US11963463B2
Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cells are provided. MRAM cell includes a plurality of stacked magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices coupled in serial, and a transistor. The transistor has a gate coupled to a word line, a first terminal coupled to a bit line through the stacked MTJ devices, and a second terminal coupled to a source line. The stacked MTJ devices have different sizes. Each of the stacked MTJ devices includes a free layer, a pinned layer and a barrier layer between the free layer and the pinned layer. The free layers of two adjacent stacked MTJ devices are in direct contact with each other.
US11963456B2
Embodiments of present invention provide a method of improving yield of making MRAM arrays. More specifically, the method includes receiving an MRAM array; identifying a weak MRAM cell from the MRAM array wherein the weak MRAM cell includes an access transistor; and modifying the access transistor. In one embodiment, modifying the access transistor includes performing a hot carrier injection into a gate dielectric layer of the access transistor.
US11963455B2
There is provided a method for etching magnetic tunnel junction, using an etching apparatus including a sample loading chamber, a vacuum transition chamber, a reactive ion plasma etching chamber, an ion beam etching chamber, a coating chamber, and a vacuum transmission chamber. The method completes the etching of the magnetic tunnel junction in the reactive ion plasma etching chamber, performs ion beam cleaning in the ion beam etching chamber, and performs coating protection in the coating chamber. The transmission among the respective chambers is all in a vacuum state. The invention can overcome the bottleneck in the production of high-density small devices, while greatly improving the yield, reliability and production efficiency of the devices.
US11963448B2
When a size is increased for mass production, an area of a pressurized surface is increased. This raised a problem in that insufficient load or the like causes a pressure during pressure sintering and a relative density of a thermoelectric conversion element to be likely to become insufficient. As a solution, there is provided a method for producing a thermoelectric conversion element, including: a step of mixing a skutterudite-type thermoelectric conversion material powder containing Sb and a sintering agent containing a compound including Mn and Sb, to obtain a mixture; and a step of sintering the mixture.
US11963446B2
Methods of manufacturing thermocouples having a first thermoelement wire comprises a molybdenum-lanthanum based material and a second thermoelement wire comprises a phosphorus-doped niobium, may involve exposing a first thermoelement wire and a second thermoelement wire to a temperature in a range extending from about 50° C. to about 60° C. above an intended operational temperature of the first and second thermoelement wires and until a rate of change of a normalized voltage output of the first thermoelement wire and the second thermoelement wire is about 0.001 normalized Volts per hour or less.
US11963445B2
Provided are a compound capable of improving the light-emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an element; an organic electronic element using same; and an electronic device thereof.
US11963444B2
The present disclosure provides an organic compound, an organic electroluminescent device and an electronic apparatus including the same, and belongs to the field of organic electroluminescence. The organic compound of the present disclosure has a structure represented by a formula 1, and when the organic compound is applied to an organic electroluminescent device, the performance of the organic electroluminescent device can be significantly improved.
US11963442B2
The application relates to compounds having functional substituents in a specific spatial arrangement, to devices comprising same, and to the preparation and use thereof.
US11963420B2
There is provided a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a first metal layer, a first insulating layer, a metal oxide layer, a second insulating layer and a second metal layer which are stacked; wherein the metal oxide layer comprises a first pattern, a second pattern and a capacitance pattern, the first metal layer comprises a first electrode plate, there is at least a first overlapping region between the first electrode plate and the capacitance pattern to form a first storage capacitor, the second metal layer comprises a second electrode plate, there is at least a second overlapping region between the second electrode plate on the base substrate and the capacitance pattern to form a second storage capacitor, and the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate have same potential.
US11963407B2
Provided is an organic light-emitting diode display substrate, including: a source/drain layer, a planarization layer and an anode layer which are laminated in sequence, wherein the source/drain layer includes at least one pair of first signal lines; the anode layer includes a common power line, wherein the common power line is provided with vent holes; overlapping areas between two first signal lines in each pair of the first signal lines and a projection pattern of the vent hole are equal, the overlapping area being greater than 0, wherein the projection pattern of the vent hole is a pattern of an orthographic projection of the vent hole in the common power line on the source/drain layer. A display panel and a display device are also provided.
US11963397B2
A display region includes a plurality of pixel driving circuitry setting regions arranged sequentially in a first direction, and each pixel driving circuitry setting region extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each display circuitry includes a plurality of subpixels in one-to-one correspondence with the pixel driving circuitry setting regions, each subpixel includes a subpixel driving circuitry and a light-emitting element coupled to each other, the subpixel driving circuitry is located in a corresponding pixel driving circuitry setting region, the light-emitting element is located at a side of the subpixel driving circuitry away from the substrate, a width of the light-emitting element is greater than a width of the corresponding pixel driving circuitry setting region in the first direction, and a length of the light-emitting element is smaller than a length of the corresponding pixel driving circuitry setting region in the second direction.
US11963396B2
A display device includes an encapsulating structure disposed on an array substrate, a bottom cover accommodating therein the array substrate and the encapsulating structure, and at least one heat dissipation pattern disposed between the encapsulating structure and the bottom cover. The heat dissipation pattern may include a porous framework layer and a heat emission layer composed of particles coated on the framework layer. This heat dissipation pattern may allow heat transfer from the encapsulating structure to the bottom cover to be performed more quickly and efficiently.
US11963394B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a display element layer disposed on the substrate, where the display element layer includes a light emitting element which emits light; a polarizing film disposed on the display element layer, where the polarizing film includes a first polarizer having a first absorption axis extending to a first direction and a first transmission axis extending to a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a first layer disposed on one surface of the polarizing film, where the first layer has a first phase difference. Light emitted from the display element layer has a polarizing axis, and an angle between the polarizing axis and one of the first absorption axis and the first transmission axis is in a range of about 25 degrees to about 65 degrees.
US11963385B2
The disclosure provides a local stretch packaging structure, including a substrate, a flexible electronic element, a plurality of light-emitting display elements, and a packaging layer. The flexible electronic element is disposed on the substrate. These light-emitting display elements are disposed on the flexible electronic element. The packaging layer includes a packaging area and a non-packaging area. The packaging area covers the upper surface and sidewalls of these light-emitting display elements. The non-packaging area is directly covered the flexible electronic element that is not disposed with these light-emitting display elements.
US11963378B2
A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area. A light transmittance of the first display area is greater than a light transmittance of the second display area, and the display panel includes: a substrate; and a light-emitting element layer including a first electrode, a light-emitting structure located on the first electrode, and a second electrode assembly located on the light-emitting structure. The second electrode assembly includes: a light-transmitting electrode, at least partially located in the first display area; a light-transmitting block located in the first display area and stacked with the light-transmitting electrode; and a second electrode located in the second display area. A material of the second electrode and a material of the light-transmitting electrode nonbind with each other.
US11963376B2
A light emitting device includes: a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a quantum dot, an electron auxiliary layer disposed between the emissive layer and the second electrode and including a plurality of nanoparticles, and a polymer layer between a portion of the second electrode and the electron auxiliary layer, wherein the nanoparticles include a metal oxide including zinc, wherein the second electrode has a first surface facing a surface of the electron auxiliary layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the polymer layer is disposed on a portion of the second surface and a portion of the surface of the electron auxiliary layer, and wherein the polymer layer includes a polymerization product of a thiol compound and an unsaturated compound having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds.
US11963372B2
Disclosed is a three-terminal electro-chemical memory cell with a vertical structure for neuromorphic computation, including a circumferential hole, first and second conductive electrode layers sequentially stacked along an outer surface of the circumferential hole, an electrolyte layer formed along an inner surface of the circumferential hole and connected to one end of each of the first and second conductive electrode layers, and a gate electrode disposed parallel to the electrolyte layer in an inner surface direction of the circumferential hole.
US11963370B2
The present disclosure relates to a memory device comprising an array of memory cells arranged in a multideck configuration comprising a plurality of superimposed decks, a plurality of access lines comprising at least a first plurality of access lines arranged in a first level, a second plurality of access lines arranged in a second level, and a third plurality of access lines arranged in a third level between the first plurality of access lines and the second plurality of access lines, the third plurality of access lines being arranged between two decks of the plurality of decks, a plurality of drivers configured to drive signals to the access lines, and connection elements configured to electrically connect the access lines to the respective drivers. The connections elements and the access lines are arranged so that a single driver of the plurality of drivers is configured to drive at least one access line of each level of the at least three levels. Related memory systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11963365B2
An active device, a semiconductor device and a semiconductor chip are provided. The active device includes: a channel layer; a top source/drain electrode, disposed at a top side of the channel layer; a first bottom source/drain electrode and a second bottom source/drain electrode, disposed at a bottom side of the channel layer; a first gate structure and a second gate structure, located between the top source/drain electrode and the first bottom source/drain electrode, wherein the first gate structure comprises a non-ferroelectric dielectric layer, and the second gate structure comprises a ferroelectric layer; and a third gate structure and a fourth gate structure, located between the top source/drain electrode and the second bottom source/drain electrode, wherein the third gate structure comprises a non-ferroelectric dielectric layer, and the fourth gate structure comprises a ferroelectric layer.
US11963352B2
A semiconductor structure includes at least one set of vertical field effect transistors embedded within dielectric material layers overlying a substrate. Each vertical field effect transistor includes a bottom electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor vertical transistor channel, a cylindrical gate dielectric, and a top electrode. A three-dimensional NAND memory array can be provided over the first field effect transistors, and can be electrically connected to the vertical field effect transistors via metal interconnect structures. Alternatively, a three-dimensional NAND memory array can be formed on another substrate, which can be bonded to the substrate via metal-to-metal bonding. The vertical field effect transistors can be employed as switches for bit lines, word lines, or other components of the three-dimensional NAND memory array.
US11963349B2
Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device is disclosed. A sacrificial layer on a substrate, a first stop layer on the sacrificial layer, an N-type doped semiconductor layer on the first stop layer, and a dielectric stack on the N-type doped semiconductor layer are sequentially formed. A plurality of channel structures each extending vertically through the dielectric stack and the N-type doped semiconductor layer are formed, stopping at the first stop layer. The dielectric stack is replaced with a memory stack, such that each of the plurality of channel structures extends vertically through the memory stack and the N-type doped semiconductor layer. The substrate, the sacrificial layer, and the first stop layer are sequentially removed to expose an end of each of the plurality of channel structures. A conductive layer is formed in contact with the ends of the plurality of channel structures.
US11963348B2
A method of making a ROM structure includes the operations of forming an active area having a channel, a source region, and a drain region; depositing a gate electrode over the channel; depositing a conductive line over at least one of the source region and the drain region; adding dopants to the source region and the drain region of the active area; forming contacts to the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain; depositing a power rail, a bit line, and at least one word line of the integrated circuit against the contacts; and dividing the active area with a trench isolation structure to electrically isolate the gate electrode from the source region and the drain region.
US11963334B2
A radar device is provided. The radar device includes an antenna and a housing having an exterior wall. The radar device also includes an electronics module having a heat source contained within the housing. Additionally, the radar device includes a heat pipe having a first end and a second end. The first end is positioned proximate to the heat source, and the heat pipe is configured to transfer heat from the first end of the heat pipe to the second end of the heat pipe to reduce an amount of heat at the heat source. The heat pipe may be an evaporator-condenser heat pipe. The second end of the heat pipe may be positioned proximate to a first dissipating feature. The heat source may be a power amplifier, waveguide assembly, printed circuit board, or other electronics, and the first dissipating feature may be the exterior wall of the housing.
US11963333B2
An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis; a heat generating element provided in the chassis; and a cooling device that has a cooling fin, a heat pipe connecting the cooling fin and the heat generating element, and a pressing assembly pressing the heat pipe against the heat generating element, and is provided in the chassis. The heat pipe has: a heat absorbing section that absorbs heat generated by the heat generating element; and a thin plate section having a thickness which is smaller than that of the heat absorbing section. The pressing assembly has: a base assembly relatively fixed to the chassis; and a bridge section that is provided integrally with the base assembly and placed on a surface of the thin plate section in such a manner as to extend over the heat pipe in a width direction.
US11963331B2
In one embodiment, a liquid cooling apparatus includes a first cooling loop to provide cooling liquid to a heat load, wherein the first cooling loop comprises a first condenser unit, a first liquid supply line, and a first vapor return line and a second cooling loop to provide cooling liquid to the heat load, wherein the second cooling loop comprises a second condenser unit, a second liquid supply line, and a second vapor return line, wherein the first vapor return line and the second vapor return line are coupled by an interconnection loop. The liquid cooling apparatus further includes a first pressure sensor coupled to the first vapor return line, a second pressure sensor coupled to the second vapor return line, and at least one main cooling source controlled based on the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.
US11963328B2
An electronic component connector cooling device can include a base portion and a conduit portion extending from the base portion. The conduit portion can have a cooling channel. The electronic component connector cooling device can further include a housing coupling interface formed in the base portion and operable to facilitate coupling the electronic component connector cooling device to a housing that at least partially forms an enclosure about an electronic component. The electronic component connector cooling device can also include a connector coupling interface formed in the base portion and operable to facilitate coupling a connector to the electronic component connector cooling device. The connector can operably connect the electronic component to a component external to the enclosure. The electronic component connector cooling device can further include an inlet port formed in the conduit portion and in fluid communication with the cooling channel. The inlet port can be operable to couple to a cooling fluid source external to the enclosure and to receive a cooling fluid from the cooling fluid source. The electronic component connector cooling device can include one or more outlet ports formed in the base portion and in fluid communication with the cooling channel operable to direct the cooling fluid internal to the enclosure to cool the electronic component.
US11963324B2
Electronic equipment may include structured fabric. Structured fabric may be used as a protective case or cosmetic cover for an electronic device, may be used to form a band that holds an electronic device against a user's body, or may be used to cover one or more openings in an electronic device. Structured fabrics may be soft and pliable while maintaining the ability to hold a given shape without added support. Structured fabric may be formed by laminating fabric such as warp-knit fabric with a stiffener such as polymer film. Structured fabrics may include openings through which signals such as optical or audio signals pass. To maintain the geometry and shape of the openings in the structured fabric without covering the openings, the stiffener and adhesive that are attached to the fabric may be cut to form a pattern of openings that align with the openings in the fabric.
US11963323B2
Provided are a display device and a method for controlling the same. The display device includes a flexible display screen and a control structure configured to control the flexible display screen to assume a folded state or an unfolded state. The control structure includes a guide rail assembly including guide rails. Two adjacent guide rails of the guide rails are slidably connected to each other, and the flexible display screen is unfolded along a first direction and folded along a second direction. A sliding direction of each of the guide rails is the same as the first direction or the second direction.
US11963317B2
A ventilation assembly of the present disclosure includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; an external member being a tubular body having a bottom; and a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member, wherein the external member is joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side, the ventilation assembly has a second space serving as a ventilation path connecting the gas-permeable membrane and the outside of the ventilation assembly in at least one selected from the inside of the internal member, the inside of the external member, and an interspace between the internal member and the external member joined together, and the internal member includes one first projecting portion or two or more first projecting portions projecting from the inner peripheral surface at a position on the second end portion side with respect to the gas-permeable membrane. The ventilation assembly of the present disclosure can prevent the gas-permeable membrane from being damaged at the time of fixation to the projection even when the ventilation assembly is reduced in height.
US11963316B2
An electronics box for insertion into a wall box includes a housing having walls that define an inner volume. One wall includes an edge having part disposed along an outer surface of that wall, and a tab disposed within the inner volume at a distance from the outer surface of the wall and extending along a direction parallel to the outer surface of the wall. Another wall includes an edge having a part along an outer surface of that wall, and an opening completely surrounded by the wall at a distance from the edge of the wall. Upon the parts of the edges of the walls being brought in contact, the tab is inserted into the opening. The tab and the opening are dimensioned such that the tab securely fits into the opening and secures together the walls.
US11963314B2
A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a display structure, a protective structure and an adhesive. The display structure is disposed on the flexible substrate. The protective structure is disposed on the display structure and forms a first accommodating space. The adhesive is disposed in the first accommodating space.
US11963313B2
Provided is a display apparatus having a simple structure suitable for an increase in screen size and a decrease in thickness. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a substrate, and a frame structure. The substrate has an outer circumference end face including a first end face part and a second end face part intersecting the first end face part at a first intersection, a first groove formed on the first end face part and extending in a first direction, and a second groove formed on the second end face part and extending in a second direction. The frame structure holds the display panel and the substrate, and has a cyclic frame part surrounding the substrate and the display panel, a first rib erected on a first part, of the frame part, that is other than a first corner part corresponding to the first intersection and fitted with the first groove, and a second rib erected on a second part, of the frame part, that is other than the first corner part corresponding to the first intersection and fitted with the second groove.
US11963299B2
The embodiments described herein describe technologies for memory systems. One implementation of a memory system includes a motherboard substrate with multiple module sockets, at least one of which is populated with a memory module. A first set of data lines is disposed on the motherboard substrate and coupled to the module sockets. The first set of data lines includes a first subset of point-to-point data lines coupled between a memory controller and a first socket and a second subset of point-to-point data lines coupled between the memory controller and a second socket. A second set of data lines is disposed on the motherboard substrate and coupled between the first socket and the second socket. The first and second sets of data lines can make up a memory channel.
US11963294B2
A multilayer resin substrate includes a base material including stacked resin layers including an opening resin layer, a conductor pattern, and an interlayer connection conductor. A concave portion is provided in the base material. The opening resin layer is closer to a first main surface than other resin layers. The concave portion includes a first opening portion provided by a cutting process from one surface of the opening resin layer, and another resin layer. The interlayer connection conductor is provided by filling a conductor in a second opening portion provided by a cutting process from an opposite surface of the opening resin layer. The end portion of the one surface of the first opening portion is not in contact with the conductor pattern.
US11963293B2
A method for manufacturing a circuit board structure with a waveguide is provided. The method includes: providing a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, a third substrate unit, and two adhesive layers, the first substrate unit including a first dielectric layer and a first conductive layer, the first conductive layer including a first shielding area and two first artificial magnetic conductor areas disposed on two sides of the first shielding area; the second substrate unit including a second dielectric layer and a second conductive layer, the second conductive layer including a second shielding area; the third substrate unit defining a first slot, and the adhesive layer defining a second slot; stacking the first substrate unit, one of the adhesive layers, the third substrate unit, another one of the adhesive layers, and the second substrate unit in that order; pressing the intermediate body.
US11963291B2
A packaging assembly and methodology provide a PCB substrate with one or more waveguide apertures and a conductive pattern which includes a plurality of landing pads that are disposed around peripheral edges of each waveguide aperture and that are connected to one another by trace lines so that, upon attachment and reflow of solder balls to the plurality of landing pads, the solder balls reflow along the trace lines to form a fully closed solder waveguide shielding wall disposed around peripheral edges of the first waveguide aperture.
US11963289B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) includes an array of signal pads on a first surface of the PCB, a power contact pad on the first surface, and a ground contact pad on a second surface of the PCB. Each signal pad of the array of signal pads is associated with a signal contact of a central processing unit (CPU). The power contact pad provides power for the CPU apart from the array of signal pads. The ground contact pad provides a ground for the CPU apart from the array of signal pads.
US11963287B2
Some embodiments herein are directed to devices and methods for automatically starting a plasma utilizing a wand. In some embodiments, the wand may be used to start a plasma in a plasma torch such as, for example, a microwave plasma torch or an induction plasma torch, as discussed below. The wand may comprise an elongate, hollow wand member comprising a closed distal end, a proximal end, and one or more apertures extending from a hollow interior of the wand member to an exterior surface of the wand member; and an elongate wire member positioned within the hollow interior of the wand member and extending along at least a portion of a length of the wand member, wherein the wire member is configured to be placed in operable communication through the aperture with a power source, such that the power source can be activated to in turn start the plasma within the plasma torch. The plasma torches discussed herein may be used in various applications including, for example, high volume synthesis of advanced materials such as nano-materials, micro-powders, coatings, alloy compositions for additive manufacturing.
US11963286B2
An X-ray source including: a liquid target source configured to provide a liquid target moving along a flow axis; an electron source configured to provide an electron beam; and a liquid target shaper configured to shape the liquid target to include a non-circular cross section with respect to the flow axis, wherein the non-circular cross section has a first width along a first axis and a second width along a second axis, wherein the first width is shorter than the second width, and wherein the liquid target includes an impact portion being intersected by the first axis; wherein the x-ray source is configured to direct the electron beam towards the impact portion such that the electron beam interacts with the liquid target within the impact portion to generate X-ray radiation.
US11963280B2
An illumination light adjusting system according to the present disclosures includes a color vision characteristics storage configured to store color vision characteristics of a user, and a wavelength characteristics changing unit configured to change wavelength characteristics of illumination light based on the color vision characteristics stored in the color vision characteristics storage.
US11963273B2
The present embodiment relates to a communication protocol between an MCU and an LED driving circuit for LED driving. The MCU may define and use an SPI protocol including ID setting, a command, configuration data, etc.
US11963260B2
A method of ending a subscription performed in a network entity is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a device comprising an Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, eUICC, a signed confirmation of a profile having been deleted in the device, the profile being associated with a subscription for the device; sending, to a Subscription Manager Data Preparation entity, a command for deletion of the profile; and deleting the user subscription and related profile in case an acknowledgement of the deletion of the profile is received from the Subscription Manager Data Preparation entity. Method in a device, method in a Subscription Manager Data Preparation entity, devices and entities, computer programs and computer program products are also provided.
US11963257B2
Provided in the present invention are user equipment and a method thereof, and a base station and a method thereof. The method in user equipment comprises: receiving a switching MAC CE from a base station; and activating and/or deactivating an RLC entity and/or a logical channel associated with a bearer that supports the PDCP duplication based on the switching MAC CE.
US11963254B2
Method and apparatus for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state in mobile wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state is provided. Method for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state includes transmitting a UECapabilityInformation, receiving a RRCRelease, starting a timer with the timer value set to the timerValue1, receiving a system information and initiating a second resume procedure and stopping the timer after restoring a configuration for SRB1 stored in UE Inactive AS (Access Stratum) context. The RRCRelease includes a first information for second resume procedure and a timerValue1, the first information for second resume procedure includes a SRB2(Signaling Radio Bearer2) indicator and a DRB(Data Radio Bearer) list. The system information includes a first threshold and a second threshold, the first threshold is related to a reference signal received power and the second threshold is related to a data volume.
US11963245B2
An identifier update method includes: in the process of a first terminal sending data carrying a first identifier to a second terminal, the first terminal acquiring a second identifier, wherein the second identifier is used for updating the first identifier, and both the first identifier and the second identifier are used for identifying the first terminal; and the first terminal sending indication information to the second terminal, wherein the indication information is used for indicating that the second identifier carried in data subsequently sent by the first terminal to the second terminal is an update of the first identifier.
US11963237B2
Method, apparatus and systems are disclosed. In one representative embodiment, a method may be implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for communication via a network access point (NAP). The method may include the WTRU receiving from the NAP a set of preambles and corresponding propagation delay related thresholds and determining propagation delay related information associated with a distance between the WTRU and the NAP or a location in a coverage of the NAP. The method may further include selecting a subset of preambles from the set of preambles based on the determined propagation delay related information, randomly selecting a preamble from the selected subset of preambles, and sending the randomly selected preamble to the NAP.
US11963236B2
A prioritization method for random access, comprising receiving one or more first packet flow for transmission, wherein the one or more first packet flow is assigned a respective access category queue, initiating a random access procedure for the first packet flow, receiving a packet of a second packet flow for transmission, wherein the second packet flow is assigned an access category queue having priority over the access category queue assigned to the first packet flow, issuing an indication configured to interrupt the random access procedure for the first packet flow, and performing a random access procedure for the received packet of the second packet flow wherein idle time slots previously sensed by the random access procedure for the first packet flow are considered as sensed also for the random access procedure for the second packet flow. Corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11963234B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, information that configures multiple random access channel (RACH) partitions, wherein the multiple RACH partitions are each associated with a respective combination of one or more RACH features. The UE may select, from the multiple RACH partitions, a RACH partition based at least in part on the UE satisfying one or more criteria for the combination of one or more RACH features associated with the RACH partition. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a preamble on physical RACH (PRACH) resources associated with the RACH partition to initiate a RACH procedure supporting the combination of one or more RACH features associated with the RACH partition. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11963214B2
Aspects are provided which allow a UE to trigger initiation of an SR procedure in response to a decrease in an amount of received data or uplink grants following a measurement gap. The UE receives data from a first base station. The UE performs a measurement of a downlink signal from a second base station based on a measurement configuration. The UE transmits a scheduling request in response to a decrease in at least one of an amount of received downlink data or a number of received grants to transmit uplink data after the measurement is performed. As a result, inefficient data stalls caused by erroneous DRX determinations by a base station may be avoided.
US11963209B2
Wireless communication devices, systems, and methods related to downlink control information (DCI) monitoring and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) reception for limited capability devices are provided. For example, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment can include receiving, from the base station, a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant, the SPS grant indicating a periodicity; monitoring, in a slot scheduled for a downlink data communication, for an SPS release and the downlink data communication; and transmitting, to the base station, an acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgment (NACK) based on the monitoring.
US11963193B2
The present disclosure discloses a UE and a base station used for wireless communications. The UE receives Q control signaling groups respectively in Q time windows; receives a first control signaling that is used for determining Q1 time window(s) out of the Q time windows; and performs energy detection to determine whether to transmit on a first time-frequency resource; herein, any of the Q control signaling groups comprises a first field; any control signaling comprised by the Q control signaling groups comprises a first field; first fields comprised by control signalings in any of the Q control signaling groups are of a same value; among any Q2 adjacent control signaling groups of the Q control signaling groups, any two control signaling groups comprise first fields of different values; the first radio signal comprises first feedback information. The present disclosure not only ensures HARQ-ACK transmission but reduces signaling overhead redundancy.
US11963191B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in nodes used for wireless communication. A first receiver, receiving a first DCI group, which comprises at least one piece of DCI; a first transmitter, transmitting a first signal, which carries a first HARQ-ACK bit sequence; herein, for any DCI in the first DCI group, a first field comprised is used to indicate an accumulated number of cell(s) scheduled by first-type DCI in a first resource pool as of a current reference cell and a current time interval; the current reference cell is a cell having a default cell index of cell(s) scheduled by the DCI in the first DCI group, time-domain resources occupied by the DCI in the first DCI group belong to the current time interval, and at least one piece of DCI in the first DCI group schedules more than one cell.
US11963189B2
A wireless device may receive configuration parameters indicating a minimum scheduling offset value of a bandwidth part (BWP). The minimum scheduling offset value may be a minimum value of one or more possible scheduling offset values, in the time domain, between downlink control information (DCI) and a downlink data channel schedulable by the DCI. The wireless device may receive a first DCI comprising a BWP index of the BWP and a field indicating to apply the minimum scheduling offset value. The wireless device may receive a second DCI indicating a scheduling offset value between the second DCI and a downlink data channel scheduled by the second DCI. The scheduling offset value may be greater than, or equal to, the minimum scheduling offset value based on the field.
US11963185B2
The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for search space grouping to facilitate repeated transmissions of a physical downlink control channel in wireless communication systems.
US11963182B2
A method in a wireless device is provided. The method includes: receiving a downlink signal, wherein the downlink signal includes a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and a Physical downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), the PDCCH having first downlink Control Information (DCI) indicating at least second downlink control information (DCI) in the PDSCH; and performing one of encoding and decoding user data in the PDSCH based on the first DCI and second DCI. A wireless device implementing this method is provided as well.
US11963181B2
This document describes techniques and systems that enable a base-station-initiated grant revoke. The techniques and systems allow a base station to generate and send a grant-revocation message (GRM) to a user equipment (UE) to revoke a scheduled uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) grant from the base station. The base station can transmit the GRM to the UE using a variety of techniques. For example, based on a trigger event, the base station may assign a UE identifier, such as a specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), to the UE and transmit the GRM to the UE using a revoke-physical-downlink-control-channel (R PDCCH) transmission that is associated with the UE identifier. These techniques allow the base station to revoke a scheduled UL or DL grant, which can enable the UE to quickly address timing-critical resource allocation issues and mitigate the effects of adverse operating conditions.
US11963180B2
A method and a device for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, transmit ACK/NACK information pooled by a UL grant DCI via a PUSCH without a UL-SCH.
US11963173B2
The embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a data transmission method and a terminal device. The method includes if a terminal device determines, according to first configuration information, to perform a first type of transmission on a target transmission resource, and determines, according to second configuration information, to perform a second type of transmission on the target transmission resource, the terminal device determines whether the first type of transmission or the second type of transmission is a target type of transmission according to a first preset rule, wherein the first type of transmission is sidelink transmission between the terminal device and another terminal device, and the second type of transmission is uplink transmission or downlink transmission between the terminal device and a network device; and performing data transmission on the target transmission resource by using the target type of transmission.
US11963167B2
A method in a User Equipment (UE) configured with Discontinuous Reception (DRX) and a method in a network node for Downlink (DL) scheduling of the UE. The UE is further configured with Semi Persistent Scheduling (SPS) which reduces the latency in Uplink (UL) transmission. The network node monitors a receipt of UL data in any of the SPS resources granted to the UE, a Wake-up grant or assignment is sent on the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and a HARQ-information is sent in response to the received UL data. The Wake-up grant/assignment triggers a drx-Inactivity timer to run in the UE. While the UE is DRX active, the network node may schedule a DL data transmission and send a DL assignment and the DL data to the UE.
US11963149B2
A satellite terminal comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a frequency spectrum distribution for a wireless communication signal received from an antenna, to input the determined frequency spectrum distribution of the received wireless communication signal to a machine learning program trained to identify one or more satellite communication carriers in a frequency spectrum distribution, to receive a list of one or more satellite communication carriers from the trained machine learning program, and to lock the satellite terminal to one of the carriers included in the list of one or more satellite communication carriers.
US11963135B2
There is provided user equipment of a radio communication system that supports TTIs having a plurality of lengths and that includes a base station and the user equipment, the user equipment including an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the base station, information indicating a plurality of UL resources which are allocated to a plurality of symbols included in a TTI having a predetermined length and with which a scheduling request can be transmitted; and a transmission unit configured to select a UL resource from the plurality of UL resources and transmit the scheduling request to the base station with the selected UL resource.
US11963131B2
Embodiments provide a notification method, an apparatus, and a communications system, and relate to the communications field, to ensure that a DU performs accurate L2 handling in a CU-DU architecture. The notification method includes: a CU sends a first message to the DU, where the first message includes an ID of a first DRB on which bearer type change occurs and first indication information indicating the DU to perform L2 handling; or the first message includes an ID of a first DRB and second indication information indicating that bearer type change occurs. The CU receives a second message sent by the DU, where the second message includes a cell group configuration of the L2 handling.
US11963127B2
A location management component (LMC) is provided for a mobile communication network. The LMC is configured to provide LMC configuration information, obtain privacy information relating to at least one user equipment (UE), obtain a location request according to the LMC configuration information, determine a position of the at least one UE, based on the privacy information and the location request, and provide a location response comprising the determined position.
US11963126B1
A wireless communication network deregisters network functions. In the wireless communication, a network data system receives a deregistration command that indicates a wireless User Equipment (UE) and forwards the deregistration command to a Unified Data Management (UDM). The UDM receives the indication and determines a Data Network Name (DNN) for the wireless UE. The UDM identifies a network controller and a session controller for the wireless UE based on the DNN. The UDM transfers deregistration notifications to the network controller and session controller. The UDM receives a deregistration acknowledgement from the network controller. The UDM directs the network data system to remove stored session data for the session controller. The network data system receives the direction from the UDM and responsively removes stored session data for the session controller.
US11963120B2
A method for synchronizing a network device includes: receiving, by the network device, a first SSM and a second SSM, where the first SSM carries a first SSM code for indicating a quality level of a first clock source and a first eSSM code for indicating the quality level of the first clock source, and the second SSM carries a second SSM code for indicating a quality level of a second clock source and a second eSSM code for indicating the quality level of the second clock source. When a value of the first SSM code is less than a value of the second SSM code, the network device calibrates a frequency of the network device based on a timing signal of the first clock source.
US11963115B2
This disclosure provides an information receiving method, an information sending method, a terminal, and a network-side device. The information receiving method includes: performing SSB detection; determining, based on transmission configuration information for first information, a candidate SSB set quasi co-located with a detected first SSB, where the first information includes an SSB; and performing first processing based on the first SSB and the candidate SSB set, where the first processing includes one of the following: receiving system information scheduled by a physical control channel associated with the first SSB; performing radio link monitoring; and performing radio resource management measurement.
US11963113B2
In an embodiment, a UE determines a timing for a serving cell, obtains a location of a non-serving cell, determines a location of the UE, and estimates a timing for the non-serving cell based at least in part on the timing for the serving cell, the location of the non-serving cell and the location of the UE.
US11963112B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device and a method for controlling transmission power, the electronic device comprising: an amplification circuit; an antenna electrically connected to the amplification circuit; a variable element capable of adjusting the impedance between the amplification circuit and the antenna; and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit can be configured to: output a signal, having been amplified by a designated gain by means of the amplification circuit, to an external electronic device by using the antenna, in a state in which the variable element is adjusted to a first impedance; detect the approach of an external object during outputting of the signal; in response to the detection of the approach of the external object, check control information by which the first impedance of the variable element can be changed to a second impedance; and adjust the designated gain on the basis of at least the control information.
US11963111B2
An apparatus is disclosed, which may include: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: receiving downlink channel estimates between a plurality of access point (AP) antennas of one or more APs and a plurality of user equipment (UE) antennas of one or more UEs; iteratively updating a set of power allocation weights for the AP antennas using weights extracted from a precoder; computing the precoder based on the received channel estimates and a previous set of power allocation weights; performing the iterative updates until a stopping criterion is reached; and outputting data representative of a precoder computed from the received channel estimates and the updated set of power allocation weights.
US11963098B2
The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support modem control using millimeter wave (mmW) energy measurement. Generally, the described techniques provide for wireless device (e.g., wireless repeater) power savings in the absence of an attached (e.g., connected) user equipment (UE). For example, a wireless repeater may perform relay operations (e.g., amplification and forwarding operations) for communications between a base station and a UE in some channel (e.g., in a mmW channel). The wireless repeater may use energy measurements in the channel (e.g., analog mmW measurements) to control or configure a digital interface for monitoring out of band control information (e.g., in a sub-6 gigahertz (GHz) channel). For example, a wireless repeater may use energy measurements of signals transmitted by devices in a mmW band to configure (e.g., turn on) a digital interface of another modem to monitor for control information in a sub-6 GHz band.
US11963094B2
Systems, methods, and software for selecting a network slice for User Equipment (UE) based on a use case specified by the UE. In one embodiment, a slicing policy manager is implemented in a network that is partitioned into a plurality of network slices. The slicing policy manager receives a policy request for the UE, identifies a use case identifier in the policy request that indicates a use case specified by the UE, generates a use case slice selection policy configured to select a network slice from the plurality of network slices based on the use case specified by the UE, and initiates transmission of the use case slice selection policy to a slice selection manager. The slice selection manager may then select a network slice for the UE based on the policy.
US11963075B1
A mesh wireless access point (WAP) includes a housing, a first radio assembly, a second radio assembly, and an internal communication link between the first and second radio assemblies. The housing is configured to be affixed to, or integrated with, a feature of a building. The first radio assembly is incorporated with the housing and configured to support a first wireless communication link, and the second radio assembly is incorporated with the housing and configured to support a second wireless communication link. The internal communication link is configured to transfer data packets between the first and second radio assemblies.
US11963065B2
Described herein are examples of a system that processes information describing movement of a vehicle at a time related to a potential collision to reliably determine whether a collision occurred and/or one or more characteristics of the collision. In response to obtaining information regarding a potential collision, data describing movement of the vehicle before and/or after a time associated with the potential collision is analyzed to determine whether the collision occurred and/or to determine one or more collision characteristic(s). The analysis may be carried out at least in part using a trained classifier that classifies the vehicle movement data into one or more classes, where at least some the classes are associated with whether a collision occurred and/or one or more characteristics of a collision. If a collision is determined to be likely, one or more actions may be triggered based on the characteristic(s) of the collision.
US11963062B1
A system for identifying one or more product engagements includes one or more microsensors configured to measure one or more signals indicative of one or more near-product engagements within a retail environment. Near-product engagements product movement, customer proximity to products, temperature, and the like. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to generate spatial relationship data associated with one or more spatial relationships between one or more transmitting electronic devices and one or more sensor units. The system may perform one or more filtering steps on the near-product engagement or spatial relationship data and providing the filtered data to a user interface.
US11963058B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing dual active protocol stack handovers in a frequency range above 24 GHz. A UE may transmit an indication to a base station indicating a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover capability of the UE corresponding to a frequency range (FR) above 24 GHz. The UE may receive, from a target cell of the one or more cells, a command to perform a DAPS handover from a source cell to the target cell. While performing the DAPS handover and maintaining a data connection with the source cell, the UE may perform measurements on the target cell followed by a physical random access channel (PRACH) procedure. The UE may then receive a source cell release command from the target cell and release the data connection with the source cell.
US11963050B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to embodiments, an access and mobility management function (AMF) comprises at least one transceiver; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive, a mobility management entity (MME) for an evolved node B (eNB), a message associated with a handover required message for an inter-system handover from an evolved packet system (EPS) to 5G system (5GS) with a secondary gNB (SgNB) used as a target next generation node B (gNB), wherein the SgNB and the target gNB are co-located and the eNB is associated with the SgNB in a dual connectivity; transmit, to the target gNB, a handover request message for the inter-system handover from the EPS to 5GS with the SgNB used as the target gNB; and receive, from the target gNB, an acknowledge of the handover request message. The handover required message includes an SgNB user equipment (UE) X2 application protocol ID (SgNB UE X2AP ID) for identifying a UE over X2 interface in the SgNB. The handover request message includes the SgNB UE X2AP ID, and the SgNB UE X2AP ID is allocated at the SgNB.
US11963047B2
Decision-making equipment (22) is configured for link change decision-making using reinforcement learning. The decision-making equipment (22) is configured to track rewards (30-1, . . . 30-M) earned for, and outcomes (28-1, . . . 28-M) of, respective link change decisions (26-1, . . . 26-M). In some embodiments, possible outcomes of a link change decision to change a serving link of a wireless device to a target link include at least: a change of the serving link of the wireless device from the target link to another link; and a network-initiated disconnect of the wireless device from the target link. Regardless, the decision-making equipment (22) is also configured to make a link change decision (28-(M+1)) based on the tracked rewards (30-1, . . . 30-M) and outcomes (28-1, . . . 28-M).
US11963045B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An access and mobility management function (AMF) associated with a first radio access network (RAN) may identify a user equipment (UE) connected to a source base station of the first RAN. The AMF may receive a handover message including a voice call continuity handover trigger message indicating a handover of the UE to a target base station associated with a second RAN. In some examples, the AMF may transmit a bypass handover message to a second network device based a on the received handover message. In some cases, the bypass handover message may include the voice call continuity handover trigger message. In some examples, the second network device is a mobility management entity (MME) associated with an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN).
US11963041B2
Various embodiments generally may relate to Load Balancing Optimization (LBO) and Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO). Some embodiments of this disclosure are directed to the following 5G SON solutions: use cases and requirements for the management of distributed LBO and centralized LBO; procedures for the management of distributed LBO and centralized LBO; and management services and information needed to support the management of distributed LBO and centralized LBO.
US11963039B2
A base station includes, in an aspect, a first reception unit, a first transmission unit, and a second transmission unit. The first reception unit receives information related to a communication processing state of another base station from the other base station. The first transmission unit transmits duplication of data to be transmitted to a terminal device to the other base station. The second transmission unit transmits the data to the terminal device by using radio communication. Furthermore, the first transmission unit transmits, after the transmission of the data performed by the second transmission unit has been completed, in accordance with the information related to the communication processing state of the other base station, a transmission completion notification that indicates that the transmission of the data has been completed to the other base station.
US11963023B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some systems may support the transmission of a predicted negative acknowledgment (NACK) indication for a downlink data message. In some cases, a base station may transmit a downlink data message to a user equipment (UE). The UE may perform a decoding process for the message. The UE may determine whether the decoding process is likely to fail during a first portion of the decoding process prior to completion of the decoding process. The UE may transmit a predicted NACK message to the base station prior to a feedback opportunity configured for the UE to transmit feedback based on a result of the completed decoding process. The base station may determine whether to retransmit the downlink data message based on the predicted NACK message, such that the predicted NACK message may reduce the latency associated with retransmission of downlink data messages.
US11963021B2
Systems and methods are provided for adaptively enabling and disabling spatial reuse and adapting BSS color assignments based on various factors associated with a wireless network. A first AP in a wireless network can identify a second AP in a wireless network. The first AP and the second AP may be using the same wireless channel in the wireless network. The first AP can determine a signal strength, such as a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), associated with the second AP. The first AP can adapt its spatial reuse and BSS color assignment according to the signal strength and a signal strength threshold. By adaptively enabling and disabling spatial reuse and adapting BSS color assignments, the disclosed systems and methods provide for improved reuse of wireless mediums while avoiding collisions.
US11963007B2
Facilitating residential wireless roaming via VPN connectivity over public service provider networks
Example embodiments include a method for receiving, at a user device from a home access point, a first digital certificate for a residential wireless roaming mode, wherein the residential wireless roaming mode provides the user device remote access to a wireless local area network corresponding to the home access point, and wherein the first digital certificate is issued by a certificate authority of a service provider associated with the home access point; transmitting at least one probe request message to at least one public access point, wherein the probe request message includes at least the first digital certificate; receiving from the at least one public access point a probe response message including information for remotely accessing the wireless local area network via a virtual private network connection established between the public access point and the home access point.
US11963006B2
Provided is a process that establishes representations and permits users to login to a relying device to which a mobile device has registered. Credential values of the user are established within a trusted execution environment of the mobile device and representations of those credentials are transmitted to a server. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, which may permit user access to the relying device via secure session. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, which may permit user access by causing the mobile device to obtain a value by which the relying device may be accessed. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device based on a policy received from the server to obtain a value by which the relying device may be accessed.
US11963005B2
A method includes: in response to a request from a human user to access account information, authenticating the human user via a graphical user interface (GUI); storing a result of authenticating the human user in a storage system; in response to authenticating the human user, directing the human user to a voice-based communication session; accessing the result of authenticating the human user from the storage system by the voice-based communication session; and providing access by the human user to the account information in the voice-based communication session based on the result of authenticating the human user.
US11962991B2
Systems and methods discussed herein can change a frame of reference for a first spatial audio signal. The first spatial audio signal can include signal components representing audio information from different depths or directions relative to an audio capture location associated with an audio capture source device with a first frame of reference relative to an environment Changing the frame of reference can include receiving a component of the first spatial audio signal, receiving information about a second frame of reference relative to the same environment, determining a difference between the first and second frames of reference, and, using the determined difference between the first and second frames of reference, determining a first filter to use to generate at least one component of a second spatial audio signal that is based on the first spatial audio signal and is referenced to the second frame of reference.
US11962985B2
A method for interrupt based pairing for wireless audio devices includes determining a colocation of a wireless audio device with a subsequent wireless audio device with one or more sensors. An interrupt is generated in response to determining the colocation. A pairing mode of the wireless audio device is enabled in response to the interrupt. The wireless audio device is paired with the subsequent wireless audio device.
US11962984B2
A crosstalk cancellation filter set configured for use in delivering binaural signals to human ears is provided. The crosstalk cancellation filter set includes a pressure matching system configured to perform spatial filtering or sound field control and an obstructed field model in communication with the pressure matching system. The crosstalk cancellation filter set is configured to take acoustic advantage of scattering effects and occlusional effects caused by violations to a free-field assumption, thereby delivering improved crosstalk cancellation acoustic displays to a listener without the use of headphones.
US11962973B2
A combined MicroElectroMechanical structure (MEMS) includes a first piezoelectric membrane having one or more first electrodes, the first piezoelectric membrane being affixed between a first holder and a second holder; and a second piezoelectric membrane having an inertial mass and one or more second electrodes, the second piezoelectric membrane being affixed between the second holder and a third holder.
US11962972B2
To enhance a sound image localization effect and to ensure a good viewing state in which an image or video and audio have a sense of unity. Provided is a display in which an image is displayed in a display surface, a rear cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a first speaker disposed between the display and the rear cover, and a second speaker disposed between the display and the rear cover and positioned higher than the first speaker. The second speaker outputs audio according to operation of a piezoelectric element, and has a higher audio output band than the first speaker. This enables a user to feel as if the audio is being output from the display being viewed, which enhances the sound image localization effect and ensures a good viewing state in which an image or video and audio have a sense of unity.
US11962960B2
A sound component assembly includes: a sealing portion provided in a sound passage connected to a sound hole of an electronic device to surround a portion of the sound passage and contact at least a portion of a printed circuit board (PCB) having a sound module mounted thereon; and a cover portion disposed to face the PCB outside the sealing portion, wherein the sealing portion may include a first material, the cover portion may include a second material, and the second material may have a greater hardness than a hardness of the first material.
US11962952B2
A method for retrieval of multi spectral bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) parameters by using red-green-blue-depth (RGB-D) data includes capturing, by an RGB-D camera, at least one image of one or more objects in a scene. The captured at least one image of the one or more objects includes RGB-D data including color and geometry information of the objects. A processing unit reconstructs the captured at least one image of the one or more objects to one or more 3D reconstructions by using the RGB-D data. A deep neural network classifies the BRDF of a surface of the one or more objects based on the 3D reconstructions. The deep neural network includes an input layer, an output layer, and at least one hidden layer between the input layer and the output layer. The multi spectral BRDF parameters are retrieved by approximating the classified BRDF by using an iterative optimization method.
US11962950B2
Disclosed is an HDR film source playing method. The method includes following operations: determining state information of a color temperature control switch according to an application that is currently opened; playing an HDR film source on the application according to a color temperature of a display screen when the state information is on; and playing the HDR film source according to a color temperature corresponding to the application when the state information is off. Further disclosed are an HDR film source playing device and a computer-readable storage medium.
US11962949B2
A method of performing air pollution estimation is provided. The method is to be implemented using a processor of a computer device and includes: generating a spectral image based on an original color image of an environment under test using a spectral transformation matrix; supplying the spectral image as an input into an estimating model for air pollution estimation; and obtaining an estimation result from the estimating model indicating a degree of air pollution of the environment under test.
US11962946B2
There is provided with an image processing apparatus that generates a display image to be displayed in a display system including a display area. An obtaining unit obtains one input image acquired through shooting by one image capturing apparatus. A generating unit generates the display image from the input image on the basis of a correspondence between a first projection plane corresponding to the input image and a second projection plane corresponding to the display area.
US11962936B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for encoding, decoding or transcoding visual media data are described. One example method of processing visual media data includes performing a conversion between visual media data and a bitstream of the visual media data according to a format rule, wherein the format rule specifies that a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message that refers to a dependent random access point (DRAP) picture is included in the bitstream, and wherein the format rule further specifies that the SEI message includes a syntax element indicating a number of intra random access point (IRAP) pictures or dependent random access point (DRAP) pictures that are within a same coded layer video sequence (CLVS) as the DRAP picture.
US11962933B2
A device includes a vehicle glazing, including, in a peripheral zone, a through-hole including an insert and a thermal camera.
US11962925B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel, an A/D conversion portion and an output circuit. The pixel includes first and second photoelectric conversion portions and an accumulation portion configured to accumulate a signal charge in a location other than the photoelectric conversion portions. The A/D conversion portion is configured to perform A/D conversions on signals based on signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversions. The output circuit reads out first and second signals based on first and second signal charges accumulated in the first and second photoelectric conversion portions during an electric charge accumulation period and a third signal based on a third signal charge generated in the second photoelectric conversion portion and accumulated in the accumulation portion during the electric charge accumulation period. Conversion periods for analog-to-digital conversion to be performed on at least two of the first, second, or third signals have different lengths.
US11962920B2
An imaging device of the present disclosure includes: a pixel array section in which pixels including light receiving elements are arranged; a first pixel control section that performs control to read out signals of all the pixels in the pixel array section at a first frame rate; a second pixel control section that performs control to read out signals of the pixels in a specific region in the pixel array section at a second frame rate higher than the first frame rate; and an analog-to-digital conversion section that performs an analog-to-digital conversion on a pixel signal read out by the control performed by the first pixel control section or the second pixel control section.
US11962913B2
An imaging apparatus includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, a Fourier transform optical system, a photodetector, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first region and a second region on a modulation plane, acquires a light intensity value by setting a light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting a light amplitude modulation in the second region to a non-zero predetermined value, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation pattern in the first region and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to zero, acquires the light intensity value by setting the light amplitude modulation in the first region to zero and setting the light amplitude modulation in the second region to the predetermined value, and acquires a complex amplitude image of a region of an object corresponding to the first region.
US11962906B2
An image processing system may include a first image sensor, a second image sensor, and an image processing device. The image processing device may be configured to obtain a first image and a second image by respectively processing the first image data and the second image data. The image processing device may output an image based on the first image when a zoom factor of the output image is lower than a first reference value, generate a correction image by correcting locations of second reference coordinates of the second image based on first reference coordinates of the first image when the zoom factor of the output image is between the first reference value and the second reference value, and may output an image based on the second image when the zoom factor exceeds the second reference value.
US11962903B2
Aerial camera systems are disclosed, including an aerial camera system that comprises at least one camera arranged to capture a plurality of successive images; the at least one camera being rotatable such that the field of view of the camera traverses across a region of the ground that includes multiple different swathes extending in different directions, the at least one camera having a steering mirror to direct light reflected from the ground onto a lens assembly, the lens assembly having a central longitudinal axis extending in a direction generally parallel to a direction of movement of a survey aircraft; and the system arranged to control the at least one camera to capture successive images at defined intervals as the at least one camera rotates.
US11962897B2
Some aspects of the disclosure provide a method for camera operation control in an electronic device. The method includes obtaining, based on a plurality of frames associated with a target time slice, a first target parameter to be met by a camera of a virtual camera system in the target time slice. Then, the method includes determining a target operation speed of the camera in the target time slice at least partially based on the first target parameter and a time-speed change magnification curve, and controlling the camera to operate based on the target operation speed. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also contemplated.
US11962896B2
Positioning apparatus for photographic and video imaging and recording and system utilizing the same
A method and device are provided for positioning a mounted camera. The device includes a holding element that secures the mounted camera to the device, a wireless linkage at which remote attitude commands representing attitude changes of a remote driver are received, a local controller that interprets the remote attitude commands and generates local attitude commands that move the camera to mimic an orientation of the remote driver, and an attitude sensing element that senses a local attitude of the device. The attitude sensing element includes a gyro, an accelerometer, or a magnetometer, and jitter present in the remote attitude commands is removed and not passed on to the local attitude commands.
US11962895B2
An intelligent imaging device determines an occlusion of a shutter mechanism. The shutter mechanism opens to expose light to an image sensor, and the shutter mechanism closes to block the light from entering the image sensor. However, as the shutter mechanism transitions between full open and full close, the shutter mechanism is partially open and exposing the light to the image sensor. The image sensor continues generating images during these transitions, thus possibly revealing personal/sensitive data. The intelligent imaging device determines the shutter mechanism is partially open by conducting a real time, frame-by-frame content analysis. The intelligent imaging device may then disable an interface to the image sensor to avoid sharing personal/sensitive data. Even if the shutter mechanism is manually operated, the intelligent imaging device implements a visual/audible warning to warn a user that the shutter mechanism is not completely open or closed.
US11962874B2
Systems and methods are provided for analyzing data snippets. One or more snippets can be associated with a data object of an enterprise data platform. The one or more snippets can be organized based on metadata information associated with the one or more snippets. The organized snippets can be analyzed to determine an activity relating to an entity depicted in the one or more snippets.
US11962864B2
Methods and systems are described for recommending providers of media content to users viewing over-the-top content based on quality of service.
US11962854B2
A device implementing the subject system may include at least one processor configured to obtain a first preference profile corresponding to a first user, a second preference profile corresponding to a second user, and a group preference profile corresponding to a user group that includes the first and second users. The at least one processor may be further configured to generate an aggregate preference profile based at least in part on the first preference profile, the second preference profile, and the group preference profile and to identify content items based at least in part on the aggregate preference profile. The at least one processor may be further configured to rank the content items and provide, for display on a content output device, at least one indication of at least one of the ranked content items as a recommendation for the user group.
US11962852B2
In one aspect, an example system includes a first distributor server to cause transmission of first media associated with first data representing a first state of the first media scheduled to end at a scheduled end-time. The example system includes a receiver to obtain second data representing a second state of a past event corresponding to a subject of the first media, determine a predicted end-time of the first media based on a comparison of the first and second states, and after a determination that the predicted end-time is after at least one of the scheduled end-time of the first media or a scheduled start-time of second media, generate an electronic program guide (EPG) based on the predicted end-time. The example system also includes a second distributor server to cause transmission of a portion of second media to the receiver, the second distributor server different from the first distributor server.
US11962849B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems to collect audience measurement data are disclosed. An example system includes at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium including instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least: generate behavior data developed during a first time period based on first media data and user data corresponding to one or more users of a household, the user data to include demographic information for the one or more users associated with the household, identify second media data during a second time period different than the first time period, the second media data identified without identification of the one or more users of the household, and associate the demographic information to the second media data based on the behavior data generated during the first time period associated with the one or more users.
US11962848B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to identify an episode number based on fingerprint and matched viewing information are disclosed. An example method includes processing meter data to identify a presented media based on a bumper included in a media, filtering the meter data based on the identification of the media, selecting a candidate episode, the candidate episode not associated with a known episode label, determining whether the candidate episode appears sequentially after a known episode for a threshold number of presentation locations, and labeling the candidate episode as the next sequential episode after the known episode in response to determining that the candidate episode appears sequentially after the known episode for the threshold number of presentation locations.
US11962845B1
Methods and systems can identify and request video data and information associated with an event. An event location and time associated with the event can be determined. The event can comprise damage to property or injury to a person. A geographic range of interest associated with the event location and a time duration of interest associated with the event time can be determined. One or more users who are determined to have been at or near the event location at the event time can be automatically identified. A request for at least one of information or video data from the geographic range and time duration of interest can be transmitted to the one or more identified users.
US11962842B1
Customers at a premises attempting to connect a new wireless device, such as a mobile phone or tablet to an available wireless network (Wi-Fi), receive network login information such as an Wi-Fi SSID (service set identification) and Password through a system generated equivalent QR code that can then be scanned to automatically connect to the Wi-Fi network. The system receives a request for Wi-Fi settings at a premises, identifies customer equipment associated with the premises, identifies an Wi-Fi SSID (Service Set Identification) and password associated with the customer equipment, generates a QR (Quick Response) code representing the Wi-Fi SSID and password, sends the QR code to one or more devices associated with the premises for display and subsequent scanning at the premises.
US11962827B2
Systems and methods for generating and displaying a non-time bound content channel in a time-bound grid is provided. The system comprises receiving content data representing non-time bound content to be displayed in the time bound grid. The system generates the time bound grid, by creating, based on the content data, a non-time bound content channel. The non-time bound content channel displays one or more content objects representing the non-time bound content in the time bound grid. The system incorporates the non-time bound content channel with a plurality of time bound channels in the time bound grid. The system then causes display of the generated time bound grid on a viewing device of a user.
US11962824B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine total audience ratings. An example apparatus includes metrics generator circuitry to generate a first audience size for media accessed by first devices of a first media platform at a first level of aggregation, the first level of aggregation corresponding to the media accessed on a first television network and on a first website, generate a second audience size for the media accessed by the first devices of the first media platform at a second level of aggregation, the second level of aggregation corresponding to the media accessed on the first television network and accessed on the first website and a second website, comparator circuitry to compare the first audience size to the second audience size, adjustor circuitry to reduce the first audience size based on the second audience size, and audience determination circuitry to determine a total audience size.
US11962823B2
A system and method for enabling adaptive streaming management in a broadband multimedia environment. The system utilizes content information (title, streaming resolution, etc.), in conjunction with information indicative of one or more of display device resolution capabilities, device display resolution capabilities, total streaming bandwidth capability of broadband source, and the aggregate bandwidth of all streams being provided to client devices to provide an adaptive process by which media gateway resources can be utilized to improve the availability to optimized content to one or more users.
US11962807B2
Encoding or decoding syntax information associated with video information can involve identifying a coding context associated with a syntax element of a current coding unit of the video information, wherein the identifying occurs without using a syntax element of a neighboring block, and encoding or decoding the syntax element of the current coding unit based on the coding context.
US11962797B2
A method for video coding is provided. The method includes: deriving an initial motion vector (MV) of a current block; deriving a plurality of MV candidates for decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR); determining cost values for the initial MV and each of the MV candidates; obtaining updated cost values of both the initial MV and the MV candidates by adjusting at least one of the cost values to favor the initial MV; and deriving a refined MV based on the updated cost values of both the initial MV and the MV candidate.
US11962792B2
A method of an inter prediction process performed by a processing unit of a coding system comprises deriving combined linear combination parameters from two sets of linear combination parameters, where a first set of linear combination parameters is independent from the position of the to-be-predicted block and a second set of linear combination parameters depends on the position of the to-be-predicted block; and obtaining the value of the to-be-predicted sample using the combined linear combination parameters and predicted values of at least two samples belonging to different reference blocks of the to-be-predicted block.
US11962786B2
A multi-stage coding method includes receiving an input block of data for encoding and one or more previously coded samples associated with the input block. The input block is segmented into at least a first sub-region and a second sub-region. A prediction for the first sub-region is generated based on the one or more previously coded samples. Residual data for the first sub-region is obtained using the prediction for the first sub-region. A reconstruction of the first sub-region is generated using the residual data for the first sub-region and the prediction for the first sub-region. A prediction for the second sub-region is generated using the reconstruction of the first sub-region. Residual data for the second sub-region is obtained using the prediction for the second sub-region. The input block is encoded based in part on the residual data for the first region and the residual data for the second region.
US11962782B2
An encoding method for a picture part encoded in a bitstream and reconstructed can involve refinement data encoded in the bitstream and determined based on at least one comparison of a version of a rate distortion cost computed using a data coding cost, a distortion between an original version of the picture part and a reconstructed picture part, and at least one other version involving one or more combinations of with or without a refinement by the refinement data, or a refinement either in or out of the decoding loop, or with or without a mapping or an inverse mapping.
US11962780B2
Provided are a method and apparatus, which, during video encoding and decoding processes, obtain chroma intra prediction mode information about a current chroma block, when the chroma intra prediction mode information indicates a direct mode (DM), determine a luma block including a luma sample corresponding to a chroma sample at a lower-right location with respect to a center of the current chroma block, determine a chroma intra prediction mode of the current chroma block based on an intra prediction mode of the determined luma block, and perform intra prediction on the current chroma block, based on the determined chroma intra prediction mode.
US11962775B2
An inverse quantization method is implemented by an inverse quantization device, the method configured for acquiring quantized coefficients, estimating a quantization parameter in quantization groups or quantization parameter prediction group units, generating an inverse quantization matrix for adaptive quantization, and generating transform coefficients from the quantized coefficients using the quantization parameter and the inverse quantization matrix.
US11962774B2
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: deriving a spatial merge candidate for a current block, generating a merge candidate list for the current block based on the spatial merge candidate, obtaining motion information for the current block based on the merge candidate list, and performing motion compensation for the current block based on the motion information. Herein, if the current block does not have a pre-defined shape or a size equal to or greater than a pre-defined size, the spatial merge candidate of the current block may be derived based on a block which have the pre-defined shape or a size equal to or greater than the pre-defined size, the block including the current block.
US11962768B2
The present disclosure provides an encoding method, a decoding method, an encoding apparatus, a decoding apparatus and devices thereof. The method may include: in response to determining that an adaptive loop filter (ALF) sequence control enabling flag of a sequence parameter set (SPS) syntax indicates allowing a current sequence to enable an ALF, encoding a cross-component adaptive loop filter (CCALF) sequence control enabling flag in the SPS syntax. The technical solutions of the present disclosure can improve the encoding performance.
US11962757B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. The image decoding method includes determining whether a prediction mode of a current block is an intra prediction mode based on information on the prediction mode of the current block, determining whether a transform mode of the current block is a transform skip mode, determining whether an intra prediction technique of the current block is intra sub-partitions (ISP) based on the prediction mode of the current block being an intra prediction mode, and generating a transform coefficient block of the current block based on the transform mode of the current block and whether the intra prediction technique of the current block is ISP.
US11962756B2
A method and device for decoding video data are disclosed. More specifically, a method of decoding video data may comprise: configuring a block vector candidate list of a current block to which an intra block copy (IBC) prediction mode is applied, the IBC mode referring to another block in a current picture; and generating a prediction sample of the current block based on a block vector included in the block vector candidate list. Configuring the block vector candidate list comprises: configuring the block vector candidate list from a spatial neighboring block to which the IBC prediction mode is applied; and modifying the block vector candidate list based on an history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidate to which the IBC prediction mode is applied when a number of current candidates of the block vector candidate list is smaller than a maximum candidate number.
US11962750B2
A display system suitable for use inside an MRI system bore to display images to a patient undergoing an MRI procedure. The display system includes a curved display structure fitted inside the MRI bore, and having a width and length sufficient to present images to the patient inside the tunnel. First and second EMI shielding layers sandwich the curved display structure. A display electronics module is electrically connected to the curved display structure to provide video drive signals to the curved display structure. A housing for the display electronics module is configured to provide shielding to prevent EM signals from within the housing to affect MRI image processing.
US11962749B2
A method and system for aligning exposure center points of multiple cameras in a VR system are provided. The method includes: acquiring image data of a first type frame according to a preset frame rate; adjusting VTS data of the first type frame, the VTS data changing with the change of the exposure parameters so as to fix a time interval between an exposure center point of the first type frame and an FSIN synchronization signal in a VR system; acquiring image data of a second type frame according to the preset frame rate; and adjusting VTS data of the second type frame according to the VTS data of the first type frame, and fixing a time interval between an exposure center point of the second type frame and the FSIN synchronization signal so as to complete the alignment of exposure center points of the cameras.
US11962740B2
In an image processing device a controller is configured to perform: a first display operation; and a second display operation to display at least one of a target color and a non-target color in a manner different from the at least one of the target color and the non-target color in a printing target image displayed by the first display operation. The target color is a color targeted for color calibration and included in a color calibration space. The color calibration space is defined by a predetermined number of first grid points and a plurality of second grid points. The first grid points define a first polyhedron with a minimum volume enclosing the specified color. The second grid points define a plurality of second polyhedra with the minimum volume together with the first grid points. The color calibration space is a space enclosed by the second grid points.
US11962739B2
A color conversion correction data generation device includes circuitry that acquires first chromaticity values obtained from conversion target image data and second chromaticity values of sample image data, the conversion target image data being image data to be subjected to color conversion, the sample image data being obtained by reading a printed sample; curve-fits chromaticity value correspondence data to generate color conversion correction data, the chromaticity value correspondence data being data in which the acquired first chromaticity values and the acquired second chromaticity values are associated with each other; and outputs the color conversion correction data for correcting image data obtained by subjecting the conversion target image data to the color conversion.
US11962734B2
In an image processing system, when a user logs in to an image processing apparatus to use a scanning service, the image processing apparatus transmits login information to a relay server, and the relay server transmits scan setup data and destination address data to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus prescans a document to identify a document format, and automatically sets scan setup data (properties), based on the identified format and according to the sent scan setup data, so as to execute scanning.
US11962723B2
A method in which a high-quality packet telephony terminal apparatus performing low-latency and lossless packet communication with a counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus operates in an integrated network structure in which a time sensitive network (TSN) and a packet communication network are combined may be disclosed. The packet telephony terminal apparatus may perform packet telephony call processing, perform a TSN stream reservation procedure when the counterpart packet telephony terminal apparatus is capable of performing a TSN function for lossless packet communication, adjust a size of a dejitter buffer when the TSN stream reservation procedure is successful, and perform low-latency packet telephony communication through the minimized size of the dejitter buffer.
US11962721B1
A system can route calls based on a minimum expected delay, classification, and priority of the call. In some embodiments, when a call is received, the call is classified and prioritized within the classification. A minimum expected delay time is determined. Based on the minimum expected delay time, the classification, and the prioritization, the call is routed to a representative with instructions on how the call should be treated.
US11962719B2
An electronic device and method for real-time verification of Caller IDs for live-human and robot call filtering is provided. A first electronic device receives an incoming first call from a second electronic device associated with a Caller identification (ID). The first electronic device transmits a verification text message to the second electronic device using the Caller ID, while the first call is still incoming. The first electronic device receives a response to the verification text message and compares the received response with a pre-defined response. If the response is correct and received within a predefined time, the first electronic device allows the call to connect. If a correct response is received beyond the predefined time, the Caller ID is added to a whitelist so that a next call from the same Caller ID is received automatically. In such case, the current first call is redirected to a voicemail system.
US11962716B2
Internet Protocol captioned telephone service often utilizing Automated Speech Recognition has the capability of transcribing both sides of a conversation and displaying them in a segregated manner at the election of the user. A link may be sent by the user to a far end caller so the far end caller may view the transcribed text.
US11962715B2
Techniques are provided for telephone call information collection and retrieval. A receiver device receives a telephone call from a caller device. The receiver device collects information associated with the telephone call and stores the information in a memory. Subsequently, the receiver device displays, via a graphical user interface, the telephone number of the caller device. The receiver device receives, via the graphical user interface, a user selection of the telephone number of the caller. In response to the user selection, the receiver device displays, via the graphical user interface, the information stored in the memory, including, for example, the start and end times of the telephone call, the location(s) of the receiver device during the telephone call, and text representing the audio of the call (e.g., speech-to-text conversion of at least a portion of the audio).
US11962713B2
The disclosure relates to a technique that enables a status of a battery in a smoking substitute device to be monitored through a portable communication terminal (e.g. mobile phone). The smoking substitute device is configured to communicate wirelessly with the portable communication terminal, e.g. via a wireless personal area network, to transmit status information concerning the battery. The status information is processed either locally or in the cloud to provide feedback or other notifications to a user of the device. Usage data may also be transmitted, whereby the battery status can be expressed in terms of a predicted remaining usage, e.g. predicted number of remaining activation events.
US11962710B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a digital medium of exchange blockchain that is based on a metered amount of generated electrical energy. In one example, a meter computing system coupled to a power generation source can include a sensor that monitors an amount of electrical energy generated by the power generation source over time. The meter computing system can determine when the amount of electrical energy generated by the power generation source reaches a predetermined increment of generated power. The meter computing system can generate a digital unit based on a correlation to the predetermined increment of generated power, wherein the digital unit comprises a unique hashed digital signature that includes unit traceability data. The meter computing system can store the digital unit within a decentralized ledger accessible by the meter computing device.
US11962708B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for parsing resume documents using computer vision and optical character recognition technology in combination with a user feedback interface system to facilitate user feedback to improve the overall processing quality of the resumes that are imported into computer resume processing systems. In at least one embodiment, the system and method prompt a user to upload an input resume document, which is processed with a first parsing pass to generate initial resume data by extracting a plurality of resume text blocks. Further processing identifies an initial set of bounding blocks and to visually displays the initial resume data for user review and feedback to regroup one or more of the initial set of bounding blocks into a regrouped bounding block. Additional processing consolidates into a group text block each of the resume text blocks corresponding to the regrouped one or more of the initial set of bounding blocks.
US11962702B2
A biometric identification device may be used to secure passwords and other valuable information. In one implementation, the biometric identification device may be a capacitive fingerprint sensor. Capacitive readings may be used to identify the ridges and valleys of a fingerprint and determine if an object contacting the fingerprint sensor is living tissue. Two-factor identification may be implemented by recognizing the authenticity of biometric inputs and a specific combination or sequence in which the biometric inputs are provided. A user interface is provided in which sequences of biometric inputs are associated with commands. A user may indicate a command by providing a predetermined sequence of fingerprints to a fingerprint scanner.
US11962698B2
A system and method for receiving secure data in a client device. In one embodiment, the method comprises (a) receiving a token having a token ID and a digital certificate generated by a certificate authority (CA) having client device fingerprint data generated from client device parameters, (b) accepting a request in the client device to provide secure data to the client device, (c) regenerating the client device fingerprint data from the client device parameters, (d) determining, in the client device, differences between the client device fingerprint data of the digital certificate from the regenerated client device fingerprint data, and (e) transmitting a request to a secure data service to provide secure data based upon the determination.
US11962692B2
A method and a wireless device for exchanging messages with an access point (AP) while the wireless device is in a pre-associated state during which the wireless device is unauthenticated and is not associated with a network. The wireless device receives a beacon from the AP indicating that the AP will protect messages communicated with the wireless device. The wireless device then sends to the AP a message including a request for information from the AP. The wireless device obtains a public key of the AP, and receives an encrypted response to the request and an encrypted symmetric key. The wireless device decrypts the encrypted symmetric key using the public key of the AP to recover a symmetric key that is not encrypted, and decrypts the encrypted response to the request using the decrypted symmetric key to recover a response to the request that is not encrypted.
US11962688B2
Secure, semi-classical authentication schemes are presented. An authentication token is generated by applying a pre-determined measurement to a plurality of random quantum states to obtain a sequence of classical measurement outcomes. The token is validated by receiving the classical measurement outcomes and verifying whether the sequence corresponds to a statistically plausible result for the pre-determined measurement of the plurality of quantum states.
US11962663B1
Server-specified subscription filters for long-lived client requests to fetch data in response to events. In one aspect, the techniques encompass a method performed by a set of one or more computing devices. The method includes the step of receiving a long-lived request to fetch data in response to events sent by a client computing device. The method further includes receiving a server-specified subscription filter for the long-lived request and executing the long-lived request. Executing the long-lived request includes creating a persistent function that uses the server-specified subscription filter to map a source event stream to a response event stream. The response event stream is provided to the client computing device. The server-specified subscription filter facilitates filtering of events fetched for the long-lived request in a way that may not be possible or impractical if the subscription client were required to specify the filter in the long-lived request.
US11962661B1
A technique uses a graph neural network (GNN) to determine whether a particular entity under consideration is engaging in abusive network-related activity over a computing network in collaboration with other entities. In some applications, the particular entity is part of a bot attack aimed at fraudulently engaging with advertisements. The technique trains the GNN by performing machine learning on a training set that includes a plurality of nodes, edges, and node labels. In forming the training set, the technique associates a feature set with each node in the training set that describes the network activity exhibited by that node's entity. The technique then connects each pair of nodes in the training set with an edge if the feature sets of the pair satisfy a prescribed test for similarity. The technique assigns labels to at least some nodes to convey whether the nodes are associated abusive network-related activity.
US11962660B2
User reputation regarding exposure of data objects in a cloud computing environment is determined. Behavioral information, which indicates behavior of a user for a cloud computing environment corresponding to one or more data objects in the cloud computing environment that are associated with the user, is analyzed. Based on analyzing the behavior information, a plurality of characteristics for the user that indicate exposure of the data object(s) associated with the user is determined. Each of the plurality of characteristics reflects the behavior of the user pertaining to the one or more data objects. Based on compliance of the plurality of characteristics with corresponding ones of a plurality of rules, a reputation of the user for exposing data objects in the cloud computing environment is determined. The reputation of the user is indicated to an entity with which the user is associated.
US11962656B2
A method of discovering edge-servers and services through domain name server (DNS) resolution in a mobile edge computing (MEC) platform based network is provided. The method includes communicating a DNS-query from a user-equipment to a DNS server, wherein DNS query pertains to a user-request for accessing one or more web-based services. The user equipment (UE) receives, from the DNS server, a response comprising details with respect to a plurality of available-servers configured for rendering the web-based services. The details comprises at-least one of, an indication of the server being edge server associated with the MEC platform or a remote-server, a location of the server, and one or more services associated with the server. Each of the available servers are evaluated by the UE based on the response at-least based on the plurality of associated services and a distance of the server with respect to the UE.
US11962649B2
Methods and systems for managing data and transmission of content are disclosed. A computing device may receive a request for content. The computing device may determine data associated with the requested content.
US11962648B2
Discussed is a a mobile terminal including a communication device to communicate with a cloud server, a display to output an execution screen of an application, a local memory to store data, and a processor to control the communication device, the display, and the local memory. The processor can synchronize data of the application executed on the cloud server and store the synchronized data in the local memory when connected to the cloud server. Further, the processor can continuously execute the application locally at the mobile terminal using the synchronized data of the application when disconnected from the cloud server.
US11962646B2
A plurality of WiFi-enabled devices that are physically proximate to one another form an ad hoc mesh network, which is associated with an overlay network, such as a content delivery network. A typical WiFi device is a WiFi router that comprises addressable data storage, together with control software operative to configure the device seamlessly into the WiFi mesh network formed by the device and one or more physically-proximate devices. The addressable data storage across multiple such devices comprises a distributed or “mesh-assisted” cache that is managed by the overly network. The WiFi mesh network thus provides bandwidth that is leveraged by the overlay network to provide distribution of content, e.g., content that has been off-loaded for delivery (by content providers) to the CDN. Other devices that may be leveraged include set-top boxes and IPTV devices.
US11962643B2
Implementing multiple load balancer drivers for a single load balancer is disclosed. A first request directed to a load balancer to load balance requests based on a first request selection instruction is received. A first particular load balancer driver is selected from a plurality of load balancer drivers based on a load balancer table that correlates request selection instructions to corresponding load balancer drivers of the plurality of load balancer drivers. Subsequent requests that are encompassed by the first request selection instruction directed to the load balancer are caused to be load balanced by the first particular load balancer driver.
US11962641B2
A method for locally serving content is described. The method includes receiving, at a gateway device, a first request for a data file via a first user device communicatively coupled to the gateway device. The data file is received at the gateway device from an external server and sent to the first user device. A data record is stored to a storage device indicating that the data file has been sent to the first user device. A second request for the data file is later received at the gateway device from a second user device communicatively coupled to the gateway device. In response to the receiving of the second request, the data record is accessed and causes a computer read of the data record. The first user device is then instructed to transfer the data file to the second user device, via the gateway device, based upon the computer read.
US11962638B2
Systems and methods related to transferring (e.g., large) files over a network are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a client-server framework establishes a QUIC connection between a server application and a client application. Source files are processed by the server application to divide the source files into a number of chunks. Differential file transfer can be implemented between the client application and the server application by comparing metadata for chunks of the source file with metadata of local chunks of a destination file already stored in a local storage associated with the client application. Missing chunks can be requested from the server application and transferred to the client application using HTTP/3 messages.
US11962637B2
A message display method includes: caching, by a server, a message display page according to each original URL, extracting a fingerprint feature, and generating an alternative URL, then detecting a display status of each message at a preset time interval and marking the display status, and when receiving a display information obtaining request from a client, sending the fingerprint feature, the original URL, or the alternative URL of each message to the client according to a currently marked display status; and when receiving a message access request of a user, determining, by the client, a type of a corresponding URL, and if the corresponding URL is an alternative URL, displaying the message to the user, or if the corresponding URL is an original URL, determining whether the message is displayed normally, and if yes, displaying the message to the user.
US11962635B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for dynamically switching between synchronous and asynchronous communication channels. A communication request can be received from an application, and a request identifier can be generated for the communication request. The communication request can be transmitted to an edge server application via a first communication channel. The first communication channel can be selected from a plurality of communication channels based at least in part on a policy. In an instance in which a condition specified by the policy is detected in the transmission of the communication request, a second communication channel can be selected from the plurality of communication channels. The communication request can be transmitted to the edge server application using the second communication channel.
US11962621B2
A method includes receiving, by a computer system, information related to device health of an electronic device, determining, by the computer system, a health status of the electronic device based at least in part on the received information related to the device health of the electronic device, requesting, by a switch having a port connected to the electronic device, the health status of the electronic device from the computer system, receiving, by the computer system, the request for the health status of the electronic device from the switch, transmitting, by the computer system, the health status of the electronic device to the switch, evaluating, by the switch, the transmitted health status of the electronic device using network access rules associated corresponding to health statuses, and applying, by the switch, a network access control configuration to the port of the switch based on the evaluating the transmitted health status.
US11962616B2
A method and associated circuits protect data stored in a secure data circuit of a telecommunication device equipped with a near-field communication (NFC) router, a microcontroller, and the secure data circuit. In the method, each message received with the NFC router is parsed to retrieve a communication pipe identifier and an instruction code. The communication pipe identifier and the instruction code are compared to corresponding information in a filter table. Instruction codes of particular messages that attempt to modify a communication pipe by reassigning one end of the communication pipe from the port of the NFC router to a different circuit are acted upon. These messages are blocked from reaching the secure data circuit when the instruction code is not authorized in the filter table, and these messages are permitted when the instruction code is authorized in the filter table.
US11962608B2
A cyber-threat defense system for a network including its email domain protects this network from cyber threats. Modules utilize machine learning models as well communicate with a cyber threat module. Modules analyze the wide range of metadata from the observed email communications. The cyber threat module analyzes with the machine learning models trained on a normal behavior of email activity and user activity associated with the network and in its email domain in order to determine when a deviation from the normal behavior of email activity and user activity is occurring. A mass email association detector determines a similarity between highly similar emails being i) sent from or ii) received by a collection of two or more individual users in the email domain in a substantially simultaneous time frame. Mathematical models can be used to determine similarity weighing in order to derive a similarity score between compared emails.
US11962607B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for risk analysis of web pages using a machine learning model are described herein. A computing device may receive a risk detection machine learning model trained to receive input corresponding to a web page and output an indication of risk associated with the web page. The computing device may execute a web browser application and collect user activity data by monitoring user activity associated with the web browser application. The computing device may access, via the web browser application, a first web page, and collect page data associated with the first web page. The computing device may calculate a risk level of the first web page. The risk level may be calculated by processing, using the risk detection machine learning model, both the user activity data and the page data. A security recommendation may be output based on the risk level.
US11962600B2
A method for maintaining security in a distributed augmented-reality (AR) system is provided. The method may include generating a database that includes a list of objects associated with sensitive information. The method may include receiving requests from a plurality of user devices to participate in an AR session, and determining an authorization level to associate with each of the plurality of user devices. The method may include receiving, from a first one of the plurality of user devices, an image that was scanned in via a camera of the first user device. The method may include processing the image to determine if the image includes one of the objects. When the image includes one of the objects, the method may include masking the object in the image. The method may include transmitting, for display in the AR session, the image with the masking to user devices with a default authorization level, and transmitting, for display in the AR session, the image without the masking to user devices with a trusted authorization level.
US11962595B2
The present invention is directed to a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for utilizing a shared computer system. The method includes receiving, by way of at least one interface, an access request associated with a potential user of a financial entity for access to a secure data processing center of a financial regulatory system, wherein the secure data processing center is configured to share information associated with specified financial activities. The method includes determining a classification of the potential user with respect to one or more potential or actual access rights to be associated with the potential user for accessing the secure data processing center. The determined classification of the potential user is that the potential user is an eligible user of the secure data processing center as defined by an accrediting organization of the financial regulatory system.
US11962588B2
Methods, systems, and devices relate to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques relate to dynamic change MAC address of the station for subsequent transmissions. In one exemplary aspect, a method of dynamic change MAC address includes specifying a MAC address change mode and a new MAC address to be used by the station. In another exemplary aspect, a method of dual MAC address change mode in the dynamic change MAC address mechanism includes separating the unchanged MAC address of the station from the changeable MAC address of the station, and keep the mapping between them. In another exemplary aspect, a method includes transmitting a MAC address change request message from the station (or the access point) to initiate the MAC address change procedure. In another exemplary aspect, a method includes receiving a MAC address change response message from the access point (or the station).
US11962581B2
A vehicle control method applied to a smart car key includes receiving a connection request sent by a mobile terminal, establishing a communication connection with the mobile terminal in response to the connection request, receiving identity information and authorization request information sent by the mobile terminal, determining whether the identity information is correct, and in response that the identity information is correct, sending pairing information to the mobile terminal in response to the authorization request information and sending the identity information to a vehicle to be controlled. The mobile terminal controls the vehicle through the pairing information and the identity information to perform at least one operation.
US11962579B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for vehicle charging. A charging system can include a component to convey power to a vehicle to charge the vehicle. The charging system can include a module to store a certificate via a cryptographic technique. The charging system can include a data processing system coupled to the module, the data processing system including one or more processors, coupled with memory, to retrieve the certificate from the module, transmit, to a second data processing system, a request to establish a communication connection, the request including the certificate, and establish the communication connection with the second data processing system responsive to a verification of the certificate by the second data processing system. The data processing system can transmit, to the second data processing system, data corresponding to power conveyed by the component to the vehicle subsequent to verification of the certificate.
US11962578B2
A method includes receiving a first transaction request and a second transaction request including identification of a first trust action and a second trust action requested to be performed with respect to an electronic document. A first trust service provider and a second trust service provider, different from the first trust service provider, are selected to perform the requested first trust action and the second trust action, respectively. Performance of the first trust action and the second trust action on the same electronic document is coordinated with the selected first trust service provider and the second trust action provider. A first proof and a second proof are obtained confirming performance of the requested first trust action and the requested second trust action by the respective trust service providers.
US11962577B2
Systems and techniques are provided for a resource transfer setup and verification. A request for transfer conditions for a transfer of resources may be received from a first computing device. A set of transfer conditions may be generated in response to the request for transfer conditions and sent to the first computing device. The set of transfer conditions and an indication of an acceptance of the set of transfer conditions by a second computing device may be received from the first computing device. A transfer identifier for the set of transfer conditions may be generated from data from the set of transfer conditions which may specify a first sub-transfer. Transfer instructions may be sent to a third computing device, including instructions for a sub-transfer specified in the set of transfer conditions. The set of transfer conditions may be stored with the transfer identifier as a transfer record in non-volatile storage.
US11962576B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide various methods relating to enclaves. For instance, a method of authentication for an enclave entity with a second entity may include receiving, by one or more processors of a host computing device of the enclave entity, a request and an assertion of identity for the second entity, the assertion including identity information for the second identity; using an assertion verifier of the enclave entity to determine whether the assertion is valid; when the assertion is valid, extracting the identity information; authenticating the second entity using an access control list for the enclave entity to determine whether the identity information meets expectations of the access control list; when the identity information meets the expectations of the access control list, completing the request.
US11962568B2
The disclosed technology is directed towards locating and counting unused nodes, such as free Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address blocks. A hierarchical structure of nodes is created from an origin block to a specified lower level, and the hierarchical structure is processed using mapping and eliminating to locate free nodes. A first node group comprises node(s) in use, a second node group identifies intermediate subnets between the first node of the first node group and the specified origin block, and a third node group identifies any subnets hierarchically below node(s) in use. Unused (free) node count information is obtained based on nodes below the origin block that are not in the first node group, the second node group, or the third node group.
US11962566B2
An example object is to appropriately provide, to a terminal apparatus, both a service via a packet data network gateway and a service for Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) in an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network. A first communication processing unit 131 transfers data between a terminal apparatus 500 and a packet data network gateway 200 when a destination address of the data for the terminal apparatus 500 is an address other than an address of an MEC server 300, and a second communication processing unit 133 transfers data between the terminal apparatus 500 and the MEC server 300 when a destination address of data for the terminal apparatus 500 is an address of the MEC server 300.
US11962563B2
A MAP-T system that shares an IPv4 address with one or more other MAP-T systems identifies low latency (LL) traffic for an upstream and a downstream perspective by enhancing NAT of ports using MAP-T rules. The MAP-T rules provide a range of transport ports with a transport slice providing for a subdivision of the transports into a subnet range so as to isolate certain ports for mapping LL traffic. An access point device and a cable modem of the MAP-T system are configured so as to appropriately transform any received traffic so as to properly direct the traffic.
US11962553B2
A method of operating a proxy module connected in between a third-party scheduling service and a mail server in a communications network includes receiving, at the proxy module, a request to access a resource of a first agent. The method includes generating a first determination results by determining whether a request type of the received request is an allowed request type. The method includes generating a second determination result by determining whether the first agent is an allowed agent. The method includes, based on the first and second determination results, formatting the received request in accordance with a format associated with the mail server and providing the formatted request to the mail server.
US11962542B2
Proposed are a method and apparatus for receiving a PPDU in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, a reception STA receives a PPDU from a transmission STA through a broadband and decodes the PPDU. The PPDU includes a control field and a data field. When the broadband is a 320/160+160 MHz band including first to fourth 80 MHz sub-channels, the first 80 MHz sub-channel includes a first 996 RU, the second 80 MHz sub-channel includes a second 996 RU, the third 80 MHz sub-channel includes a third 996 RU, and the fourth 80 MHz sub-channel includes a first 484 RU. The data field is received through a first multiple RU in which the first to third 996 RUs and the first 484 RU are aggregated.
US11962541B2
This application provides a secondary cell control method and an apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device receives control information in a time unit n, where the control information may include an activation command for a first secondary cell or a deactivation command for a first secondary cell. When the control information includes the activation command for the first secondary cell, first information of the first secondary cell is sent in a time unit n+k, where k is determined based on a first frame structure parameter configured for the terminal device, and both n and k are positive integers. The first information may be a CSI report.
US11962522B2
The present disclosure relates to communication methods in a UCI-only scenario. One example method includes receiving downlink control information used to schedule a PUSCH, where the PUSCH includes a first frequency hopping resource and a second frequency hopping resource, and a time-domain start symbol of the first frequency hopping resource is before a time-domain start symbol of the second frequency hopping resource, and sending first UCI on the PUSCH, where the first UCI includes at least one of an HARQ-ACK, CSI-part1, or CSI-part2, where a quantity GCSI-part1(1) of coded bits that are of the CSI-part1 in the first UCI and that are mapped onto the first frequency hopping resource is a smaller one of a fourth value and a fifth value.
US11962513B2
A method for managing data processes in a network of computing resources includes: receiving at least one child request being routed from an intermediary device to at least one corresponding destination device, the at least one child request requesting execution of at least one corresponding child data process, each of the at least one child data process for executing at least a portion of the at least one parent data process from an instructor device, and each of the at least one child request including a destination key derived at least in part from the at least one instructor key; storing the at least one child request in at least one storage device; modifying the at least one child request upon receiving a child request modification signal; and generating signals for communicating the child requests to one or more requesting devices.
US11962501B2
Systems and methods for network management in a virtual environment are presented. The system and methods may include or utilize a top of rack router and a plurality of nodes within a virtual network environment, and an extensible network control plane that is extendable from the top of rack router to the plurality of nodes. Upon receipt of a data packet at the top of rack router, information regarding the packet's desired endpoint address can be determined and a unique endpoint address within the environment covered by the control plane created such that the packet can be directly routed to the desired endpoint without the need for intermittent hops to non-endpoint pods, etc. Hardware solutions may be utilized to eliminate latencies in the process. Data packet flows may also be identified and used to further reduce latencies.
US11962499B2
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for enabling multitenancy for service machines is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method comprises detecting a packet by a service insertion module implemented in a hypervisor. Based on metadata received along with the packet, the service insertion module determines a tenant identifier of a tenant that sent the packet. The service insertion module also determines a plurality of attributes of the packet. Based on the tenant identifier and the plurality of attributes of the packet, an action for the packet is retrieved from a rule table. Based on the action, the service insertion module determines whether at least one service is to be applied to the packet. In response to determining that at least one service is to be applied to the packet, an encapsulated packet is generated by encapsulating the packet with the tenant identifier, and the encapsulated packet is redirected to a service machine that is configured to provide the at least one service to the packet. Upon receiving a result from the service machine, the service insertion module determines, based on the result, whether to forward the packet toward a packet destination; and in response to determining that the packet is to be forwarded toward the packet destination, the packet is forwarded toward the packet destination.
US11962495B2
A system including a transmission terminal, used for transmitting a target data packet obtained by encrypting and encapsulating a data flow; a network controller, deployed in a first Internet network and storing routing information from the transmission terminal to a receiving terminal; and a backbone transmission network device, deployed in a backbone transmission network and used for obtaining the routing information and the target data packet forwarded by the first Internet network and forwarding the target data packet to the receiving terminal based on the routing information. The present disclosure solves the technical problem of low efficiency and high cost of data transmission in the conventional techniques.
US11962488B2
Supporting Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) subflows using multipath links, and more specifically supporting MPTCP subflows using Wi-Fi Multi-Link Operation (MLO) or cellular multi-link support may be provided. A multipath link may be established between an Access Point (AP) and a station (STA). The STA may mark the multipath link as Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) capable. Next, a request for an addition of a MPTCP subflow may be received. In response to receiving the request, the MPTCP subflow may be bound to the multipath link, and data from the MPTCP subflow may be sent over the multipath link.
US11962486B2
A method (100) of end-to-end path computation across a plurality of domains (20) in a communication network comprises receiving (101) a request for a path across the plurality of domains. The method comprises computing (110) in a network control entity (50) the end-to-end path across the plurality of domains as part of a hierarchical path computation. Computing the end-to-end path comprises determining if a stored path corresponding to at least a part of the end-to-end path matches one or more criteria of the end-to-end path, and if so, using the stored path for the end-to-end path computation. The method further comprises transmitting (120) information indicating at least part of the stored path to a domain control entity (30) configured to control a said one of the plurality of domains involved in the end-to-end path.
US11962482B2
At least one high-quality image of a speaker is captured. A low network quality condition may be detected between a client device and a video service node. In response to detecting the low network quality condition, a data stream comprising changes to the high-quality image of the speaker needed to recreate a representation of the speaker is generated. Transmission of the video stream of the speaker between the client device of the speaker and the video service node is stopped and, simultaneously, transmission of the data stream is begun. A digital twin of the speaker is then generated for display at the client device based on the data stream and the high-quality image of the speaker.
US11962481B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products to combine multiple telemetry data signals to generate a single higher resolution signal. In embodiments, the method includes: modulating a sampling of telemetry data by at least two network devices; receiving telemetry data from the at least two network devices; combining the received telemetry data; and determining a status of the network and/or network devices based on a processing of the combined telemetry data.
US11962475B2
The properties of a plurality of operational units are estimated by generating a central system state graph model representing the properties of the plurality of operational units as probabilities of transitions between states for the plurality of operational units, where the states represent operational data. Then a respective updated system state graph model is generated for each of the plurality of operational units, based on the central system state graph model and based on new operational data for the respective operational unit. A distance measure is determined between the respective updated system state graph models. If the distance measure fulfils a divergence criterion, a plurality of new central system state graph models are generated, each representing the properties of a respective subset of the plurality of operational units as the probabilities of transitions between states for the respective subset of the plurality of operational units.
US11962468B2
The embodiments of the present application provide a wireless backhaul network, a communication method and an apparatus. The wireless backhaul network comprises at least one tree topology structure, each of the at least one tree topology structure being composed of a serving base station node and at least one relay node, the root of the tree topology structure being the serving base station node; and any two nodes in the wireless backhaul network are in a child-parent relationship or non-child-parent relationship, and any two nodes, which are in the child-parent relationship, communicate by means of wireless connections.
US11962462B2
System on a chip, comprising several master pieces of equipment, several slave resources, an interconnection circuit capable of routing transactions between master pieces of equipment and slave resources, and a processing unit at least configured to allow a user of the system on a chip to implement within the system on a chip at least one configuration diagram of this system defined by a set of configuration pieces of information including at least one piece of identification information assigned to each master piece of equipment, The identification pieces of information are intended to be attached to all the transactions emitted by the corresponding master pieces of equipment, the set of configuration pieces of information not being used for addressing the slave resources receiving the transactions and being used to define an assignment of at least one piece of master equipment to at least some of the slave resources.
US11962461B1
A system and a method to dynamically reprovision network devices may include a first network device configured to reprovision a second network device in accordance with a specific location of the second network device in a predefined area. The first network device may be configured to sense the second device at the specific location in the predefined area, identify reprovisioning parameters associated with the specific location, and provide the reprovisioning parameters to the second network device. In turn, the second network device may be configured to perform one or more roles associated with the specific location in the predefined area based at least in part upon information in the reprovisioning parameters.
US11962460B1
An end-to-end service delivery system provides customers representing mobile network and enterprise operators with an online repository for services that are created from virtual network functions, and which are available from multiple service creators and operable across infrastructure underlying the customer's software-defined networking-based mobile network including diverse private, public, and hybrid cloud platforms. The network functions delivery system provides a user interface (UI) exposing a catalog of differentiated services of varying types. When the customer selects a service from the catalog, the service delivery system uses an installation engine to deploy the selected service on the customer's mobile network. The system provides a lifecycle management and orchestration engine that orchestrates the deployed service on an end-to-end basis across domains and network platforms. The service delivery system troubleshoots the service installation if deployment problems arise and notifies the customer of issues through the UI to provide recommendations and solutions.
US11962458B2
Embodiments include apparatuses for rebooting an electronic device. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a data interface, a first power port, a second power port, a switch, and a processor. The data interface is configured to connect to the electronic device. The first power port is configured to receive power from a power source and the second power port is configured to deliver power to the electronic device. The switch is configured to connect the first power port to the second power port. The processor conducts data communications monitoring of the electronic device via the data interface and reboots the electronic device responsive to the data communications monitoring.
US11962441B2
A multi-tap Differential Feedforward Equalizer (DFFE) configuration with both precursor and postcursor taps is provided. The DFFE has reduced noise and/or crosstalk characteristics when compared to a Feedforward Equalizer (FFE) since DFFE uses decision outputs of slicers as inputs to a finite impulse response (FIR) unlike FFE which uses actual analog signal inputs. The digital outputs of the tentative decision slicers are multiplied with tap coefficients to reduce noise. Further, since digital outputs are used as the multiplier inputs, the multipliers effectively work as adders which are less complex to implement. The decisions at the outputs of the tentative decision slicers are tentative and are used in a FIR filter to equalize the signal; the equalized signal may be provided as input to the next stage slicers. The bit-error-rate (BER) of the final stage decisions are lower or better than the BER of the previous stage tentative decisions.
US11962439B2
A system for receiving signals transmitted via serial links includes an equalizer for accessing a digitized communications signal and producing an equalized output signal, and a fast equalization module for determining output data corresponding to the communications signal. The fast equalization module includes a filter to access an output of the equalizer, a slicer module to access an output of the filter and produce a data output corresponding to the communications signal, a lookup table to provide filtering coefficients to the filter, and a coefficient improvement module to improve the coefficients based on an error signal from the filter. The coefficient improvement module is configured to update the coefficients in the lookup table.
US11962419B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for supporting network transmissions using unicast sidelink communications. A base station (BS) may transmit a set of encoded packets to a number of user equipment (UEs) and receive feedback messages from the UEs that indicate sets of decoded packets. Based on the feedback messages, the BS may transmit an updated set of encoded packets based on a difference between the set of encoded packets and the union of decoded packets. The BS may transmit an instruction to a first UE to transmit a broadcast sidelink communication that includes a set of missed packets that includes one or more decoded packets that were decoded by the first UE but were not decoded by the second UE. The first UE may transmit the broadcast sidelink communication to the second UE.
US11962412B1
A method for preserving a frame check sequence (FCS) of a data frame during backscatter communication is provided. The method comprises: receiving a transmitted signal including a transmitted data frame, wherein the transmitted data frame includes a first data sequence and the FCS; determining a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) preservation sequence based on a backscattering tag data sequence, a bit-length of the backscattering tag data sequence, and a given CRC algorithm; and backscattering the transmitted signal to form a backscattered signal including a backscattered data frame, wherein the backscattered data frame includes a second data sequence and the FCS. The second data sequence includes a transmitted data sequence, an encoded tag data sequence and the CRC preservation sequence. The CRC preservation sequence preserves the FCS of the transmitted data frame in the backscattered data frame. The FCS is usable to detect communication errors in the backscattered data frame.
US11962410B2
A user station for a serial bus system. The user station includes a communication control device for controlling a communication of the user station with at least one other user station, and a transceiver device to serially transmit a transmission signal generated by the communication control device onto a bus and to serially receive signals from the bus. The communication control device generates the transmission signal according to a frame, and inserts a header check sum into the frame, only bits of a frame header that is situated in front of a data field provided for useful data in the frame being included in the computation. For computing the header check sum, the communication control device uses a predetermined starting value and a predetermined check sum polynomial.
US11962405B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE), may identify a default modulation and coding scheme table and a preconfigured modulation and coding scheme table associated with a resource pool. The UE may receive, from a transmitting communication device, an indication of the preconfigured modulation and coding scheme table to use for upcoming sidelink communications. The UE may then communicate based on the preconfigured modulation and coding scheme table.
US11962395B1
A whole-airspace satellite search method and device based on a phased array antenna are provided. The present disclosure combines electronic scanning implemented by the phased array antenna with mechanical scanning implemented by a mechanical actuator. As for low-orbit satellite communication, the present disclosure achieves rapid search and aiming through the phased array antenna, and solves the problem of limited electronic scanning angle of the phased array antenna through a servo system of the mechanical actuator. On the other hand, the present disclosure supports whole-airspace search and aiming of high, medium, and low-orbit satellites through the combination of the electronic scanning implemented by the phased array antenna and the mechanical scanning implemented by the mechanical actuator.
US11962387B2
This application provides a wireless communication method and an apparatus. In the method, a terminal device receives first indication information from a network device. The first indication information indicates a first maximum multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer quantity N to be used by the terminal device when the terminal device performs wireless communication, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The method further includes that the terminal device performs wireless communication with the network device based on the first maximum MIMO layer quantity N, so that the maximum MIMO layer quantity that the terminal device should use can be adjusted as required.
US11962378B2
There is provided mechanisms for polarized reception of reference signals. A method is performed by a terminal device. The terminal device is equipped with an antenna array having dual-polarized antenna elements. The antenna array is connected to a baseband chain in the terminal device. The method comprises receiving, during a beam management procedure with a TRP, two reference signals transmitted in one OFDM symbol each from the same TRP port within a slot. The two reference signals are received using a filter with a first polarization for a first of the two reference signals and with a second polarization for a second of the two reference signals. The second polarization is orthogonal to the first polarization.
US11962374B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit a synchronization signal block (SSB) burst set including a first set of SSBs transmitted using a first codebook and a second set of SSBs transmitted using a second codebook. In some cases, the first codebook may be configured for beamforming at a first transmission distance range (e.g., for far field transmissions) and the second codebook may be configured for beamforming at a second transmission distance range (e.g., for near field transmissions). Based on transmitting the SSB burst, the base station may receive an indication of a first SSB from the first set or the second set from a user equipment (UE). The base station may then communicate messages to the UE using a transmission beam and codebook associated with the first SSB indicated by the UE.
US11962370B2
A technique for improving wireless communication characteristics involving matching transmitter antenna patterns to receiver antenna patterns. In a specific implementation, the transmitter antenna pattern adapts to changing parameters, such as when a smartphone is initially held in a first orientation and is later held in a second orientation. Because the transmitter antenna pattern matches receiver antenna patterns, signal quality between stations improves. In some implementations, antennas are organized and mounted to maximize spatial diversity to cause peak gains in different directions.
US11962369B2
The wireless communications system comprises: a plurality of remote units, wherein each remote unit is configured to convert a respective RF signal into a plurality of time and frequency samples, perform a noise estimation corresponding to the plurality of time and frequency samples, compute a plurality of coefficients corresponding to the plurality of time and frequency samples that have an amplitude greater than at least a predefined threshold value, and multiply each of the plurality of coefficients by its corresponding time and frequency sample to create a plurality of weighted time and frequency samples; at least an intelligent switching unit, coupled to the plurality of remote units, wherein the intelligent switching unit is configured to receive the plurality of weighted time and frequency samples from each of the plurality of remote units, temporally align the pluralities of weighted time and frequency samples, compute a set of weighted sums of time and frequency samples and transmit the set of weighted sums of time and frequency samples; and a baseband processing unit coupled to the intelligent switching unit and configured to receive the set of weighted sums of time and frequency samples, and compute a remaining portion of baseband protocol stack processing on the set of weighted sums of time and frequency samples.
US11962367B2
An antenna for transfer of information or energy is described. The antenna includes an electrically conductive first layer having a width in a thickness direction of the antenna and extending longitudinally along a length of the first layer between first and second longitudinal ends of the first layer, and an electrically insulative thermally conductive second layer bonded to the first layer along the length of the first layer. The first and second layers are wound to form a plurality of substantially concentric loops. A width and a length of the second layer are substantially co-extensive with the respective width and length of the first layer so as to expose opposing longitudinal edge surfaces of the first layer along the length of the first layer. Coils and assemblies useful for making coils are also described.
US11962361B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for controlling a transmitted power of a sidelink communication and belongs to the communication field. The method includes the followings: when V2X communication is conducted between a first UE and a second UE, the first UE obtains a transmitted power of a reference signal from the second UE and measures a received power of receiving the reference signal by the second UE; the first UE determines a path loss based on a difference between the received power and the transmitted power of the reference signal, and determines a transmitted power of the first UE conducting V2X communication with the second UE based on the path loss.
US11962360B2
Monitoring a premises may comprise receiving signals from a plurality of devices. One or more spatially static devices of the plurality of devices may be determined based on strengths of the received signals. A user activity pattern may be determined based on changes in strengths of signals received from the spatially static devices. Abnormal user activity may be determined based on the user activity pattern and a strength of at least one signal received from at least one of the spatially static devices.
US11962358B2
Technology described herein can gather frequency domain power data for enabling real-time adjustment of one or more parameters of a radio system. In an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor that is configured to control collection of power data relative to a subcarrier of a radio system, a read circuit communicatively coupled to the processor and controlled by the processor to read, at the radio system, the power data in a frequency domain, relative to the subcarrier, along a selected time range that is defined by an upper limit of time and a lower limit of time, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and that receives and stores the power data in the frequency domain from the read circuit. In one or more embodiments, power data in the frequency domain is collected at a frequency of a subcarrier and/or at a frequency between subcarriers.
US11962347B2
The invention relates to a communication device comprising a docking station and a central processing unit. The docking station comprises a plurality of photoreceptors and a plurality of light sources interjacent with the photoreceptors. The plurality of photoreceptors and the plurality of light sources are suitable for visible light communication (VLC). The central processing unit is configured for obtaining an initialization signal, selecting a portion of the plurality of light sources of the docking station, ordering an emission of a pairing signal, obtaining a response signal, and ordering a pairing of the terminal with a portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station and with a portion of the plurality of light sources of the docking station.
US11962333B2
A data-compression analyzer can rapidly make a binary decision to compress or not compress an input data block or can use a slower neural network to predict the block's compression ratio with a regression model. A Concentration Value (CV) that is the sum of the squares of the frequencies and a Number of Zero (NZ) symbols are calculated from an un-sorted symbol frequency table. A rapid decision to compress is signaled when their product CV*NZ exceeds a horizontal threshold THH. During training, CV*NZ is plotted as a function of compression ratio C % for many training data blocks. Different test values of THH are applied to the plot to determine true and false positive rates that are plotted as a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. The point on the ROC curve having the largest Youden index is selected as the optimum THH for use in future binary decisions.
US11962325B2
A system and method for detecting the preamble of a wireless packet is disclosed. The system utilizes one or more received fragments as inputs to a correlator, forming correlator content inside the correlator memory. After every sample from the received fragment is provided to the correlator, the correlator then compares the correlator content to a known pattern pre-programmed as a set of correlation coefficients. The correlation coefficients may not align with the correlator content because the symbol boundaries are not known a-priori. By cyclic rotation of the correlation coefficients relative to the correlator content, or cyclic rotation of the correlator content relative to the known correlation coefficients, a match with one or more preamble symbols may be found. This technique may be used to reduce power during the preamble detection process. Alternatively, this technique can also be used for antenna diversity, multi PHY and multichannel applications.
US11962321B2
There is provided an analog-stochastic converter for converting an analog voltage signal into a pulse signal having a corresponding probability. The analog-stochastic converter is implemented using a threshold switching element and a simple logic circuit, thereby reducing a size of the analog-stochastic converter and enabling a low power operation thereof. In addition, in order to update a weight, instead of an analog signal, a probability signal is applied using the above-described analog-stochastic converter, thereby updating a weight in a fully-parallel manner in a synaptic element array having an intersection structure. Accordingly, it is possible to shorten a time for weight update.
US11962319B2
Alignment circuitry including a first clocked latch for receiving a synchronization signal having an enable edge and a target clock signal and outputting an enable signal having an enable edge corresponding to the enable edge of the synchronization signal and synchronized with the target clock signal; a second clocked latch for receiving the enable signal and a delayed target clock signal, being a version of the target clock signal having been delayed by a delay circuit of the clock-controlled circuitry, and outputting a re-timed enable signal having an enable edge corresponding to the enable edge of the enable signal and synchronized with the delayed target clock signal; and gating circuitry for receiving the delayed target clock signal and the re-timed enable signal and to start output of the delayed target clock signal at a timing defined by the enable edge of the re-timed enable signal for controlling the clock-controlled circuitry.
US11962306B2
Methods and apparatus are described for detecting anomalies in a clock signal. Example methods include sensing a clock signal that exhibits alternating phases during normal operation; responsive to sensing the start of a first phase, generating a pulse; and if the pulse terminates before sensing the end of the first phase, asserting a clock stopped detection signal. Example clock anomaly detection apparatus includes a clock signal input for coupling to a clock signal that, during normal operation, oscillates between first and second clock states. An anomaly detection output is asserted if the clock signal remains in the first clock state longer than a first phase expected duration or remains in the second clock state longer than a second phase expected duration.
US11962303B1
An architecture for high-performance flip-flops having minimal clock-activated transistors is disclosed. The flip-flops operating in a first voltage domain can receive an input signal from a second voltage domain. The flip-flops include a first latch electrically coupled to a second latch. The first latch includes a first output and a second output. The second latch further includes a first and a second keeper pull-up sub-circuit which electrically couples to the first and second output of the first latch. The clock-gating functionality of the first and second keeper pull-up sub-circuits is merged with the first latch to reduce the loading on the clock signal, and thus the operation of the flip-flop is contention-free and fully-static. An embodiment of the second latch includes only one clock-activated transistor for low-power application. Another embodiment includes two clock-activated transistors for high-speed application. The high-performance flip-flops have near-zero setup time and a two-stage propagation delay.
US11962300B2
An input/output circuit may include an input circuit, an amplifier circuit and a precharging circuit. The input circuit may load differential input data to setup nodes based on a data strobe clock. The amplifier circuit may compare and amplify the data that is loaded to the setup nodes and configured to output the amplified data. The precharging circuit may precharge the setup nodes based on the data strobe clock and the differential input data.
US11962296B2
Disclosed herein is a flexible sensing interface, comprising: a sensor, comprising: a core; an inner electrode in the form of a conductive material in contact with the core; an inner dielectric material substantially encasing the inner electrode; an outer electrode in the form of a conductive material in contact with the inner dielectric material and in electrical communication with the inner electrode; and an outer dielectric material substantially encasing the outer electrode; wherein the inner dielectric material and the outer dielectric material comprise an elastic material. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods for making and using the same.
US11962291B2
A driver circuit for a low-inductance power module that has a connection and an output. The connection is connectable to the source contact of a power transistor and the output is connectable to the gate contact of the power transistor. The driver circuit is configured to produce, in a first operating mode, a first gate-source voltage for the gate contact of the power transistor and to provide the first gate-source voltage at the output of the driver circuit. The driver circuit is also configured to produce, in a second operating mode, during at least one preset minimum time span, a lower second gate-source voltage for the gate contact of the power transistor and to provide the second gate-source voltage at the output of the driver circuit.
US11962287B2
An acoustic wave filter includes series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators each including an acoustic wave resonator including an IDT electrode including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes each including electrode fingers and a busbar electrode. An electrode finger connected to neither of the busbar electrodes of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes is a floating withdrawal electrode, and of all the electrode fingers of the pair of comb-shaped electrodes, the electrode finger that is connected to a same busbar electrode to which the electrode fingers on both sides thereof are connected is a polarity-reversing withdrawal electrode, and, of the series arm resonators, the series arm resonator having a lowest anti-resonant frequency includes an IDT electrode including the floating withdrawal electrodes, and the series arm resonator includes an IDT electrode including the polarity-reversing withdrawal electrodes.
US11962284B2
A composite substrate is a plate-shaped body where a first substrate and a second substrate overlap. The composite substrate includes a hole in the first substrate and the second substrate in a thickness direction of the plate-shaped body. A ratio A/B of an average thickness A of the first substrate to an average thickness B of the second substrate is ⅕ or less. An interface between the first substrate and the second substrate on an inner wall of the plate-shaped body that is positioned at the hole includes a part that is covered by a covering layer that contains a component that composes the second substrate.
US11962281B2
A slot antenna is disclosed. The slot antenna structure includes a dielectric substrate, a grounding plate and a resonator. The grounding plate is disposed over a first side of the dielectric substrate and defines a slot. The feeding strip is disposed over a second side of the dielectric substrate and opposite to the grounding plate. The resonator is coupled to the grounding plate and is disposed horizontally within the slot.
US11962280B2
A system and method are described herein for configuring an audio distribution system, comprising a Redis server, the Redis server adapted to store Redis data to be used in configuring the audio distribution system; a plurality of audio devices, the plurality of audio devices and Redis server interconnected to form the audio distribution system, wherein each of the plurality of audio devices comprises—at least one processor; an electronic communications interface operatively connected to the at least one processor and adapted to receive data from a user and transfer the data to the at least one processor; and a memory operatively connected with the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor in a first audio device to execute a method for configuring the audio distribution system that comprises: establishing communications using the electronic communications interface between the user and the at least one processor of the first audio device, such that data input by the user is received by the at least one processor of the first audio device; establishing communications to each of the remaining plurality of audio devices and Redis server in the audio distribution system; obtaining information from each of the remaining plurality of audio devices with which communications have been established, such information including one or more of an audio device name, part number, serial number, internet protocol address number, and physical location; receiving configuration information from the user that pertains to a specific audio device of the plurality of audio devices in the audio distribution system that, when installed on a specific audio device, causes the specific audio device to operate in a known manner; and copying that configuration information to others of the same specific type of audio device in the audio distribution system.
US11962271B1
The solar USB charger comprises a first solar panel, a second solar panel, a spine, a controller, and a pocket. The first solar panel and the second solar panel may be adapted to convert incident light from a light source into an electrical potential. As a non-limiting example, the light source may be the sun. The electrical potentials from the first solar panel and the second solar panel may be electrically coupled to the controller where the electrical potential may be operable to recharge a battery, to power one or more USB charging ports, to illuminate a plurality of LEDs, or combinations thereof. The first solar panel and the second solar panel may be hingedly coupled via the spine. The plurality of LEDs may be operable to provide illumination.
US11962262B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine as virtual synchronous machine by determining the synchronous machine rotational speed rotational speed and the synchronous machine angle. The virtual synchronous machine rotational speed is determined based on a combination of a feedback of a damping power, a power reference for a desired power output of the wind turbine, a grid power supplied by the wind turbine to a power grid and a chopper power dissipated by the chopper and an inertial integration model, the synchronous machine angle is determined based on an integration of the synchronous machine rotational speed, and the damping power is determined based on the virtual synchronous machine rotational speed.
US11962258B2
A method for estimating the temperature of a stator coil of a magnetic suspension bearing of a rotor that is connected by connection wires to circuits for servo-controlling the position of the rotor includes the following steps: measuring the electric voltage at the terminals of the connection wires of the stator coil; measuring the intensity of the current passing through the stator coil; estimating the electric resistance of the stator coil and of the connection wires on the basis of an adaptive filter, the measured electric voltage and the intensity of the measured current; and estimating the temperature of the coil on the basis of the value of the estimated resistance.
US11962243B2
A system and method for combining power from DC power sources. Each power source is coupled to a converter. Each converter converts input power to output power by monitoring and maintaining the input power at a maximum power point. Substantially all input power is converted to the output power, and the controlling is performed by allowing output voltage of the converter to vary. The converters are coupled in series. An inverter is connected in parallel with the series connection of the converters and inverts a DC input to the inverter from the converters into an AC output. The inverter maintains the voltage at the inverter input at a desirable voltage by varying the amount of the series current drawn from the converters. The series current and the output power of the converters, determine the output voltage at each converter.
US11962237B2
A charging device may include a Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuit including first to third inductors connected to each of first to third input terminals, and first to third switch legs connected to each of the first to third inductors; and a relay network including a plurality of relays. When the first input terminal, the second input terminal and the third input terminal are connected to each phase of three-phase powers, the relay network connects each phase of the three-phase powers to the corresponding one among the first switch leg, the second switch leg, and the third switch leg, and the PFC circuit is operated as a three-phase boost PFC, when a single-phase power is connected to one among the first input terminal, the second input terminal and the third input terminal, the relay network connects the single-phase power to the first and second switch leg, connects the third switch leg to the neutral point, and the PFC circuit is operated as an interleaved single-phase full-bridge PFC of single inductor type.
US11962235B2
Embodiments are directed to a modular multi-level DC/DC power electronic converter for transferring power from or between a higher-voltage DC network and a lower-voltage DC network. The power electronic converter features a series connection of low-voltage voltage source modules (VSM) and a current source module (CSM). The series connection of the sub-module elements forms a string. The higher-voltage DC network is interfaced to the converter by connecting across the outer terminals of the string. The lower-voltage DC network is interfaced to the converter through the CSM.
US11962229B2
A motor includes a rotor, a stator, a circuit board attached to the stator, a heat dissipation member disposed on a side of the circuit board opposite to the stator, and a resin portion covering the stator, the circuit board, and at least a part of the heat dissipation member.
US11962222B2
The present invention relates to a layout and a drive method of an in-wheel motor used for driving a vehicle. In a vehicle using a direct drive in-wheel motor, there is a problem that mechanical loss is caused by a load on an axle due to a weight of a vehicle body, a direction change during traveling, and the like. A stator of the direct drive in-wheel motor is eccentrically disposed in a half peripheral part on the front side of the vehicle body. A terminal of a stator that generates a rotational torque reaction conflicting with a load applied to an axle during traveling is preferentially activated. A mechanical loss of a direct drive in-wheel motor due to a load on an axle during traveling of a vehicle is reduced.
US11962214B2
In order to provide a transport device having a planar motor, which gives greater flexibility in the movement of the transport units, at least one multiple-action transport unit is provided on the transport device. On the multiple-action transport unit, at least first drive magnets for electromagnetic interaction with the drive coils of a first planar motor and at least second drive magnets for electromagnetic interaction with the drive coils of a second planar motor are provided. The multiple-action transport unit can be moved two-dimensionally on the transport plane of one of the planar motors, or can be moved simultaneously, unidimensionally on neighboring transport planes of the first and second planar motor.
US11962210B2
A stator and a method for producing a stator are provided. For this purpose, a connection element is used which includes multiple busbars and a star bar. The connection element has multiple contact points for the busbars and multiple contact points of the star bar. The connection element surrounds the winding ends of the winding head. The winding ends are bent relative to the contact points of the connection element and contact the contact points electrically, by a bending ridge which is positioned on the connection element.
US11962203B2
Disclosed is a method for monitoring the operation of a drive component. In order to minimize additional hardware complexity, the monitoring method is cared out by a coil that is integrated in a mobile terminal by acquiring an electromagnetic variable of the drive component outside a housing of the drive component by the integrated coil, determining at least one first frequency based on the acquired electromagnetic variable, and determining a first status variable of the drive component from the at least one first frequency.
US11962195B2
A rotary electric machine according to the present disclosure provides a rotary electric machine including: a rotor; and a concentrated winding stator arranged coaxially to the rotor, in which the number of teeth of the concentrated winding stator is set to be a value where an integer which is multiple of 3 between adjacent prime numbers in a prime number sequence is multiplied by 2 and the number of poles of the rotor is set to be a value where any prime number between the adjacent prime numbers is multiplied by 2.
US11962194B2
A rotating electric machine includes a field system and an armature. The field system includes a magnet section having a plurality of magnetic poles whose polarities alternate in a circumferential direction. The armature includes a multi-phase armature coil. Either of the field system and the armature is configured as a rotor. The magnet section is configured to have an easy axis of magnetization oriented such that the closer the position to a d-axis in the circumferential direction, the more the direction of the easy axis of magnetization becomes parallel to the d-axis.
US11962192B2
An electric motor includes: a permanent magnet; a rotor including a first rotor core having a first electrical steel sheet and a second rotor core having a second electrical steel sheet; and a stator including a stator core. The first electrical steel sheet is located outside the stator core. A relationship among a minimum width BL1 of a first left bridge, a thickness tL1 of the first left bridge, a minimum width BR1 of a first right bridge, a thickness tR1 of the first right bridge, a minimum width BL2 of a second left bridge, a thickness tL2 of the second left bridge, a minimum width BR2 of a second right bridge, and a thickness tR2 of the second right bridge satisfies (BL1×tL1+BR1×tR1)>(BL2×tL2+BR2×tR2).
US11962191B2
A rotor includes a rotor core, a first permanent magnet that is W1 mm long in a longitudinal direction, and a second permanent magnet that is W1 mm long in a longitudinal direction. The rotor core includes a first magnet insertion hole, a second magnet insertion hole, and a center lib. The first magnet insertion hole includes a first outside opening part having a radius of curvature of R1 mm, and a first inside opening part having a radius of curvature of R2 mm. The second magnet insertion hole includes a second outside opening part having a radius of curvature of R1 mm, and a second inside opening part having a radius of curvature of R2 mm. The rotor satisfies R1>R2 and 0<(R1+R2)/W1<0.082.
US11962186B2
A rotary electric machine arranged as a brushless electric ring motor is described and includes a rotor that is disposed within a stator and arranged to rotate on a guide element. The rotor has a plurality of ferritic elements arranged on an outer surface, and the stator is an annular device having a plurality of electro-magnetic elements arranged on an inner portion between first and second flanges. The first and second flanges both include an annular ring that is fabricated from a non-magnetic material and has a plurality of ferromagnetic elements. The ferromagnetic elements are magnetically coupled to corresponding ones of the electro-magnetic elements to exert magnetic force on the ferritic elements of the rotor when the electro-magnetic elements are activated. The rotary electric machine may operate as a first thrust generating system that is upstream of a second thrust generating system for a turbojet engine.
US11962170B2
An inverter and power transmission coils are connected such that currents flow in opposite directions to each other when selection switches of respective power transmission coils adjacent to each other, out of a plurality of power transmission coils disposed in the movement direction of a mobile body, are caused to be conductive. The difference in currents flowing in the opposite directions is measured, and compared with a threshold, whereby whether or not a power reception coil mounted to the mobile body is present above the power transmission coil can be determined.
US11962162B2
An accessory device is disclosed. The accessory device may include multiple pockets, or sleeves, designed to carry items, such as an electronic device and a user's personal items (e.g., credits cards, cash, etc.). The accessory device also includes a magnet embedded in a back section, with the magnet designed to align an inductive charging mechanism that can charge the electronic device's battery when the electronic device is positioned within the accessory device. To improve charging efficiency, the back section also includes a structural layer designed to keep the back section flat when the electronic device is positioned within the accessory device. The structural layer can hide/obscure the magnet and other structures. Also, the accessory device includes a wireless communication circuit that can communicate with a corresponding wireless communication circuit in the electronic device, and provide information (e.g., openings and dimensional information of the accessory device) to the electronic device.
US11962160B1
A generator control system capable of realizing series-parallel connection comprises a first generator, a second generator, a first inverter and a second inverter, wherein a power output terminal of the first generator is connected to a power input terminal of the first inverter, and a power output terminal of the second generator is connected to a power input terminal of the second inverter. The generator control system further comprises a series-parallel connection box, and the first inverter and the second inverter are connected to the series-parallel connection box. Various voltages and power can be provided through the change-over switch.
US11962151B2
A system for controlling power supply to a load from a power supply line including a first circuit, at least a second circuit, a control module, and a monitoring module. The first circuit includes a first path for supplying power to the load, and a first switching mechanism for controlling the supply of power through the first path. The second circuit includes a second path for supplying power to the load and a second switching mechanism for controlling the supply of power through the second path. The control module is configured to output control signals to control operations of the circuits to independently switch on or off each of the respective paths. The monitoring module is configured to monitor physical quantity parameters of the paths, to detect deviations of the physical quantity parameter values from respective reference values to check the consistency between the first and second path.
US11962150B1
A method for protecting a power system having inverter-interfaced renewable energy sources is provided. The power system includes an inverter and a control system. The control system includes a current controller including a saturation limiter and a proportional and integral (PI) controller, a phase-locked system, and a low-voltage ride-through (LVRT)control unit. The method includes: by using a Park transformation matrix, determining an output voltage of the inverter; determining a modulated voltage of the output voltage; upon detecting a grid fault, obtaining current references by the LVRT control unit; determining a fault current in a first stage of a transient phase of the grid fault; determining a fault current in a second stage of the transient phase; determining a fault current in a third stage of the transient phase; and switching the control system to a fault control mode by tracking the fault currents in the first, second and third stages, to the current references.
US11962149B2
Systems and methods for configuring, with an external device, a power distribution box having priority disconnects. The power distribution box includes a housing portion and a base portion elevating the housing portion. The power distribution box receives power from an external power source and distributes the power to a plurality of alternating current (AC) output receptacles. The power distribution box further includes an antenna and a power disconnect controller coupled to the antenna to communicate with and be configured by an external device, such as a smart phone, tablet, or laptop computer. Using the external device, a user can configure the priority level and mode of the AC output receptacles. In the case of high current, the power distribution box will disconnect receptacles in accordance with the priority level and mode configuration provided by the external device.
US11962142B2
The present disclosure includes: a power generator; and a power line through which power generated by the power generator is transmitted to a load. The power line between the power generator and the load is provided with: a current limitation device configured to, when detecting occurrence of a fault current, limit the fault current; and a current interruption device configured to interrupt current heading for the load, in conjunction with the limitation of the fault current performed by the current limitation device.
US11962137B2
An electrical junction box mount apparatus including a base for mounting to a mounting surface and a lid sized to seal against the base. The base includes a mounting portion having a penetration area. A periphery of the penetration area is circumscribed via a groove formed into a bottom surface of the base such that upon placing the base on a mounting surface, the groove encloses empty space within the groove against the mounting surface.
US11962115B2
A multifunctional single-interface electronic expansion device, comprising an external electronic expansion device and a power transmitting cable. The external electronic expansion device comprises a device body, an electrical connecting module, a data signal processing module, a power transmitting module, and a first assembling member. The device body comprises a first wall surface and a second wall surface. The electrical connecting module is disposed at the device body and is exposed from the first wall surface to be electrically connected with or detached from an interface of a first electronic device. The data signal processing module is electrically connected with the electrical connecting module. The power transmitting module is electrically connected with the electrical connecting module. The power transmitting module comprises a power transmitting interface exposed from the second wall surface. The first assembling member which may be formed as an annular magnetic attracting body is disposed at the power transmitting interface.
US11962113B2
A connector assembly of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device may be formed by metal in-molding. The connector assembly may include a connector body that is integrally formed. The connector body may include a base portion that is generally cylindrical, a nose portion extending from a first end of the base portion, and at least two slots extending longitudinally through the base portion and on opposing sides of the nose portion. An electrical lead extends through each of the at least two slots.
US11962107B2
An assembly includes a plug at least partially disposed in a cavity of a connector at a front end of the connector. The plug ultrasonically welded to the connector in a configuration. The plug includes an inset portion and a recess formed within the inset portion. The inset portion extends axially into a body of the plug. The recess has a first closed surface forming an outer surface and configured to engage with a tool for aligning the plug with the cavity. The plug encloses the cavity with a second closed surface, such that the cavity is free from receiving a terminal or an electrical wire in the configuration.
US11962097B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to select a plurality of antenna elements of an antenna array, such as to match the angular spread of the antenna array to a deployment scenario, thereby increasing the effective beamforming gain. In the context of a method, a plurality of antenna elements of an active antenna array are selected by separately selecting first, second and third pluralities of antenna elements and obtaining measures of first, second and third signals based upon transmission or reception of signals by the first, second and third pluralities of antenna elements, respectively The method additionally includes processing the measures of the first, second and third signals and determining a sub-army of antenna elements of the active antenna array to be utilized based on the processing of the measures of the first, second and third signals.
US11962096B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first antenna and a second antenna which are disposed near at least one edge of the housing inside the housing and a first distance away from each other, wherein the first antenna and second antenna are positioned different distances away from an edge vertical to the one edge, a communication circuit operatively connected to the first antenna and second antenna, at least one sensor, a processor, and a memory. The memory can store instructions which, when executed, enable the processor to identify the posture of the electronic device by means of at least one sensor, if the identified posture of the electronic device is a landscape state, determine the position of at least one external electronic device on the basis of at least one signal received from the at least one external electronic device, and, if the identified posture of the electronic device is a portrait state, determine the position of an external electronic device on the basis of a signal received from the external electronic device positioned in a direction which is determined on the basis of the placements of the first antenna and second antenna among the at least one external electronic device.
US11962087B2
This document describes a single-layer air waveguide antenna integrated on a circuit board. The waveguide guides electromagnetic energy through channels filled with air. It is formed from a single layer of material, such as a sheet of metal, metal-coated plastic, or other material with conductive surfaces that is attached to a circuit board. A portion of a surface of the circuit board is configured as a floor of the channels filled with air. This floor is an electrical interface between the circuit board and the channels filled with air. The single layer of material is positioned atop this electrical interface to define walls and a ceiling of the channels filled with air. The single layer of material can be secured to the circuit board in various ways. The cost of integrating an air waveguide antenna on to a circuit board this way may be less expensive than other waveguide-manufacturing techniques.
US11962084B2
A flexible antenna is provided. The flexible antenna includes a cable comprising at least one conductor, and an antenna body comprising a protective layer and a flexible circuit layer. The flexible circuit layer including a non-conductive sheet, at least one conductive feed pad and at least one antenna element. The at least one antenna element is formed of a conductive particle based material comprising conductive particles dispersed in a binder so that at least a majority of the conductive particles are adjacent to, but do not touch, one another. The at least one antenna element is disposed between the protective layer and the flexible circuit layer. The at least one conductor of the cable is electrically connected to the at least one feed pad.
US11962080B2
A radome and a method for manufacturing same. A radome apparatus has a radome body having an aperture, a film covering the aperture, and a support installed into the aperture. The film and the support have a low loss at a desired operating frequency. The support provides backing, support, and rigidity for the film so that distortion of the film by weather conditions, such as wind, is reduced. Thus, the integrity of the RF transmission characteristics of the radome are preserved. The aperture, film, and support are in the boresight of an antenna and are large enough to accommodate a desired beam steering range. The radome body may be manufactured with the aperture and the film included therein by using an in-mold labeling process. The support may be installed in the aperture by a subsequent molding process.
US11962074B2
The disclosed mobile electronic device may include a display, an enclosure supporting the display and comprising a conductive portion including at least one inward protrusion, and a ground plane positioned within the enclosure and comprising at least one channel, wherein the at least one inward protrusion extends within the at least one channel of the ground plane and a gap defined between the conductive portion of the enclosure and the ground plane forms a slot antenna that is configured to radiate electromagnetic signals through a portion of the display. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11962070B2
An antenna structure is arranged at an edge region of a shell of a mobile terminal. The antenna structure includes at least one segment of antenna body and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, in which a first surface of the antenna body includes an attachment region attached to the edge region in a conformal manner. The antenna structure further includes a connecting portion connected to the antenna body, at least one of a first surface of the connecting portion and a second surface of the connecting portion being used for electrical connection with a feed unit of the mobile terminal or grounding.
US11962068B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure, a second housing structure, and a foldable housing structure for connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure. The first housing structure and the second housing structure may include a front plate for interconnecting front surfaces with a flexible display, a rear plate which is an opposite surface to the front plate, a side member which surrounds a space between the front plate and the rear plate, and includes at least in part a conductive portion and an insulating portion, a communication circuit and at least one switch electrically connected to the communication circuit.
US11962067B2
An electronic device comprises: a front housing including a display on a front surface; a rear housing located on a rear surface of the front housing; an antenna clip coupled to the rear housing, wherein the antenna clip may comprise: a coupling body coupled to one end of the rear housing; a first contact portion extending from the coupling body and electrically connected to an external radiator, and a second contact portion electrically connected to a circuit board between the front housing and the rear housing. Other various embodiments may be possible.
US11962066B2
A terminal device includes a metal frame. At least two slots are provided on one side of the metal frame; at least two antenna feed points are provided on an inner side wall of the metal frame, and different antenna feed points in the at least two antenna feed points are located on sides of different slots. The terminal device is further provided therein with a signal reflecting wall, and there is a gap between the signal reflecting wall and the at least two slots. The signal reflecting wall is formed by a metal wall of a battery compartment of the terminal device, and the signal reflecting wall is a reflective curved surface that is convex. The metal frame and the signal reflecting wall are electrically connected with a ground plate in the terminal device.
US11962064B2
An RFID tag includes an IC chip on which identification information is recorded, a loop-like conductor that is connected to the IC chip, and an antenna unit that includes two lattice-shaped antenna patterns connected to the loop-like conductor and extending away from each other from the loop-like conductor.
US11962063B2
An antenna structure with multiple frequency capabilities applied to an electronic device includes frame body, first feed point, a first switch point, and second switch point. The frame body has at least one portion made of metal material and defines two gaps. The frame body between gaps form a first radiation portion. The first feed point from a source feeds current and signal to the first radiation portion. The first switch point and the second switch point are located at two ends of the frame body adjacent to the first gap. The first switch point and the second switch point are grounded through a switch circuit.
US11962059B2
Method of operating a power combiner network (1), the power combiner network (1) comprising a power combiner device (10) having N secondary ports (11(1, 2, N)) combining into one primary port (12), wherein respective N secondary port (11(1, 2, . . . , N)) is provided with a phase shifter arrangement (13) and a load control arrangement (14). Respective phase shifter arrangement (13) is configured to set a phase of a signal fed through respective N secondary port (11(1, 2, . . . , N)). Respective load control arrangement (14) is configured to set the N secondary ports (11(1, 2, . . . , N)) in an active or in an inactive operation mode. For I inactive secondary ports (11(1)) the load control arrangement (14) is further configured to set a phase of the signal reflected from the I inactive secondary ports (11(1)). The method comprises the method steps of; step A (100), selecting which of the N secondary ports (11(1, 2, . . . , N)) that should be set in an inactive operation mode and which of the N secondary ports (11(1, 2, . . . , N)) that should be set in an active operation mode, step B (110), setting selected I inactive secondary ports (11(1)) in an inactive operation mode by means of the load control arrangement (14), step C (120), retrieving a phase required for respective I inactive secondary port (11(1)) and retrieving a phase required for respective A active secondary port (11(2)) in order for respective A active secondary port (11(2)) to minimize the reflected signal from the power combiner device (10) and provide desired power to the primary port (12), step D (130), setting respective load control arrangement (14) for respective I inactive secondary port (11(1)) according to respective retrieved phase, and step E (140), setting respective phase shifter arrangement (13) for respective A active secondary port (11(2)) according to respective retrieved phase.
US11962053B2
A contactless datalink for transmission of data between a rotatable part and a stationary part, including a dielectric waveguide split into two sections. A first dielectric waveguide section is at the rotatable part and a second dielectric waveguide section is at the stationary part. The first dielectric waveguide section is coupled to a transmitter and the second dielectric waveguide section is coupled to a receiver.
US11962048B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a control device that controls operation of the fuel cell system based on a measured voltage value measured by a voltage sensor. When the fuel cell system is started and a value measured by a temperature sensor is equal to or less than a temperature determined in advance, the control device raises the voltage of the fuel cell stack until a voltage condition determined in advance is met, by supplying a cathode with an oxidant gas before current sweep is started. The control device sets a voltage command value and a current command value such that an operation point of the fuel cell stack is on an equal power line of the fuel cell stack when the operation point is caused to transition in at least a part of a transition period.
US11962034B2
A separator including: a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores; and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer comprises inorganic particles, core-shell type polymer particles having a core portion and a shell portion surrounding the core portion, and a binder polymer positioned on the whole or a part of the surface of the inorganic particles and core-shell type polymer particles to connect and fix the inorganic particles and core-shell type polymer particles with one another. The core portion has a glass transition temperature, Tg, higher than the shell portion in the core-shell type polymer particles. The ratio of the average diameter of the core-shell type polymer particles to the average diameter of the inorganic particles is 80% to 200%.
US11962018B2
An electrochemical oxygen reduction catalyst comprising platinum-containing nanoparticles and at least one member selected from the group consisting of a melamine compound, a thiocyanuric acid compound, and a polymer containing the melamine compound or the thiocyanuric acid compound as a monomer is an electrochemical oxygen reduction catalyst having a high oxygen reduction activity (small overvoltage).
US11962016B2
A film and a manufacturing process thereof, including a base layer, where each of front and back sides of the base layer is provided with a bonding layer, a functional layer, and a protective layer in sequence; the functional layer is composed of a first composite copper layer and/or a second composite copper layer; the first composite copper layer is formed by repeating copper coating on a surface of the bonding layer 2 to 500 times; and the second composite copper layer is formed by repeating copper coating on a surface of the bonding layer 2 to 500 times. The film has low cost, simple process, and prominent appearance performance, and the present disclosure belongs to the technical field of energy storage unit materials.
US11962004B2
An acidified metal oxide (“AMO”) material, preferably in monodisperse nanoparticulate form 20 nm or less in size, having a pH<7 when suspended in a 5 wt % aqueous solution and a Hammett function H0>−12, at least on its surface. The AMO material is useful in applications such as a battery electrode, catalyst, or photovoltaic component.
US11961999B2
A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte, and the positive electrode includes a substituted barium titanate.
US11961996B2
Provided are: a negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries, which can yield a high-capacity nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent discharge rate characteristics; and a negative electrode for nonaqueous secondary batteries and a nonaqueous secondary battery. Also provided is a nonaqueous secondary battery having excellent charge-discharge efficiency. The negative electrode material for nonaqueous secondary batteries includes carbonaceous particles (A) and silicon oxide particles (B), and satisfies the followings: a) the average particle size (50% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side; d50) is 3 μm to 30 μm, and the 10% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d10) is 0.1 μm to 10 μm; b) the ratio (R1=d90/d10) between the 90% cumulative particle size from the smaller particle side (d90) and the d10 is 3 to 20; and c) the ratio (R2=d50/d10) between the d50 and the d10 is 1.7 to 5.
US11961995B2
A lithium metal composite oxide powder, which comprises primary particles and secondary particles that are aggregates of the primary particles, and has an α-NaFeO2 type crystal structure, wherein a half width (A) of a diffraction peak in a range of 2θ=18.7±1° in a powder X-ray diffraction measurement for the lithium metal composite oxide powder using CuKα ray is 0.135° or more and 0.165° or less, and a c-axis lattice constant of the α-NaFeO2 type crystal structure is 14.178 Å or more and 14.235 Å or less.
US11961989B2
A control method for a fuel cell system, the fuel cell system including a hydrogen storage part and a fuel cell stack that generates electric power using hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen storage part, the fuel cell system being mounted on a towed portion of a moving body that includes the towed portion and a towing portion, the fuel cell system being electrically connected to the towing portion, the towing portion including a battery and a drive device performing driving in response to supply of electric power, the towed portion being towed by the towing portion, the control method includes: acquiring remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of the battery, and starting supply of electric power to the towing portion when it is determined that the remaining amount of the battery is equal to or less than a threshold based on the remaining amount information.
US11961988B1
A semiconductor-based battery system comprising a primary battery that spontaneously provides power that in embodiments trickle-charges a secondary battery. The battery obtains power as heat from the surrounding environment. The primary battery is powered through internal blackbody radiation, which cools a micro-platform and provides thermoelectric power at all temperatures above absolute zero with available power increasing with temperature. Lifetime of the primary battery is not limited by electrochemical degradation over time. In embodiments, the primary battery powers an application device directly without a secondary battery.
US11961981B2
Provided are a pouch case and a secondary battery using the same. The pouch case includes a first receiving part and a second receiving part which are concavely formed; a sealing part formed along an outer portion of the pouch case so as to surround the first receiving part and the second receiving part; and a partitioning part formed between the first receiving part and the second receiving part and protruding from a bottom surface of each receiving part to partition the first receiving part and the second receiving part. As one side surface of the secondary battery in which an electrode assembly is received and packaged in the pouch case is formed in a plane form, a flat side surface is in close contact with a cooling plate, thereby maximizing cooling efficiency of the secondary battery.
US11961975B2
The present disclosure is generally related to separators for use in lithium metal batteries, and associated systems and products. Certain embodiments are related to separators that form or are repaired when an electrode is held at a voltage. In some embodiments, an electrochemical cell may comprise an electrolyte that comprises a precursor for the separator.
US11961974B2
A battery cell capable of self-priming with molten metal produced within the battery cell includes a cathode compartment configured to contain a catholyte that releases metal ions, an anode compartment at least partially containing an anode current collector that receives electrons from an external power supply, an ion-selective membrane positioned between the cathode compartment and the anode compartment and configured to selectively transport the metal ions from the cathode compartment to the anode compartment when self-priming the battery cell, and an electron transport structure extending between the anode current collector and the ion-selective membrane within the anode compartment and configured to transport the electrons from the anode current collector to the ion-selective membrane when self-priming the battery cell. Self-priming includes combining the electrons with the metal ions arriving at an interface between the electron transport structure and the ion-selective membrane to produce the molten metal within the anode compartment.
US11961966B2
Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte, comprising a solvent, a lithium salt, an additive A and an additive B, the additive A is selected from compound represented by structural formula 1, and the additive B is selected from one or more of compounds represented by structural formula 2 and structural formula 3: R1 is an alkenyl with 2-5 carbon atoms or an alkynyl with 2-5 carbon atoms, R2 is a fluoroalkyl with 1-5 carbon atoms, R3 is an alkyl with 1-4 carbon atoms, an aryl with 6-10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl with 2-5 carbon atoms, an alkynyl with 2-5 carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl with 1-5 carbon atoms. Meanwhile, the invention also discloses a lithium ion battery comprising the non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte provided by the invention can effectively give consideration to both high and low temperature performances of the battery.
US11961964B2
A method of producing a lithium-ion secondary battery includes the following (α) and (β): (α) preparing a lithium-ion secondary battery, the lithium-ion secondary battery including at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution; and (β) adding a zwitterionic compound to the electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes at least a negative electrode active material and a film. The film is formed on a surface of the negative electrode active material. The film contains a lithium compound. The zwitterionic compound contains a phosphonium cation or an ammonium cation and a carboxylate anion in one molecule.
US11961962B2
A solid ion conductor compound including Li, Ho, and a halogen element, wherein the compound has diffraction peaks at 30°2θ to 33°2θ, 33°2θ to 36°2θ, 40°2θ to 44°2θ, and 48°2θ to 52°28θ, when analyzed using CuKα radiation, and wherein a full width at half maximum of at least one peak at 40°2θ to 44°2θ is 0.3°2θ or greater.
US11961956B2
A cylindrical secondary battery module includes: a plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells respectively having a battery case in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated; a cell frame at which the plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed; and a lid coupled to the cell frame and having a flame outlet. The cell frame includes: a plurality of plate members bent and coupled to intersect each other; and a space formed between the plurality of plate members so that the cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed therein.
US11961950B2
A display device comprises a substrate, a semiconductor layer thereon, a first insulating layer on the semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer on the first insulating layer and including a first electrode pattern, a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and including first and second conductive patterns, a third insulating layer on the second conductive layer, and a display element layer on the third insulating layer and including a first pixel electrode connected to the first conductive pattern through a first via hole, a second pixel electrode connected to the second conductive pattern through a second via hole, and a micro light-emitting element between the pixel electrodes, the first conductive pattern contacting the semiconductor layer through a first contact hole and the first electrode pattern through a second contact hole, and the second conductive pattern overlapping the first electrode pattern to form a first capacitor therewith.
US11961948B2
An optical semiconductor device includes: a mesa that is provided on a surface in a <011> direction of a semiconductor substrate having a (100) plane orientation and being of a first conductivity type, and includes a first cladding layer of the first conductivity type, an active layer, and a second cladding layer of a second conductivity type; a semi-insulating buried layer that buries both sides of the mesa, is provided on the semiconductor substrate, and includes a first region and a second region farther from the mesa than the first region; an insulation film provided on the first and second regions of the buried layer; and an electrode provided on the mesa and the insulation film on the first region; wherein a surface of the first region is at a height equal to or lower than a surface of the mesa, and lowers at farther distances from the mesa.
US11961943B2
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor structure including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer; a first electrode provided on a first surface of the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode provided on a first surface of the second semiconductor layer, the active layer being provided between the first surface of the first semiconductor layer and a second surface of the second semiconductor layer that is opposite to the first surface of the second semiconductor layer; a first insulation layer provided on the first surface of the first semiconductor layer, the first surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a side surface of the active layer; a first cover electrode provided on the first electrode; a second cover electrode provided on the second electrode, a second insulation layer provided on the first cover electrode, the second cover electrode, and the first insulation layer, wherein: the second insulation layer includes a first opening over the first cover electrode and a second opening over the second cover electrode, and a plan view of the semiconductor includes a light emitting region that includes a surface of the second cover electrode in the second opening of the second insulation layer, and a non-light emitting region that includes a surface of the first cover electrode in the second opening of the first insulation layer, and a first area of the non-light emitting region is smaller than a second area of the light emitting region.
US11961942B2
The semiconductor light-emitting element includes an n-type semiconductor layer; an active layer on the n-type semiconductor layer; a p-type semiconductor layer on the active layer; a p-side contact electrode in contact with the p-type semiconductor layer; a p-side current diffusion layer on the p-side contact electrode; an n-side contact electrode in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer; and an n-side current diffusion layer that includes a first current diffusion layer on the n-side contact electrode, and a second current diffusion layer on the first current diffusion layer, and including a TiN layer. A height difference between upper surfaces of the p-side contact electrode and the first current diffusion layer is 100 nm or smaller; and a height difference between upper surfaces of the p-side current diffusion layer and the second current diffusion layer is 100 nm or smaller.
US11961934B2
In the field of photoelectric devices, a visible light detector is provided with high-photoresponse based on a TiO2/MoS2 heterojunction and a preparation method thereof. The detector, based on a back-gated field-effect transistor based on MoS2, includes a MoS2 channel, a TiO2 modification layer, a SiO2 dielectric layer, Au source/drain electrodes and a Si gate electrode, The TiO2 modification layer is modified on the surface of the MoS2 channel. By employing micromechanical exfoliation and site-specific transfer of electrodes, the method is intended to prepare a detector by constructing a back-gated few-layer field-effect transistor based on MoS2, depositing Ti on the channel surface, and natural oxidation.
US11961910B2
A ferroelectric capacitor or a ferroelectric transistor may include a first metal layer having a first metal having a first work function, and a second metal layer having a second metal having a second work function. The capacitor may also include a a vertical electrode and a ferroelectric material that surrounds the vertical electrode and forms a plurality of switching regions in the ferroelectric material. The transistor may include a vertical channel, a vertical buffer layer that surround the vertical channel, and a ferroelectric material that surrounds the vertical buffer layer and forms a plurality of gate regions in the ferroelectric material.
US11961909B2
Semiconductor device includes a well region formed in an active region of a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed on the well region via a gate dielectric film, and a source region and a drain region formed in the well region. At the vicinity of both end portions of the active region in the first direction, a first region and a second region having the same conductivity type as the well region and having impurity concentration higher than that of the well region are formed in the well region. The first region and the second region are spaced from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and at least a portion of each of them is located under the gate electrode. The first region and the second region are not formed at the center portion of the active region in the first direction.
US11961907B2
A transistor includes a trench formed in a semiconductor substrate. A conductive spacer is formed in the trench and offset from a first sidewall of the trench. A dielectric material is formed in the trench and surrounds the conductive spacer. A drift region is formed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the first sidewall and a first portion of a second sidewall of the trench. A drain region is formed in the drift region adjacent to a second portion of the second sidewall. A first gate region overlaps a portion of the drift region and is formed separate from the conductive spacer.
US11961900B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes device fins formed on a substrate; fill fins formed on the substrate and disposed among the device fins; and gate stacks formed on the device fins and the fill fins. The fill fins include a first dielectric material layer and a second dielectric material layer deposited on the first dielectric material layer. The first and second dielectric material layers are different from each other in composition.
US11961897B2
A first fin structure is disposed over a substrate. The first fin structure contains a semiconductor material. A gate dielectric layer is disposed over upper and side surfaces of the first fin structure. A gate electrode layer is formed over the gate dielectric layer. A second fin structure is disposed over the substrate. The second fin structure is physically separated from the first fin structure and contains a ferroelectric material. The second fin structure is electrically coupled to the gate electrode layer.
US11961890B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer and a gate structure on the semiconductor layer. The gate structure includes a multi-stepped gate dielectric on the semiconductor layer and a gate electrode on the multi-stepped gate dielectric. The multi-stepped gate dielectric includes a first gate dielectric segment having a first thickness and a second gate dielectric segment having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
US11961887B2
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The device includes a plurality of semiconductor layers and a gate electrode layer surrounding each semiconductor layer of the plurality of semiconductor layers. The gate electrode layer includes a first part, and a second part below the first part, the second part comprises a first portion, wherein an exterior surface of the first portion has a first radius of curvature, and a second portion below the first portion, and a third portion below the second portion, wherein an exterior surface of the third portion having a second radius of curvature different than the first radius of curvature.
US11961881B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a semiconductor substrate, which at least includes discrete conducting layers in the semiconductor substrate; forming discretely arranged supporting structures on the semiconductor substrate, capacitor openings being included between the supporting structures; forming lower electrodes on sidewalls of the supporting structures, the lower electrodes being electrically connected with the conducting layers; forming a capacitor dielectric layer covering tops of the supporting structures, sidewalls of the lower electrodes, and bottoms of the capacitor openings; and forming an upper electrode covering the capacitor dielectric layer, to form capacitor structures.
US11961876B2
A display apparatus includes a display substrate, and light emitting devices arranged on an upper surface of the display substrate. At least one of the light emitting devices includes a first LED unit including a first light emitting stack, a second LED unit including a second light emitting stack, and a third LED unit including a third light emitting stack. Each of the first to third light emitting stacks includes a first conductivity type semiconductor layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer. the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer in each of the first to third light emitting stacks are stacked in a horizontal direction with respect to the upper surface of the display substrate. At least one of the second conductivity type semiconductor layers in the first to third light emitting stacks is divided into two regions.
US11961863B2
An imaging element including: a photoelectric conversion layer including a compound semiconductor material; a contact layer disposed to be stacked on the photoelectric conversion layer and including a diffusion region of first electrically-conductive type impurities in a selective region; a first insulating layer provided to be opposed to the photoelectric conversion layer with the contact layer interposed therebetween and having a first opening at a position facing the diffusion region; and a second insulating layer provided to be opposed to the contact layer with the first insulating layer interposed therebetween and having a second opening that communicates with the first opening and is smaller than the first opening.
US11961860B2
Provided are a structural body including: a light detection layer 10, a color separation layer 20 provided on a light incident side of the light detection layer 10, and an optical waveguide layer 30 provided on the light incident side of the light detection layer 10 and provided on at least one selected from a light incident side of the color separation layer 20 or a light transmitting side of the color separation layer 20, in which the optical waveguide layer 30 is a layer which transmits light incident at an angle of 0° to 40° with respect to a normal line of a light receiving surface 10a of the light detection layer 10 by changing a traveling angle of the incident light to an angle of 0° to 1° with respect to the normal line of the light receiving surface 10a of the light detection layer 10; and a solid-state imaging element and an image display device including the structural body.
US11961859B2
Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
US11961855B2
An image sensing device includes a first subpixel block, a second subpixel block, a first conversion gain transistor, and a second conversion gain transistor. The first subpixel block includes a first floating diffusion region and a plurality of unit pixels sharing the first floating diffusion region. The second subpixel block includes a second floating diffusion region coupled to the first floating diffusion region and a plurality of unit pixels sharing the second floating diffusion region. The first conversion gain transistor includes a first impurity region coupled to the first and second floating diffusion regions and a second impurity region coupled to a first conversion gain capacitor. The second conversion gain transistor includes a third impurity region coupled to the second impurity region of the first conversion gain transistor and a fourth impurity region coupled to a second conversion gain capacitor.
US11961854B2
A semiconductor device, including a dielectric layer and a semiconductor substrate, is provided. The dielectric layer has a convexity or a concavity. The semiconductor substrate includes a first type semiconductor layer and a second type semiconductor layer sequentially stacked on the dielectric layer. The first type semiconductor layer is disposed on the convexity or the concavity. A top surface and a bottom surface of the first type semiconductor layer are protruded according to the convexity or recessed according to the concavity. A bottom surface of the second type semiconductor layer is protruded according to the convexity or recessed according to the concavity.
US11961848B2
Disclosed are a display substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device. The display substrate comprises: a substrate base, and an active layer, a gate insulating layer, a first metal film layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a second metal film layer, and a passivation layer stacked in sequence on the substrate base. The first metal film layer comprises a pattern of a gate and a gate line. The second metal film layer comprises a pattern of a source/drain and a data line. The gate line and the data line are partially arranged opposite to each other. An oxide metal layer is provided on the surface of the side of the region of the gate line opposite to the data line facing the data line.
US11961837B2
In certain examples, methods and semiconductor structures are directed to an integrated circuit (IC) having a diamond layer section and a GaN-based substrate being monolithically integrated or bonded as part of the same IC. In a specific example, the GaN-based substrate includes GaN, AlxGayN (0
US11961830B2
A module includes: a board having a first surface; a first component and a second component mounted on the first surface; and a wire disposed to extend across the first component and having one end and the other end. The one end is connected to the second component. The wire is grounded.
US11961826B2
Bonded wafer device structures, such as a wafer-on-wafer (WoW) structures, and methods of fabricating bonded wafer device structures, including an array of contact pads formed in an interconnect level of at least one wafer of the bonded wafer device structure. The array of contact pads formed in an interconnect level of at least one wafer may have an array pattern that corresponds to an array pattern of contact pads that is subsequently formed over a surface of the bonded wafer structure. The array of contact pads formed in an interconnect level of at least one wafer of the bonded wafer device structure may enable improved testing of individual wafers, including circuit probe testing, prior to the wafer being stacked and bonded to one or more additional wafers to form a bonded wafer structure.
US11961823B1
Examples described herein generally relate to forming and/or configuring a die stack in a multi-chip device. An example is a method of forming a multi-chip device. Dies are formed. At least two or more of the dies are interchangeable. Characteristics of the at least two or more of the dies that are interchangeable are determined. A die stack comprising the at least two or more of the dies that are interchangeable is formed. Respective placements within the die stack of the at least two or more of the dies that are interchangeable are based on the characteristics.
US11961820B2
A method for producing a connection between component parts and a component made of component parts are disclosed. In an embodiment, a includes providing a first component part having a first exposed insulation layer and a second component part having a second exposed insulation layer, wherein each of the insulation layers has at least one opening, joining together the first and second component parts such that the opening of the first insulation layer and the opening of the second insulation layer overlap in top view, wherein an Au layer and a Sn layer are arranged one above the other in at least one of the openings and melting the Au layer and the Sn layer to form an AuSn alloy, wherein the AuSn alloy forms a through-via after cooling electrically conductively connecting the first component part to the second component part.
US11961806B2
A semiconductor device may include a substrate including a first region and a second region and a first active pattern on the first region. The first active pattern may include a pair of first source/drain patterns and a first channel pattern therebetween, and the first channel pattern may include a plurality of first semiconductor patterns stacked on the substrate. The semiconductor device may further include a first gate electrode, which is provided on the first channel patterns, and a supporting pattern, which is provided on side surfaces of the plurality of first semiconductor patterns to connect the side surfaces of the plurality of first semiconductor patterns to each other.
US11961805B2
A packaged radio-frequency device is disclosed, including a packaging substrate configured to receive one or more components, the packaging substrate including a first side and a second side. A shielded package may be implemented on the first side of the packaging substrate, the shielded package including a first circuit and a first overmold structure, the shielded package configured to provide radio-frequency shielding for at least a portion of the first circuit. A set of through-mold connections may be implemented on the second side of the packaging substrate, the set of through-mold connections defining a mounting volume on the second side of the packaging substrate. The device may include a component implemented within the mounting volume and a second overmold structure substantially encapsulating one or more of the component or the set of through-mold connections.
US11961801B2
Integrated circuitry comprises two three-dimensional (3D) array regions individually comprising tiers of electronic components. A stair-step region is between the two 3D-array regions. First stair-step structures alternate with second stair-step structures along a first direction within the stair-step region. The first stair-step structures individually comprise two opposing first flights of stairs in a first vertical cross-section along the first direction. The stairs in the first flights each have multiple different-depth treads in a second vertical cross-section that is along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The second stair-step structures individually comprise two opposing second flights of stairs in the first vertical cross-section. The stairs in the second flights each have only a single one tread along the second direction. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US11961782B2
In a general aspect, an electronic device assembly can include a semiconductor device assembly including a ceramic substrate; a patterned metal layer disposed on a first surface of the ceramic substrate; and a semiconductor die disposed on the patterned metal layer. The electronic device assembly can also include a thermal dissipation appliance. Ceramic material of a second surface of the ceramic substrate can be direct-bonded to a surface of the thermal dissipation appliance. The second surface of the ceramic substrate can be opposite the first surface of the ceramic substrate.
US11961779B2
A package includes a substrate having a conductive layer, and the conductive layer comprises an exposed portion. A die stack is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. A high thermal conductivity material is disposed over the substrate and contacting the exposed portion of the conductive layer. The package further includes a contour ring over and contacting the high thermal conductivity material.
US11961773B2
A method of etching into a one or more epitaxial layers of respective semiconductor material(s) in a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) semiconductor structure, wherein the or each semiconductor material is a III-V semiconductor material, a III-N semiconductor material, or a II-VI semiconductor material is disclosed. The method comprises placing a substrate having the semiconductor structure thereon onto a support table in a plasma processing chamber, the semiconductor structure carrying a patterned mask on the surface of the semiconductor structure distal from the support table. The method also includes process steps of establishing a flow of an etch gas mixture through the plasma processing chamber and generating a plasma within the plasma processing chamber and simultaneously applying a radio frequency (RF) bias voltage to the support table; whereby the portion(s) of the semiconductor structure not covered by the patterned mask are exposed to the etch gas mixture plasma and are thereby etched to form at least one feature in the semiconductor structure; wherein more than 90% of the etch gas mixture consists of a mixture of silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) and nitrogen (N2).
US11961772B2
The present application relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing technologies, and in particular to a method and an apparatus for automatically processing wafers. The method for automatically processing the wafers includes the following steps: providing several wafers, wherein the wafers operate on a primary path, and the primary path is a path for forming semiconductor structures on the surfaces of the wafers; determining whether there is a need for detecting defects of the wafers, and if yes, automatically switching an operating path of the wafers to a secondary path; detecting the defects of the wafers in the secondary path; and determining whether the defect detection on the wafers is finished, and if yes, automatically switching the operating path of the wafers to the primary path. The application makes it possible to automatically detect the defects of the wafers with different SWR conditions, thereby improving the automation degree of machines.
US11961771B2
There is provided a laminated sheet with which the electrical inspection of a redistribution layer formed later can be efficiently performed, while the laminated sheet is in the form of a sheet useful for the formation of a redistribution layer. This laminated sheet includes a carrier with a release function; a first electrically conductive film provided on the carrier with the release function; an insulating film provided on the first electrically conductive film; and a second electrically conductive film provided on the insulating film. The second electrically conductive film is used for formation of a redistribution layer, and the first electrically conductive film, the insulating film, and the second electrically conductive film function as a capacitor for performing electrical inspection of the redistribution layer.
US11961758B2
An apparatus for transferring a substrate to a substrate processing chamber includes: a substrate transfer chamber including a floor surface portion having a traveling surface-side magnet provided therein and a sidewall portion having an opening for transferring the substrate therethrough; a substrate transfer module including a substrate holder and a floating body-side magnet acting a repulsive force with the traveling surface-side magnet, and configured to be movable on a traveling surface formed in a region provided with the traveling surface-side magnet by magnetic floating using the repulsive force; the substrate processing chamber connected to the substrate transfer chamber via a gate valve constituting a non-traveling region in which the substrate transfer module is not movable by the magnetic floating; and a transfer assist mechanism for assisting the transfer of the substrate by the substrate transfer module between the substrate transfer chamber and the substrate processing chamber via the non-traveling region.
US11961749B2
A device for detecting whether a wafer is present on a clamping jaw and detecting whether the wafer is parallel to a bottom of the clamping jaw. The device for detecting a wafer comprises: a wafer parallel measuring unit arranged in a CMP cleaning and drying device, and used for emitting a parallel measuring laser beam parallel to the bottom of the clamping jaw and receiving the parallel measuring laser beam; a wafer detection unit used for emitting a wafer detecting laser beam to the wafer and receiving the wafer detecting laser beam; and a detection processing unit electrically connected to the wafer parallel measuring unit and the wafer detection unit, and used for determining whether the wafer is present on the clamping jaw and whether the wafer is parallel to the bottom of the clamping jaw according to the received wafer detecting laser beam and parallel measuring laser beam.
US11961714B2
A substrate processing apparatus comprises a chamber member that defines an interior volume that has an aspect ratio. The chamber member comprises a pair of laterally opposing inlet walls and a loading port. Each of the pair of laterally opposing inlet walls has an inlet port configured to receive output from a remote plasma source. The loading port is arranged between the pair of inlet walls, configured to allow passage of a substrate into the interior volume.
US11961708B2
Position shifts caused by charging phenomena can be corrected with high accuracy. A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an exposure-amount distribution calculator calculating an exposure amount distribution of a charged particle beam using a pattern density distribution and a dose distribution, a fogging charged particle amount distribution calculator calculating a plurality of fogging charged particle amount distributions by convoluting each of a plurality of distribution functions for fogging charged particles with the exposure amount distribution, a charge-amount distribution calculator calculating a charge amount distribution due to direct charge using the pattern density distribution, the dose distribution, and the exposure amount distribution, and calculating a plurality of charge amount distributions due to fogging charge using the plurality of fogging charged particle amount distributions, a position shift amount calculator calculating a position shift amount of a writing position based on the charge amount distribution due to direct charge and the plurality of charge amount distributions due to fogging charge, a corrector correcting an exposure position using the position shift amount, and a writer exposing the corrected exposure position to a charged particle beam.
US11961688B2
A keycap includes a keycap body with a top surface and a top periphery region extending around the top surface. A recessed area extends across the top surface inward of the top periphery region, with the top periphery region being elevated relative to the recessed area. The keycap also includes a set of grooves extending from the recessed area and across at least a portion of the top periphery region.
US11961681B2
A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes alternately disposed with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and an external electrode disposed on the capacitor body to be connected to one or more of the internal electrodes. Porosity of ends of the internal electrodes is less than 50% on an interfacial surface between a margin of the capacitor body in a width direction the capacitor body and the internal electrodes.
US11961678B2
A film capacitor device includes a film stack with metal strips including adjacent metal strips in 180° opposite orientations in a direction in which the metal strips continuously extend, metal-sprayed electrodes on a pair of end faces of the film stack, and conductors extending continuously in a stacking direction on a pair of end faces (cut surfaces) different from the pair of end faces on which the metal-sprayed electrodes are located.
US11961674B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer structure in which dielectric layers and internal electrode layers are alternately stacked; wherein a main component of the dielectric layers is a ceramic material having a main phase having a perovskite structure (ABO3) wherein a B site includes an element solid-solved in the B site and acting as a donor; wherein an A site and the B site of the ceramic material includes a rare earth element, wherein (an amount of the rare earth element substitutionally solid-solved in the A site)/(an amount of the rare earth element substitutionally solid-solved in the B site) is 0.75 or more and 1.25 or less. The amount of the element acting as the donor in the B site is 0.05 to 0.3 atm % relative to a main component element of the B site.
US11961673B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body comprising dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes laminatedly disposed in a third direction with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and first electrode and second external electrodes disposed on both surfaces of the ceramic body in the first direction and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes. When an absolute value of a horizontal angle in the second direction of the first internal electrode with respect to the first surface of the ceramic body is referred to a first angle of the internal electrode, a total sum of the first angles is less than 10°.
US11961645B2
A coil component is capable of suppressing permeation of liquid or gas into a magnetic portion and increasing mechanical strength of the magnetic portion. A coil component includes a magnetic portion including soft magnetic metal particles having an insulating oxide layer on a surface thereof, with the soft magnetic metal particles being bonded to each other with the insulating oxide layer interposed therebetween; and a coil portion provided inside or on the surface of the magnetic portion. A mixture containing a resin and inorganic particles is disposed between the soft magnetic metal particles.
US11961637B1
This disclosure relates to a stretchable composite electrode and a fabricating method thereof, and particularly relates to a stretchable composite electrode including a silver nanowire layer and a flexible polymer film and a fabricating method thereof.
US11961626B2
A fiber optic based particle manipulation system employs one or more optical fibers for emanating a refracted optical manipulation signal directed at a target particle for fixing or manipulating the particle for examination, research and manufacturing. A target particle may be a living cell or inanimate sample or compound of matter. An alignment linkage controls optical fibers carrying the manipulation signal for focusing one or more manipulation signals on the target particle. Manipulated particles occupy a fluid medium of either liquid or gas, and are responsive to the manipulation signal based on both photon bombardment and temperature differential from photon contact. The temperature differential is based on surface properties of the target particle, as smooth particles tend to exhibit a greater thermal differential for stronger displacement forces driving or affecting the target particle.
US11961625B2
A nuclear reactor protection system includes a plurality of functionally independent modules, each of the modules configured to receive a plurality of inputs from a nuclear reactor safety system, and logically determine a safety action based at least in part on the plurality of inputs, each of the functionally independent modules comprising a digital module or a combination digital and analog module, an analog module electrically coupled to one or more of the functionally independent modules, and one or more nuclear reactor safety actuators communicably coupled to the plurality of functionally independent modules to receive the safety action determination based at least in part on the plurality of inputs.
US11961624B2
The invention integrates emerging applications, tools and techniques for machine learning in medicine with videoconference networking technology in novel business methods that support rapid adaptive learning for medical minds and machines. These methods can leverage domain knowledge and clinical expertise with networked cognitive collaboration, augmented clinical intelligence and cybernetic workflow streams for learning health care systems. The invention enables multimodal clinical communications, collaboration, consultation and instruction between and among heterogeneous networked teams of persons, machines, devices, neural networks, robots and algorithms. It provides for both synchronous and asynchronous cognitive collaboration with multichannel, multiplexed imagery data streams during various stages of medical disease and injury management—detection, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, measurement, monitoring and reporting, as well as workflow optimization with operational analytics for outcomes, performance, results, resource utilization, resource consumption and costs. The invention enables cognitively-enriched, annotation and tagging, as well as encapsulation, saving and sharing of collaborated imagery data streams as packetized clinical intelligence.
US11961618B2
The present invention provides a task interaction network which can jointly perform, based on multi parametric-magnetic resonance imaging scan images, a segmentation task to locate prostate cancer areas and a classification task to access aggressiveness of lesions. The task interaction network comprises a backbone network, an auxiliary segmentation branch, a classification branch having a lesion awareness module, and a main segmentation branch having a category allocation module. The auxiliary segmentation branch is utilized to predict an initial lesion mask as location guidance information for the classification branch to perform the classification task. The lesion awareness module is configured to refine the initial lesion mask to make it more accurate. Moreover, weights used in classification branch can serve as the category prototypes for generating category guidance features via the category allocation module to assist the main segmentation branch to perform the segmentation task.
US11961613B2
An inventory system includes one or more shelving units and an inventory computing system. The shelving units each include shelves for storing medical supplies, a control system, and a communications interface. The shelves include shelf locations that each include one or more weight sensors for measuring weight thereon. The control system is in communication with the weight sensors for receiving measurement signals therefrom and causing the communications interface to send weight measurements for each of the shelf locations of each of the shelves determined according to the measurement signals. The inventory computing system is in communication with each of the shelving units via a network to receive the weight measurements for the shelf locations. The inventory computing system determines quantities of the medical supplies stored on each of the shelf locations according to the one or more weight measurements.
US11961610B2
A digital communication module for transmission of data from a medical device is disclosed. In an example, a digital communication apparatus includes an input interface configured for communicative coupling to a medical device and an output interface configured for communicative coupling to a medical network. A processor of the digital communication apparatus receives a configuration file that specifies one input port of the input interface and at least one output port of the output interface, a first data format, and a second data format. The processor installs drivers for the input and output ports specified by the configuration file, provisions the input interface with the specified input port to receive medical data from the medical device in the first data format, and provisions the output interface with the at least one specified output port to transmit the received medical data using the first data format and the second data format.
US11961607B2
Systems and methods for a digital image transfer system for guaranteed high speed and failsafe transfer and deep learning analysis of complicated digital images. In particular, the transfer methods and systems are suited for medical images, such as CT and MR scans, especially when a large number of images needs to be transferred and looked at immediately, such as when a patient is acute danger of life.
US11961603B2
A computer-implemented system includes one or more processing devices configured to receive attribute data associated with a user, generate, based on at least one of a first bariatric procedure to be performed on the user and a second bariatric procedure already performed on the user, a selected set of the attribute data, determine, based on the selected set of the attribute data, at least one of a first probability of being eligible for the first bariatric procedure to be performed on the user and a second probability of improving a bariatric condition of the user subsequent to the second bariatric procedure being performed on the user, and generate, based on the at least one of the first probability and the second probability, a treatment plan that includes one or more exercises directed to modifying the at least one of the first probability and the second probability, and a treatment apparatus configured for implementation of the treatment plan.
US11961600B2
A supplementary device configured to be releasably attached to an injection device includes at least one wireless communication unit and at least one sensor, wherein the supplementary device is configured to activate the at least one sensor in response to receipt via the at least one wireless communication unit of a wireless communication from an external device, following activation, to use the at least one sensor to detect the start of an injection by the injection device, and to communicate, via the at least one wireless communication unit, the start of the injection to the external device.
US11961599B2
One variation of a method for accessing medication parameters for prescription medications includes: reading a unique identifier from a medication cartridge installed in a medication dispenser; based on the unique identifier and a dispenser identifier assigned to the medication dispenser, confirming assignment of the medication cartridge to the medication dispenser; based on the dispenser identifier, retrieving medication parameters for a medication contained in the medication cartridge; and at the medication dispenser, outputting a dynamic visual queue to consume a dose of the medication from the medication cartridge during a medication window, the medication window of a duration based on the medication parameters.
US11961597B1
Technologies and techniques for optimizing a patient overview in a user interface (UI), utilizing at least one processor. An optimize request is received including an optimization level from a user via the UI, selecting predetermined patient information associated with the received optimization level, and displaying an optimized patient overview containing the selected certain patient information to the user.
US11961586B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a logic control circuit to which a signal is input; a timing information storage circuit configured to store timing information related to a start timing of correction processing that corrects a duty cycle of the signal; and a sequencer configured to start execution of the correction processing based on the timing information when a command related to the execution of the correction processing is received.
US11961583B2
In one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory chips, at least one of the memory chips including a first controller configured to be shifted to a wait state of generating a peak current, before generating the peak current in accordance with a command. The device further includes a control chip including a second controller configured to search a state of the first controller and control, based on a result of searching the state of the first controller, whether or not to issue a cancel instruction for the wait state to the first controller that has been shifted to the wait state.
US11961578B2
A memory device includes a data array, a parity array and an ECC circuit. The ECC circuit is coupled to the data array and the parity array. In a first test mode, the ECC function of the ECC circuit is disabled, and in a second test mode, the ECC circuit directly accesses the parity array to read or write parity information through the parity array.
US11961572B2
A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines including at least one edge word line and other data word lines. The memory cells are arranged in strings and are configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to data states. The strings are organized in rows and a control means is coupled to the word lines and the strings and identifies the at least one edge word line. The control means programs the memory cells of the strings in particular ones of the rows and associated with the at least one edge word line to have an altered distribution of the threshold voltage for one or more of the data states compared to the memory cells of the strings not in particular ones of the rows and not associated with the at least one edge word line during a program operation.
US11961570B2
In one aspect, a method for NOR flash cell-array programming in a neural circuit includes the step of erasing a cell array. The method includes the step of programming a set of reference cells of a reference cell array to a target reference threshold voltage (Vt_ref). The method includes the step of generating, with the reference cells, a current or voltage, reference signal. The method includes the step of using the reference signal to bias the neural cells during verification of program state of the neural cells to achieve their respective target threshold voltages (Vt_cell). The method includes the step of programming a set of neural cells of a neural cell array to their respective target threshold voltages.
US11961556B2
Methods, systems, and devices supporting a socket design for a memory device are described. A die may include one or more memory arrays, which each may include any number of word lines and any number of bit lines. The word lines and the bit lines may be oriented in different directions, and memory cells may be located at the intersections of word lines and bit lines. Sockets may couple the word lines and bit lines to associated drivers, and the sockets may be located such that memory cells farther from a corresponding word line socket are nearer a corresponding bit line socket, and vice versa. For example, sockets may be disposed in rows or regions that are parallel to one another, and which may be non-orthogonal to the corresponding word lines and bit lines.
US11961552B2
A memory device includes a plurality of bit lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction; and a cell region including a plane which is coupled to the plurality of bit lines, wherein the plane is divided into a plurality of memory groups each including a plurality of partial pages to be disposed in a plurality of rows in the first direction.
US11961549B2
A data storage device may include a storage including a plurality of storage regions each composed of a plurality of pages; and a controller. The controller is configured to select a plurality of target open regions from open regions among the storage regions on the basis of health information of the open regions, in each of which a programmed page and an unprogrammed page coexist, and perform control so that refresh operations for the respective target open regions are performed in a time-distributed manner.
US11961547B2
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques for memory system refresh are described. In some cases, a memory system may prioritize refreshing blocks of memory cells containing control information for the file system of the memory system. For example, the memory system may identify a block of memory cells containing control information and adjust an error threshold for refreshing the blocks of memory cells to be lower than an error threshold for refreshing the blocks of memory cells containing data other than control information. Additionally or alternatively, the memory system may perform a refresh control operation for the block of memory cells with a higher frequency (e.g., more frequently) than for other blocks of memory cells.
US11961540B2
The present disclosure relates to electronic devices that include a composition that actively generates a gaseous oxidizing agent component within the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also relates to electronic devices that include a container that includes a gaseous oxidizing agent component in a manner that the gaseous oxidizing component can transfer from the container to the interior gas space of the electronic device. The present disclosure also involves related methods.
US11961530B2
An apparatus for decoding data segments representing a time-domain data stream, a data segment being encoded in the time domain or in the frequency domain, a data segment being encoded in the frequency domain having successive blocks of data representing successive and overlapping blocks of time-domain data samples. The apparatus includes a time-domain decoder for decoding a data segment being encoded in the time domain and a processor for processing the data segment being encoded in the frequency domain and output data of the time-domain decoder to obtain overlapping time-domain data blocks. The apparatus further includes an overlap/add-combiner for combining the overlapping time-domain data blocks to obtain a decoded data segment of the time-domain data stream.
US11961516B1
A method for computer control of online social interactions based on conversation processing. A portion of a conversation with a given user is recorded, stored in memory, and processed so as to influence subsequent interactions. These may include audio or other contextualized annunciations of subsequent telephone calls. Other modes addressing conversational processing for social purposes can result in interwoven conversation guided among threads of interest, advertising and incented participation of conversational content and placement. The invention is capable of implementation in telecommunications systems such as cellular, local exchange, and VOIP, and in combination with other forms of internet-based telecommunication, including smart phones and adaptive forums chat rooms.
US11961509B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for improving dialog management for task-oriented dialog systems. The disclosed dialog builder leverages machine teaching processing to improve development of dialog managers. In this way, the dialog builder combines the strengths of both rule-based and machine-learned approaches to allow dialog authors to: (1) import a dialog graph developed using popular dialog composers, (2) convert the dialog graph to text-based training dialogs, (3) continuously improve the trained dialogs based on log dialogs, and (4) generate a corrected dialog for retraining the machine learning.
US11961508B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a microphone, a speaker and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: receiving a first voice input through the microphone, outputting a response related to a function through the speaker, based on the first voice input, when a second voice input is received through the microphone during output of the response, interrupting the output of the response and continue to receive the second voice input, and executing the function based on content of the received second voice input and content of the response output up to one of: a first time point when the second voice input was initially received, and a second time point when the output of the response was interrupted.
US11961507B2
A transcription of a query for content discovery is generated, and a context of the query is identified, as well as a first plurality of candidate entities to which the query refers. A search is performed based on the context of the query and the first plurality of candidate entities, and results are generated for output. A transcription of a second voice query is then generated, and it is determined whether the second transcription includes a trigger term indicating a corrective query. If so, the context of the first query is retrieved. A second term of the second query similar to a term of the first query is identified, and a second plurality of candidate entities to which the second term refers is determined. A second search is performed based on the second plurality of candidates and the context, and new search results are generated for output.
US11961503B2
Methods and systems are provided for an automatic noise control system. Automatic noise control includes evaluating an amplitude of an acceleration acting on an acceleration sensor and generating a reference signal representative of the amplitude of the acceleration, the acceleration being representative of unwanted noise sound generated by a noise source, filtering the reference signal with a noise control transfer function to generate an anti-noise signal, and converting with a loudspeaker the anti-noise signal into anti-noise sound.
US11961486B2
A display driving device configured to control a display panel including pixel units to display, includes: an over driver compensation module configured to, when a first polarity frame image is displayed, perform line over driver compensation on the pixel units based on line over driver compensation data corresponding to the first polarity frame image, to determine a target over driver grayscale of the pixel units; and to, when a second polarity frame image is displayed, perform line over driver compensation on the pixel units based on line over driver compensation data corresponding to the second polarity frame image, to determine a target over driver grayscale of the pixel units. The first and second polarity are opposite to each other, and the line over driver compensation data corresponding to the first polarity frame image is different from the line over driver compensation data corresponding to the second polarity frame image.
US11961481B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit, a pixel driving device and a pixel defect detecting method and provides a device and method to sense a voltage of a light emitting diode of a pixel through a data line and to compare the sensed voltage with a reference range, thereby determining a pixel defect.
US11961453B2
A pixel drive circuit and a drive method thereof, a display panel, and a terminal device, which are applied to the field of terminal technologies. The pixel drive circuit includes a first reset module, a light-emitting control module, and a drive module, and both the first reset module and the light-emitting control module are connected to a light-emitting control signal terminal, where one of the first reset module and the light-emitting control module is turned on when the light-emitting control signal is at a high level, and the other of the first reset module and the light-emitting control module is turned on when the light-emitting control signal is at a low level. Therefore, by increasing the frequency of the light-emitting control signal to greater than 120 Hz, a problem of a phenomenon of frequent flickering on an image during low-brightness display may be improved.
US11961452B2
A display device and a display driving method are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including gate lines, data lines, and a plurality of subpixels including a plurality of driving transistors, a gate driving circuit configured to apply scan signals to the gate lines, a data driving circuit configured to convert image data into data voltages and apply the data voltages to the data lines, and a timing controller configured to compensate the data voltages applied to the plurality of driving transistors based on a real-time sensing process of characteristic values of the plurality of driving transistors, and control an application of a recovery voltage to at least one driving transistor of the plurality of driving transistors a plurality of times within a blank period of a frame period based on a reference period to reset the at least one driving transistor during the blank period.
US11961448B2
A display device includes a display panel including pixels, and a display panel driver configured to drive the display panel. The display panel driver is configured to determine a predicted on-pixel ratio of a current frame based on an artificial neural network model and input image data of a previous frame, determine a first adjustment value based on the predicted on-pixel ratio, and adjust a luminance of the current frame based on the first adjustment value.
US11961439B2
A display panel, a driving method and a display device are disclosed. The display panel is divided into a first area and a second area arranged along a data line direction. Multiple sub-pixels corresponding to a same row of scan line are connected to data lines in one-to-one correspondence. In the first area and second area, each column of sub-pixels is arranged between two adjacent data lines, where the same column of sub-pixels includes multiple sub-pixel groups, each of which includes at least one sub-pixel. Among two adjacent data lines, one data line is connected with the sub-pixels in the odd groups, and the other is connected with the sub-pixels in the even groups. The sub-pixel groups in the first area and the corresponding sub-pixel groups in the second area are axially symmetrical with respect to a boundary line between the first area and the second area.
US11961430B2
A display device for a vehicle includes a moving speed calculation unit that calculates a moving speed of a pupil based on a position of the pupil detected by a pupil detection unit. In a case in which the moving speed of the pupil is equal to or lower than a threshold, a pupil diameter calculation unit calculates a pupil diameter at a present time based on the pupil at the present time, and outputs the calculated pupil diameter at the present time to a brightness adjustment unit. On the other hand, in a case in which the moving speed of the pupil exceeds the threshold, the pupil diameter calculation unit outputs a pupil diameter calculated at a previous time to the brightness adjustment unit as the pupil diameter at the present time.
US11961429B2
A head-up display includes a display panel, a reflective optical element, a controller, and an obtainer. The display panel displays a first image. The reflective optical element reflects image light from the first image displayed by the display panel. The controller controls a position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel. The obtainer obtains, as positional information, a position of an eye of a user. The controller changes the position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel in accordance with the positional information.
US11961425B2
A display device may include a first pixel, a second pixel, a first data line electrically connected to the first pixel, a second data line electrically connected to the second pixel and electrically insulated from the first data line, a first signal wire electrically connected to the first data line, a second signal wire electrically connected to the second data line, and a connecting wire electrically connecting the second data line to the second signal wire. The connecting wire may include a first section and a second section. The second section may be directly connected to the first section, may overlap the first pixel, may overlap the first data line, and may be oblique relative to each of the first data line and the second data line in a plan view of the display device.
US11961423B2
An electronic shelf label positioning system, an electronic shelf label and a guide rail. The electronic shelf label positioning system includes the electronic shelf label, the guide rail, a PDA and a background server. The electronic shelf label includes a main control SoC, a card reader IC, a screen and a power supply device. The main control SoC is configured to control the screen display and to communicate with an AP. The power supply device is configured to supply power to the electronic shelf label. The guide rail includes a guide rail identification area and a label area. The label area is installed with a plurality of wireless labels each having a unique non-repeated ID number. The guide rail identification area is installed with an identity recognition device, which includes a guide rail ID consisting of the ID numbers of the wireless labels sequentially arranged and summarized.
US11961421B2
A display medium with a substrate provided with a plurality of virtual cells C, and, on the cell C, a partition P having a plurality of surfaces respectively formed on a plane that intersects with the substrate and exposed when the display medium is viewed from a plurality of directions. A portion exposed when the display medium is viewed from a predetermined direction among the plurality of directions is given the color of a content corresponding to the predetermined direction. The display medium displays different contents in the plurality of directions, respectively.
US11961420B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe a method and a system to support execution of the method to perform a cryptographic operation involving identifying an N-word number, X=XN−1 . . . X1Xo, to be squared, performing a first loop comprising M first loop iterations, wherein M is a largest integer not exceeding (N+1)/2, each of the M first loop iterations comprising a second loop that comprises a plurality of second loop iterations, wherein an iteration m of the second loop that is within an iteration j of the first loop comprises computing a product Xa*Xb of a word Xa and a word Xb, wherein a+b=2j+m, j≥0 and m≥0, and wherein all second loops have an equal number of second loop iterations.
US11961418B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a dynamic virtual reality (VR) coaching computing platform. The dynamic VR coaching computing platform may configure a VR coaching model based on model training data. The dynamic VR coaching computing platform may use the VR coaching model and a user profile to select a plurality of VR modules. The dynamic VR coaching computing platform may configure a first VR module of the plurality of VR modules based on one or more user selections. The dynamic VR coaching computing platform may receive real-time feedback during execution of the first VR module. The dynamic VR coaching computing platform may select a second plurality of VR modules based on the first real-time feedback. The dynamic VR coaching computing platform may configure a second VR module of the second plurality of VR modules based on user selections.
US11961417B2
An example weld training system includes a display device; an input device; a processor; and machine readable instructions cause the processor to demonstrate to a user an effect of a combination of welding-related variables by: enabling the user to design a weld procedure using the input device by selecting weld parameters including weld current and weld voltage; simulating a welding operation on a simulated workpiece using the selected weld parameters in a welding model and a simulated physical welding environment to determine a modeled result of the welding operation; displaying a simulation animation of the welding operation on the display device according to the simulation; displaying the modeled result of the weld on the display device using at least one of an image of a surface of a weld bead or a cross-section of the weld bead and the simulated workpiece; and displaying information about an anomaly present in the weld determined based on the simulation, the information about the anomaly comprising at least one of a cause of the anomaly, a suggested change in one or more of the welding-related variables to avoid the anomaly, or a location of the anomaly in the image of the weld bead or in the cross-section of the weld bead.
US11961412B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing feeding reinforcement in real-time or near real-time based on physiological sensor data acquired during feeding. In some examples, music reinforcement is rendered when one or more feeding features indicative of one or more feeding behaviors are detected using the physiological sensor data. When at least one feature is not detected, the music reinforcement is stopped. In this way, contingent reinforcement is provided in real-time or near real-time based on detection of the one or more feeding behaviors to encourage and improve independent feeding behavior.
US11961410B1
Systems and methods to measure and affect focus, engagement, and presence of users may include measuring a variety of aspects of users engaged in particular activities. Individual user characteristics or preferences and attributes of activities may be taken into account to determine levels of focus for particular users and activities. A variety of sensors may detect aspects of users engaged in activities to measure levels of focus. In addition, a variety of output devices may initiate actions to affect levels of focus of users engaged in activities. Further, a variety of processing algorithms, including machine learning models, may be trained to identify desired levels of focus, to calculate current levels of focus, and to select actions to change or boost levels of focus. In this manner, activities undertaken by users, as well as interactions between multiple users, may be made more engaging, efficient, and productive.
US11961408B2
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) air traffic control method utilizing wireless networks and concurrently supporting delivery application authorization and management communicating with a plurality of UAVs via a plurality of cell towers associated with the wireless networks, wherein the plurality of UAVs each include hardware and antennas adapted to communicate to the plurality of cell towers; maintaining data associated with flight of each of the plurality of UAVs based on the communicating; processing the maintained data to perform a plurality of functions associated with air traffic control of the plurality of UAVs; and processing the maintained data to perform a plurality of functions for the delivery application authorization and management for each of the plurality of UAVs.
US11961406B2
A method and device for transmitting flight information. The method comprises: generating switching request related signaling, the switching request related signaling carrying flight path information of an unmanned aerial vehicle; and sending the switching request related signaling to a target base station. The method may also be a method applied to an MME side, and comprises: receiving switching demand signaling sent by a source base station, the switching demand signaling carrying flight path information of an unmanned aerial vehicle; and sending second switching request signaling to a target base station, the second switching request signaling carrying flight path information of an unmanned aerial vehicle.
US11961399B2
A method is disclosed. A data set including: (a) identifiers of a set of incidents occurring within a defined geographic region to which at least one service provider responded during a first time period and (b) address data identifying a location within the geographic region of each said incident of the set is retrieved over a network. An instruction to generate a heat map of the incidents occurring within the geographic region during the first time period is received from a user via a user interface generated to a display device. In response to the instruction to generate the heat map, the address data is converted to GPS data. A heat map of an aerial view of the geographic region based on the GPS data is generated. The heat map is displayed to the display device in a user interface.
US11961394B2
A method for guiding a user operating a requesting device includes identifying requesting parameters of the requesting device, where the requesting parameters include a location of a requesting device, a trajectory of a requesting device, or a combination thereof. The method includes generating one or more safety scores associated with one or more roadways based on vehicle behavior information associated with one or more vehicles, pedestrian behavior information associated with one or more roadside unit devices, or a combination thereof. The method includes determining a route of the requesting device based on the one or more safety scores and the requesting parameters and broadcasting the route to the requesting device.
US11961388B2
A vehicle alarm system configured to avoid false alarms while maintaining the vehicle alarm system armed. The vehicle alarm system includes: at least a first sensor configured to detect at least a first living object; a processing circuitry operatively connected to the least a first sensor configured to cause the vehicle alarm system to: detect at least a first living object inside of a vehicle by the at least first sensor; and reduce, or unarm, at least a first alarm function of the vehicle alarm system in response to detecting the at least first living object, while at least a second alarm function of the vehicle alarm system is configured to be armed.
US11961384B2
An apparatus for detecting the activity of persons or the state of infrastructures or objects influenced by persons by means of acceleration measurement. The device has an acceleration sensor which is arranged to react to a preset threshold value of a measured acceleration and, when the threshold value is exceeded, to trigger at least one of the actions of data storage, modification of a counter or transmission of a data telegram by radio. The apparatus further comprises an energy converter for converting a primary energy into electrical energy for operating the apparatus or the acceleration sensor. The energy converter is arranged to obtain the primary energy independently of an energy resulting from a measured acceleration.
US11961377B2
Example implementations include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium comprising monitoring, by a control panel, an ambient noise via one or more microphones in the control panel. The implementations further include determining, by the control panel, whether the ambient noise includes an acoustic signature associated with a security event. In some implementations, the security event may comprise a glass break event. In some implementations, the acoustic signature may comprise a first sound followed by subsequent sounds. The first sound may comprise a thump sound, and the subsequent sounds may comprise crashing sounds.
US11961372B1
At least a method and an apparatus are provided for efficiently generating non-redundant machine-generated quick pick lottery game entries. A computer file is created that includes every possible combination of number groups eligible for being selected for a particular lottery game. The every possible combination within the file is randomly shuffled to create a randomized list of non-redundant entries. A file index with a file index pointer is assigned to the randomized list of non-redundant entries. The file index pointer is set to an initial position in the randomized list of non-redundant entries. Each non-redundant machine-generated lottery game entry is generated by only sequentially incrementing or only sequentially decrementing the file index pointer in the randomized list, and outputting the each non-redundant entry indicated by the file index pointer to a ticket request device.
US11961368B2
A gaming machine includes an electronic display device configured to display an array of symbol positions and registers. The registers are associated with respective subsets of the symbol positions of the array. Game-logic circuitry directs the display device to animate a plurality of spins of symbol-bearing reels wherein, in each spin, the reels are spun and stopped to land symbols in the array. For each landed value-bearing symbol, the symbol value is added to the applicable register, and the landing position is tagged. In response to tagging all the symbol positions in a subset, that subset's register value is awarded and that subset's tags are cleared. In response to no value-bearing symbols landing in a subset during a reel spin, that subset's register and tags are cleared.
US11961364B2
A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
US11961357B2
Embodiments provide systems, apparatus, and methods for rendering supplemental information on an electronic gaming device, where the supplemental information does not relate to game play on the machine. The supplemental information can include safety warnings, maintenance information, or other information. The electronic gaming device can detect user interactions with the electronic gaming device, such as using sensors or a player interface that includes a touchscreen. The user interactions can be compared with a condition associated with the supplemental information. Feedback, such as visual, audio, or haptic feedback, or a combination thereof, can be provided to indicate to the user whether the condition is satisfied. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
US11961354B2
In one embodiment, a system includes: a robotic arm assembly; a plurality of components arranged around the robotic arm assembly and positioned within reach of the robotic arm assembly; and a controller configured to control operation of the robotic arm assembly within the system. Each of the plurality of components is configured to either: store ingredients under predetermined environmental conditions; store food preparation tools; dispense ingredients; blend, cook, or assemble ingredients into a completed food item; provide cleaning functionality to the system and/or components thereof; provide user access to completed food items; or display information relevant to a food item or preparation thereof to users. Methods of using such systems to prepare and dispense food items are also disclosed, and generally include translating recipes into instructions executable by the robotic arm assembly and/or components of the system, communicating such instructions to the robotic arm assembly, and executing such instructions.
US11961349B1
A method implemented by a security sensor device is provided. The security sensor device receives a user input, performs a biometric authentication of a user associated with the user input, modifies a state of the security sensor device based at least in part on the biometric authentication and the user input, detects a sensor trigger when the security sensor device is in the modified state, determines a sensor indication based at least in part on the sensor trigger, the state of the security sensor device subsequent to being modified, and the user input, and transmits the sensor indication to a premises security control device. The sensor indication is configured to cause the premises security control device to perform at least one premises security action.
US11961347B2
A method for seamless access control according to one embodiment includes determining whether a user is authorized to access a passageway controlled by an access control device based on credential data received from a mobile device of the user, determining, by a RADAR system, a location of the user relative to the passageway, determining whether the user intends to access the passageway based on the determined location of the user relative to the passageway, and controlling, by the access control device, a lock mechanism to allow the user access to the passageway in response to determining that the user is authorized to access the passageway and the user intends to access the passageway.
US11961337B2
Aspects of the disclosed technology encompass solutions for automatically requesting a backup vehicle for passengers of an autonomous vehicle provisioned ride-hailing service. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for collecting diagnostic data relating to at least one AV operation, and analyzing the diagnostic data to determine if the AV needs maintenance. Moreover, in response to a determination that the AV needs maintenance, the process can include steps for automatically requesting a backup service for a passenger of the AV. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11961326B2
Methods and systems are described for maintaining hygienic conditions in automatic teller machines by detecting whether or not a user is not in compliance with a hygienic standard. If a user is not in compliance, then the automatic teller machine may execute a hygienic action to cleanse the automatic teller machine. For example, the hygienic action may comprise automatically cleansing the automatic teller machine, disabling the automatic teller machine from service, transmitting a sanitation service request to an automatic teller machine provide, and/or initiating an alternative control scheme (e.g., voice controls, gesture-based controls, etc.) for the automatic teller machine.
US11961325B2
An image processing method and apparatus, a computer-readable medium, and an electronic device are provided. The image processing method includes: respectively projecting, according to a plurality of view angle parameters corresponding to a plurality of view angles, a face model of a target object onto a plurality of face images of the target object acquired from the plurality of view angles, to determine correspondences between regions on the face model and regions on the face image; respectively extracting, based on the correspondences and a target region in the face model that need to generate a texture image, images corresponding to the target region from the plurality of face images; and fusing the images that correspond to the target region and that are respectively extracted from the plurality of face images, to generate the texture image.
US11961320B2
The invention relates to a method for training a machine learning model to identify a subject having at least one machine readable identifier providing a subject ID, said method comprising: providing a computer vision system with an image capturing system comprising at least one image capturing device, and a reader system comprising at least one reader for reading said at least one machine readable identifier; defining said machine learning model in said computer vision system; capturing a first image using said image capturing system, said first image showing said subject; reading said subject ID using said reader system when capturing said first image, and linking said subject ID with said first image, said linking providing said first image with a linked subject ID, providing a first annotated image; capturing at least one further image showing said subject, linking said linked subject ID to said at least one further image providing at least one further annotated image, and subjecting said first annotated image and said at least one further annotated image to said machine learning model for training said machine learning model.
US11961318B2
An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire a document image illustrating a document, acquire a related character string associated with a target character string included in the document image, and extract target information corresponding to the target character string from a region set with reference to a position of the related character string in the document image.
US11961317B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to extracting textual information from image documents. In one embodiment, a system, upon receiving a request to extract textual information from an image document, a digital processing system performs character recognition based on content of the image document using multiple approaches to generate corresponding texts. The texts are then combined to determine a result text representing the textual information contained in the image document. The result is then provided as a response to the request.
US11961312B2
A profile is automatically generated for an occupant of a vehicle. In one approach, data is collected from an interior of a vehicle to determine whether an occupant is present. If an occupant is present, a local profile is automatically generated. The local profile is sent to a remote computing device. The remote computing device links the local profile to a remote profile stored by the remote computing device. Configuration data is generated by the remote computing device based on linking the local and remote profiles. The configuration data is sent to the vehicle and used by the vehicle to control the operation of one or more components of the vehicle.
US11961311B2
This on-vehicle system is to be mounted in a vehicle and is provided with an electronic control device and an externality recognition sensor. The externality recognition sensor is equipped with a sensing unit for acquiring pre-processing externality information through sensing operations. The on-vehicle system is further equipped with: a condition calculation unit that, on the basis of a vehicle position, a vehicle traveling direction, and map information, calculates a processing condition in which information specifying an area on a map is associated with processing priority of the pre-processing externality information acquired by the externality recognition sensor; and a processing object determination unit that, on the basis of the pre-processing externality information and the processing condition, creates externality information having a smaller amount of information compared with the pre-processing externality information.
US11961310B2
Examples are provided for traffic sign detection systems. In one example, a traffic detection system in a vehicle includes an image sensor, a communication system, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to capture an image of an environment of the vehicle via the image sensor, process the image to detect visual information regarding a traffic sign in the image, the visual information indicating a recognized sign, receive cryptographic data via the communication system from a transmitter associated with the traffic sign, the cryptographic data including a cryptographic representation of a traffic sign signal for controlling the traffic sign, and selectively control one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle based on a cryptographic verification of the recognized sign using the cryptographic data.
US11961303B1
Described is a multiple-camera system and process for detecting, tracking, and re-verifying agents within a materials handling facility. In one implementation, a plurality of feature vectors may be generated for an agent and maintained as an agent model representative of the agent. When the object being tracked as the agent is to be re-verified, feature vectors representative of the object are generated and stored as a probe agent model. Feature vectors of the probe agent model are compared with corresponding feature vectors of candidate agent models for agents located in the materials handling facility. Based on the similarity scores, the agent may be re-verified, it may be determined that identifiers used for objects tracked as representative of the agents have been flipped, and/or to determine that tracking of the object representing the agent has been dropped.
US11961294B2
Systems, methods and techniques for automatically recognizing two or 3-dimensional real world objects with an augmented reality display device (smartphone or glasses etc.), and augmenting or enhancing the display of such real world objects by superimposing virtual images such as a still or video advertisement, an opportunity to buy, a story or other virtual image presentation. In non-limiting embodiments, the real world object includes visible features including visible security features and a recognition process takes the visible security features into account when recognizing the object and/or displaying superimposed virtual images.
US11961293B2
A system and related methods for identifying characteristics of handbags is described. One method includes receiving one or more images of a handbag, eliminating all but select images from the one or more images of the handbag to obtain a grouping of one or more select images, the select images being those embodying a complete periphery and frontal view of the handbag. For each of the one or more select images, aligning feature-corresponding pixels with an image axis, comparing at least a portion of the one or more select images with a plurality of stored images, and determining characteristics of the handbag based on said comparing.
US11961291B2
The subject technology provides visual search systems and methods that can be used to efficiently perform visual searches on an electronic device. The subject technology provides systems and methods for presenting one or more visual indicators corresponding to the searchable portions of digital content. A visual search may include identifying, at an electronic device, an element of interest in an image. A visual indicator for the element of interest may be overlaid on the image at a location corresponding to the element of interest. The visual indicator may be selectable to cause a display of information associated with the element of interest responsive to the selection.
US11961290B1
In one implementation, a method of remedying a medical impairment of a user is performed by a device including a processor, non-transitory memory, one or more biometric sensors, an image sensor, and a display. The method includes detecting, based on data from at least one of the image sensor and the one or more biometric sensors, a medical impairment of a user of the head-mounted device from a plurality of potential medical impairments associated with a plurality of remedies. The method includes selecting, from the plurality of remedies, a remedy of the medical impairment of the user. The method includes controlling the display to effect the remedy of the medical impairment of the user.
US11961282B2
A system for detecting synthetic videos may include a server, a plurality of weak classifiers, and a strong classifier. The server may be configured to receive a prediction result from each of a plurality of weak classifiers; and send the prediction results from each of the plurality of weak classifiers to a strong classifier. The weak classifiers may be trained on real videos and known synthetic videos to analyze a distinct characteristic of a video file; detect irregularities of the distinct characteristic; generate a prediction result associated with the distinct characteristic, the prediction result being a prediction on whether the video file is synthetic; and output the prediction result to the server. The strong classifier may be trained to receive the prediction results of the plurality of weak classifiers from the server; analyze the prediction results; and determine if the video file is synthetic based on the prediction results.
US11961277B2
A method for detecting image information includes: acquiring at least one sample of image pair to be processed; calculating a reconstruction loss function of the second feature extraction model based on the first image samples and the first reconstructed image feature information; calculating an adversarial loss function of the third feature extraction model based on the second reconstructed image feature information and the first image samples; optimizing the first model parameters in the first feature extraction model based on the reconstruction and the adversarial loss function to generate the optimized first feature extraction model; inputting the acquired image pair to be processed into the optimized first feature extraction model to generate the difference information. The method reduces the first feature extraction model's dependence on the labeled data and improves the model's recognition efficiency and accuracy by using the samples without the labeled difference information.
US11961276B2
Provided are a linear structure extraction device, a method, a program, and a learned model which can detect a linear structure in an image. A linear structure extraction device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a learning model that is learned to receive an input of the image and output, as a prediction result, one or more element points which constitute the linear structure from the image, in which the learning model includes a first processing module that receives the image and generates a feature map representing a feature amount of the image by convolution processing, and a second processing module that calculates a shift amount from a unit center point to the element point of the linear structure closest to the unit center point, for each unit obtained by dividing the feature map into a plurality of the units including regions having a predetermined size in a grid pattern.
US11961265B2
The point cloud encoding method includes obtaining subgroup information of N frames of point clouds, where the subgroup information includes a quantity M of subgroups into which the N frames of point clouds are divided or a quantity of frames of point clouds included in each of one or more subgroups among the M subgroups, and writing the subgroup information of the N frames of point clouds into a bitstream. The point cloud decoding method includes receiving a bitstream, parsing the bitstream to obtain subgroup information, where the subgroup information includes a quantity M of subgroups into which N frames of point clouds are divided or a quantity of frames of point clouds included in each of one or more subgroups among the M subgroups, and decoding the N frames of point clouds based on the subgroup information.
US11961263B1
A hardware camera may include a camera sensor configured to determine input image data. The hardware camera may also include an image signal processor configured to perform one or more image signal processing operations on the input image data. The hardware camera may also include a neural processing unit configured to determine encoded image data by encoding the input image data with an image data encoder portion of a camera autoencoder. The camera autoencoder may be trained based on training image data collected from the camera sensor and a fingerprint specific to the hardware camera. The hardware camera may also include a camera communication interface configured to transmit the encoded image data to a remote computing system, which may determine decoded image data by decoding the encoded image data via an image data decoder portion of the camera autoencoder.
US11961254B2
A method includes identifying an image captured by an image capture device set at a first angle about an axis, the image corresponding to a time at which the image was captured, identifying within the image, a region of interest including an object to be used for calibration, determining, an image coordinate at which the object is displayed within the image, determining a camera angle corresponding to a position of the image capture system relative to the axis when the image was captured, identifying a bearing of the object relative to the reference direction, the bearing of the object determined using a geolocation of the image capture system and the time at which the image was captured, and determining, using the image coordinate, the camera angle, and the bearing of the object, an angular offset between the first angle and the reference direction to determine a second angle.
US11961253B2
A controller may receive information identifying an area of interest from a plurality of candidate areas of interest including locations on the machine and external to the machine. The controller may obtain, using the one or more first sensor devices, data identifying material located at the area of interest; and generate a graphical representation based on the data. The controller may determine, using the one or more second sensor devices, at least one of a position or an orientation of one or more portions of the machine; and identify a portion of the graphical representation based on the at least one of the position or the orientation of the one or more portions. The portion may correspond to the material located at the area of interest. The controller may determine, using one or more computational models, a volume of the material based on the portion of the graphical representation.
US11961246B2
Provided are a depth image processing method, a depth image processing apparatus, an electronic device and a readable storage medium. The method includes: (101) obtaining consecutive n depth image frames; (102) determining a trusted pixel and determining a smoothing factor corresponding to the trusted pixel; (103) determining a time similarity weight; (104) determining a content similarity; (105) determining a content similarity weight based on the content similarity and the smoothing factor; and (106) performing filtering processing on a depth value of the trusted pixel based on all time similarity weights and all content similarity weights.
US11961231B2
A method and a system for medical image interpretation are provided. A medical image is provided to a convolutional neural network model. The convolutional neural network model includes a feature extraction part, a first classifier, and N second classifiers. N feature maps are generated by using the last layer of the feature extraction part of the convolutional neural network model. N symptom interpretation results of N symptoms of a disease are obtained based on the N feature maps through the N second classifiers. A disease interpretation result of the disease is obtained based on the N feature maps through the first classifier.
US11961229B2
In this invention, a control unit in an ophthalmic image processing device acquires an ophthalmic image captured by an ophthalmic image capture device (S11). The control unit, by inputting the ophthalmic image into a mathematical model that has been trained by a machine-learning algorithm, acquires a probability distribution in which the random variables are the coordinates at which a specific site and/or a specific boundary of a tissue is present within a region of the ophthalmic image (S14). On the basis of the acquired probability distribution, the control unit detects the specific boundary and/or the specific site (S16, S24).
US11961215B2
A method for processing images is described, wherein a scenery is recorded as at least one raw image by at least one optical capture means mounted on a vehicle, and wherein image data of the scenery are mapped incompletely and/or erroneously in the subsequently rendered render image in at least one area. In order to provide a user of one or more cameras on a motor vehicle, that have visibility restrictions with a more agreeable visual experience, the method includes identifying the area(s) of incomplete and/or erroneous mapping in the render image on the basis of existing visibility restrictions, generating masks that enclose the area(s) of incomplete and/or erroneous mapping as masked areas, reconstructing image data in unmasked areas of the render image by means of digital inpainting and synthesizing together with the masked areas to produce a correction image, and displaying the completed and/or debugged correction image.
US11961213B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for segmenting an image of a video stream with a client device, identifying an area of interest, generating a modified area of interest within one or more image, identifying a first set of pixels and a second set of pixels, and modifying a color value for the first set of pixels.
US11961212B2
A display device according to an embodiment may include a controller and a display unit. The controller may perform tone mapping for adjusting luminance of input image data, and the display unit may display an image according to output image data whose luminance is adjusted by the tone mapping. The controller may generate a base mapping curve for an entire region from the input image data, extract information for each local region of the entire region, and generate a local mapping curve reflecting the information for each local region with respect to each local region to perform tone mapping.
US11961209B2
A system and method for training a neural network to denoise images. One noise realization is paired to an ensemble of training-ready noise realizations, and fed into a neural network for training. Training datasets can also be retrospectively generated based on existing patient studies to increase the number of training datasets.
US11961207B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus including a memory storing one or more instructions and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to generate a second image by performing a deconvolution operation on a first image and a kernel comprising one or more weights, set values of the one or more weights based on the second image, and adjust the values of the one or more weights based on positions of the one or more weights in the kernel.
US11961206B2
A method includes obtaining a Bayer input image. The method also includes generating, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, multiple YUV image frames based on the Bayer input image using non-linear scaling, where the YUV image frames are associated with different exposure settings. The method further includes generating, using the at least one processing device of the electronic device, a fused image based on the YUV image frames. In addition, the method includes applying, using the at least one processing device of the electronic device, global tone-mapping to the fused image in order to generate a tone-mapped fused image, where the global tone-mapping is based on a first cubic spline curve.
US11961202B1
Disclosed is an editing system for postprocessing three-dimensional (“3D”) image data to realistically recreate the effects associated with viewing or imaging a represented scene with different camera settings or lenses. The system receives an original image and an edit command with a camera setting or a camera lens. The system associates the selection to multiple image adjustments. The system performs a first of the multiple image adjustments on a first set of 3D image data from the original image in response to the first set of 3D image data satisfying specific positional or non-positional values defined for the first image adjustment, and performs a second of the multiple image adjustments on a second set of 3D image data from the original image in response to the second set of 3D image data satisfying the specific positional or non-positional values defined for the second image adjustment.
US11961201B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing multiple 3D photos to be concurrently displayed through multiple frames positioned in a virtual space, each of the of 3D photos having an optimal viewing point in the virtual space and determining a reference point based on a head pose of a viewer within the virtual space. The method may further include adjusting each 3D photo by rotating the 3D photo so that the optimal viewing point of the 3D photo points at the reference point, translating the rotated 3D photo toward the reference point, and non-uniformly scaling the rotated and translated 3D photo based on a scaling factor determined using the reference point and a position of the frame through which the 3D photo is to be viewed. The method may further include rendering an image comprising the adjusted multiple 3D photos as seen through the multiple frames.
US11961187B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a 3D centerline of an organ vessel from a plurality of 2D x-ray images. The method comprises the steps of producing a point-cloud of 3D points which represent intersecting and non-intersecting points between projection lines from the 2D images to their respective x-ray sources; fitting a compound curve to the points in the point-cloud of 3D points; removing outliers from the point-cloud; fitting a new compound curve to the remaining points in the point-cloud of 3D points; and repeating certain steps, wherein the resultant compound curve represents the 3D centerline of the organ vessel. The method minimizes reconstruction errors and produces an optimally-reconstructed 3D vessel skeleton.
US11961186B2
Visually seamless grafting of volumetric data. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining volumetric data that represents a first volume including one or more three-dimensional objects. Planar slices of the first volume are determined and for each planar slice, a result region and an outer region are determined, the outer region located between the result region and an edge of the planar slice. A target region is determined within the result region and adjacent to an edge of the result region. The result region is modified by updating source voxels in the target region based on corresponding continuity voxels in the outer region, and the updating is weighted based on a distance of each source voxel from an associated edge of the result region. The modified result regions are grafted to a second volume at the edge of the result regions to provide a grafted volume.
US11961185B2
A method for generating a more accurate mesh that represents a 3D printed part based on a model includes slicing the model into layers and identifying an infill-wall boundary and an exterior-interior boundary of each layer of the model. Layers of the model may be identified as critical by iterative comparison with adjacent layers. An interior voxel mesh may be constructed based on common two-dimensional reference grids imposed on the critical layers. The interior voxel mesh may be augmented to an augmented mesh and then extended to a protomesh. The protomesh may be extruded to construct the final mesh, which may be analyzed by finite element analysis. The part may be 3D printed based on the layers output by the slicing operation.
US11961183B2
A system may provide for searching terrain data of real-world locations based on input representing a terrain for a game world. The system may receive terrain inquiry data including height data for terrain of a game world, generate an inquiry descriptor based on the terrain inquiry data at least in part by applying a plurality of filters to the terrain inquiry data, the inquiry descriptor including a plurality of inquiry descriptor values corresponding to the plurality of filter and determine, based on the inquiry descriptor and respective sample descriptors of one or more terrain samples corresponding to terrain of real-world locations, one or more matching terrain samples.
US11961181B2
A three-dimensional image transformation, executing on one or more computer systems, can mathematically transform a first two-dimensional image space onto a second two-dimensional image space using a three-dimensional image space. The three-dimensional image transformation can project the three-dimensional image space onto the first two-dimensional image space to map the first two-dimensional image space to the three-dimensional image space. Thereafter, the three-dimensional image transformation can project the second two-dimensional image space onto the three-dimensional image space to map the three-dimensional image space to the second two-dimensional image space.
US11961179B2
One embodiment provides for a graphics processing unit comprising a processing cluster to perform multi-rate shading via coarse pixel shading and output shaded coarse pixels for processing by a post-shader pixel processing pipeline.
US11961169B2
A digital makeup artist system includes a mobile device, a database system storing cosmetic routine information, common makeup looks, cosmetic products for skin types and ethnicity, and user look preferences of a user. The mobile device includes a user interface for interacting with a digital makeup artist. The digital makeup artist performs an interactive dialog with the user in order to capture needs of the user, including types of makeup look, indoor or outdoor look, skin condition, facial problem areas, favorite facial features. The computation circuitry analyzes the user's face image to identify face parts, analyzes the face image to determine facial characteristics, and generates image frames to be displayed in synchronization with the interaction with the digital makeup artist based on the analyzed face image, needs of the user, the stored cosmetic routine information, common makeup looks, cosmetic products for skin types and ethnicity, and the user look preferences.
US11961158B2
The present invention provides a system for retailers to monitor and track customer interaction with a product in a retail environment. The system of the present invention utilizes RFID tagged products and communicating with near field communication in an Internet of Things environment for a more comprehensive relationship between customers and the products of interest. Where the products are not so connected, the system of the present invention alerts the need for same.
US11961149B2
A method for monitoring disease across agricultural areas of interest is provided comprising displaying at least one virtual zone corresponding to an agricultural geographic area of interest on a map in an application on a first device, and receiving an alert message when the first device is in proximity to a virtual zone. The at least one virtual zone is defined by at least one geofence. Each virtual zone is associated with a level of risk that indicates a likelihood of an outbreak of a disease detrimental to agriculture. Each virtual zone is configured to receive access notification information from each geofence when tracked devices enter an area defined by that geofence. The access information includes the level of risk associated with other virtual zones from which the tracked devices came. The alert message indicates if the first device should enter that virtual zone.
US11961148B2
Embodiments of the present methods and systems are directed to a system and method for managing and editing accounting periods. Particularly, the embodiments are directed to a financial management system that allows for the recordation of financial transactions without first requiring the creation of a user-defined accounting period, and that further allows for the creation, modification, and closure of defined accounting periods.
US11961145B2
A method for predicting a financial product price based on an accumulation distribution indicator includes the following steps: step S1: inputting, by a user, a ticker symbol; step S2: calculating, by a system, an accumulation distribution indicator value based on daily trade data; step S3: calculating an accumulation distribution interval and an average candlestick; step S4: determining whether the accumulation distribution indicator breaks through the accumulation distribution interval upward or downward; if the accumulation distribution indicator breaks through the accumulation distribution interval upward or downward, going to step S6, otherwise, going to step S5; step S5: displaying a chart with the average candlestick; and step S6: displaying a breakout mark, where the breakout mark is a rising mark if an upward breakout occurs or is a falling mark if a downward breakout occurs, and displaying the chart with the average candlestick.
US11961144B2
A user terminal for communicating with a computer server is operated on behalf of a first user (a second user terminal is operated on behalf of a second user). The user terminal transmits to the computer server pre-trade information including an order and receives first offset information that indicates a first price offset value, which is different from a second price offset value sent to the second user terminal. The terminals receive a single message from the server that indicates a market price but does not include the first price offset value or the second price offset value. The user terminal modifies the market price using the first price offset value to obtain a first actual price different from a second actual price corresponding to a modification of the market price based on the second price offset value.
US11961142B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for pooling and transferring digital assets may include detecting a transaction event for a blockchain ledger. The blockchain ledger may include transaction records for a pool of digital assets and accounts collectively owning the digital assets. Each account may own a proportional portion of the digital assets corresponding to an account asset balance. The method may also include calculating an exchange rate based on a cash balance of the pool, a liabilities balance of the pool, and an ownership distribution value. The ownership distribution value may be based on a distribution of the account asset balances. The method may also include updating the cash balance based on the exchange rate and the transaction event, and adding a transaction record for the transaction event to the plurality of transaction records. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11961135B2
A method of a pricing scheme and a bidding process for waste collection services comprising: providing a waste management service, determining a price for the waste collection services, providing a bidding process for a hauler to participate in the waste collection services, and selecting a hauler based on the bidding process.
US11961134B2
In the proposal system, sales performance information that is related to a device is acquired and information that is related to a usage situation of a device is accepted from a customer. A device to be a purchase target is inferred by a learned model based on the information that is related to the usage situation of the device and the sales performance information, and then a proposal information is outputted as a result of that inference.
US11961133B2
A method of generating a user-interface to be displayed at a remote location may include receiving a search request for an item listing and retrieving a first listing and a second listing based on the search request, determining a similarity score between the first and second listings that is based on multiple properties common to the first and second listings, and generating instructions to be transmitted to a remote location to generate a user interface to be displayed at the remote location, the user interface including the first listing, the instructions excluding the second listing from a list of results displayed on the user interface based on the similarity score exceeding a threshold and the first listing including superior values in at least one of the plurality of properties common to the first and second listings. The method may also include transmitting the instructions to the remote location for display.
US11961129B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide a geo-targeted online reservation system that ensures authenticity of customer devices requesting reservations by generating reservations only if threshold authentication conditions are satisfied. For example, a computing device registered with a server system receives inputs for requesting a reservation of a limited release product and for configuring the product. To authenticate the computing device, the server device transmits an electronic message to the computing device requesting the computing device to respond. A response to the message is one threshold authentication condition for generating the reservation. Upon determining that one or more threshold authentication conditions are satisfied, the server device generates a reservation for the product.
US11961123B1
A system for managing advertisements in an in-flight entertainment (“IFE”) system operating on an airplane can include an inventory processing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-transitory computer readable medium can be communicatively coupled to the inventory processing device to cause the inventory processing device to perform operations. The operations can include determining an inventory of targeted advertisements for future flights. The operations can further include receiving a request to use a portion of the inventory for advertisements associated with an advertiser. The operations can further include transmitting instructions to an IFE controller on-board the airplane to cause the IFE controller to provide the advertisements during targeted advertisement opportunities during a flight.
US11961119B2
Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and a computer program product(s) described herein are directed to a Offer Engine. The Offer Engine extracts one or more features from data associated with a first user requesting access to a portion of content of a content corpus. The Offer Engine feeds at least one of the features of the first user into a decision tree. The decision tree has multiple levels, wherein at least one level comprises a plurality of leaves and each respective leaf implements at least one machine learning model. The Offer Engine determines whether to provide the first user with a subscription fee offer first option or a non-subscription fee offer second option based at least in part on output of the decision tree.
US11961113B2
The present disclosure provides for management of impressions in advertisement campaigns. Impressions may be moved between different impression media based on performance metrics and historical data. Impression budgets may be modified in an active campaign based on forecasts determined using current performance data. Impression budgets may be reallocated between simultaneously active advertisement campaigns.
US11961112B2
The present disclosure provides for management of impressions in advertisement campaigns. Impressions may be moved between different impression media based on performance metrics and historical data. Impression budgets may be modified in an active campaign based on forecasts determined using current performance data. Impression budgets may be reallocated between simultaneously active advertisement campaigns.
US11961108B2
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 novel framework for analyzing messages associated with an inbox of a user, and providing functionality to the inbox for alerting the user to specific forms of content included within each message. Such functionality can include displaying messages and/or the content contained therein in a novel, dedicated and modified and/or embedded portion of a message inbox. The messages can also be modified upon display within in the inbox to indicate that the message includes content of a specific type. Also, messages that include specific content types can also trigger the disclosed framework to generate and provide alerts to the user indicating the inbox has received or includes specific forms of such content.
US11961102B2
An upsell purchase flow in an e-commerce system is provided. After a customer has purchased a product from a vendor, an upsell opportunity is provided to the customer through an upsell pitch page. The upsell pitch page advertises an additional upsell product in order to maximize the purchase transaction with the customer. Responsive to the customer accepting the upsell opportunity, rather than adding the upsell product to an electronic shopping cart, a marketplace server that facilitates transactions between the customer and the vendor charges the customer for the upsell product at that time. Multiple upsell opportunities may be provided to the customer after the initial sale is completed.
US11961100B2
A method of optimizing an offer value to be offered to a selected group of consumers includes selecting a series of products, wherein each are serialized unique code marked; selecting a target group of consumers from a consumer database, each consumer with a registered consumer profile in the consumer database, the selecting based on a set of criteria; selecting a first subgroup of consumers from the target group of consumers; determining an initial offer value of the uniquely code marked product to be presented to the initial first subgroup of consumers; distributing (offering) the initial offer value to the selected initial first subgroup of consumers; a number of the selected initial first subgroup of consumers accepting the offer; associating the code of the uniquely code marked product to the acceptance of offer to the consumer profile of each the accepting consumer in the first subgroup of consumers; summing the number of accepted uniquely code marked products to a first uptake value as a function of the initial offer value; registering the initial offer value and the first uptake value in order to calculate a first initial profit value; repeating, for a number of second, third, . . . time, the following steps: selecting a second, third, . . . subgroup of consumers from the target group of consumers; determining a second (third, . . . ) offer value of the uniquely code marked product to be presented to the second, third, . . . subgroup of consumers, being different from the first offer value; distributing (offering) the second (third, . . . ) offer value to the selected second, third, . . . subgroup of consumers; a number of the selected second group of consumers accepting the second, third, . . . offer; associating the code of the uniquely code marked product to the accepted second (third, . . . ) offer value to the consumer profile of each the accepting consumer; summing the second (third, . . . ) number of accepted uniquely code marked products to a second (third, . . . ) uptake value as a function of the second (third, . . . ) offer value; registering the second (third, . . . ) offer value and the second (third, . . . ) uptake value in order to calculate a second, (third, . . . ) initial profit value; thus establishing a set of uptake values as a function of offer values, and their calculated or estimated corresponding profit values; based on these data points, establishing a relationship of profit as a function of offer value; selecting from the relationship a near-optimal offer value giving a near-optimal profit; distributing (offering) the optimal offer value to a large part of or all of the selected target group of consumers.
US11961095B2
Systems and methods generate a risk score for an account event. The systems and methods automatically generate a causal model corresponding to a user, wherein the model estimates components of the causal model using event parameters of a previous event undertaken by the user in an account of the user. The systems and methods predict expected behavior of the user during a next event in the account using the causal model. Predicting the expected behavior of the user includes generating expected event parameters of the next event. The systems and methods use a predictive fraud model to generate fraud event parameters. Generation of the fraud event parameters assumes a fraudster is conducting the next event, wherein the fraudster is any person other than the user. The systems and methods generate a risk score of the next event to indicate the relative likelihood the future event is performed by the user.
US11961094B2
A computer-implemented method for automatically analyzing handwritten text to determine a mismatch between a purported writer and an actual writer is disclosed. The method comprises receiving two samples of digitized handwriting each allegedly created by one individual and received and entered into a digital system by another. The method further comprises performing a series of feature extractions to convert the samples into two vectors of extracted features; automatically clustering a set of vectors such that the first vector and the second vector are assigned to the same cluster among multiple clusters, based on vector similarity; and automatically determining that a same individual being associated with both the first and second samples indicates a heightened probability that the individual fraudulently created both samples. Finally, the method comprises automatically transmitting a message to flag additional samples of digitized handwriting entered into a digital system as possibly fraudulent.
US11961093B2
A method for regulating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes receiving a UAV identifier and one or more types of contextual information broadcasted by the UAV. The UAV identifier uniquely identifies the UAV from other UAVs. The one or more types of contextual information includes at least geographical information of the UAV. The method further includes authenticating, via an authentication device, an identity of the UAV based on the UAV identifier to determine whether the UAV is authorized for operation, and transmitting a signal to a remote device in response to determining whether the UAV is authorized for operation.
US11961086B2
A fraud detection platform may receive transaction data relating to a transaction conducted by a user with a transaction card. The fraud detection platform may receive, from a biometric sensor of the transaction card, biometric data relating to one or more biometric characteristics of the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may receive, from an accelerometer of the transaction card, card movement data relating to a measure of shaking of the transaction card by the user during the transaction. The fraud detection platform may process the transaction data, the biometric data, and the card movement data, with a fraud detection model, to determine a fraud score associated with the transaction. The fraud detection platform may perform one or more actions based on the fraud score.
US11961084B1
Machine learning models for fraud detection. The method includes receiving a schedule of weights, the schedule comprising a plurality of entries, each entry comprising a transaction value weight, a transaction volume weight, and a range of intervention rates; testing the at least one machine learning model using a holdout data set, resulting in a ranked transactions data set; and evaluating the performance of the at least one machine learning model by computing the weighted harmonic mean of the ranked transactions data set using the schedule of weights.
US11961069B1
A method includes receiving a request to open an account associated with a customer, information regarding the account, and a mobile device identifier. The mobile device identifier is received from a third-party computing system based on a first wireless communication between the mobile device and the third-party computing system. The method includes validating the mobile device as belonging to the customer based on the received mobile device identifier and binding the mobile device identifier to the customer based on the validation. The method includes establishing the account for the customer based on the received information regarding the account and generating a token for the account. In response to establishing the account and generating the token, the token is provided to the third-party computing system and provisioned to the validated mobile device via a second wireless communication between the mobile device and the third-party computing system.
US11961068B2
A computer-implemented method for managing cryptocurrency is disclosed. A plurality of users are provided with an in-marketplace wallet suitable for storing linked digital tokens that are linked in value to cryptocurrency tokens and are required to transact on a digital marketplace platform. A cryptocurrency reserve is provided for storing cryptocurrency tokens. Responsive to a user purchasing linked digital tokens from a marketplace store, linked digital tokens are transferred to the in-marketplace wallet an equivalent value of cryptocurrency tokens are transferred to the cryptocurrency reserve. Responsive to a user withdrawing a number of linked digital tokens from the in-marketplace wallet, the desired number of linked digital tokens are removed from the user's in-marketplace wallet and an equivalent value of cryptocurrency tokens are transferred from the cryptocurrency reserve to an out-of-marketplace wallet of the user for storing cryptocurrency tokens outside of the marketplace platform.
US11961066B1
A payment instrument comprising a bottom layer; one or more intermediate layers, wherein at least one of the one or more intermediate layers comprises: a chip comprising a processor and memory; an antenna coupled with the chip; an absorbent medium; and one or more reservoirs comprising beads, each of the beads comprising dyes of one or more colors, the beads configured to release the dyes onto the absorption medium. The dyes cure on the absorption medium at a rate based on a curing agent applied to the absorbent medium or included in beads of the reservoirs. The payment instrument may also comprise a top layer having at least a partially translucent portion above the absorption medium, wherein the absorption medium is at least partially visible through the at least one partially translucent portion.
US11961064B2
An information display method, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, resource transfer information used for transferring a resource; splitting, by the terminal, the resource transfer information into multiple pieces of resource transfer sub information; and displaying, by the terminal, a dynamic screen for indicating the resource transfer sub information. A quantity of pieces of the resource transfer sub information indicated on the dynamic screen at one moment is less than a total quantity of the multiple pieces of resource transfer sub information.
US11961054B1
A waste management system includes a waste management device, a monitoring unit, and a communication unit. The waste management device includes a collection unit, a classification unit, a segregation unit, a plurality of sensors, a power unit, and a plurality of waste bins. The collection unit collects one or more waste articles. The classification unit utilizes a machine-learning model and identifies a waste category of the one or more waste articles. The segregation unit transports the one or more waste articles to a particular waste bin corresponding to the identified waste category. The power unit supplies power to the waste management device. The monitoring unit monitors the waste management device and controls a resultant action. The communication unit communicates one or more data between a control station and the waste management device using a plurality of IoT devices.
US11961051B1
An embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, via a server, a set of event data corresponding to a milestone; automatically determining, using a central service implemented in the server processor and without additional user input, an overlap between said set of event data and a predetermined scheduling milestone indicating an event overlap; identifying, using the central service a processor, one or more display elements impacted by the event overlap; and automatically updating, using the central service and in real-time during the patient procedure, the one or more display elements according to the overlap. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11961045B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for increasing dimensionality of data structures associated with filling positions. In some implementations, a prediction of desired experience for a given position to be filled may be incorporated into a searchable field of the data structure. Among other things, increasing the dimensionality of the data structure may facilitate more granular searching of positions and guided creation of new positions to be filled. In some implementations, a predicted desired experience may be used to notify a user posting a new position whether a specified desired experience corresponds to a predicted desired experience.
US11961037B2
The electronic shipping label device may display a shipping label image or shipment information using an electronic paper display, and may be attached to an item for shipment of the item from an origin to a destination. A host device, such as an electronic device of a user, may configure the electronic shipping label device to display the shipping label image. The host device may be configured to communicate with a system server of a shipping management system to provide shipping parameters corresponding to the shipment and receive the shipping label image (e.g., from a third-party system, such as a system associated with a shipping carrier). The host device may transmit the shipping label image to the electronic shipping label device for display.
US11961034B2
Systems, methods and devices are provided for real-time tracking a location an asset (e.g., package) that is in transit (rail, air, truck, etc.) and real-time monitoring of environmental conditions that the asset is subjected to during transit such as temperature, light exposure, barometric pressure, and other conditions.
US11961033B2
A shipping management system comprising a memory configured with shipping records representing shipments from a plurality of carriers and scheduling rules that specify a plurality of update frequencies. The shipping management system comprises a processor coupled to the memory. The shipping management system comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a set of computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions executable by the processor to dynamically schedule, according to the scheduling rules, updates to update the shipping records; based on the dynamic scheduling, issue update application programming interface (API) calls according to APIs of carrier systems of respective carriers to request shipment data for the shipments; and update the shipping records based on the shipment data returned in response to the API calls.
US11961032B2
A computer based system for taking the physical inventory of liquids dispensed in full and partially full containers. A database stores images of containers and their associated volumes. The containers to be inventoried are identified by a user and input to a computer at a graphical user interface (GUI) input/output. A computer causes the display of an image of the container and a sliding level indicator at the GUI. The level indicator is slidable along the image. The computer calculates a volume of liquid remaining in the container as a function of the position of the level indicator along the image of the container.
US11961022B2
A system and control method of managing tasks and organizations is provided herein.
US11961018B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying and notifying requestors that may be candidates for a particular autonomous vehicle in order to find those candidates that may be willing or able to relax their travel constraints to match the autonomous vehicle. A request flow may involve surfacing the potential option of matching to an autonomous vehicle before setting a specific destination. For example, the request flow may involve determining that an autonomous vehicle is sufficiently near an in-session potential requestor. Before the potential requestor enters a specific destination, the request flow may present the possibility of the potential requestor being matched with the autonomous vehicle. In some examples, the request flow may then provide available drop-off locations that are compatible with the autonomous vehicle for selection by the potential requestor. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11961007B2
A method for accelerating machine learning on a computing device is described. The method includes hosting a neural network in a first inference accelerator and a second inference accelerator. The neural network split between the first inference accelerator and the second inference accelerator. The method also includes routing intermediate inference request results directly between the first inference accelerator and the second inference accelerator. The method further includes generating a final inference request result from the intermediate inference request results.
US11961004B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for predicted brain data of a patient. One of the methods includes receiving montage configuration data for a specified montage; receiving raw EEG data captured using the specified montage from a brain of a particular subject; generating, using the montage configuration data and the raw EEG data, EEG connectivity data for the specified montage; using a generative neural network to map the EEG connectivity data to predicted fMRI connectivity data, the generative neural network having been trained using training EEG-fMRI connectivity data pairs, each pair comprising EEG connectivity data of a subject and fMRI connectivity data of the same subject; and taking an action based on the predicted fMRI connectivity data.
US11960999B2
A neural network apparatus configured to perform a deconvolution operation includes a memory configured to store a first kernel; and a processor configured to: obtain, from the memory, the first kernel; calculate a second kernel by adjusting an arrangement of matrix elements comprised in the first kernel; generate sub-kernels by dividing the second kernel; perform a convolution operation between an input feature map and the sub-kernels using a convolution operator; and generate an output feature map, as a deconvolution of the input feature map, by merging results of the convolution operation.
US11960998B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and data structures for context-aided machine vision. For example, one method embodiment includes identifying a customer in a shopping area and maintaining an item bin in a computing system of data identifying items the customer has picked up for purchase. This method further includes receiving an image of the customer holding an item and performing item identification processing on the image to identify the item the customer is holding. The item identification processing may be performed based in part on a stored shopping history of the customer indicating items the customer is more likely to purchase. The identified item is then added to the item bin of the customer.
US11960996B2
An operating method of a computing apparatus is provided. The operating method of the computing apparatus includes obtaining a reference image; obtaining a distorted image generated from a reference image; obtaining an objective quality assessment score of a distorted image that is indicative of a quality of a distorted image as assessed by an algorithm, by using a reference image and a distorted image; obtaining a subjective quality assessment score corresponding to a objective quality assessment score; and training a neural network, by using a distorted image and a subjective quality assessment score as a training data set.
US11960983B1
Systems and methods for pre-fetching results from large language models (LLMs) are provided. The method includes acquiring a context of an interaction between a user and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) character; predicting, based on the context, one or more anticipated words to be uttered by the user; generating, based on the one or more anticipated words, at least one query to an LLM; providing the at least one query to the LLM; generating, based on at least one response obtained from the LLM, an anticipated reply of the AI character model to the one or more anticipated words to be pronounced by the user; receiving one or more words uttered by the user; determining that a level of a discrepancy between the one or more words and the one or more anticipated words is below a predetermined threshold; and providing the anticipated reply to the user.
US11960981B2
Systems and methods for model evaluation. A model is evaluated by performing a decomposition process for a model output, relative to a baseline input data set.
US11960972B1
In a general aspect, input data for a computer process are preprocessed by a preprocessor unit that includes a quantum processor. In some aspects, a preprocessor unit obtains input data for a computer process that is configured to run on a computer processing unit. Randomized parameter values are computed for variable parameters of a quantum logic circuit based on the input data. A classical processor in the preprocessor unit computes the randomized parameter values from the input data and a set of random numbers. A quantum processor in the preprocessor unit produces quantum processor output data by executing the quantum logic circuit having the randomized parameter values assigned to the variable parameters. Preprocessed data generated based on the quantum processor output data are then provided as the input for the computer process configured to run on the computer processing unit.
US11960966B2
Aspects and implementations provide for mechanisms of detection and decoding of barcodes in images. The disclosed techniques include estimating dimensions of a module of a barcode based on geometric characteristics of a barcode image, forming hypotheses that group modules into barcode symbols, and assessing viability of formed hypotheses. Various operations of the techniques may involve the use of neural networks, including estimation of module dimensions and assessment of groupings of modules into lines and lines into barcode symbols. The techniques may be used for decoding of barcodes captured in images of unfavorable conditions, including blur, perspective, sub-optimal lighting, barcode deformation, and the like. The techniques may be applied to decoding linear one-dimensional barcodes, two-dimensional barcodes, and stacked linear barcodes.
US11960965B1
Color Holographic Quick Response CHQR labels are scanned at identified locations by scanners that add their time, location, identification and process coded in the labels. The scanners scan and send that information and the scan data to a database having identification of all labels. The database verifies the scanner information to avoid counterfeiting. The information is hashed in the database, scanner and labels. Multiple labels of different types have distributed parts of the coded information and a decoding key. Color Holographic Quick Response labels have integrated radio frequency labels.
US11960961B2
A system and methods for providing aiming guidance for an imaging system. The system includes an illumination field source configured to provide illumination along a illumination optical axis to (i) illuminate a target and (ii) indicate a near field of view of the imaging system and a far field aiming source configured to provide a radiation pattern along an aiming optical axis to indicate a far field of view of the imaging system. Near field optics are configured to receive the first illumination from the near field illumination source and to form the first illumination to provide illumination to, and indicate to a user or machine vision system, the near field of view of the imaging system, and far field optics are configured to receive radiation from the aiming source and provide the radiation pattern to the far field to indicate the far field of view of the imaging system.
US11960959B1
Imaging devices, systems, and methods for identifying an operation mode of an imaging device and processing imaging data based on the operation mode are described herein. An example device includes: a first imager operable to receive light from a first field of view (FOV) and configured to capture a first imager stream, a second imager operable to receive light from a second FOV and configured to capture a second imager stream, and a vision application processor that: processes at least a portion of the first imager stream and at least a portion of the second imager stream based on at least one of a commencement of a read session, a trigger event, or a decode event; and processes the second imager stream without regard to any of the read session, the trigger event, or the decode event, and process the first imager stream based on the second imager stream.
US11960956B2
The invention relates to a method and to an assembly for writing software and/or firmware onto at least one programmable integrated circuit. According to the invention, the software and/or firmware is written wirelessly by means of RFID data transmission, the at least one programmable integrated circuit being coupled to an RFID front end by means of a wired near-field interface, the RFID front end having an RFID antenna device, and the software and/or firmware to be written being sent wirelessly from an external RFID unit to the RFID antenna device and being written onto the programmable integrated circuit by means of the RFID front end and the near-field interface.
US11960952B2
A system and method for configuring an RF network based on machine learning. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving, by a first neural network, a first state and a first state transition, the first state including: one or more identifiers for available active ports, and a set of available connections between two or more circuit elements, each of the circuit elements being one of: (1) a first circuit type, (2) a second circuit type that operatively connects a circuit element of the first circuit type to one of the available active ports, and (3) the available active ports; and generating, by the first neural network, a first estimated quality value, for the first state transition.
US11960951B1
In some implementations, a transaction card may include a card body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The transaction card may include an integrated circuit (IC) chip embedded in the card body, and a plurality of first electrical contact sets electrically accessible from the first surface of the card body, where the plurality of first electrical contact sets have electrical connections to the IC chip. The transaction card may include a plurality of first magnetic stripe areas readable from the first surface of the card body. The transaction card may include a plurality of second electrical contact sets electrically accessible from the second surface of the card body, where the plurality of second electrical contact sets have electrical connections to the IC chip. The transaction card may include a plurality of second magnetic stripe areas readable from the second surface of the card body.
US11960947B2
Variable data printing operations use static and variable content to create many different documents. An estimation system for printing operations implements accelerated consumable use estimation for variable data printing operations by tagging reused objects having static content. The static content is rendered within the estimation system once and then stored for use in later estimation operations, as needed. Variable content is rendered for each record. Using this process, the estimation system does not need to render reused content repeatedly in providing consumable use estimates.
US11960946B2
A message based processor system (1) with a plurality of message based processor system cores (100) is proposed. Cores therein comprise a processor element controller that is configured to receive a message with an indication of a subset processor elements in the core to which it is directed as well as an indication of a target pattern, and to update the state value of the processor elements (Ei) in the subset in accordance with a specification of the target pattern. The processor element controller (PEC) is configurable in an address computation mode selected from a cyclic set of address computation modes, and configured to maintain its computation mode or assume a next address computation mode selected from the cyclic set dependent on a control value of a currently applied pattern element. Therewith a target pattern can efficiently specified.
US11960942B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a plurality of lock sequences associated with a plurality of objects of the computing device. A plurality of matrices may be generated for each lock sequence of the plurality of lock sequences, thus defining a plurality of lock sequence matrix towers. The plurality of lock sequence matrix towers may be combined, thus defining a combined lock sequence matrix tower. One or more lock sequence conflicts may be identified within the plurality of lock sequences based upon, at least in part, the combined lock sequence matrix tower.
US11960941B2
A virtual machine's (VM's) usage of a resource over a first time period may be monitored to determine a load pattern for the VM. A time series analysis of the load pattern may be performed to generate a predictive resource usage model, the predictive resource usage model indicating one or more predicted variations in the usage of the resource by the VM over a second time period. A predicted resource usage of the VM at a future time that is within the second time period may be determined based, at least in part, on the predictive resource usage model. An amount of the resource to allocate to the VM at a current time may be determined based, at least in part, on the predicted resource usage of the VM at the future time and the actual resource usage of the VM at the current time.
US11960940B2
A FaaS system comprises a plurality of execution nodes. A software package is received in the system, the software package comprising a function that is to be executed in the FaaS system. Data location information related to data that the function is going to access during execution is obtained. Based on the data location information, a determination is then made of an execution node in which the function is to be executed. The function is loaded into the determined execution node and executing in the determined execution node.
US11960939B2
A management computer manages a data processing infrastructure including a server that executes a job and a storage device that is coupled to the server via a network and stores data used for processing in accordance with the job. The management computer includes a disc and a CPU. The disc stores maximum resource amount information, path information, and load information. The CPU computes a free resource amount of components forming a path to data related to execution of a predetermined job, based on the maximum resource amount information, the path information, and the load information and determines a parallelizable number in a parallel executable processing unit when the predetermined job is executing in the server, based on the free resource amount.
US11960933B2
A method includes receiving, by a producer thread of a plurality of producer threads, an offer request associated with an item. The producer thread increases a sequence and determines (i) a chunk identifier of a memory chunk from a pool of memory chunks and (ii) a first slot position in the memory chunk to offer the item. The producer thread also writes the item into the memory chunk at the first slot position. Then, a first consumer thread of a plurality of consumer threads determines the first slot position of the item and consumes the item at the first slot position. A second consumer thread consumes another item at a second slot position in the memory chunk and recycles the memory chunk.
US11960931B2
Systems and methods for media production and broadcasting are provided. A method for a video production system according to the present disclosure includes receiving a request for media production assets from different categories from a connected computing device of an end user; determining a plurality of available production assets for each of the categories of production assets; receiving a selection of production assets from the categories of production assets from the connected computing device.
US11960925B2
A program generating device comprising circuitry configured to: display a schedule screen, in which, for each of a plurality of processes executed in a system including a plurality of industrial devices, at least a name of a process is associated with a variable that is at least either referenced or changed in a process program representing an operation of one or more of the plurality of industrial devices and executed in the process, a plurality of names of the plurality of processes obtained from a process database that is stored as process information are included, and an execution order of the plurality of processes can be specified; receive a specification of the execution order on the schedule screen; and generate a system program based on the execution order and the variable of each process included in the execution order.
US11960923B2
A Multi-site Integrated Session-oriented Transaction (MIST) computing system includes a MIST mapper configured to process a compiled distributed compute session request to determine, for each of at least one remote sets of data, whether to process the remote set of data with one of one or more field nodes or with a cloud node based on a cost of transporting the remote set of data from the proximate field node to the cloud node. In response to determining to process the remote set of data with the cloud node, the MIST mapper is configured to output a data retrieval request to the proximate field node. In response to determining to process the remote set of data with the field node, the MIST mapper is configured to output the computation request to the proximate field node.
US11960911B1
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating content clusters from topic data and focus data, generating content collections from content clusters, storing and restoring desktop scene layouts, and storing and arranging video call scenes. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate content clusters based on topic data and focus data associated with content items within a content management system and/or accessed via the internet. The disclosed systems can also generate content collections for a user account of the content management system from the content clusters. In some embodiments, the content scene system can further store and restore desktop scene layouts for arranging application windows presenting content items. Further, the disclosed systems can store and arrange particular desktop scene layouts for video call scenes.
US11960910B2
Methods and systems are provided for declaratively configuring a process and a page for a particular service provider. User interface(s) can be displayed at a user system and include options for declaratively configuring different log in processes and log in pages for the particular service provider. After receiving a selection of one of the options to configure the log in process and the log in page, inputs can be received that specify a type of identifiers associated with a user to be verified as part of the log in process, and an identity verification process to define how the user will be verified as part of the log in process for the service provider.
US11960909B1
A method and system of providing users with session-specific layouts during access of an application based on contextual data. The system identifies contextual data for each application access session and associates the contextual data with a particular in-app activity. The in-app activity corresponds to a task that is typically performed by the first user when the specific contextual data is detected. The contextual data can include location data, time and date data, and device type data.
US11960901B2
An autonomous driving controller includes a plurality of parallel processors operating on common input data. Each of the plurality of parallel processors includes a general processor, a security processor subsystem (SCS), and a safety subsystem (SMS). The general processors, the SCSs, and the SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors are configured to first, boot the plurality of SCSs from ROM second, boot the plurality of SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors from RAM or ROM, and, third, boot the plurality of general processors of the plurality of parallel processors from RAM. Between booting of the SCSs and the SMSs, at least one of the plurality of SCSs may load SMS boot code into the RAM that is dedicated to the plurality of SMSs.
US11960893B2
A method, programming product, and/or system for prefetching instructions includes an instruction prefetch table that has a plurality of entries, each entry for storing a first portion of an indirect branch instruction address and a target address, wherein the indirect branch instruction has multiple target addresses and the instruction prefetch table is accessed by an index obtained by hashing a second portion of bits of the indirect branch instruction address with an information vector of the indirect branch instruction. A further embodiment includes a first prefetch table for uni-target branch instructions and a second prefetch table for multi-target branch instructions. In operation it is determined whether a branch instruction hits in one of the multiple prefetch tables; a target address for the branch instruction is read from the respective prefetch table in which the branch instruction hit; and the branch instruction is prefetched to an instruction cache.
US11960886B2
An integrated circuit including a plurality of processing components to process image data of a plurality of image frames, wherein each image frame includes a plurality of stages. Each processing component includes a plurality of execution pipelines, wherein each pipeline includes a plurality of multiplier-accumulator circuits configurable to perform multiply and accumulate operations using image data and filter weights, wherein: (i) a first processing component is configurable to process all of the data associated with a first plurality of stages of each image frame, and (ii) a second processing component of the plurality of processing components is configurable to process all of the data associated with a second plurality of stages of each image frame. The first and second processing component processes data associated with the first and second plurality of stages, respectively, of a first image frame concurrently.
US11960885B2
Methods and systems related to parallel computing using heterogeneous networks of computational nodes are disclosed herein. A method for executing a complex computation on a heterogeneous set of computational nodes linked together by a set of links in a network is disclosed. The method includes compiling, using a table of bandwidth values for the set of links in the network, a set of instructions for routing data for the execution of the complex computation. The method also includes configuring a set of programmable controllers on the heterogeneous set of computational nodes with the set of instructions. The method also includes executing the set of instructions using the set of programmable controllers. The method also includes routing data through the network to facilitate the execution of the complex computation by the heterogeneous set of computational nodes and in response to the execution of the instructions.
US11960881B2
A system and method for simplifying the creation of documentation, and especially software documentation. A software application, referred to as a source metadata tagger and document compiler is used to add metadata to a final output document. This metadata contains identifiers that are associated with various source files. In this way, the system can easily determine which source file is being reviewed and/or flagged by the reviewer. This information can be used by the ticketing/notification system to create a work item for the appropriate developer or development group. This is vastly simpler than the current system, where human intervention is required to determine which source file is being flagged.
US11960874B2
A control system comprises a mobile object control unit for controlling a mobile object; an update control unit for controlling reception of an update program of the mobile object control unit from a server and controlling update of the mobile object control unit by the program; an acquisition unit for acquiring reception information indicating a communication manner for receiving from the server for each program; and a communication control unit for controlling receiving the program from the server, based on the reception information, wherein the acquisition unit is for, when both a first update program and a second update program received after update by the first update program is executed have not been received, acquiring information about change of reception information of the first update program, and the communication control unit is for controlling receiving the first update program based on the information about change acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11960869B2
An Android penetration method and device for implementing silent installation based on accessibility services. The method includes: acquiring a second target application by adding a load program to a first target application and adding penetration permissions using an Android decompilation technology; and implementing silent installation of the second target application using an accessibility service technology.
US11960866B2
A method and system are provided to construct, from a TensorFlow graph, a common intermediate representation that can be converted to a plurality of compiler intermediate representations (IRs), which enables compiler optimization to be applied efficiently.
US11960863B2
A mixed mode programming method permitting users to program with graphical coding blocks and textual code within the same programming tool. The mixed mode preserves the advantages of graphical block programming while introducing textual coding as needed for instructional reasons and/or for functional reasons. Converting a graphical code block or group of blocks to a textual block lets the user see a portion of the textual code in the context of a larger program. Within one programming tool the mixed mode method allows users to learn programming and build purely graphical blocks; then transition into mixed graphical and textual code and ultimately lead to their ability to program in purely textual code. The mixed mode further allows users to program using any combination of drag-and-drop graphical blocks and typed textual code in various forms.
US11960852B2
A direct speech-to-speech translation (S2ST) model includes an encoder configured to receive an input speech representation that to an utterance spoken by a source speaker in a first language and encode the input speech representation into a hidden feature representation. The S2ST model also includes an attention module configured to generate a context vector that attends to the hidden representation encoded by the encoder. The S2ST model also includes a decoder configured to receive the context vector generated by the attention module and predict a phoneme representation that corresponds to a translation of the utterance in a second different language. The S2ST model also includes a synthesizer configured to receive the context vector and the phoneme representation and generate a translated synthesized speech representation that corresponds to a translation of the utterance spoken in the different second language.
US11960848B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that include and/or leverage one or more machine-learned language models that generate intermediate textual analysis (e.g., including usage of structural tools such as APIs) in service of contextual text generation. For example, a computing system can obtain a contextual text string that includes one or more contextual text tokens. The computing system can process the contextual text string with the machine-learned language model to generate one or more intermediate text strings that include one or more intermediate text tokens. The computing system can process the one or more intermediate text strings with the machine-learned language model to generate an output text string comprising one or more output text tokens. The one or more intermediate text strings can include textual analysis of the contextual text string that supports the output text string.
US11960845B2
Embodiments relate to decoding communications with token sky maps. At least one electronic communication including emoticons having a non-original meaning is received. A candidate meaning is determined for the emoticons having the non-original meaning in the at least one electronic communication based at least in part on token neighborhood distribution structures. The candidate meaning for the emoticons having the non-original meaning is caused to be displayed on at least one device.
US11960836B2
An index value assignment device comprises: a selection unit that prompts a user to select, from a sentence, one or more words that the user feels to have a same degree of a predetermined index value with respect to one or more first words for which the index value is known; a validation unit that validates the selection result by the user on a basis of the index value of a second word for which the index value is known from among the one or more words included in the selection result; and a determination unit that determines the index value with respect to a third word for which the index value is unknown from among the one or more words selected by the user, on a basis of the index value of the first word according to the selection result for which the selection result is determined to be valid. Consequently, the efficiency of assigning word familiarity is increased.
US11960823B1
A missing glyph replacement system is described. In an example, a Unicode identifier of a missing glyph is obtained and glyph metadata describing a glyph cluster that includes the Unicode identifier is obtained from a cache maintained in the storage device, e.g., as part of preprocessing. From this, the system obtains glyphs from the font using Unicode identifiers included in the glyph cluster. The system uses a representative glyph from these glyphs to verify the glyph cluster, and if verified obtains glyphs based on the cluster. For these obtained glyphs, an amount of similarity is determined for the missing glyph with respect to the plurality of obtained glyphs, e.g., to control output of representations of the obtained glyphs in the user interface. The representations are user selectable via the user interface to replace the missing glyph.
US11960822B2
A computer-implemented process is programmed to programmatically receive at a first computer a digital electronic object including a source text that is directed to a target audience and that was composed at a second computer, determine a style value specifying a particular communication style from among different communication styles based on a communication profile of the target audience, evaluate the source text using a trained machine-learning model, receive a classification output from the machine-learning model, generate an output set of suggested edits to the source text based on comparing the classification output to the source text, and transmit the output set of suggested edits to the second computer. The classification output from the machine-learning model includes a modified text based on the source text. The modified text has been classified using the particular communication style specified in the style value.
US11960815B2
Various examples are provided related to automated chip design, such as a pareto-optimization framework for automated network-on-chip design. In one example, a method for network-on-chip (NoC) design includes determining network performance for a defined NoC configuration comprising a plurality of n routers interconnected through a plurality of intermediate links; comparing the network performance of the defined NoC configuration to at least one performance objective; and determining, in response to the comparison, a revised NoC configuration based upon iterative optimization of the at least one performance objective through adjustment of link allocation between the plurality of n routers. In another example, a method comprises determining a revised NoC configuration based upon iterative optimization of at least one performance objective through adjustment of a first number of routers to obtain a second number of routers and through adjustment of link allocation between the second number of routers.
US11960813B2
A system and method for automatically generating placement of vias within redistribution layers of a semiconductor package are described. In various implementations, a user defines attributes to use for automatic via generation in redistribution layers of a semiconductor package. The circuitry of a processor of a computing device used by the user executes instructions of an automatic redistribution layer (RDL) via generator. The automatic via generator uses the attributes, data indicative of the RDL netlist of signal routes within the RDL, and RDL mask layout data representing the signal masks of the metal layers within the RDL. The processor generates placement of vias for in the RDL based on the attributes and an identification of overlapping regions between metal layers.
US11960802B2
A computer-implemented method for designing intervention into the behavior of a real complex system of technical or biochemical nature. The real complex system is modeled by a network of objects and relations between the objects. The objects of the system are represented by network points and the relations are represented by edges between the network points. The states of the objects are described by a parameter set and the relations associated with the edges are described by functions of time.
US11960801B2
Disclosed is a method for calculating a pressure loss of a parallel R-type automobile vibration damper. The automobile vibration damper includes a frame, a spring, an axle, a hydraulic cylinder, an upper oil tank, a piston, a lower oil tank, and a resistance adjustment section. The resistance adjustment section is composed of 4 capillaries connected in parallel and solenoid valves. The four capillaries are all coiled into an M shape. The 4 capillaries are R8, R4, R2, and R1 and are connected in series with solenoid valves VR8, VR4, VR2, VR1, respectively. Due to the viscous effect of oily liquid in the cylinder, when the oily liquid flows through the resistance adjustment section, damping can be adjusted by adjusting the configurations SRn of the solenoid valves VR8, VR4, VR2, and VR1.
US11960796B2
A region of a CAD model is obtained via user drawing of a boundary for the region in a GUI. The boundary entirely encloses one or more entities and intersects one or more entities. For each intersecting entity, a reference point on the intersecting entity and a reference direction at the reference point are determined. Based on the reference points and reference directions, a candidate set of candidate entities which are spatially compatible with the intersecting entities is searched. A spatial transformation which maps each reference point and reference direction onto a candidate entity of the candidate set is computed. The one or more entirely enclosed entities are replicated according to the spatial transformation, or replication is suggested via a visualization means. In an embodiment, the CAD model is two-dimensional, the intersecting entities are curves, and the reference direction of an intersecting curve is tangent to the intersecting curve.
