US11134662B2
The present disclosure provides systems for heat source, e.g., data center, cooling and aquaculture. In certain aspects, the systems include a heat source, e.g., data center, having a water cooling subsystem configured to receive cool water and output warm water and an aquaculture center co-located with the heat source, e.g., data center, and configured to receive the warm water. Aspects of the invention also include methods for cooling a heat source, e.g., data center, using a water cooling subsystem and cultivating aquatic organisms with an aquaculture center that is co-located with the heat source, e.g., data center.
US11134658B2
A wearable animal feeder, and methods of making and using such a wearable animal feeder, whereby the wearable animal feeder includes a face shield having opposing face shield upper and lower portions, and opposing face shield front and rear faces; and a reservoir having a reservoir outlet coupled to the face shield lower portion, whereby the reservoir outlet outwardly extends from the face shield front face.
US11134655B2
An automatic blow-drying device for pets includes a pet cage and a drying unit, wherein the drying unit is arranged on one side of the pet cage and comprises an air source, air supply passages are respectively arranged on two sides of the air source and are provided with heating elements, the pet cage is provided with openings which are matched with the air supply passages to form stationary air ports, the air supply passages on the two sides are matched with the corresponding stationary air ports to allow an air flow to enter the pet cage to form a surrounding drying area, and the drying unit is connected with an adjustable air port used for blowing air into areas, except for the surrounding drying area, in the pet cage. According to the domestic automatic blow-drying device for pets, a pet can be directly placed in the device to be blow-dried after being bathed, so that the situation where water and pet hair spread all around in a house after the pet is bathed is prevented.
US11134651B2
An auger assembly (1) for receiving and conveying cheese curd downstream along a cheese processing line (32) includes an auger housing (2), a first auger (3) having a first shaft (5) extending through the auger housing (2), a second auger (4) having a second shaft (6) extending through the auger housing (2) and arranged colinearly with the first shaft (5), a first bearing (9) mounted to the auger housing (2) and arranged at the end (7) of the first shaft (5), and a second bearing (10) mounted to the auger housing (2) and arranged at the end (8) of the second shaft (6). The first bearing (9) and second bearing (10) are colinear and facing each other. At least one slotted groove (11, 12) is formed the bearings (9, 10) to enable a cleaning fluid to contact a surface (13, 14) of the respective bearing (9, 10).
US11134637B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PRBU75 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PRBU75, cells from soybean variety 5PRBU75, plants of soybean 5PRBU75, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PRBU75. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PRBU75 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PRBU75, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PRBU75, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PRBU75. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PRBU75 are further provided.
US11134631B2
Novel lettuce, such as lettuce designated CABALLERO is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of lettuce CABALLERO, to the plants and plant parts of lettuce CABALLERO, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce CABALLERO with itself or another lettuce plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce plants derived from the lettuce CABALLERO.
US11134624B2
A method of inserting a tree tap into a tree, the tree tap including a blade in which a passageway is defined. The method includes abutting a distal end of the blade against an outer surface of the tree, followed by impacting the tree tap to drive the blade in to the tree. Afterwards, a cavity is drilled in the tree adjacent the blade distal end through the passageway. Also, a tree tap usable to perform the method.
US11134620B2
The present invention relates to a slurry comprising water, bentonite, and a compound selected from fertilizer, a plant growth regulator, a fungicide and an insecticide. The present invention also relates to an agricultural product comprising a slurry comprising water and bentonite, and a plant propagative material. Methods of using the bentonite to enhance a growth-related trait, such as drought tolerance, in a plant are also described.
US11134613B2
A concave separator or concave separation grate assembly and configuration for separating operations of a combine harvester is disclosed having integrated, interchangeable, and removable finger-like like configurations and assortments that can allow full separation of crop material from chaff, straw, vines and the like, thereby increasing grain separating capacity in a combine, improved breaking up the chaff-grain material, among other advantages. The separator grate assembly can include a bracket or grate member, and a plurality of first protruding members secured to the bracket member and having a first configuration, the first protruding member having a proximal end and a distal end. The first protruding members can include an elevation or angle relative to a horizontal plane when secured to the bracket member, and wherein each of the plurality of first protruding members can be equally spaced apart from each other when secured the bracket member.
US11134611B2
An agricultural machine is with skids equipped with interchangeable liners. The agricultural machine is a disk mower, a swather or similar machine, resting at least partly in braced manner on the soil during its use and provided with a working element and with skids designed to slide on the soil. These skids are formed in a lower wall of the working element or are integral with this lower wall, and each skid is provided with a liner having at least one frontal end and a frontal rim on each side of this frontal end. At least one of the frontal rims of the liner of each skid has a relief, at least one part of which penetrates into an indentation formed in the corresponding skid.
US11134609B2
A robotic work tool comprising a work tool (160), a tool damage detector (162) and a controller (110) for controlling the operation of the robotic work tool (100), the robotic work tool (100) being configured to detect that the work tool (100) is damaged or lost by detecting an irregularity utilizing the tool damage detector (162) and thereby determining that the work tool (160) is damaged or lost.
US11134607B2
A seed conduit defining a first end and a second end. The first end couples to a storage container and the second end to a planter shoe. The seed conduit includes a first flange coupled to and extending away from the second end of the seed conduit. The first flange extends into a gap defined by the planter shoe to deliver product from the storage container to a trench. The seed conduit includes a first support rib coupled to the first flange.
US11134605B1
Seed meter for planting different seed varieties including back cover, disk and front cover. Back cover includes seed separation device providing first seed pool area and second seed pool area with help of the back cover. First seed pool area receives first type seeds, and second seed pool area receives second type seeds from first seed chamber and second seed chamber, respectively of a seed hopper. Disk includes at least two rows of apertures disposed in alignment with first seed pool area and second seed pool area. Disk rotates with vacuum pressure and entrains the first type seeds and the second type seeds over the apertures until apertures rotate past an area where vacuum pressure is cut off from the apertures. First type seeds and second type seeds free-fall from the disk through a discharge chute in the back cover into a seed tube for depositing into a seed furrow.
US11140792B2
A display device including a display panel, an extension plate, and a spacing plate is provided. The display panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and a flexible connecting unit. The second substrate is stacked on the first substrate and has an outer surface. The first substrate has a protruding portion extended out of the second substrate. The protruding portion has a protruding surface connected to the flexible connecting unit. The extension plate is stacked on the outer surface and has a portion extending out of the outer surface and being stacked on the protruding portion. A gap is formed between the extension plate and the flexible connecting unit. The spacing plate partially enters into the gap to be located between the flexible connecting unit and the extension plate.
US11140791B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. An electronic device according to various embodiments may include an optical sensor and a display panel. The display panel may include a first substrate, a second substrate, a pixel layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the pixel layer having at least one opening in at least a portion thereof, and a light-transmissive member comprising a light-transmissive material disposed in at least a portion of the opening and having a second reflective index corresponding to a first reflective index of the second substrate. The optical sensor may be disposed below the second substrate and at least partially overlap a predetermined area of the display panel corresponding to the opening.
US11140790B2
A display device includes a first guide member extending in a first direction, a second guide member extending in the first direction and facing the first guide member in a second direction crossing the first direction, a display panel disposed between the first guide member and the second guide member, a support member which supports a portion of the display panel, a first driving unit which moves the support member, and a second driving unit connected to one end of the display panel to roll or unroll the display panel. Both sides of the support member are inserted into guide grooves defined in an inner side surface of the first guide member and an inner side surface of the second guide member, which faces the inner side surface of the first guide member, and the support member moves along the guide grooves.
US11140789B2
An integrated frame assembly can include an inner mounting frame having first, second, third sidewall, and fourth sidewalls, a first corner proximate the first and fourth sidewalls, a second corner proximate the first and second sidewalls, a third corner proximate the second and third sidewalls, and a fourth corner proximate the third and fourth sidewalls. Corner components can be connected to the inner mounting frame and include a first corner component proximate the first corner, a second corner component proximate the second corner, a third corner component proximate the third corner, and a fourth corner component proximate the fourth corner. An outer frame can surround the first, third sidewall, and fourth sidewalls. Housing(s) can be proximate to the first, second, third, or fourth sidewall to enhance structural rigidity of the integrated frame assembly. The housing(s) can include antenna(s) and speaker(s).
US11140783B2
A manufacturing apparatus of a wiring board includes: a fixed die; a movable die configured to abut with the fixed die so as to form a cavity in which a resin substrate having a wiring gutter is to be molded; and an injection machine configured to inject molten resin into the cavity via the fixed die. The movable die includes a movable main mold, and a movable core having a nested structure in which the movable core is slidably accommodated in the movable main mold. A wall surface of the movable core has a projection portion that molds the wiring gutter. An injector configured to inject molten metal into the wiring gutter via the projection portion is provided inside the movable core.
US11140779B2
A composite material incorporates multi-compartment microcapsules that produce heat when subject to a stimulus such as a compressive force or a magnetic field. The stimulus ruptures an isolating structure within the multi-compartment microcapsule, allowing reactants within the multi-compartment microcapsule to produce heat from an exothermic reaction. In some embodiments, the composite material is a laminate used in the manufacture of multi-layer printed circuit boards (PCBs) and provides heat during the curing process of the multi-layer PCBs to ensure a consistent thermal gradient in the multi-layer product.
US11140777B2
Disclosed is an interface circuit, a chip containing an interface circuit and a manufacturing method thereof. The interface circuit includes an I/O processing sub-circuit, a path selection sub-circuit, and at least two I/O ports. The I/O processing sub-circuit, the path selection sub-circuit, and the at least two I/O ports are electrically connected in sequence. The path selected by the path selection sub-circuit can enable a first and a second electrical signal to be transmitted through the I/O ports that are configured to correspond to the ports of the external device through which the first and second electrical signals are transmitted. That is, the path selection sub-circuit can customize the layout of the signal-input/output I/O ports of the interface circuit according to the layout of the ports of the external device.
US11140765B2
A radiation source comprises: an emitter for emitting a fuel target towards a plasma formation region; a laser system for hitting the target with a laser beam to generating a plasma; a collector for collecting radiation emitted by the plasma; an imaging system configured to capture an image of the target; one or more markers at the collector and within a field of view of the imaging system; and a controller. The controller receives data representative of the image; and controls operation of the radiation source in dependence on the data.
US11140757B2
A system for monitoring the irradiation of an object with light from a luminaire includes the luminaire having one or more light sources, which emit light having a spatial radiation pattern; a computing unit, connected to the luminaire and set up to acquire information about an illuminance of the light of the light sources; a first memory, connected to the computing unit and in which information about spatial positioning of the luminaire relative to a surface of the object is stored; and a second memory, connected to the computing unit and in which information about the spatial radiation pattern of the light sources is stored. The computing unit may calculate and output a local intensity of light incident at the respective position on the basis of illuminance information, the spatial radiation pattern of the light sources, and the spatial positioning of the luminaire relative to the surface of the object.
US11140755B2
A method for forming a protective antioxidative barrier on the furnace electrodes using a chemically altered cooling liquid containing an antioxidant additive. This method can be applied to electrodes used in electric arc furnaces and ladle metallurgy furnaces. The method can involve spraying the cooling liquid onto the electrode, thereby forming the protective antioxidative barrier and reducing the oxidation of the electrode.
US11140754B2
Disclosed is a cooking apparatus for providing a cooking vessel suitable for a simmer cooking function. A cooking apparatus of the present invention includes a cooking room; a cooking vessel accommodated in the cooking room, and including a main body, and a heating element attached on a bottom of the main body and configured to be heated by microwaves to heat the main body; a microwave heater configured to radiate microwaves to the cooking vessel; an input device configured to receive a simmer cooking command; and a controller configured to repeatedly perform a process of turning on the microwave heater for a first time period, when the simmer cooking command is received through the input device, and turning off the microwave heater for a second time period when the first time period elapses, for a cooking time period, and configured to perform a keeping-warm process when a door does not open in a third time period after the cooking time period elapses.
US11140751B2
A control circuit for an induction heating device includes a D.C. power supply, referenced to a ground connection and configured to supply power to the induction heating device. A switching device is configured to be selectively activated to control the induction heating device. The switching device is connected on one end to the ground connection. A resonant load is disposed between the D.C. power supply and the switching device, the resonant load including a capacitor and an inductor connected in a parallel configuration. At least one rectifying device is disposed in series with the resonant load and the switching device. The switching device is configured to control current from the D.C. power supply through the resonant load.
US11140750B2
An integrated circuit is provided having an active circuit. A heating element is adjacent to the active circuit and configured to heat the active circuit. A temperature sensor is also adjacent to the active circuit and configured to measure a temperature of the active circuit. A temperature controller is coupled to the active circuit and configured to receive a temperature signal from the temperature sensor. The temperature controller operates the heating element to heat the active circuit to maintain the temperature of the active circuit in a selected temperature range.
US11140747B2
A base station configured to perform communication with a user apparatus in a radio communication system, including: a storage unit configured to store configuration information on an aggregated downlink control channel in which a plurality of downlink control channels in a plurality of slots are aggregated; and a transmission unit configured to transmit downlink control information, to the user apparatus, using the aggregated downlink control channel based on the configuration information.
US11140738B1
A system for monitoring and resolving issues associated with network connectivity. A first device may connect to an access point to communicatively couple with other computing devices on a network, such as a remote device. The first device and/or the remote device may monitor, in real-time, a health of network connection to provide one or more recommendations for resolving connectivity issues and/or instructing a second device to establish a connection with the first device. The connection may permit the first device to communicatively couple to the remote device via the second device.
US11140727B2
A network system of a home appliance configured to set up a network of the home appliance by using a terminal, and a network set-up method of the same, after converting a home appliance having built with a WIFI module into an AP to enable the terminal to be connected to an AP home appliance, the information stored at the terminal is transmitted to the AP home appliance, and thus the WIFI may be set up without a separate manipulation of a user at the time of setting up the WIFI of the home appliance without adding an input/output apparatus such as a display apparatus or an interface, the set-up value of the AP, the device information, and the device authentication key may be changed, and thus is safer from hack attacks, an AP is not needed to be provided, and thus a cost-related advantage may be obtained.
US11140721B2
Disclosed in embodiments of the present application are a random access method and device. The method comprises: a terminal device determining a target uplink bandwidth part (BWP) and/or a target downlink BWP for random access; and the terminal device initiating a contention-based random access on the target uplink BWP and/or the target downlink BWP.
US11140718B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication method for efficiently scheduling simultaneous uplink transmissions of a plurality of terminals. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal, the terminal including: a transceiver; and a processor, wherein the processor receives, through the transceiver, a trigger frame transmitted by a base wireless communication terminal, and performs a multi-user uplink transmission based on the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger frame includes a predetermined field indicating whether an additional trigger frame is present or not, and a wireless communication method using the same.
US11140716B2
Method performed by a network node in communication with a first wireless device. The network node and the first wireless device operate in a wireless communications network. The network node determines whether or not a random access procedure for the first wireless device was successful. The determining is performed after the following actions in the random access procedure: a) a first Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, order indicating a non-reserved signal has been sent to the first wireless device, the signal being one of: a preamble, a tone and a subcarrier, and b) an L2/L3 message has been received after the sending of the first PDCCH order. The determining is based on verifying whether or not the L2/L3 message originated in the first wireless device.
US11140711B2
A method for downlink reception in an unlicensed band and a user equipment using the same method are provided. The method includes: receiving an indication for indicating whether a channel correlated with a spatial domain reference signal is available; and accessing the channel if the indication indicates the channel is available.
US11140708B2
A user equipment (UE) includes at least one processor configured to identify a channel access mechanism to gain access to an operating channel of unlicensed band, perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation over the operating channel according to the identified channel access mechanism and obtain a channel occupancy time (COT) for transmission and reception on the operating channel after the LBT operation is successful, and identify, within the COT, one or more switching points for the UE to switch from uplink (UL) transmission to downlink (DL) reception or from the DL reception to the UL transmission. The UE further includes a transceiver configured to transmit to or receive from a base station (BS) over the operating channel during the COT, and switch from the UL transmission to the DL reception or from the DL reception to the UL transmission based on the identified one or more switching points.
US11140699B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to the present disclosure, a terminal can perform uplink scheduling in accordance with a priority of a logical channel in a mobile communication system supporting various numerology types and TTI durations.
US11140690B2
A method for transmitting an uplink signal in an unlicensed band by a terminal is provided. The terminal receives first scheduling information that schedules one or more uplink subframes, from a base station in a first downlink subframe. The terminal receives second scheduling information that determines a transmission time point of the uplink signal, from the base station in a second downlink subframe after the first downlink subframe. The terminal transmits the uplink signal in a first uplink subframe corresponding to the transmission time point among the one or more uplink subframes.
US11140683B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for periodic uplink (UL) signals with hybrid transceiver architectures are provided. One method includes configuring, by a network node, opportunities for periodic signal transmission for user equipment based around cell-specific sweeping uplink resources. In an embodiment, the sweeping comprises a process for providing more than one opportunity for the user equipment to transmit a periodic signal based on the user equipment's location in the cell.
US11140682B2
The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE transmits K pieces of first-type information through an air interface, wherein the K pieces of first-type information indicate multi-antenna related capabilities of the UE under K transmission configurations respectively; the K transmission configurations all correspond to a first frequency band combination, and the first frequency band combination comprises one or more frequency bands; numbers of parallel carriers corresponding to the K transmission configurations belong to K first-type integer sets respectively, any one of the K first-type integer sets is composed of one or more positive integers, and any two of the K first-type integer sets are different. The above method can improve the peak rate of the UE and improve the efficiency of transmission.
US11140681B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a base station. An example method generally includes allocating uplink resources to one or more first type of user equipments (UEs) that communicate with the BS on a first frequency band that is narrower than a second frequency band used to communicate with a second type of UE, wherein the uplink resources are allocated in a narrowband subframe structure having a symbol duration determined based, at least in part, on characteristics of communications between the BS and the second type of UE using the second frequency band, and receiving uplink transmissions from the one or more first type of UEs on the allocated resources.
US11140678B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a terminal (10) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising receiving and/or transmitting according to a transmission time interval, TTI, configuration, the TTI configuration indicating at least one short transmitting time interval having between one or two and seven symbols of duration in a subframe. There are also disclosed related methods and devices.
US11140670B2
The present invention is designed so that communication is performed appropriately in radio communication systems that support different numerologies than existing LTE systems. A receiving section that receives a downlink control channel, and a control section that controls detection of candidates for allocating the downlink control channel are provided, where, when the downlink control channel is configured in a plurality of symbols, the control section controls the detection of downlink control channel allocation candidates that are arranged in one-symbol units and downlink control channel allocation candidates that are arranged over multiple symbols.
US11140669B2
The present invention is designed so that the transmission of A/Ns can be controlled properly when the reference value for the timing for transmitting signals is controlled in radio base stations and/or user terminals. A user terminal, according to the present invention, has a receiving section that receives a downlink (DL) shared channel, and a control section that controls transmission of retransmission control information in response to the DL shared channel. The control section controls the transmission of the retransmission control information based on a reference value that is configured for timing for transmitting the retransmission control information.
US11140666B2
This application discloses an uplink control information transmission method. A terminal may determine, based on received first DCI, whether UCI triggered by the DCI is highly reliable UCI, and if the UCI is highly reliable UCI, design a special transmission policy for the UCI, to protect the UCI and ensure reliability of a URLLC service. In this application, the special transmission policy may be superior to a common UCI transmission policy in at least one of the following aspects: a transmission resource, a coding scheme, a sending sequence, and the like.
US11140657B2
According to one configuration, a wireless network environment includes a first wireless network and a second wireless network. A mobile communication device in the wireless network environment receives first paging notifications directed to the mobile communication device from a first wireless base station such as operated by a first wireless network service provider. The mobile communication device receives second paging notifications directed to the mobile communication device from a second wireless base station such as operated by a second wireless network service provider. The wireless network environment provides improved paging over conventional techniques.
US11140637B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described, in which for one or more aspects of a first transmission of a first radio access technology (RAT) (e.g., a 5G or New Radio (NR) RAT) are determined based on transmissions of a second RAT (e.g., a 4G or Long Term Evolution (LTE) RAT). A user equipment (UE) may, in some cases, determine a reference timing, a reference power, or combinations thereof for an uplink transmission of the first RAT based on a received power or reference timing of the second RAT. In some cases, handover for the first RAT may be based at least in part on an handover in the second RAT.
US11140635B2
Systems and methods for controlling uplink (UL) power allocation in a user equipment (UE) operating in a communication network are provided. The method includes: selecting between at least a first UL power allocation technique and a second power allocation technique for use in the UE; and using the selected power allocation technique in the UE to transmit uplink data by allocating transmit power between at least two carriers on which the uplink data is transmitted.
US11140620B2
A method of operating a network gateway in a cellular network to control access of at least one mobile device to a voice service accessible via the cellular network, the mobile device being connected to the network gateway via a wireless access router and wide area network, WAN, the method including receiving a request from the mobile device to access the voice service; measuring performance metrics for a non-cellular wireless network link to the mobile device; requesting observed network information from the mobile device; and comparing the quality of the non-cellular wireless network link to the mobile device against the respective quality of at least one observed network; if the quality of the non-cellular wireless network link is greater than the quality of an available observed network, allowing the request to proceed to the cellular network; and if the quality of at least one of the observed networks is higher than the current non-cellular wireless network link, rejecting the voice service request of the mobile device.
US11140616B2
Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to adaptively manage system information, particularly on-demand system information. A UE may receive mandatory system information from a wireless network and may determine that at least some additional, e.g., on-demand, system information would be beneficial. The UE may evaluate whether a condition is met to request the additional system information and may initiate a random access procedure to request the additional system information. If the random access procedure fails, the UE may adjust its behavior, including reselection behavior, in response to lacking the additional system information.
US11140606B2
A communication system includes a base station disposed in a wireless network environment. During operation, the base station receives a first message communicated over a first fixed wireless access communication link from a mobile communication device. The base station receives a second message communicated over a second fixed wireless access communication link from the mobile communication device. Via the first message and the second message, the base station tracks a current location of the mobile communication device in the wireless network environment.
US11140598B2
A method of handing over a User Equipment, UE, from a first type of Radio Access Technology, RAT, to a second type of RAT, wherein said UE is attached to a core network via a Radio Access Network, RAN, utilizing said first type of RAT, said method comprising the steps of receiving, by a Mobility Management node in said core network from a network function in said core network, an indication that a particular service is to be invoked for said UE, determining, by said Mobility Management node, that said UE is to be handed over from said first type of RAT to said second type of RAT for supporting said particular service and requesting, by said Mobility Management node, said RAN to hand over said UE from said first RAT to said second RAT.
US11140597B2
Disclosed in the present application are a method and apparatus for processing a link establishment failure, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: a terminal receives a first instruction message sent by a network, the first instruction message being used for instructing the terminal to perform a service link switching operation; the terminal switches a source service link to a target service link according to the first instruction message; and if the target service link fails to be established, the terminal sends second instruction information to the network, the second information being used for instructing the establishment failure of the target service link to the network.
US11140596B2
Disclosed are: a communication method for incorporating an IoT technique with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than that of a 4G system or a subsequent system; and a system therefor. The present invention can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, security, safety, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technique and IoT-related techniques. A communication method and device of the base station and network equipment in the mobile communication system, according to the present invention, can quickly provide, to the base station to which the terminal moves, a D2D service authorized indication of the terminal for a PLMN provided from the base station of a region to which the terminal moves, even though the terminal moves to the region at which the different PLMNs are provided, and can allow the terminal to endlessly use the services, since the terminal is allocated with the resources for the D2D services during the movement thereof.
US11140593B2
A communications apparatus communicating with at least one cellular network includes a radio transceiver and a processor. The radio transceiver is capable of transmitting or receiving wireless radio frequency signals to or from an air interface in the cellular network. The processor is configured to determine whether an inter-RAT change will be triggered in a subsequent procedure when the communications apparatus is in a connected mode. When the processor determines that an inter-RAT change procedure will be triggered, the processor is configured to selectively perform a predetermined procedure instead of the subsequent procedure to avoid the inter-RAT change.
US11140590B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a second network node for handling neighbour relationships between radio network nodes in a wireless communication network. The second network node initiates a neighbour relationship establishment process in the wireless communication network by transmitting an indication to a second radio network node or a first network node. The indication indicates the second radio network node to transmit an identifier of a reference signal handler associated with a reference signal of the second radio network node along with a transmission of the reference signal.
US11140588B2
In one aspect of the teachings herein, a radio network node associated with a source cell provides sidelink configuration information to a wireless device to be handed over to a target cell. The information indicates the sidelink synchronization and resource configurations associated with the target cell, and the wireless device performs sidelink communications based on the sidelink synchronization and resource configurations of the target cell. Receiving the sidelink resource and timing information associated with the target cell enables the wireless device to perform sidelink communications using the target-cell resources and timing, even while still being served in a cellular sense from the source cell. Thus, the wireless device may begin or resume sidelink communications using the sidelink timing and resources associated with the target cell, irrespective of whether cellular handover of the wireless device from the source cell to the target cell has completed.
US11140579B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provided methods and devices for a transmit receive point (TRP) to access one or more unlicensed channels in an unlicensed spectrum jointly with at least one other TRP. An example method may include a step of aligning a starting time of a potential transmission on at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels with a starting time of a potential transmission of at least one other TRP on the at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels. A further step includes performing channel access on the at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels by performing at least one of a spatial domain channel access procedure or a combination of a spatial domain channel access procedure and a frequency domain multi-channel access procedure. Another step includes transmitting at the aligned starting time on the at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels in the joint access period when the at least one of the one or more unlicensed channels is available.
US11140575B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a coding rate threshold associated with transmitting an uplink control information (UCI) message during a time period, determine whether to reduce a size of the UCI message based on the coding rate threshold, and transmit at least a portion of the UCI message on uplink shared resources allocated for the time period. The UE may determine to reduce the size of the UCI message by dropping portions of the UCI message based on a size of uplink control resources, a size of uplink shared resources, additional parameters signaled to the UE, or some combination of these factors.
US11140574B1
A method and system to help facilitate communication between a user equipment device (UE) and an access node that is serving the UE, in a scenario where a bearer is configured for the UE, the bearer having a defined set of quality-of-service (QoS) requirements for communication of user-plane data on the bearer. When wireless coverage of the UE from the access node is threshold poor, the access node and a supporting core network could interwork to loosen the set of QoS requirements of the bearer in an effort to avoid loss of the bearer. And upon loosening of the set of QoS requirements, the access node could invoke Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) duplication for the communication between the UE and the access node on the bearer, to help improve quality of the communication between the UE and the access node in presence of the threshold poor wireless coverage.
US11140557B2
A method performed by a first wireless communication system operating on a first subframe structure in an unlicensed spectrum is disclosed. The method comprises determining a subframe timing difference between the first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system operating on a second subframe structure in the unlicensed spectrum and determining whether timing difference exists between the first and second wireless communication systems based on the subframe timing difference. The method further comprises adjusting a subframe timing of the first wireless communication system, in response to determining the existence of the timing difference, to obtain a channel on an unlicensed carrier in the unlicensed spectrum for data communication by the first wireless communication system.
US11140556B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for supporting a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set to efficiently use a wireless resource. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits a trigger-based PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger-based PPDU comprises a spatial reuse parameter for spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) terminal and a wireless communication method using the same.
US11140554B2
Method and apparatus for configuring a security module connected to a telecommunication terminal in a framework of a multi-SIM offer. In particular, a control server allocates a set of N activation codes corresponding to a subscription including a plurality of N profiles to allocate to a set of N respective terminals, and thus implements the steps: a) after activation of a first code with a first terminal, allocating a profile to the first terminal and recording a connection of the allocated profile to the first terminal, b) for a new request for allocating a current profile to a current terminal, allocating the current profile to the current terminal, if: no connection of this current terminal to a profile is recorded, and no connection of this current profile to a terminal is recorded, and recording the connection of the current profile to the current terminal.
US11140542B1
Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to enabling users to remain in a first network billing system but access a second network for wireless communication network services. This occurs via an OTA update of a user's UE SIM, where the update changes the primary public land mobile network (PLMN) from the first network to the second network. Additionally, the network capabilities for the UE are cross-provisioned from the first network to the second network, where the first network provides a service or rate plan to the second network.
US11140525B2
Aspects of this disclosure are directed to a method of routing text messages to subscribers of toll-free numbers using the toll-free exchange. Typically, an originating texter will draft a text message, using, for example, an SMS component of a cellular phone to a toll-free subscriber. In an aspect of the present disclosure, the text message is sent to the originating texter's service provider, which then routes the text message to the toll-free exchange. The toll-free exchange looks up the RESPORG ID associated with the ten-digit toll-free number, and the RESPORG ID is used for text message routing.
US11140524B2
A computer-implemented method for vehicle to vehicle messaging. The method captures a voice command of a user in a first vehicle, and extracts an intent, a target recipient, and a message payload from the captured voice command of the user, using natural language processing. The method further analyzes video content from one or more cameras of the first vehicle, and identifies the target recipient relevant to the captured voice command, based on the analyzed video content. The method further transmits the message payload to the identified target recipient based on the extracted intent. In one embodiment, the message payload is transmitted to the target recipient via peer-to-peer communication, together with one or more segments of the analyzed video content and is displayed on a user interface of the identified target recipient.
US11140519B1
Methods and systems for transmitting location updates include determining a deviation distance, based on an extrapolated travel direction and an actual travel direction from a last updated location. It is determined that the deviation distance exceeds a deviation threshold. A location update is transmitted to a tracking server, responsive to the determination that the deviation distance exceeds the deviation threshold.
US11140518B2
A system may receive geographic data including analytics information relating to a geographic region of a network; receive user equipment data including analytics information relating to one or more user equipment of the network; receive node data including analytics information corresponding to one or more nodes of the network; and associate the user equipment data and the node data with the geographic data; identify a coverage index for the geographic region based on the geographic data and the associated user equipment data. The system may identify a capacity index for the geographic region based on the geographic data and the associated node data; determine a regional score for the geographic region based on the coverage index and the capacity index; generate a recommendation to service the geographic region based on the regional score; and perform an action based on the recommendation.
US11140517B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are obtaining location updates of a tracking device via peer to peer communication with other nearby devices where obtaining such update is otherwise not possible. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a device, a first location update from a network component; determining, by the device, if a triggering condition is met for determining a second location update; activating, by the device, device-to-device communication for receiving the second location update from nearby devices in vicinity of the device when the triggering condition is met receiving the second location update from at least one of the nearby devices via the device-to-device communication; and sending the second location update to a server for the server to determine an arrival alert for alerting a destination of an amount of time remaining until the device reaches the destination.
US11140516B2
A system includes a database of image data associated with a vehicle; and control logic configured to cause a user device to capture one or more images and compare data associated with the one or more images with the image data to determine if a user is present in a vehicle and disable a text messaging function at least in part responsive to the determination using the image data.
US11140509B2
Head-tracking comprises remixing audio input data or channels to discrete device audio reproduction channels, to alter the audio input data or channels' perceived location in 3D space, in a manner compensating for relative head movement (compensatory manner), based upon provided head location data. Phase (delay) of the desired audio input data or channels is altered to shift the perceived sonic image location in 3D space, in a compensatory manner that correlates to a desired location relative to a designated device reference point. Amplitude of the desired audio input data or channels is altered to shift a perceived sonic image location in 3D space, in a compensatory manner that correlates to the desired location relative to the designated device reference point. Altering phase (delay) is performed using a constant delay function for each of the desired audio input data or channels that is independently varied based on current head location data.
US11140508B2
An apparatus, based on a first audio track of at least one audio track, the first audio track audibly presented to the user as spatial audio such that it is perceived to originate from a particular location and based on the user being within a predetermined distance of the particular location; configured to provide for a change in the audible presentation of the first audio track to the user from presentation as spatial audio to presentation as at least one of monophonic and stereophonic audio.
US11140484B2
A terminal is provided with a first audio output unit and a second audio output unit configured to output an audio content, and the terminal includes: an audio acquiring unit configured to acquire a first audio content and a second audio content; a setting unit configured to set information indicating an output destination of the first audio content and the second audio content; and an audio output controller configured to output the first audio content to one of the first audio output unit and the second audio output unit and output the second audio content to the other of the first audio output unit and the second audio output unit based on the information set by the setting unit.
US11140469B1
An open-ear headphone with an acoustic module that is configured to be located at least in part in a concha of an outer ear of a user. The acoustic module includes an acoustic transducer, and a sound-emitting opening that is configured to emit sound produced by the acoustic transducer. A body is coupled to the acoustic module and includes a first portion that is configured to pass over an outer side of at least one of an anti-helix and a helix and a lobule of the outer ear, and a second portion that is configured to be located behind the outer ear.
US11140465B2
Concepts and technologies directed to optical networking with hybrid optical vortices are disclosed herein. Embodiments can include a system that is configured to perform operations for optical networking with hybrid optical vortices. The system can include a hybrid optical switch that can communicatively couple with another network device via one or more nanofiber communication paths. The operations can include receiving, from a first nanofiber communication path, a hybrid optical vortex that carries an internet protocol packet. The operations also can include decoupling the hybrid optical vortex to extract an optical vortex that encapsulates the internet protocol packet. The operations also can include switching the internet protocol packet to a subsequent communication path based on the optical vortex that encapsulates the internet protocol packet.
US11140464B2
The present invention relates to a system (100) and a method (1000) for creating, sharing and viewing interactive content (1165). The invention facilitates first user devices (104) associated with first users (102) to rapidly create an interactive content (1165) through an authoring module (106) coupled with first user device (104) by providing the plurality of first media (1161) in the background displaying one at a time and providing plurality of second media (1162) in the foreground as picture-in-picture overlay in an insert window. While recording second media (1162) capturing all the haptic interaction with first media (1161) to navigation and change the first media (1161) at display in sync with second media (1162) timeline as interactivity data (1163)/second media cue points. Then store them all as an interactive content (1165) as network-based resource within the interactive content module (116) and share the created interactive content (1165) with second users (114) operating second user devices (112) to access interactive content (1165) within an interactive content player (110). Then load associated first media (1161) in the background and second media (1162) in the foreground as picture-in-picture overlay in an insert window. Then play the second media (1162) and change the respective first media (1161) at display as per interactivity data (1163)/second media cue points.
US11140462B2
The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, and a device for generating an essence video, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a plot keyword in a plot introduction of a movie and a television play; acquiring a first plot fragment corresponding to the plot keyword according to the plot keyword; acquiring a second plot fragment with a heat meeting a preset condition, the second plot fragment being different from the first plot fragment; and generating an essence video according to the first plot fragment and the second plot fragment. The present disclosure can acquire an essence video which is stitched naturally, developed logically and includes a plot fragment with higher heat.
US11140459B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating videos with characters indicating regions of images are provided. For example, an image containing a first region may be received. At least one characteristic of a character may be obtained. A script containing a first segment of the script may be received. The first segment of the script may be related to the first region of the image. The at least one characteristic of a character and the script may be used to generate a video of the character presenting the script and at least part of the image, where the character visually indicates the first region of the image while presenting the first segment of the script.
US11140454B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for managing presentation settings of a content presentation device are generally described. Presentation settings may include settings specifying the presentation of content, such as contrast or brightness for video content presented through a video display device. Provider presentation settings may be specified by a content provider, third party, or the like for a content asset, such as a movie or video game. The provider presentation settings may be transmitted or otherwise made available to the content presentation device and/or content consumer. For example, the provider presentation settings may be encoded within a content stream and sent to a content presentation device along with the content. The provider presentation settings may be configured to adjust the device presentation settings of a content presentation device.
US11140447B2
Systems and methods are described for displaying a guide for media content available on a user device. An illustrative method includes retrieving media content guide data for a plurality of channels, identifying a first media content item that is not available for retrieval from a content source, in response to identifying the first media content item, identifying a second media content item that is related to the first media content item and is available for retrieval from the content source, retrieving, from the content source, the second media content item, and generating for display a media content guide interface for the plurality of channels, wherein an identifier of the second media content item is displayed in a timeslot for the first media content item.
US11140445B1
A storage system and method for storing scalable video are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is presented comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from a host, video data and a plurality of profiles for the video data; receive, from the host, usage information on each of the plurality of profiles; and store the plurality of profiles in the memory, wherein a profile that is used more frequently is stored in a higher endurance and/or high protection portion of the memory than a profile that is used less frequently. Other embodiments are provided.
US11140438B2
Provided is a mobile information terminal that performs data transmission and reception, the data transmission and reception including video data reception. The mobile information terminal includes a communication management execution module that obtains a communication amount of data transmitted and received by the mobile information terminal in a predetermined period, and a remote viewing execution module that compares the obtained communication amount to a preset predetermined value and makes an image quality of the video data selectable according to a relationship between the obtained communication amount and the predetermined value.
US11140433B2
A broadcast receiver is configured to receive a broadcast wave of a digital broadcast service; separate at least a video image related to a broadcast program, electronic program guide information, and application-related information from the received broadcast wave; reproduce the video image related to the broadcast program; form an electronic program guide screen based on the electronic program guide information; acquire an application based on location information by referring to the application-related information; execute the application and outputs an application execution video image; and display the video image related to the broadcast program, the electronic program guide screen, or the application execution video image. The electronic program guide screen indicates information relating to applications to be executed in cooperation with the broadcast program.
US11140421B2
A hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, the system includes a set-top box located in a room at a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms. The set-top box stores various types of set-top box data and transmits the set-top box data to a remote server. The remote server receives and stores the set-top box data. The server may render a map view of the hospitality establishment based on obtained map data. The map view may include a graphical representation of the room and other rooms at the hospitality establishment. The server may annotate the graphical representation of the room with at least a portion of the set-top box data.
US11140409B2
A video decoding method includes deriving an L0 motion vector and an L1 motion vector for a current block; deriving a refined L0 motion vector and a refined L1 motion vector, by applying DMVR to the current block based on DMVR flag information; deriving L0 prediction samples of the current block based on the refined L0 motion vector and L1 prediction samples of the current block based on the refined L1 motion vector; deriving prediction samples for the current block based on the L0 prediction samples and the L1 prediction samples, by applying BDOF to the current block based on BDOF flag information; and generating reconstruction samples for the current block based on the prediction samples, in which the DMVR flag information is derived based on a predetermined DMVR application condition, and the BDOF flag information is derived based on a predetermined BDOF application condition.
US11140397B2
A method for encoding image signal, according to the present invention, can: encode a partial block coefficient flag indicating whether a coefficient of a current partial block is a non-zero coefficient; encode a first flag indicating whether an absolute value of the coefficient is greater than 1, encode a second flag indicating whether the absolute value of the coefficient is greater than 2; encode the residual coefficients, which have not been encoded, on the basis of the first flag or the second flag in the current partial block; and encode a code for the coefficient of the current partial block.
US11140389B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of picture processing. Especially, the embodiments are directed to improving the deblocking filter of an image coding device. During the deblocking, at most a number MA of sample values of the first coding block adjacent to the block edge are modified and at most a number MB of sample values of the second coding block adjacent to the block edge are modified; or at most a number MA of sample values of the second coding block adjacent to the block edge are modified and at most a number MB of sample values of the first coding block adjacent to the block edge are modified, MA≠MB.
US11140388B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus including processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry can decode coded information of a coding block in a picture of a coded video sequence. The coded information can indicate a clipping index m that indicates a clipping value for a filter that is applied to the coding block. The processing circuitry can determine the clipping value associated with the clipping index. The clipping value can be based on a multiplication of a first function and a second function. The first function is dependent on a bit depth B and is independent of the clipping index m, and the second function is dependent on the clipping index m and is independent of the bit depth B. The processing circuitry can generate a filtered coding block by applying the filter corresponding to the clipping value to the coding block.
US11140379B2
LK-SURF, Robust Kalman Filter, HAR-SLAM, and Landmark Promotion SLAM methods are disclosed. LK-SURF is an image processing technique that combines Lucas-Kanade feature tracking with Speeded-Up Robust Features to perform spatial and temporal tracking using stereo images to produce 3D features can be tracked and identified. The Robust Kalman Filter is an extension of the Kalman Filter algorithm that improves the ability to remove erroneous observations using Principal Component Analysis and the X84 outlier rejection rule. Hierarchical Active Ripple SLAM is a new SLAM architecture that breaks the traditional state space of SLAM into a chain of smaller state spaces, allowing multiple tracked objects, multiple sensors, and multiple updates to occur in linear time with linear storage with respect to the number of tracked objects, landmarks, and estimated object locations. In Landmark Promotion SLAM, only reliable mapped landmarks are promoted through various layers of SLAM to generate larger maps.
US11140377B2
Disclosed herein is an immersive video processing method. The immersive video processing method includes: determining a priority order of pruning for source videos; extracting patches from the source videos based on the priority order of pruning; generating at least one atlas based on the extracted patches; and encoding metadata. Herein, the metadata may include first threshold information that becomes a criterion for distinguishing between a valid pixel and an invalid pixel in the atlas video.
US11140375B2
In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method for sharing a single optical sensor between multiple image processors. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving, at a control arbiter, a first desired configuration of a first one or more desired configurations for capturing an image frame by the optical sensor, the first one or more desired configurations communicated from a primary image processor. The method may also include receiving, at the control arbiter, a second desired configuration of a second one or more desired configurations for capturing the image frame by the optical sensor, the second one or more desired configurations communicated from a secondary image processor. The method may also include determining, by the control arbiter, an actual configuration for capturing the image frame by the optical sensor, the actual configuration based on the first desired configuration and the second desired configuration.
US11140373B2
A 360-degree video data processing method performed by a 360-degree video reception apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving 360-degree video data for a plurality of views; deriving metadata and information on a packed picture; decoding the packed picture based on the information on the packed picture; deriving a specific packed region for a target view from the packed picture based on the metadata; deriving a projected picture of the target view based on the specific packed region and the metadata; and rendering the projected picture based on the metadata, wherein the metadata includes multiview region-wise packing information, and wherein the multiview region-wise packing information includes information about a packed region in the packed picture and information about the target view.
US11140370B2
An image processing device 100 comprises: an acquisition unit 110 that acquires a color image captured in accordance with incident light including visible light and near-infrared light, said color image including a first area and a second area that is captured with reduced near-infrared light in the incident light compared with the first area; an estimation unit f120 that estimates spectral characteristics of the incident light on the basis of color information of the acquired color image, and information modeling the spectral characteristics of the incident lights; a generation unit 130 that generates a visible light image and a near-infrared image on the basis of the estimated spectral characteristics; and a correction unit 140 that corrects the generated visible image and near-infrared image on the basis of the color information of the second area in the color image.
US11140366B2
A vehicle includes a camera for capturing a rear image and effectively outputs a rear image captured through a mobile device when the vehicle does not include a display. A method of providing the rear image of the vehicle includes: setting a data path with a smart device, acquiring a rear image from a rear camera of the vehicle, correcting the acquired rear image based on a vehicle speed and delay that occurs in the data path, and transmitting the corrected image to the smart device.
US11140353B2
A streaming media player includes a printed circuit board, a video processor, a wireless communications processor, and a patch antenna. The patch antenna includes dielectric material, a conductive patch, and a first antenna feed in a first position with respect to the conductive patch. The patch antenna includes a second antenna feed in a second position with respect to the conductive patch. The first position is orthogonal to the second position. In an embodiment, the second position is rotationally offset from the first position by 90 degrees around an axis through a center of the conductive patch. The streaming media player includes a connector coupled to the video processor and configured to removably couple to a connection port on a display device.
US11140351B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a generation unit configured to generate a first reference signal changing in potential in a first period from a first point in time to a second point in time, and a second reference signal having a gradient larger than a gradient of the first reference signal and changing in potential in a second period from a third point in time to a fourth point in time, and a plurality of analog to digital (AD) conversion units. Each of the AD conversion units includes a selection circuit configured to select the first reference signal or the second reference signal, and a comparator. The first period and the second period partially overlap with each other. The third point in time is later than the first point in time.
US11140336B2
Systems, methods, devices, media, and instructions are described for fast video sensor adjustment. In one embodiment, a portable electronic device with image capturing capabilities automatically captures a first plurality of frames upon selection of an input button while sensors of the device are determining camera settings for the environment. The first plurality of frames are captured using different automatic bracketing settings. Once the camera settings are determined, a second plurality of images are captured using the determined camera settings. One or more of the first plurality of images are used along with the second plurality of images for a video file. The one or more images may be selected based on a match between certain of the automatic bracketing settings and the final camera settings.
US11140333B2
An image pickup apparatus that improves flash-exposure accuracy by adjusting a light amount suitably depending on a situation so that variation decision of the object distance based on a distance map will be possible. An image sensor outputs an image signal. A memory device stores a set of instructions. At least one processor executes the set of instructions to calculate a main emission amount using luminance of a pre-emission image corresponding to the image signal, divide a picked-up image frame corresponding to the image signal into a plurality of blocks, obtain distance information for each of the blocks, adjust luminance of the image signal for each of the blocks, and determine whether distance continuously varies in a same direction between adjacent blocks within a region corresponding to a same object based on the distance information obtained using the image signal of which luminance is adjusted.
US11140329B2
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method include obtaining status information of a terminal device, obtaining photographing scene information of the terminal device, determining an image processing mode based on the status information and the photographing scene information, obtaining a to-be-displayed image, and processing the to-be-displayed image based on the image processing mode.
US11140310B2
A focus detection apparatus includes an image sensor having a plurality of pixels and an AD converter configured to switch a low-luminance conversion mode and a high-luminance conversion mode, a determination unit configured to determine whether an output signal is a signal AD converted in both the low-luminance conversion mode and the high-luminance conversion mode or a signal AD converted in only one of the two modes, an inhibition unit configured to, in a case where the output signal from the AD converter is a signal AD converted in both the two modes, inhibit a level difference of the output signal at a boundary between the two modes, and a calculation unit configured to, based on the signal for which the level difference is inhibited, calculate an amount of defocus of the imaging lens.
US11140306B2
Provided is a method of controlling a monitoring camera. In the method, a live-view video is displayed on a first region of a display panel, and a plurality of angle-range icons corresponding to panning angle-ranges or tilting angle-ranges is displayed on a second region of the display panel. When one of the plurality of angle-range icons is selected, a control signal for executing panning or tilting at a representative angle of a panning angle-range or tilting angle-range of the selected angle-range icon is transmitted to the monitoring camera.
US11140297B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable program instructions configured to, when executed, cause an information processing device to receive a scan instruction to cause an image scanner to perform image scanning of a document sheet, the scan instruction including a scan setting indicating whether to perform monochrome scanning or color scanning, receive image data generated by the image scanning of the document sheet according to the scan instruction, obtain base color information representing whether black is set as a base color in an OS of the information processing device, determine whether an image represented by the image data includes a text, and display the image in a black-white inverted manner, when the scan instruction includes the scan setting indicating to perform the monochrome scanning, the base color information represents that black is set as the base color, and it is determined that the image includes a text.
US11140287B2
An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit, a switching unit, a layout unit, and an output unit and is to perform an object snapping function of laying out a new object in a spread page area by automatically aligning a position of the new object with respect to a layout position of an object already laid out in the spread page area. The selection unit selects an object as a selected object. The switching unit switches enabling and disabling of the object snapping function based on a user operation. The layout unit lays out the selected object in the spread page area by using the object snapping function in a case where the object snapping function is enabled. The output unit outputs album data including the spread page area in which the selected object is laid out.
US11140276B2
An image processing apparatus performs operations. A mode is designated in repeat layout processing. A document area is detected by performing image analysis processing on a scanned image, and an inclination-corrected document image is acquired by performing extraction and inclination correction of a document image based on the detected document area. An initial repeat target area position is determined based on the acquired inclination-corrected document image and the designated mode, the inclination-corrected document image and a frame indicating the determined position are displayed, and a repeat target area designation screen is displayed to change a position of the frame indicating the repeat target area based on a user instruction. An output image is generated after the repeat layout processing by repeatedly laying out, in a designated sheet size, an image of the repeat target area determined based on the frame set on the repeat target area designation screen.
US11140274B2
A method and system are disclosed for connecting a device to subscriptions and cellular billing plans of separate users and for managing the concurrent use of the device by the separate users. A computer-implemented method comprises enrolling a device in a cellular subscription and billing plan of a user. The enrollment includes providing an identifier for the device to a cellular subscription, effectively adding the device to the cellular subscription and billing plan selected by the user. The method and system allows the user to use capabilities of the device as governed by the cellular subscription and an associated billing plan as selected by that user, while the device is also available for use by another user via another cellular billing plan, as selected by that user.
US11140272B2
The present invention relates to a system for determining whether subscribers of mobile network operators are line holders for the line being used by them or not. The data collection unit, the data interpretation unit, the learning unit, the estimation unit and the database are included within the inventive system.
US11140254B2
Smart device supports have a frame defining a major plane and configured to connect to a smartphone, a pair of spaced-apart vent support elements each defining a louver gap configured to removably connect to a vehicle ventilation louver, the spaced-apart vent support elements being pivotally movable between a stowed position parallel to the major plane and an extended position away from the major plane, and a second support element between the spaced-apart vent support elements and movable between a stowed position parallel to the major plane and an extended position away from the major plane. The spaced-apart vent support elements may each include a pair of extending protrusions defining a louver gap. At least one of the extending protrusions may define a hook at a free end. The spaced-apart vent support elements may pivot on a vent support axis. The second support element may pivot on a second support axis.
US11140251B2
A handheld wireless transceiver (e.g. a “smart phone”) is claimed which has cameras in one, two, or three sides such as a left, front, and/or right side. The transceiver has a display divided vertically along a top portion thereof into three sections. Each section displays a version of output from a respectively positioned camera (left, middle, right). Depending on a detected distance of an object to each camera, an alert/alarm is indicated on the corresponding part of the screen to warn a user of the device of a collision with a nearby object, such as while walking. This display is required to be shown, in some embodiments, when one is “texting”.
US11140246B2
A hinge structure for foldable devices includes a smartpen receiving portion adapted to receive a smartpen therein, thereby improving portability of the smartpen and the foldable devices, wherein the hinge structure for foldable devices is formed between a first display panel and a second display panel to connect the first display panel to the second display panel, is adapted to implement folding and unfolding operations of the first and second display panels, and includes a smartpen receiving portion formed at a boundary of the first and second display panels and having an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the smartpen.
US11140243B1
The systems and methods monitor thermal states associated with a device. The systems and methods set thermal thresholds associated with the device. The systems and methods infer the thermal thresholds from information gathered by a client application running on the device. The systems and methods implement a stored policy associated with a violation of one of the thermal thresholds by one of the monitored thermal states.
US11140241B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed to device certification in an IoT environment. For example, such technology is usable in managing relationships between IoT devices and an IoT Hub. In one example of the technology, an IoT Hub receives a registration request. Next, the IoT Hub sends a registration verification to the IoT device. Next, the IoT Hub receives a ping from the IoT device. Next, the IoT Hub sends a response to the ping to the IoT device. Next, the IoT Hub receives verification of a validation of a log file output by a device based on running a plurality of unit tests on a device with a software development kit. Next, the IoT Hub automatically sends code to the IoT device.
US11140233B2
Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more visitor tearing processes. Visitor tearing can include, among other things, one or more processes by which multiple visitors that may appear to be the same visitor may be separated into different visitor profiles due to the leveraging of one or more unique persistent identifiers.
US11140231B2
A system includes one or more devices that include a memory to store instructions and one or more processors to execute the instructions. The devices include an updated network function (NF) service producer that includes a recent update, wherein the NF service producer is configured to register at a Network Repository Function (NRF) using a Network Function profile (NF profile), wherein the NF profile indicates a Network Function type (NF type) and Application Programming Interface versions. The devices further include a network function (NF) service consumer configured to: receive a message from a network component; determine to engage a service of a NF service producer of the NF type based on the message; and send a discovery request to the NRF in response to the message, wherein the message includes search criteria that specify a version field extended with an operator dependent version field.
US11140230B2
A system for providing network services is provided. The system includes a device configured to interface with the network to receive a container, where the container is configured to interface with an operating system of the device and a plurality of applications operating on the device. The container is further configured to interface with a network services provider of one or more network services and one or more third party service providers.
US11140229B2
In one or more embodiments, a cloud operation reservation system is provided through which cloud operations may be scheduled and managed. The cloud operation reservation system includes logic for defining a set of time windows that are available to perform one or more cloud operations on cloud targets and presenting the set of time windows to one or more tenants of a cloud service. Tenants may browse the presented set of time windows and submit reservation requests to update and/or perform other operations on cloud targets. In response to receiving, a request to reserve one or more slots in a particular time window, the cloud operation reservation system schedules one or more cloud operations to be performed on a cloud target that is available to at least one tenant.
US11140225B2
An acquisition processing section 120 acquires recorded data about a past application session from a log server. A user screen generating block 140 generates a screen related to the application session on the basis of the acquired recorded data. Specifically, a session list displaying section 142 displays information related to a plurality of past application sessions. A user list displaying section 144 displays information identifying the users having participated in one past application session.
US11140221B2
The present invention generally relates to network-attack-resilient intrusion-tolerant Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Some implementations utilize redundant, proactively-recovery-configured servers at multiple centers communally executing a replication protocol. Some implementations, in addition to control centers, include data centers, which participate in the replication protocol, except that they may not be capable of controlling remote units such as Remote Terminal Units (RTUs).
US11140219B1
A system, method, and machine-readable storage medium for providing a quality of service (QoS) recommendation to a client to modify a QoS setting are provided. In some embodiments, a set of volumes of a plurality of volumes may be determined. Each volume of the set of volumes may satisfy a first QoS setting assigned to the volume and a second QoS setting assigned to the volume. The plurality of volumes may reside in a common cluster and may be accessed by the client. Additionally, a subset of the set of volumes may be determined. Each volume of the subset may satisfy an upper bound of a range based on a minimum IOPS setting of the volume. A QoS recommendation to the client to modify the first QoS setting may be transmitted for one or more volumes of the subset.
US11140211B2
A web server and a shared caching server are described for serving dynamic content to users of at least two different types, where the different types of users receive different versions of the dynamic content. A version of the dynamic content includes a validation header, such as an ETag, that stores information indicative of the currency of the dynamic content and information indicative of a user type for which the version of the dynamic content is intended. In response to a user request for the dynamic content, the shared caching server sends a validation request to the web server with the validation header information. The web server determines, based on the user type of the requestor and/or on the currency of the cached dynamic content whether to instruct the shared caching server to send the cached content or to send updated content for serving to the user.
US11140204B1
A facility for generating analytical information based on individual reports of multiple scheduled presentations of interstitial media assets is provided. Data files are received, each including multiple status reports regarding multiple scheduled presentations of multiple media assets by a plurality of distinct media receiver devices in multiple disparate locations. The data files are decrypted, such that the decrypted one or more data files include, for each of the multiple status reports, at least a media asset identifier and a presentation status indicator, and parsed to generate one or more database entries containing information regarding the scheduled media presentations and the plurality of distinct media receiver devices. One or more user interfaces are provided to allow execution of queries based on the generated one or more databases.
US11140192B2
Systems and methods for mapping IP addresses to an entity include receiving at least one domain name associated with the entity. Embodiments may further include determining one or more variations of the at least one domain name based on analysis of domain name data collected from a plurality of domain name data sources that mention a variation of the at least one domain name. Some embodiments may also include identifying one or more IP addresses pointed to by the one or more variations of the entity's domain name based on analysis of IP address data collected from a plurality of IP address data sources. Additional embodiments include assigning weights to each of the identified one or more IP addresses and creating a mapping of IP addresses to associate with the entity based on analysis of the weighted one or more IP addresses.
US11140191B2
A system, method, and computer program product for implementing a phishing assessment of a target computer network that includes a phishing assessment platform for generating parameters for the phishing assessment; generating the phishing assessment parameters includes identifying a target domain name for the phishing assessment; identifying a pseudo domain name based on the target domain name; generating a pseudo web page using one or more features and attributes of an entity; and implementing the phishing assessment using the pseudo domain name and pseudo web page.
US11140188B1
An online system determines the likelihood of an interaction between a user and a content item being an invalid interaction. The online system receives an indication of an interaction of a client device with a content item. The online system identifies a device ID for the client device and determines whether the device ID is associated with one or more browser IDs. If the device ID is not associated with any browser ID, the received interaction is likely an invalid interaction. The online system may further determine the likelihood of an online publisher manufacturing interactions. The online system determines a number of invalid interactions and a number of valid interactions associated with the online publisher. The online system determines a ratio between the number of invalid and valid interactions. If the ratio is larger than a threshold value, the online system determines that the online publisher is likely manufacturing interactions.
US11140175B2
A method of multi-factor authentication is performed by an access control device. In response to detecting a beacon signal transmitted by a user equipment (UE) via a short-range radio access technology (RAT) the access control device sends a query to a location server for a current location of the UE. The access control device then determines whether the UE is within a threshold distance of the access control device and, if so, begins monitoring a signal strength of one or more beacon signals transmitted by the UE. If the signal strength of the one or more beacon signals exceeds a signal strength threshold, then the access control device may generate an access signal to indicate that a user associated with the UE is authorized to access a protected resource.
US11140165B2
A system for secure distributed resource asset mapping across network edge framework for authorized user access is provided. The system being configured to: receive a request from an external user to access a first distributed resource within a first zone of a network, wherein the request comprises authentication credentials associated with the external user and requested components of the first distributed resource; authorize the request from the external user based on the authentication credentials; collect the requested components of the first distributed resource in the first zone of the network based on the request; project the requested components across an edge from the first zone to a second zone of the network thereby forming a second distributed resource, wherein only the requested components of the first distributed resource are visible to the external user on the second distributed resource in the second zone; and extract data from the requested components.
US11140162B2
A response method and system in virtual network computing authentication, and a proxy server, where the method includes receiving, by a proxy server, a password from a controller, receiving challenge information from a serving end, where the challenge information is generated by the serving end based on the virtual network computing authentication, determining a first response value according to the password and the challenge information, and sending the first response value to the serving end in order to resolve a problem that sensitive data of a user is leaked or decrypted by brute force because a response process in the virtual network computing authentication is completed by a client, thereby improving security in the virtual network computing authentication process.
US11140158B1
Embodiments described herein disclose technology for verifying authorization of an application download. The system can receive from a device associated with a user, a request to download an application. In response to a first instance of the application being downloaded on the device, the system can assign a unique identifier to the first instance of the application. After the application is downloaded and prior to granting the person requesting the application download access to the first instance of the application, the system can request via the first instance of the application identification information and particular authentication information to verify that the person requesting the application download is authorized to do so. In response to verifying that the person requesting the application download is authorized, the unique identifier can be associated with the account, user and/or device to result in a verified download of the first instance of the application.
US11140153B2
Techniques allow identification of credential fields in a credential form on a web page that can be stored in a credential manager database to allow a credential manager application to fill the credential fields with saved credentials managed by the credential manager.
US11140142B2
Systems and methods for performing authentication may include encrypting, by a server computing system, a question based on a first password associated with a user and based on successful verification of user identification to generate an encrypted question; transmitting, by the server computing system, the encrypted question to a user computing system; receiving, by the server computing system, an encrypted response from the user computing system, the encrypted response associated with the encrypted question; decrypting, by the server computing system, the encrypted response based on the first password to generate a response; and establishing, by the server computing system, a login session with the user computing system based on successful verification of the response.
US11140140B2
A virtual cryptographic module is used to perform cryptographic operations. The virtual cryptographic module may include a fleet of cryptographic modules and a load balancer that determines when a cryptographic module should be added to or removed from the fleet. The fleet size may be adjusted based on detecting a set of conditions that includes the utilization level of the fleet. One or more cryptographic modules of the fleet may be used to fulfill requests to perform cryptographic operations. A cryptographic module may be a hardware security module (“HSM”).
US11140139B2
A method and apparatus for encrypting communications between two radio frequency (RF) transceivers selects a level of encryption based on device characteristics of the two RF transceivers. Each RF transceiver generates a common sequence having an integer, M, symbols based on the selected encryption level and on signals received from the other RF transceiver. Each RF transceiver then generates a cryptographic key based upon the common sequence, encrypts a message using the cryptographic key, and sends the encrypted message to the other RF transceiver. In one embodiment, the M symbols are selected from an alphabet where the value M and the size of the alphabet are selected based on the device characteristics of the two RF transceivers.
US11140137B2
A method is provided for performing a secure communication between a real-time operating system and a general purpose operating system. The systems are provided in a single computing apparatus and separated by a virtual machine monitor. The systems include a first and second open platform communications interfaces, respectively. The method includes: receiving a request with the virtual machine monitor from a user via the first or second open platform communications interface to access data of the real-time operating system from the general purpose operating system or to access data of the general purpose operating system from the real-time operating system; establishing a secure communication path via a software bus between the first and the second open platform communications interfaces according to the request; and performing a secure communication between the real-time operating system and the general purpose operating system via. the established secure communication path for accessing the data.
US11140118B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, via a user interface of a social networking system (SNS) (1) a request to include a user of the SNS in a set of users of the SNS, and (2) a time frame associated with an event The method may also include including the user in the set of users based on receiving the request to include the user in the set of users. The method may also include tracking, via a location tracking feature of a mobile device associated with a target user of the SNS, a physical location of the target user during the time frame, and sharing, via the SNS during the time frame, the physical location of the target user with the set of users. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11140117B1
A wireless communication device transfer a high-priority message with a high-priority Quality-of-Service (QoS). Device circuitry receives a request for the high-priority message, and in response, signals a radio to wirelessly attach to a wireless network using a high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The circuitry generates a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message that includes the high-priority message and that indicates the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The radio wirelessly attaches to the wireless network using the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause. The radio wirelessly transfers the SIP message that indicates the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause and that includes the high-priority message to the wireless network. The wireless network transfers the SIP message to a message network using the high-priority QoS responsive to the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause used for wireless attachment. The message network transfers the high-priority message using the high-priority QoS responsive to the high-priority-attachment Establishment Cause in the SIP message.
US11140116B2
Provided is an electronic device which includes a display; and a processor configured to control the display to display an execution screen of an application from a plurality of applications for which different priorities are set, control the display to display a notification message on the execution screen, in response to a notification of an application having a priority higher than a priority of the currently-executed application occurring, and provide the notification not to cover the execution screen, in response to a notification of an application having a priority lower than the priority of the currently-executed application occurring.
US11140115B1
A method of assigning categories to electronic messages is performed at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The method includes receiving an electronic message and extracting one or more syntactic pairs of words from content of the electronic message. At least one of syntactic pairs includes a verb in a first sentence and an object in the same sentence, where the verb operates on the object. The method forms a feature vector based on the extracted syntactic pairs and uses the feature vector as input to a classifier. The classifier is trained on a set of training feature vectors, and each training feature vector is associated with a respective category. The method assigns a first category to the electronic message based on output of the classifier and displays the message in a group with other messages associated with the first category.
US11140109B2
An example method of facilitating communication between a group leader and minor through a messaging platform includes linking a minor account of the minor to a guardian account of the minor's legal guardian. A group leader account is linked to both the minor and guardian accounts. A messaging interface is provided that enables the group leader and minor accounts to transmit messages to each other within the messaging platform. For each particular message transmitted between the group leader and minor accounts, a copy is delivered to the recipient and the guardian account without requiring guardian approval of the particular message.
US11140088B2
A network element includes a data transfer interface for connecting to a data transfer network, a data-plane section for managing data to be forwarded, and a control section for configuring the data-plane section in accordance with configuration data carried by control-plane messages received from the data transfer network. The control section controls the data transfer interface to send one or more overload messages to the data transfer network in response to an overload situation where the workload of the control section impairs the ability of the control section to react to the control-plane messages. Thus, other network elements know that the network element that does not respond to the control-plane messages and thus appears to be non-working may still forward data even though its ability to react to the control-plane messages is, at least temporarily, impaired.
US11140079B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a service sending method and apparatus, a service receiving method and apparatus, and a network system. The service sending method includes: obtaining, by a transmit-end device, an original data flow; inserting an increment tag p in the original data flow, to generate a first data flow, where the increment tag p is used to identify a quantity of changed idle units of the first data flow relative to the original data flow; and sending the first data flow. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, transparent transport of clock frequency and time phase information of a service is implemented.
US11140070B2
Systems, methods, and devices for offloading network data to a datastore. A system includes a publisher device in a network computing environment. The system includes a subscriber device in the network computing environment. The system includes a datastore independent of the publisher device and the subscriber device, the datastore comprising one or more processors in a processing platform configurable to execute instructions stored in non-transitory computer readable storage media. The instructions includes receiving data from the publisher device. The instructions include storing the data across one or more of a plurality of shared storage devices. The instructions include providing the data to the subscriber device.
US11140069B2
A first device may receive information that identifies a second device. The second device may be connected to the first device or a third device. The second device may be a source of traffic to be received by the first device. The first device may determine whether the second device is local or remote to the first device based on receiving the information. The first device may store first information or second information based on determining whether the second device is local or remote. The first information may identify a route associated with the second device. The second information may identify a single route associated with multiple second devices. The first device may provide the traffic using the first information or the second information after storing the first information or the second information.
US11140067B2
A method for discovering a cross-domain link between ports in a network implements different compensation algorithms based on differences in the intervals used to obtain traffic flow information at the ports. A first compensation algorithm discovers the cross-domain link when the intervals have different sizes. A second compensation algorithm discovers the cross-domain link when the intervals are misaligned. The algorithms may be implemented by a cross-domain coordinator which recites count information from network devices that include the ports.
US11140052B2
In an anomaly detection by an electronic control unit connected to an other electronic control unit via a communication network, a data frame is received from the other electronic control unit, and a reception interval is calculated between a first data frame and a second data frame received immediately before the first data frame. A determination value for determining whether the data frame is anomalous is updated by adding a predetermined value to the determination value when the reception interval is equal to or less than a threshold value, and the data frame is determined to be anomalous when the determination value exceeds a limit value.
US11140048B2
A method and system of unifying data transmission and storage in a communication network are provided. The method comprises determining, by a coordinator associated with a network data analytics function (NWDAF) service instance set, what data that more than one NWDAF service instances in the NWDAF service instance set requires, if the data required by the more than one NWDAF service instances is the same, requesting, by the coordinator associated with the NWDAF service instance set, the data from a network function service instance set, and receiving the data from a data storage function that is notified by the network function service instance set of the request from the coordinator associated with the NWDAF service instance set.
US11140047B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for utilizing network data analytics function (NWDAF) to influence fifth generation (5G) quality of service (QoS) configuration and adjustment. Various embodiments enable NWDA-assisted QoS provisioning, NWDA-assisted determination of policy, and NWDA-assisted QoS adjustment. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11140037B2
This application provides a communication method, a network device, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a first network device that manages a network slice subnet instance, requirement description information of the network slice subnet instance from a second network device that manages a network slice instance, where the requirement description information of the network slice subnet instance is used to indicate a service requirement for the network slice subnet instance, and the network slice instance includes the network slice subnet instance; and creating or configuring, by the first network device, the network slice subnet instance based on configuration information of the network slice subnet instance, where the configuration information of the network slice subnet instance is determined based on the requirement description information of the network slice subnet instance. The communication method in the embodiments of this application can improve management efficiency of a network slice instance.
US11140027B2
In one aspect, a first Internet of Things (IoT) device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to transmit a request related to one or more first settings to apply at the first IoT device, where the request transmitted using wireless communication other than Wi-Fi/Internet communication. The instructions are also executable to receive data indicating one or more second settings applied at a second IoT device using the wireless communication and to apply the one or more first settings at the first IoT device based on the received data.
US11140024B2
A method for monitoring and managing a rack server is provided. The method includes: editing, in a rack management controller RMC for monitoring and managing the rack server in a centralized manner, a configuration file based on configuration information regarding the numbers and positions of server nodes, node mid-planes, fan control boards, fans and power supplies in a rack; and automatically monitoring and managing, by the RMC, components based on the configuration file by the RMC automatically acquiring accurate numbers and positions of nodes and power supplies corresponding to the rack configuration to select a corresponding cooling-speed regulation curve. With the method, racks with different configurations can be dynamically monitored by modifying the configuration file including the configuration information of the rack and uploading the modified configuration file.
US11140021B2
This application discloses a method and an apparatus for determining a fault type. The method includes: performing online real-time calculation on operating data generated by each of a plurality of users within a preset period, to obtain an operating feature value corresponding to the operating data generated by each of the plurality of users within the preset period; receiving a fault classification request, where the fault classification request requests to determine a fault type of a fault that is caused for a target user before a target moment; and determining, according to the fault classification request, the fault type of the fault that is caused for the target user before the target moment based on a fault classification model and an operating feature value that is of the target user within at least one preset period.
US11140020B1
At a computing service, an indication of associations of a set of network interfaces with a gateway is obtained. Individual ones of the interfaces are configured in respective availability-based resource groups. In response to detecting that a message originates at a resource within a particular availability-based resource group, a network interface of the set is selected based at least partly on the source of availability-based resource group, and the message is transmitted to a network address assigned to the selected interface.
US11140014B1
In one aspect, an apparatus includes: a buffer to store orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) samples of one or more OFDM symbols; a fast Fourier transform (FFT) engine coupled to the buffer, the FFT engine to receive the one or more OFDM samples from the buffer and convert each of the one or more OFDM samples into a plurality of frequency domain sub-carriers; and a timing control circuit coupled to the buffer. The timing control circuit may control timing based at least in part on a difference between a first correlation sum for a first portion of a cyclic prefix of a first one of the one or more OFDM symbols and a second correlation sum for a second portion of the cyclic prefix.
US11140009B2
The invention provides a frequency offset estimation method for an OFDM-IM system. The method includes: S1. performing preliminary frequency offset compensation on a received signal subjected to non-uniform frequency offset by using a two-step method of: (1) resampling and down conversion; and (2) unified compensation for residual frequency offset ε, wherein in the step (2), a sum of energy of null sub-carriers is used as a cost function, an initial estimation value of ε is obtained by one-dimensional search, and the preliminary compensation is performed; S2. estimating positions of non-activated sub-carriers in the OFDM-IM system by using the signal subjected to the preliminary compensation; and S3. assigning certain weights to the estimated sub-carriers, adding energy of the estimated sub-carriers into the cost function according to different weights, obtaining a final estimation value of ε by the one-dimensional search performed on ε, and performing secondary compensation.
US11139986B2
Methods, devices, and systems are provided for approving a transaction through an exchange of presented user contextual approval information and approval decryption. The user contextual approval information is generated by a user during a transaction, cryptographically signed, and provided to a transaction server. The user contextual data uniquely describes the transaction to the user and can be employed to aid a user in approving or validating the transaction in a subsequent approval action. In particular, a transaction may present the contextual approval information to a user in the form of an approval challenge message. The approval challenge message may be sent to a known user device via the transaction server in the form of a text or multi-media message. The user may respond to the message with an approval or denial response.
US11139984B2
A system for verifying information associated with a user can include at least three devices. The first device is configured to transmit, to the second device, user-associated information, a unique identifier associated with the user-associated information and an identity digital signature generated using an identity private key associated with the user and a message comprising a previously determined hash of a portion of the user-associated information combined with the unique identifier. The second device is configured to generate the hash of the portion of the user-associated information combined with the unique identifier and transmit the generated hash and the identity digital signature to the third device. The third device is configured to lookup the generated hash in a database, verify the identity digital signature using the identity public key related to the generated hash in the database, and upon successful verification, transmit a success response to the second device.
US11139983B2
Systems and methods of verifying runtime integrity with a trusted execution environment (TEE) may include generating, by a processor in communication with the TEE, a secure communication channel between the TEE and at least one executable program attempting to communicate with the TEE, providing, by the processor, a moving target defense (MTD) module to the at least one executable program via the generated secure communication channel, wherein the MTD module comprises disposable polymorphic code, sending over the secured communication channel, by the processor: data, received from the at least one executable program, and a transformed runtime digest of the at least one executable program, and allowing, by the processor, communication with the TEE when the validity of the transformed runtime digest of the corresponding at least one executable program is verified.
US11139971B2
A method for checking results, including (a) determining a first result by conducting an operation g( ) based on test data; (b) determining combined data by performing a combining operation based on the test data and user data; (c) determining a second result conducting the operation g( ) based on the combined data; and (d) determining whether the second result is indicative of the first result.
US11139970B1
A computer processing hardware architecture system in a highly secure isogeny based cryptosystem that includes at least one computer processor operably configured to target accelerating operations involved in isogenies on elliptic curves and having a secret key register operably configured to register a secret key, a pseudo-random function, and a secret message buffer, each operably written to by a 2:4 demultiplexer circuit operably configured to receive outside data in regions therein and read by a 4:2 multiplexer circuit.
US11139969B2
Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) are used to secure data, such as encryption keys. Access to HSMs may be shared across applications, and virtualized to allow the HSMs to generate, store, and provide encryption and decryption processes to various applications when the HSMs are located apart from the particular systems on which the applications are stored. This configuration allows for application owners or developers to easily interface with the HSMs, such that applications may simply request an encryption key from the HSMs, utilize the encryption key for encrypting data, store the encryption key within the HSMs, and/or retrieve the encryption key for decryption without the disadvantages associated with HSMs. Utilizing centralized HSMs improves the efficiency of use, memory storage, and security of the HSMs, due at least in part to allowing application owners and/or developers to interface with HSMs without forcing cryptographic processes that are specific to the application.
US11139964B1
An example method includes receiving an encrypted biometric enrollment data and user identifier data. The encrypted biometric enrollment data includes at least one biometric enrollment sample from a user encrypted using an encryption key. The encryption key is generated based on a user secret and the user identifier is associated with the user. The user identifier is matched with a stored user secret. A decryption key is generated based on the stored user secret. The encrypted biometric enrollment data is decrypted using the decryption key. The at least one biometric enrollment sample is retrieved from the decrypted biometric enrollment data. The at least one biometric enrollment sample is processed using a biometric processing algorithm to generate a biometric reference template. A biometric reference template identifier uniquely identifying the biometric reference template is generated. An encryption key is generated based on the stored user secret and encrypts an enrollment confirmation message.
US11139956B2
Described are systems, methods, and media for providing secure and scalable decentralized computation for one or more decentralized applications. Features include a blockchain; and a plurality of nodes comprising a plurality of each of three specialized node types, the specialized node types comprising access nodes, security nodes, and execution nodes.
US11139954B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an event interface system, hereinafter the system, provides a record storage system and facilitates a proof of custody, proof of chain of custody and proof against tampering for a record by deploying a hash of the record on the blockchain and storing the record on an off-chain storage.
US11139953B2
A method of and apparatus for executing a cryptographic cipher is described. The method includes acts of receiving a first finite field of data and key value represented by a first encryption standard including a first and second operation, transforming the first finite field of data and key value into a second finite field of data and key value represented by a second encryption standard, transforming the first operation and the second operation into a first modified operation and a second modified operation represented by the second encryption standard, executing the first modified operation on the second finite field of data and key value to generate a third finite field of data, executing the second modified operation on the third finite field of data to generate a fourth finite field of data, which is transformed into a fifth finite field of data represented by the first encryption standard.
US11139951B2
A blockchain system and a data processing method for a blockchain system are disclosed. The blockchain system includes: a regulatory terminal and a transaction terminal. The regulatory terminal is configured to issue an ID key of the transaction terminal according to an ID of the transaction terminal, and operate on privacy data of the transaction terminal based on the ID key of the transaction terminal. The ID of the transaction terminal is an account address. The transaction terminal is configured to operate on local privacy data according to the ID key of the transaction terminal issued by the regulatory terminal. As such, the privacy protection over the blockchain system is effectively realized and the security is improved.
US11139948B2
The present invention relates to a system for performing phase detection and synchronization in an AMI communication network using a relay communication, and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system for performing phase detection and synchronization in an AMI communication network using a relay communication includes an AMI server for collecting a ‘reference zero-crossing detection (ZCD) time difference by phase’ of input/output terminals of a main transformer installed in a substation; and a data concentration unit (DCU) comparing the ‘reference ZCD time difference by phase’ transmitted from the AMI server with a ‘ZCD time difference by phase’ collected by itself, and matching the same to have a time difference close to an error range.
US11139933B2
The present disclosure provides a communication method of mapping CSI-RS ports to antenna units arranged in an antenna array system, a base station, and a user equipment, the communication method comprises steps of: selecting a group of antenna units to map to the CSI-RS ports in a first CSI-RS transmission period or a first frequency resource region; and selecting another group of antenna units to map to the CSI-RS ports in a second CSI-RS transmission period or a second frequency resource region. By the method, base station, and user equipment according to the present disclosure, each antenna unit would get a relatively fair opportunity for transmitting the CSI-RS signals or get a fairly good channel estimation performance in UE side.
US11139932B2
Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to perform adaptive time division duplexing (TDD) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACKnowledgement (ACK) reporting is described. The UE can implement an adaptive uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration received from an eNodeB. The UE can decode a downlink (DL) HARQ reference configuration received from the base station for a serving cell, wherein the DL HARQ reference configuration is for the implemented adaptive UL-DL configuration. The UE can decode a reference UL-DL configuration received from the base station via a system information block (SIB). The UE can encode HARQ-ACK feedback for transmission on an uplink channel of the serving cell in accordance with the DL HARQ reference configuration. The UE can perform uplink scheduling and the HARQ-ACK feedback based on the reference UL-DL configuration received from the base station via the SIB.
US11139931B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for flexible transmissions on one or more frequency division duplexing resources. In some aspects, a subset of resources originally allocated for transmissions in a frequency division duplex (FDD) mode of operation associated with a first base station is identified for reallocation, and the identified subset of resources is reallocated to transmissions in a time division duplex (TDD) mode of operation, for example, associated with a second base station.
US11139922B2
The generation and use of a modified DDDS, suitable for RLC AM and RLC UM, is disclosed herein. The modified DDDS optionally includes an IE specifying a highest sequence number of a packet successfully delivered to a wireless terminal. Node B, which is in wireless communication with a wireless terminal, sends the modified DDDS to Node A, where Node A sends DL data packets to Node B for transmission to the wireless terminal responsive to the received modified DDDS.
US11139920B2
A sidelink communication method performed by a first user equipment (UE) in a communication system includes steps of: generating sidelink control information (SCI) including first resource allocation information for sidelink groupcast data and second resource allocation information for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) response for the sidelink groupcast data; transmitting the SCI to a plurality of UEs participating in sidelink communication; transmitting the sidelink groupcast data to the plurality of UEs using resources indicated by the first resource allocation information; and receiving the HARQ response for the sidelink group data from one or more UEs among the plurality of UEs using resources indicated by the second resource allocation information.
US11139919B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for improving utilization of a communications system (e.g., a satellite communications system) are provided, using delayed reliability techniques as part of a multicast transport protocol. Embodiments may operate in a client-server context, in which the server-side of the communication link multicasts data to requesting users and to users where the data is being speculatively prepositioned. Requesting users may implement reliability checks to verify receipt of complete data in response to the request while user systems where data is being speculatively prepositioned may receive multicast reliability information in response to reliability requests from other users, but may not request replacement of missing or corrupted data themselves until a request is made for the data by that system.
US11139913B2
In an unlicensed band, different types of interference may be experienced by user equipments (UEs), and a serving evolved Node B (eNB) may not be aware of the interference types affecting a UE. Therefore, aspects presented herein provide UE assisted interference learning, in which the UE detects an interfering signal and reports information such as the interference level and properties of the interfering signal to a serving eNB. Another aspects presented herein provide for an eNB which receives, from one or more UEs, information indicating properties of each of at least one interfering signals experienced by the UEs, such as interference types affecting the UEs. The eNB further uses the information received from the UE, including the wireless technology type to determine the properties of its downlink transmission and the length of the contention window leading up to its downlink transmission.
US11139911B2
Systems and methods for validating a control message for activation or deactivation of Semi-Persistent Channel State Information (SP-CSI) reporting in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for validating a control message for activation or deactivation of SP-CSI reporting in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, from a network node, a control message for activation or deactivation of the SP-CSI reporting. The method further comprises making, based on the control message, a determination as to whether to activate the SP-CSI reporting or to deactivate the SP-CSI reporting and activating or deactivating the SP-CSI reporting in accordance with the determination. In this manner, the wireless device is enabled to distinguish between a control message activating SP-SCI reporting and a control message deactivating SP-SCI reporting.
US11139903B2
A technique relates to a superconducting microwave combiner. A first filter through a last filter connects to a first input through a last input, respectively. The first filter through the last filter each has a first passband through a last passband, respectively, such that the first passband through the last passband are each different. A common output is connected to the first input through the last input via the first filter through the last filter.
US11139896B2
A signal processing device combines a plurality of received signals, and includes: a phase reference signal selection means for selecting a signal serving as a phase reference from among the plurality of received signals on the basis of the quality of the plurality of received signals; a relative phase calculation means for obtaining information about the relative phases of the plurality of received signals before the combining; a phase compensation means for performing relative phase compensation on each of the plurality of received signals on the basis of the relative phases; and a phase correction means for calculating a phase correction amount based on the relative phase information and performing phase correction on the received signals, wherein when switching occurs in the selected phase reference signal, the phase correction amount is changed by as much as the relative phase difference between the phase reference signals before and after the switching.
US11139891B2
Devices and methods for bypassing a defective component in a combining network relaying respective upstream and downstream signals between a head end and a plurality of subscribers. The devices and methods may preferably redirect the upstream signal without redirecting the downstream signal using a wavelength-dependent filter.
US11139874B2
A controlling method and a communication device are disclosed. The controlling method is applied to a communication device with a plurality of antennas. The controlling method includes the following operations: comparing a plurality of environmental parameters of the antennas in a comparison time interval to generate a determination result, wherein the determination result includes whether to switch the plurality of the antennas; adjusting the comparison time interval and a maintenance time interval according to the determination result; and transmitting or receiving wireless signals in the maintenance time interval. The controlling method and the communication device have the advantages of communication capability optimization and power saving.
US11139866B2
According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising a combiner for combining a received analog signal with an analog dithering signal to produce a combined analog signal, a one-bit analog-to-digital converter for converting the combined analog signal to a combined digital signal, means for performing joint downsampling and feature extraction for the combined digital signal, means for implementing a trained machine-learning algorithm for calculating one or more input parameters for waveform generation at least based on one or more features extracted from the combined digital signal and a parametric waveform generator for generating the analog dithering signal based on the one or more input parameters.
US11139858B1
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication management. A set of sensor data can be collected by a first device paired to a second device using a wireless communication (WC) protocol. The set of sensor data can be analyzed to determine whether a rule for adjusting a WC activation threshold is satisfied, the WC activation threshold defining a distance at which the first device and second device are permitted to transfer data to each other. The WC activation threshold can be adjusted in response to determining that the rule for adjusting the WC activation threshold is satisfied.
US11139849B2
An antenna module which transmits and receives a radio signal via a wireless network, the antenna module includes an antenna configured to transmit and receive the radio signal, a circuit configured to convert a signal received from outside into a radio signal, make the antenna transmit the converted radio signal, and transmit a signal generated by processing the radio signal received by the antenna to the outside, a tubular casing configured to accommodate the circuit to cover a periphery of the circuit, an antenna accommodator provided at one end of the casing and configured to accommodate the antenna to allow the antenna to transmit and receive the radio signal, a connector joined to the casing and connectable to an external device which transmits and receives a signal to and from the circuit, a router configured to relay the signal processed by the circuit, and a gateway configured to communicatively connect the router and the external device connected to the connector.
US11139843B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a driver circuit for a serializer/deserializer (SerDes) transmitter and techniques for operating such a driver circuit. One example driver circuit generally includes a pre-driver circuit, an output stage circuit, and a common-gate buffer circuit coupled between an output of the pre-driver circuit and a first input of the output stage circuit.
US11139837B2
A transmission apparatus includes a signal processing circuit configured to obtain information data bits to be transmitted; add known information data bits to the information data bits to generate first data blocks; perform error-correction coding on the first data blocks to generate first coded data blocks including parity data blocks such that the first coded data blocks satisfy a first code rate; remove the known information data bits from the first coded data blocks to generate second coded data blocks, the second coded data blocks satisfying a second code rate different from the first code rate; and modulate the second coded data blocks using a modulation scheme to generate a modulated signal, which is then transmitted. A number of the known information data bits depends on a number of the information data bits such that the first code rate is fixed regardless of the number of the information data bits.
US11139831B2
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for improving fast fail support for error correction in non-volatile memory. An exemplary method includes (a) receiving a codeword from a read operation in a fast fail mode, (b) initially configuring a maximum number of iterations (Nmax) and a set of values for a plurality of bit flipping thresholds for performing a decoding operation on the codeword, (c) performing a plurality of decoding iterations (N), each iteration using a subset of bit flipping thresholds, (d) calculating a remaining number of iterations (Nrem) as a difference between Nmax and N, (e) reconfiguring, based on Nrem and a latency requirement of the read operation in the fast fail mode, the set of values for the plurality of bit flipping thresholds to restart the decoding operation, and (f) repeating operations (c) through (e) until the codeword is successfully decoded or Nrem is less than or equal to 0.
US11139825B2
A frequency ratio measurement device includes a counter section configured to count a time event of a first signal and output a count value obtained by multiplying the time event by k0, a time to digital converter section configured to output a time digital value corresponding to a phase difference between the first signal and a second signal, a combiner section configured to output a combined value of the count value and the time digital value, a subtractor section configured to output a difference value between a first value based on the combined value and a second value, a quantizer section configured to compare a third value based on the difference value with a predetermined threshold to thereby output a quantized value obtained by quantizing the third value, and a feedback section configured to output, based on a time event of the second signal, the second value based on the quantized value. The frequency ratio measurement device outputs, based on the quantized value, a delta-sigma modulated signal corresponding to a frequency ratio of the first signal and the second signal.
US11139824B1
The processing of information is performed using a magneto-optic circuit that modifies the polarization of light using the Kerr effect. Magneto-optic circuits perform digital-to-analog conversion, comparison of values, and mathematical operations. Current carrying wires pass near a fiber-optic that carries polarized light. Each individual wire contributes a modification to the polarization of the light based on the current carried in each wire. The modified light is passed through a polarizer, and the intensity of the light may be measured with a photodiode to produce an electrical signal representing a result.
US11139817B1
A computer system may periodically calibrate an oscillator subsystem, which includes a voltage-controlled oscillator circuit configured to generate an oscillator signal using code signal. In response to activation of a calibration mode, an iterative calibration operation may be performed on the voltage-controlled oscillator circuit. In some cases, performing a given iteration of the calibration operation includes determining a value of the code signal using a number of pulses in the oscillator signal sampled during a particular time period, along with previous values of the code signal and a slope of an error function associated with the difference between a desired frequency and a current frequency of the oscillator signal. In other cases, iterations may employ variable sampling times with error handling, in order to decrease the duration of the calibration operation while maintaining a target accuracy.
US11139793B2
A diplexer includes dielectric layers stacked in a lamination direction. The diplexer includes a reference surface extending in a direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction, a common terminal on the reference surface, a high-pass circuit including a capacitor, a low-pass circuit including an inductor, a common line connecting the common terminal and a branch portion, a first via connecting the branch portion and the capacitor in the high-pass circuit, and a second via connecting the branch portion and the inductor in the low-pass circuit. The first via extends along the lamination direction from a first layer where the branch portion is located to a second layer where the capacitor in the high-pass circuit is located.
US11139783B2
A circuit structure for improving the harmonic suppression capability of a radio frequency power amplifier includes an output stage unit, a high-order harmonic suppression unit, and a low-order harmonic suppression unit. The output stage unit outputs a signal to be subjected to harmonic suppression; the high-order harmonic suppression unit comprises a first filter capacitor and a back hole, and is used for suppressing fifth or higher harmonics; the output stage unit and the first filter capacitor are connected to the ground in series by means of the back hole; the low-order harmonic suppression unit is connected to the output stage unit to suppress second, third and fourth harmonics. According to the design, the high-harmonic suppression capability of the radio frequency power amplifier is improved.
US11139771B2
To enable overmodulation control having high controllability and low noise characteristics, a control device of an AC motor includes an inverter for driving an AC motor and a controller for controlling the inverter by pulse width modulation. The controller, when over-modulating the inverter, limits the amplitude of the voltage command in the pulse width modulation to a predetermined upper limit value or less.
US11139767B2
According to embodiments described herein, there are provided methods and apparatus for providing a driving signal to a transducer, wherein the driving signal is output by an amplifier. A method comprises receiving an indication of a voltage and a current of the driving signal; based on an electrical model of the transducer and the voltage and the current of the driving signal, estimating an estimated electrical response of the transducer representative of movement of a mass in the transducer; comparing the estimated electrical response to a desired electrical response; and controlling the driving signal based on the comparison.
US11139762B2
A motor control device includes: a voltage boosting circuit that boosts a power source voltage supplied from an outside; a condenser that smooths a voltage output by the voltage boosting circuit; an inverter circuit that generates a drive voltage of a motor by switching a voltage output by the voltage boosting circuit and smoothed by the condenser; and a control part that causes the voltage boosting circuit to bypass and causes the power source voltage to be supplied to the inverter circuit, and a distance between the voltage boosting circuit and the inverter circuit is a distance with which a parasitic inductance is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
US11139760B2
A motor drive apparatus includes: a DC-side capacitor charged with direct current power; an inverter unit comprising multiple top switches and bottom switches, performing a switching operation so as to convert power stored in the DC-side capacitor into alternating current power, and outputting the converted alternating current power to a motor; a shunt resistor for detecting a current flowing through the DC-side capacitor; and a controller for controlling the inverter unit to perform dynamic braking for stopping the motor. Before the dynamic braking is performed, the controller controls the inverter unit to gradually increase a phase current flowing through the bottom switches.
US11139758B2
A vibration drive device that is capable of preventing instability when the speed control is switched between frequency control and pulse width control includes a controller that controls driving of a vibration actuator by applying an alternating voltage to an electromechanical energy conversion element. A switching pulse is generated by switching a DC voltage. A maximum duty ratio of the switching pulse is determined based on a driving condition of the vibration actuator. The driving of the vibration actuator is controlled by switching between frequency control and pulse width control. A gain for frequency control and a gain for pulse width control are set according to the maximum duty ratio so as to prevent electric power or electric current from exceeding an electric power limit or an electric current limit set in advance.
US11139756B2
In some embodiments, a device, such as a transducer, includes a polymer element disposed between electrodes, and a control circuit configured to apply electrical potentials having the same polarity to the electrodes. A separation distance between the electrodes may be increased by an electrostatic repulsion between the electrodes. Various other devices, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11139748B2
A power module includes a double-sided electrode module, a power semiconductor element, a pair of base plates, and a connecting member. The double-sided electrode module has a plurality of electrode wiring boards and a power semiconductor element which are molded with a resin material. The pair of base plates has the double-sided electrode module sandwiched therebetween. The pair of base plates are connected via the connecting member. The connecting member is formed in a curved shape.
US11139744B2
A flyback power converter includes a primary side controller circuit for controlling a primary side switch; and a secondary side controller circuit for generating an SR (Synchronous Rectification) signal to control an SR switch. The SR signal includes an SR pulse and a ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) pulse. The SR pulse controls the SR switch for synchronous rectification at the secondary side. The secondary side controller circuit samples and holds a voltage at a first end of the SR switch as a first voltage at a timing between the end of the ZVS pulse and the beginning of the SR pulse, and determines a length of the ZVS pulse so as to control the SR switch to be conductive for a ZVS time period, whereby the primary side switch achieves ZVS. The first voltage is proportional to an input voltage.
US11139740B2
Controller and method for a power converter. For example, the controller includes a first controller terminal coupled to a gate terminal of a transistor. The transistor further includes a drain terminal and a source terminal, and the first controller terminal is at a first voltage as a first function of time. Additionally, the controller includes a second controller terminal coupled to the source terminal. The second controller terminal is at a second voltage as a second function of time. Moreover, the controller includes a third controller terminal coupled to a first resistor terminal of a resistor. The resistor further includes a second resistor terminal, and the third controller terminal is at a third voltage as a third function of time. Also, the controller includes a fourth controller terminal coupled to a first capacitor terminal of a capacitor.
US11139732B2
Power electronic module comprising a plurality of semiconductor power electronic components electrically connected to an electrical support, and a cooling device in thermal contact with each component, each component being present between the electrical support and the cooling device and being mounted on the electrical support via at least one electrically conductive spring element.
US11139730B2
A switching period in a burst cycle includes three pulses, that is to say, a start pulse that turns on a low-side switching element, a main pulse that turns on a high-side switching element, and an end pulse that turns on the low-side switching element. A burst stop period corresponding to the magnitude of a load is set during a switching stop period. When the burst cycle approaches a cycle corresponding to a frequency close to the upper limit of the audible frequencies, a second off-threshold voltage of the main pulse is made equal to a first off-threshold voltage of the start pulse to narrow the on-width of the main pulse. By doing so, energy transmitted to the secondary side of a transformer is reduced and the burst cycle is shortened.
US11139729B2
The present disclosure provides a magnetic coupling that can be manufactured to meet various specification requirements by employing magnets which can be shared between the magnetic couplings. Magnet insertion recesses are formed in a two-dimensional arrays having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns in an area where the magnets are to be is installed, the magnets are inserted selectively into the magnet insertion recesses according to the specification requirements.
US11139726B2
An electromagnetic generator comprises one or more flux assembly having at least one coil and at least one magnetic field source separated by a gap. An interference drum has a sidewall at least partially positioned inside the gap and comprising at least one magnetic field permeable zone and at least one magnetic field impermeable zone. The interference drum is movable relative to the at least one coil and to the at least one magnetic field source to alternatively position the at least one magnetic field permeable zone and the at least one magnetic field impermeable zone of the sidewall inside the gap. When the interference drum is moved, magnetic flux is created in the coil, and induces electrical current to flow into the coil. The coil may be connected to an external circuit, such that the electrical current may flow through the external circuit.
US11139723B2
A rectifier assembly according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first housing and a second housing extending along an assembly axis, the first housing surrounding a pair of electrical rings. At least one spring strip includes a first spring strip portion transverse to a second spring strip portion, the second spring strip portion to bias diodes against an inner periphery of the pair of electrical rings. The second housing includes at least one connection terminal for receiving a wire from an exciter rotor, the at least one connection terminal including a screw threaded area which receives a bolt holding the first spring strip portion. A generator and a method of assembling a rectifier assembly are also disclosed.
US11139719B2
A system includes a shaft body defining a longitudinal axis. A first internal fluid channel extends axially within the shaft body and includes an inlet opening through the shaft body for fluid communication of external fluid into the first internal fluid channel and an outlet opening through the shaft body for fluid communication of fluid from the first internal fluid channel to an area external of the shaft body. A second internal fluid channel extends axially within the shaft body and includes an inlet opening through the shaft body for fluid communication of external fluid into the second internal fluid channel and an outlet opening through the shaft body for fluid communication of fluid from the second internal fluid channel to an area external of the shaft body. The first and second internal fluid channels are in fluid isolation from one another within the shaft body.
US11139717B2
A power generation system includes: at least one power generating device generating electric power by rotation of an input shaft; and a power storage circuit including at least one capacitor and storing energy of the electric power generated by the power generating device. The power storage circuit has a capacitance equal to or near an energy-maximizing capacitance, the energy-maximizing capacitance indicating a capacitance maximizing an upper limit energy in characteristics of energy to capacitance, the characteristics being calculated as the upper limit energy to be stored in the power storage circuit, with respect to the capacitance of the power storage circuit. The characteristics of energy to capacitance are calculated based on: the capacitance of the power storage circuit, an electromotive force of the power generating device, an internal resistance of the power generating device, and a duration of one power generating action of the power generating device.
US11139705B2
An electric motor includes: a stator; and a rotor, in which the rotor includes: a rotor core having magnet insertion holes; and magnets in the magnet insertion holes. Further, the rotor core includes: a rotor core main body; rotor core outer peripheral portions positioned outward in the rotor radial direction with respect to the magnets and forming parts of inner surfaces of the magnet insertion holes outward in the rotor radial direction; and bridges, forming the respective magnet insertion holes by connecting the rotor core main body and the rotor core outer peripheral portions, the bridges being formed to be thinner than thickest portions of the rotor core outer peripheral portions, and the magnets are shaped to be a cross-section polyhedron having oblique sides which narrow as the oblique sides go from the inward toward the outward in the rotor radial direction.
US11139704B2
A salient-pole rotor includes a magnetic pole portion having a plurality of protruding portions which protrude outward in a radial direction from a base portion, is disposed to be spaced apart from each other at intervals in a circumferential direction of a rotary shaft and have outer circumferential surfaces along an imaginary cylindrical surface. The magnetic pole portion includes a concave portion reinforcing portion which is provided inside the concave portion and a cylindrical reinforcing portion which covers the magnetic pole portion and the outer circumferential surface of the concave portion reinforcing portion. The base portion has a plurality of slits extending in the circumferential direction to be spaced apart from each other in the radial direction. A slit reinforcing portion formed of a non-magnetic material is provided inside the slits.
US11139694B2
The technology described herein relates to polarization adaptive wireless power transmission systems. In an implementation, a wireless power transmission system is described. The wireless power transmission system includes an antenna array and control circuitry operatively coupled to the antenna array. The control circuitry is configured to determine polarization information of a beacon signal received from a client device at multiple antennas of the antenna array. The beacon signal is transmitted by a client device in a wireless power delivery environment. The control circuitry is further configured to configure polarization information associated with each of the multiple antennas to match the polarization information determined at respective antennas of the multiple antennas. The present technology enables different wireless power receiver clients to have different polarizations. The wireless power transmission system can efficiently send power to the client devices by matching their polarization.
US11139688B2
A power supply apparatus for wirelessly supplying power to one or more terminals includes a signal transceiver configured to receive a charging state message indicating a charging state from the one or more terminals, a display unit configured to display the charging state of each of the one or more terminals based on the charging state message, an interface unit configured to receive a charging control signal for controlling a charging operation of each of the one or more terminals, a controller configured to control the signal transceiver to transmit a power reception control signal for controlling whether the one or more terminals receive power by analyzing the charging control signal for the one or more terminals and a power supplier configured to wirelessly supply power to the one or more terminals under a control of the controller.
US11139656B2
The present application relates to a power supply arrangement comprising a power source and a switching arrangement. The switching arrangement includes a switching block, wherein the switching block includes a source interface for connecting the power source, a load interface for connecting a load and a grid interface for connecting a power grid. The switching arrangement includes further a controller for controlling the switching block in dependency of the condition of the power source. The switching arrangement is implemented as a unit separate from the power source. The power supply arrangement comprises further a monitoring device for monitoring the condition of the power source.
US11139649B2
A motor control system includes a motor switching assembly comprising a power converter positioned on a converter path, a first relay positioned on the converter path upstream of the power converter, a second relay positioned on a bypass path that is in parallel with the converter path, and a solid-state switching unit positioned upstream from the converter path and the bypass path. The motor control system also includes a control system that controls operation of the motor switching assembly, with the control system programmed to operate the solid-state switching unit in one of a conducting mode, a non-conducting mode, and a ramping mode, so as to selectively control and condition power flow therethrough. The control system is also programmed to control switching of the first and second relays between open and closed positions to selectively route power along the converter path or the bypass path.
US11139646B2
A conduction system includes a laminated busbar including a plurality of busbars forming a conduction path in a vehicle and are stacked each other; and a distribution mechanism configured to distribute an electric power or electric signal by bending a part of the busbars forming the laminated busbar with respect to other busbars and by branching off the part of the busbars and the other busbars branch off from each other. As a result, the conduction system can provide an effect that the conduction path can be properly provided by combining the laminated busbar and the distribution mechanism.
US11139642B2
A switchgear or control gear includes at least one first compartment; a plurality of removable modules; a plurality of main switchgear or control gear components; and a plurality of auxiliary switchgear or control gear components. The plurality of main switchgear or control gear components includes at least one main busbar system, at least one three position linear or rotational movement disconnector, at least one circuit breaker, and at least one cable connection. The plurality of auxiliary switchgear or control gear components includes at least one disconnector drive and at least one circuit breaker drive. The plurality of removable modules are configured to be mounted horizontally within the at least one first compartment at a plurality of horizontal locations. Movement of a removable module from its horizontal location, the movement including a vertical movement, is configured to move the one or more auxiliary components housed in or associated with that module.
US11139638B2
The static charge eliminator includes a charger including one or more charging units, and a grounded needle-shaped conductor. The charger is configured to charge an insulating film such that the absolute value of the surface potential of the insulating film is 3 kV or more. The needle-shaped conductor is arranged to generate a corona discharge between the needle-shaped conductor and the insulating film charged by the charger. Thereby, the static charges on the insulating film can be reliably eliminated.
US11139634B1
Laser diode technology incorporating etched facet mirror formation and optical coating techniques for reflectivity modification to enable ultra-high catastrophic optical mirror damage thresholds for high power laser diodes.
US11139626B2
A thermocompression apparatus includes a stage and a heater chip. The stage includes an installation surface on which a component having a scheduled portion of thermocompression is placed. The heater chip is disposed to be freely movable to and from the scheduled portion of thermocompression of the component opposite to the installation surface of the stage and is configured to heat and press the scheduled portion of thermocompression. The installation surface includes a maximum convex and a pair of slope surfaces. The maximum convex is configured to contact with a bottom surface of the component. The pair of slope surfaces has heights decreasing respectively from the maximum convex toward both sides of the installation surface in a width direction of the component.
US11139620B2
An electrical connector includes first and second adjacent electrical contacts that each define respective first and second mating ends, the first mating end of a first one of the first and second adjacent electrical contacts defines a first contact surface, the second mating end of a second one of the first and second adjacent electrical contacts defines a second contact surface electrically isolated from the first contact surface; and a dielectric material positioned between the first and second adjacent electrical contacts. When a mating connector applies a force to the first contact surface and the second contact surface, the first and second mating ends and the dielectric material all move in a first direction.
US11139615B2
A connector includes: a housing which is connected to a counterpart connector; and a slider held in the housing to be movable in a fitting direction. The housing and the slider include: a guide mechanism configured to guide a movement of the slider to the housing in the fitting direction; and a stopper mechanism configured to prevent the slider from being detached from the housing to the front side of the connector in the fitting direction. The guide mechanism has: a pair of ribs provided in one of the housing and the slider, the ribs extending in the fitting direction; and a pair of grooves provided in the other of the housing and the slider, the grooves extending in the fitting direction. The stopper mechanism is provided at a location adjacent to an end part of the guide mechanism at the front side of the connector in the fitting direction.
US11139605B2
The invention relates to a plug connection (1) having a plug connector (2) and a mating plug connector (3). The plug connector (2) and the mating plug connector (3) can be plugged together in order to form the plug connection (1), wherein the plug connector (2) has a contact support (4) with at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact partner, the contact support (4) is inserted into an outer housing (5) of the plug connector (2), each contact partner is primarily locked in the respective contact chamber, and a secondary lock (6) is provided for a secondary locking of the contact partners in the respective contact chambers. The invention is characterized in that the outer housing (5) has at least one locking hook (13) which interacts with the contact support (4). The contact support (4) has a hook mating geometry (14), and the at least one locking hook (13) is aligned diagonally to a central axis of the outer housing (5).
US11139595B1
Herein is disclosed a jumper cable clamp which includes a housing having an elongated arm having a head portion and a second end configured to mount to the jumper cable and hold the jumper cable in coaxial alignment with the elongated axis. First and second jaws are mounted adjacent the head portion perpendicular to the elongated axis. The first jaw is electrically coupled to the jumper cable. The clamp further includes a lever assembly coupled to one of the first and second jaws for moving the jaw between a clamping position wherein the first and second jaws are sufficiently close together to clamp onto the terminal and an open position wherein the first and second jaws are sufficiently spaced apart to permit the terminal to be free from the jaws. The clamp further includes a lock mechanism for locking the first and second jaws in their clamping position.
US11139592B2
A terminal connecting method includes setting a conductor having a plurality of strands on an upper surface of a bottom portion of an electric wire crimping part of a terminal, caulking the conductor in a manner to cover the conductor, thereby crimping the conductor by a caulking portion extended from the bottom portion, and welding the plurality of strands together in a strands exposed portion of the conductor exposed from tip end edges of the caulking portion by friction between the plurality of strands and a friction tool, after caulking and crimping.
US11139585B2
A phased array antenna includes a front plate, a plurality of blocks including a plurality of slices that include a plurality of transmitters and a circuit board that distributes a power supply, a control signal, and a high-frequency signal to the plurality of slices, the blocks being held on a first face of the front plate, a plurality of power sources that supply power to the blocks, which is held on the first face of the front plate, an antenna element layer in which a plurality of antenna elements are arrayed, which is held on a second face of the front plate, and a high-frequency signal wiring layer including high-frequency signal wiring through which a high-frequency signal to the antenna elements passes.
US11139584B2
The present disclosure provides an antenna feeder assembly of a multi-band antenna, comprising a first feeder supporting propagation of waves in a first frequency band and a second feeder supporting propagation of waves in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band. The second feeder coaxially surrounds the first feeder. The first feeder comprises a dielectric emitting section and a dielectric radiating section; wherein each of the dielectric emitting section and the radiating section includes an inner cavity, a wall, and sub-wavelength elements on an external surface of the wall. The present disclosure also provides a multi-band microwave antenna, comprising a dish reflector, a subreflector, and the above-mentioned antenna feeder assembly.
US11139580B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an antenna structure that includes first and second dielectric antennas that each redirect a beam pattern generated by the first and second dielectric antennas away from a center axis of the of the first and second dielectric antennas. Each of the first and second dielectric antennas can be coupled to at least one dielectric core via a feed point of each dielectric antenna. The at least one dielectric core can be configured to supply electromagnetic waves that are converted by the first and second dielectric antennas to first and second beam patterns redirected away from the center axis. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11139579B2
Light-transmissive antenna, window affixing type communication module, and periphery monitoring unit
A light-transmissive antenna includes: a transparent base made of a transparent insulating material; and an antenna pattern formed on the transparent base. The antenna pattern is made of a transparent electrically conductive film that is a film-like member having a predetermined transmittance and a predetermined electrical conductivity. The light-transmissive antenna includes a plurality of highly electrically conductive patterns arranged on the antenna pattern, each of the highly electrically conductive patterns being made of an electrically conducive member having a higher electrical conductivity than the transparent electrically conductive film and formed in a linear shape. Each of the plurality of highly electrically conductive patterns has a predetermined width set equal to or smaller than a value assumed as a resolution of human eyes.
US11139574B2
A radiating system of a wireless device transmits and receives electromagnetic wave signals in a frequency region and comprises an external port, a radiating structure, and a radiofrequency system. The radiating structure includes: a ground plane layer with a connection point; a radiation booster with a connection point and being smaller than 1/30 of a free-space wavelength corresponding to a lowest frequency of the frequency region; and an internal port between the radiation booster connection point and the ground plane layer connection point. The radiofrequency system includes: a first port connected to the radiating structure's internal port; and a second port connected to the external port. An input impedance at radiating structure's disconnected internal port has a non-zero imaginary part across the frequency region. The radiofrequency system modifies impedance of the radiating structure to provide impedance matching to the radiating system within the frequency region at the external port.
US11139573B2
An assembly comprising a horizontal GPS patch antenna element and a vertical IFF antenna element providing simultaneous high performance IFF communication and GPS reception with minimal IFF to GPS interference. The IFF element can be a monopole element. A second monopole co-linear with the IFF element can provide simultaneous UHF communication. In embodiments, the assembly is a blade that can replace an existing IFF blade on an aircraft or other asset. Separate IFF and GPS connectors can be provided, or a single connecter can be shared using an integral diplexer. Embodiments include a GPS preamplifier integral with the blade. In other embodiments, the IFF element is an annular slot transponder that is centered on the GPS patch element. System embodiments include bandpass filters and/or GPS blanking to further protect the GPS receiver from IFF transmissions.
US11139571B2
A compact dual-band MIMO antenna is provided, including: a system ground unit, a radiation arm having an open-circuit end and a short-circuit end, a first antenna formed at the open-circuit end and a second antenna formed at the short-circuit end. The first antenna includes a grounding arm connecting the radiation arm with the system ground unit, a first feeding arm located between the grounding arm and the open-circuit end, and a first parasitic arm connected to the system ground unit. The second antenna includes a second feeding arm located between the short-circuit end and the grounding arm, and a second parasitic arm connected to the system ground unit. Compared with the related art, the present invention has following beneficial effects: the antenna has compact and simple structure, high isolation, excellent performance in dual bands, a small volume and a light weight, and it is convenient for mass production.
US11139564B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed in the present document comprises: a housing; a first antenna element placed on the housing, or at a first position inside the housing; a second antenna element placed on the housing, or at a second position inside the housing; a communication processor; and at least one communication circuit electrically connected to the first antenna element and the second antenna element, wherein the at least one communication circuit can comprise: a first RF circuit, which generates an IF signal having a first frequency, a local oscillation (LO) signal of a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a control signal of a third frequency lower than the second frequency; a second RF circuit, which provides, to the second antenna element, an RF signal of a fourth frequency higher than the third frequency and lower than the second frequency; and a third RF circuit, which receives the IF signal from the first RF circuit, up-converts the IF signal, and provides the up-converted signal to the first antenna element. In addition, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
US11139558B2
A portable communication device includes a processor positioned in a first printed circuit board; a communication circuit; and an antenna module. The antenna module includes a second printed circuit board; a first antenna and a second antenna positioned in the second printed circuit board; a first transmission-reception circuit positioned in the second printed circuit board. The first transmission-reception circuit comprises a power amplifier for amplifying a signal to be transmitted through the first antenna, and a first low noise amplifier for amplifying a signal received through the first antenna. The power amplifier forms a portion of a transmission path electrically connected with the communication circuit and the first antenna. The first low noise amplifier forms a portion of a first reception path electrically connected with the communication circuit and the first antenna. The transmission path or the first reception path in the first transmission-reception circuit is selectively provided by the communication circuit. The portable communication device also includes a first reception circuit positioned in the second printed circuit board, wherein the first reception circuit does not comprise a power amplifier for amplifying a signal to be transmitted through the second antenna, and comprises a second low noise amplifier for amplifying a signal received through the second antenna, the second low noise amplifier forming a portion of a second reception path electrically connected with the communication circuit and the second antenna.
US11139557B2
A terminal with a foldable screen and an antenna assembly thereof are disclosed. The antenna assembly includes a foldable frame and seven antenna modules. The frame includes a first side frame; a second side frame opposite to the first side frame, a third side frame, and a fourth side frame. A first antenna portion is disposed at a corner connecting the first side frame to the third side frame. A second antenna portion is disposed at a corner connecting the second side frame and the third side frame. A third antenna portion is disposed on the second sub-frame. Fourth, fifth, and sixth antenna portions are sequentially arranged on the fourth side frame. A seventh antenna portion is disposed on the fourth sub-frame. At least 2*2 MIMO configuration of WIFI frequency band and 4*4 MIMO configuration of 5G NR frequency band below Sub-6G frequency band are formed by the antenna modules.
US11139556B2
An antenna structure includes a main radiation element, a first feeding element, a first additional radiation element, a dielectric substrate, and a ground plane. A first signal source is coupled through the first feeding element to a first side of the main radiation element. The first additional radiation element is coupled to a second side of the main radiation element. A first slot is formed between the first additional radiation element and the main radiation element. The second side is different from the first side. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The main radiation element, the first feeding element, and the first additional radiation element are disposed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate. The ground plane is adjacent to the second surface of the dielectric substrate.
US11139555B2
A film antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, an antenna pattern including a mesh structure on a top surface of the dielectric layer, and a dummy pattern on a top surface of the dielectric layer. The dummy pattern includes the same mesh structure as that of the antenna pattern. Optical properties are improved by the same mesh structure of the antenna pattern and the dummy pattern.
US11139553B2
Technologies for a metal chassis for an electronic device are disclosed. A manufacturer may manufacture a chassis of an electronic device by machining a recess into a chassis preform and perform an anodization of the chassis. The manufacturer may machine the side of the chassis preform opposite the recess to a predefined thickness, and then perform a subsequent anodization. The predefined thickness is selected so that, after the subsequent anodization, there is a single anodized layer between the surface of the recess and the chassis surface on the opposite side. The single anodized layer is non-conductive, allowing electromagnetic signals of an antenna to pass through.
US11139552B1
In an embodiment, an antenna may be formed by applying an insulator to a package body and forming at least a portion of the antenna as a conductor on the insulator.
US11139539B2
Provided is a battery module in which heat generation of a current path of a module bus bar mounted on a bus bar assembly is reduced. The battery module includes: a cell assembly including a secondary batteries that each include electrode leads; and a bus bar assembly including: a module bus bar including an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion that electrically connect the secondary batteries and the module terminal and each have at least one region separated from each other, a connection extending portion that extends to one side end portion of each of the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion, and a bent connecting portion that is combined to the module terminal provided at a top of the upper plate portion; and a pressurizing bus bar pressurizing the electrode leads such that end portions of the electrode leads contact the lower plate portion.
US11139525B2
The invention relates to a clamping device for clamping a cell stack having multiple battery cells disposed next to each other in a stacking direction (x), wherein the clamping device comprises at least one fastening element for fastening the clamping device to a battery housing, and first and second end plate units, wherein at least the first end plate unit includes an end plate which is firmly connected to the at least one fastening element and a deformation plate. The deformation plate is configured such that the deformation plate can be deformed by a deformation force (F) applied to the deformation plate in the case of a cell stack received in the clamping device when at least one battery cell of the cell stack swells.
US11139521B2
A battery system includes: a plurality of monolithic cell trays configured to accommodate a plurality of aligned battery cells; a plurality of battery cell retainers configured to retain the battery cells within the cell tray by being connected with the battery cell and the cell tray in each cell tray; a cap-type battery system carrier configured to accommodate the plurality of cell trays; a plurality of tray fasteners provided in each cell tray to mount the cell tray to the battery system carrier by being connected with the cell tray and the battery system carrier; and a cooling channel provided in the battery system carrier to cool the battery cells. Each cell tray includes an opening that exposes the plurality of battery cells, and the cooling channel may be provided in the battery system carrier opposite to the opening of each cell tray.
US11139513B2
Provided is a catalyst part for a lead-acid battery, the catalyst part being capable of reducing gas release from an electrolyte solution and a decrease in electrolyte solution due to the leakage, thus providing a lead-acid battery having a long life. Also provided are a ventilation filter, a ventilation plug, and a lead-acid battery each including the catalyst part. A catalyst part for a lead-acid battery, including a catalyst layer including a catalyst to accelerate a reaction for generating water or water vapor from oxygen and hydrogen, and an arrangement through which at least part of the water or water vapor is condensed and/or flowed back to the inside of the battery.
US11139498B2
An electrode catalyst for fuel cells that can inhibit an increase in gas diffusion resistance includes a carbon material having a ratio of a peak intensity IA derived from an amorphous structure to a peak intensity IG derived from a graphite structure in an X-ray diffraction spectrum (ratio IA/IG) of 0.90 or less as a catalyst-supporting carrier.
US11139490B2
A fuel cell system includes: a secondary battery; first and second fuel cells; first and second scavenging devices configured to scavenge the first and second fuel cells, respectively; and a control device configured to perform a first scavenging process of scavenging the first fuel cell by driving the first scavenging device using a charged power of the secondary battery when the first and second fuel cells are in a power generation stopped state and to perform a second scavenging process of scavenging the second fuel cell by driving the second scavenging device using a generated power of the first fuel cell when the first fuel cell is in a power generation state and the second fuel cell is in the power generation stopped state.
US11139485B2
Compositions and process for optimizing oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions are provided. Oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution catalysts include oxide compositions having a general formula a formula A2-xMOy, where x is electrochemically tuned to find optimal A content that delivers the best catalytic performance in a chemical system. The process provides the ability to find the optimal catalytic performance by tuning A and hence, the binding strength of O.
US11139480B2
A secondary battery includes: a positive electrode having a positive-electrode current collector and a positive-electrode active-material layer; a negative electrode having a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode active-material layer; a electrolyte; and an insulating tape covering a portion of the positive electrode. Furthermore, the positive-electrode current collector has an exposed section that the positive-electrode active-material layer is not disposed. In addition, at least a portion of the exposed section is covered with the insulating tape; the insulating tape has a substrate material layer and an adhesive layer; and the adhesive layer includes an adhesive agent and an insulating inorganic material.
US11139476B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material represented by a general formula Lix(NiaCobMncMd)1−s(Nb1−tTat)sO2. Here, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Li, Ca, Mg, Al, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Mo, Hf, and W, and 1.0≤x≤1.3, 0≤a≤0.9, 0≤b≤1.0, 0≤c≤0.8, 0≤d≤0.5, a+b+c+d=1, 0.005≤s≤0.3, and 0.0005≤t≤0.1 are satisfied.
US11139474B2
A method for preparing a material having an Sn:Sb intermetallic phase includes at least the steps of mixing chemical elements Sn and Sb, and treating the mixture with microwaves. An electrode is manufactured by using the material having an Sn:Sb intermetallic phase; forming the material in a form of powder; mixing the powder with carbon, a binder and a solvent to form an ink; coating a current collector with the ink; and drying the electrode.
US11139472B2
Provided are electrodes for use in electrochemical cells and active material components used to form these electrodes. Also provided are methods of forming these active material components as well as methods of forming these electrodes. An electrode comprises a current collector and an active layer, comprising active material structures and an inorganic conductive layer. The inorganic conductive layer coats and binds together these active material structures. Furthermore, the inorganic conductive layer also provides adhesion of the active layer to the current collector. The inorganic conductive layer has an electronic conductivity of at least 104 S/m and provides an electronic path among the active material structures and, in some examples, between the active material structures and the current collector. In some embodiments, the same inorganic conductive layer shared by multiple active material structures.
US11139470B2
A method of manufacturing a positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery includes the following (α) and (β): (α) a positive electrode active material is prepared; and (β) the positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery is manufactured by forming a coat on at least a portion of a surface of the positive electrode active material. The coat is formed to satisfy the following (1) to (3): (1) the coat includes a lithium ion conductor and a ferroelectric substance; (2) the ferroelectric substance is dispersed in the lithium ion conductor; and (3) the lithium ion conductor is interposed at least partially between the positive electrode active material and the ferroelectric substance.
US11139465B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 5 ml per 1 g when heated at 200° C. for 1 minute.
US11139457B2
An OLED, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device are disclosed. The OLED includes a first electrode, a first carrier transporting layer, an organic light emitting layer, a second carrier transporting layer, a second electrode, and a light extracting layer between the first electrode and the organic light emitting layer. The light extracting layer is made from a first carrier transporting material. The light extracting layer is formed between the first electrode and the organic light emitting layer at a light exit side of the OLED, and is formed from the first carrier transporting material. This increases the light extracting efficiency of the OLED. The light extracting layer further acts as the first carrier transporting layer, thus simplifying the structure of OLED, making OLED easy to fabricate, and efficiently controlling cost.
US11139453B2
A flexible display panel and a display device. The flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate having a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area; the display panel also includes at least one blocking wall located on the non-display area and surrounding the display area, a light-emitting structure located on the display area, and a packaging film covering the light-emitting structure and the blocking wall; the flexible display panel has a bending area and a non-bending area, and the thickness of the parts, in the bending area, of the blocking wall is not equal to the thickness of the parts, in the non-bending area, of the blocking wall.
US11139441B2
A quantum dot device including an anode and a cathode facing each other, a quantum dot layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and an electron transport layer disposed between the cathode and the quantum dot layer, wherein the quantum dot layer includes an emissive quantum dot emitting light in at least one part of a wavelength region in a visible region and a non-emissive quantum dot configured to not emit light in a visible region, and a difference between a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level of the non-emissive quantum dot and a LUMO energy level of the electron transport layer is greater than or equal to about 0.5 electronvolts (eV).
US11139439B2
An organic light emitting diode device comprising: a light emitting layer or layers combining both an emissive material comprising a boron subphthalocyanine, or first emitting layer component, that emits substantially orange light; and an emissive material emitting blue light, or second emitting layer component; wherein in combination, the first emitting layer component and the second emitting layer component, in combination, produces an overall white or near-white light emission.
US11139425B2
An active matrix array of electroactive polymer actuators (36) is provided, each electroactive polymer actuator (36) having a switching arrangement (34). The switching arrangement comprises an input which is connected to a respective data line (30) and an output which is connected to a first terminal of the associated electroactive polymer actuator (36), wherein a second terminal of each electroactive polymer actuator is connected to a control line (110). A driver provides drive signals which comprise at least first and second drive levels for application to the data lines and third and fourth drive levels for application to the control line. Use is made of of common electrode driving (i.e. the control line driving) to enable low transistor control voltages to be used to switch larger voltages across the electroactive polymer actuators.
US11139418B2
A light emitting device includes a base including a support having a support surface. A light emitting element includes a semiconductor layer and a sapphire substrate provided on the semiconductor layer opposite to the support surface. A light-transmissive covering member is provided on the sapphire substrate to sandwich the sapphire substrate between the semiconductor layer and the reflecting film. A light emitted from the semiconductor layer is configured to be extracted from the sapphire substrate between the semiconductor layer and the reflecting film. A height of the light-transmissive covering member viewed in a direction in which a width of the light-transmissive covering member appears smallest is 0.5 times or less of the width of the light-transmissive covering member.
US11139417B1
In a flip-chip LED assembly having an array of LEDs formed on the same substrate, different LEDs of the array have different distances to the n-contacts of the assembly. This may cause current crowding as current has to spread from the n-contacts through the substrate to each the farthest LEDs of the LED array, requiring LEDs that are farther away to be driven with a higher voltage in order to receive a desired amount of current. To spread current more evenly through the LED assembly and reduce a voltage difference between the closest and farthest LEDs of the array, one or more additional n-contacts are formed within the LED array. In some embodiments, the n-contacts may replace a pixel of the LED array. In other embodiments, one or more p-contacts of the LED array are resized or repositioned to accommodate the additional n-contacts without sacrificing pixels of the LED array.
US11139406B2
Discussed is a solar cell including a photoelectric converter and first and second electrodes connected to the photoelectric converter. The first electrode includes a finger electrode including a plurality of finger electrode portions and a bus bar electrode including a main portion formed in a direction crossing the finger electrode portions, and at least one protrusion protruding from the main portion and formed in the direction crossing the plurality of finger electrode portions. The protrusion is formed across at least two of the finger electrode portions.
US11139404B2
A photosensor includes a substrate, a sensing device, and a light shielding layer. The sensing device is disposed on the substrate and includes a first electrode, a photo-sensing layer, and a second electrode. The first electrode is disposed on the substrate. The photo-sensing layer is disposed on the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed on the photo-sensing layer, and the photo-sensing layer is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light shielding layer is disposed on the second electrode. Here, the photo-sensing layer has a shielded portion shielded by the light shielding layer and a photo-receiving portion not shielded by the light shielding layer, and an area of the shielded portion is 55% to 99% of an entire area of the photo-sensing layer.
US11139397B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a substrate and forming first and second spacers on the substrate. The method includes depositing first and second self-assembly (SAM) layers respectively on sidewalls of the first and second spacers and depositing a layer stack on the substrate and between and in contact with the first and second SAM layers. Depositing the layer stack includes depositing a ferroelectric layer and removing the first and second SAM layers. The method further includes depositing a metal compound layer on the ferroelectric layer. Portions of the metal compound layer are deposited between the ferroelectric layer and the first or second spacers. The method also includes depositing a gate electrode on the metal compound layer and between the first and second spacers.
US11139394B2
In a general aspect, a silicon carbide (SiC) field-effect transistor (FET) can include a substrate of a first conductivity type, a drift region of the first conductivity type disposed on the substrate, a spreading layer of the first conductivity type disposed in the drift region, a body region of a second conductivity type disposed in the spreading layer, and a source region of the first conductivity type disposed in the body region. The SiC FET can further include a spacer layer of the first conductivity type disposed on the source region the body region and the spreading layer, and a lateral channel region of the first conductivity type disposed in the spacer layer. The SiC FET can also include a gate structure that includes an aluminum nitride layer disposed on the lateral channel region, and an aluminum gallium nitride layer of the second conductivity disposed on the AlN layer.
US11139386B2
A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a conductor tier comprising conductor material on a substrate. A stack is formed comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers above the conductor tier. The stack comprises laterally-spaced memory-block regions having horizontally-elongated trenches there-between. Channel-material strings extend through the first tiers and the second tiers. Material of the first tiers is of different composition from that of the second tiers. A lowest of the first tiers is thicker than the first tiers there-above. The first-tier material is isotropically etched selectively relative to the second-tier material to form void-space in the first tiers. Conducting material is deposited into the trenches and into the void-space in the first tiers. The conducting material fills the void-space in the first tiers that are above the lowest first tier. The conducting material less-than-fills the void-space in the lowest first tier. The conducting material is etched from the lowest first tier. After the etching of the conducting material, conductive material is deposited into the void-space of the lowest first tier and that directly electrically couples together the channel material of individual of the channel-material strings and the conductor material of the conductor tier. Additional embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US11139375B2
According to an embodiment of a method described herein, a silicon carbide substrate is provided that includes a plurality of device regions. A front side metallization may be provided at a front side of the silicon carbide substrate. The method may further comprise providing an auxiliary structure at a backside of the silicon carbide substrate. The auxiliary structure includes a plurality of laterally separated metal portions. Each metal portion is in contact with one device region of the plurality of device regions.
US11139372B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include recessing sacrificial layers in a stack of alternating sacrificial layers and channel layers using a first etch to form curved recesses at sidewalls of each sacrificial layer in the stack, with tails of sacrificial material being present at a top and bottom of each curved recess. Dielectric plugs are formed that each partially fill a respective curved recess, leaving exposed at least a portion of each tail of sacrificial material. The tails of sacrificial material are etched back using a second etch to expand the recesses. Inner spacers are formed in the expanded recesses.
US11139370B2
A dielectric and isolation lower fin material is described that is useful for fin-based electronics. In some examples, a dielectric layer is on first and second sidewalls of a lower fin. The dielectric layer has a first upper end portion laterally adjacent to the first sidewall of the lower fin and a second upper end portion laterally adjacent to the second sidewall of the lower fin. An isolation material is laterally adjacent to the dielectric layer directly on the first and second sidewalls of the lower fin and a gate electrode is over a top of and laterally adjacent to sidewalls of an upper fin. The gate electrode is over the first and second upper end portions of the dielectric layer and the isolation material.
US11139366B2
A thin film resistor includes a high-resistance region and low-resistance regions which are formed at both ends of the high-resistance region. The high-resistance region includes first high-resistance regions and a second high-resistance region, and the first high-resistance regions are arranged at both side surfaces in a first direction in the second high-resistance region. The second high-resistance region has a higher sheet resistance than that of the first high-resistance regions.
US11139340B2
A magnetic recording array includes: a plurality of spin elements each including a wiring and a laminated body having a first ferromagnetic layer laminated on the wiring and arranged in a matrix; a plurality of write wirings connected to first ends of the spin elements' wiring; a plurality of read wirings connected to the laminated bodies of the spin elements; a plurality of common wirings connected to second ends of the wirings of the spin elements belonging to the same column; and a control unit configured to control a write current flowing between first and second ends of each spin element, wherein when data writing is performed continuously, the unit is configured to prohibit writing to at least a spin element connected to the same common wiring as a first spin element and adjacent to the first spin element after the first element to which the current is applied.
US11139338B2
A light emitting device including a substrate, first and second light emitting diodes disposed thereon and including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer, a first upper electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer and insulated from the second semiconductor layer of the first light emitting diode, a second upper electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer and insulated from the second semiconductor layer of the second light emitting diode, in which the first and second light emitting diodes are spaced apart from each other to expose the substrate, the first upper electrode has a protrusion electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer of the second light emitting diode and covering portions of the exposed substrate, the first light emitting diode, and the second light emitting diode, and the second upper electrode has a groove.
US11139332B2
A solid-state imaging device having a backside illuminated structure, includes: a pixel region in which pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion and a plurality of pixel transistors are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; an element isolation region isolating the pixels which is provided in the pixel region and which includes a semiconductor layer provided in a trench by an epitaxial growth; and a light receiving surface at a rear surface side of a semiconductor substrate which is opposite to a multilayer wiring layer.
US11139327B2
In a CMOS image sensor in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix, a transistor in which a channel formation region includes an oxide semiconductor is used for each of a charge accumulation control transistor and a reset transistor which are in a pixel portion. After a reset operation of the signal charge accumulation portion is performed in all the pixels arranged in the matrix, a charge accumulation operation by the photodiode is performed in all the pixels, and a read operation of a signal from the pixel is performed per row. Accordingly, an image can be taken without a distortion.
US11139325B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, an imaging apparatus, and an electronic apparatus, which can suppress a color mixture without lowering the sensitivity. In pixels (red pixels (R pixels), green pixels (G pixels), and blue pixels (B pixels)) other than W pixels and adjacent to the W pixels, light shielding films thicker than those of the W pixels are formed at positions adjacent to the W pixels. Furthermore, the shorter the wavelength, the thicker the light shielding film in the RGB pixels other than the W pixels. The present technology is applicable to the solid-state imaging device.
US11139314B2
A semiconductor device includes gate electrodes spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to a substrate's upper surface, and extending by different lengths in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The device further includes first and second channels penetrating the gate electrodes and extending in the first direction, a horizontal portion disposed in lower portions of the gate electrodes and connecting lower portions of the first and second channels to each other, and a source line disposed in an upper portion of the second channel and connected to the second channel. The gate electrodes include memory cell electrodes included in memory cells, a first ground select electrode disposed in lower portions of the memory cell electrodes, a second ground select electrode disposed in upper portions of the memory cell electrodes, and a string select electrode disposed in upper portions of the memory cell electrodes.
US11139313B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory includes: forming a first lamination on a substrate; forming a first hole through the first lamination; embedding a first sacrificial material including a thermally decomposable organic material in the first hole; forming a recess at an upper portion of the first hole; forming an oxide film in the recess; removing the first sacrificial material under the oxide film; embedding a second sacrificial material on the oxide film in the recess; forming a second lamination on the first lamination and the second sacrificial material; forming a second hole through the second lamination at a position corresponding to the first hole by etching the second lamination in an extension direction of the first hole; and removing the oxide film and the second sacrificial material.
US11139312B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes an N-well region, a first gate electrode, a single-crystal first semiconductor, and a first contact. The N-well region includes two P-type impurity diffusion regions. The first gate electrode is provided above the N-well region between the two P-type impurity diffusion regions. The first gate electrode is opposed to the N-well region via a gate insulating film. The single-crystal first semiconductor is provided in a columnar shape on the P-type impurity diffusion region. The first contact includes a polycrystalline second semiconductor. The second semiconductor is provided on the first semiconductor and includes P-type impurities.
US11139302B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having bitlines spaced from one another by intervening voids. Insulative supports are over the bitlines. A conductive plate is supported by the insulative supports and is proximate the bitlines to drain excess charge from the bitlines. Some embodiments include a method of forming an integrated assembly. A stack is formed to have insulative material over bitline material. The stack is patterned into rails that extend along a first direction. The rails include the patterned bitline material as bitlines, and include the patterned insulative material as insulative supports over the bitlines. The rails are spaced from one another along a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, by voids. Sacrificial material is formed within the voids. A conductive plate is formed over the insulative supports and the sacrificial material. The sacrificial material is removed from under the conductive plate to re-form the voids.
US11139297B2
In an embodiment, a circuit arrangement is provided that includes a half-bridge circuit and a substrate having a major surface. The half-bridge circuit includes a high voltage node, a low voltage node and an output node. A high side switch and a low side switch are coupled in series and provide a pair and n pairs are coupled in parallel between the high voltage node and the low voltage node, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2. The output node is provided by an output connector on the major surface of the substrate. The output connector has an axis perpendicular to the major surface of the substrate and the n pairs are arranged on the major surface of the substrate and are uniformly distributed around the axis of the output connector.
US11139294B2
Semiconductor structure and method for fabricating a semiconductor structure are provided. A substrate including device regions and an isolation region located adjacent to and between the device regions is provided. A fin on the substrate, gate structures across the fin at the device regions, source/drain doped regions in the fin at two sides of each of the gate structures, and a sacrificial gate across the fin at the isolation region are provided. The sacrificial gate and a portion of the fin near a bottom of the sacrificial gate are removed, thus forming a first opening in the fin. An insulation structure in the first opening is formed. Two sides of the sacrificial gate are in contact with the source/drain doped regions at adjacent device regions. A top surface of the insulation structure is flush with or higher than top surfaces of the source/drain doped regions.
US11139290B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device including a first high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device disposed within a semiconductor structure and having a first source, a first drain, and a first gate; a second HEMT device disposed within the semiconductor structure and having a second source, a second drain, and a second gate, the second source coupled to the first drain; and a diode-connected transistor device disposed within the semiconductor structure and comprising a third source, a third gate, and a third drain, the third drain coupled to the second gate.
US11139287B2
A transient voltage suppression (TVS) device including a TVS diode having a first electrode and a second electrode, an insulating plate disposed on the first electrode, a first terminal lead connected to the insulating plate, a second terminal lead connected to the second electrode, and an thermal cutoff element connecting the first terminal lead to the first electrode, the thermal cutoff element configured to melt and break an electrical connection between the first terminal lead and the first electrode when a temperature of the TVS diode exceeds a predetermined safety temperature.
US11139286B2
According to an example embodiment of the present inventive concept, a semiconductor device includes a substrate. A first insulating layer is disposed on the substrate. A thin-film resistor is disposed in the first insulating layer. A capacitor structure is disposed on the first insulating layer and includes a first electrode pattern, a first dielectric pattern, a second electrode pattern, a second dielectric pattern and a third electrode pattern sequentially stacked. A first via is connected to the first electrode pattern and the third electrode pattern. A part of the first via is disposed in the first insulating layer. A second via is connected to the second electrode pattern, and a third via is connected to the thin-film resistor.
US11139282B2
A semiconductor package structure includes a first package, a second package over the first package, a plurality of connectors between the first package and the second package and a plurality of baffle structures between the first package and the second package. The second package includes a bonding region and a periphery region surrounding the bonding region. The connectors are disposed in the bonding region to provide electrical connections between the first package and the second package. The baffle structures are disposed in the periphery region and are separated from each other.
US11139280B2
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state light-emitting device that comprises at least two light-emitting layers comprising a transition metal dichalcolgenide material with embedded nanoparticles arranged to form an allowable energy level within the bandgap of the transition metal dichalcolgenide layer; the at least two light-emitting layers being sandwiched between two layers of a material with a bandgap larger than the transition metal dichalcolgenide material; and the at least two light-emitting layers being arranged one above the other in a manner such that, light emitted by one of the light-emitting layers travels across the other one of the light-emitting layers; and electrodes arranged to apply a voltage across the two layers of a material with a bandgap larger than the transition metal dichalcolgenide material; wherein, when a voltage within a predetermined range is applied to a pair of electrodes, photons with a predetermined wavelength are emitted by one or more of the at least two light-emitting layers.
US11139278B2
A low parasitic inductance power module, which includes an input power terminal, an output power terminal, a top metal insulating substrate, a bottom metal insulating substrate and a plastic package shell, wherein the input power terminal includes a positive power terminal and a negative power terminal, the top metal insulating substrate and the bottom metal insulating substrate are stacked, chips are sintered on faces of both the top metal insulating substrate and the bottom metal insulating substrate opposite to each other, and the positive power terminal, the negative power terminal, and the output power terminal are all electrically connected with the chips; and the output power terminal includes a welding portion and a connecting portion located outside the plastic package shell, and the welding portion is located between the top metal insulating substrate and the bottom metal insulating substrate.
US11139263B2
A semiconductor device comprising at least a semiconductor component, a heat sink, a connecting element and an electrical circuit connected to the heat sink in an electrically conductive manner; wherein the semiconductor component and the heat sink are arranged at a distance from one another and are electrically and thermally conductively connected via the connecting element, wherein an electrical current can be supplied to the electrical circuit via the heat sink.
US11139257B2
According to certain aspects, a method for manufacturing packaged radio-frequency (RF) devices can include: providing a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components, the packaging substrate including a first side and a second side; mounting a first circuit on the first side of the packaging substrate; implementing a first overmold structure on the first side of the packaging substrate, the first overmold structure substantially encapsulating the first component; mounting a second component on the second side of the packaging substrate, the second component being located in an area of the second side where redundant ground pins may be located; implementing a set of through-mold connections on the second side of the packaging substrate, the set of through-mold connections including signal pins and ground pins; forming a second overmold structure over the component and the set of through-mold connections; and removing a portion of the second overmold structure.
US11139256B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods related to tamper-resistant integrated circuits are described. The tamper-resistant integrated circuits include tamper-resistant features including a tamper-resistant material formulated or configured to exhibit a change in at least one electrical property responsive to exposure to oxygen, electromagnetic radiation, or other environmental conditions. Data located within the integrated circuit may be erased, or at least a portion of the integrated circuit may be destroyed, responsive to a change in the at least one electrical property. In some examples, one or more electrical properties of a tamper-resistant feature may be measured. A change in an electrical property may be an indication that the associated integrated circuit has been tampered with.
US11139251B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having an active surface on which a connection pad is disposed and an inactive surface opposing the active surface, a first encapsulant covering at least portions of the inactive surface and a side surface of the semiconductor chip, a connection structure having first and second regions disposed sequentially on the active surface of the semiconductor chip, and including a redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pad of the semiconductor chip and including a ground pattern layer, and a metal layer disposed on the upper surface of the first encapsulant, and extending from the upper surface of the first encapsulant to the side surface of the first region of the connection structure. The first region of the connection structure has a first width, and the second region has a second width, smaller than the first width.
US11139247B2
An interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer has a first surface and a second surface, both facing toward the first dielectric layer. The first surface of the second dielectric layer is recessed from the second surface of the second dielectric layer and defines a recess. A portion of the first dielectric layer is disposed within the recess.
US11139233B2
A method for forming a semiconductor package is disclosed herein. The method includes forming a package substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. The package substrate includes a recess region below the first major surface defined with a die region and a non-die region surrounding the die region. A semiconductor die is disposed in the die region within the recess region. A dam structure is disposed within the recess region. The dam structure surrounds the semiconductor die and extends upwardly to a height below the first major surface of the package substrate. The method also includes dispensing a liquid encapsulant material into the recess region. The liquid encapsulant material is surrounded by the dam structure and extends upwardly to a height below the height of the dam structure. A package lid is attached to the package substrate.
US11139230B2
A flip-chip package substrate and a method for preparing the same in accordance with the present disclosure includes stacking a reinforcement layer on two opposing sides of a middle layer in order to increase the rigidity of the flip-chip package substrate, and promoting a thin middle layer, wherein the sizes of the end faces of conductive portions can be minimized according to needs. This increases the number of electrical contacts possible in a unit area and enables the creation of finer line pitch and higher layout density of the circuit portions, thereby satisfying the need for packaging of high integration/large scale chips while preventing warpage from occurring in the electronic packages.
US11139225B2
Device including a plurality of leads surrounding a die paddle and method for manufacturing the same
A device includes a die paddle and a plurality of leads. The leads surround the die paddle. Each of the leads includes an inner lead portion adjacent to and spaced apart from the die paddle, an outer lead portion opposite to the inner lead portion and a bridge portion between the inner lead portion and the outer lead portion. The inner lead portion has an upper bond section connected to the bridge portion and a lower support section below the upper bond section. A sum of a thickness of the upper bond section and a thickness of the lower support section is greater than a thickness of the bridge portion.
US11139224B2
A package that includes a substrate having a routing region and a non-routing region along a periphery of the substrate. The non-routing region includes a plurality of vias configured as a shield. The package includes an integrated device coupled to the substrate, and an encapsulation layer located over the substrate such that the encapsulation layer encapsulates the integrated device.
US11139223B2
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor package, a cap, a seal, and microstructures. The semiconductor package includes at least one semiconductor die. The cap is disposed over an upper surface of the semiconductor package. The seal is located on the semiconductor package and between the cap and the semiconductor package. The cap includes an inflow channel and an outflow channel. The active surface of the at least one semiconductor die faces away from the cap. The cap and an upper surface of the semiconductor package define a circulation recess providing fluidic communication between the inflow channel and the outflow channel. The seal is disposed around the circulation recess. The microstructures are located within the circulation recess, and the microstructures are connected to at least one of the cap and the at least one semiconductor die.
US11139221B2
A heat exchanger includes a body defining a flow channel, and a pin extending across the flow channel, the pin including an at least partially non-cylindrical shape. The pin can be a double helix pin including two spiral branches defining a double helix shape. The two branches can include a uniform winding radius. The two branches include a non-uniform winding radius. The non-uniform winding radius can include a base radius and a midpoint radius, wherein the midpoint radius is smaller than the base radius. The two branches can be joined together by one or more cross-members.
US11139220B2
A flexible semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip accommodated in a cavity formed in a substrate, a molding layer covering an entire upper surface of the substrate and the cavity, and a wiring portion including an insulating layer and a redistribution member provided under lower surfaces of the substrate and the semiconductor chip, wherein the molding layer includes a pre-preg in which a resin is impregnated with a glass fabric, and the molding layer and the insulating layer are attached to the semiconductor chip accommodated in the cavity by a roll-to-roll continuous process.
US11139219B2
A bypass thyristor device includes a semiconductor device providing a thyristor with a cathode electrode on a cathode side, a gate electrode on the cathode side surrounded by the cathode electrode and an anode electrode on an anode side; an electrically conducting cover element arranged on the cathode side and in electrical contact with the cathode electrode on a contact side; and a gate contact element electrically connected to the gate electrode and arranged in a gate contact opening in the contact side of the cover element; wherein the cover element has a gas expansion volume in the contact side facing the cathode side, which gas expansion volume is interconnected with the gate contact opening for gas exchange.
US11139215B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming one or more vertical fins each including a first semiconductor layer providing a vertical transport channel for a lower vertical transport field-effect transistor (VTFET) of a stacked VTFET structure, an isolation layer over the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer over the isolation layer providing a vertical transport channel for an upper VTFET of the stacked VTFET structure. The method also includes forming a first gate stack including a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate conductor layer surrounding a portion of the first semiconductor layer of the vertical fins. The method further includes forming a second gate stack including a second gate dielectric layer and a second gate conductor layer surrounding a portion of the second semiconductor layer of the vertical fins. The first gate conductor layer and the second gate conductor layer are the same material.
US11139211B2
A method includes forming an inter-layer dielectric over a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region. The first source/drain region and the second source/drain region are of n-type and p-type, respectively. The inter-layer dielectric is etched to form a first contact opening and a second contact opening, with the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region exposed to the first contact opening and the second contact opening, respectively. A process gas is used to etch back the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region simultaneously, and a first etching rate of the first source/drain region is higher than a second etching rate of the second source/drain region. A first silicide region and a second silicide region are formed on the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region, respectively.
US11139209B2
A production of a device with superimposed levels of components including in this order providing on a given level N1 provided with one or more components produced at least partially in a first semiconductor layer: a stack including a second semiconductor layer capable of receiving at least one transistor channel of level N2, above said given level N1, the stack including a ground plane layer situated between the first and second semiconductor layers as well as an insulator layer separating the ground plane layer from the second semiconductor layer, one or more islands being defined in the second semiconductor layer. A gate is formed on at least one island. Distinct portions are etched in the second semiconductor ground plane layer. An isolation zone is formed around the island by the gate and the island.
US11139202B2
Integrated chips and methods of forming the same include forming upper dummy lines over lower conductive lines. The lower conductive lines are recessed to form conductive vias between the lower conductive lines and the upper dummy lines. The upper dummy lines are replaced with upper conductive lines that contact the conductive vias.
US11139201B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to fabrication methods and resulting structures for subtractively forming a top via using a hybrid metallization scheme. In a non-limiting embodiment of the invention, a surface of a conductive line is recessed below a topmost surface of a first liner layer. The first liner layer can be positioned between the conductive line and a dielectric layer. A top via layer is formed on the recessed surface of the conductive line and a hard mask is formed over a first portion of the top via layer. A second portion of the top via layer is removed. The remaining first portion of the top via layer defines the top via. The conductive line can include copper while the top via layers can include ruthenium or cobalt.
US11139199B2
A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate including a chip region and an edge region around the chip region; a lower dielectric layer and an upper dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate; a redistribution chip pad that penetrates the upper dielectric layer on the chip region and is connected a chip pad; a process monitoring structure on the edge region; and dummy elements in the edge region and having an upper surface lower than an upper surface of the upper dielectric layer.
US11139193B2
This mounting device (100) comprises: a base (10) that moves linearly in relation to a substrate (16); a bonding head (20) that is attached to the base (10); a camera (25) that is attached to the base (10) and identifies the position of the substrate (16); a linear scale (33) having a plurality of graduations along the movement direction; a bonding head-side encoder head (31); and a camera-side encoder head (32). A control unit (50) causes the base (10) to move to a position where the bonding head-side encoder head (31) detects the position of a graduation. Due to this configuration, positioning accuracy of a semiconductor die (15) in relation to the substrate (16) is improved.
US11139188B2
A purging nozzle unit of a gas supply device according to the present invention including: a housing that is capable of passing a predetermined gas so as to replace the internal atmosphere of a FOUP with the predetermined gas; a nozzle coming into intimate contact with the proximity of a port that is provided on one face of the FOUP, the nozzle being pressed to thereby open the port; an operation adjustment space configured to increase or decrease so as to operate the nozzle between a use posture in which the predetermined gas can be supplied into the target container via the port and a standby posture in which the predetermined gas cannot be supplied into the target container via the port; and a gas introducing part configured to export or import compression air relative to the operation adjustment space to thereby control an operation of the nozzle.
US11139178B2
A semiconductor package includes an integrated circuit formed on a semiconductor substrate. A stress buffer layer is provided on the integrated circuit. Further, a mold compound is provided on a surface of the stress buffer layer opposite the integrated circuit. The mold compound comprises a resin. The resin includes filler particles. The filler particles have multiple sizes with the largest of the particles having a size between 5 microns and 32 microns.
US11139176B2
Direct growth methods for preparing diamond-assisted heat-dissipation silicon carbide substrates of GaN-HEMTs are disclosed. In an embodiment, the direct growth method includes the following steps: (1) etching holes in a surface of a silicon carbide substrate to produce a silicon carbide wafer; (2) ultrasonic cleaning the produced silicon carbide wafer; (3) establishing an auxiliary nucleation point on a surface of the silicon carbide wafer; (4) depositing a diamond layer; (5) removing the portion of the diamond layer on the upper surface while retaining the portion of the diamond layer in the holes; (6) ultrasonic cleaning; and (7) depositing diamond in the holes on the silicon carbide wafer until the holes are fully filled.
US11139172B2
A manufacturing method of a gate structure includes steps of forming a mask oxide layer on the substrate, performing a photolithography process on the mask oxide layer and the substrate to form a trench, etching the trench, removing the mask oxide layer, forming a bottom oxide layer on a surface of the substrate and a trench surface of the trench, forming a silicon nitride layer on the trench, removing a part of the bottom oxide layer, removing the silicon nitride layer, forming a gate oxide layer on the surface and a part of the trench surface, and forming a poly layer on the trench. Therefore, the advantages of simplifying the gate structure process and reducing the production cost are achieved.
US11139162B2
Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.
US11139151B1
A method is disclosed, which comprises estimating a first value of a parameter of a component, prior to a use of the component in a reactor. In an example, the parameter of the component is to change during the use of the component in the reactor. The component may be treated, subsequent to the use of the component in the reactor. A second value of the parameter of the component may be estimated, subsequent to treating the component. The second value may be compared with the first value, where a reuse of the component in the reactor is to occur in response to the second value being within a threshold range of the first value.
US11139139B2
Provided are a charged particle beam generator and a charged particle beam device that can improve insulation reliability as a result of reducing the high electric field generated around a connection section for a conductor. The charged particle beam generator 100 has: a plug 151 that guides high voltage from outside to a charged particle source that is in a vacuum; and a socket 251 having the charged particle source attached thereto. An electric field reduction ring 161 that electrically connects to one of a plurality of conductors that guide high voltage is embedded inside the tip of the plug 151. The plurality of conductors that guide the high voltage are arranged so as to penetrate the electric field reduction ring 161.
US11139137B2
A system for preventing collisions between components in a particle beam instrument is disclosed. The system is particularly beneficial in use with instruments wherein moveable components are used within a chamber that obscures them from being viewed from outside the chamber. The system comprises: a capacitance sensor configured to monitor the capacitance between a first component and a second component of the instrument, and a proximity module configured to: derive a capacitance parameter from the monitored capacitance between the first component and the second component; and output a proximity alert signal in accordance with a comparison between the derived capacitance parameter and a predetermined capacitance parameter threshold value.
US11139130B1
A safety switch includes an actuator that has a first possible actuator position and a second possible actuator position and a blocker that has a first possible blocker position and a second possible blocker position. The first possible blocker position overlaps with the second possible actuator position. The safety switch includes a device for generating an electrical signal representative of a current position of the actuator. When the actuator is in the first possible actuator position and the blocker is in the first possible blocker position, the blocker prevents movement of the actuator from the first possible actuator position to the second possible actuator position without first moving the blocker from the first possible blocker position to the second possible blocker position.
US11139127B2
A switch device includes a first rubber dome, a second rubber dome, and a slider disposed on the first rubber dome and the second rubber dome. The slider presses the upper surface of the first rubber dome, causing deformation of the first rubber dome when the slider is moved toward the first and second rubber domes, and presses the upper surface of the second rubber dome, causing deformation of the second rubber dome when the slider is further moved toward the first and second rubber domes in a state in which the first rubber dome is subjected to the deformation. A thick portion is formed on each side of the second rubber dome so as to increase the thickness on the each side of the second rubber dome. Each side of the second rubber dome is in a direction in which the first and second rubber domes are aligned.
US11139116B2
A gel electrolytic capacitor that can further improve withstand voltage is provided. The gel electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil; a cathode foil; and a gel electrolyte disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil. The gel electrolyte consists of a polymer having three-dimensional (3D) network structure and an electrolyte solution held in said polymer. The polymer is formed by polymerizing 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate or methacrylic acid. The electrolyte solution includes amines or quaternary cyclic amidinium.
US11139109B2
Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a power transformer are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a transformer comprising a core; a first winding wound around the core; a second winding coaxially wound around the first winding so as to surround the first winding and forming an air gap between the first winding and second winding; and a plate having a relative permeability greater than 1 and less than 25 structured to be inserted into the air gap.
US11139105B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a coil component includes: an element body part 10; a coil 40 embedded within the element body part 10 and constituted by a wound conductive wire; lead wires 44a, 44b that are each extended from the conductive wire and led out from the coil 40, and whose tip parts 46a, 46b are each fixed to a bottom face 22 of the element body part 10; and terminal parts 70a, 70b that are each constituted by the tip part 46a or 46b and a metal member 72a or 72b that is joined to the tip part 46a or 46b on the bottom face 22, and also has an opening 74 or 76 at a position overlapping the tip part 46a or 46b in a direction intersecting the bottom face 22.
US11139101B2
A coil component includes an insulating layer in which a magnetic core is embedded, coil electrodes wound around the magnetic core, external connection pad electrodes that are provided on the upper surface of the insulating layer and are connected to the coil electrodes. Each of the coil electrodes includes a plurality of inner metal pins standing in the insulating layer, a plurality of outer metal pins standing in the insulating layer, a plurality of upper wiring patterns formed on the upper surface of the insulating layer, and a plurality of lower wiring pattern formed on the undersurface of the insulating layer. Each of the pad electrodes is directly connected to the upper end surface of the inner metal pin or the outer metal pin, and has, in plan view, an area larger than that of the single upper wiring pattern or the single lower wiring pattern.
US11139094B2
Provided is a power inductor. The power inductor includes a body, at least one base material disposed within the body, at least one coil pattern disposed on at least one surface of the base material, an insulation layer disposed between the coil pattern and the body, and an external electrode disposed outside the body and connected to the coil pattern. The body includes a magnetic pulverized material and an insulation material.
US11139093B2
The present invention relates to magnetocaloric materials comprising manganese, iron, silicon, phosphorus, nitrogen and optionally boron.
US11139089B2
A conductive paste and method of manufacturing thereof. The conductive paste comprises conductive particles dispersed in an organic medium, the organic medium comprising: (a) a solvent; and (b) a binder comprising a polyester. The conductive paste typically comprises silver and may contain various other additives. A stretchable conductive layer can be formed by curing the conductive paste.
US11139086B2
A customizable thin plate fuel form and reactor core therefor are disclosed. The thin plate fuel will comprise a fuel material embedded within a matrix material, with the entire unit having a coating. The thin plate fuel may be flat or curved and will have flow channels formed within at least the top surface of the fuel plate. The structure of the thin plate fuel will make it easier for coating with Tungsten or any other suitable material that will help contain any byproducts, prevent reactions with the working fluid, and potentially provide structural support to the thin plate fuel.
US11139084B2
The present invention provides an integrated health care surveillance and monitoring system that provides real-time sampling, modeling, analysis, and recommended interventions. The system can be used to monitor infectious and chronic diseases. When faced with outbreak of an infectious disease agent, e.g., influenza virus, the system can identify active cases through pro-active sampling in high risk locations, such as schools or crowded commercial areas. The system can notify appropriate entities, e.g., local, regional and national governments, when an event is detected, thereby allowing for proactive management of a possible outbreak. The system also predicts the best response for deployment of scarce resources.
US11139076B2
Approaches presented herein enable cognitive oral health management. Specifically, data from at least one internet of things (IoT) sensor and data from at least one visual image sensor are collected over time for a user via one or more sensors operatively coupled with one or more personal daily oral care devices as the user is performing a periodic oral care activity with the one or more personal daily oral care devices. Collected data are subjected to cognitive diagnostics to identify abnormalities in a user's oral healthcare regimen and physiological abnormalities within the oral cavity by categorizing data. A report for a medical professional may be generated providing recommendation of potential diagnoses and treatment options.
US11139073B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for personalized care management. The method includes collecting login credentials of a user. The login credentials are checked and the user is authenticated accordingly. Then, user profile of the user is accessed to determine a specific role of the user. Based on the specific role of the user, a user interface is presented on a user device of the user. The user interacts with the user interface by providing at least one voice input including a request. Further, a notification is generated based on the voice input of the user for at least one user. The at least one user provides at least one voice input including a response for the user via a user interface on at least one user device of the at least one user. The response is presented to the user through the user interface.
US11139064B1
A system for generating a body degradation reduction program including a computing device configured to receive at least a degradation marker, retrieve a body degradation profile as a function of the at least a degradation marker, assign the body degradation profile to a degradation category, identify, using the degradation category and the body degradation profile, a plurality of nutrition elements, wherein identifying the plurality of nutrient elements includes calculating a plurality of nutrient amounts as a function of a respective effect of each of a plurality of nutrients on the body degradation profile as a function of the degradation category, identifying the plurality of nutrition elements as a function of the plurality of nutrient amounts, and generate a body degradation reduction program, using the plurality of nutrition elements, wherein the body degradation reduction program includes a frequency and a magnitude of consumption of the plurality of nutrition elements.
US11139058B2
A distributed system can include a server outside of a clinical environment and a connectivity adapter and a plurality of infusion pumps within the clinical environment. The connectivity adapter can receive from the server a location of an update, such as a drug library update or an operational software update, to be delivered to the infusion pumps. The location can be received over a first messaging communication channel of a network, and the update data can be received over a second, data communication channel of the network. The update data can be stored at the connectivity adapter such that it can be sent to the infusion pumps.
US11139055B1
A system, method, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating clinical decision making, and in particular, decision making based on a third party's clinical situation by determining and providing useful, up-to-date information, such as patient-related information to a decision maker. In one embodiment, a user first identifies an information item concerning a patient. Based on that item, a reference pointer, which identifies the information item, is generated. The reference pointer is communicated to the user's mobile device. Subsequently, the user's mobile device receives updates related to the reference pointer.
US11139050B2
Provided are systems and methods for pre-qualification of candidate patient populations. The systems and methods can be are configured for inexpensive, selective, and lightweight procedures that identify patients against desired criteria. In some implementations, willing participants are enrolled in pre-treatment execution of a clinical trial. The participants are issued telemedicine monitoring devices for capturing and reporting health information. For example, non-invasive monitoring devices can be issued to track mobility, exertion, blood pressure, heart rate, brain activity, among other options. The participants can be monitored for time periods similar to actual trial execution phases (e.g., monitoring periods of years can be used) or monitored for any length of time to develop comparable clinical histories for the participants.
US11139049B2
A method comprising causing a simulation machine for molecular dynamic simulation to determine that a topological distance that separates two particles is less than a threshold. The simulation machine includes nodes connected by a network. The nodes collectively representing a volume with each node corresponding to a portion of the simulation space. A topological relationship between the nodes corresponds to spatial relationship thereof in the simulation space. The simulation volume is occupied by particles that interact with each other. The two particles are among these particles. The simulation volume includes node boxes, each of which is handled by one of the nodes. Each of the nodes is implemented as an application specific integrated circuit that includes a combination of first and second hardware elements. The first hardware elements are especially designed to perform pairwise interactions. The second hardware elements operate to provide potentially interacting particles to the first hardware elements.
US11139043B2
Due to design variations, process variations, manufacturing variations, and other factors, memory of a certain type manufactured by one manufacturer often exhibits a unique pattern of performance characteristics relative to the patterns of the same type of performance characteristics exhibited by memory from other manufacturers. A system for identifying counterfeit memory is trained to learn the different patterns of performance characteristics for different manufacturers of memory. Thereafter, the system may analyze the performance of a given memory device to determine whether the memory device has been manufactured by a particular manufacturer. Thus, the system is capable of determining whether the memory device is counterfeit (e.g., has been manufactured by an unexpected manufacturer).
US11139036B2
Using variable voltages to discharge electrons from a memory array during verify recovery operations
Provided are an apparatus, memory device, and method for using variable voltages to discharge electrons from a memory array during verify recovery operations. In response to verifying voltages in memory cells of the non-volatile memory array programmed during a programming pulse applying charges to the storage cells, a memory controller concurrently applies voltages on wordlines of the non-volatile memory array to clear the non-volatile memory array of electrons and applies voltages to the bitlines to perform bitline stabilization.
US11139034B1
Methods, systems, and devices for data-based polarity write operations are described. A write command may cause a set of data to be written to a set of memory cells. To write the set of data, a write operation that applies voltages across the memory cells based on a logic state of data to be written to the memory cells may be used. During a first interval of the write operation, a voltage may be applied across a memory cell based on a logic state of a data bit to be written to the memory cell. During a second interval of the write operation, a voltage may be applied across the memory cell based on an amount of charge conducted by the memory cell during the first interval.
US11139030B1
An apparatus includes a plurality of NAND strings in a block with word lines connected to cells of the NAND strings and select lines connected to select gate transistors of the NAND strings. A plurality of blocks are connected together and selected for operations using a block select signal. A control circuit is configured to, after a read operation of memory cells of the block, hold a block select signal applied to a block select line to select a group of blocks having a same block select line at an on level. The control circuit can further discharge an unselected control gate in the group of blocks from a charged level to a lower level, lower than charged, prior to turning off the block select signal and charge the unselected control gate to a level greater than the lower level after the block select signal transitions from the on level to an off level.
US11139029B2
A programming method for a memory device includes simultaneously starting to program a first plane and a second plane; and bypassing the first plane and keeping programming the second plane when the first plane has been programmed successfully and the second plane has not been programmed successfully yet.
US11139027B1
A method, apparatus and system. The method includes: generating, during a read operation of a memory cell, a mirror current iMir1 at one of a WL node or a BL node of the memory cell opposite, respectively, one of a BL side or a WL side of the memory cell to which a current mode sense circuitry is connected, the iMir1 to reduce a value of the read voltage from VDM1 to VDM2, wherein the read voltage is between the WL node and the BL node; and sensing, using the current mode sense circuitry, a logic state of the memory cell at VDM2.
US11139015B2
An apparatus may include multiple memory devices. Each memory device may include multiple memory banks. Addresses of accessed word lines for a particular portion of memory and the number of times those word lines are accessed may be tracked by each memory device. When a memory device determines that an accessed word line is an aggressor word line, the memory device alerts other memory devices of the apparatus. The memory devices may then perform targeted refresh operations on victim word lines of the aggressor word line.
US11139013B2
Methods, systems, and devices for enabling fast pulse operation are described. A threshold voltage of a selection component and a requisite duration for a voltage applied to a selection component to reach a threshold voltage in response to a voltage generated by an external source may be determined. The threshold voltage may correspond to a voltage at which the selection component is configured to release electric charge. A voltage may then be generated and applied to an access line that is in electronic communication with the selection component and a memory cell for at least the requisite duration. Electric charge may be stored at the selection component during the requisite duration and transferred to memory cell after the requisite duration.
US11139008B2
A memory device includes a command interface configured to receive a write command and internal write adjust (IWA) circuitry. The IWA circuitry is configured to receive the write command from the command interface, generate an internal write signal (IWS) based upon the received write command and train a data strobe (DQS) signal to generate a DQS signal having a set amount of phase alignment with a clock (CLK) of the memory device to capture a data signal (DQ) using the IWS.
US11139006B1
A self-biased sense amplification circuit includes a local bit line, a reset unit, a main bit lie, a pre-amplifier, a data line, a sample reference unit, and a sense amplifier. The local bit line receives a cell current generated by a memory cell during a sense operation. The reset unit resets the local bit line to a first system voltage during a sample operation. The pre-amplifier generates a read current on the main bit line according to a voltage of the local bit line during the sample operation and the sense operation. The data line is coupled to the main bit line. The sample reference unit generates a first reference current and a second reference current during the sample operation, and generates the first reference current during the sense operation. The sense amplifier senses a voltage of the data line.
US11139003B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a memory cell device includes at least one memory cell; a first switch connected between the at least one memory cell and a reference potential node; a second switch connected between the at least one memory cell and the reference potential node, and switch driver logic adapted to put the first switch selectively into one of at least three operating states by activation or deactivation of a first subcircuit of the switch driver logic, wherein the at least three operating states comprises an on state, an off state, and a conductive state in which an electrical conductivity of the first switch is lower than in the on state and higher than in the off state, and put the second switch selectively into one of the at least three operating states by activation or deactivation of a second subcircuit of the switch driver logic.
US11139000B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus that includes interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The interface circuitry is configured to receive signals carrying metadata that associates a region of interest in a first visual view provided by a first visual track with the first visual track and a second visual track that provides a second visual view that is a part of the first visual view. The processing circuitry is configured to parse the metadata, determine, when the region of interest is selected, the second visual track to provide visual data, and generate images for the region of interest based on the visual data from the second visual track.
US11138999B2
A playback method of reading out and playing streams from a recording medium is provided in which are recorded a stream file, a playlist file, first and second combination information, elementary streams that can be played at the same time with the first luminance video, and elementary streams that can be played at the same time with the second luminance video. The playback method includes in a case of playing the first luminance video, reading out any one of the elementary streams listed in the first combination information of the playlist file, and playing at the same time with the first luminance video, and in a case of playing the second luminance video, reading out any one of the elementary streams listed in the second combination information of the playlist file, and playing at the same time with the second luminance video.
US11138990B1
A headset that can detect the voice activity of a user includes an inner microphone generating an inner microphone signal; an outer microphone generating an outer microphone signal, wherein the inner microphone and outer microphone are positioned such that, when the headset is worn by a user, the inner microphone is disposed nearer to the user's head; and a voice-activity detector determining a sign of a phase difference between the inner microphone signal and the outer microphone signal and generating a voice activity detection signal representing a user's voice activity when the sign of the phase difference indicates that the outer microphone received an audio signal after the inner microphone received the audio signal.
US11138986B2
A method for filtering a sound signal acquired by a voice recognition system is proposed wherein the filter used to delete the unwanted sound signal is based on a noise model created from a history of preceding acquisitions of the sound signal. The method is based on the history for predicting the characteristics of the signal in the course of acquisition and relies on this prediction to establish the noise model used by the filtering function.
US11138985B1
A voice interaction architecture has a hands-free, electronic voice controlled assistant that permits users to verbally request information from cloud services. The voice controlled assistant may be positioned in a room to receive voice commands from the user. The voice controlled assistant may also pick up background sources of speech, music, or other noise, such as from a television or stereo system, which may adversely impact the user's intended vocal input to the assistant. The assistant transmits the aggregated audio data (user command and background noise) over a network to the cloud services, which implements noise cancellation functionality to remove the background noise while isolating and preserving the user's command. Once isolated, the cloud serves can process and interpret the user input to perform some function, and return the response over the network to the voice controlled assistant for audible output to the user.
US11138980B2
A computer implemented method includes receiving audio signals representative of speech via multiple audio streams transmitted from corresponding multiple distributed devices, performing, via a neural network model, continuous speech separation for one or more of the received audio signals having overlapped speech, and providing the separated speech on a fixed number of separate output audio channels.
US11138978B2
A method and system of automatically identifying topics of a conversation are provided. An electronic data package comprising a sequence of utterances between conversation entities is received by a computing device. Each utterance is classified to a corresponding social action. One or more utterances in the sequence are grouped into a segment based on a deep learning model. A similarity of topics between adjacent segments is determined. Upon determining that the similarity is above a predetermined threshold, the adjacent segments are grouped together. A transcript of the conversation including the grouping of the adjacent segments is stored in a memory.
US11138977B1
This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for determining device groupings, or clusters, for multiple voice-enabled devices. The device clusters may be determined based on metadata data for audio signals (or audio data) generated by each of the multiple voice-enabled devices. For example, a remote system may analyze timestamp data for the audio signals received from the devices, and determine that the devices detected the same voice command of a user based on the timestamp data indicating that the audio signals were received within a threshold period of time from each other. Additionally, the remote system may analyze other metadata of the audio data, such as signal-to-noise (SNR) values, and determine that the SNR values are within a threshold value. The remote system may determine device clusters for the voice-enabled devices of a user based on these, and potentially other, types of metadata of the audio signals.
US11138974B2
Techniques for configuring a speech processing system with a privacy mode that is associated with the identity of a user that activated the privacy mode are described. A user may speak an indication to have the speech processing system activate a privacy mode. When such an indication is detected by the speech processing system, the speech processing system determines an identity of the user, determines a unique system identifier associated with the user, and generates a privacy mode flag. The speech processing system then associates the privacy mode flag with the user's unique system identifier. The privacy mode flag indicates to components of the speech processing system that any data related to processing of the user's utterances should not be sent to long term storage, thus causing various components of the system to delete data once the respective component is finished processing with respect to an utterance of the user.
US11138966B2
A method for generating an automatic speech recognition (ASR) model using unsupervised learning includes obtaining, by a device, text information. The method includes determining, by the device, a set of phoneme sequences associated with the text information. The method includes obtaining, by the device, speech waveform data. The method includes determining, by the device, a set of phoneme boundaries associated with the speech waveform data. The method includes generating, by the device, the ASR model using an output distribution matching (ODM) technique based on determining the set of phoneme sequences associated with the text information and based on determining the set of phoneme boundaries associated with the speech waveform data.
US11138965B2
A technique for estimating phonemes for a word written in a different language is disclosed. A sequence of graphemes of a given word in a source language is received. The sequence of the graphemes in the source language is converted into a sequence of phonemes in the source language. One or more sequences of phonemes in a target language are generated from the sequence of the phonemes in the source language by using a neural network model. One sequence of phonemes in the target language is determined for the given word. Also, technique for estimating graphemes of a word from phonemes in a different language is disclosed.
US11138956B2
A method for controlling display of a terminal, an electronic device and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. A target object is determined in a first display scenario, where the first display scenario contains display content of at least two objects. The number of times display content of a first object being prevented from being displayed in a predetermined period is obtained. If the number of times reaches a preset threshold corresponding to the first display scenario, the display of the display content of the first object is blocked in the first display scenario.
US11138949B2
An Information Handling System (IHS) includes a foldable display and is configured to determine a posture of the IHS based on the angle that the display is folded. The folded display is divided into first and second screen portions. Changes in the posture of the IHS are detected and the content and orientation of the content to display in the respective screen portions is determined. A gap is displayed along the fold of the foldable display, where the gap separates the screen portions along the fold. The width of the gap separating the screen portions may be determined based on the angle that the foldable display is folded and/or based on various additional aspects of the current posture of the IHS.
US11138945B2
The present disclosure provides a source driver module for driving a display panel. The source drive module includes a source driver circuit, a first conductive wire and a first switch unit. The first conductive wire is electrically connected to the source driver circuit. The first switch unit is connected between the first conductive wire and a first data line of the display panel to conduct current therebetween during a first data outputting period and a second data outputting period, and to interrupt current therebetween during a first switch-off period connecting the first data outputting period and the second data outputting period. The source driver circuit outputs a first voltage signal during the first data outputting period and the first switch-off period; it outputs a second voltage signal during the second data outputting period; and it outputs the first voltage signal during the first switch-off period.
US11138942B2
The present disclosure provides a driving method of a display module, a driving system thereof, and a display device. The driving method of the display module includes a display panel driving process, and a backlight module driving process driven synchronously with the display panel driving process. The display panel driving process includes steps: performing a color saturation adjustment; and obtaining second color signals to drive the display panel. The backlight module driving process includes steps: obtaining a first light source adjustment coefficient and a second light source adjustment coefficient; obtaining a second brightness value and a third brightness value; and driving the primary hue light source and the secondary by the second brightness value and the third brightness value respectively.
US11138939B2
Embodiments of the application provide a gate driver on array (GOA) circuit and display apparatus, which is capable of outputting signals of positive and negative pulse waveforms using a simplified circuit design.
US11138933B2
A display device and an operating method of the display device are provided. The display device includes a first light emitting diode (LED), a first switch, a second switch, a second LED, a third switch, and a first controller. A first terminal of the first switch receives a first electrical signal. A first terminal of the second switch receives a second electrical signal. A first terminal of the third switch receives a third electrical signal. Here, whether the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch are switched on or off is determined by whether the first LED and the second LED are damaged or not. The first controller is configured to detect whether the first LED and the second LED are damaged or not, generate the second electrical signal and the electrical signal, and generate a plurality of control signals controlling the first switch to the third switch.
US11138924B1
A driving circuit for driving a light emitting unit includes a driving transistor, a compensating transistor, and a switch transistor is provided. The driving transistor includes a gate terminal, a source terminal, and a drain terminal. The compensating transistor includes a gate terminal electrically connected to the gate terminal of the driving transistor, a source terminal, and a drain terminal electrically connected to the gate terminal of the driving transistor. The switch transistor includes a gate terminal, a source terminal, and a drain terminal electrically connected to the source terminal of the compensating transistor.
US11138915B2
Apparatus and methods for displaying an image by a rotating structure are provided. The rotating structure can comprise blades of a fan. The fan can be a cooling fan for an electronics device such as an augmented reality display. In some embodiments, the rotating structure comprises light sources that emit light to generate the image. The light sources can comprises light-field emitters. In other embodiments, the rotating structure is illuminated by an external (e.g., non-rotating) light source.
US11138913B2
The present invention provides a static display along with manufacturing processes of the said static display. The static display comprises two or three distorted images adapted on a corrugated sheet in the form of segments in such a way that only one or two images are distinctly visible at a predetermined angle at a time due to optical illusion created as the spaces of the corrugations are not visible when the display of the present invention is viewed at the predetermined angle.
US11138912B2
A bendable computing device can operate in a single display region mode when the device is in an unbent posture and can operate in a multiple display region mode when the device is in a bent posture. The multiple display region mode subdivides the bendable screen of the bendable computing device into a first display region and a second display region. When operating in the multiple display region mode, the bendable computing device can display an artificial hardware seam between the first display region and the second display region. User input gestures originating at the artificial hardware seam or terminating at the artificial hardware seam can be utilized to provide various types of functionality. Various types of functionality can also be provided when the bendable computing device detects that it has transitioned from an unbent posture to a bent posture or from a bent posture to an unbent posture.
US11138908B2
A component for a fluidic circuit is provided with at least one tubular portion extending around an axis and with at least one annular identifying band, which is coupled to the tubular portion.
US11138906B2
A breastfeeding simulation system (BSS). The BSS includes a breast prosthesis having a pliable nipple, and a baby mannequin configured to interface with the breast prosthesis, the baby mannequin includes an articulating head, a motorized jaw, the articulating head further includes a mouth normally placed in a closed position by the motorized jaw, where the motorized jaw opens when an object is detected near the mouth and the baby mannequin is positioned according to a predetermined angular position, and a palate sensor, configured to provide a proper placement signal when the pliable nipple is placed at a predetermined position.
US11138903B2
The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, a device and a system for sign language translation, where a server receives video information sent by a terminal device, and preprocesses the video information to obtain at least one sign language action; the at least one sign language action is input into a sign language model for classification and prediction to obtain a word corresponding to the at least one sign language action; each word is input into a language model to determine whether an intention expression is complete; and each word is sent to the terminal device when the intention expression is complete, so that the terminal device displays each word, thereby realizing the translation of the sign language action into text, enabling the ordinary persons to better understand intentions of the hearing impaired, thus improving efficiency of communications.
US11138902B2
An incident simulation system supports an incident exercise in a virtual environment. The incident simulation system accesses a simulation plan defining an incident within a theater of operation. The incident simulation system simulates the incident exercise by displaying, to a participant in the incident exercise, images representing what the participant would see within the theater of operation as the participant moves within the theater of operation. The incident simulation system further simulates the incident by generating incident data indicating effects of the incident at target locations and at target times as the participant moves within the theater of operation. The incident simulation system further simulates the incident by displaying to the participant images representing the user experience that a detector would provide based on the generated incident data.
US11138895B2
In certain implementations, creation of an educational test may be facilitated based on prior performance with individual test questions. A user input indicating a subject matter for a test, one or more question categories related to the subject matter, and a questionee group for which the test is intended may be received. A plurality of questions may be obtained based on the user input. For each question of the plurality of questions, a question performance metric value associated with the question (that is calculated based on prior performance of one or more questionees with the question) may be obtained. A test performance metric value associated with the test may be calculated based on the question performance metric values associated with at least some questions of the plurality of questions. The at least some questions and the test performance metric value may be provided for presentation on a user interface.
US11138894B1
A system for educational learning importation includes an input interface and a processor. The input interface is configured to receive a selection of educational information. The selection of educational information is made from a combined set of search results based at least in part on searching a real time source and a static source. The processor is configured to determine whether the educational information is allowed to be imported; in the event that the educational information is allowed to be imported, determine whether it is selected to import the educational information; in the event that the educational information is selected to import the educational information, import the educational information; and provide the educational information.
US11138890B2
The present invention may receive a plurality of unlock instructions based on determining a location is secured from access by the drone. The present invention may use the plurality of received unlock instructions to access the location with an access device while determining the drone is present at the drop off location. The present invention may use the plurality of received unlock instructions to re-secure the location with the access device when determining successful delivery of a package by the drone, and may monitor a security of the location.
US11138883B2
A communication system for vehicles includes a first communication device disposed at a first vehicle and a second communication device disposed at a second vehicle. The first communication device wirelessly transmits data indicative of a predicted path of travel of the first vehicle, and the second communication device receives the transmitted data from the first communication device. An ECU of the second vehicle processes data received from the first communication device and data indicative of a predicted path of travel of the second vehicle to determine a potential collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle during a turning maneuver of the first vehicle toward the second vehicle. Responsive to determination of potential collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle, the ECU controls braking and/or steering of the second vehicle.
US11138882B2
A vehicle-to-X communication system for use in a vehicle, including a first communication interface which is configured to receive a first signal from at least one satellite, a second communication interface which is configured to receive a second signal from at least one environment object, and a controller which is configured to determine a quality of the first signal. The controller is further configured to generate a signal for controlling an output unit of the vehicle depending on the determined quality of the first signal and of the second signal in order to issue warning information about the at least one environment object.
US11138873B1
Systems and techniques are described for identifying, monitoring, and sharing vehicle information amongst sensors. In some implementations, a system includes a central server and a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors are positioned in a fixed location relative to a roadway. Each sensor in the plurality of sensors is configured to: detect vehicles in a first field of view on the roadway. For each detected vehicle, each sensor is configured to identify features of the detected vehicle and perform operations for each feature. The operations include generating feature data representing the feature, generating a unique identification of the detected vehicle from the detected vehicles by concatenating the feature data representing the identified features of the detected vehicle, and adding the unique identification to a list.
US11138872B2
An Intelligent Transportation System, ITS, service station is disclosed. The ITS service station has: a receiver, having an area of radio coverage, configured to receive a first Collective Perception Message, CPM, from a first ITS station at a first position within the coverage area, the first CPM including first sensor data on an object perceived by the first ITS station; an aggregator connected to the receiver and configured to aggregate said first sensor data with at least one second sensor data on the same object into a third sensor data, which second sensor data either is received via the receiver in a second CPM from a second ITS station at a second position within the coverage area perceiving the same object or is determined by a sensor of the ITS service station perceiving the same object; and a transmitter configured to broadcast said third sensor data in a third CPM.
US11138857B2
Described here is a portable sensor for detecting a loss of balance consisting of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an alerting signal module and a smart device in communication with a microcontroller. Also described is a wearable postural sensor for protecting a user from a fall-related injury consisting of a microcontroller, an integrated motion processing module, an alerting signal module, a smart device and an optional safety device such as an air bag. Also described is a method for preventing a fall and a fall-related injury by monitoring realtime changes in the rotation angle, planar rotation or sway velocity of the postural sensor.
US11138855B2
A variety of methods, medical devices, responder network servers, emergency services interfaces and call center related processes are described that can help improve responder networks designed to get a medical device such as an automated external defibrillator and/or volunteer responders to the scene of a potential medical incident.
US11138844B2
An artificial intelligence apparatus is provided. The artificial intelligence apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to receive status information from an IoT device; and a processor configured to detect whether the IoT device is stolen based on the received state information, acquire position information of the IoT device when theft of the IoT device is detected, control the communication interface to transmit the acquired position information to a mobile terminal, receive a theft process execution command request of the IoT device from the mobile terminal, and transmit a theft process execution command corresponding to the received theft process execution request to the IoT device.
US11138835B1
A method, system, and computer readable storage to implement a skill based video game wagering system. Different video games can be implemented, and within each video game, a player's skill can affect the award model that is initiated when the player takes an action to earn an award (e.g., successfully destroying a target). Upon each award model being initiated, a credit cost is deducted from the player's credit meter, and then award model is activated which can generate an award, or a value of zero which is a loss for the player.
US11138832B2
A game system includes a receiver that receives an input of setting information related to the use of a service for an electronic money payment from a player when the service is used; a reader that reads electronic money information from a recording medium; a payment unit that makes a payment corresponding to the setting information received from the player by using the electronic money information read from the recording medium; and a setting information recorder that records first setting information input by the player. When the service is used, a screen for receiving the input of the first setting information from the player is generated when the first setting information is recorded in the setting information recorder, and a screen for receiving the input of second setting information from the player is generated when the first setting information is not recorded in the setting information recorder.
US11138820B1
An unlocking method for an electronic lock includes capturing an environmental background outside of the electronic lock by a person. An environmental background feature is used to create an authenticated environmental background feature information and is saved in an authenticated environmental background feature database. At least one facial feature is set as an authenticated facial feature and is saved in an authenticated facial feature database. A real-time unlocking information is inputted by the person and analyzed to obtain the facial feature of the person and an environmental background feature. The authenticated electronic lock remains in a locking state when the environmental background feature cannot be not obtained. The electronic lock is unlocked only when the facial feature matches with the authenticated facial feature and the environmental background feature matches with the authenticated environmental background feature.
US11138807B1
A system for producing extended-reality images for a display apparatus. The system includes camera(s) and processor communicably coupled to camera(s), wherein processor is configured to: control camera(s) to capture image(s) representing test object present in real-world environment, wherein test object is physically covered three-dimensionally with coded pattern; obtain information pertaining to three-dimensional geometry of coded pattern; analyze image(s) to identify first image segment representing part of coded pattern visible in image(s); determine virtual content to be presented for test object, based on said part of coded pattern; process image(s) to generate extended-reality image(s) in which virtual content is virtually superimposed over said part of the coded pattern, based on information pertaining to three-dimensional geometry of coded pattern.
US11138806B1
Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to a workstation computing system(s) (“workstation”) that receives camera pose data from a camera(s) disposed on a first headset device. The workstation receives camera image data comprising one or more images portraying a current view of the camera. The workstation generates a rendering of the 3D model of medical data for display within a composite image. The workstation generates one or more portions of the composite image based on the camera image data. The workstation generates and displays a composite image to include simultaneous and contiguous portrayal of the rendering of the 3D model of medical data with the one or more portions based on the camera image data.
US11138803B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, scanning, by an augmented reality system, a local environment which includes an object. The scanning includes identifying one or more characteristics of the object such as its size or shape. The subject disclosure may further include providing, to a display device of a local user in the local environment, local image information of the object from a viewing perspective of the local user and providing, to a display device of a remote user in a remote environment, remote image information of the object from a viewing perspective of the remote user. The subject disclosure may further include detecting a local user interaction with the object, detecting a release of control of the object by the local user to control of the object by the remote user, and providing updated local image information of the object to the display device of the local user and providing updated remote image information to the display device of the remote user based on the release of control of the object. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11138797B2
An XR device for providing an augmented reality (AR) mode and a virtual reality (VR) mode and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The XR device is applicable to 5G communication technology, robot technology, autonomous driving technology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. It is disclosed that the XR device that displays a virtual clothes item to the user's appearance in the mirror when the user selects the virtual item among the fitting items displayed while the user wears the XR device in front of a mirror.
US11138795B2
In a situation where a capturing device is capturing a first image of a scene comprising a display device displaying a second image, a salient idea is to send both the captured first image and the second image, being displayed by the display device to a processing device, for comparatively processing the first and the second image to determine a characteristic associated with the display device. Being able to process the first image (comprising a displayed second image) together with the original second image advantageously allows to determine various characteristics associated with the display device that altered the displayed second image within the first image, making it different from the initial second image. Characteristics associated with the display device are for example a specular reflection occurring on the display device in the scene and disturbing the capture of the scene.
US11138791B2
A computer-implemented method that allows users to upload a set of two-dimensional images for evaluation using different virtual reality methods. The disclosed method allows the user to select one aspect of an image, see the corresponding image highlighted, and manipulate the corresponding image.
US11138788B2
A three-dimensional model creator creates individual models indicative of individual shapes of at least two objects from an integrated model created based on data obtained by imaging or measuring the objects together. The three-dimensional model creator creates a plurality of division models by dividing the integrated model with extension planes obtained by extending surfaces that define the integrated model, identifies two-dimensional regions in which the objects exist individually, based on the obtained data, tags the division models based on projections of the division models and the two-dimensional regions, and creates the individual models of the objects from the tagged division models.
US11138780B2
A method for setting a multi-user virtual reality chat environment. The method adjusts a distance between avatars of participants in the VR chat scene from a first distance to a second distance according to detected volume received from the participants.
US11138779B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display controller configured to group dipole estimation results with the same direction out of dipole estimation results of a signal source corresponding to part of biological data indicating a chronological change of a biological signal and display the grouped dipole estimation results in a manner superimposed on a plurality of biological tomographic images sliced in a predetermined direction. The display controller is configured to, when displaying a non-grouped dipole estimation result, display the non-grouped dipole estimation result in a different color or form from a color or a form of the grouped dipole estimation results depending on a direction of the dipole estimation result.
US11138777B2
The present application provides a mixed reality interaction method, an apparatus, and a storage medium, where the method includes obtaining position information of a real object in space in real time through a positioning chip disposed in the real object, and controlling, according to the position information of the real object, a virtual object in an augmented reality AR scenario to move in the AR scenario according to a moving track of the real object. The technical solution allows an object in the real world and an object in the virtual world seen by a user to be synchronized, thereby improving the user experience.
US11138764B2
To provide an image processing device which is user-friendly and is able to acquire an optimum image in which a user's intention is reflected based on various kinds of parameter setting by the user, the image processing device includes: a combination processing unit configured to combine a visible-light image signal and an infrared-light image signal to generate a combined image signal, and a parameter setting unit configured to set a parameter other than combination ratios of the visible-light image signal and the infrared-light image signal in the combined image signal. The combination processing unit changes the combination ratio in accordance with a change in the parameter when the parameter setting unit changes the parameter.
US11138756B2
A 3D object detection method includes: obtaining two-dimensional (2D) coordinates of at least one predetermined key point of a target object in an image to be processed; constructing a pseudo 3D detection body of the target object in a 2D space according to the 2D coordinates of the at least one predetermined key point; obtaining depth information of a plurality of vertices of the pseudo 3D detection body; and determining a 3D detection body of the target object in a 3D space according to the depth information of the plurality of vertices of the pseudo 3D detection body.
US11138733B2
Automated image analysis used in vascular state modeling. Coronary vasculature in particular is modeled in some embodiments. Methods of “virtual revascularization” of a presently stenotic vasculature are described; useful, for example, as a reference in disease state determinations. Structure and uses of a model which relates records comprising acquired images or other structured data to a vascular tree representation are described.
US11138729B2
Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI data and dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI data for a volume of the patient's body including a tumor are used in order to identify the risk of lymph node metastasis. A volume of interest enclosing the tumor is identified and the MRI data for the volume of interest is processed in order to identify one or more parameters relating to the transverse relaxation rate and/or to dynamic changes in the transverse relaxation rate. A comparison is made to previously obtained similar parameters for other patients having similar tumors that are either known to exhibit lymph node metastasis or are known not to exhibit lymph node metastasis in order to determine if the MRI data indicates that the patient has a tumor at greater risk of exhibiting lymph node metastasis or a tumor with a lesser risk of exhibiting lymph node metastasis.
US11138728B2
A computer-implemented method determines a geometric feature of a section of a blood vessel in an operating region. An image of the section is provided. An adapted blood vessel model is provided via image processing for the section by adapting a blood vessel model, which describes the section as a flow channel with a wall delimiting the latter and with an axis of symmetry. A centerline of the section of the blood vessel is determined as a contiguous pixel line. A relative spatial position of the side of the wall is ascertained based on the centerline and the image provided. The geometric feature is derived from the adapted blood vessel model. The disclosure also relates to a method for determining the length of a contiguous pixel line in an image and a system for determining a geometric feature of a section of an object.
US11138724B2
Neural network classification may be performed by inputting a training data set into each of a plurality of first neural networks, the training data set including a plurality of samples, obtaining a plurality of output value sets from the plurality of first neural networks, each output value set including a plurality of output values corresponding to one of the plurality of samples, each output value being output from a corresponding first neural network in response to the inputting of one of the samples of the training data set, inputting the plurality of output value sets into a second neural network, and training the second neural network to output an expected result corresponding to each sample in response to the inputting of a corresponding output value set.
US11138720B2
Described is a computer-implemented method for recognizing the geometry of a portion of an object in a digital representation of the object having a plurality of image points representing at least one material interface of the object. The method comprises determining and displaying the object representation, receiving a user input specifying a first position in the object representation as a starting point, determining a first set of image points in the vicinity of the starting point representing the geometry of the portion of the starting point, determining a checking geometry on the basis of the first set of image points by adapting at least one geometry element to the first set of image points, determining a second set of image points in the vicinity of the starting point representing the geometry of the portion of the checking geometry, inserting the second set of image points into and displaying a target set of image points.
US11138716B2
An X-ray inspection apparatus 1 includes a calculation unit that calculates a luminance conversion function of matching or approximating a first output value of a first element 11a based on a first transmission image G1 to a second output value of a second element 12a based on a second transmission image G2 of the second element disposed to face the first element 11a, for each of a plurality of the first elements 11a and a plurality of the second elements 12a; and a correction unit that corrects at least one of the first output value of each of the first elements 11a and the second output value of each of the second elements 12a based on the luminance conversion function calculated by the calculation unit.
US11138714B2
A system detects an object being viewed through a visual recognition system, the object having an associated expiration date. The system determines a caloric content associated with the object. The system assesses caloric consumption needs of at least one consumer. The system determines a likelihood of consumption of the object by the consumer based on the caloric content of the object, the caloric consumption needs of the consumer, and the expiration date of the object. The system is displayed as a gradient on a display device as an overlay associated with the object, the gradient representing a changing likelihood of total consumption of the object by the consumer over a period of time.
US11138712B2
An object identification method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining images of a target geographical area and telemetry information of an image-collection vehicle at a time of capture, analyzing each image to identify objects, and determining a position of the objects. The method further includes determining an image capture height, determining a position of the image using the capture height and the telemetry information, performing a transform on the image based on the capture height and the telemetry information, identifying the objects in the transformed image, determining first pixel locations of the objects within the transformed image, performing a reverse transform on the first pixel locations to determine second pixel locations in the image, and determining positions of the objects within the area based on the second pixel locations within the captured image and the determined image position.
US11138707B2
A method for processing multiple images according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise the operations of: acquiring multiple images by using multiple cameras; extracting image information for each of the acquired multiple images; preprocessing the multiple images on the basis of the extracted image information, and generating parameters corresponding to the multiple images, respectively; selecting one or more images required according to a zoom magnification among the acquired multiple images; and applying parameters corresponding to the selected one or more images and performing image processing. Other embodiments are possible.
US11138701B2
An image processing method includes acquiring an image in a chrominance-luminance separation color mode; performing scene recognition of the image to determine a scene of the image; traversing luminance components of respective pixel points in the image, and generating a luminance distribution of the image according to a traversing result of the luminance components; generating a luminance mapping relation based on a standard luminance distribution corresponding to the scene of the image and the luminance distribution of the image; and adjusting the luminance components of the respective pixel points in the image according to the luminance mapping relation to generate a first processed image.
US11138699B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media that utilize context-aware sensors and multi-dimensional gesture inputs across a digital image to generate enhanced digital images. In particular, the disclosed systems can provide a dynamic sensor over a digital image within a digital enhancement user interface (e.g., a user interface without visual elements for modifying parameter values). In response to selection of a sensor location, the disclosed systems can determine one or more digital image features at the sensor location. Based on these features, the disclosed systems can select and map parameters to movement directions. Moreover, the disclosed systems can identify a user input gesture comprising movements in one or more directions across the digital image. Based on the movements and the one or more features at the sensor location, the disclosed systems can modify parameter values and generate an enhanced digital image.
US11138696B2
A process improves accuracy in mapping geodetic coordinates to image sensor coordinates via an image rational function. The image rational function is fitted to an image-to ground sensor model at an input grid of image u coordinates and image v coordinates, and further at geodetic longitudes, geodetic latitudes, and geodetic heights corresponding to the image u coordinates and the image v coordinates. This fitting generates fit residuals. The fit residuals are stored as a function of the image u coordinates, the image v coordinates, and the geodetic height coordinates. The fit residuals are applied to metadata associated with the image rational function. This application corrects for a residual error in a fit of the image rational function to the image-to-ground sensor model.
US11138695B2
The present disclosure provides a method for video processing. The method includes: obtaining a current image frame and a previous image frame in a video to be processed based on a preset sampling frequency value; obtaining a first skin tone weight map of the current image frame and a second skin tone weight map of the previous image frame; superimposing the first skin tone weight map and the second skin tone weight map to obtain a third skin tone weight map; and superimposing a first luminance map of the current image frame and a second luminance map based on the third skin tone weight map to obtain a second image. The first luminance map is a luminance map of the current image frame, and the second luminance map is a map obtained after the first luminance map is smoothed.
US11138691B2
A terminal for receiving streaming data may receive information of a plurality of different quality versions of an image content; request, based on the information, a server for a version of the image content from among the plurality of different quality versions of the image content; when the requested version of the image content and artificial intelligence (AI) data corresponding to the requested version of the image content are received, determines whether to perform AI upscaling on the received version of the image content, based on the AI data; and based on a result of the determining whether to perform AI upscaling, performs AI upscaling on the received version of the image content through a upscaling deep neural network (DNN) that is trained jointly with a downscaling DNN of the server.
US11138680B1
Notifying customers of available efficiencies via updates to electronic menus, personal notifications, etc. is described herein. As an example, a computing system can receive a first request indicating that an item that is offered for sale by a merchant that has been requested by a customer and can determine an efficiency associated with combining the first request with a second request from another customer. Such an efficiency, for example, can comprise sharing an item on a menu or preparing multiple items together instead of individually. The computing system can notify, in near real-time and based at least partly on determining the efficiency associated with combining the first request and the second request, at least the other customer about the efficiency. In some examples, the other customer can be notified via an update to the electronic menu, a personal notification to a user computing device, etc.
US11138677B2
An online agricultural system manages and optimizes interactions of entities within the system to enable the execution of transaction and the transportation of crop products. The online agricultural system accesses historic and environmental data describing factors that may impact crop product transactions and/or transportation to determine market prices for crop products and crop product transportation. Responsive to receiving a request from an entity, the online agricultural system determines an optimal transaction for the entity, such as a price for selling a crop product, an available crop product for purchase, or a transportation opportunity to transport a crop product.
US11138675B1
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for preparing an electronic tax return in which a supporting document is associated with a specific form field of the tax return and attached to the tax return. The system displays a tax data input screen for a user to input tax data for a current form field of the tax return being worked on. The system determines that a supporting document is required for the current form field and displays an attach document command. When a user selects the command, the system displays a file selection function. The system receives a selection of a document file selected using the file selection function and automatically associates the selected document file with the current form field and uses metadata related to the form field to assign a document description to the selected document file.
US11138674B2
Utilizing machine learning models to automatically perform actions that maintain a plan for an event
A device receives, from a user device, plan information that identifies a plan for an event and includes information identifying an account associated with the plan, plan items of the plan, and priorities and preferences associated with the plan items, where the user device is associated with a user of the account and the plan. The device receives transaction information identifying transactions associated with the account, and processes the plan information and the transaction information, with a first model, to identify transactions related to the plan. The device processes information associated with the particular plan item, the plan information, and the transaction information, with a second model, to determine recommendations for the plan, where the information associated with the particular plan item includes information identifying a priority and a preference associated with the particular plan item. The device provides information indicating the recommendations to the user device.
US11138670B2
An insurance verification system and methods for verifying insurance information are provided. The insurance verification system includes an insurance verification (IV) device. The IV computing device includes including a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor is programmed to receive vehicle user information from a client device, generate an insurance information request including at least a portion of the vehicle user information, transmit the insurance information request to at least one insurance provider computing device, and receive a response from the insurance provider computing device. The response indicates whether or not an insurance profile associated with the vehicle user information is stored at the insurance provider computing device.
US11138667B2
An example computer-implemented method includes retrieving, by at least one processor, one or more first data structures pertaining to a current state of a financial portfolio of a first user, one or more second data structures pertaining to one or more historical and/or current states of a financial market, one or more third data structures pertaining to one or more predictions regarding one or more financial assets of the financial market, and one or more fourth data structures pertaining to the first user's preferences with respect to the financial portfolio. The method also includes determining, by the at least one processor, one or more transactions to be conducted on the financial market based on the first, second, third, and fourth data structures. The method also includes executing, by the at least one processor, the one or more transactions.
US11138661B2
Implementations of various methods and systems to transform agriculture units with two waypoints or a destination waypoint or a series sequence of waypoints into objects which have associated price-time priority queues for transformed agriculture units. The present disclosed invention relates to combining the concepts of objected oriented programming, market price queues, agriculture, navigation systems and social networking and transportation as a fungible asset class or agriculture linked to transportation as an open market.
US11138656B2
A mobile application to conduct an auction based on physical presence is provided. The mobile application may be provided by a system comprising one or more modules. A notification module may identify an item to be sold at an auction. If a pre-auction window time period has arrived, the notification module may transmit auction notification messages to a plurality of client devices located within a predefined geographical area. A bidding module may conduct the auction by providing an auction interface to the client devices within the predefined geographical area. The auction interface includes an option to bid on the item. A completion module may transmit a confirmation to a winning auction participant.
US11138649B2
A server receives a description of an item from a first computing device. The server determines attributes of the item based on the description of the item. The server identifies a geographic region based on the attributes of the item. The server identifies a second computing device that is located in the geographic region and generates a first query to the second computing device. The server receives additional item data based on a physical presence of the item in the geographic region from the second computing device. The server updates attributes data of the item in the database with the additional item data received from the second computing device.
US11138644B2
A commerce system includes an EC server connecting to a user terminal and executes E-commerce, a customs clearance authentication server that administers pre-customs clearance information, and an administration server connected to the customs clearance authentication server and the EC server. The administration server receives a registration request including product information regarding a product, transmits the registration request to the customs clearance authentication server, receives pre-customs clearance information regarding the product from the customs clearance authentication server, and notifies the pre-customs clearance information to the EC server. The customs clearance authentication server generates pre-customs clearance information based on product information, in response to a request from the EC server, and transmits generated pre-customs clearance information to the administration server. The EC server transmits the received pre-customs clearance information along with product information to the user terminal, and accepts, from the user terminal, an instruction to circulate the product specified via customs.
US11138634B2
A gig parking system is provided with a mobile platform having a secure access mechanism permitting a trusted parking agent to gain control over the platform. The platform may include a location subsystem to determine the geographic location of the platform and a communications subsystem to transmit verification information including an identification code associated with the parking agent, an identification code associated with the vehicle, and geographic location. A parking software application may permit the selection the destination parking location from a plurality of potential destination parking locations, which may have weighted values with a corresponding reward, and which may be given to either, or both, the platform owner and the parking agent. The reward may be based upon additional factors, such as vehicle starting parking location, distance between starting and destination parking locations, travel time between starting and destination parking locations, time of day, and day of the week.
US11138621B2
A multi-lender architecture evaluates applicant data against lending rule sets of multiple lenders. Rule sets provided by different lenders may be expressed differently. The multi-lender architecture transforms the rules in each rule set and represents the rules in a normalization grid. The normalization grid allows a single algorithm to evaluate the rules of different lenders.
US11138620B1
Automatically generating guaranteed offers for commodities and non-commodities As such, the present disclosure presents various embodiments, as well as features and aspects thereof, of a guaranteed offer generator (“GOG”). The GOG accumulates and assimilates data, and then algorithmically processes this data with a server system to generate a guaranteed offer that, while removing the risk of an asset owner relinquishing his or her property in response to a low-ball sell, does not create an unacceptably high risk on the part of the guaranteed offeror.
US11138615B1
Location history data can be used to identify attributes for a known geographic location of a business listing record for a business. As an example, location history data is received from each of a plurality of client computing devices. For each device, the location history data identifies an arrival and departure times for the known geographic location as well as prior and next visit information. The location history data is used as input into a classifier in order to identify a set of attributes for the geographic location and corresponding likelihood values for each of the attributes of the set of attributes. A subset of the set of attributes is determined such that the attributes describe aspects of the known geographic location based on the likelihood values. This subset is provided to a client computing device in response to a request for information about the geographic location.
US11138614B2
Non-abstract devices, systems, and processes for the display and furnishing of tangible benefits in order to permit entities to more effectively make use of targeted benefits from a plurality of benefit providers; where; in preferred embodiments; the benefits are offered to those entities meeting the specified qualifications and eligibility requirements as established by the benefit providers.
US11138612B2
The disclosure relates to a system and method for consumers to identify articles at a place of sales before purchasing, which are high in security level, low in cost, mobile, high in availability and easy to use. The system and the method are based upon capture of the physical and logic features of a security label containing at least two security tracers applied to an article, and also upon local or remote processing, and at least one of the tracers comprises an invisible energy response material. The identification operation can be performed in a special and offline way by any system of registered consumers through a mobile communication device that has an image capture component and is combined with other particular functions of system software.
US11138610B2
A card number and an address are requested from a customer at a POS device. An AVS system compares the customer-provided address against a billing address or record for the card that is maintained by a card issuer. If the address provided by the customer matches the billing address of record, a second card number is requested from customer. That second card number is sent to the AVS system and the billing address stored by the issuer for the second card number is also checked against the address provided by the customer.
US11138607B2
Systems and methods for intelligently authenticating payment transactions are disclosed. A user initiates a payment transaction to purchases goods or services from a merchant. The merchant sends a payment initiation request to a server computer in communication with a payment processing network and an issuer. The server computer queries various databases to determine one or more available communication channels that may be used as authentication channels by the issuer. The server computer also determines one or more communication channels, available for use by a mobile device of the user, that may be used as authentication channels to authenticate the payment transaction. The user is provided with a list of available/eligible authentication channels. User selects one of the authentication channels and the issuer is notified of the selection. The issuer uses the selected authentication channel to communicate with the user and authenticate the payment transaction.
US11138606B2
Systems and techniques are provided for a resource transfer system. An instruction to transfer a first quantity of a resource from a first resource pool to a second resource pool may be received. A hold may be placed on a second quantity of the resource in the first resource pool. The held second quantity of the first resource may not be transferred from the first resource pool until the hold is released. Responsive to receiving a message that fulfills a condition on the hold and an instruction to execute the transfer, the hold may be released. A register that is in the first resource pool and is associated with the resource may decremented by the first quantity, and a register that is in the second resource pool and is associated with the resource may be incremented by the first quantity.
US11138605B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to access transactions. A gate access device may interact with a payment card such as a credit card. The gate access device may generate and transmit a first authorization request message to a payment processing network computer. The first authorization request message does not include an amount for the transaction, but only contains identification information. A first authorization response message is transmitted back to the gate access device. At a later point in time, a second authorization request message containing the transaction amount is transmitted from the gate access device to the issuer, and a response is received from the issuer.
US11138602B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for processing blockchain-based guarantee information. One of the methods includes receiving a first cyphertext of a first digital document specifying a guarantee from a first computing device associated with at least a first guarantor and one or more zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) related to one or more values associated with the guarantee, and the first digital document specifies one or more predetermined conditions of executing the guarantee; verifying that the one or more ZKPs are correct; storing the first cyphertext to a blockchain based on performing a consensus algorithm; receiving a first message from a second computing device associated with a beneficiary or a representative of the beneficiary.
US11138599B1
Systems, devices, methods, instructions, and other implementations are described for network data management. One embodiment involves request data received at a device associated with a digital lockbox, where the request data includes identifying information for an originating device associated with a location and is associated with a user device. A unique token is generated with the identifying information. The unique token can be used to tokenize a network link to create a secure one-time link. The system transmits the one-time link, which can then be used to facilitate secure communications between a computing system associated with the originating device and the user device.
US11138593B1
A method of activating a smart card includes issuing a smart card in a deactivated state such that the smart card is incapable of performing a transaction; receiving an authentication token from a mobile device via a wireless communication of the authentication token from the smart card in the deactivated state to the mobile device; extracting data from the authentication token; confirming the extracted data corresponds to stored data regarding a customer who was issued smart card; and in response to confirming the extracted data, enabling the smart card for a subsequent transaction.
US11138588B2
The invention relates to a method for providing and executing, by a transaction server, of a payments service, which payment service is executed over a sales channel between at least two user registered to the service, the user being at least a buyer and at least a merchant, wherein the transaction server can be accessed through the sales channel by the communication unit of the at least one buyer and can be accessed by the sales unit of the at least one merchant, for processing the electronic transaction instruction as well as further commercial agreements between the buyer and the at least one merchant.
US11138587B2
A portable device receives an account information request signal from a merchant machine. The portable device transmits a response message to the merchant machine. The response message comprises the account information for a purchase. The portable device transmits a first message to an account server. The first message comprises a request to get information comprising the purchase amount. The portable device receives a second message comprising the information from the account server. The portable device sends the purchase amount to a display.
US11138578B1
Illustrated herein are systems and methods of transferring physical currency into electronic credit that becomes electronically available. One method includes remotely and quickly depositing non-negotiable instruments, such as cash, by communicating information, such as an image of the currency, about the instrument to a depositor. An exemplary system includes computing devices and a capture module with a retrieval engine, a transmission engine, an inspection engine, and a conferral engine. The capture module receives information about a non-negotiable instrument, and an inspection engine analyzes the information to confirm if the unit of currency is authentic.
US11138575B2
A method and system for processing a payment over a computerized network. An icon generating module automatically generates active payment icons for the payee associated with particular payment obligations, each including a link to the computerized payment interface and machine-readable information regarding the specific payment to be made, and automatically generates active payment icons having alternative programming associated with a plurality of utilization modes (e.g. for use with SmartTVs, mobile devices). A payment processing system generates substitute checks for the payor and is a non-bank e-wallet account which uses a phone number as the account number. An interactive user interface is activated on selection of an active payment icon such that machine-readable information regarding the specific payment is displayed together with interactive user interface tools for effecting payment thereof through the payment processing system.
US11138561B2
A computer system for selection of data records for forwarding includes one or more data storage devices storing data records including structured and unstructured data, and an analysis hardware server configured to, in cycles, determine sets of data records for predictive model review, extract words and phrases from the unstructured data, apply the predictive model to determine current-cycle scores for the data records of the set, assign the data records to groups in accordance with the current-cycle score, determine a velocity of change in group, and select data records for forwarding to an operation system based at least in part on the determined velocity of change in group.
US11138558B2
The invention provides a system for managing food information based on an odor, which comprises a gas sensing module, a processing module, a blockchain module and a display module. The gas sensing module includes a colorimetric gas sensing chip reacting with odor molecules emitted by the food to form a coloring reaction and present a color image corresponding to the food. The processing module includes a conversion unit for converting the color image into identification information corresponding to the food. The blockchain module includes a plurality of nodes, and the plurality of nodes store identification information corresponding to the food. The display module includes an identification label corresponding to the identification information. Therefore, when the invention is applied to the blockchain technology, it can remove the doubt that the data on the chain can be falsified before the data is uploaded.
US11138537B2
Customer data volume of a database and estimated transaction throughput requirements for a multi-tiered transaction system are received at a server sizing computing device. The customer data volume is compared to the estimated transaction throughput requirements. Based upon the comparison of the customer data volume to the estimated transaction throughput requirements, a customer data volume edge case for which server hardware is improperly sized by transaction-based hardware sizing is detected. Using the customer data volume, a quantity of operational memory of a server sufficient to store the customer data volume generated under the detected customer data volume edge case during real-time transactional processing by the server is calculated.
US11138536B1
A method of project management is provided. The method comprises receiving identity of a number of customers requiring data migration and receiving a target completion date for data migration for each customer. A number of data migration implementations are identified for all customers. A number of tasks required for each implementation is calculated, as is a required time for completion of each task. A number of people are then identified from a candidate pool to assign to complete the implementations. An estimated completion date is calculated for data migrations for each customer according to a total required time for all implementations and the number of people assigned to complete the implementations. The target completion date and estimated completion date for each customer are displayed in a user interface.
US11138529B2
In various embodiments, techniques are provided for coordinating the assignment of codes to infrastructure elements in an infrastructure modeling software architecture. A chain of authority is provided from a code authority local to a client to a cloud-based code authority service. Further, a code is structured in three parts, including a code specification part identifying a code specification that indicates what information is encoded into the code and how it is encoded, a code scope part based on boundaries over which the code authority guarantees the code is unique, and a code value part with a unique value.
US11138528B2
Systems and methods for managing professional development are provided. A client provides information indicating a current status, which may concern a professional task performed by the client and a portion of income associated with the task. The progress of the client toward a professional goal is calculated, and a recommendation concerning an appropriate next step is communicated to the client. Professional goals may include a level of income, efficiency, type of tasks performed, etc.
US11138520B2
An input dataset for training a new machine learning model is received by a processor. For each of a plurality of trained machine learning models, a hash function and a sketch of a training dataset used to train the machine learning model is retrieved. A sketch of the input dataset is computed based on the hash function and the input dataset, along with a distance between the sketch of the training dataset and the sketch of the input dataset. The computed distances of the trained machine learning models are ranked from smallest to largest, and a seed machine learning model for the input dataset is selected from the trained machine learning models based at least in part on the ranking. A training process of the new machine learning model using the selected seed machine learning model and the input dataset is initiated.
US11138515B2
A data analysis apparatus executes: acquiring a group of learning input data; setting a plurality of first hash functions; substituting each learning input data in each of the plurality of first hash functions to thereby calculate a plurality of first hash values; selecting, for the group of learning input data and for each of the plurality of first hash functions, a specific first hash value that satisfies a predetermined statistical condition from among the plurality of first hash values; setting a second hash function; substituting, for the group of learning input data, each specific first hash value in the second hash function to thereby calculate a plurality of second hash values; and generating a learning feature vector that indicates features of the group of learning input data by aggregating the plurality of second hash values corresponding to respective specific first hash values and obtained as a result of the calculation.
US11138512B2
Energy usage can be monitored within at least one building having a plurality of energy consuming components. A database can be generated that contains values for a set of data points corresponding to data received from the plurality of energy consuming components. A change in a configuration can be detected for the plurality of energy consuming components based upon a change in values received from plurality of energy consuming components relative to the database. Based upon the change, an additional data point can be added to the set of data points in the database. Based upon the values for the set of data points, a probability can be determined that a rule for the additional data point is valid. A message can then be generated that includes the determined probability.
US11138494B2
A storage controller of a machine receives training data associated with a neural network model. The neural network model includes a plurality of layers, and the machine further including at least one graphics processing unit. The storage controller trains at least one layer of the plurality of layers of the neural network model using the training data to generate processed training data. A size of the processed data is less than a size of the training data. Training of the at least one layer includes adjusting one or more weights of the at least one layer using the training data. The storage controller sends the processed training data to at least one graphics processing unit of the machine. The at least one graphics processing unit is configured to store the processed training data and train one or more remaining layers of the plurality of layers using the processed training data.
US11138483B2
In a system, mobile terminal and a reader are communicable with each other. In the mobile terminal, a terminal tilt state is detected by a detecting unit as a terminal environmental state, an information code is generated such that the detected terminal environmental state and predetermined information are recorded in the information code, and the generated information code is displayed on the screen of a display unit. In the reader, a reading surface tilt state corresponding to the terminal environmental state is detected by a detecting unit as a reading surface environmental state. When the reader reads the information code and the detected reading surface environmental state and the detected terminal environmental state show the same environmental state, the read predetermined information is used by a control unit to perform processing based on the predetermined information.
US11138475B2
Systems and methods for data protection are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for providing data protection may include: (1) receiving a plurality of data classification rules; (2) receiving end user data classification from end user software; (3) receiving developer data classification from SDLC software; (4) generating a data inventory; and (5) applying at least one data protection to the data inventory based on the data classification rules, the end user data classification, and the developer data classification.
US11138474B2
A parameter training method for a convolutional neural network, CNN, for detecting items of interest visible in images by a data processor of at least one server. The method is implemented based on a plurality of training image databases. The items of interest are already annotated, the CNN being a CNN common to the plurality of training image databases and having a common core and a plurality of encoding layers, each one specific to one of the plurality of training image databases. The method is also for detecting items of interest visible in an image.
US11138471B2
Generally, the present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that generate augmented training data for machine-learned models via application of one or more augmentation techniques to audiographic images that visually represent audio signals. In particular, the present disclosure provides a number of novel augmentation operations which can be performed directly upon the audiographic image (e.g., as opposed to the raw audio data) to generate augmented training data that results in improved model performance. As an example, the audiographic images can be or include one or more spectrograms or filter bank sequences.
US11138466B2
An image processing method includes: obtaining an input image; performing image conversion processing on the input image by using a generative neural network; and outputting an output image that has been subjected to image conversion processing. The input image has N channels, N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; input of the generative neural network includes a noise image channel and N channels of the input image; output of the generative neural network is an output image including N channels.
US11138454B2
A movable carrier auxiliary system includes a driver state detecting device and a control device. The driver state detecting device includes a biometric feature detecting module, a storage module, and an operation module. The biometric feature detecting module detects a biometric feature of a driver. The storage module stores a first biometric feature parameter, a second biometric feature parameter, a first operating mode corresponding to the first biometric feature parameter, and a second operating mode corresponding to the second biometric feature parameter. The operation module detects whether the biometric feature of the driver matches with the first biometric feature parameter or the second biometric feature parameter or not via the biometric feature detecting module, and to correspondingly generate a detection signal. The control device retrieve the first operating mode or the second biometric feature parameter from the storage module to control the movable carrier based on the detection signal.
US11138447B2
A method is disclosed for detecting raised pavement markers in an environment of a vehicle by a camera system. The method includes capturing at least one first image of at least one first part of the environment by at least one first camera of the camera system and analyzing the at least one first image and determining whether at least one first pavement marker is present in the environment in dependency of a result of the analysis of the at least one first image. The method further includes capturing at least one second image of at least one second part of the environment by at least one second camera of the camera system and analyzing the at least one second image and determining whether the at least one first or at least one second pavement marker is present in the environment in dependency of a result of the analysis.
US11138445B2
A vision system (10) for a motor vehicle having an imaging apparatus (11) to capture images from a surrounding of the motor vehicle and a data processing device (14) performing image processing on images captured by the imaging apparatus (11) and to control at least one driver assistance device (18) depending on a result of the image processing. The image processing having object detection through edge detection and the object detection having decomposing (21, 22) images captured by the imaging apparatus into a plurality of decomposed images (23, 24) having different color characteristics. Separate edge detection (35, 36) is performed on the decomposed images. The edges (37, 38) from the separate edge detections are merged (39) into a common list of edges. An edge distinguishability measure is calculated for each of the edges (37, 38), and the merging of the edges (37, 38) is based on the edge distinguishability measure.
US11138443B2
A guidance processing apparatus (100) includes an information acquisition unit (101) that acquires a plurality of different pieces of guidance information on the basis of states of a plurality of people within one or more images, and a control unit (102) that performs control of a plurality of target devices present in different spaces or time division control of a target device so as to set a plurality of different states corresponding to the plurality of pieces of guidance information.
US11138441B2
Embodiments herein treat the action segmentation as a domain adaption (DA) problem and reduce the domain discrepancy by performing unsupervised DA with auxiliary unlabeled videos. In one or more embodiments, to reduce domain discrepancy for both the spatial and temporal directions, embodiments of a Mixed Temporal Domain Adaptation (MTDA) approach are presented to jointly align frame-level and video-level embedded feature spaces across domains, and, in one or more embodiments, further integrate with a domain attention mechanism to focus on aligning the frame-level features with higher domain discrepancy, leading to more effective domain adaptation. Comprehensive experiment results validate that embodiments outperform previous state-of-the-art methods. Embodiments can adapt models effectively by using auxiliary unlabeled videos, leading to further applications of large-scale problems, such as video surveillance and human activity analysis.
US11138438B2
Metadata for one or more highlights of a video stream may be extracted from one or more card images embedded in the video stream. The highlights may be segments of the video stream, such as a broadcast of a sporting event, that are of particular interest. According to one method, video frames of the video stream are stored. One or more information cards embedded in a decoded video frame may be detected by analyzing one or more predetermined video frame regions. Image segmentation, edge detection, and/or closed contour identification may then be performed on identified video frame region(s). Further processing may include obtaining a minimum rectangular perimeter area enclosing all remaining segments, which may then be further processed to determine precise boundaries of information card(s). The card image(s) may be analyzed to obtain metadata, which may be stored in association with at least one of the video frames.
US11138436B2
Embodiments of a wearable device can include a head-mounted display (HMD) which can be configured to display virtual content. While the user is interacting with visual or audible virtual content, the user of the wearable may encounter a triggering event such as, for example, an emergency condition or an unsafe condition, detecting one or more triggering objects in an environment, or determining characteristics of the user's environment (e.g., home or office). Embodiments of the wearable device can automatically detect the triggering event and automatically control the HMD to deemphasize, block, or stop displaying the virtual content. The HMD may include a button that can be actuated by the user to manually deemphasize, block, or stop displaying the virtual content.
US11138434B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a camera module; a display; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: obtain a preview image corresponding to an external object using the camera module; determine attributes of the external object, based on the obtained preview image; synthesize the preview image with a virtual character image, based on the attributes of the external object; and output the synthesized preview image through the display. Other embodiments may be provided.
US11138433B2
A computer-implemented method of processing raw sensor data in an Aviation Internet of Things (AIoT) system is provided. The computer-implemented method comprises obtaining, by a network interface of a sensor processing unit (SPU), raw sensor data from one or more systems of a vehicle; providing, by the network interface, the raw sensor data to one or more processing units of the SPU; performing, by the one or more processing units, one or more processing tasks on the raw sensor data to produce processed data; and providing, by the network interface, the processed data to the one or more systems.
US11138432B2
Provided are mechanisms and processes for visual feature tagging in multi-view interactive digital media representations (MIDMRs). In one example, a process includes receiving a visual feature tagging request that includes an MIDMR of an object to be searched, where the MIDMR includes spatial information, scale information, and different viewpoint images of the object. A visual feature in the MIDMR is identified, and visual feature correspondence information is created that links information identifying the visual feature with locations in the viewpoint images. At least one image associated with the MIDMR is transmitted in response to the feature tagging request.
US11138431B2
Provided are a method of judgment for in or out, and a recording medium and an apparatus for performing the same. The method performed by the apparatus for judging whether an object landed inside or outside of a line, includes: capturing a sport environment image provided with the line according to a preset rule, wherein the sport environment image includes an audio signal and an image signal; separating the audio signal and the image signal included in the sport environment image; detecting the line by analyzing the image signal; detecting a landing point-in-time of the object by analyzing each of the audio signal and the image signal; and judging whether the object landed inside or outside of the line by comparing the line with a location of the object at the landing point-in-time of the object.
US11138427B2
The method comprises the steps: of applying the identifier (100′) on an object; of making a first digital image and, subsequently, a second digital image of the identifier; of deriving first and second digital keys from the first and second images, respectively; and of comparing the second digital key with the first digital key; wherein the identifier (100′) is made up of same-diameter microbeads (120) distributed in a random manner on the surface of the object, the microbeads being embedded in a layer (110′) of binder, and deriving the first digital key comprises the steps of applying elliptical regression to a distribution of points representative of the positions of the microbeads in the first image in order to define an ellipse, and of applying a change of reference frame consisting in expressing the positions of said points in a reference frame based on the ellipse.
US11138425B2
Methods and systems for recognizing named entities within the text of a document are provided. The methods and systems may include receiving a document image and recognized text of the document image. A feature map of the document image may be created, a tagged map may be created, and locations of tags within the tagged map may be estimated using a machine learning model. Named entities with the recognized text may be recognized based on the one or more locations of the tags. In some embodiments, the machine learning model is a convolutional neural network. In further embodiments, creating the feature map may include determining, for a subset of the cells of the feature map, one or more features of the recognized text contained in a corresponding portion of the document image.
US11138416B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for recognizing an organism action, a server and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining body feature information of an organism corresponding to time-successive multiple frames of images; creating a feature information sequence, wherein the feature information sequence includes body feature information respectively corresponding to multiple frames of images which are arranged according to a time sequence of the multiple frames of images; and inputting the feature information sequence into a trained recurrent neural network model, and determining an action of the organism corresponding to the feature information sequence according to an output of the recurrent neural network model.
US11138414B2
A system for processing digital images comprising: at least one remote hardware processor; and at least one device, comprising at least one processing circuitry configured for: receiving from at least one image sensor, electrically coupled to the processing circuitry, at least one digital image captured by the at least one image sensor; partitioning at least one object, identified in the at least one digital image, into a plurality of object segments; replacing in the at least one digital image each of the plurality of object segments with a schematic segment, illustrating respective object segment, to produce at least one schematic image; and sending the at least one schematic image to the remote hardware processor; wherein the remote hardware processor is adapted to: receiving the at least one schematic image from the at least one device; analyzing the at least one schematic image to identify at least one behavioral pattern.
US11138412B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a facial recognition method performed at a server. The method includes: obtaining a to-be-recognized facial image and extracting a target eigenvector of the facial image; calculating a distance between each target eigenvector and a mean vector corresponding to each facial identifier to obtain a first distance set, and determining a first recognition result corresponding to the facial image and a corresponding first score according to each first distance set; calculating a distance between each target eigenvector and each eigenvector corresponding to each facial identifier to obtain a second distance set, and determining a second recognition result corresponding to the facial image and a corresponding second score according to each second distance set; and determining a facial recognition result for the facial image and a corresponding score according to a comparison of the first and second recognition results and the first and second scores.
US11138398B2
A mobile device may include a camera assembly, a processor, memory, and a barcode-reading application. The camera assembly may include an image sensor. Pixels in a predetermined location of the image sensor may be defective pixels that provide the same output values regardless of actual characteristics of incident light. The barcode-reading application may be stored in the memory. The barcode-reading application may be executable by the processor to enable at least one enhanced mode of operation of the barcode-reading application conditional upon confirming that the image sensor comprises the defective pixels in the predetermined location.
US11138394B2
A method for integrating assets is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, by a kinematic asset management platform, an indication of an attribute needed to perform a task. The method further comprises generating, by the kinematic asset management platform, a request to a plurality of reader nodes disposed at a respective plurality of locations for an inventor of assets at each of said respective plurality of locations. The method further comprises receiving, by the kinematic asset management platform, said inventory of assets from said respective plurality of locations. The method further comprises determining, by the kinematic asset management platform, and based on the attribute, that the attribute needed to perform the task is assigned to an asset present at a first location.
US11138392B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for machine translation using neural networks. In some implementations, a text in one language is translated into a second language using a neural network model. The model can include an encoder neural network comprising a plurality of bidirectional recurrent neural network layers. The encoding vectors are processed using a multi-headed attention module configured to generate multiple attention context vectors for each encoding vector. A decoder neural network generates a sequence of decoder output vectors using the attention context vectors. The decoder output vectors can represent distributions over various language elements of the second language, allowing a translation of the text into the second language to be determined based on the sequence of decoder output vectors.
US11138384B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for announcing and detecting automated conversation are disclosed. One of the methods includes initiating, over a natural language communication channel, a conversation with a communication participant using a natural language communication method that includes a dialogue of natural language communications. The communication participant is determined to be automated using a pre-defined adaptive interactive protocol that specifies natural language linguistic transformations defined in a sequence. The conversation can be transitioned to a communication method that is different form the natural language communication method in response to determining that the communication participant is automated.
US11138379B2
A method may include obtaining audio of a communication session between a first device of a first user and a second device of a second user. The method may further include obtaining a transcription of second speech of the second user. The method may also include identifying one or more first sound characteristics of first speech of the first user. The method may also include identifying one or more first words indicating a lack of understanding in the first speech. The method may further include determining an experienced emotion of the first user based on the one or more first sound characteristics. The method may also include determining an accuracy of the transcription of the second speech based on the experienced emotion and the one or more first words.
US11138377B2
At least two processing device-implemented company name recognition components, operating upon a body of text in a document, identify at least one company name occurrence in the body of text based at least in part on a company identifier list. The company name recognition techniques implemented by each of the at least two company name recognition components are different from each other. The at least one company name occurrence is used to update the company identifier list. The updated company identifier list is then used by the at least two company name recognition components to identify at least one additional name occurrence in the same body of text. This process of repeatedly identifying occurrences of company names in the body of text and updating the company identifier list is performed until such time that no further company name occurrences are identified in the body of text.
US11138356B1
A power usage estimation system for a design emulated on a field programmable gate array (FPGA) comprising a periodic dump unit implementing statistical data sampling to generate a periodic dump without emulation stops and interactions with a host, and without affecting the emulation performance.
US11138349B2
A computer-implemented method and system for simulating traffic flow configurations. The method includes simulating vehicle traffic on a virtual roadway configuration in a simulated environment using a car-following model to provide simulated vehicle traffic at an intersection, wherein the car-following model includes vehicle parameters of at least one of a lead vehicle and a subsequent vehicle at each timestep, the lead vehicle positioned in front of the subsequent vehicle, and modifying the simulated vehicle traffic using a ghost vehicle approximation model to provide simulated traffic flow distributions while maintaining incident avoidance criteria, wherein the ghost vehicle approximation model includes setting a speed value and a gap distance value of a ghost vehicle positioned in front of the lead vehicle and/or the subsequent vehicle to modify the vehicle parameters of the lead vehicle and the subsequent vehicle at each timestep.
US11138342B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining an access request provided by an application that seeks to interact with one or more backend systems through a computing system. One or more predefined restrictions can be enforced on the application, the computing system, or the one or more backend systems.
US11138337B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for preserving patient privacy while transmitting health data from one geographic region to another geographic region for data analysis. One method includes receiving patient-specific health data including patient privacy information at a first region; removing the patient privacy information from the patient-specific health data to generate anonymous health data; storing the patient privacy information at the first region; and transmitting the anonymous health data to a second region for analysis.
US11138317B2
A system for determining a vulnerability of source code includes a processor; and non-transitory computer readable media that includes instruction code that causes the processor to receive source code and a selection of one or more code analyzers for detecting vulnerability issues in the source code. The processor executes the one or more code analyzer to generate initial vulnerability data. The initial vulnerability data specifies one or more vulnerable code sections in the source code. The processor communicates the initial vulnerability data to a vulnerability analyzing engine. The vulnerability analyzing engine is configured to identify one or more code sections of the one or more code sections of the initial vulnerability data that correspond to false positives. The vulnerability analyzing engine removes the one or more code sections that correspond to false positives from the initial vulnerability data to generate second vulnerability data; and generates a report that specifies the second vulnerability data.
US11138316B2
An apparatus of a computing system, a computer-readable medium, a method and a system. The apparatus comprises an input/output interface and one or more processors connected to the input/output interface and adapted to perform a first reading of first fuse data stored in a fuse array storage circuitry to result in read first fuse data, and receive the read first fuse data from the fuse array storage circuitry through the input/output interface; after a random time-delay, perform a second reading of second fuse data stored in the fuse array storage circuitry to result in read second fuse data, and receive the read second fuse data from the fuse array storage circuitry through the input/output interface; and compare the read first fuse data with the read second fuse data, and if there is no match, halt a boot-up of the computing system.
US11138314B1
A software ecosystem includes a software supply chain in which each of the participants in the software supply chain produce software components using reproducible builds. By using deterministic compilation practices, each of the software components produced by a respective participant should be identical. The software ecosystem also includes a set of tamper proof distributed ledgers. Hashes of the software components are generated and securely recorded in the set of distributed ledgers. The software ecosystem also includes an intrusion detection system configured to compare hashes of the software components to determine when one or more of the software components has been generated in a corrupt manner. The secure software ecosystem includes a full-platform approach to integrity which incorporates designing against attacks, rather than patching after them, which creates a paradigm in which computing platforms can be trusted because they have been designed to operate in an untrustworthy environment.
US11138310B2
Devices and nodes associated with a vehicle may communicate using a higher-level, common messaging protocol over an ad-hoc network to publish and subscribe to services, even though different nodes may utilize different types of links and channels. The network includes a rules node that is fixedly connected to the vehicle and that stores a set of rules. Given a possible publisher, subscriber, and/or a service, a node action is allowed or denied based on the set of rules. The rules may be generated or updated based on priorities, security levels, and/or characteristics of publishers, subscribers, their respective users, and/or services; a current dynamic condition; and/or user input. The rules node and at least one other node may be transported by the vehicle, and both transported nodes and nodes external to the vehicle may use the common messaging protocol to join the ad-hoc network, discover other nodes, authenticate, and publish/consume services.
US11138296B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: generating, using an information handling device, digital content; providing an indication of the digital content to at least one other device; and receiving, from the at least one other device, a digital signature for the digital content. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11138282B2
An information processing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a storage medium are provided that can extract group terminals from among a plurality of surrounding information processing terminals that have been detected, and calculate a degree of happiness in a surrounding area. The information processing system includes a communication unit configured to receive identification information from a detection device that detects the identification information of a surrounding terminal device, and a control unit configured to extract, as group terminal devices, a plurality of pieces of identification information that are received by the communication unit and indicate a plurality of terminal devices detected by the detection device within a predetermined time, and to calculate a degree of happiness around the detection device in accordance with an extraction result.
US11138276B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting, by a processing system including a processor, access to a search engine by a user; obtaining a user model associated with the user; generating, by the processing system, a search query according to the user model; and presenting an overlay on a graphical user interface of the search engine, wherein the graphical user interface includes the search query field, and wherein the overlay includes the search query. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11138274B2
A method may include, in an initial virtual machine session for a user running on a virtualization server, loading a roaming user profile for the user, generating a user search index database for the user, and indexing the roaming user profile in the user search index database. In a subsequent virtual machine session for the user running on the at least one server, the user search index database for the user may be loaded and the index for the roaming user profile obtained therefrom without re-indexing the roaming user profile.
US11138273B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: generating an onboarding document specifying an interaction event based on a document specifying the interaction event and an implementation guide between a pair of partners. The interaction event is cognitively analyzed for accuracy and the implementation guide is updated based on reinforced machine learning for optimized onboarding of following interactions.
US11138271B1
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for efficiently providing a graphical user interface for visualizing large amounts of data on a single interface. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems utilize topic hierarchies and multidata display elements to intuitively present many types of data for many topics on a single interface. The system also uses an activatable timeline to visualize changes to large amounts of data over time.
US11138264B2
A computer system for video management may provide a GUI that may enable repeating the steps of user thumbnail selection, representative subdivision of a recorded video to be viewed based on the thumbnail selected, and display of representative thumbnails in a GUI. The representative thumbnails may be selected based on a parameter such as random selection or images that may be evenly distributed from within the recorded video. After the representative subdivision of a recorded video to be viewed reaches a lower limit, the computer system for video management may display a shortened portion of video in the GUI to be viewed.
US11138263B2
A method includes generating metrics based on a first plurality of interactions with first content of a playlist. A first metric indicates approval of a first content item of the playlist and a second metric indicates a first duration of playback of a second content item of the playlist during playback of the playlist. The first duration of playback of the second content item is greater than a first default duration of playback. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric and the second metric and receiving a modified playlist. The modified playlist may be the playlist modified based on at least the first metric. The method further includes identifying, in captured data associated with access to the modified playlist, a second plurality of interactions with second content of the modified playlist. The second plurality of interactions corresponds to fewer deviations than the first plurality of interactions.
US11138260B2
A method, apparatus for determining output information are provided. The method includes: acquiring at least one history behavior of a user after a first content is output, based on history behavior data of the user; determining a behavior habit of the user after the first content is output, based on the at least one history behavior of the user; and; determining output information for the user in response to the output of the first content, based on the behavior habit of the user. By obtaining different behavior habits corresponding to different users, personalized output information for the users is established.
US11138248B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a product query operation, comprising: receiving user input from a user; identifying keywords contained within the user input; comparing keywords to vector representations of words and also to a document vector representation of product specifications in a backend product repository, each vector representation of a word being associated with a particular query type; identifying component details based upon the comparing; and, providing a list of products corresponding to the component details to the user in real time.
US11138246B1
Techniques for searching a corpus of textual data using probabilistic data structures are described herein. The corpus of textual data is indexed using the probabilistic data structure on a piece-by-piece basis and the pieces are combined so that the textual data can be searched. The search results are returned, indicating a likelihood that the data item is in the textual data.
US11138221B1
Systems and methods that facilitate data center infrastructure management are discussed. One such system can include a plurality of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools. Each DCIM tool can maintain data associated with one or more data centers. Such a system can also include a data aggregation component that can extract the maintained data from at least two of the plurality of DCIM tools and can transform the extracted data into a common format. Such a system can also include an aggregated database that stores the extracted data, and can include a user interface that can provide for simultaneous access to the plurality of DCIM tools.
US11138220B2
Data transformation workflows may be generated to transform data objects. A source data schema for a data object and a target data format or target data schema for a data object may be identified. A comparison of the source data schema and the target data format or schema may be made to determine what transformations can be performed to transform the data object into the target data format or schema. Code to execute the transformation operations may then be generated. The code may be stored for subsequent modification or execution.
US11138219B2
A database management system according to one embodiment includes at least one processor configured to control a hierarchical database including a plurality of end databases and a primary database directly or indirectly connected to the plurality of end databases. Each of the plurality of end databases stores sensor data. The primary database provides a virtual data table. The at least one processor transmits, to the end database, a search instruction for obtaining a result set containing a combination of an intermediate result based on the sensor data and a path ID for uniquely identifying a path connecting the primary database and the end database, receives a result set, and represents a search result based on the result set by the virtual data table and outputs the search result.
US11138218B2
Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed to optimize the size of index files to improve use of storage space available to indexers and other components of a data intake and query system. Index files of a data intake and query system may include, among other data, a keyword portion containing mappings between keywords and location references to event data containing the keywords. Optimizing an amount of storage space used by index files may include removing, modifying and/or recreating various components of index files in response to detecting one or more storage conditions related to the event data indexed by the index files. The optimization of index files generally may attempt to manage a tradeoff between an efficiency with which search requests can be processed using the index files and an amount of storage space occupied by the index files.
US11138209B2
A data pipeline system includes a binary data extractor to receive a data portion identifier, extract a portion of a binary data item based on the data portion identifier; and output the portion of the binary data item. A data iterator provides a first data portion identifier to the binary data extractor, receives, from the binary data extractor, a first portion of the binary data item, determines a second data portion identifier, provides the second data portion identifier to the binary data extractor, receives, from the binary data extractor, a second portion of the binary data item, and outputs the second portion of the binary data item. A data converter receives, from the data iterator, the second portion of the binary data item; and transforms, based on a data format specification, at least the second portion of the binary data item for processing by components of the data pipeline system.
US11138206B2
Techniques and solutions are described for transferring metadata between software applications. A translation framework stores metadata models in a standard format. Source applications can cause metadata models to be stored in the translation framework in the standard format. A target application can receive metadata models, or elements thereof, from the translation framework, which metadata models can be optionally converted from the standard format to a target format used by the target application. The translation framework can store annotations to a metadata model in the form of custom metadata types. The custom metadata types can be used by one or both of the target application and a source application. Source applications can cause values to be stored for annotations they support. Target applications can read values for annotations they support. Source applications and target applications do not write or read, respectively, unsupported annotations.
US11138204B2
Techniques are disclosed for generating metrics for a stream of interaction data. In some embodiments, a computing system receives a stream of interaction data that is based on user interactions with one or more computing systems, where the stream of interaction data includes information for multiple interaction characteristics including an interaction category. In response to receiving additional interaction information in the stream of interaction data, the computing system may generate cumulative metric values for one or more interaction categories. Generating cumulative metric values may include: sharding the additional interaction information based on multiple characteristics including interaction category, storing the sharded information in a non-relational database, determining respective metric values for shards modified by the storing, storing the respective metric values and shard information for each of the modified shards in a relational database, querying the relational database using one or more interaction categories corresponding to the modified shards, and determining the cumulative metric values based on the results of the querying.
US11138196B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a query processing system. An embodiment operates by receiving a query associated with a table. An ordered index with entries that include key values that uniquely identifies a corresponding record in the table is determined. A last key value is initialized to store a minimum value for a data type of the key value. The query is executed as a union-all of a plurality of queries. While a count of selected records is less than or equal to a threshold quantity and at least one entry remains in the ordered index, an ordered next entry with a key value subsequent to the last key value in the index is identified, the corresponding record is selected from the table, the last key value is updated, the query is executed, and the count is incremented.
US11138189B2
A method for managing contents shared by a Social Network Service (SNS), executed by a cloud server which is associated with an account of the SNS. It is detected whether a first content has been newly uploaded to the SNS or whether a metadata related to the first content previously uploaded to the SNS has been newly added. A second content corresponding to the first content is searched. The cloud storage is updated by linking context information related to the first content to the second content corresponding to the first content. The cloud server interworks with an account of the SNS of each user's individual to link context information of content shared on the SNS with the content stored in the personal cloud storage, thereby enabling easier update of the cloud storage. A user may easily search for desired contents using the context information.
US11138157B2
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to implementing machine learning to define business logic and lineage. The system analyzes data patterns of SORs as well as consumption attributes to define the business logic. An embodiment of the present invention may achieve over 95% match rate for complex attributes. When provided with thousands of SOR attributes, the innovative system may identify a handful of relevant SOR attributes required as well as the business logic to derive the consumption attribute.
US11138146B2
In a fabric-based infrastructure a flexible scalable server is obtained by physical disaggregation of converged resources to obtain pools of a plurality of operationally independent resource element types such as storage, computing, networking and more. A plurality of computing facilities can be created either dynamically or statically by a resource manager by abstracting instances of resources from such pools of a plurality of resource element types expressed within a single disaggregated logical resource plane.
US11138131B2
Techniques are provided to adjust the behavior of a cache based on a count of cache misses for items recently evicted. In an embodiment, a computer responds to evicting a particular item (PI) from a cache by storing a metadata entry for the PI into memory. In response to a cache miss for the PI, the computer detects whether or not the metadata entry for the PI resides in memory. When the metadata entry for the PI is detected in memory, the computer increments a victim hit counter (VHC) that may be used to calculate how much avoidable thrashing is the cache experiencing, which is how much thrashing would be reduced if the cache were expanded. Either immediately or arbitrarily later, the computer adjusts a policy of the cache based on the VHC's value. For example, the computer may adjust the capacity of the cache based on the VHC.
US11138116B2
A network interface device comprises a programmable interface configured to provide a device interface with at least one bus between the network interface device and a host device. The programmable interface is programmable to support a plurality of different types of a device interface.
US11138111B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing coherence processing and memory cache processing in parallel are disclosed. A system includes a communication fabric and a plurality of dual-processing pipelines. Each dual-processing pipeline includes a coherence processing pipeline and a memory cache processing pipeline. The communication fabric forwards a transaction to a given dual-processing pipeline, with the communication fabric selecting the given dual-processing pipeline, from the plurality of dual-processing pipelines, based on a hash of the address of the transaction. The given dual-processing pipeline performs a duplicate tag lookup in parallel with a memory cache tag lookup for the transaction. By performing the duplicate tag lookup and the memory cache tag lookup in a parallel fashion rather than in a serial fashion, latency and power consumption are reduced while performance is enhanced.
US11138110B1
Designs of persistently managing mapping tables are described. To keep the performance of writing data into or reading out data from a storage device, such as flash memory, RAM (Random Access Memory) is often used to manage the mapping tables. To prevent the mapping tables from being damaged for whatever reason (e.g., power failure), MRAM (Magnetic RAM) is employed to keep the mapping tables in magnetic domains while the RAM is only used for updating the content of the mapping tables. Not only is the capacity for RAM is significantly reduced, the mapping tables are securely maintained in MRAM and available to RAM while data is being written into or read out from the storage device.
US11138108B2
Devices and techniques for logical-to-physical (L2P) map (e.g., table) synchronization in a managed memory device are described herein. For example, a plaintext portion of an L2P map may be updated in a managed memory device. In response to updating the plaintext portion of the L2P map, the updated portion can be obfuscated to create an obfuscated version of the updated portion of the L2P map. Both the updated portion and the obfuscated version of the updated portion can be saved in storage of the memory device. When a request from a host for the updated portion of the L2P map is received, the memory device can provide the obfuscated version of the portion from the storage.
US11138104B2
A method is described. The method includes tracking a logical saturation value for each of multiple streams having read and write commands directed to a mass storage device, wherein, a stream's logical saturation value is a measurement of how much of the stream's assigned storage resources of the mass storage device contains valid data. The method also includes repeatedly selecting for garbage collection whichever of the multiple streams has a lowest logical saturation value as compared to the other streams.
US11138095B2
Mechanisms are provided for propagating source identification information from an application front-end system in an application layer to a data layer inspection system associated with a back-end system. An incoming user request is received, at the data layer inspection system, from a gateway system associated with the application front-end system. One or more outgoing statements targeting a back-end system are received at the data layer inspection system. The data layer inspection system accesses a mapping data structure based on the one or more outgoing statements to thereby correlate the one or more outgoing statements with the incoming user request. The data layer inspection system retrieves source identification information associated with the incoming user request based on the correlation of the one or more outgoing statements with the incoming user request. The data layer inspection system performs a data layer inspection operation based on the source identification information.
US11138083B2
Methods and apparatuses relating to a multiple master capable debug interface are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a device circuit, a wireless connector circuit, and a switching circuit coupled between the device circuit and the wireless connector circuit to switch a debug and test mastership from the wireless connector circuit to a debug and test tool, wirelessly connected to the wireless connector circuit, to perform a debug and test operation on the device circuit.
