Patents Issued in May 12, 2020
  • Patent number: 10650891
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for non-contact electron beam probing techniques, including at one or more intermediate stages of fabrication, are described. One subset of first access lines may be grounded and coupled with one or more memory cells. A second subset of first access lines may be floating and coupled with one or more memory cells. A second access line may correspond to each first access line and may be configured to be coupled with the corresponding first access line, by way of one or more corresponding memory cells, when scanned with an electron beam. A leakage path may be determined by comparing an optical pattern generated in part by determining a brightness of each scanned access line and comparing the generated optical pattern with a second optical pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Amitava Majumdar, Rajesh Kamana, Hongmei Wang, Shawn D. Lyonsmith, Ervin T. Hill, Zengtao T. Liu, Marlon W. Hug
  • Patent number: 10650892
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a ternary memory cell is provided, the ternary memory cell including: a first ferroelectric memory cell and a second ferroelectric memory cell in a parallel or serial arrangement, wherein each of the first ferroelectric memory cell and the second ferroelectric memory cell is switchable into a first ferroelectric memory cell state and a second ferroelectric memory cell state; and wherein a first matching state is defined by the first ferroelectric memory cell in the first ferroelectric memory cell state and the second ferroelectric memory cell in the second ferroelectric memory cell state, wherein a second matching state is defined by the first ferroelectric memory cell in the second ferroelectric memory cell state and the second ferroelectric memory cell in the first ferroelectric memory cell state, and wherein a third matching state is defined by the first ferroelectric memory cell and the second ferroelectric memory cell being in the same ferroelectric memory cell state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: FERROELECTRIC MEMORY GMBH
    Inventor: Marko Noack
  • Patent number: 10650893
    Abstract: Numerous embodiments are disclosed for a high voltage generation algorithm and system for generating high voltages necessary for a particular programming operation in analog neural memory used in a deep learning artificial neural network. Different calibration algorithms and systems are also disclosed. Compensation measures are utilized to compensate for changes in voltage or current as the number of cells being programmed changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Hieu Van Tran, Thuan Vu, Stanley Hong, Anh Ly, Vipin Tiwari, Nhan Do
  • Patent number: 10650894
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device of an embodiment includes a substrate, a first conductive layer provided above the substrate, the first conductive layer being spaced apart from the substrate in a first direction, and the first conductive layer being provided parallel to a substrate plane, a second conductive layer provided adjacent to the first conductive layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the second conductive layer being provided parallel to the substrate plane, a third conductive layer provided above the first conductive layer, the third conductive layer being spaced apart from the first conductive layer in the first direction, and the third conductive layer being provided parallel to the substrate plane, a fourth conductive layer provided above the second conductive layer, the fourth conductive layer being spaced apart from the second conductive layer in the first direction, and the fourth conductive layer being provided parallel to the substrate plane, a fifth conductive layer pr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kato, Yusuke Shimada, Fumitaka Arai
  • Patent number: 10650895
    Abstract: Memory device having a tile architecture are disclosed. The memory device may include a first plane having multiple pairs of tiles, wherein at least some of the pairs of tiles of the first plane include a distributed block select circuit and page buffer circuitry. Another memory device may include a memory array, and a CMOS under array region. At least some tile regions may include portions of a total amount of block select circuitry distributed throughout the CUA region, vertical string drivers located outside of the memory array, and page buffer circuitry coupled with the memory array. Another memory device may include a first tile pair including a first tile, a second tile, a first vertical string driver therebetween, a first page buffer region that is greater than 50% of area for the first tile pair, and a first portion of a distributed block select circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric N. Lee
  • Patent number: 10650896
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes: a flash memory array; and control logic. The control logic is coupled to the flash memory array. The control logic is arranged to: program a plurality of memory cells of the flash memory array according to at least one first page of data in a first programming pass; sense the memory cells that are programmed in the first programming pass to obtain the at least one first page of data and preserve the at least one first page of data in a first register circuit inside the flash memory device before a second programming pass; and program the memory cells according to the at least one first page of data and a second page of data in the second programming pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xin Yang
  • Patent number: 10650897
    Abstract: A storage device may perform a reprogram operation on a page on which a program operation is interrupted due to a sudden power off. The storage device may include a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, each of which includes a plurality of pages, and a memory controller configured to perform a reprogram operation on a page in which a program operation is suspended using reprogram data that is set depending on threshold voltages of memory cells included in the page on which the program operation is interrupted, among the plurality of pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Beom Ju Shin
  • Patent number: 10650898
    Abstract: An apparatus having an erase controller configured to perform a two-sided gate-induced drain leakage (GIDL) erase of non-volatile memory cells is disclosed. The erase controller is configured to apply a first voltage pulse having a first value for a voltage pulse attribute to the first end of a first pathway. The erase controller is configured to apply a second voltage pulse having a second value for the voltage pulse attribute to the first end of a second pathway. The first value and the second value are configured to compensate for different impedances such that a first erase voltage at a first select transistor is substantially symmetric with a second erase voltage at a second select transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Peter Rabkin, Kwang-Ho Kim, Masaaki Higashitani, Yingda Dong
  • Patent number: 10650899
    Abstract: A memory having a delayed write-back to the array of data corresponding to a previously opened page allows delays associated with write-back operations to be avoided. After an initial activation opens a first page and the read/write operations for that page are complete, write-back of the open page to the array of memory cells is delayed until after completion of a subsequent activate operation that opens a new page. Techniques to force a write-back in the absence of another activate operation are also disclosed. Calibration and testing sequences are also supported in which a non-destructive mode preserves data stored in a non-volatile memory array and status bits used to indicate open pages are cleared so later inadvertent delayed write-back operations as a result of the calibration or testing do not corrupt the non-volatile data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Everspin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Syed M. Alam
  • Patent number: 10650900
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a first NAND string and a second NAND string sharing a channel and being connected in parallel. When reading a value from a first memory cell transistor of the first NAND string, a first potential is applied to a gate of a second memory cell transistor of the first NAND string and a gate of at least one of fourth memory cell transistors opposing the second memory cell transistor, a second potential is applied to a gate of a third memory cell transistor of the second NAND string opposing the first memory cell transistor, and a gate potential of the first memory cell transistor is swept between the second potential and the first potential. The second potential is lower than the first potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Shimada, Fumitaka Arai, Tatsuya Kato
  • Patent number: 10650901
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a controller, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including memory cells having a plurality of threshold voltage distributions and storing operation codes executable by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hee Nam Yoo
  • Patent number: 10650902
    Abstract: A method for processing blocks of flash memory to decrease raw bit errors from the flash memory is provided. The method includes identifying one or more blocks of the flash memory for a refresh operation and writing information regarding the identified blocks, to a data structure. The method includes issuing background reads to the identified blocks, according to the data structure, as the refresh operation. The method may be embodied on a computer readable medium. In some embodiments the background reads may be based on a time based refresh responsive to an increase in raw bit error count in the flash memory over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Hari Kannan, Robert Lee, Yuhong Mao
  • Patent number: 10650903
    Abstract: Nonvolatile memory devices, operating methods thereof, and memory systems including the same. A nonvolatile memory device may include a memory cell array and a word line driver. The memory cell array may include a plurality of memory cells. The word line driver may be configured to apply word line voltages to a plurality of word lines connected to the plurality of memory cells, respectively. Magnitudes of the word line voltages may be determined according to locations of the plurality of word lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Il Shim, Jae-Hoon Jang, Donghyuk Chae, Youngho Lim, Hansoo Kim, Jaehun Jeong
  • Patent number: 10650904
    Abstract: There are provided a shift register unit and a driving method thereof. The shift register unit includes: an input circuit, whose first terminal receives an input signal of the shift register unit, and second terminal is connected to a pull-up node, the input circuit being configured to output the input signal to the pull-up node; an output circuit, whose first terminal is connected to a clock signal terminal, second terminal is connected to the pull-up node, third terminal is connected to an output terminal of the shift register unit, the output circuit being configured to output a signal of the clock signal terminal to the output terminal under the control of the pull-up node; a pull-up node control circuit, and the pull-up node control circuit being configured to discharge the pull-up node through third power supply voltage terminal under the control of a first power supply voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiong Xiong, Rongcheng Liu, Jinliang Liu, Xiaozhe Zhang, Huanyu Li
  • Patent number: 10650905
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a plurality of BIST circuits, each BIST circuit being configured to compare a test pattern output from an inspection target circuit with an expected value and output a signal indicating a comparison result, and a combining unit configured to generate one signal by performing a logical operation on a plurality of the signals indicating the comparison results which are output from the plurality of BIST circuits. The combining unit includes a plurality of level inspection circuits each configured to perform a level inspection of detecting a stuck-at fault. Each of the plurality of BIST circuits is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of level inspection circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koichi Iwao
  • Patent number: 10650906
    Abstract: A memory bypass circuit for a memory device comprises: a word line disable circuit; a read and write activation circuit; an internal clock generator; and a write data input circuit. The word line disable circuit is coupled to a word line of the memory device for disabling a write function to the word line. The read and write activation circuit is coupled to the memory device for reading and writing of input data. The internal clock generator is coupled to the word line disable circuit and the read/write activation circuit. The write data input circuit is coupled to a write driver of the memory device for providing write data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward Barth, Jr., Kevin W. Gorman, Harold Pilo
  • Patent number: 10650907
    Abstract: Disclosed is a storage test apparatus having a storage protocol matching device including an integrated protocol software unit and an integrated protocol hardware unit, in which, when an insertion of a storage is detected, a protocol configuration that matches a protocol of the storage is automatically set through a protocol switching, thereby enhancing the test efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: EXICON INDUSTRIAL JOINT RND CENTER, EXICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Yun Yun, Soo Il Choi
  • Patent number: 10650908
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a system including the semiconductor device are disclosed, which relate to a technology for detecting a defective or failed part during a probe test of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a test controller configured to perform counting of a read flag signal during activation of a test signal and to control a data mask signal to be toggled at an N-th activation time of the read flag signal. The semiconductor device further includes a cell array configured to receive and store an output signal of the test controller through a data line during a write operation and to output the stored data to a test device during a read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Young Mok Jung
  • Patent number: 10650909
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a testing method for reading current of static random access memory, the method comprising: for each basic static random access memory cell, coupling a gate of a first pull-down transistor to a first bit line; setting a word line and the first bit line at a high potential; and sensing current of the first bit line. The testing method provided in the present disclosure can also be applied to static random access memory cells arranged in matrices, so as to efficiently complete the tests for the reading current of the static random access memory in batches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventors: Pinhan Chen, Dongcheng Wu
  • Patent number: 10650910
    Abstract: A fault analysis method of a semiconductor fault analysis device is provided. The fault analysis method includes: receiving measurement data measured corresponding to a semiconductor device; generating double sampling data based on the measurement data and reference data; performing a fault analysis operation with respect to the double sampling data; classifying a fault type of the semiconductor device based on a result of the fault analysis operation; and outputting information about the fault type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changwook Jeong, Sanghoon Myung, Min-Chul Park, Jeonghoon Ko, Jisu Ryu, Hyunjae Jang, Hyungtae Kim, Yunrong Li, Min Chul Jeon
  • Patent number: 10650911
    Abstract: Various methods, systems, computer readable media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are presented and described that enable a subject, doctor, or user to characterize or classify various types of cancer precisely. Additionally, described herein are methods, systems, computer readable media, and GUIs that enable more effective specification of treatment and improved outcomes for patients with identified types of cancer. Some embodiments of the methods, systems, computer readable media, and GUIs described herein comprise obtaining RNA expression data and/or whole exome sequencing (WES) data for a biological sample; determining a molecular-functional (MF) profile for a subject using the data; determining visual characteristics GUI elements using the data; generating a GUI personalized to the subject using the determined visual characteristics; and presenting the generated personalized GUI to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BostonGene Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Bagaev, Feliks Frenkel, Nikita Kotlov, Ravshan Ataullakhanov
  • Patent number: 10650912
    Abstract: A system for providing structural variation or phasing information is provided. The system accesses a nucleic acid sequence dataset corresponding to a target nucleic acid in a sample. The dataset comprises a header, synopsis, and data section. The data section comprises a plurality of sequencing reads. Each sequencing read comprises a first portion corresponding to a subset of the target nucleic acid and a second portion that encodes an identifier for the sequencing read from a plurality of identifiers. One or more programs in the memory of the system use a microprocessor of the system to provide a haplotype visualization tool that receives a request for structural variation or phasing information from the dataset. The request is evaluated against the synopsis thereby identifying portions of the data section. Structural variation or phasing information is formatted for display in the haplotype visualization tool using the identified portions of the data section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Schnall-Levin, Alexander Wong, David Luther Alan Stafford
  • Patent number: 10650913
    Abstract: A method, which includes: extracting one or more calculation-target water molecules that influence at least interaction energy between the target molecule and some of the drug candidate molecules, but not the interaction energy between the target molecule and all of the drug candidate molecules; and calculating each interaction energy between the target molecule and each of the drug candidate molecules with only considering the one or more calculation-target water molecules as water molecules treated positively in a calculation of each interaction energy, and with considering the one or more calculation-target water molecules only in a calculation of interaction energy which the one or more calculation-target water molecules influence, wherein the method is a method for calculating interaction energy between the target molecule and the drug candidate molecules using a calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10650914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fresh water acute criteria prediction method based on a quantitative structure-activity relationship for metals. An unknown toxic endpoint of a metal is predicted according to a quantitative relationship between structural characteristics of heavy metal ions and acute toxicity effects of aquatic organisms, and hazard concentrations for protecting the aquatic organisms of different proportions are derived from sensitivity distribution analysis on different species. The fresh water acute criteria prediction method is a method for establishing a metal toxicity predictive model by integrating physicochemical structural parameters of heavy metals and toxic mechanisms of different aquatic organisms and applying the metal toxicity predictive model to prediction of an unknown criteria reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yunsong Mu, Fengchang Wu, Haiqing Liao, Yingchen Bai, Xiaoli Zhao, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 10650915
    Abstract: A bedside patient monitor comprises a clinician support system. The clinician support system comprises at least one of the following modules of: a disease-specified decision module (11), disease-specified treatment module (13) or disease-specified observation module (15). The bedside monitor comprises a first interface (105) for manual patient-related input and a second interface (107) for continuous input of a sensor signal. The clinician is supported to deliver requested information and execute the treatment in a predetermined way supported by the clinician support system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Gerhard Tivig, Sebastian Hebler, Oliver Roth, Erica Cummings
  • Patent number: 10650916
    Abstract: A method and system for providing therapy to an individual, the method comprising: transmitting a log of use dataset associated with communication behavior of the individual during a time period; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing mobility of the individual in association with the time period; generating a survey dataset upon retrieving responses provided by the individual to at least one of a set of surveys, associated with a set of time points of the time period; generating a predictive model from a passive dataset derived from the log of use dataset and the supplementary dataset and the survey dataset; generating a report summarizing a mental health state of the individual, associated with at least a portion of the time period, from the passive dataset, the survey dataset, and an output of the predictive model; and rendering information from the report to a coach associated with the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Ginger.io, Inc.
    Inventors: Sai Moturu, Anmol Madan, Karan Singh, Abhishek Nath, Amanda Withrow, Aditya Sharma
  • Patent number: 10650917
    Abstract: A system for associating a patient with a device may include a memory and a processor. The memory may be configured to store a plurality of orders and a set of parameters, wherein each of the plurality of orders comprises order attributes and each of the plurality of orders identifies one of a plurality of patients. The processor may be configured to receive the plurality of orders from an order entry system, receive the set of parameters from a device, correlate the set of parameters with an order of the plurality of orders based on the order attributes of the plurality of orders, associate the device with the patient identified by the order that correlates with the set of parameters, and provide, to the device, an indication of the patient associated with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventor: James J. Alwan
  • Patent number: 10650918
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining routes includes receiving a user's location and health measures, for a plurality of users, analyzing the plurality of users and their corresponding locations to determine health behaviors at a given location and time, receiving a request from a user for a route, developing a route to the user's destination from a current location to obtain a target health behavior within a given threshold or constraint based on the plurality of user's healthy behaviors, and presenting the a route on a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Isabell Filiz Kiral-Kornek, Dwarikanath Mahapatra, Susmita Saha, Arun Vishwanath, Stefan Von Cavallar
  • Patent number: 10650919
    Abstract: A wearable device comprising a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations derived from personalised biological information, a product code reader for reading a product code or data from a product, and a processor for using a read product code or read data to perform a look-up in the database to obtain a product recommendation for the associated product. The wearable device further comprises an indicator for providing an indication of the obtained product recommendation to a wearer of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: DNANUDGE LIMITED
    Inventors: Maria Karvela, Christofer Toumazou
  • Patent number: 10650920
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and system for improving care determination for care providers in relation to a condition of a user associated with a mobile device can include: collecting a log of use dataset associated with user digital communication behavior at the mobile device; collecting a mobility supplementary dataset corresponding to a mobility-related sensor of the mobile device; determining a medical status analysis for a condition of the user based on at least one of the log of use dataset and the mobility supplementary dataset, the medical status analysis including at least one of a diagnosis and a therapeutic intervention associated with the condition; and promoting the at least one of the diagnosis and the therapeutic intervention to a care provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Ginger.io, Inc.
    Inventors: Sai Moturu, Anmol Madan
  • Patent number: 10650921
    Abstract: Item-management systems, apparatus, and methods are described, preferably for management of items such as medicaments. In embodiments, an item-management system comprises a container defining plural cells, a docking station configured to receive the container, sources of visible information to indicate the cell(s) into which an item is to be loaded, and at least one controller operable to control the visible information sources to indicate the cell into which the item is to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CHUDY GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Duane S. Chudy, Larry Montgomery, James T. Spernow
  • Patent number: 10650922
    Abstract: A method to integrate location signals received from indoor positioning systems in order to generate an interactive dataset-based map is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an identifier and location information from a consumer device. The method comprises determining a current location for the consumer device based on the signal strength received from a beacon. The method comprises determining whether the identifier and the current location are associated with the consumer device in a database. The method comprises generating a set of meal datasets within a predetermined proximity to the consumer device. The method comprises generating a first graphical user interface to display the set of meals on the consumer device and receiving a selection of meals from the consumer device. The method comprises generating a second graphical user interface configured to display instructions to reach physical locations of the selected meal datasets in relation to the consumer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michal Knas, Jiby John
  • Patent number: 10650923
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that are executed by the processor to specifically configure the processor to implement a medical imaging story board creation engine. The medical imaging story board creation engine executing in the data processing system receives a patient data structure comprising a medical imaging study comprising a plurality of electronic medical images. The medical imaging story board creation engine analyzes the patient data structure to determine a modality of the medical imaging study. The medical imaging story board creation engine determines, based on the determined modality of the medical imaging study, for each electronic image in the medical imaging study, at least one of an image mode or viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines
    Inventors: David J. Beymer, Ehsan Dehghan Marvast, Ahmed El Harouni, Yaniv Gur, Satyananda Kashyap, Mehdi Moradi, Tanveer F. Syeda-Mahmood
  • Patent number: 10650924
    Abstract: Provided is an medical information processing apparatus including processing circuitry that, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, selects at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kashima, Takeshi Uemori, Masahito Yamane, Tsuneo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10650925
    Abstract: Methods for automated inventory management are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving storage capability data for an item in a dispensing unit, retrospective usage data for the item in the dispensing unit, and an indicator of a minimum time period for which to stock the item in the dispensing unit. The dispensing unit includes a compartment assigned for storing stock of the item. The method also includes determining, based on the minimum time period for which to stock the item, the storage capability data, and the retrospective usage data, a minimum number of stock of the item to store in the compartment, and providing a notification indicating the determined minimum number of stock of the item to store in the compartment. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas William Utech, Maria Consolacion Jaskela
  • Patent number: 10650926
    Abstract: A server control unit of a pump monitoring server records, in a recording unit, a state of a pump together with a time at which the state of the pump is confirmed in a case where the server control unit has received the state of the pump confirmed by a medical practitioner from the pump within a first predetermined time from the start of clocking of a liquid delivery time by a clocking unit. In contrast, in a case where the server control unit has not received the state of the pump from the pump even after the first predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the clocking of the liquid delivery time by the clocking unit, the server control unit prompts the medical practitioner to confirm the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10650927
    Abstract: Improved risk categorization is provided for clinical decision support and forecasting future health care spend. A risk index is provided that improves on other risk stratification models by synthesizing electronic medical records and health questionnaires with an individual patient's claim histories. Machine learning algorithms catalogue patients into distinct group clusters, based on risk which may be associated with annual health care spending, thereby enabling administrators to forecast future health care spending on the individual and population level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Sasanka Are, John Matthew Sugden
  • Patent number: 10650928
    Abstract: A computer network architecture for a pipeline of models with machine learning and artificial intelligence for healthcare outcomes is presented. A machine learning prediction module and an artificial intelligence learning model are in electronic communication with a web application, which is also in electronic communication with a user device. An expanding updating database supports automatically recalibrating, re-evaluating, and reselecting the evolving and improving algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Clarify Health Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Larson, Yale Wang, Samuel H. Bauknight
  • Patent number: 10650929
    Abstract: In some aspects, the described systems and methods provide for a method for training a model to predict survival time for a patient. The method includes accessing annotated pathology images associated with a first group of patients in a clinical trial. Each of the annotated pathology images is associated with survival data for a respective patient. Each of the annotated pathology images includes an annotation describing a tissue characteristic category for a portion of the image. Values for one or more features are extracted from each of the annotated pathology images. A model is trained based on the survival data and the extracted values for the features. The trained model is stored on a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: PathAI, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Beck, Aditya Khosla
  • Patent number: 10650930
    Abstract: A gray control rod having a neutron absorber comprising terbium and dysprosium is provided. The neutron absorber comprises at least one first component and at least one second component, the reactivity worth of the first component increases as the service time of the neutron absorber increases, the reactivity worth of the second component decreases as the service time of the neutron absorber increases; the reactivity worth of the neutron absorber varying no more than 15% within the service time of the neutron absorber. By using the first component and the second component to form the neutron absorber, and adjusting the proportion of the respective components in the neutron absorber, the neutron absorber having a substantially planar reactivity worth loss characteristic can be obtained. The gray control rod and the assembly having required reactivity controlling ability can be obtained by increasing or decreasing the material dosage of the neutron absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SHANGHAI NUCLEAR ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Junqiang Lu, Chuntao Tang, Hui Li, Bo Yang, Jiwei Li, Qianxue Ding, Libing Zhu, Jiazheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10650931
    Abstract: Vibration-based flowmeters are useable in inaccessible nuclear reactor spaces. Flowmeters include an extension that blocks fluid flow in a path and a detector that detects vibrations caused by vortex shedding in the fluid flow around the extension. The detected frequency of the vibrations determines the flow rate. A Strouhal number may be used to calculate the flow speed using extension surface diameter and detected vortex shedding frequency. Several extensions may cover a range of frequencies and flow speeds. Pipe-organ-type flowmeters include a passage with an opening constricted, and subsequent widening section. An extension and outlet that create turbulence in the flow at the outlet create a standing wave and vibration in the extension and/or entire flowmeter. A flow rate of the fluid through the flowmeter can be calculated using length of the passage and/or known properties of the fluid. Multiple, flowmeters of customized physical properties and types are useable together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
    Inventors: Eric P. Loewen, James P. Sineath, Dean D. Molinaro, William C. Dawn, William J. Garcia, Oscar L. Meek, Patrick K. Day
  • Patent number: 10650932
    Abstract: A detector signal-processing circuit comprises the following: a current/voltage conversion part that converts the current value of a neutron detector to a voltage value; a variable gain amplification part that performs amplification by a first-step variable gain using a D/A converter; a current level response-use resistance circuit that selects the measurement range in accordance with the voltage value; temperature measurement units for measuring the temperature of the resistance circuit for current level response; a temperature compensation part for commanding gain compensation by the D/A converter on the basis of the measured temperature; and a selective adjustment control part for selective control of the measurement range and adjustment of the variable gain of the variable gain amplification part. Due to this configuration, neutron flux can be measured with high precision while maintaining a constant output precision, before and after switching of the measurement range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihide Aiba, Toshimitsu Nakai
  • Patent number: 10650933
    Abstract: A fuel rack for nuclear fuel assemblies includes a base plate and an array of cells for holding fuel assemblies. The array of cells includes: a plurality of first slotted plates slidably interlocked with one another to form a top portion of the array of cells, the plurality of first slotted plates formed of a first material; a plurality of second slotted plates slidably interlocked with one another to form a middle portion of the array of cells, the plurality of second slotted plates formed of a second material, the first and second materials being metallurgically incompatible; and a plurality of third slotted plates slidably interlocked with one another to form a bottom portion of the array of cells, the plurality of third slotted plates formed of the first material and connected to a top surface of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL
    Inventor: Krishna P. Singh
  • Patent number: 10650934
    Abstract: An insulated solution injector may include an outer tube and an inner tube arranged within the outer tube. The outer tube and the inner tube may define an annular space therebetween, and the inner tube may define a solution space within. The annular space may be configured so as to insulate the solution within the solution space. As a result, the solution may be kept to a temperature below its decomposition temperature prior to injection. Accordingly, the decomposition of the solution and the resulting deposition of its constituents within the solution space may be reduced or prevented, thereby decreasing or precluding the occurrence of a blockage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Alfred Caine, Russell Alexander Seeman
  • Patent number: 10650935
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to coated articles. A substrate is coated with an underlayer having at a first underlayer film made of a first high refractive index material. A transparent conductive oxide layer over at least a portion of the underlayer. An embedded film is embedded within the transparent conductive oxide layer wherein the embedded film comprises a second high refractive index material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Ashtosh P. Ganjoo, Sudarshan Narayanan, Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy
  • Patent number: 10650936
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire composed of an aluminum alloy, wherein the aluminum alloy contains more than or equal to 0.03 mass % and less than or equal to 1.5 mass % of Mg, more than or equal to 0.02 mass % and less than or equal to 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder of Al and an inevitable impurity, Mg/Si being more than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 3.5 in mass ratio, and the aluminum alloy wire has a dynamic friction coefficient of less than or equal to 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Misato Kusakari, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Hayato Ooi
  • Patent number: 10650937
    Abstract: Various examples are provided for superlattice conductors. In one example, a planar conductor includes a plurality of stacked layers including copper thin film layers and nickel thin film layers, where adjacent copper thin film layers of the copper thin film layers are separated by a nickel thin film layer of the plurality of nickel thin film layers. In another example, a conductor includes a plurality of radially distributed layers including a non-ferromagnetic core; a nickel layer disposed about and encircling the non-ferromagnetic core; and a copper layer disposed on and encircling the nickel layer. In another example, a hybrid conductor includes a core; and a plurality of radially distributed layers disposed about a portion of an outer surface of the core, the plurality of radially distributed layers include alternating ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic layers. In other hybrid conductors, the radially distributed layers can utilize magnetic and non-magnetic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC
    Inventor: Yong-Kyu Yoon
  • Patent number: 10650938
    Abstract: A silicone polyether for use in forming a solid polymer electrolyte film, the silicone polyether comprising a heterocyclic moiety. The silicone polyether comprising the heterocyclic moiety may be used to provide an electrolyte composition suitable for use in an electrochemical device. The silicone polyether comprising a heterocyclic moiety may also be used to form a solid polymer electrolyte that may be used to form a solid polymer electrolyte film, which may be suitable for use in electrochemical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Sivasubramanian, Neeraj Gupta
  • Patent number: 10650939
    Abstract: This invention has an object to provide an electrically conductive adhesive agent which enables a thermosetting resin to cure in a short time. It contains electrically conductive metallic powder including Sn, the thermosetting resin; an acid-anhydride-based hardening agent and an organic acid. The electrically conductive metallic powder and the organic acid are reacted during a heating process to produce an organic acid metal salt which is used as hardening accelerator. It enables thermosetting resin to cure in a short time, for example, a time equivalent to a time that is required for the general reflow process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Mizowaki, Yoshinori Takagi
  • Patent number: 10650940
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a conductor for guiding electromagnetic waves longitudinally along the conductor, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of the conductor for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic waves to an adverse environment that increases propagation losses of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, William Scott Taylor, Donald J Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III, Ed Guntin