Patents Assigned to Technology, Inc.
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Patent number: 10796734Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for temperature-compensated operation of electronic devices are described. For example, an apparatus for performing voltage compensation on a sense amplifier based on temperature may include a sense amplifier control circuit coupled to the sense amplifier to provide a compensation pulse to the sense amplifier, wherein the sense amplifier operates in a voltage compensation phase during the compensation pulse. The apparatus may determine the compensation pulse responsive to a voltage compensation duration signal that is based on the operating temperature of the apparatus. The voltage compensation occurs when there is no activate command immediately before or immediately after so that compensation duration change do not happen during an activate command from the command decoder.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Boon Hor Lam, Karl L. Major, Jonathan Hawkins, Galaly Ahmad
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Patent number: 10798591Abstract: In one embodiment, a diagnostic device determines signal strengths of two antennas of a multi-antenna device. When the signal strength of each of the two antennas is unacceptable, the diagnostic device provides a recommendation to adjust each of the two antennas. Alternatively, when the signal strength of a first antenna of the two antennas is unacceptable while the signal strength of a second antenna of the two antennas is acceptable, the diagnostic device provides a recommendation to adjust the first antenna. However, when the signal strength of each of the two antennas is acceptable, but a difference between the signal strength of a first antenna and a second antenna of the two antennas is greater than a threshold, then the diagnostic device determines a weaker antenna with weaker signal strength between the first antenna and the second antenna, and provides a recommendation to adjust the weaker antenna.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Madhusudana Rao Kata, Shivaji P. Diwane, Keith Dsouza, Sendilvadivu Ganesan, Vivek Jain
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Patent number: 10796198Abstract: Some embodiments include a special-purpose hardware accelerator that can perform specialized machine learning tasks during both training and inference stages. For example, this hardware accelerator uses a systolic array having a number of data processing units (“DPUs”) that are each connected to a small number of other DPUs in a local region. Data from the many nodes of a neural network is pulsed through these DPUs with associated tags that identify where such data was originated or processed, such that each DPU has knowledge of where incoming data originated and thus is able to compute the data as specified by the architecture of the neural network. These tags enable the systolic neural network engine to perform computations during backpropagation, such that the systolic neural network engine is able to support training.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Luiz M. Franca-Neto
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Patent number: 10798399Abstract: An adaptive video compression system may receive video data to be compressed, such as for delivery to a user device by a video streaming service. For example the video data may be an entire video file or a segment of a video file. The adaptive video compression system determines a suitable encoding scheme for compressing the video data. In order to determine the encoding scheme, the video data may be analyzed to extract a plurality of features interests of the video data, which may represent one or more characteristics of the video data. The features may be concatenated and collectively expressed as a feature vector. The feature vector is then used to determine a classification for the video data. Accordingly, an encoding scheme is determined for the video data based on the classification of the video data, and applied to video data to compress the video data.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Hai Wei, Charles Benjamin Franklin Waggoner, Yang Yang, Srinivas Rajagopalan, Deepthi Nandakumar, Lei Li
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Patent number: 10797597Abstract: The present application proposes a transient enhancing circuit for a constant-on-time converter. The constant-on-time converter includes an error amplifier and a comparator. The transient enhancing circuit includes a first sample-and-hold circuit and a zero-current detection circuit. The first sample-and-hold circuit has an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminal of the first sample-and-hold circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the error amplifier, and the output terminal of the first sample-and-hold circuit is coupled to a first input terminal of the comparator. The zero-current detection circuit is coupled to the first sample-and-hold circuit and arranged for outputting a control signal when current flowing through a load of the constant-on-time converter is detected to be zero. The present application also proposes a constant-on-time converter using the transient enhancing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventor: Yao-Ren Chang
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Patent number: 10797685Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for jitter cancellation with automatic performance adjustment are described. Within a clock distribution system in an electronic device (e.g., a memory device), a jitter cancellation system may be configured to introduce delay between an input clock signal and output clock signal that is directly proportional to the supply voltage for the clock distribution system. In response to supply noise, the delay introduced by the jitter cancellation system may vary directly with respect to the supply voltage fluctuations and thus may offset fluctuations in the delay introduced by other components of the clock distribution system, which may vary inversely with respect to the supply voltage fluctuations. A control component within the jitter cancellation system may execute an algorithm to adjust or regulate the delay introduced by the jitter cancellation system, including its responsiveness to fluctuations in the supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Dan Shi, Fangxing Wei, Michael J. Allen
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Patent number: 10796841Abstract: A magnetic component has a variable inductance over a range of DC bias currents. The component includes a bobbin with a coil positioned around a passageway between first and second end flanges. First and second E-cores have respective middle legs positioned in the passageway with end surfaces of the middle legs juxtaposed within the passageway and spaced apart by a first magnetic gap. An I-bar is positioned in the passageway parallel to and spaced apart from respective first longitudinal surfaces of the middle legs to form a second magnetic gap between the I-bar and the longitudinal surface of the middle leg of the first E-core and to form a third magnetic gap between the I-bar and the longitudinal surface of the middle leg of the second E-core. The magnetic component provides higher inductances for lower bias currents and provides lower inductances for higher bias currents.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Donald Folker, Mike LeBlanc, Thomas M. Poehlman
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Patent number: 10798790Abstract: A microwave heating system configured for heating a plurality of articles is provided. One or more of the microwave launchers can be offset slightly, such that the microwave energy introduced into the heating chamber is discharged at a launch tilt angle of at least 2°. Additionally, each launcher can include a microwave-transparent window disposed between the microwave chamber and the one or more launch openings and at least 50 percent of the chamber-side surface of the window can be oriented at an angle of at least 2° from the horizontal.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Microwave Materials Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Harold Dail Kimrey, Jr.
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Patent number: 10795059Abstract: Ultra thin Fresnel lenses and methods of forming the same are described herein. An optical element comprising an ultra thin Fresnel lens includes a plurality of Fresnel elements formed on a surface of a substrate. Each of the plurality of Fresnel surface elements has an angled facet portion and a shallow or substantially horizontal portion. The Fresnel surface elements can be formed, for example, by a hot stamp or cold transfer method.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Joel Mikael Petersen, Christopher Chapman Rich
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Patent number: 10797792Abstract: Information from optical modules can be combined with information from network switches to help detect and pinpoint problems along a network communications path. A control path between a network switch and a microcontroller of an optical module can be used to obtain monitoring and debugging data from a digital signal processor (DSP) of the optical module. The DSP data can be used with performance data from the network switch to separately determine the health of the electrical and optical sections of the communications link. The ability to pinpoint problems with the communications link enables appropriate remedial actions to be determined and taken automatically.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Omid Momtahan, Waruna Fernando, Poorya Saghari, Venkata Satish Kumar Vangala
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Patent number: 10797816Abstract: A method for extracting POH data blocks and a MOS control block from a data stream in a 64B/66B-block communication link including receiving a data stream, finding a first combination of a MOS control block and K POH data blocks including CRC data in the data stream, extracting the MOS control block and the K POH data blocks from the data stream, searching in a window for a subsequent combination of a MOS control block and K POH data blocks and removing them if at least one of them are found, if neither the subsequent MOS control block nor the K POH data blocks are found within the predetermined window, extracting from the data stream K+1 64B/66B-blocks in the predetermined window.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Microchip Technology Inc.Inventors: Steven Scott Gorshe, Winston Mok
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Patent number: 10796568Abstract: Illuminated signal devices and speed detectors for audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, an illuminated signal device configured for capturing image data is provided, the device comprising a camera having a field of view, a communication module, and a processing module operatively connected to the camera and the communication module, the processing module comprising a processor, and a signal device application, wherein the signal device application configures the processor to detect motion within the field of view of the camera, capture image data in response to the detected motion using the camera, and transmit the image data to a backend server using the communication module.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: James Siminoff
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Patent number: 10796742Abstract: Methods, systems, techniques, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A first ferroelectric memory cell may be used to charge a second ferroelectric memory cell by transferring charge from a plate of first ferroelectric memory cell to a plate of the second ferroelectric memory cell. In some examples, prior to the transfer of charge, the first ferroelectric memory cell may be selected for a first operation in which the first ferroelectric memory cell transitions from a charged state to a discharged state and the second ferroelectric memory cell may be selected for a second operation during which the second ferroelectric memory cell transitions from a discharged state to a charged state. The discharging of the first ferroelectric memory cell may be used to assist in charging the second ferroelectric memory cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Eric S. Carman
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Patent number: 10795604Abstract: The disclosure relates in some aspects to reporting the amount of available physical storage space of a non-volatile memory (NVM) array. A device including an NVM array may send reports regarding the amount of available physical storage space in the non-volatile memory device to a host device or some other suitable apparatus. The amount of available physical storage space takes into account whether any of the physical address blocks of the NVM array have been designated as worn-out. The host device (or other suitable apparatus) may send a report to a user when the amount of available physical storage space is relatively low.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michal Silbermintz, David Haliva, Gadi Vishne
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Patent number: 10796079Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selecting page layouts based upon an outcome prediction associated with a request for a content page. Session variables associated with a request can be extracted. A score can be calculated based upon the session variables. The score can be generated by a machine learning engine that is trained using archived session data. A page layout can be selected based upon the generated score and a respective content page generated.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Bradley, Lakshya Bhagat, Nick Ciubotariu, Michael Albert Galassi, William Kevan Bennett Kennedy, Alexander Michael Spinelli, Nathan Andrew Sterken, Andrew James Will, Wei Zhang, Albert J. Kennis, Thomas Jay Hoover, Neil Christopher Fritz
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Patent number: 10798851Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to implement intelligent cooling interface architectures for cooling systems that employ a heat transfer interface between multiple separate coolant circulation loops. A heat transfer interface may be advantageously managed based on monitored real time operational parameters (e.g., operating conditions such as pressures, mass flow rates, temperatures, etc.) within one or more of the separate coolant loops. Diagnostics and prognostics may be performed to verify proper cooling system operation and to detect out-of-specification operational parameters based on expected or acceptable levels for these measurements in view of the heat load to be removed. In this way, the cooling system performance may be monitored to ensure proper operation and to anticipate and alert a user when cooling system operation is trending toward a failure condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: L3 Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Richard M. Weber
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Patent number: 10798006Abstract: Described in this document, among other things, is an overload protection system that can protect data sinks from overload by controlling the volume of data sent to those data sinks in a fine-grained manner. The protection system preferably sits in between edge servers, or other producers of data, and data sinks that will receive some or all of the data. Preferably, each data sink owner defines a policy to control how and when overload protection will be applied. Each policy can include definitions of how to monitor the stream of data for overload and specify one or more conditions upon which traffic shaping actions are necessary. In embodiments, a policy can contain a multi-part specification to identify the class(es) of traffic to monitor to see if the conditions have been triggered.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Aniruddha Bohra, Vadim Grinshpun, Hari Raghunathan, Mithila Nagendra
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Patent number: 10791934Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for modifying a virtual model of a physical structure with additional 3D data obtained from the physical structure to provide a modified virtual model.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Avi Kopelman
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Patent number: 10797973Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining whether a node in a network is a server or a client. In some examples, a system can collect, from one or more sensors that monitor at least part of data traffic being transmitted via a pair of nodes in a network, information of the data traffic. The system can analyze attributes of the data traffic such as timing, port magnitude, degree of communication, historical data, etc. Based on analysis results and a predetermined rule associated with the attributes, the system can determine which node of the pair of nodes is a client and which node is a server.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ali Parandehgheibi, Abhishek Ranjan Singh, Omid Madani, Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Ellen Christine Scheib, Navindra Yadav, Mohammadreza Alizadeh Attar
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Patent number: 10798045Abstract: A computing system can receive a pick-up request including a carpool service preference from a requesting user. The system can access user data of the requesting user and a plurality of potential carpool riders, and determine one or more common links between the requesting user and each of one or more carpool riders of the plurality of potential carpool riders. The system may then select the one or more carpool riders to ride with the requesting user in the carpool vehicle, and transmit a notification to the requesting user to indicate the one or more common links between the requesting user and each of the one or more carpool riders.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Uber Technologies, inc.Inventors: Rahul Bijor, Matthew Wyndowe, Zoran Martinovic, Dmitry Shevelenko, Amritha Prasad