Patents Examined by Jean B. Jeanglaude
  • Patent number: 11803693
    Abstract: A method for text compression comprises recognizing a prefix string of one or more text characters preceding a target string of a plurality of text characters to be compressed. The prefix string is provided to a natural language generation (NLG) model configured to output one or more predicted continuations each having an associated rank. If the one or more predicted continuations include a matching predicted continuation relative to the next one or more text characters of the target string, the next one or more text characters are compressed as an NLG-type compressed representation. If no predicted continuations match the next one or more text characters of the target string, a longest matching entry in a compression dictionary is identified. The next one or more text characters of the target string are compressed as a dictionary-type compressed representation that includes the dictionary index value of the longest matching entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ronny Lempel, Chenyan Xiong
  • Patent number: 11799491
    Abstract: An electronic device may include wireless circuitry having analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry. The ADC circuitry may include a sampling switch coupled to a bootstrap circuit. The bootstrap circuit may include a bootstrap capacitor, a first transistor coupled between an input of the sampling switch and a bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor, a second transistor coupled between the bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor and ground, and a resistor or transistor that is disposed between the first transistor and the bottom plate terminal of the bootstrap capacitor and that is configured to boost the input impedance of the bootstrap circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Woo, Florian Mrugalla
  • Patent number: 11791541
    Abstract: A base station antenna includes a smart bias tee (SBT), an antenna array, a phase shifter, and a filter circuit. The antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements. The phase shifter includes a plurality of output terminals. Each of the plurality of output terminals is coupled to an antenna element. The filter circuit includes a first filter. An input terminal of the first filter is coupled to either one of output terminals of two ends of the phase shifter. The output terminals are coupled to the SBT. The output terminals of the two ends of the phase shifter have weaker power compared to other output terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: PROSE TECHNOLOGIES (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, PROSE TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) CO., LTD., PROSE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Priyananda Himath, Zhonghao Hu, Wencai Jing, Yading Tang, Jinju Wang
  • Patent number: 11791831
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fault-tolerant threshold circuits used in converting an analog input to a single-bit digital output employ N-modular redundancy of either inverting or non-inverting threshold circuits whose inputs are connected to a single input, and apply majority voting of their outputs to provide correction of transient or permanent faults in up to floor[(N?1)/2] of the individual threshold circuits. Using summation to perform analog majority voting averages the N threshold circuit outputs and provides resilience to single-event transients, but may exhibit an output characteristic having intermediate voltage levels. A digital majority voter having N inputs connected to the outputs of N threshold circuits restores well-defined logic levels and clean hysteresis for Schmitt trigger threshold circuits. A single point of failure at the digital majority voter may be eliminated using an analog majority voter to sum the outputs of three or more redundant digital majority voters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apogee Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Grant, Mark Hamlyn
  • Patent number: 11790232
    Abstract: A neural network deep learning data control apparatus includes: a memory; an encoding circuit configured to receive a data sequence, generate a compressed data sequence in which consecutive invalid bits in a bit string of the data sequence are compressed into a single bit of the compressed data sequence, generate a validity determination sequence indicating a valid bit and an invalid bit in a bit string of the compressed data sequence, and write the compressed data sequence and the validity determination sequence to the memory; and a decoding circuit configured to read the compressed data sequence and the validity determination sequence from the memory, and determine a bit in the bit string of the compressed data sequence set for transmission to a neural network circuit, based on the validity determination sequence, such that the neural network circuit omits an operation with respect to non-consecutive invalid bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyung-Dal Kwon
  • Patent number: 11784656
    Abstract: A digital closed loop control system. An output signal is detected with the aid of an analog-to-digital converter. A correction value is subtracted from the output signal prior to the analog-to-digital conversion and this correction value is added up again after the analog-to-digital conversion. The correction value in this case may be dynamically adapted. In this way, the analog-to-digital converter may be operated in a narrow conversion range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Samuel Quenzer-Hohmuth, Bernhard Wicht, Steffen Ritzmann, Thoralf Rosahl
  • Patent number: 11783370
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for data record compression using graph-based techniques. An example method includes determining a plurality of index components; generating a sorted data record list of a plurality of compound data records; generating an ordered unique index component value list associated with a plurality of unique index component values; assigning a plurality of encodings to the plurality of unique index component values; and generating the compressed data record list based on the ordered unique index component value list and the plurality of encodings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Zilleruelo-Ramos, Hernan Enrique Arroyo Garcia, Joe Frisbie, Gaston L'Huillier, Francisco Jose Larrain
  • Patent number: 11784660
    Abstract: In an example, a system includes an input channel and a voltage to delay converter (V2D) coupled to the input channel. The system also includes a first multiplexer coupled to the V2D and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the first multiplexer. The system includes a second multiplexer coupled to the input channel and an auxiliary ADC coupled to the second multiplexer. The system includes calibration circuitry coupled to an output of the auxiliary ADC, where the calibration circuitry is configured to correct a non-linearity in a signal provided by the input channel. The calibration circuitry is also configured to determine the non-linearity of the signal provided to the ADC relative to the signal provided to the auxiliary ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nagarajan Viswanathan, Himanshu Varshney, Vinam Arora, Charls Babu, Srinivas Kumar Naru
  • Patent number: 11776663
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for compressing nucleic acid sequence data. A method can include obtaining nucleic acid sequence data representing: (i) a read sequence, and (ii) a plurality of quality scores, determining whether the read sequence includes at least one ā€œNā€ base, based on a determination that the read sequence includes at least one ā€œNā€ base, generating, by one or more computers, a first encoding data set by using a first encoding process to encode each set of four quality scores of the read sequence into a single byte of memory, and using a second encoding process to encode the first encoded data set, thereby compressing the data to be compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventor: Guillaume Alexandre Pascal Rizk
  • Patent number: 11777518
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data compression device includes a dictionary match determination unit, an extended matching generator, a match selector and a match connector. The dictionary match determination unit searches for first past input data matching first new input data. The extended matching generator compares second past input data subsequent to the first past input data with second new input data subsequent to the first new input data. The match selector generates compressed data by replacing a part of the input data with match information output from the dictionary match determination unit or the extended matching generator. The match connector replaces a plurality of match information in the compressed data with single match information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Yashima, Youhei Fukazawa, Sho Kodama, Keiri Nakanishi, Masato Sumiyoshi, Kohei Oikawa, Zheye Wang, Takashi Miura
  • Patent number: 11777516
    Abstract: A signal processing system may include a sensor readout channel configured to convert an electronic signal into a digital quantity. The sensor readout channel may include a first-order sigma-delta modulator having a modulator input and a modulator output, first outside chopping switches located at the modulator input, second outside chopping switches located at the modulator output, an auxiliary path having an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having an auxiliary path input and an auxiliary path output, the auxiliary path input configured to receive as its input signal a signal output by a memory element of the first-order sigma-delta modulator, and a signal combiner configured to combine a modulator output signal generated by the first-order sigma-delta modulator with an auxiliary path output signal generated by the auxiliary path to generate a combined output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Melanson, Axel Thomsen, Mucahit Kozak, Paul Wilson, Eric J. King
  • Patent number: 11764804
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein provide for adaptive subband compression of power signals in a power system. In one embodiment, a system includes an encoder is operable to partition sensor measurements into frequency subbands (e.g., including an interharmonic subband), centered at integer multiples of the power system's fundamental frequency (e.g., 50 Hz or 60 Hz). The encoder may also be operable to detect active subbands, and to compress the at least one active subband. The system also includes a data concentrator operable to transmit the at least one compressed subband to a processor for analysis. The system also includes a decoder at a processing location (a substation, a concentrator, or the control center) operable to parse the compressed waveforms into subbands, to interpolate and decompress at least one compressed subband, and to synthesize the decompressed subbands as an approximation of the original waveform (e.g., subject to reconstruction error requirements).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lang Tong, Xinyi Wang
  • Patent number: 11762340
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for an apparatus comprising a time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a processor coupled to the TDC. In some examples, the TDC may be configured to receive a signal and generate a measurement result indicating a time between start and stop events of the signal. The processor may be configured to receive the measurement result, compare the measurement result to a target value, and determine a non-linearity model configured to correct a variance of the measurement result from the target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Marius Moe, Tarjei Aaberge, Bijit Patel
  • Patent number: 11763152
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for improving compression of predictive models includes generating an unlabeled simulated data set by expanding an initial data set, and generating a labeled data set by predicting the unlabeled, simulated data set using a complex model to output a plurality of labels. The method also includes training a relatively simple neural network using the labeled data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BlueOwl, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11764614
    Abstract: An electrically conductive material configured having at least one opening of various unlimited geometries extending through its thickness is provided. The opening is designed to modify eddy currents that form within the surface of the material from interaction with magnetic fields that allow for wireless energy transfer therethrough. The opening may be configured as a cut-out, a slit or combination thereof that extends through the thickness of the electrically conductive material. The electrically conductive material is configured with the cut-out and/or slit pattern positioned adjacent to an antenna configured to receive or transmit electrical energy wirelessly through near-field magnetic coupling (NFMC). A magnetic field shielding material, such as a ferrite, may also be positioned adjacent to the antenna. Such magnetic shielding materials may be used to strategically block eddy currents from electrical components and circuitry located within a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Md. Nazmul Alam, Vinit Singh, Sina Haji Alizad
  • Patent number: 11757468
    Abstract: An encoder of a storage medium encodes data subject to a read operation specified by a storage controller by generating a plurality of symbols representing a soft data stream corresponding to the data subject to the read operation, where each symbol of the plurality of symbols includes (i) a single-bit value number indicating whether the symbol counts 0s or 1s, and (ii) an N-bit count number indicating a bit count associated with the symbol, where N is greater than or equal to two, and the encoder of the storage medium is configured to convey the plurality of generated symbols to the storage controller via electrical interface circuitry connecting the storage medium and the storage controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Nihal Singla, A Harihara Sravan
  • Patent number: 11757466
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the efficiency of a rotational dynamic element matching (DEM) for Delta Sigma converters. In some implementations, the systems and methods are provided for reducing intersymbol interference (ISI) of a Delta Sigma converter. A delta sigma converter architecture can include multiple I-DACs, and the output from each I-DAC can vary from the other l-DACs. Techniques include decreasing mismatch among multiple l-DACs while improving efficiency of rotational dynamic element matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Bandyopadhyay, Preston S. Birdsong, Adam R. Spirer
  • Patent number: 11749624
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of making the same. The device includes an encapsulant. The device also includes a semiconductor die in the encapsulant. The device further includes electromagnetic radiation transmitting and receiving parts in the encapsulant. The device also includes an intermediate portion having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is attached to the encapsulant. The device also includes an antenna portion attached to the second surface of the intermediate portion. The antenna portion includes one or more openings for conveying electromagnetic radiation. The intermediate portion includes one or more corresponding openings aligned with the openings of the antenna portion. Each opening of the antenna portion and each corresponding opening of the intermediate portion forms an electrically contiguous passage for conveying the electromagnetic radiation to the electromagnetic radiation transmitting and receiving parts in the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Abdellatif Zanati, Michael B. Vincent
  • Patent number: 11742876
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an interleaving unit divides a symbol string into first and second symbols. A first coding unit converts the first symbols to first codewords. A first packet generating unit generates first packets including the first codewords. A first request generating unit generates first packet requests including sizes of variable length packets. A second coding unit converts the second symbols to second codewords. A second packet generating unit generates second packets including the second codewords. A second request generating unit generates second packet requests including sizes of variable length packets. A multiplexer outputs a compressed stream including the first and second variable length packets cut out from the first and second packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Sumiyoshi, Keiri Nakanishi, Kohei Oikawa, Sho Kodama
  • Patent number: 11742878
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an occupancy information prediction method, an encoder, a decoder, and a storage medium. The occupancy information prediction method comprises: when an encoder encodes geometrical information on the basis of an octree, determining encoding information corresponding to a neighboring node of a node to be predicted, and a distance parameter between a child node of the node to be predicted and the neighboring nodes; wherein the encoding information corresponding to the neighboring node comprises occupancy information; determining an occupancy weight corresponding to the child node of the node to be predicted according to the distance parameter, and the encoding information corresponding to the neighboring node; performing a prediction processing on the child node according to the occupancy weight and a preset occupancy threshold set to obtain a node type corresponding to the child node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Fuzheng Yang, Shuai Wan, Yanzhuo Ma, Junyan Huo, Zhecheng Wang