Patents Examined by Tuan T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11621049
    Abstract: A system include multiple memory dice and a processing device coupled to the multiple memory dice. The processing device is to perform operations, including: reading temperature values from registers at multiple memory dice, wherein each temperature value is associated with a temperature at a respective die of the multiple memory dice; reading error-correcting code (ECC)-protected data from the multiple memory dice; determining whether an ECC check of the ECC-protected data results in detecting an error; in response to detecting the error from the ECC-protected data for a die of the multiple memory dice, performing a confirmation check that the error is a result of a defect in the die; and in response to the confirmation check confirming the die is defective, ignoring a temperature value from the die when determining whether to trigger a thermal-related operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkata Naga Lakshman Pasala, Wei Wang, Jiangli Zhu
  • Patent number: 11615827
    Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a decision tree computation system in which a hardware accelerator for a decision tree is implemented in the form of an analog Content Addressable Memory (a-CAM) array. The hardware accelerator accesses a decision tree. The decision tree comprises of multiple paths and each path of the multiple paths includes a set of nodes. Each node of the decision tree is associated with a feature variable of multiple feature variables of the decision tree. The hardware accelerator combines multiple nodes among the set of nodes with a same feature variable into a combined single node. Wildcard values are replaced for feature variables not being evaluated in each path. Each combined single node associated with each feature variable is mapped to a corresponding column in the a-CAM array and the multiple paths of the decision tree to rows of the a-CAM array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Catherine Graves, Can Li, Kivanc Ozonat, John Paul Strachan
  • Patent number: 11611039
    Abstract: A memory includes: a first electrode comprising a top boundary and a sidewall; a resistive material layer, disposed above the first electrode, that comprises at least a first portion and a second portion coupled to a first end of the first portion, wherein the resistive material layer presents a variable resistance value; and a second electrode disposed above the resistive material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsai-Hao Hung, Shih-Chi Kuo
  • Patent number: 11607106
    Abstract: An endoscope (1) with a shaft (2), a grip (3) connected to the shaft (2) at a proximal end region of the shaft (2), and a viewing region (4) formed in a distal end region of the shaft (2) by optical elements. The shaft (2) has at least one proximity sensor (5), of which the measuring region lies at least outside the viewing region (4), preferably in such a way that the measuring region of the proximity sensor (5) covers at least the distance of the lateral region of the distal end region. The endoscope has an evaluation device (6) which is configured to generate a warning signal when a definable distance threshold value is undershot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCHÖLLY FIBEROPTIC GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Doser
  • Patent number: 11605440
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile memory includes a plurality of groups and a memory controller configured to execute a first operation. Each of the plurality of groups includes a plurality of cell units. Each of the plurality of cell units includes a plurality of memory cells. The first operation includes: based on a first correction amount associated with a target group, reading data from the target group; and updating the first correction amount to a second correction amount based on the data. The memory controller is configured to: select a first group as the target group; and when a condition is satisfied, select a second group as the target group after performing the first operation related to the first group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Naomi Takeda, Masanobu Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 11596296
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion provided with a controllable curved tube. The controllable curved tube includes a plurality of circular tube sections connected in series. A first C-shaped engaging portion is arranged at one end of each tube section. A first included angle is formed between the opening direction of the first C-shaped engaging portion and the axial direction of the tube section to which the first C-shaped engaging portion belongs. A first C-shaped notch is arranged around the outside of the first C-shaped engaging portion. The other end of the tube section is provided with a second C-shaped engaging portion that is engaged with the first C-shaped notch of another tube section. The inner side of the second C-shaped engaging portion is provided with a second C-shaped notch and a spherical protrusion which are engaged with a first C-shaped engaging portion of another tube section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ANQING MEDICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hang Yan, Wei Tang
  • Patent number: 11596295
    Abstract: A video endoscope including: an elongated shaft having an inner shaft tube and an outer shaft tube; and an electrical connecting element extending in a longitudinal direction of the shaft between the inner shaft tube and the outer shaft tube. Wherein the electrical connecting element is configured as a flexible printed circuit board with at least one conducting path which is routed substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft, and the electrical connecting element is routed at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft at at least one location of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Wieters, Annika Goehring
  • Patent number: 11600354
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system including a memory device having a plurality of physical cells and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations that include selecting, responsive to detecting a power event, a subset of a plurality of memory cells of the memory device, the memory device being characterized by auxiliary read metadata identifying one or more read offsets for each of the plurality of memory cells, the one or more read offsets representing corrections to read signals applied to the respective memory cell during a read operation. The operations further include performing one or more diagnostic read operations for each of the subset of the plurality of memory cells of the memory device and modifying the auxiliary read metadata by updating the one or more read offsets for at least some of the plurality of memory cells of the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sheperek, Bruce A. Liikanen, Steven Michael Kientz
  • Patent number: 11589733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intubation system comprising insertion unit to be connected to a bending section of a medical instrument comprising an inner elongated shaft structure being capable of torque transmission around its length axis and an outer elongated shaft structure surrounding the inner elongated shaft structure and having a continuous outer surface, and an orientation controller being attached to the inner elongated shaft, such that when the orientation controller rotates, the bending section turns around itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: G.I. VIEW LTD.
    Inventors: Avraham Sinay, Yuval Raz, Zohar Deli, Ziv Rozenker, Albert Sviridovski
  • Patent number: 11589736
    Abstract: Integrated hysteroscopic treatment systems which includes an endoscopic viewing system, a fluid management system, a resecting device and a controller for operating all the systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Meditrina, Inc.
    Inventor: Csaba Truckai
  • Patent number: 11587602
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for timing signal delay compensation in a memory device are described. In some memory devices, operations for accessing memory cells may be performed with timing that is asynchronous relative to an input signal. To support asynchronous timing, a memory device may include delay components that support generating a timing signal having aspects that are delayed relative to an input signal. In accordance with examples as disclosed herein, a memory device may include delay components having a variable and configurable impedance, where the configurable impedance may be based at least in part on a configuration signal generated at the memory device. A configuration signal may be generated based on fabrication characteristics of the memory device, or based on operating conditions of the memory device, or various combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhi Qi Huang, Wei Lu Chu, Dong Pan
  • Patent number: 11581057
    Abstract: A memory device includes a system block for storing test information and includes a data block including memory cells connected to a plurality of low bank column lines and a plurality of high bank column lines. The memory device also includes a column repair controller configured to detect, based on the test information, a concurrent repair column line in which a low bank column line among the plurality of low bank column lines and a high bank column line the plurality of high bank column lines corresponding to the same column address are concurrent repaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Seong Uk Kim
  • Patent number: 11576567
    Abstract: An otoscope provides a circular display allowing a compact housing providing improved simultaneous viewing of the display and the patient's ear for improved positioning and stabilization of the otoscope. A recorded image may be rotationally corrected, and non-image data displayed on the screen may be rotationally corrected with the use of an inclinometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Greg Rebella, James Berbee, Azita Hamedani, Cameron Loper
  • Patent number: 11574697
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for improving a decoding operation in a non-volatile memory are described. An example method includes performing a first hard read to obtain a first set of values stored in a plurality of cells, storing the first set of values in a first buffer, performing a plurality of subsequent hard reads on the plurality of cells to obtain a plurality of subsequent sets of values, performing, for each subsequent set of values, the following operations: computing a quality metric, storing, in a second buffer, a difference between the subsequent set of values and the set of values stored in the first buffer, wherein the difference is stored in a compressed format, and storing, in response to the quality metric exceeding a threshold, the subsequent set of values in the first buffer, and generating, based on the first buffer and the second buffer, the log-likelihood ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Fan Zhang, Aman Bhatia, Haobo Wang
  • Patent number: 11571107
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for automated endoscopic device control systems. In one embodiment, an example endoscopic device control system may include memory that stores computer-executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to determine a first image from an endoscopic imaging system comprising a camera and a scope, determine, using the first image, that a first condition is present, determine a first response action to implement using a first endoscopic device, and automatically cause the first endoscopic device to implement the first response action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KARL STORZ IMAGING, INC.
    Inventor: Marios Kyperountas
  • Patent number: 11562792
    Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory having a plurality of memory cells and a controller. The controller is configured to switch a mode for controlling an access operation to the non-volatile memory from a first mode to a second mode, in response to receiving from a host, a first command for instructing the controller to switch the mode from the first mode to the second mode. The access operation controlled according to the second mode improves data retention relative to the access operation controlled according to the first mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riki Suzuki, Yoshihisa Kojima
  • Patent number: 11559646
    Abstract: A system and method for video assisted percutaneous needle cricothyrotomy and tracheostomy to assist physicians in quickly intubating patients suffering from respiratory distress when oral or nasal intubation is not possible or contraindicated. The system and method includes a display monitor, a percutaneous needle assembly including a connection hub having a syringe port for removably attaching a syringe, a needle port for attaching a hollow needle, and a stylet port in communication with the needle port for receiving a fiber optic stylet that extends through the hollow needle. The fiber optic stylet includes one or more illuminators, and a camera for capturing and transmitting anatomical images for display on the display monitor to visually assist physicians in locating a patient's trachea lumen. The fiber optic stylet is positioned within the trachea lumen, and used as a guide wire to insert a dilator and cannula for ventilating the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Ali Osman
  • Patent number: 11559193
    Abstract: A medical control device includes: a light source controller configured to modulate pulsed light by changing a crest value of a pulsed current and emit the pulsed light a plurality of times from the light source in one frame; an imaging controller configured to cause an image sensor to sequentially generate a pixel signal at a specific frame rate; and an image processor configured to use a pixel signal obtained by multiplying the pixel signal for specific one frame from each pixel of a specific horizontal line by a ratio of an amount of exposure of specific pulsed light made in the specific one frame to a total exposure amount obtained by adding each exposure amount of all of the pulsed lights exposing the specific horizontal line within the specific one frame including an illumination period of the specific pulsed light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Ryohei Kagawa
  • Patent number: 11559194
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a first optical element that generates transmitted light obtained by removing a first wavelength band component from incident light and generates reflected light obtained by extracting the first wavelength band component from the incident light; a first light source that emits light that includes at least a component of the first wavelength band and that causes the light to be incident on the first optical element so as to be reflected light of the first optical element; a second light source that emits light so that light including a component of a wide second wavelength band including the first wavelength band to be transmitted light of the first optical element; and a control unit that controls driving of the first light source and the second light source. The control unit controls on/off of emission of the first and second light source emission light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunihiko Onobori
  • Patent number: 11557361
    Abstract: A memory device to determine a voltage optimized to read a group of memory cells by reading the group of memory cells at a plurality of test voltages, computing bit counts at the test voltages respectively, and computing count differences in the bit counts for pairs of adjacent voltages in the test voltages. When a smallest one in the count differences is found at a side of a distribution of the count differences according to voltage, the memory device is configured to determine a location of an optimized read voltage, based on a ratio between a first count difference and a second count difference, where the first count difference is the smallest in the count differences, and the second count difference is closest in voltage to the first count difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Robert Khayat, James Fitzpatrick, Abdelhakim S. Alhussien, Sivagnanam Parthasarathy