second port sections and the field stop region forms a respective pn-junction that extends along a first lateral direction. A lateral separation distance between immediately adjacent ones of second port sections in a second group is smaller than in a first group.
US11848350B2
An image sensor is fabricated by first heavily p-type doping the thin top monocrystalline silicon substrate of an SOI wafer, then forming a relatively lightly p-doped epitaxial layer on a top surface of the top silicon substrate, where p-type doping levels during these two processes are controlled to produce a p-type dopant concentration gradient in the top silicon substrate. Sensing (circuit) elements and associated metal interconnects are fabricated on the epitaxial layer, then the handling substrate and oxide layer of the SOI wafer are at least partially removed to expose a lower surface of either the top silicon substrate or the epitaxial layer, and then a pure boron layer is formed on the exposed lower surface. The p-type dopant concentration gradient monotonically decreases from a maximum level near the top-silicon/epitaxial-layer interface to a minimum concentration level at the epitaxial layer's upper surface.
US11848340B2
An imaging device capable of executing image processing is provided. A structure is employed in which a photoelectric conversion element, a first transistor, a second transistor, and an inverter circuit are included; one electrode of the photoelectric conversion element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor; the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor; the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to an input terminal of the inverter circuit; and data obtained by photoelectric conversion is binarized and output.
US11848329B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure that includes a substrate having a frontside and a backside; an active region extruded from the substrate and surrounded by an isolation feature; a gate stack formed on the front side of the substrate and disposed on the active region; a first and a second source/drain (S/D) feature formed on the active region and interposed by the gate stack; a frontside contact feature disposed on a top surface of the first S/D feature; a backside contact feature disposed on and electrically connected to a bottom surface of the second S/D feature; and a semiconductor layer disposed on a bottom surface of the first S/D feature with a first thickness and a bottom surface of the gate stack with a second thickness being greater than the first thickness.
US11848328B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: a semiconductor substrate including first and second STI regions arranged in a first direction, a first diffusion region having a first conductivity type surrounded by the first STI region, a second diffusion region having a second conductivity type surrounded by the second STI region, and a third diffusion region extending in a second direction such that the third diffusion region is arranged between the first and second STI regions; a first gate electrode including a first polycrystalline silicon film covering a part of the first diffusion region to form a P-channel MOS transistor; a second gate electrode including a second polycrystalline silicon film covering a part of the second diffusion region to form an N-channel MOS transistor; and a third polycrystalline silicon film extending in the second direction such that the third polycrystalline silicon film covers the third diffusion region.
US11848317B2
A light emitting substrate (100) and a display device are provided. The light emitting substrate (100) includes a light emitting region (110) and a border region (160). The light emitting substrate (100) includes a base (10), and a plurality of light emitting units (102) and a plurality of signal lines (30) located on the base (10). The light emitting units (102) are located in the light emitting region (110), and each includes a driving circuit (103) and at least one light emitting element (104). The plurality of light emitting units (102) are arranged into M rows along a first direction (D1) and into N columns along a second direction (D2) intersecting the first direction (D1). The plurality of signal lines (30) include N target signal lines (31) extending along the first direction (D1); the border region (160) includes a region of the light emitting substrate (100) located outside a first column of light emitting units (101), a region of the light emitting substrate (100) located outside an Nth column of light emitting units (101), and a region of the light emitting substrate (100) located outside a first row of light emitting units. A target signal line (31) for the first column of light emitting units (101) and/or the Nth column of light emitting units (101) include(s) a first extension section (311), a connection section (312) and a second extension section (313) connected in sequence. The first extension section (311) is connected with a driving circuit (103) and located in the border region (160). The first extension section (311), the connection section (312) and the second extension section (313) enclose a receiving region surrounding at least two groups of light emitting units (102).
US11848313B2
Provided is a display module including a substrate including a mounting surface, a side surface, and a chamfer portion formed between the mounting surface and the side surface, a plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes mounted on the mounting surface and each including a pair of electrodes electrically connected to the substrate, a black matrix arranged between the plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes, and a cover bonded to the mounting surface and configured to cover the mounting surface, wherein the pair of electrodes are oriented in a direction opposite to a direction in which the plurality of inorganic light emitting diodes emits light, and the cover is provided to extend outward of the side surface in an extension direction of the mounting surface.
US11848310B2
Various aspects of this disclosure provide a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a semiconductor device comprising a stacked die structure and a method of manufacturing thereof.
US11848305B2
An embodiment is a structure including a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device, a first set of conductive connectors mechanically and electrically bonding the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device, a first underfill between the first and second semiconductor devices and surrounding the first set of conductive connectors, a first encapsulant on at least sidewalls of the first and second semiconductor devices and the first underfill, and a second set of conductive connectors electrically coupled to the first semiconductor device, the second set of conductive connectors being on an opposite side of the first semiconductor device as the first set of conductive connectors.
US11848300B2
A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor wafer, a first surface mount component, a second surface mount component and a first barrier structure. The first surface mount component is disposed on the semiconductor wafer, and electrically connected to the semiconductor wafer through a plurality of first electrical connectors. The second surface mount component is disposed on the semiconductor wafer, and electrically connected to the semiconductor wafer through a plurality of second electrical connectors, wherein an edge of the second surface mount component is overhanging a periphery of the semiconductor wafer. The first barrier structure is disposed on the semiconductor wafer in between the second electrical connectors and the edge of the second surface mount component, wherein a first surface of the first barrier structure is facing the second electrical connectors, and a second surface of the first barrier structure is facing away from the second electrical connectors.
US11848288B2
In an embodiment, a device includes: a conductive shield on a first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and the conductive shield, the first and second dielectric layers surrounding the conductive shield, the second dielectric layer including: a first portion disposed along an outer periphery of the conductive shield; a second portion extending through a center region of the conductive shield; and a third portion extending through a channel region of the conductive shield, the third portion connecting the first portion to the second portion; a coil on the second dielectric layer, the coil disposed over the conductive shield; an integrated circuit die on the second dielectric layer, the integrated circuit die disposed outside of the coil; and an encapsulant surrounding the coil and the integrated circuit die, top surfaces of the encapsulant, the integrated circuit die, and the coil being level.
US11848280B2
An assembly structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The method for manufacturing the assembly structure includes providing a substrate defining an active region and a side rail surrounding the active region; and forming a frame structure on the side rail.
US11848278B2
The present disclosure provides a package device. The package device includes a first integrated circuit chip, a second integrated circuit chip, a first input/output pin, and a first electrostatic discharge protection element. The first integrated circuit chip includes a first internal circuit and a first input/output pad disposed on the first integrated circuit chip and coupled to the first internal circuit. The second integrated circuit chip is stacked on the first integrated circuit chip. The second integrated circuit chip includes a second internal circuit and a second input/output pad disposed on the second integrated circuit chip and coupled to the second internal circuit. The first input/output pin is coupled to the first integrated circuit chip and the second integrated circuit chip. The first electrostatic discharge protection element is coupled between the first input/output pad and the first internal circuit.
US11848275B2
An integrated shield electronic component package includes a substrate having an upper surface, a lower surface, and sides extending between the upper surface and the lower surface. An electronic component is mounted to the upper surface of the substrate. An integrated shield is mounted to the upper surface of the substrate and includes a side shielding portion directly adjacent to and covering the sides of the substrate. The integrated shield covers and provides an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield for the electronic component, the upper surface and sides of substrate. Further, the integrated shield is integrated within the integrated shield electronic package. Thus, separate operations of mounting an electronic component package and then mounting a shield are avoided thus simplifying manufacturing and reducing overall assembly costs.
US11848266B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor device may comprise a first cell region, a second cell region, and a via plug region disposed between the first cell region and the second cell region; a word line stack disposed in the first cell region, the via plug region, and the second cell region, the word line stack including a plurality of word lines and a plurality of interlayer insulating layers which are alternately stacked; and a plurality of via plugs exclusively connected to the plurality of the word lines, respectively, by vertically penetrating through the word line stack in the via plug region. The via plugs may have an arrangement of a zigzag pattern in a row direction from a top view. The diameters of the via plugs may increase in the row direction.
US11848259B2
Alternative surfaces for conductive pad layers of silicon bridges for semiconductor packages, and the resulting silicon bridges and semiconductor packages, are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a lower insulating layer disposed thereon. The substrate has a perimeter. A metallization structure is disposed on the lower insulating layer. The metallization structure includes conductive routing disposed in a dielectric material stack. First and second pluralities of conductive pads are disposed in a plane above the metallization structure. Conductive routing of the metallization structure electrically connects the first plurality of conductive pads with the second plurality of conductive pads. An upper insulating layer is disposed on the first and second pluralities of conductive pads. The upper insulating layer has a perimeter substantially the same as the perimeter of the substrate.
US11848256B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to leadframe semiconductor packages having die pads with cooling fins. In at least one embodiment, the leadframe semiconductor package includes leads and a semiconductor die (or chip) coupled to a die pad with cooling fins. The cooling fins are defined by recesses formed in the die pad. The recesses extend into the die pad at a bottom surface of the semiconductor package, such that the bottom surfaces of the cooling fins of the die pad are flush or coplanar with a surface of the package body, such as an encapsulation material. Furthermore, bottom surfaces of the cooling fins of the die pad are flush or coplanar with exposed bottom surfaces of the leads.
US11848254B2
A semiconductor package includes a molding compound, a chip and a conductive pad, wherein the chip is electrically connected to the conductive pad and both are encapsulated in the molding compound. An anchor flange is formed around a top surface of the conductive pad by over plating. When the conductive pad is embedded in the molding compound, the anchor flange engages the molding compound to prevent the conductive pad from separation. Bottoms of a chip and the conductive pad are exposed from the molding compound for electrically soldering to a circuit board.
US11848250B2
A thermal peak suppression device includes a heat dissipation fin set, a heat dissipator, a thermal phase change material, a filling gas, a fin-array frame and a capillary tube. The heat dissipator includes a thermal conductive block thermally coupled to the heat dissipation fin set, and a closed cavity formed inside the thermal conductive block to have a hot zone and a cold zone. The thermal phase change material is disposed within the hot zone. The filling gas is disposed within the cold zone. The fin-array frame is connected to the thermal conductive block within the cold zone. Two opposite ends of the capillary tube are respectively located within the cold zone and the hot zone. When the thermal phase change material is transformed into a liquid state, the thermal phase change material is sent to the hot zone through the capillary tube.
US11848248B2
A system for cooling a metal-ceramic substrate (1) having a component side (5) and a cooling side (6) opposite the component side (5), comprising a metallic cooling structure (20) with an integrated fluid channel (30) for guiding fluid within the cooling structure (20), and a distribution structure (40) made of plastic for supplying the fluid channel (30) with the fluid, wherein the cooling structure (20) has on its outer side (A) facing the distribution structure (40) an inlet opening (31) and an outlet opening (32) separate from the inlet opening (31), wherein the inlet opening (31) and the outlet opening (32) are connected to each other via the fluid channel (30) and the fluid channel (30) is configured such that, when the cooling structure is installed, the fluid is guided from the inlet opening (31) in the direction of the component side (5) and is redirected within the cooling structure (20).
US11848243B2
A molded semiconductor package includes: semiconductor dies attached to a first side of a leadframe and electrically interconnected to form a power electronic circuit; a substrate attached to a second side of the leadframe opposite the first side, and including a metal body and electrically insulative material that separates the metal body from the leadframe; and a molding compound encapsulating the dies. The metal body includes a first surface in contact with the electrically insulative material, a second surface opposite the first surface and which is not covered by the molding compound, and a bevelled edge extending between the first and second surfaces. The bevelled edge of the metal body has a first sloped side face that extends from the first surface to an apex of the bevelled edge, and a second sloped side face that extends from the apex to the second surface. Methods of producing the package are also described.
US11848227B2
A method is provided for preparing a semiconductor-on-insulator structure comprising a step of high pressure bonding.
US11848223B2
An electrostatic chuck device includes: a mounting table provided with amounting surface on which a plate-shaped sample is mounted; an annular focus ring; and a cooling element for cooling the focus ring, in which the mounting table has a holding portion provided to surround the mounting surface, and the holding portion includes an annular groove surrounding the mounting surface, and a through-hole that is open on a bottom surface of the groove, wherein a tubular insulator has been inserted into the through-hole, the holding portion has upper surfaces, which are located on both sides of the groove in a width direction, as holding surfaces that are in contact with the focus ring and hold the focus ring, wherein the holding surface satisfies the following conditions (i) to (iii); (i) surface roughness is 0.05 μm or less, (ii) a flatness is 20 μm or less, and (iii) the holding surface does not have a recess having a depth of 1.0 μm or more and extending in a direction intersecting the holding surface.
US11848221B2
A method includes disposing, by using a transport module of a workpiece storage system, a first workpiece on a first workpiece carrier; disposing, by using the transport module, the first workpiece carrier with the first workpiece in a workpiece container; disposing, by using the transport module, a second workpiece in the workpiece container, wherein the first workpiece and the second workpiece have different sizes; and transferring, by using the transport module, the workpiece container containing the second workpiece and the first workpiece carrier with the first workpiece to a stocker to store the workpiece container.
US11848220B2
Embodiments provided herein provide for methods and apparatus for detecting, authenticating, and tracking processing components, including consumable components or non-consumable components used on substrate processing systems for electronic device manufacturing, such as semiconductor chip manufacturing. The semiconductor processing systems and/or its processing components herein include a remote communication device, such as a wireless communication apparatus, for example, radio frequency identification (RFID) devices or other devices embedded in, disposed in, disposed on, located on, or otherwise coupled to one or more processing components or processing component assemblies and/or integrated within the semiconductor processing system itself. The processing component may include a single component (part) or an assembly of components (parts) that are used within the semiconductor processing tool.
US11848216B2
As an aspect of the present invention, a cleaning apparatus for cleaning member has a holding part holding a cleaning member assembly having a cleaning member; an inner cleaning liquid supply part; an outer cleaning liquid supply part; and a control part controlling the substrate cleaning apparatus to perform a first process in which the cleaning member is pressed against a dummy substrate at a first pressure and the outer cleaning liquid supply part supplies the cleaning liquid to the dummy substrate, and to perform a second process in which the cleaning member is separated from the dummy substrate or is pressed against the dummy substrate at a second pressure which is equal to or less than the first pressure and the inner cleaning liquid supply part supplies the cleaning liquid.
US11848215B2
The method for manufacturing an electronic device includes at least: a step of preparing a structure provided with an adhesive film provided with a base material layer, an adhesive resin layer (A) provided on a first surface side of the base material layer and for temporarily fixing an electronic component, and an adhesive resin layer (B) provided on a second surface side of the base material layer and in which an adhesive force is decreased by an external stimulus, an electronic component attached to the adhesive resin layer (A) of the adhesive film, and a support substrate attached to the adhesive resin layer (B) of the adhesive film; at least one step selected from a step of decreasing water content in the adhesive film and a step of decreasing water content in the structure; and a step of sealing the electronic component with a sealing material.
US11848209B2
A method includes depositing a first mask over a target layer; forming a first mandrel and a second mandrel over the first mask; forming first spacers on the first mandrel and second spacers on the second mandrel; and selectively removing the second spacers while masking the first spacers. Masking the first spacers comprising covering the first spacers with a second mask and a capping layer over the second mask, and the capping layer comprises carbon. The method further includes patterning the first mask and transferring a pattern of the first mask to the target layer. Patterning the first mask comprises masking the first mask with the second mandrel, the first mandrel, and the first spacers.
US11848207B2
Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary method of forming a semiconductor device comprises receiving a structure including a substrate and a first hard mask over the substrate, the first hard mask having at least two separate portions; forming spacers along sidewalls of the at least two portions of the first hard mask with a space between the spacers; forming a second hard mask in the space; forming a first cut in the at least two portions of the first hard mask; forming a second cut in the second hard mask; and depositing a cut hard mask in the first cut and the second cut.
US11848204B2
Plasma processing apparatus and associated methods are provided. In one example, a plasma processing apparatus includes a plasma chamber. The plasma processing apparatus includes a dielectric wall forming at least a portion of the plasma chamber. The plasma processing apparatus includes an inductive coupling element located proximate the dielectric wall. The plasma processing apparatus includes an ultraviolet light source configured to emit an ultraviolet light beam onto a metal surface that faces an interior volume of the plasma chamber. The plasma processing apparatus includes a controller configured to control the ultraviolet light source.
US11848201B2
A film where a first layer and a second layer are laminated is formed on a substrate by performing: forming the first layer by performing a first cycle a predetermined number of times, the first cycle including non-simultaneously performing: supplying a source to the substrate, and supplying a reactant to the substrate, under a first temperature at which neither the source nor the reactant is thermally decomposed when the source and the reactant are present alone, respectively; and forming the second layer by performing a second cycle a predetermined number of times, the second cycle including non-simultaneously performing: supplying the source to the substrate, and supplying the reactant to the substrate, under a second temperature at which neither the source nor the reactant is thermally decomposed when the source and the reactant are present alone, respectively, the second temperature being different from the first temperature.
US11848200B2
A method for selectively forming a silicon nitride film on a substrate comprising a first metallic surface and a second dielectric surface by a cyclical deposition process is disclosed. The method may comprise contacting the substrate with a first reactant comprising a silicon halide source and contacting the substrate with a second reactant comprising a nitrogen source, wherein the incubation period for the first metallic surface is less than the incubation period for the second dielectric surface. Semiconductor device structures comprising a selective silicon nitride film are also disclosed.
US11848199B2
A doped or undoped silicon carbide (SiCxOyNz) film can be deposited in one or more features of a substrate for gapfill. After a first thickness of the doped or undoped silicon carbide film is deposited in the one or more features, the doped or undoped silicon carbide film is exposed to a remote hydrogen plasma under conditions that cause a size of an opening near a top surface of each of the one or more features to increase, where the conditions can be controlled by controlling treatment time, treatment frequency, treatment power, and/or remote plasma gas composition. Operations of depositing additional thicknesses of silicon carbide film and performing a remote hydrogen plasma treatment are repeated to at least substantially fill the one or more features. Various time intervals between deposition and plasma treatment may be added to modulate gapfill performance.
US11848192B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a heterojunction bipolar transistor having an emitter base junction with a silicon-oxygen lattice interface and methods of manufacture. The device includes: a collector region buried in a substrate; shallow trench isolation regions, which isolate the collector region buried in the substrate; a base region on the substrate and over the collector region; an emitter region composed of a single crystalline of semiconductor material and located over with the base region; and an oxide interface at a junction of the emitter region and the base region.
US11848190B2
Interconnect structures and method of forming the same are disclosed herein. An exemplary interconnect structure includes a first contact feature in a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, a second contact feature over the first contact feature, a barrier layer between the second dielectric layer and the second contact feature, and a liner between the barrier layer and the second contact feature. An interface between the first contact feature and the second contact feature includes the liner but is free of the barrier layer.
US11848188B2
A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device includes: providing a layer to be etched; on a surface of the layer to be etched, forming a first sacrificial layer that is patterned and includes an opening for exposing the layer to be etched; forming a second sacrificial layer in the opening, the second sacrificial layer having a contact face contacted with the first sacrificial layer; forming a third sacrificial layer via a reaction between the first sacrificial layer and the second sacrificial layer at the contact face; removing at least one of at least part of an unreacted portion of the first sacrificial layer and the second sacrificial layer to form a patterned mask structure; etching the layer to be etched based on the patterned mask structure to form an etched pattern.
US11848168B2
A multi-level feedback actuator assembly for a circuit breaker assembly includes a rotary solenoid, an electric actuator assembly and a manual actuator assembly. The electric actuator assembly includes a switch assembly with an actuator. The manual actuator assembly includes a number of primary actuators, a linkage assembly, and a cam assembly. The number of primary actuators includes a first actuator with a body. The first actuator body is structured to move over a path having at least a first portion and a second portion. The rotary solenoid is operatively coupled to the linkage assembly. The linkage assembly is further operatively coupled to an operating mechanism crossbar. In this configuration, the linkage assembly is structured to apply at least a first bias and a second bias to the first actuator body. Further, the first bias is noticeably different from said second bias.
US11848157B2
A ceramic electronic device includes a multilayer structure in which each of a plurality of internal electrode layers and each of three or more of dielectric layers of which a main component is ceramic are alternately stacked. The three or more of dielectric layers include Sn. A dielectric layer having a smaller Sn concentration is closer to an outermost end in a stacking direction than a dielectric layer having a larger Sn concentration and being located on a center side of the stacking direction, in a relationship of at least two of the three or more of dielectric layers.
US11848152B2
The application discloses a coating material for fabricating rare earth magnets and a method using the coating material to prepare neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets having high coercive force. The coating material includes: alloy powder A and low-melting-point metal powder B. The alloy powder A is heavy rare earth element R powder, or rare earth-metal alloy (RM) powder, or rare earth-metal-hydrogen alloy (RMH) powder. The heavy rare earth elements are Dy and/or Tb, metal is Fe or Co, or an alloy of Fe and Co, and H is hydrogen element. The low-melting-point metal powder B is one or two of Zn, Al, and Ga. The preparation method includes the following steps: the coating material is mixed into a slurry, and the slurry is coated on the surface of NdFeB magnet, and then apply a two-stage diffusion heat treatment to the magnet, followed by an annealing process to obtain a high-coercivity NdFeB magnet.
US11848138B2
A coil component includes a drum core including a winding core portion and flange portions on opposite sides of the winding core portion in its axial direction, a wire wound around the winding core portion, and a sheet core arranged on a top surface of each of the flange portions and on the wire with an adhesive interposed therebetween. The adhesive contains no filler. A shortest distance between the top surface of the flange portion and the sheet core is not smaller than about 3 μm.
US11848132B2
One aspect of the present invention is a coil component comprising: a magnetic substrate formed with magnetic metal particles containing Fe, Si and Cr, and a bonding layer containing oxygen and nitrogen that bonds the magnetic metal particles to each other; and a conductor arranged inside or on the surface of the magnetic substrate.
US11848131B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides an electrical steel sheet laminate, including: a plurality of electrical steel sheets; and a fusion layer disposed between the electrical steel sheets, wherein the fusion layer includes an olefin-based semi-crystalline polymer and at least one inorganic metal compound of a metal phosphate and a metal chromate.
US11848127B2
A composite cable is provided with plural wires each having a metal conductor and an insulator, a binder layer that bundles the plural wires together, a shield layer composed of a metal conductor and arranged around the binder layer, and a sheath covering around the shield layer. An outer diameter of the sheath is 2.0 mm or less. An amount of the metal conductor per unit length used in the shield layer is 0.4 times or more and 0.7 times or less than an amount of the metal conductor per unit length used in the plural wires.
US11848125B2
A ribbon cable includes a plurality of cable groups arranged side by side in a width direction of the ribbon cable and a wrapping film continuously wound on an outer side of the cable groups in a multi-turn wrapping manner at an inclined angle with respect to the width direction. There is a gap between every adjacent pair of cable groups.
US11848122B2
An insulation film composition for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes 10-50 parts by weight of metal silicate or organic silicate, 20-70 parts by weight of inorganic nanoparticles and 0.1-20 parts by weight of cobalt hydroxide. The insulation film composition can further include 10-50 parts by weight of metal phosphate, and/or 5-30 parts by weight of inorganic nanoparticles having a particle diameter of 1 nm to less than 10 nm, and/or inorganic nanoparticles having a particle diameter of 10 to 100 nm and/or 0.1-20 parts by weight of chromium oxide.
US11848114B2
An underwater decommissioning method of a nuclear facility including a nuclear reactor pressure vessel and bio-protective concrete comprising a cavity in which the nuclear reactor pressure vessel is positioned is disclosed. The method includes: (a) lifting the nuclear reactor pressure vessel above the cavity; (b) forming an insertion part in the bio-protective concrete adjacent to the cavity, filling the insertion part with water, and installing a support part on a bottom surface of the insertion part; (c) inserting the nuclear reactor pressure vessel in the insertion part and mounting a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel on the support part; and (d) repeatedly cutting portions of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel mounted on the support part by using a cutting device in an underwater position. The method allows performing cutting operations in the water, and thus, it is possible to prevent radiation exposure due to occurrence of dust.
US11848101B2
A method includes defining model attributes of a machine model that organizes feedback data into topic groups based on similarities in concepts in the feedback data. The model attributes include a topic model number that defines how many topic groups are to be created, a hyperparameter optimization alpha value, and/or a hyperparameter optimization beta value. The method also includes generating the machine model using the model attributes that are defined and the feedback data, and applying the machine model to the feedback data to divide different portions of the feedback data into the different topic groups based on contents of the feedback data, the topic model number, the hyperparameter optimization alpha value, and/or the hyperparameter optimization beta value.
US11848098B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining anomalous brain data. One of the methods includes obtaining brain data characterizing brain activity of a patient; for each of a plurality of pairs of parcellations comprising a first parcellation and a second parcellation, processing the brain data to generate a correlation between the brain activity of the first and second parcellations; obtaining second connectivity data that characterizes, for each of the plurality of pairs of parcellations, a normal range of correlations between the brain activity of the first and second parcellations; identifying one or more of the plurality of pairs of parcellations for which the correlation between brain activity of the first and second parcellations is outside of the corresponding normal range of correlations; and providing data characterizing the one or more identified pairs of parcellations for display to a user on a graphical interface.
US11848093B2
A surgical instrument operable to sever tissue includes a body assembly and a selectively coupleable end effector assembly. The end effector assembly may include a transmission assembly and an end effector. The body assembly includes a trigger and a casing configured to couple with the transmission assembly. An information transmission system transmits instrument information received from a sensor, for example, to a secure server via a secure gateway connected to the instrument. The instrument may be previously tested on a calibration kit to pre-determine and load surgeon-specific settings onto the instrument prior to use.
US11848086B2
Methods and systems for selecting a machine learning algorithm are described. In one embodiment, one or more factors to be used by a plurality of machine learning algorithms in predicting a value of a required pharmacy element of a prescription are identified, each of the plurality of machine learning algorithms are trained to predict the value of the required pharmacy element using a first subset of previously received prescriptions, respective success rates for each of the plurality of machine learning algorithms at predicting respective known values of respective known required pharmacy elements for each of a second subset of the previously received prescriptions are determined, and a first of the plurality of machine learning algorithms having a highest success rate is selected to predict the value of the required pharmacy element of the prescription for a first predetermined period.
US11848079B2
A method includes: obtaining, by a computer, subject response data including audio data, video data, or audio-video data of a subject's response to one or more stimuli presented to the subject over a defined time period; extracting at least one subject descriptor from the subject response data as a function of time, the at least one subject descriptor including data characterizing involuntary or voluntary action of the subject in response to the one or more stimuli; deriving, from the at least one subject descriptor, a first biomarker characterizing a behavior of the subject in response to the one or more stimuli, in which a value of the first biomarker is indicative of a severity of a disease in the subject; and outputting a disease severity level for the disease as a function of the value of the first biomarker.
US11848078B2
A medical device comprises a control system, processing modules, and a wire bundle connecting the control system to the processing modules, the wire bundle comprising control lines and data lines. Each processing module is coupled to a respective set of sensors arranged to interface with a biological tissue site, the sensors being configured to capture analog physiological signals generated from the biological tissue site. The control system is configured to generate a control signal on the control lines to initiate a data collection cycle by the processing modules. In response to the control signal, each processing module is configured to perform a respective data collection process which comprises (i) capturing and processing an analog physiological signal on each enabled sensor to generate a data sample for each analog physiological signal captured on each enabled sensor, and (ii) outputting data samples to the control system on the data lines.
US11848077B2
A first-aid information provision system of the example embodiments includes: an information display device that includes first capture means for capturing an iris image, code acquisition means for acquiring a code associated with the captured iris image, and code display means for displaying the acquired code; and an information output device that includes second capture means for imaging the code displayed by the information display device, first-aid information acquisition means for acquiring first-aid information about an individual associated with the iris image by using the imaged code, and first-aid information output means for outputting the first-aid information.
US11848067B2
An apparatus including a test validation circuit and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. The apparatus may include a self-test circuit configured to implement at least a portion of a self-test process that determines operating conditions of the apparatus. The test validation circuit may be configured to generate a flag based on comparing (1) an input stream or a portion thereof associated with the self-test to (2) test data associated with the self-test. The flag may represent a validity associated with the implementation of the self-test process or the portion thereof.
US11848064B2
A shift register includes a first scan unit, a leakage prevention unit, and a leakage prevention input unit. The first scan unit includes a first input circuit configured to transmit an input signal to a first pull-up node. The leakage prevention input unit is configured to: in response to a first voltage signal received at a first voltage signal terminal, transmit the first voltage signal to a leakage prevention input node; and in response to a second voltage signal received at a second voltage signal terminal, transmit the second voltage signal to the leakage prevention input node. The first voltage signal and the second voltage signal are mutually inverted signals. The leakage prevention unit is configured to transmit one of the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal from the leakage prevention input node to a first leakage prevention node.
US11848060B2
Memory devices might include an array of memory cells and a controller configured to access the array of memory cells. The controller may sense a first threshold voltage of the selected memory cell. In response to the sensed first threshold voltage being between a first pre-program verify level and a first program verify level, the controller may bias the selected memory cell to a first voltage level. The first pre-program verify level might be less than a final pre-program verify level and the first program verify level might be less than a final program verify level.
US11848056B2
A semiconductor memory device is implemented as a string of storage transistors with sense amplifier connected drain terminals and floating source terminals. In some embodiments, a method in the semiconductor memory device applies a bit line control (BLC) voltage with a voltage step down to the bias device during the read operation to reduce the settling time on the bit line, thereby shortening the access time for data read out from the storage transistors. In other embodiments, a method in the semiconductor memory device including an array of strings of storage transistors uses a current from a biased but unselected bit line as the sense amplifier reference current for reading stored data from a selected bit line. In one embodiment, the sense amplifier reference current is provided to a referenced sense amplifier to generate a sense amplifier data latch signal.
US11848051B2
Methods, systems, and devices for parallel drift cancellation are described. In some instances, during a first duration, a first voltage may be applied to a word line to threshold one or more memory cells included in a first subset of memory cells. During a second duration, a second voltage may be applied to the word line to write a first logic state to one or more memory cells included in the first subset and to threshold one or more memory cells included in a second subset of memory cells. During a third duration, a third voltage may be applied to the word line to write a second logic state to one or more memory cells included in the second subset of memory cells.
US11848048B2
Methods, systems, and devices for memory device decoder configurations are described. A memory device may include an array of memory cells and decoder circuits. The array may include one or more memory cells coupled with an access line, and a decoder circuit may be configured to bias the access line to one or more voltages. The decoder circuit may include a first transistor coupled with the access line and a second transistor coupled with the access line. The first transistor may be a planar transistor having a first gate electrode formed on a substrate, and the second transistor may be a trench transistor having a second gate electrode that extends into a cavity of the substrate, where a length of a first gate electrode may be greater than a length of the second gate electrode.
US11848046B2
The application provides a sense amplifier and an operation method thereof. The operation method for the sense amplifier includes: during a first phase, initializing a first sensing input voltage and a second input sensing voltage; and recording a first sensing output voltage and a second sensing output voltage of a previous round by charges stored in a plurality of transistors of the sense amplifier; during a second phase, sampling the first sensing output voltage and the second sensing output voltage of a current round as a plurality of transit points; during a first sub-phase of a third phase, amplifying a voltage difference between an input signal and a first reference voltage; and during a second sub-phase of the third phase, pulling the first sensing output voltage and the second sensing output voltage into a full-swing voltage range, and recording charges to the transistors of the sense amplifier.
US11848039B2
The present invention is directed to a magnetic memory cell including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) memory element and a two-terminal bidirectional selector coupled in series between two conductive lines. The MTJ memory element includes a magnetic free layer; a magnetic reference layer; and an insulating tunnel junction layer interposed therebetween. The two-terminal bidirectional selector includes a bottom electrode; a top electrode; a load-resistance layer interposed between the bottom and top electrodes and comprising a first tantalum oxide; a first volatile switching layer interposed between the bottom and top electrodes and comprising a metal dopant and a second tantalum oxide that has a higher oxygen content than the first tantalum oxide; and a second volatile switching layer in contact with the first volatile switching layer and comprising a third tantalum oxide that has a higher oxygen content than the first tantalum oxide.
US11848038B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for self-referencing sensing schemes are described. A cell having two transistors, or other switching components, and one capacitor, such as a ferroelectric capacitor, may be sensed using a reference value that is specific to the cell. The cell may be read and sampled via one access line, and the cell may be used to generate a reference voltage and sampled via another access line. For instance, a first access line of a cell may be connected to one read voltage while a second access line of the cell is isolated from a voltage source; then the second access line may be connected to another read voltage while the first access line is isolate from a voltage source. The resulting voltages on the respective access lines may be compared to each other and a logic value of the cell determined from the comparison.
US11848030B2
Some examples include a computing device that receives media content to distribute to a plurality of electronic devices. The computing device may receive an indication of first data to relate to the media content for distribution to the plurality of electronic devices. A portion of the multimedia content may be decoded to enable a determination that the media content already has second data embedded in the media content. A psychoacoustic mask may be extracted from the media content and subtracted from the received media content to remove the embedded second data. The first data may be associated with the media content by either embedding third data in the media content, or by embedding the first data in the media content.
US11848015B2
The invention is directed towards a an audio scrubbing system that allows for scrubbing recognized voice commands from audio data and replacing the recognized voice commands with environment audio data. Specifically, as a user captures video and audio data via a HMD, audio data captured by the HMD may be processed by an audio scrubbing module to identify voice commands in the audio data that are used for controlling the HMD. When a voice command is identified in the audio data, timestamps corresponding to the voice command may be determined. Filler audio data may then be generated to imitate the environment by processing at least a portion of the audio data by a neural network of a machine learning model. The filler audio data may then be used to replace the audio data corresponding to the identified voice commands, thereby scrubbing the voice command from the audio data.
US11848013B2
Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant capable of bypassing soliciting a user for supplemental data for completing an action when a previously-queried application is capable of providing the supplemental data. For instance, when a user invokes the automated assistant to complete a first action with a first application, the user may provide many pertinent details. Those details may be useful to a second application that the user may subsequently invoke via the automated assistant for completing a second action. In order to save the user from having to repeat the details to the automated assistant, the automated assistant can interact with the first application in order to obtain any information that may be essential for the second application to complete the second action. The automated assistant can then provide the information to the second application, without soliciting the user for the information.
US11848011B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and methods for facilitating interpretation services by continuously generating a real time speed of speech for a set of spoken words within an electronic communication session. A processor continuously generates the real time speed of speech by iteratively generating the real time speed of speech upon parsing each spoken word from audio input signals of the electronic communication session. Iteratively generating the real time speed of speech may be based on a frequency of a subset of the set of spoken words within a preceding time interval of each spoken word. The systems and method may further determine a threshold based on an attribute of the set of spoken words. The method may display on a graphical user interface a graphical indicator having a visual feature that changes when the continuously generated real time speed of speech achieves the threshold.
US11848004B2
A method for controlling an electronic device includes obtaining a text, obtaining, by inputting the text into a first neural network model, acoustic feature information corresponding to the text and alignment information in which each frame of the acoustic feature information is matched with each phoneme included in the text, identifying an utterance speed of the acoustic feature information based on the alignment information, identifying a reference utterance speed for each phoneme included in the acoustic feature information based on the text and the acoustic feature information, obtaining utterance speed adjustment information based on the utterance speed of the acoustic feature information and the reference utterance speed for each phoneme, and obtaining, based on the utterance speed adjustment information, speech data corresponding to the text by inputting the acoustic feature information into a second neural network model.
US11848001B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing non-lexical cues in synthesized speech. An example system includes processor circuitry to generate a breathing cue to enhance speech to be synthesized from text; determine a first insertion point of the breathing cue in the text, wherein the breathing cue is identified by a first tag of a markup language; generate a prosody cue to enhance speech to be synthesized from the text; determine a second insertion point of the prosody cue in the text, wherein the prosody cue is identified by a second tag of the markup language; insert the breathing cue at the first insertion point based on the first tag and the prosody cue at the second insertion point based on the second tag; and trigger a synthesis of the speech from the text, the breathing cue, and the prosody cue.
US11847999B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for generating echo recordings. The system receives, by an autoencoder, an audio signal representation that represents an audio signal and a target echo embedding that comprises information about a target room. The autoencoder comprises an encoder and a decoder. The system generates, by the encoder, a content embedding and an estimated echo embedding. The system generates, by the decoder, an echo recording representation based on the content embedding and the target echo embedding.
US11847997B2
A method of damping mechanical vibration includes applying on a source of mechanical vibration a formulation including an aqueous polymer emulsion prepared by an emulsion polymerization reaction of at least one emulsion-polymerizable monomer and a support resin.
US11847983B2
An image display device is provided. The image display device includes a display unit and a backlight module. The display unit is used for displaying pictures in an image frame cycle. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources of different colors. The image frame cycle is divided into a first interval, a second interval and a third interval in sequence, and the second interval is adjacent to the first interval. The backlight module provides a white light source with a first intensity in the first interval and provides a white light source with a second intensity in the second interval, and the second intensity is smaller than the first intensity. The backlight module is turned off in the third interval.
US11847982B1
A backlight LED driver circuit with current regulating function is provided. The backlight LED driver circuit includes: a LED light-emitting element, a first transistor, a first amplifier, a current regulator module, and a voltage regulator module; the current regulator module including a plurality of current channels, each including one second transistor and one third transistor; the voltage regulator module including a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, and a sixth transistor; the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor, and the sixth transistor in the voltage regulator module and the second transistor and one third transistor of each of the current channels in the current regulator module constitute a current mirror; and the current regulator module further including a decoder configured to generate a signal for controlling on and off states of the plurality of second transistors in the plurality of current channels in response to an input digital control signal.
US11847980B2
Provided is a head-up display apparatus capable of preventing damage due to sunlight and ensuring user convenience. A reflection mirror M1 reflects an image created by a display panel and projects it onto a display region. A solar radiation sensor detects a sunlight intensity when a position of sun exists within a predetermined detection range. A blocking mechanism forms a projected light path of an image between the display region and the display panel when being turned off, and blocks the projected light path of the image and an incident light path of the sunlight which is direction opposite thereto when being turned on. A protection processor controls ON/OFF of the blocking mechanism based on an estimated temperature of the display panel, which is estimated by using a sunlight intensity from the solar radiation sensor, luminance of a light source, and an ambient temperature.
US11847979B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus which may prevent a settling time from being changed when image data input to a source drive integrated circuit (IC) is changed, for voltage interpolation. The display apparatus includes a source drive integrated circuit (IC) configured to sequentially perform a first voltage interpolation and a second voltage interpolation at every horizontal period so as to drive a data line by using N bit image data including an M bit interpolation code and an N−M bit image code.
US11847974B2
A display panel sets a focus area per frame, based on focus area setting information and focus area reference line information received from the outside, control the number of gate lines simultaneously driven according to the focus area, and display a rendered image per focus area, thereby preventing the quality degradation of the image perceived by the user and increasing the frame rate of the display panel, and enhancing the quality of the virtual reality experience provided by the virtual reality device.
US11847972B2
Disclosed is an electronic device, which includes a display panel, a data driving circuit, a scan driving circuit, a signal control circuit, and a power supply circuit that trims a first voltage and a second voltage based on a first control value generated based on the first voltage and the second voltage, and the power supply circuit includes a controller that generates the first control value, a sign determining circuit that determines a sign of the first control value based on the first voltage and the second voltage, a plurality of voltage generators that generate a trimming voltage of the first control value based on the first voltage and the second voltage, and a first memory that stores the first control value, and the first control value is a value for controlling the sign determining circuit and each of the plurality of voltage generators.
US11847970B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a first display region including first light emitting unit groups and first pixel circuit groups connected with the first light emitting unit groups, a second display region including second light emitting unit groups, second pixel circuit groups connected with the second light emitting unit groups and third pixel circuit groups, and a third display region including third light emitting unit groups connected with the third pixel circuit groups. Each light emitting unit group includes light emitting units of different colors. The light emitting unit includes a main body electrode, an area of the main body electrode of at least one color light emitting unit in a non-edge region of the second display region is greater than that of a main body electrode of the same color light emitting unit in the first display region.
US11847964B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate; light-emitting elements including groups of light-emitting elements, at least one group of light-emitting elements including first-region light-emitting elements and second-region light-emitting elements; pixel circuits including groups of pixel circuits, at least one group of pixel circuits including first-type pixel circuits and second-type pixel circuits, at least one second-type pixel circuit is connected with at least one second-region light-emitting element through a conductive line, first light-emitting elements are connected with first pixel circuits through first conductive lines, in the at least one group of light-emitting elements and the at least one group of pixel circuits, first pixel circuits connected with first light-emitting elements are closer to the second display region than each of second pixel circuits connected with second light-emitting elements.
US11847962B1
The present invention provides an active mini LED display and driving method thereof. The driving method comprises: controlling a gate voltage of the metal oxide field effect transistor by a voltage to modulate the current and luminous brightness required to driver the light emitting diode; processing display data to generate timing-controlled channel signals and scanning signals to driver transistors and light emitting diodes to achieve image display; modulating scanning voltage signals or channel voltage signals into analog-type voltages and/or pulse-width-type voltages, and then compensating the unevenness in brightness produced by the epitaxy of each light-emitting diode. The driving method of the active mini LED display of the present invention can reduce the power loss of transmission, and can integrate with various light emitting diodes within a small pixel pitch to manufacture various displays by means of heterogeneous polycrystalline wafer-level packaging.
US11847960B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for driving the display panel, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes multiple pixel circuits. The pixel circuit includes a drive transistor and at least one switch unit. At least one switch unit includes M thin film transistors connected in parallel, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The M thin film transistors are configured to be turned on during different display phases, respectively.
US11847959B2
A display panel includes pixels connected to first and second data lines and a readout line. The data driver supplies data signals to the first and second data lines and supplies an initialization voltage to the readout line. Each of the pixels includes at least one light emitting element and a driving transistor. The driving transistor controls an amount of current based on a difference between a corresponding data signal among the data signals and an initialization voltage. In a sensing mode, the data driver supplies a test voltage to the first data line and a first off voltage to the second data line in a first period and supplies a second off voltage to the second data line in a second period after the first period. The second off voltage is different from the test voltage and the first off voltage.
US11847957B2
A plurality of pixel drive circuits form part of an array of emissive elements. The plurality of pixel drive circuits are disposed to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The plurality of pixel drive circuits are organized into sets of pixel drive circuits, and each set comprises at least one pixel drive circuit. A FET of a set of pixel drive circuits shares a common well with other FETs of similar function in the same set of pixel drive circuits positioned therein, such that the variance of the threshold voltages of those FETs is substantially reduced. Each of the pixel drive circuits comprises a circuit operative to deliver a current at a predetermined voltage to an emissive device and a memory circuit operative to receive modulation data and to use same to modulate the current output of the pixel drive circuit.
US11847956B2
A scan driver is disclosed that includes a plurality of stages for supplying scan signals to scan lines. A first stage among the stages includes: a first sub-stage circuit for generating a first scan signal, based on an input signal, a first clock signal, a second clock signal, a first power source, and a second power source; and a first charge pump circuit for supplying a bias voltage to the first sub-stage circuit, based on a third power source. The first sub-stage circuit includes: a first driver for controlling voltages of a first node and a second node, based on the input signal, the first clock signal, the second clock signal, the first power source, and the second power source; a second driver for controlling a voltage of an output node, based on the voltage of the first node, the voltage of the second node, the first power source, and the second power source; and an output unit for outputting the first scan signal through a first output terminal, based on the voltage of the output node, the first power source, and the second power source.
US11847950B2
An electroluminescent display apparatus can include a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a luminance adjuster. The luminance adjuster can select a target optical band corresponding to a digital brightness value from among a plurality of optical bands for differently controlling a maximum luminance of an image implemented in the display panel, and can adjust a black grayscale data voltage corresponding to the target optical band. The black grayscale data voltage can be differently set in at least two of the plurality of optical bands.
US11847944B2
A system and for distributing data for 3D light field projection and a method thereof. The system comprises input terminals and output terminals that are connectable to pixel elements of a display. Data paths are established between input terminals and output terminals, and are controlled by data switches. The system also comprises a control plane adapted for applying control variables to the data switches. Control switches of the control plane select the control variables which are applied to the data switches. Sequences of control variables and enable variables propagate along at least one first delay line and along at least one second delay line, respectively. Delay units of the at least one first delay line and of the at least one second delay line have a synchronous relationship. During system run-time patterns contained in the stream of input data are detected for determining the sequences of control variables.
US11847935B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to dynamically generating simulated attack messages configured for annotation by users as part of cybersecurity training. A computing platform may generate a simulated attack message including a plurality of elements and send the simulated attack message to an enterprise user device. Subsequently, the computing platform may receive, from the enterprise user device, user selections annotating selected elements of the plurality of elements of the simulated attack message. The computing platform may thereafter identify one or more training areas for the user based on the user selections received from the enterprise user device, generate a customized training module specific to the identified one or more training areas, and send the customized training module to the enterprise user device. Sending the customized training module to the enterprise user device may cause the enterprise user device to display the customized training module.
US11847928B2
In an aspect, an apparatus for procedural training is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor. A memory contains instructions configuring at least a processor to receive optical data from a sensor in electronic communication with the at least a processor. At least a processor is configured to determine a procedural performance parameter as a function of optical data. At least a processor is configured to compare a procedural performance parameter to a procedural performance threshold. At least a processor is configured to display procedural training feedback through a display unit as a function of a comparison.
US11847925B2
Disclosed are methods of displaying compatibility between an aircraft and a landing port, the method comprising: determining a current position of the aircraft and a gross weight of the aircraft; determining a landing port based on the current position of the aircraft; receiving a set of parameters associated with the determined landing port; determining an elevation of the determined landing port and a gross weight supported by the determined landing port at least based on the received parameters; determining whether the aircraft is compatible with the landing port at least based on the determined elevation of the determined landing port and by comparing a gross weight of the aircraft with the gross weight supported by the determined landing port; and causing display on a display device of the aircraft of an indication of the determination of whether the aircraft is compatible with the landing port.
US11847919B2
An example operation includes one or more of detecting, by a server, a target transport operating in an unsafe manner, locating, the by the server, at least one autonomous transport in front of the target transport, and maneuvering the at least one autonomous transport to affect the target transport.
US11847913B2
A system and method includes an autonomous agent having a communication interface that enables the autonomous agent to communicate with a plurality of infrastructure sensing devices; a plurality of distinct health monitors that monitor distinct operational aspects of the autonomous agent; an autonomous state machine that computes a plurality of allowed operating states of the autonomous agent based on inputs from the plurality of distinct health monitors; a plurality of distinct autonomous controllers that generate a plurality of distinct autonomous control instructions; and an arbiter of autonomous control instructions that: collects, as a first input, the plurality of autonomous control instructions generated by each of the plurality of distinct autonomous controllers; collects, as a second input, data relating to the plurality of allowed operating state of the autonomous agent; and selectively enables only a subset of the autonomous control instructions to pass to driving components of the autonomous agent.
US11847911B2
Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an object-model based event detection system that comprises a plurality of sensor devices, to perform operations that include: generating sensor data at the plurality of sensor devices; accessing the sensor data generated by the plurality of sensor devices; detecting an event, or precursor to an event, based on the sensor data, wherein the detected event corresponds to an event category; accessing an object model associated with the event type in response to detecting the event, wherein the object model defines a procedure to be applied by the event detection system to the sensor data; and streaming at least a portion of a plurality of data streams generated by the plurality of sensor devices to a server system based on the procedure, wherein the server system may perform further analysis or visualization based on the portion of the plurality of data streams.
US11847909B2
An information processing method, performed by a computer, includes: obtaining second situational information related to a situation of at least one of a vehicle or surroundings of the vehicle at a second time point subsequent to a first time point; determining recommended content related to vehicle monitoring recommended to a second monitoring agent by inputting the second situational information to a trained model obtained by machine learning in which first situational information and a first monitoring result which is a result of monitoring by a first monitoring agent based on the first situational information are used, the first situational information being related to a situation of at least one of the vehicle or the surroundings of the vehicle at the first time point; generating presentation information for vehicle monitoring based on the recommended content determined; and causing a presentation device to output the presentation information.
US11847904B2
An integrated security management system is provided. The system includes an application server and a plurality of sensors deployed in a geographical area. The application server receives first sensor data from the plurality of sensors and provide to a trained classification model as input and detects a security alert based on output thereof. The application server determines a patrol route that encompasses a location of security alert and transmits a surveillance request to electronic device of a security operator to patrol the patrol route and identifies one or more sensors that covers the location of the security alert and receives second sensor data therefrom based on location of the electronic device being same as location of the security alert. The application server further re-trains the classification model based on the second sensor data when feedback received from the electronic device indicates the security alert to be a false positive.
US11847896B2
Systems and techniques are provided for identifying patterns activity at a facility that seem to precede alarm events. In some implementations, a monitoring system is configured to monitor a property and includes a sensor configured to generate sensor data. A monitor control unit is configured to receive the sensor data and based on the sensor data, determine an alarm status of the monitoring system. A monitoring application server is configured to receive the sensor data and data indicating the alarm status of the monitoring system. The server applies the sensor data to a model that determines an estimated alarm status of the monitoring system and determines the estimated alarm status of the monitoring system is different from the alarm status. Based on determining that the estimated alarm status of the monitoring system is different from the alarm status of the monitoring system, the server overrides the alarm status.
US11847891B2
Secondary gaming functionality is provided for a casino gaming machine (26) by a secondary controller (200) of the casino gaming machine. The secondary gaming functionality may function to provide a multi-game experience at the gaming machine or remotely at another gaming machine or other device, e.g., a smart phone (28), tablet, personal computer (32), and the like, via the casino gaming machine. The multi-game experience may comprise one or more secondary wager-based games in addition to the one or more primary wager-based game(s) provided by the primary gaming functionality of the gaming machine. The secondary controller functionality may cause the secondary wager-based game to be presented upon a single input player to the gaming machine which also initiates the primary game, whereby primary and secondary games are initiated seamlessly to the player via a single input.
US11847885B2
A system includes a smart table having RFID sensor(s) configured to detect RFID-enabled chips, including a wager area sensor positioned beneath a wager area on a surface of the smart table. The smart table also includes wireless beacon device(s) configured to wirelessly connect with a mobile device of a player. The system includes processor(s) executing instructions configured to: detect, via the at least one wireless beacon device, presence of the mobile device of the player near the at least one wireless beacon device; identify a player identity of the player based on the detected presence of the mobile device; detect an initial wager provided by the player at the smart table based at least in part on sensor data received by the wager area sensor, the sensor data identifying presence of RFID-enabled chip(s) near the wager area; and initiate tracking of a play session associated with the player.
US11847879B2
A coin processing system comprises a rotatable disc including a resilient pad coupled thereto for imparting motion to the plurality of coins, the resilient pad including an outer peripheral edge, and a stationary sorting head. The stationary sorting head includes a lower surface forming a coin path for directing movement of each of the coins, a stripping area of the coin path including at least one stripping surface operable to retain at least one coin when overlapping another coin such that the other coin is separated from the at least one coin by the motion imparted by the rotatable disc, and a queuing area of the coin path that receives the plurality of coins from the stripping area, the queuing area including a beveled surface curving substantially parallel with the outer peripheral edge of the resilient pad to guide the coins in a single file configuration to a discrimination area.
US11847877B1
A computing system for ATM deposit jammed item imaging and transaction completion is described herein and includes a processing circuit structured to receive partial transaction information related to an interrupted transaction at a transaction device, generate a code including an interrupted transaction identifier, provide the code on a display of the transaction device, authenticate a servicer device based on the code, provide the interrupted transaction identifier to the servicer device, receive a first data packet associated with the interrupted transaction from the servicer device, determine additional transaction information based on the first data packet associated with the interrupted transaction, and execute operations related to the interrupted transaction based on the additional transaction information.
US11847875B2
A system can include a processor and a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations can include receiving an identification of a local device having a control module that manages a reader component and a locking mechanism and transmitting an authorized list to the local device that identifies authorized users that can gain access to the local device via the locking mechanism through interacting with the reader component. The control module on the local device can manage multiple functions of the local device including management of the reader component and the locking mechanism.
US11847873B2
Systems and methods for predictively detecting vehicle failure based on diagnostic trouble codes are provided. In one example, a method is provided, comprising determining a probability of failure of a vehicle based on one or more diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs); and indicating to an operator of the vehicle that failure is likely in response to the probability exceeding a threshold.
US11847862B2
In one embodiment an inactive status indication and one or more exception criteria are received from a computing device of a driver associated with a transportation service. A transportation request from a passenger associated with the transportation service is received. In response to a determination based on information included in the transportation request that the exception criteria is met, transportation request is directed to the driver.
US11847856B2
A method for matching an image of a palm of an individual with at least one image from a plurality of reference palm images, which includes: creation of a reference base from the plurality of reference palm images comprising, for each reference palm image, a selection of at least one reference palm region and a coding into a reference regional biometric information item, determination of an individual palmary biometric information item from the image of the palm of the individual comprising a selection of at least one individual palm region and the coding thereof into individual regional biometric information item, for each image, comparison of each individual regional biometric information item with each reference regional biometric information item, and matching of the image of the palm of the individual with at least one image from the plurality of reference palm images, as a function of a result of the comparison.
US11847852B2
A fingerprint sensor includes a die, a plurality of conductive structures, an encapsulant, a plurality of conductive patterns, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a redistribution structure. The die has an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The conductive structures surround the die. The encapsulant encapsulates the die and the conductive structures. The conductive patterns are over the die and are electrically connected to the die and the conductive structures. Top surfaces of the conductive patterns are flat. The first dielectric layer is over the die and the encapsulant. A top surface of the first dielectric layer is coplanar with top surfaces of the conductive patterns. The second dielectric layer covers the first dielectric layer and the conductive patterns. The redistribution structure is over the rear surface of the die.
US11847848B2
An information processing apparatus (100) includes a collation unit (102) that collates first feature information extracted from a person included in a first image (20) with first registered feature information stored in a storage unit (110), and a registration unit (104) that stores, in a case where the first feature information is unable to be extracted from the person or a collation result in the collation unit (102) indicates a mismatch, second feature information extracted from the person in the storage unit (110) as second registered feature information, in which the collation unit (102) collates second feature information extracted from a person included in a second image (22) with the second registered feature information stored in the storage unit (110), and thus specifies the person corresponding to the second registered feature information in the second image (22).
US11847839B2
A pilot may be more stressed during take-off or landing, which is not abnormal. Physiological data of the pilot may be received. Placing the physiological data in context of the current situation may be advantageous in detecting anomalous behaviors of the pilot. A system and method are described. The system and method receive a stream of images from a camera and detect whether the pilot is exhibiting anomalous behavior. The anomalous behavior is further put into context based on the flight state and various avionics information.
US11847837B2
A method and an apparatus for detecting a lane is provided. The lane detection apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a front image of a vehicle; and a processor configured to input the image acquired through the acquisition unit to an AI model, and to detect information of a lane on a road, and the AI model is trained to detect lane information that is expressed in a plane form from an input image. Accordingly, data imbalance between a lane area and a non-lane area can be solved by using the AI model which learns/predicts lane information that is expressed in a plane form, not in a segment form such as a straight line or curved line.
US11847825B2
Some embodiments of the present inventive concept provide for improved telepresence and other virtual sessions using localized projection of audible noises and/or dynamic adjustment of audio and/or video qualities based on spatial relationships between users. An XR telepresence platform can allow for immersive multi-user video conferencing from within a web browser or other medium. The platform can support spatial audio and/or user video. The platform can scale to hundreds or thousands of users concurrently in a single or multiple virtual environments. Disclosed herein are quality-of-service techniques for dynamically selecting or modifying audio and/or video traffic.
US11847823B2
Video object and keypoint location detection techniques are presented. The system includes a detection system for generation locations of an object's keypoints along with probabilities associated with the locations, and a stability system for stabilizing keypoint locations of the detected objects. In some aspects, the generated probabilities are two-dimensional array correspond locations within input images, and stability system fits the generated probabilities to a two-dimensional probability distribution function.
US11847820B2
The invention relates to method and system for classifying faces of a Boundary Representation (B-Rep) model using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The method includes extracting topological information corresponding to each of a plurality of data points of a B-Rep model of a product; determining a set of parameters based on the topological information corresponding to each of the plurality of data points; transforming the set of parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of data points of the B-Rep model into a tabular format to obtain a parametric data table; and assigning each of the plurality of faces of the B-Rep model a category from a plurality of categories based on the parametric data table using an AI model.
US11847810B2
Provided are a face-hand correlation degree detection method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes that: an image to be detected is acquired; a face feature set and a hand feature set of the image to be detected are determined on the basis of a result obtained by performing face and hand detection on the image to be detected; a first interaction feature of a target face is determined on the basis of a face feature of the target face and the hand feature set; a second interaction feature of a target hand is determined on the basis of a hand feature of the target hand and the face feature set; and a correlation between the target face and the target hand is determined on the basis of the first interaction feature and the second interaction feature.
US11847806B2
Scene text information extraction of desired text information from an image can be performed and managed. An information management component (IMC) can determine an anchor word based on analysis of an image. To facilitate determining desired text information in the image, IMC can re-orient the image to zero or substantially zero degrees if it determines that the orientation is skewed. IMC can utilize a neural network to determine and apply bounding boxes to text strings in the image. Using a rules-based approach or machine learning techniques, employing a trained machine learning component, IMC can utilize the anchor word along with inline grouping of textual information in the image, deep text recognition analysis, or bounding box prediction to determine or predict the desired text information in the image. IMC can facilitate presenting the desired text information, anchor word, or other information obtained from the image in an editable format.
US11847803B2
A hand trajectory recognition method for a following robot based on hand velocity and trajectory distribution comprises: sampling and photographing an operator by a kinect camera to obtain hand projection plane data; smoothing the hand projection plane data by moving average, establishing velocity vectors, and processing the velocity vectors to obtain a hand movement descriptor; establishing a hand movement area, traversing hand three-dimensional positions of all frames in an order of sampling and photographing, assigning a mesh where the hand three-dimensional position of each frame is located, and calculating centroid positions of all assigned meshes; establishing centroid directing vectors, and processing the centroid directing vectors to obtain a hand trajectory shape descriptor; and processing cosine values of two angles to obtain a common similarity of the movement descriptor and the trajectory shape descriptor to standard descriptors, and using a standard gesture with a maximum common similarity as a result. The present invention can accurately recognize the class of a gesture, is insensitive to the translation, scaling, rotation and order of hand trajectories, is high in flexibility and can save time and energy.
US11847799B2
Automation of the comparison of the colors of small surfaces of products. In one embodiment, color differences are measured rather than an absolute color value. An apparatus is provided for capturing color images of a portion of a product or part to provide a sample product image. The sample image is compared to an image of a standard product obtained under the same conditions with the same apparatus. The color difference is measured to determine when it is in a predetermined range.
US11847798B2
A pigment detection method includes: extracting a first image from a to-be-detected RGB skin image, where the first image is used to represent a body reflection component in the RGB skin image, and the RGB skin image is photographed by a device having an RGB image photographing function; extracting a pigment from an R channel, a B channel, and a G channel of the first image based on a correspondence between a first spectral response curve of the pigment and a second spectral response curve of the device having the RGB image photographing function; and generating a pseudo-color image based on the extracted pigment, and displaying the pseudo-color image.
US11847792B2
A system and method for determining a location of a client device is described herein. In particular, a client device receives images captured by a camera at the client device. The client device identifies features in the images. The features may be line junctions, lines, curves, or any other features found in images. The client device retrieves a 3D map of the environment from the map database and compares the identified features to the 3D map of the environment, which includes map features such as map line junctions, map lines, map curves, and the like. The client device identifies a correspondence between the features identified from the images and the map features and determines a location of the client device in the real world based on the correspondence. The client device may display visual data representing a location in a virtual world corresponding to the location in the real world.
US11847778B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to personalize image capture operations of imaging equipment according to models that correspond uniquely to subjects being imaged. According to these techniques, a subject's face may be detected from a first image supplied by an image source and a first model of the subject may be developed from the detected face. The first model of the subject may be compared to another model of the subject developed from other images. Image adjustment parameters may be generated from a comparison of these models, which may control image adjustment techniques that are applied to the newly captured image of the subject. In this manner, aspects of the present disclosure may generate image capture operations that are tailored to characteristics of the subjects being imaged and avoid artifacts that otherwise could cause image degradation.
US11847776B2
A neural network is trained for use in a substrate thickness measurement system by obtaining ground truth thickness measurements of a top layer of a calibration substrate at a plurality of locations, each location at a defined position for a die being fabricated on the substrate. A plurality of color images of the calibration substrate are obtained, each color image corresponding to a region for a die being fabricated on the substrate. A neural network is trained to convert color images of die regions from an in-line substrate imager to thickness measurements for the top layer in the die region. The training is performed using training data that includes the plurality of color images and ground truth thickness measurements with each respective color image paired with a ground truth thickness measurement for the die region associated with the respective color image.
US11847775B2
Provided are various mechanisms and processes for automatic computer vision-based defect detection using a neural network. A system is configured for receiving historical datasets that include training images corresponding to one or more known defects. Each training image is converted into a corresponding matrix representation for training the neural network to adjust weighted parameters based on the known defects. Once sufficiently trained, a test image of an object that is not part of the historical dataset is obtained. Portions of the test image are extracted as input patches for input into the neural network as respective matrix representations. A probability score indicating the likelihood that the input patch includes a defect is automatically generated for each input patch using the weighted parameters. An overall defect score for the test image is then generated based on the probability scores to indicate the condition of the object.
US11847772B2
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for calculating, during imaging, a quality of a sequence of images collected during the imaging. Calculating the quality of the sequence of images may include calculating a probability that a medical professional would use a given image for clinical evaluation and a confidence that an automated analysis segmentation performed on the given image is correct. Techniques described herein also include receiving a trigger to perform an automatic measurement on a sequence of images, calculating a quality of the sequence of images, determining whether the quality of the sequence of images exceeds a threshold quality, and performing the automatic measurement on the sequence of images based on determining that the quality of the sequence of images exceeds the threshold quality.
US11847769B2
Multiple images are continuously captured based on a photographing instruction. Multiple processed images without ghosts are obtained based on the multiple images. A fused image is obtained by inputting the multiple processed images without ghosts into an image fusion model. Noise of the fused image is lower than noise of any one of the multiple images, and a resolution of the fused image is higher than a resolution of any one of the multiple images. A target image is obtained and output by performing image enhancement processing on the fused image.
US11847767B2
An image processing method and component, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The component includes at least a display control and a local retouching control. The display control is configured to display, in a first area of a display area, a to-be-edited image or a target image obtained by retouching the to-be-edited image. The local retouching control is configured to activate a local retouching function in response to a control instruction, to determine a local adjustable area for local retouching, where the local adjustable area is selected from the to-be-edited image or the target image based on a selection operation performed on the to-be-edited image or the target image, and the local adjustable area is displayed via a preset mask to be distinguished from other areas in the to-be-edited image or the target image.
US11847765B2
The present disclosure relates to cameras and in particular methods for noise reduction in images captured by a camera, wherein a same perspective transform may be reused for performing temporal noise filtering on a plurality of images.
US11847762B2
A polarization imaging unit generates, as polarization information, a polarization image including pixels in a plurality of polarization directions. An interpolation processing unit of an information processor performs interpolation processing using the polarization image obtained from the polarization imaging unit, and generates a polarization image for each polarization method. A polarization degree calculation unit calculates, for example, a polarization degree for each pixel as object surface information on the basis of the polarization image for each polarization method. A noise amount calculation unit calculates a noise amount for each pixel on the basis of the polarization image for each polarization method and the like. A polarization degree correction unit serves as an information correction unit, and corrects, according to the noise amount calculated by the noise amount calculation unit, the polarization degree that is object surface information calculated by the polarization degree calculation unit.
US11847746B2
Disclosed is a best view spot generating server which includes a virtual tour providing server that communicates with a user terminal over a network and generates a best view spot associated with a three-dimensional object included in a virtual space, and a database that operates in conjunction with the virtual tour providing server and stores data associated with the virtual space, data associated with the three-dimensional object, and data associated with the best view spot.
US11847743B2
A computer simulation object such as a chair is described by voice or photo input to render a 2D image. Machine learning may be used to convert voice input to the 2D image. The 2D image is converted to a 3D object and the 3D object or portions thereof are used in the computer simulation, such as a computer game, as the object such as a chair. A physics engine can be used to modify the 3D objects.
US11847739B2
Systems and methods are provided for pitch determination. An example method includes obtaining an image depicting a structure, the image being captured via a user device positioned proximate to the structure. The image is segmented to identify, at least, a roof facet of the structure. An eave vector and a rake vector which are associated with the roof facet are determined. A normal vector of the roof facet is calculated based on the eave vector and the rake vector, and compared to a vector indicating a vertical direction such as gravity. The angle made out by the normal and a gravity vector may be utilized to calculate the pitch of the roof facet.
US11847736B2
The consistent use of lighting in different instances of digital media may help ensure that objects are depicted in a similar manner in the digital media. However, in some cases, a three-dimensional (3D) model may depict an object under lighting conditions that differ from the lighting conditions depicted in other digital media. The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating 3D models to include lighting that is consistent with the lighting used in other digital media. According to an embodiment, a lighting template is determined based on digital media depicting a first physical object. A modified 3D model of a second physical object is then generated based on the lighting template to light the second physical object according to the lighting template.
US11847733B2
A ray (e.g., a traced path of light, etc.) is generated from an originating pixel within a scene being rendered. Additionally, one or more shadow map lookups are performed for the originating pixel to estimate an intersection of the ray with alpha-tested geometry within the scene. A shadow map stores the distance of geometry as seen from the point of view of the light, and alpha-tested geometry includes objects within the scene being rendered that have a determined texture and opacity. Further, the one or more shadow map lookups are performed to determine a visibility value for the pixel (e.g., that identifies whether the originating pixel is in a shadow) and a distance value for the pixel (e.g., that identifies how far the pixel is from the light). Further still, the visibility value and the distance value for the pixel are passed to a denoiser.
US11847730B2
Systems and methods of automatic orientation detection in fluoroscopic images using deep learning enable local registration for correction of initial CT-to-body registration in Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy (ENB) systems.
US11847729B2
Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for remote production collaboration tools. The remote production collaboration tools can include one or more client devices, a server providing a single connection point, and an animation server configured to produce an animated production. The one or more client devices may provide motion capture data, audio data, control data, and/or associated timestamps. The animation server is configured to process the motion capture data, audio data, control data, and/or the associated timestamps and create the animated production. The animated production may be transmitted as a video stream.
US11847727B2
A computer-implemented method for generating a machine-learned model to generate facial position data based on audio data comprising training a conditional variational autoencoder having an encoder and decoder. The training comprises receiving a set of training data items, each training data item comprising a facial position descriptor and an audio descriptor; processing one or more of the training data items using the encoder to obtain distribution parameters; sampling a latent vector from a latent space distribution based on the distribution parameters; processing the latent vector and the audio descriptor using the decoder to obtain a facial position output; calculating a loss value based at least in part on a comparison of the facial position output and the facial position descriptor of at least one of the one or more training data items; and updating parameters of the conditional variational autoencoder based at least in part on the calculated loss value.
US11847724B2
A real-time conversation is monitored between a user and an intelligent virtual assistant (IVA). A visualization may be generated and displayed to the user on the user computing device based on one or more topics identified in the conversation. The conversation between the user and the IVA may continue and is continued to be monitored. The visualization can be updated as the conversation continues, e.g., based on further topics being identified.
US11847720B2
A method for graphics processing including rendering graphics for an application using a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs). The method including dividing responsibility for rendering geometry of the graphics between the GPUs based on screen regions, each GPU having a corresponding division of the responsibility which is known to the GPUs. The method including determining a Z-value for a piece of geometry during a pre-pass phase of rendering at a first GPU for an image, wherein the piece of geometry overlaps a first screen region for which the first GPU has a division of responsibility. The method including comparing the Z-value against a Z-buffer value for the piece of geometry. The method including generating information including a result of the comparing the Z-value against the Z-buffer value for use by the GPU when rendering the piece of geometry during a full render phase of rendering.
US11847711B2
Methods of verifying an onboard presence of a passenger of a transportation vehicle are provided. A method of verifying an onboard presence of a passenger of a transportation vehicle includes generating, via a wireless electronic device of the passenger while on board the transportation vehicle, different first and second data indicating the onboard presence of the passenger. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the different first and second data indicating the onboard presence of the passenger from the wireless electronic device to a server. Related wireless electronic devices, servers, and computer program products are also provided.
US11847709B2
Described are systems, media, and methods for automated real estate transaction workflow management application comprising: performing an initial analysis of a user's stored email, wherein the initial analysis comprises identifying at least one existing real estate transaction and identifying any stored email associated with the at least one existing real estate transaction; performing an incremental analysis of the user's new email, wherein the incremental analysis comprises identifying at least one new real estate transaction and identifying any new email associated with the at least one new real estate transaction; extracting real estate transaction-related events, documents, contacts, and data from the email identified as associated with an existing or new real estate transaction; and generating a timeline for each existing and new real estate transaction, the timeline comprising the transaction-related events arranged chronologically and providing access to the transaction-related documents, contacts, and data.
US11847707B1
A apparatus and method of generating and presenting a recommended filing strategy that includes receiving user inputs via a graphical user interface; identifying, using one or more computers, factual patterns of the user inputs; assigning, using the one or more computers and based on the identified factual patterns, a risk tolerance classification; generating, using an optimization model and based on the factual patterns, the risk tolerance classification, and relevant legal documents, the recommended filing strategy; identifying relevant media files from a library of media files that are associated with the recommended filing strategy; creating a combined media file from the plurality of relevant media files; and presenting the combined media file via the graphical user interface.
US11847706B1
In embodiments, diagnostics are electronically determined and provided as to why historical resource values differ from resource values determined according to more-trusted ways. Historical relationship instance data regarding a plurality of historical relationship instances between a primary entity and a plurality of secondary entities are received along with a plurality of historical resource values, in which each historical relationship instance of the plurality of historical relationship instances is associated with a respective historical resource value of the plurality of historical resource values. The system produces a respective trusted resource values based on the respective historical relationship instance. Based on differences between the respective trusted resource value and the respective historical resource value associated with the dataset, the system outputs one or more diagnostic comments associated with the detected difference.
US11847698B2
Techniques and apparatus for providing peer-based management of user accounts are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory and logic coupled to the at least one memory. The logic may be configured to determine a total entity risk value representing a risk position of an entity comprising at least one segment, generate a plurality of risk tokens, each of the plurality of risk tokens having a token value that is a portion of the total risk value, determine a total segment risk value for the at least one segment, the total segment risk value representing a portion of the total entity risk value allocated to the at least one segment, and distribute the plurality of risk tokens to the at least one segment of the entity to correspond with the total segment risk value. Other embodiments are described.
US11847697B1
A method is provided for compressing data in an exchange computer system. The method includes receiving position data indicative of a position held with respect to a financial instrument by an exchange participant from among a plurality of exchange participants, and receiving constraint data indicative of one or more constraints on compression defined by the exchange participant. The exchange computer system compresses data based on the position data and the constraint data, resulting in, for each of the plurality of exchange participants, a new allocation of position sizes relative to positions held prior to compression. The new allocation of position sizes is such that a set of long positions held by the plurality of exchange participants with respect to the financial instrument are cancelled out by a set of short positions held by the plurality of exchange participants with respect to the financial instrument.
US11847696B2
Key features of these methods, apparatus, and designs include (but are not limited to) innovations and implementations of futures securities; the notion of Type I, Type II, and Type III futures contracts custom tailored to specific clienteles; the notion of tickets and coupons as tradable futures contracts; the notion of bifurcation; the notion of redeemable bundles; and notion of realization of the futures market on the Internet; the apparatus of an Internet-based trading interface and engine; the notion of cookie-cutter futures electronic Internet-based futures markets for each security; the feature of maximal reliance on the Internet; and the business concept of “profitability without the need for high trading volume.”
US11847690B1
The described financial institution computing system provides services to customers through an application programming interface (“API”). The services include user identification services to customers. The user identification services allow the customers to verify the identity of users as non-fraudulent users. Further the user identification services allow the financial institution to provide known user information to the customers for purposes of prepopulating registration forms, completing transactions, and the like. Further services, such as user account validation services, payment services, and the like are also possible through the financial institution APIs. In some situations, users are registered with the financial institution. For example, a user may also be an account holder with the financial institution. In other situations, the users are not registered with the financial institution.
US11847685B2
A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: determining a list of possible substitutes for an item when the item is out of stock; training a machine learning algorithm, using labeled training data as input and a list of possible substitutes for the item as output; determining, using the machine learning algorithm, as trained, a respective similarity score for each substitute of the list of possible substitutes; determining a respective historical substitution score for each possible substitute; determining a respective final score for each possible substitute comprises using at least one or more rectifiers having ReLU non-linearity; ranking each possible substitute; storing a selection of the highest ranked possible substitute as additional training data with the labeled training data; and re-training the machine learning algorithm. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11847682B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for recommending a service provider. An embodiment operates by receiving a search request specifying a service request by a user and location for the requested service, retrieving prior financial transactions of the user to purchase the service from a database, and determining a preference of the user based on the retrieved prior financial transactions. The embodiment further operates by applying the preference to a model trained to output a recommended service provider and selecting the recommended service provider for display on a user's device. The model more likely recommends service providers in the location having a higher ratio of tip-to-price relative to other providers for the service in the location based on a history of prior financial transactions of a plurality of users.
US11847679B2
A system can determine a first persona for a user identity. The system can generate a web page based on the first persona, wherein respective reinforcement learning agents determine respective content of respective content modules of the website, wherein the reinforcement agents operate on an environment that comprises a group of states, a group of actions, and a group of rewards that are based on the group of states, and respective actions of the group of actions, and wherein a reward of the respective reinforcement learning agents that is increased via reinforcement learning is based on a sum of respective rewards of the respective reinforcement learning agents in transitioning the user identity to a second persona with respect to the website. The system can, in response to receiving first action data indicative of user identity interaction with the web page, transition the user identity to the second persona.
US11847670B1
Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for improving inventory management. As used herein, “inventory” refers to digital space at an inventory providers webpage at which content can be delivered. The disclosed techniques utilize reinforced machine learning and an offline training process to train various models with which a content request corresponding to the inventory can be classified according to historical requests and a selection process identified for the request (e.g., a direct or an indirect selection process). If an indirect selection process is chosen, the content request may be optimized for that process utilizing additional machine learning models trained using reinforced machine learning and the offline training process. The disclosed techniques enable the inventory provider to optimize content selections according to a preferred objective. The training operations are performed offline, in a training system configured to simulate the run time environment.
US11847664B2
A method for predicting, assessing, and auditing prices of products or services is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a product description with one or more terms and obtaining a product list with product descriptions having respective prices, where each product description in the product list includes the one or more terms or combinations thereof from the received product description. The method further includes, training a model to determine how the one or more terms or combinations thereof influence the prices in the product list, using the trained model to make a price prediction for the received product description, and enabling assessment of product prices based on the price prediction made by the trained model.
US11847663B2
A churn prediction system includes at least one hardware processor, a memory including a historical sample set of subscriber data, and a churn prediction engine executing on the at least one hardware processor. The churn prediction engine is configured to identify the historical sample set, identify a set of attributes, automatically select a subset of attributes based on an information gain value, generate a decision tree by recursively generating nodes of the decision tree by computing an information gain value for each remaining attribute of the subset of attributes, identifying a highest attribute having the highest information gain value, and assigning the highest attribute to the node. The churn prediction engine is also configured to receive target data for a target subscriber, apply the target data to the decision tree, thereby generating a churn prediction for the target subscriber, and identify the target subscriber as a churn prediction.
US11847660B2
An apparatus for automatic credential classification includes at least a processor and a memory that is communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to receive an attribute datum including a credential datum, and classify the credential datum to at least a required credential datum by training an attribute classifier using a credential training data wherein credential training data contains a plurality of data entries correlating required credential datum as an input to the required credential data as outputs and generating a credential classification datum, wherein credential classification datum is generated by classifying the credential datum to the required credential datum using the attribute classifier. Processor generates and stores an attribute match datum as a function of the credential classification datum.
US11847643B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, apparatuses, computer readable media and systems for securely processing remote transactions. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of processing a remote transaction initiated by a mobile device. The method comprises receiving, by a mobile payment application on a secure memory of the mobile device, transaction data from a transaction processor application on the mobile device. The method further comprises validating that the transaction processor application is authentic and in response to validating the transaction processor application, providing encrypted payment credentials to the transaction processor application. The transaction processor application further initiates a payment transaction with a transaction processor server computer using the encrypted payment credentials.
US11847633B1
Methods and systems of managing payment cards are disclosed. A financial institution computing system includes a token database storing a plurality of tokens and token information, a network interface circuit enabling the financial institution computing system to exchange information over a network; and a token management circuit. The token management circuit enables a graphical user interface on a customer device over the network that can be used to generate new token requests, re-provision token requests, and management requests. The management requests enable and disable tokens, such that transactions against a payment card account using an enabled token are completed, and transactions against the payment card account using a disabled token are denied.
US11847632B2
A mobile terminal converts token information corresponding to card information to a sound wave signal and transmits the sound wave signal to a magnetic field conversion device, and the magnetic field conversion device restores the token information from the received sound wave signal, converts the token information to a magnetic field signal, and transmits the magnetic field signal to a merchant terminal, to perform payment.
US11847622B2
A method for managing a post-hoc device registration in an ecosystem is provided. The method includes assembling an electronic device, having a system on a chip (SoC) integrated therein. The method further includes activating/onboarding the device, receiving, by a CA from the device, a communication containing at least one keypair, validating, from the CA to the device, the at least one keypair, triggering, by the CA, data capture of validation data. The validation data includes user registration data, and manufacture/status data for least one of the device and the SoC. The captured validation data is stored in a database of the CA, and then aggregated, along with the received at least one keypair, from the CA database into a billing invoice to the device assembler. The registration data is referenced to the at least one keypair and other validation data by the CA.
US11847581B1
A system for managing a financial account in a low cash mode. The system may include a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include providing an interface; providing a notification to a user when a balance in the first account is deemed to be in low cash mode; presenting, when the first account balance is deemed to be in low cash mode, an option for a transfer request; receiving, a selection of the option for the transfer request to connect the first account with a second account; transferring funds from the second account to the first account; notifying the user that funds have been transferred from the second account to the first account; and further notifying the user that the balance in the first account is greater than the threshold value.
US11847573B2
A system coordinates services between users and providers. The system trains a computer model to predict a user state of a user using data about past services. The prediction is based on data associated with a request submitted by a user. Request data can include current data about the user's behavior and information about the service that is independent of the particular user behavior or characteristics. The user behavior may be compared against the user's prior behavior to determine differences in the user behavior for this request and normal behavior of prior requests. The system can alter the parameters of a service based on the prediction about the state of the user requesting the service.
US11847571B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products for performing semi-supervised contrastive learning of visual representations are provided. For example, the present disclosure provides systems and methods that leverage particular data augmentation schemes and a learnable nonlinear transformation between the representation and the contrastive loss to provide improved visual representations. Further, the present disclosure also provides improvements for semi-supervised contrastive learning. For example, computer-implemented method may include performing semi-supervised contrastive learning based on a set of one or more unlabeled training data, generating an image classification model based on a portion of a plurality of layers in a projection head neural network used in performing the contrastive learning, performing fine-tuning of the image classification model based on a set of one or more labeled training data, and after performing the fine-tuning, distilling the image classification model to a student model comprising a relatively smaller number of parameters than the image classification model.
US11847566B2
Computer systems and computer-implemented methods modify a machine learning network, such as a deep neural network, to introduce judgment to the network. A “combining” node is added to the network, to thereby generate a modified network, where activation of the combining node is based, at least in part, on output from a subject node of the network. The computer system then trains the modified network by, for each training data item in a set of training data, performing forward and back propagation computations through the modified network, where the backward propagation computation through the modified network comprises computing estimated partial derivatives of an error function of an objective for the network, except that the combining node selectively blocks back-propagation of estimated partial derivatives to the subject node, even though activation of the combining node is based on the activation of the subject node.
US11847558B2
A method is used in analyzing a storage system using a machine learning system. Data gathered from information associated with operations performed in a storage system is analyzed. The storage system is comprised of a plurality of components. A bitmap image is created based on the gathered data, where at least one of the plurality of components is represented in the bitmap image. The machine learning system is trained using the bitmap image, where the bitmap image is organized to depict the plurality of components of the storage system.
US11847547B2
Methods and Systems for generating a centerline for an object in an image and computer readable medium are provided. The method includes receiving an image containing the object. The method also includes generating the centerline of the object, by a processor, using a reinforcement learning network configured to predict movement of a virtual agent that traces the centerline in the image. The reinforcement learning network is further configured to perform at least one auxiliary task that detects a bifurcation in a trajectory of the object. The reinforcement learning network is trained by maximizing a cumulative reward and minimizing an auxiliary loss of the at least one auxiliary task. Additionally, the method includes displaying the centerline of the object.
US11847546B2
Embodiments for automatic data preprocessing for a machine learning operation by a processor. For each data instance in a set of data instances, a sequence of actions may be automatically learned in a reinforcement learning environment to be applied for preprocessing each data instance separately. Each of the data instances may be preprocessed for use by one or more machine learning models according to the learned sequence of actions.
US11847539B2
An approach is provided in which the approach trains a first machine learning model using a set of features corresponding to a set of build blocks. The set of build blocks include at least one dependency build block and at least one artifact package build block. The approach predicts a set of risk values of the set of build blocks using the trained first machine learning model, and marks at least one of the build blocks as a bottleneck in response to comparing the set of risk values against a risk threshold.
US11847538B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to train a generative model based at least in part on a private dataset. In at least one embodiment, the generative model is trained based at least in part on a differentially private Sinkhorn algorithm, for example, using backpropagation with gradient descent to determine a gradient of a set of parameters of the generative models and modifying the set of parameters based at least in part on the gradient.
US11847535B2
A quantum computing system includes a first silicon nitride resonator couplable to a first alkali atom, a second silicon resonator couplable to a second alkali atom, and a plurality of lasers for trapping, cooling, and manipulating the first alkali atom and the second alkali atom. Detectors detect a presence of the trapped first alkali atom and the trapped second alkali atom, and a processor is configured to receive at least one input signal from at least one of the detectors, the input signal indicating a presence of the trapped first alkali atom and the trapped second alkali atom, and, based on the received input, control at least some of the plurality of lasers to manipulate at least one of the trapped first alkali atom and the trapped second alkali atom to thereby generate photonic qubits using the trapped first alkali atom or generate entanglement between photonic qubits transmitted to the trapped second alkali atom.
US11847533B2
A distributed computing network includes a quantum computation network and a processor. The quantum computation network includes one or more quantum processor units (QPUs) interconnected one with the other using quantum interconnects including each a quantum link and quantum network interface cards (QNICs), where each QPU is further connected to, using the QNIC, a quantum memory. The processor is configured to receive a quantum computation task, and, using a network interface card (NIC) (i) allocate the quantum computation task to the computation network, by activating any of the quantum interconnects between the QPUs according to the quantum computation task, and (ii) solve the quantum computation task using the quantum computation network.
US11847530B1
The present invention provides a frequency modulation dynamic modeling method and device for a wind farm, and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring first frequency modulation data measured at a grid-connected point of the wind farm under a plurality of preset working conditions; establishing a state space model corresponding to each of the plurality of working conditions according to the first frequency modulation data; measuring the nonlinearity between the state space models corresponding to each two of the plurality of working conditions by using a gap measurement method; combining the first frequency modulation data according to the nonlinearity to obtain second frequency modulation data; and training a preset initial LSTM neural network according to the second frequency modulation data until a preset training requirement is met, and obtaining a trained frequency modulation dynamic model of the wind farm.
US11847529B2
In one aspect, the invention comprises a system and method for control of a transaction state system utilizing a distributed ledger. First, the system and method includes an application plane layer adapted to receive instructions regarding operation of the transaction state system. Preferably, the application plane layer is coupled to the application plane layer interface. Second, a control plane layer is provided, the control plane layer including an adaptive control unit, such as a cognitive computing unit, artificial intelligence unit or machine-learning unit. Third, a data plane layer includes an input interface to receive data input from one or more data sources and to provide output coupled to a decentralized distributed ledger, the data plane layer is coupled to the control plane layer. Optionally, the system and method serve to implement a smart contract on a decentralized distributed ledger.
US11847528B2
A modulated segmentation system can use a modulator network to emphasize spatial prior data of an object to track the object across multiple images. The modulated segmentation system can use a segmentation network that receives spatial prior data as intermediate data that improves segmentation accuracy. The segmentation network can further receive visual guide information from a visual guide network to increase tracking accuracy via segmentation.
US11847525B2
Barcode readers with transflective mirrors are disclosed herein. An example barcode reader includes a housing and a window positioned within the housing, an imaging sensor and an illumination source positioned within the housing, and a transflective mirror positioned within the housing. The field-of-view of the imaging sensor is directed through the window along a first central axis of the field-of-view of the imaging sensor and the illumination pattern from the illumination source is directed through the window along a second central axis of the illumination pattern that is substantially parallel to the first central axis of the field-of-view of the imaging sensor.
US11847522B2
A bioptic barcode reader has a housing having a lower housing portion with an upper surface and an upper housing portion extending above the lower housing portion. A generally horizontal window is positioned at the upper surface, a generally upright window is positioned in the upper housing portion, and an imaging assembly having a primary field-of-view and a set of optical components are positioned within the interior region. The housing has a width greater than or equal to 5 inches and less than or equal to 7 inches, the lower housing portion has a height greater than or equal to 3 inches, the upper housing portion has a height greater than or equal to 4 inches and less than or equal to 6 inches, and the upper surface has a length greater than or equal to 6 inches and less than or equal to 8 inches.
US11847520B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a wireless tag reading apparatus includes an antenna, first and second power feeding ports, and a controller. The first power feeding port feeds electric power into the antenna so as to emit the first linearly polarized wave from the antenna. The second power feeding port feeds electric power into the antenna so as to emit the second linearly polarized wave from the antenna. The controller sets a ratio of a time of power feeding from the first power feeding port to a time of power feeding from the second power feeding port to take a value according to a ratio of the number of wireless tags existing in the direction of the first linearly polarized wave to the number of wireless tags existing in the direction of the second linearly polarized wave.
US11847518B2
A method for designing and constructing a thin programmable dynamic credential card is disclosed. The thin programmable dynamic credential card may comprise multiple layers, including a top surface layer containing an opening through which a graphical display system below the top surface layer can be viewed. The graphical display system is configured to present at least one coded image. The at least one coded image is determined based at least in part on context data associated with a context of the programmable credential card.
US11847514B2
An information processing device that transmits print data to a printing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores combination information configured to identify a combination of a color of a print medium and a color of a color material and an adaptive density range that is a range of print densities suitable for reading a code image, a print combination information acquisition unit that acquires print combination information configured to identify a combination of a color of the print medium and a color of the color material, a density setting value acquisition unit that acquires a density setting value, a density determination unit that determines, whether the density setting value is included in the adaptive density range stored in association with the combination information same as the print combination information, and a density change unit that changes a print density of the print data.
US11847513B2
A distribution system for use in an induction system with an object processing system. The distribution system provides dissimilar objects into one of a plurality of receiving units. The distribution system includes an air intake system with an opening that is a fixed distance from a conveyor section, said air intake system aiding in moving an object on the conveyor section from the conveyor section to one of a plurality of adjacent transport units.
US11847512B1
A management daemon sorts syscalls received from the management applications into First In First Out (FIFO) queues and, when there is an available array control device, selects a syscall from one of the FIFO queues, and spawns a thread on the available array control device to service the selected syscall. The management system has a syscall scheduler configured to optimize handling of syscalls, by breaking long running syscalls into discrete operations, implementing a portion of the syscall, and then stopping operation of the syscall while saving the state of the partially executed syscall. The partially executed syscall is placed back into a queue for subsequent operation, thus freeing up the array control devise for use in connection with other syscalls. By optimizing syscall scheduling, and incremental processing of long running syscalls, it is possible to reduce the overall syscall processing time for a set of syscalls.
US11847493B2
A system may include a receiver to receive a task. The task may include a portion of an algorithm, and may include a task power level and a task precision. The system may also include a circuit including a circuit power level and a circuit precision. The system may include first software to identify the circuit, and second software to assign the task to the circuit to reduce total power. The circuit precision may be greater than the task precision.
US11847490B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to receive a request to schedule a workload and to generate a graph representation of tasks of the workload, the graph representation comprising two or more levels each comprising nodes representing tasks of the workload. The processing device is also configured to identify a plurality of paths each representing a sequence of tasks of the workload that starts at a root node in a first level of the graph representation and traverses one or more additional nodes in one or more additional levels of the graph representation. The processing device is further configured to determine a ranking of the plurality of paths and to assign the tasks of the workload for execution on assets of an information technology infrastructure based at least in part on the determined ranking of the plurality of paths.
US11847487B2
A method using a memory and queue handling logic, including accessing a work control structure (WCS) configured “first-in-first-out” holding work control records (WCRs) each including a field defining work to be carried out and a completion indicator indicating whether the work has completed, and initially set to indicate that the work has not completed: upon fetching a work request (WR) for execution, pushing a WCR corresponding to the WR to the WCS, and: A) inspecting the WCR at a head of the WCS, B) when the completion indicator of the WCR at the head of the WCS indicates that the unit of work associated with the WCR at the head of the WCS has been completed, popping the WCR at the head of the WCS from the WCS, and reporting completion of the WCR at the head of the WCS to a host processor, and C) iteratively performing A, B, and C.
US11847485B2
Network-efficient isolation environment redistribution is described. In one example, network communications are surveyed among isolation environments, such as virtual machines (VMs) and containers, hosted on a cluster. An affinity for network communications between the isolation environments can be identified based on the survey. Pairs or groups of the isolation environments can be examined to identify ones which have an affinity for network communications between them but are also hosted on different host machines in the cluster. The identification of the affinity for network communications provides network-level context for migration decisions by a distributed resource scheduler. Certain VMs and/or containers can then be migrated by the distributed resource scheduler to reduce the network communications in the cluster based on the network-level context information.
US11847484B2
Redo logs are used to facilitate efficient cloning of virtual machines. When a virtual machine with a virtual hard disk is to be cloned, two redo logs are created, both of which are linked to the virtual hard disk. The virtual machine being cloned is then linked to one redo log, and a newly created virtual machine is linked to the other. Each time an additional virtual machine is created, two new redo logs are created and linked to the end of the disk chain. The parent and newly created virtual machine are each linked to one of the new redo logs.
US11847481B2
A feature selection methodology is disclosed. In a computer-implemented method, components of a computing environment are automatically monitored, and have a feature selection analysis performed thereon. Provided the feature selection analysis determines that features of the components are well defined, a classification of the features is performed. Provided the feature selection analysis determines that features of the components are not well defined, a similarity analysis of the features is performed. Results of the feature selection methodology are generated.
US11847480B2
A notification of an event associated with a computing instance provided to customers of a computing resource service provider is obtained. Log information associated with the computing instance is obtained from a log of operations of the computing instance, with the log information indicating events associated with the computing instance. Pattern matching on the log information is performed to produce a pattern matching result. The computing instance is determined to be impaired based at least in part on the pattern matching result including indications of impairment. A mitigation operation is performed to the computing instance to mitigate the impairment.
US11847474B2
Multiple windows can be simultaneously shared via a collaboration application. A multiple window sharing controller can be employed on an end user device to enable the user to create an aggregated window that includes windows of multiple applications running on the end user device. The multiple window sharing controller can cause this aggregated window to appear as an active window on the end user device. Therefore, when a collaboration application presents windows that the user can select to be shared during a meeting, the aggregated window will be included.
US11847461B2
A System-On-Chip (SoC) includes a set of registers, a processor, and Out-Of-Order Write (OOOW) circuitry. The processor is to execute instructions including write instructions. After issuing a first write instruction to any of the registers in the set, the processor is to await an acknowledgement for the first write instruction before issuing a second write instruction to any of the registers in the set. The OOOW circuitry is to identify the write instructions issued by the processor to the registers in the set, to perform the identified write instructions in the registers irrespective of acknowledgements from the registers, and to send to the processor imitated acknowledgements for the identified write instructions.
US11847455B2
A processing unit having a register file includes: a plurality of registers each having a write enable input configured to receive a write enable signal and a write data input connected to a write data path of the processing unit and configured to write data values from the write data path for storage in a register when the write enable signal is asserted; write circuitry configured in a normal mode of operation to assert the write enable signal of a respective one of the registers to cause operational data values to be written to that register from the write data path; and data cleansing circuitry configured to control a data cleansing mode in which write enable signals of all registers in the register file are simultaneously asserted to cause cleansing data values to be simultaneously written to all registers in the register file from the write data path.
US11847453B2
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to operational units for use as operands. A promotion unit optionally increases date element data size by an integral power of 2 either zero filing or sign filling the additional bits. A decimation unit optionally decimates data elements by an integral factor of 2. For ease of implementation the promotion factor must be greater than or equal to the decimation factor.
US11847452B2
Embodiments detailed herein relate to matrix (tile) operations. For example, decode circuitry to decode an instruction having fields for an opcode and a memory address; and execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction to set a tile configuration for the processor to utilize tiles in matrix operations based on a description retrieved from the memory address, wherein a tile a set of 2-dimensional registers are discussed.
US11847443B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for constraints-based refactoring of monolith applications through attributed graph embeddings are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes performing an analysis of source code of a monolith application to identify structural features and behavioral features; generating a graph structure representing the monolith application based on the identified structural features and the identified behavioral features, wherein the graph structure comprises: a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to one of a plurality of software modules of the monolith application, and a plurality of edges between the plurality nodes, each edge representing a relationship of the corresponding nodes; automatically identifying constraints associated with the plurality of nodes in the graph structure based on the analysis of the source code; clustering the nodes using a convolutional neural network based the constraints; and outputting candidate microservices corresponding to respective ones of the clusters for refactoring the monolith application.
US11847442B2
A version control system implemented in software and executed by one or more processors that provides for change set integration for diverse types of objects. The system may be configured to handle a wide range of objects of different types committed to the version system by storing and/or versioning the objects, change sets, and complex relationships between objects and object dependencies. Unified support for development operations may be provided as assets under version control may optionally be deployed, rolled back, compared to a corresponding live environment, and tested thus providing for sophisticated development and operational cycles. The system provides automatic and/or semi-automatic object integration such as may be useful for continuous development and integration and feature based development.
US11847439B2
A center configured to communicate with an OTA master configured to control software updating of a plurality of electronic control units installed in a vehicle includes: a communication device configured to receive, from the OTA master, identification information; a storage device storing propriety determination information used in propriety determination of determining whether the version of software implemented in each of the electronic control units is an implementation management version; and a processor configured to perform the propriety determination based on the identification information and the propriety determination information, and perform, by communicating with the OTA master, restoration control on at least one of the electronic control units regarding which a determination has been made that the version of the software is not the implementation management version.
US11847435B2
Feedback-directed pass pipeline optimization in static compilation includes receiving a set of source input of source code by a static compiler. The static compiler initiates a compilation operation on the source code in which, in a pass pipeline during the compilation operation that creates an intermediate representation (IR) representing the source code, a set of optimization diagnostics identified during a first pass of the pass pipeline is emitted into a side file. The pass pipeline is then optimized using the set of optimization diagnostics.
US11847432B2
A system and method for generating accessible user experience (UX) design guidance materials for software products uses page elements that are optically extracted from an input UX prototype page image and automatically classified into predefined element types to find accessibility rules for at least some of the extracted page elements. At least one accessible UX design guidance material is generated for the input UX prototype page image that indicates the extracted page elements and the accessibility rules corresponding to at least some of the extracted page elements.
US11847417B2
In some examples, data-driven social media analytics application synthesis may include generating, for each social media analytics application of a plurality of social media analytics applications, a corpus, performing term normalization, and generating a normalized corpus. An actor, an action and an object may be generated for each social media analytics application, which may be mapped into an embedding space. A semantic cohesion network may be generated for each social media analytics application, and a pair-wise semantic cohesion may be determined to identify semantically cohesive groups. A new social media analytics application may be synthesized based on the identified semantically cohesive groups.
US11847415B2
An embodiment may involve obtaining a set of pre-defined features and a new document; extracting a subset of the pre-defined features from within new document; applying a natural language model to the new document, wherein the natural language model was pre-trained using scientific or medical literature and fine-tuned using a corpus of documents; applying a feature-based model to the subset of the pre-defined features extracted from the new document, wherein the feature-based model was trained with the pre-defined features and the respective labels of the documents; and applying an aggregation model to the classifications of the new document produced by the natural language model and the feature-based model, wherein the aggregation model was trained with prior classifications produced by the natural language model and the feature-based model so that the aggregation model produces a further classification of the new document representing its relevance to pharmacovigilance.
US11847414B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a text classification machine learning model. One of the methods includes training a model having a plurality of parameters and configured to generate a classification of a text sample comprising a plurality of words by processing a model input that includes a combined feature representation of the plurality of words in the text sample, wherein the training comprises receiving a text sample and a target classification for the text sample; generating a plurality of perturbed combined feature representations; determining, based on the plurality of perturbed combined feature representations, a region in the embedding space; and determining an update to the parameters based on an adversarial objective that encourages the model to assign the target classification for the text sample for all of the combined feature representations in the region in the embedding space.
US11847412B2
Enforcing data ownership may include receiving a request to register an application programming interface (API) endpoint. A plurality of elements of the API endpoint and a target API endpoint may be preprocessed. A distance may be computed for each of element of the API endpoint relative to at least one of the elements of the target API endpoint. A distance score for the API endpoint may be computed based on the distance scores. A term frequency-inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) value may be computed for a plurality of metadata terms of the API endpoint and the target API endpoint. A similarity score between the TF-IDF values of the metadata terms may be computed. An adjusted score may be computed for the API endpoint based on the distance score and the similarity scores. The API endpoint may be registered based on the adjusted score being below a permissions threshold.
US11847408B2
A system and method for generating a document control item is described. The system accesses a text document and extracts a portion of the text document. The portion comprises some but not all of the text document. The system sends the portion of the text document to a trained machine learning model and, in response, receives a classification of the portion as demarking a section break. The system modifies the text document by inserting a document control item into the text document at a location of each portion classified as demarking a section break. The system stores the modified document.
US11847399B2
A device includes a first cell active area asymmetrically positioned in a first device column between a first barrier line and a second barrier line, a second cell active area asymmetrically positioned in a second device column between the first barrier line and a third barrier line, where the first cell has a first cell length in a first direction perpendicular to the first barrier line which is three times a second cell length in the first direction. The first cell active area and the second cell active area are a first distance from the first barrier line, and the first cell active area is a second distance from the second barrier line, and the second cell active area is the second distance away from the third barrier line.
US11847394B2
A system and method for adding interface protection to an electronic design using parameters. The electronic design and interface protection scheme are defined as parameters. An interface protection model creates interface protection implementation parameters that describe the implementation details of the interface protection. A hardware description model uses the electronic design parameters and the interface protection implementation parameters to create a hardware description. The interface protection scheme can be a built-in protection scheme, a user defined scheme, a scheme that includes place holders that the user may define later, and a combination of the preceding. The interface protection scheme may contain components to help with the retiming of the description of hardware.
US11847391B2
Described are computer implemented techniques for simulating elements of a fluid flow. These techniques include storing in a memory state vectors for a plurality of voxels, the state vectors comprising a plurality of entries that correspond to particular momentum states of a plurality of possible momentum states at a voxel, storing in a memory a representation of at least one surface that is sized and oriented independently of the size and orientation of the voxels, perform interaction operations on the state vectors, the interaction operations modelling interactions between elements of different momentum states, perform surface interaction operations on the representation of the surface, the surface interaction operations modelling interactions between the surface and substantially all elements of voxels, and performing move operations on the state vectors to reflect movement of elements to new voxels.
US11847388B2
A system and method for automatically reducing rigid body motion in a digital simulated model of an object, where the simulated model represents a simulated build of the object using additive manufacturing.
US11847384B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to generating a wiring schema with more than one safety device sharing at least one test signal through one or more external terminal blocks when the number of terminals required by safety devices exceeds the number of available terminals of a safety controller. In an illustrative example, the method may include determining a total number of terminals A of safety devices to be connected to a safety evaluation device having a number of terminals B. If A is greater than B, the method may then include generating a wiring schema that one or more external terminal blocks may show indicia of electrical connections between an identified set of safety devices and a shared terminal of the safety evaluation device associated with that set. Various embodiments may advantageously expand a number of devices possible to be connected beyond a number of terminals.
US11847377B2
Aspects of the disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for processing media streams. An apparatus includes processing circuitry that sends a message to a media aware network element that is configured to process a plurality of audio streams of a conference call. The message indicates that the plurality of audio streams is to be down mixed by the media aware network element. The processing circuitry receives the down mixed plurality of audio streams from the media aware network element and decodes the down mixed plurality of audio streams to receive the conference call.
US11847375B2
In some implementations, a user device can coordinate adjustments to a composite GUI generated in cooperation with an accessory device that presents the composite graphical user interface. For example, the user device can receive configuration data that defines the maximum GUI display area (e.g., size, dimensions) of the accessory device, various view areas within the GUI display area of the accessory device into which the user device can render GUIs, and/or transitions between the various view areas. The user device can generate a display buffer based on the maximum GUI display area, generate a graphical user interface in an area of the buffer corresponding to a current view area specified by the accessory device, and send to the accessory device video frames corresponding to the display buffer. The accessory device can generate a composite GUI based on the received video frames that include the user device generated GUI.
US11847366B2
The disclosure discloses methods and systems for reserving a tray for a user for special media printing. The method includes receiving one or more special media sheets as loaded by the user in the tray. Based on the loaded special media sheets, a tray ID of the tray is automatically identified. A user interface is provided to the user to input loaded media details such as media size, type, and color. Then, it is checked with the user whether to reserve the identified tray for the user for special media printing. Based on the check, a user interface is further provided to the user to input a user ID. Finally, the identified tray is automatically reserved for the user using the user ID and the tray ID, for printing a document later received from the user on the one or more special media sheets as loaded in the identified/reserved tray.
US11847362B2
In a cloud mediation service, a server includes an acquisition unit to acquire a first storage period for storing, in a first cloud service, a first job submitted to the first cloud service, and a second storage period for storing, in a second cloud service, a second job submitted to the second cloud service, and an execution unit to execute, based on one of a first timing at which the first job is deleted due to an elapse of the first storage period and a second timing at which the second job is deleted due to an elapse of the second storage period, a cooperation process of making a period for storing the first job in the first cloud service and a period for storing the second job in the second cloud service cooperate with each other.
US11847356B2
An apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor functioning to reserve a sheet feeding unit of an image forming apparatus and provide information indicating that the sheet feeding unit is reserved.
US11847354B2
A sliding window cache can be used for data storage in a data grid. For example, a computing device can receive a request from a client device for storing a data entry in a data grid. The computing device can store the data entry in a first data set including a plurality of data entries distributed across a plurality of nodes of the data grid. The computing device can also store the data entry in a second data set in a sliding window cache that is embedded in the data grid. The second data set can include a subset of the plurality of data entries synchronized with the plurality of data entries of the first data set. The computing device can determine a statistic measurement associated with the sliding window cache and output the statistic measurement to the client device.
US11847353B2
Methods, systems, and devices for suspend operation with data transfer to a host system are described. A host system may transmit a read command to a memory system operating in a first mode of operation (e.g., a standard mode associated with a nominal power consumption) indicating for the memory system to transition to a second mode of operation (e.g., a suspend mode associated with a decreased power consumption). Here, the memory system may transmit an image of the memory system stored in volatile memory to the host system and transition the memory system to the second mode. Additionally, the host system may transmit, to the memory system operating in the second mode, a write command including the image and indicating for the memory system to transition to the first mode. Here, the memory system may write the image to the volatile memory and transition to the first mode.
US11847350B2
According to one embodiment, a storage system performs a first allocation operation of allocating, for a first namespace, a plurality of first blocks included in the blocks of a nonvolatile memory. The storage system performs a read operation, a write operation or an erase operation on one of the first blocks in response to a command received from a host to read, write or erase the one first block, counts the total number of erase operations performed on the first blocks, and notifies the host of the counted number of erase operations in response to a command received from the host to obtain an erase count associated with the first namespace.
US11847349B2
A partition command is stored at free memory address location of the local memory corresponding to an index of an address array. The index is associated with an entry in the address array. A last entry in a linked list of entries from a tail register is obtained based on an allocation of the stored partition command to a partition command queue of a plurality of partition command queues. The tail register corresponds to the partition command queue of the plurality of partition command queues. Responsive to obtaining the last entry in the linked list, an entry to the linked list after the last entry is appended. The entry corresponds to the index of the address array associated with the stored partition command.
US11847343B2
A host sends a storage system a command to read data from a memory and then a command to write the data back to the memory to defragment the data. The host sends flags along with the commands. The flag sent with the read command causes the storage system to take a snapshot of the logical-to-physical address map relevant to the data. The flag sent with the write command causes the storage system to compare the snapshot with the current version of the logical-to-physical address map and write the data back to the memory only if there is a match.
US11847339B2
A memory system is provided and includes memory chips in each of which a first state output pin is arranged and a memory controller in which a first state input pin connected to a first channel including first ways respectively connected to the first state output pins arranged in the memory chips is arranged. The memory controller checks a first internal state of each of the memory chips, based on one or more of a chip enable signal and a CE reduction command of the memory chips, and a second signal received through the first state input pin as a result of an AND operation of first signals output through the first state output pins, during a state check interval for checking respective states of the memory chips.
US11847337B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of operating storage devices. The storage device comprises a controller comprising first random access memory (RAM1), second random access memory (RAM2), and a storage unit divided into a plurality of zones. A first command to write data to a first zone is received, first parity data for the first command is generated in the RAM1, and the data of the first command is written to the first zone. When a second command to write data to a second zone is received, the generated first parity data is copied from the RAM1 to a parking section in the storage unit, and second parity data associated with the second zone is copied from the parking section to the RAM1. The second parity data is then updated in the RAM1 with the data of the second command and copied to the parking section.
US11847329B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to provisioning fault domain sets (FDS). In some embodiments, a computer server system implements an FDS for disseminating a storage service across a plurality of fault domains. To implement the FDS, in some embodiments, the computer server system access FDS data specifying a desired state of the FDS in which the storage service is disseminated across at least a particular number of fault domains. The computer server system may determine available resources of the plurality of fault domains and determine a current state of the FDS based on fault domains that have already been provisioned to the FDS. Based on at least the desired state of the FDS, the current state of the FDS, and the available resources, the computer server system provisions one or more additional fault domains to the FDS to reconcile the FDS's current state with the FDS's desired state.
US11847327B2
A total power requirement for a plurality of memory operations is estimated. It is determined that the total power requirement would meet a power budget. In response to determining that the total power requirement would meet the power budget, a power profile identifier associated with a first operation of the plurality of memory operations is adjusted. The first operation and the power profile identifier are issued to a memory device. The power profile identifier is used by the memory device to regulate an amount of power used when performing the first operation.
US11847324B2
A storage system establishes a staging region, for temporary writing of arriving data, and a stable region, for transfer of data from the staging region, in storage memory. The storage system establishes resiliency groups, each with a characteristic level of redundancy that is settable on an individual basis. The storage system performs data accesses of data stripes in accordance with the staging region, the stable region, a first resiliency group and a second resiliency group.
US11847322B2
A method comprises retrieving a layout of a file on a storage device, wherein the layout identifies a plurality of locations on the storage device where a plurality of compressed blocks of data are stored. In the method, the plurality of compressed blocks of data are retrieved from the plurality of locations identified in the layout for transmission to and storage in a cloud storage platform.
US11847312B2
A document management system manages documents. The documents are managed such that the documents may be shared with multiple users during an online sharing session. During the online sharing session of a document, the document may be annotated. The appearance and location of the annotation is consistent across the difference devices of the users even though the devices are of different device types.
US11847302B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating messaging application interfaces. The systems and methods include operations for: displaying, by a messaging application of a user device, a menu comprising a first set of options relating to a first level in a hierarchy of levels; detecting, by a touch sensor, one finger touch of a first option of the first set of options; in response to detecting the one finger touch of the first option, displaying, by the messaging application, a second set of options related to the first option, the second set of options relating to a second level in the hierarchy of levels; detecting, by the touch sensor, two finger touch of a second option of the second set of options; and in response to detecting the two finger touch of the second option, re-displaying, by the messaging application, the first set of options.
US11847293B2
In some examples, the disclosure describes a non-transitory memory resource storing machine-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor resource to: identify a plurality of selectable input objects displayed on a user interface, determine a portion of the plurality of selectable input objects covered by a palm portion of a hand for a first designated hand orientation when the portion of the selectable inputs are selected by a finger, and alter a position of the determined portion of the plurality of selectable inputs to an inverse position, wherein the inverse position positions the portion of the plurality of selectable input objects to be covered by a palm portion of a hand for a second designated hand orientation.
US11847287B2
A touch panel, a display panel, and a display unit achieving prevention of erroneous detection caused by external noise. The touch panel includes: a plurality of detection scan electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of detection electrodes facing the plurality of detection scan electrodes and extending in a second direction which intersects the first direction. The one or more selected detection scan electrodes are selected, in a desired unit, from the plurality of detection scan electrodes, to be supplied with a selection pulse, and each of the first and the second detection electrodes is selected from the plurality of detection electrodes.
US11847279B2
A display device includes a plurality of common electrodes. A second drive circuit supplies a touch drive signal to each of the plurality of common electrodes. A touch detection circuit performs detection of a touch by an object to the display device, based on a touch detection signal received from each of the plurality of common electrodes in one or more touch detection periods. A length of the one or more touch detection periods is a detection time. The touch detection circuit detects a noise at a frequency of the touch drive signal based on the touch detection signal. When the noise is detected, the control circuit changes the frequency of the touch drive signal to be lower than the frequency used when the noise is not detected and changes the detection time to be longer than the detection time used when the noise is not detected.
US11847271B2
An input device includes a housing, a power supply disposed within the housing, a controller disposed within the housing and that receives power from the power supply, a resonance circuit disposed within the housing and that generates a first type signal based on a signal received from the controller, and a conductor disposed within the housing and that transfers a second type signal received from the controller, and the first type signal and the second type signal have different waveforms from each other.
US11847270B2
A device menu controls connector for a process automation field device include a field device part and a removable knob assembly. The field device part includes one or more Hall effect sensors, and the knob assembly includes one or more magnets. When the knob assembly is attached to the field device part, the knob may be rotated clockwise or counter-clockwise, or may be pushed or pulled. The interaction of the magnets and Hall effect sensors allow the field device to sense the rotation and the pushing and pulling of the knob. The programming of the field device allows the device menu controls connector to simulate
US11847263B2
The present disclosure provides a haptic feedback base plate, a haptic feedback apparatus and a haptic feedback method. The haptic feedback base plate comprises: a substrate and a deformation unit disposed on one side of the substrate. The deformation unit comprises a first electrode, a piezoelectric material layer and a second electrode that are arranged in a stacked manner, the first electrode is arranged close to the substrate, the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to form an alternating electric field, and the piezoelectric material layer vibrates under the effect of the alternating electric field and drives the substrate to resonate, wherein a difference between a frequency of the alternating electric field and an inherent frequency of the substrate is less than or equal to a preset threshold.
US11847258B2
There is disclosed an augmented reality (AR) glasses device including: a camera, a transparent display, a communication circuit, a memory storing images of a plurality of external electronic devices, and a processor. The processor may be configured to control the AR glasses device to: acquire an image including an image of at least one external electronic device, acquire running application information of the at least one external electronic device, identify a first external electronic device corresponding to a gaze from among the at least one external electronic device from the acquired image, determine whether a specified application is running in the first external electronic device based on the running application information, and connect to the first external electronic device using a communication circuit, based on the specified application running.
US11847252B2
An online document system manages access to features within the online document system. The online document system may receive and fulfill a request from a first entity to sponsor a feature for a second entity. The online document system may determine an access policy to restrict access to the sponsored feature. For example, the access policy may include a requirement that the second entity only use the sponsored feature with the first entity. The first entity may provide a second access policy to the online document system to enforce. If the second entity satisfies requirements of the access policies, the online document system may then provide access to the second entity to use the sponsored feature.
US11847247B2
A device implementing a system for anonymizing user data provided for server-side operations includes a processor configured to receive user input including a search term, wherein first and second data structures are stored on the device, the first data structure including user interest data items that correspond to prior user activity, the second data structure including topic data items mapped to the user interest data items, the topic data items being broader than the user interest data items. The processor accesses the second data structure to obtain one or more topic data items. The processor transmits, to a server, the search term and one or more topic data items for obtaining a query suggestion or search result. The processor receives, from the server, the query suggestion or search result, the query suggestion or search result having been obtained based on the search term and one or more topic data items.
US11847243B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The controller controls the nonvolatile memory, writes data to a random access memory in a host, and reads data from the random access memory. The random access memory includes regions in first units to which the controller is accessible. The controller uses encryption keys associated with the regions, respectively, for encrypting data to be written into each of the regions and decrypting data read from each of the regions.
US11847238B2
An image reading apparatus includes a scanner, an operation panel, a communication interface, and a processor. The scanner is configured to read an image of a document. The operation panel is configured to designate a transmission destination of scan data, the scan data including image data of the document read by the scanner. The communication interface is configured to transmit the scan data to the transmission destination designated on the operation panel. The processor is configured to transmit the scan data to the transmission destination without a password in response to the transmission destination designated on the operation panel being a transmission destination of an operator who operates the operation panel, and transmit the scan data protected with a password to the transmission destination in response to the transmission destination designated on the operation panel including a transmission destination of any person other than the operator.
US11847221B2
System and method for executing scan operations on computing systems use a sparse file that represents a storage device of a computing system to scan a file stored in the storage device. The sparse file is created and mounted to a scanner appliance such that the sparse file appears to a scan engine of the scanner appliance as a local storage device. When a read request for the file stored in the storage device is issued from the scan engine that results in an implicit read request to the sparse file, the implicit read request is trapped. While the implicit read request is trapped, data of the file is retrieved from the storage device of the computing system to the scanner appliance using a communication transport. The retrieved data of the file is then scanned using the scan engine at the scanner appliance.
US11847219B2
A client computing device has a storage device storing a plurality of files and a system agent. The system agent applies a hash function to binary data read from the plurality of files to generate a set of data signatures. A server computing device has a database interface to access a database representing a state of the network and storage for a set of exemplar data signatures resulting from a scan of one or more exemplar computing devices, each data signature generated by applying a hash function to binary data representing a file. The client computing device is configured to receive and compare the set of exemplar data signatures with the generated set of data signatures, and to transmit data to the server computing device based on the comparison. The server computing device is configured to obtain data received from the client computing device and update records in the database.
US11847216B2
Provided is an analysis device with which it is possible to find information relating to the intention and purpose of an attacker. The analysis device is provided with a purpose estimating means that estimates the purpose of behavior, based on predetermined behavior in the computer and knowledge information that includes the relation between the behavior and the purpose of executing the behavior.
US11847212B2
A management system detects a change at the target device. The management system transmits a request message to authorization devices of the authorization users of the multi-user authorization pool to from the authorization users an indication of whether the detected change is approved. The management system receives a plurality of response messages from authorization devices of the multi-user authorization pool indicating whether the detected change is approved by the corresponding authorization user, and based on at least three of the plurality of response messages indicating a disapproval, that the detected change is disapproved. In response to the determination that the change is disapproved, an instruction message is sent to a target managed device to instruct the target managed device to rollback to an earlier state.
