Patents Examined by A. T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 12000789Abstract: A system for positioning a sample in a charged particle apparatus (CPA) or an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) system includes a sample carrier coupled to a stage inside the vacuum chamber of the CPA or XPS system. The system allows transferring of the sample carrier among multiple CPAs, XPS systems and glove boxes in inert gas or in vacuum. The sample carrier is releasably coupled with the stage in the vacuum chamber of the CPA or the XPS. Multiple electrodes in a sample area of the sample carrier are electrically connectable with the stage by multiple spring contacts between the sample carrier and the stage.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: FEI CompanyInventors: Libor Novak, Krishna Kanth Neelisetty, Veronika Hammerova, Jan Lasko
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Patent number: 12002958Abstract: The present invention relates to composite particles containing silicon and carbon, wherein a domain size region of vacancies of 2 nm or less is 44% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less when volume distribution information of domain sizes obtained by fitting a small-angle X-ray scattering spectrum of the composite particles with a spherical model in a carbon-vacancy binary system is accumulated in ascending order, and a true density calculated by dry density measurement by a constant volume expansion method using helium gas is 1.80 g/cm3 or more and 2.20 g/cm3 or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Resonac CorporationInventors: Naoto Kawaguchi, Yuji Ito, Masato Fujita, Hirofumi Inoue
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Patent number: 12000347Abstract: An operating method for a fresh-air feed device for an internal combustion engine is configured for feeding fresh air from the environment surrounding the internal combustion engine into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. A controllable throttle valve is configured for varying a through-flowable area of the fresh-air feed device and for at least partially shutting off the fresh-air feed device. The device has a compressor which is arranged upstream of the throttle valve in an intended through-flow direction from the environment into the combustion chamber, which is configured for conveying an air mass flow in the intended through-flow direction in the fresh-air feed device. A pre-compressor section of the device is arranged upstream of the compressor, an intermediate section is arranged downstream of the compressor device and upstream of the throttle valve, and a post-throttle section is arranged downstream of the throttle valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Keber, David Leitner, Martin Ranzmaier, Paul-Andre Rosenberger, Josef Wasserbauer
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Patent number: 12002532Abstract: A memory component and a controller communicate commands and data with each other The commands to activate and then access data, and the data itself, are all communicated between a controller and the memory component at different times. The controller and memory component each calculate a respective error detecting code (EDC) values on the activate command information (e.g., bank address and row address) and store them indexed by the bank address. When the memory component is accessed, retrieved EDC values are combined with EDC values calculated from the access command information, and the data itself. The memory component transmits its combined EDC value to the controller for checking.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: John Eric Linstadt, Frederick A. Ware
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Patent number: 12001333Abstract: Symbols are received, from a first computing device by a second computing device, across lanes of a communication link. A physical layer extracted HPA (or eHPA) is generated from the symbols while operations at a physical layer of a receiving (Rx) protocol stack of the second computing device are being performed. The eHPA is generated before other operations at other layers of the Rx protocol stack are finished. The eHPA is used to perform one or more operations for memory access before a normative message is formed by operations of the receiving protocol stack implemented in a communication interface of the second computing device.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Astera Labs, Inc.Inventor: Enrique Musoll
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Patent number: 12001368Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to memory operation with common clock signals are provided. A memory device or system that includes one or more memory devices may be operable with a common clock signal without a delay from switching on-die termination on or off. For example, a memory device may comprise first impedance adjustment circuitry configured to provide a first impedance to a received clock signal having a clock impedance and second impedance adjustment circuitry configured to provide a second impedance to the received clock signal. The first impedance and the second impedance may be configured to provide a combined impedance about equal to the clock impedance when the first impedance adjustment circuitry and the second impedance adjustment circuitry are connected to the received clock signal in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventor: Hyun Yoo Lee
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Patent number: 12001670Abstract: A device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface including an object. While displaying the user interface, the device detects a first and a second portion of an input, where the first portion includes contact(s) at a location corresponding to the object and the second portion includes movement of the contact(s). In response: upon determining that the second portion was detected shortly after detecting the contact(s): when the first input has a first predefined number of contacts, the device drags the user interface object or a representation; and when the first input has a second predefined number of contacts, the device forgoes the dragging. Further in response, upon determining that the second portion was detected after the contact(s) had been detected at the location for at least the first threshold amount of time, the device drags the user interface object or the representation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Mark K. Hauenstein, Raymond S. Sepulveda, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Julian K. Missig, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay
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Patent number: 12001779Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer implemented method and system for generating an algebraic modelling language (AML) formulation of natural language text description of an optimization problem. The computer implemented method includes generating, based on the natural language text description, a text markup language intermediate representation (IR) of the optimization problem, the text markup language IR including an IR objective declaration that defines an objective for the optimization problem and a first IR constraint declaration that indicates a first constraint for the optimization problem. The computer implemented also includes generating, based on the text markup language IR, the AML formulation of the optimization problem, the AML formulation including an AML objective declaration that defines the objective for the optimization problem and a first AML constraint declaration that indicates the first constraint for the optimization problem.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Rindranirina Ramamonjison, Amin Banitalebi Dehkordi, Vishnu Gokul Rengan, Zirui Zhou, Yong Zhang
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Patent number: 12001945Abstract: An event driven device has a network collecting data. A device is coupled to the network for determining changes in the data collected, wherein the device signals the network to process the data collected when the device determines desired changes in the data collected. In a second embodiment a level shift adjusts the band diagram of a spill and fill circuit to allow processing only if a change in input value occurs. This is extended to teach a means by which the subset of an image or incoming audio data might be used to trigger an event. It could also be used for always on operation at lower power than alternative solutions.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: AIStorm Inc.Inventors: David Schie, Sergey Gaitukevich, Peter Drabos, Andreas Sibrai
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Patent number: 12003124Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for a Battery Management System (BMS) for the controlling of the charging and discharging of a plurality of battery cells (12). Each battery cell has an associated plurality of control circuits (32, 36) which monitor and control the charging of individual battery cells. These units are controlled by a central microcontroller (14) which shunts current around the battery cell if fully charged and stops discharge if a battery cell is fully discharged in order to prevent damage to the other cells.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Lithium Balance A/SInventor: Ivan Loncarevic
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Patent number: 12002656Abstract: Operating a gas feed device for a particle beam apparatus includes predetermining a flow rate of a precursor through an outlet of a precursor reservoir containing the precursor to be fed onto an object, loading a temperature of the precursor reservoir, the temperature being associated with the predetermined flow rate, from a database into a control unit, setting a temperature of the precursor reservoir to the temperature loaded from the database using a temperature setting unit, and determining at least one functional parameter of the precursor reservoir depending on the flow rate and the temperature, loaded from the database, using the control unit and informing a user of the gas feed device about the determined functional parameter. Informing the user of the gas feed device about the functional parameter may include displaying the functional parameter on a display unit, outputting an optical signal, or outputting an acoustic signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventor: Andreas Schmaunz
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Patent number: 12002501Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for distributed timing of targeted refresh operations. Information stored in volatile memory cells may decay unless refresh operations are performed. A memory device may perform auto-refresh operations, as well as one or more types of targeted refresh operations, where particular rows are targeted for a refresh. Targeted refresh operations may draw less power than an auto-refresh operation. It may be desirable to distribute targeted refresh operations throughout a sequence of refresh operations, to average out a power draw in the memory device. Responsive to an activation of a refresh signal, the memory device may perform a group of refresh operations. At least one refresh operation in each group may be a targeted refresh operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventor: Hidekazu Noguchi
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Patent number: 12003677Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an operation device; a storage that stores classification determination information and a user classification rule; a memory that stores instructions; and a processor. The processor executes the instructions stored to: input image data on a document; acquire the input image data on the document; acquire, from the acquired image data, feature quantity; and update the user classification rule. The user classification rule is information in which a criterion for classifying a document having specific feature quantity is set for each user in association with the specific feature quantity. When the user uses the operation device to perform a specific classification operation on image data on a document having the acquired feature quantity, the processor executes the instructions to change a criterion of the user classification rule of the user associated with the acquired feature quantity to a criterion corresponding to the specific classification operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Sho Kamihisa
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Initial acquisition and beam refinement from an intelligent reflecting surface using defocused beams
Patent number: 12003305Abstract: A base station may identify one or more beams toward a node for communication with at least one UE. The one or more beams may correspond to a plurality of beams from the node. The base station may transmit, to the node, an indication to adjust a surface phase of the node corresponding to the one or more beams or one of the plurality of beams from the node. The base station may select at least one beam of the plurality of beams from the node for communication with the at least one UE. The base station may communicate with the at least one UE via the node and the at least one beam. The at least one beam of the plurality of beams from the node may be based on a defocusing operation associated with a virtual focal point.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Mehmet Izzet Gurelli, Qiang Wu, Junyi Li, Raju Hormis, Tao Luo, Navid Abedini, Ozge Koymen, Farideddin Fayazbakhsh -
Patent number: 12004396Abstract: A display panel includes: a silicon-based substrate, a driving layer, a first electrode layer, an organic light emitting layer, a second electrode layer and a plurality of pads. Where, the display signal access pad is configured to access the display signal during a display phase, the test signal access pad at least includes a first group of test phase access pads, and the first group of test phase access pads includes a first pad and a second pad, the first pad is electrically connected with the electrode ring, and the second pad is electrically connected with the silicon-based substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhijian Zhu, Pengcheng Lu, Yu Ao, Yunlong Li, Yuanlan Tian
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Patent number: 12003466Abstract: Example resource allocation methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes that a terminal device receives downlink control information sent by a network device, where the downlink control information includes a resource allocation field, the resource allocation field includes formula (I)+5 bits. The terminal device determines the first resource indication value, and determines, based on the first resource indication value, a starting resource block allocated in the uplink bandwidth and a length L CRP, s of consecutive resource blocks allocated in the uplink bandwidth, where M?LCRBs?6, and M is a positive integer greater than 1. The terminal device sends data on resources corresponding to the starting resource block and the length of the consecutive resource blocks. The methods and the devices provided in the embodiments of this application may be used in a communications system, for example, V2X, V2V, the Internet of Vehicles, MTC, DE-M, M2M, or the Internet of Things.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zheng Yu, Wenping Bi, Yue Zhao, Xingqing Cheng
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Patent number: 12004267Abstract: A method for calibrating a control system configured to control a two-wire heater includes providing power to a load electrically coupled to the control system, generating, an initial measured characteristic and a calibrated measured characteristic of the load by the control system and a controller calibration system, respectively. The method further includes defining a calibrated measurement reference based on a correlation of the initial measured characteristic and the calibrated measured characteristic. With the calibrated measure reference, the control system is further calibrated to define a resistance-temperature calibration reference for determining a working temperature of the two-wire heater based on a measured resistance of the two-wire heater.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Matthew Yender, Brian Geer, Eric Meech, Stanton H. Breitlow, Adam Kidney
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Patent number: 12004337Abstract: Disclosed in some embodiments is a chamber component (such as an end effector body) coated with an ultrathin electrically-dissipative material to provide a dissipative path from the coating to the ground. The coating may be deposited via a chemical precursor deposition to provide a uniform, conformal, and porosity free coating in a cost effective manner. In an embodiment wherein the chamber component comprises an end effector body, the end effector body may further comprise replaceable contact pads for supporting a substrate and the contact surface of the contact pads head may also be coated with an electrically-dissipative material.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Gayatri Natu, Geetika Bajaj, Prerna Goradia, Darshan Thakare, David Fenwick, XiaoMing He, Sanni Seppaelae, Jennifer Sun, Rajkumar Thanu, Jeff Hudgens, Karuppasamy Muthukamatchy, Arun Dhayalan
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Patent number: 12003299Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device including a first antenna, a second antenna and a wireless communication chip. The wireless communication chip is configured to control the first antenna to broadcast a packet, control the second antenna to receive the packet broadcasted from the first antenna, and determine channel state information according to the packet received by the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Po-Jung Chiu, I-Cheng Tsai, Ching-Chia Cheng, Shun-Yong Huang
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Patent number: D1029510Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Mark McKenna, Brett Willink, Chris Pottinger, John Mark Allen, Stephanie Weir, Jacquelyn Geda, Nathan McCaughan, Cyril Joseph Mayne, Ramsey Carter, Colton Grant, Ian Ferguson