Patents Issued in February 21, 2023
  • Patent number: 11587562
    Abstract: A user directed verbal interactive method and system for requesting a evaluation and obtaining a customized verbal therapy routine based on the evaluation obtained. The method and system allow users to interact with an artificial intelligence agent by answering a series of system directed questions that guides the users through evaluation and treatment of physical pain using a customized verbal interaction and delivery regimen. Users verbally engage with the artificial intelligence agent to create respective profiles. The system develops therapies based on their current physiological state and profile. The users are then delivered verbal therapy prompts through the system to implement the developed therapy routines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: John Lemme
  • Patent number: 11587563
    Abstract: A method of presenting a signal to a speech processing engine is disclosed. According to an example of the method, an audio signal is received via a microphone. A portion of the audio signal is identified, and a probability is determined that the portion comprises speech directed by a user of the speech processing engine as input to the speech processing engine. In accordance with a determination that the probability exceeds a threshold, the portion of the audio signal is presented as input to the speech processing engine. In accordance with a determination that the probability does not exceed the threshold, the portion of the audio signal is not presented as input to the speech processing engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Robert Sheeder, Colby Nelson Leider
  • Patent number: 11587564
    Abstract: Systems and methods detecting a spoken sentence in a speech recognition system are disclosed herein. Speech data is buffered based on an audio signal captured at a computing device operating in an active mode. The speech data is buffered irrespective of whether the speech data comprises a signature word. The buffered speech data is processed to detect a presence of the sentence comprising at least one command and a query for the computing device. Processing the buffered speech data includes detecting the signature word in the buffered speech data, and in response to detecting the signature word in the speech data, initiating detection of the sentence in the buffered speech data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Jeffry Copps Robert Jose
  • Patent number: 11587565
    Abstract: Disclosed are a voice recognition system and a display device using the same. The disclosed voice recognition system includes a plate structure, a vibration sensor, and a voice recognition device. The plate structure vibrates based on propagation of a voice wave generated from a user, and the vibration sensor is provided in contact with the plate structure to detect the vibration of the plate structure. The voice recognition device recognizes voice of the user by receiving a signal output from the vibration sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheheung Kim, Jaehyung Jang, Hyeokki Hong
  • Patent number: 11587566
    Abstract: An agent system includes: a first server including a first processor including hardware; a second server including a second processor including hardware; and a third server including a third processor including hardware. The first processor is configured to output first content to a terminal device in response to a request from a user. The second processor is configured to output second content to the terminal device in response to a request from the user. The third processor is configured to acquire the second content from the second server when execution of the second content is requested by the user during execution of the first content acquired from the first server. The third processor is further configured to determine whether to execute the first content and the second content based on a competition processing policy set in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Aihara
  • Patent number: 11587567
    Abstract: Embodiments may determine user intent in conversations with dialogue systems so as to improve the quality of such conversations and to reduce the number of failed conversations. For example, a method may comprise receiving, at a dialogue system, a first text utterance from a user, generating a plurality of second text utterances at the dialogue system in response to the received text utterance, generating a third text utterance based on each generated second text utterance using a trained deep neural network model, generating a score indicating a quality of each conversation, wherein each conversation includes the first text utterance, one of the second text utterances, and the third text utterance based on the one of the second text utterances, and outputting to the user the second text utterance included in the conversation having the highest quality score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Boaz Carmeli, Ateret Anaby Tavor, Eyal Ben-David
  • Patent number: 11587568
    Abstract: A method for streaming action fulfillment receives audio data corresponding to an utterance where the utterance includes a query to perform an action that requires performance of a sequence of sub-actions in order to fulfill the action. While receiving the audio data, but before receiving an end of speech condition, the method processes the audio data to generate intermediate automated speech recognition (ASR) results, performs partial query interpretation on the intermediate ASR results to determine whether the intermediate ASR results identify an application type needed to perform the action and, when the intermediate ASR results identify a particular application type, performs a first sub-action in the sequence of sub-actions by launching a first application to execute on the user device where the first application is associated with the particular application type. The method, in response to receiving an end of speech condition, fulfills performance of the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Patent number: 11587569
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for generating and using text-to-speech (TTS) data for improved speech recognition models. A main model is trained with keyword independent baseline training data. In some instances, acoustic and language model sub-components of the main model are modified with new TTS training data. In some instances, the new TTS training is obtained from a multi-speaker neural TTS system for a keyword that is underrepresented in the baseline training data. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for pronunciation learning and normalization of keyword dependent confidence scores in keyword spotting (KWS) applications. In some instances, the new TTS training data is used for rapid speaker adaptation in speech recognition models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Guoli Ye, Yan Huang, Wenning Wei, Lei He, Eva Sharma, Jian Wu, Yao Tian, Edward C. Lin, Yifan Gong, Rui Zhao, Jinyu Li, William Maxwell Gale
  • Patent number: 11587570
    Abstract: An interactive playground system including a user interface including a speaker and at least one of a microphone and a camera; a plurality of nodes distributed over a surface of the playground system, each one of the nodes including a printed circuit board with at least one sensor and at least one output component connected thereto; and a central unit in data communication with the plurality of nodes. The central unit comprises a memory and a processor; at least one of a speech recognition module and a motion recognition module and an interaction control module in data communication with the at least one of the speech recognition module and the motion recognition module, the speaker and the nodes. The interaction control module implements at least one of conversation instructions through output of audio data on the speaker and game action instructions through control of the output components of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TECHNOLOGIES UGO INC.
    Inventors: Carolyne Gagné, Steve Couture, Jean-Philippe Auclair, Jean-Philippe Doiron
  • Patent number: 11587571
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: at least one processor configured to: receive audio of a voice input of a user; obtain, from a plurality of voice recognizers capable of recognizing the voice input, a plurality of recognition results of the received audio; and perform an operation based on a recognition result of which recognition suitability for the voice input is identified to be high, among the plurality of recognition results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chanhee Choi
  • Patent number: 11587572
    Abstract: A stereo signal encoding method includes obtaining indication information of an encoding mode of a residual signal of a current frame, where the indication information includes at least one of an encoding status of a residual signal of a previous frame, a value of an updating manner flag for a long-term smooth parameter of the current frame, or a value of a status change parameter of the current frame relative to a stereo signal of the previous frame, and determining the encoding mode of the residual signal of the current frame based on the indication information of the encoding mode of the residual signal of the current frame, where the encoding mode indicates whether to encode the residual signal of the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Zexin Liu, Haiting Li
  • Patent number: 11587573
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a speech processing method and a device thereof. The method includes: acquiring a speech sampling signal frame in a mixed-excitation linear prediction (MELP) speech coding system and estimating signal quality of the speech sampling signal frame; determining, based on the signal quality, a specific linear prediction coding (LPC) order used by an LPC circuit; controlling the LPC circuit to convert the speech sampling signal frame into a line spectrum pair parameter based on the specific LPC order; replacing a speech signal spectrum of the speech sampling signal frame with the line spectrum pair parameter to generate a predicted speech signal; and performing a speech coding operation and a signal synthesizing operation of the MELP speech coding system based on the predicted speech signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chao-Lun Chen, An-Cheng Lee, Li-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 11587574
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a voice processing method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium, the method comprising: detecting the working state of a current call system, and when the working state is a two-end speaking state or a remote-end speaking state, performing compression processing on a subsequent remote-end voice signal, acquiring a near-end voice signal by means of a microphone, performing echo processing on the basis of the near-end voice signal and the compression-processed remote-end voice signal to obtain an echo-processed near-end voice signal and a remaining echo signal, performing non-linear suppression processing on the near-end voice signal and the remaining echo signal, and performing gain control on the suppression-processed near-end voice signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen Zhang, Pei Dong
  • Patent number: 11587575
    Abstract: A method for hybrid noise suppression. The method involves obtaining a noisy audio input signal, generating a noise-suppressed audio output signal by performing a combination of a noise spectrum estimate-based noise suppression and a machine learning-based noise suppression, and outputting the noise-suppressed audio output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter L. Chu, Kwan Kin Truong
  • Patent number: 11587576
    Abstract: A noise estimation method including steps of generating gap confidence values in response to microphone output and playback signals, and using the gap confidence values to generate an estimate of background noise in a playback environment. Each gap confidence value is indicative of confidence of presence of a gap at a corresponding time in the playback signal, and may be a combination of candidate noise estimates weighted by the gap confidence values. Generation of the candidate noise estimates may but need not include performance of echo cancellation. Optionally, noise compensation is performed on an audio input signal using the generated background noise estimate. Other aspects are systems configured to perform any embodiment of the noise estimation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Graham Hines, Glenn N. Dickins, Adam J. Mills
  • Patent number: 11587577
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for mobile emulator determination using sound fingerprinting is disclosed. The method includes a verification computer system receiving a transaction request from a computing device purporting to be a mobile device. Responsive to receiving the request, the verification computer system transmits a request for verification information to the computing device. The verification system includes information regarding a tone to be generated by a speaker of the computing device. Thereafter, verification information is received from the computing device. The verification information includes information tone information generated by the computing device, wherein the tone is, after generation, detected by a microphone. The verification system then verifies, based on the receive verification information, whether the information indicates that the computing device is a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Yotam Perkal, Yuri Shafet
  • Patent number: 11587578
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface for microphones, a separated source processor configured to analyze channels from the microphones, and a voice activity detector (VAD) circuit. The VAD circuit is configured to generate a voice estimate (VE) value. The VE value is to indicate a likelihood of human speech received by the microphones. Generating the VE value includes adjusting the VE value based upon a delay between two of the microphones. The VAD circuit is configured to provide the VE value to the separated source processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Xiao Lin
  • Patent number: 11587579
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for detecting user speech are described. In one example, a method for detecting user speech includes receiving a microphone output signal corresponding to sound received at a microphone and identifying a spoken vowel sound in the microphone signal. The method further includes outputting an indication of user speech detection responsive to identifying the spoken vowel sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Arthur Leland Schiro
  • Patent number: 11587580
    Abstract: A magnetic storage apparatus includes a disk-shaped magnetic recording medium, a motor which drives and rotates the magnetic recording medium, a magnetic head, including a first magnetic head element which reads information from the magnetic recording medium, and a second magnetic head element which writes information to the magnetic recording medium, and a bias circuit which supplies a predetermined bias voltage to the first magnetic head element. The magnetic recording medium has a laminated structure including a magnetic layer disposed above a substrate, and a carbon protective layer disposed above the magnetic layer. The bias circuit supplies to the first magnetic head element a voltage which is in a range of ?0.2 V to ?1.0 V with respect to a potential of the magnetic recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Sueoka, Koji Itokazu, Noriya Seiki, Michitaka Takasaki
  • Patent number: 11587581
    Abstract: A near-field transducer or heat sink is formed via a first process. The near-field transducer or heat sink is transfer-printed to a read/write head via a second process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Mark Gubbins, Roger L. Hipwell, Jr., Marcus B. Mooney, Mark Ostrowski, Tong Zhao, Michael J. Hardy, Michael Christopher Kautzky, Neil Zuckerman, Declan Macken, Francis A. McGinnity
  • Patent number: 11587582
    Abstract: A read head is disclosed wherein a Spin Hall Effect (SHE) layer is formed on a free layer (FL) in a sensor and between the FL and top shield (S2). Preferably, the sensor has a seed layer, an AP2 reference layer, antiferromagnetic coupling layer, AP1 reference layer, and a tunnel barrier sequentially formed on a bottom shield (S1). In a three terminal configuration, a first current flows between S1 and S2 such that the AP1 reference layer produces a first spin torque on the FL, and a second current flows across the SHE layer thereby generating a second spin torque on the FL that opposes the first spin torque. When the stripe heights of the FL and SHE layer are equal, a two terminal configuration is employed where a current flows between one side of the SHE layer to a center portion thereof and then to S1, or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenyu Chen, Yan Wu
  • Patent number: 11587583
    Abstract: Described herein are sliders and data storage devices that promote particle mobility to improve particle robustness. In some embodiments, a data storage device includes a recording medium and a slider. A surface of the slider air-bearing surface near the leading edge includes at least one roughening feature that causes the surface to be rougher than other surfaces of the slider to promote particle mobility. The roughening feature may include a regular or irregular pattern, and it may be created using a photoresist mask during the manufacturing process so that the surface is deliberately made rougher (e.g., has a higher friction coefficient) than the surface of a leading pad of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Hu
  • Patent number: 11587584
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are sliders with deep holes, data storage devices including such sliders, and methods of manufacturing such sliders. The holes can be situated near the edges of the slider to improve the stability and/or damping of the slider. The holes may be created, for example, using ion milling. In some embodiments, a slider comprises a leading pad comprising a first medium-facing surface that includes at least a first hole and a second hole, a first side pad comprising a second medium-facing surface that includes at least a third hole, and a second side pad comprising a third medium-facing surface that includes at least a fourth hole. In some embodiments, a trailing pad of the slider comprises a fourth medium-facing surface that includes at least a fifth hole and a sixth hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Hu
  • Patent number: 11587585
    Abstract: A magnetic-disk substrate has an average value of squares of inclinations that is 0.0025 or less, and a frequency at which squares of inclinations are 0.004 or more is 15% or less, in a case where samples of inclinations on a main surface are obtained at intervals of 10 nm. The main surface is configured to receive at least a magnetic recording layer thereon. The magnetic-disk substrate includes an outer circumferential end portion and an inner circumferential end portion, and the outer circumferential end portion and the inner circumferential end portion have chamfered portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: HOYA CORPORATION, HOYA GLASS DISK VIETNAM II LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Itaya, Kinobu Osakabe, Toshio Takizawa
  • Patent number: 11587586
    Abstract: Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, comprising: one or more disks; an actuator assembly comprising a head, and configured to position the head over a corresponding disk surfaces; and one or more processing devices, wherein the head comprises: a write element; a laser unit; and a fly height control element, and wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: iteratively perform write start operations of write start patterns with the head on the corresponding disk surface, at a plurality of values of at least one of laser pre-bias current, and write backoff; detect pattern signal amplitudes of the write start patterns on the corresponding disk surface; and determine a relation of write backoff to laser pre-bias current for the head, based at least in part on the pattern signal amplitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kei Yasuna, Guoxiao Guo, Masaru Furukawa, Shaomin Xiong, Duc H. Banh
  • Patent number: 11587587
    Abstract: Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, comprising: one or more disks; an actuator assembly comprising a head, and configured to position the head over a corresponding disk surface; and one or more processing devices, the head comprising: a write element; a laser unit; and a fly height control element, and wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: iteratively perform spiral write operations of spiral patterns comprising a plurality of sync marks with the head on the corresponding disk surface, wherein the spiral write operations are performed at: a plurality of values of laser pre-bias current, write backoff, and/or start disk phase; detect pattern signal amplitudes of the spiral patterns on the corresponding disk surface; and determine a relation of write backoff to laser pre-bias current for the head, based on the pattern signal amplitudes of the spiral patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kei Yasuna, Guoxiao Guo, Masaru Furukawa, Shaomin Xiong, Duc H. Banh
  • Patent number: 11587588
    Abstract: A method of reading servo wedge data from a rotating constant-density magnetic storage medium having a plurality of tracks, where each track is written at a track pattern frequency, the respective track pattern frequencies varying from a lowest frequency at an innermost one of the tracks to a highest frequency at an outermost one of the tracks, includes, for each respective track, determining, based on the pattern frequency of the respective track, a desired sampling position, sampling actual samples of servo wedge data based on a sampling clock used for all tracks, having a sampling frequency at least equal to the track pattern frequency of the outermost track, determining a phase relationship of the desired sampling position to the sampling clock, and, depending on the phase relationship between the sampling position and the sampling clock, interpolating a sample, or omitting interpolation of a sample and squelching the interpolation clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Supaket Katchmart
  • Patent number: 11587589
    Abstract: Various circuits, systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed to provide dynamic direct current (DC) level shifting for use with a summing component of a quad channel detector (QCD) of a media scanning system configured to detect carbon voids or other defects on the surface of a magnetic recording medium. In an example, a summing circuit receives separate input signals from four optical sensors of the scanning system and generates a summed output signal with an alternating current (AC) component representative of a defect and a direct current (DC) component representative of a total power of an optical transmitter of the scanning system. A DC level shifting circuit receives a fixed DC offset signal and the same four variable input signals. The DC level shifting circuit provides dynamic level shifting of the DC component of the summed output signal based on the fixed DC offset and the four input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Vishwanath Iyer
  • Patent number: 11587590
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for content navigation within a media player is provided. The present invention may include displaying, by a computing device, a media content and a corresponding textual content. The present invention may include receiving, from a user, input regarding the textual content. The present invention may include modifying a playback of the media content based upon the input regarding the textual content to generate a modified media content. The present invention may include playing the modified media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Abhishek Jain, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11587591
    Abstract: A video is provided to viewers using a web-based platform without restricted audio, such as a copyrighted soundtrack. To do so, a video comprising at least two audio layers is received. The audio layers can include separate and distinct audio layers or a mix of audio from separate sources. A restricted audio element is identified in a first audio layer and a speech element is identified in a second audio layer. A stitched text string can be generated by performing speech-to-text on both audio layers and removing the text corresponding to the restricted audio element of the second audio layer. When playing back the video, a portion of the video is muted based on the restricted audio element. A voice synthesizer is employed to generate audible sound during the muted portion using the stitched text string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Haro, Ellis Shui-Man Luk, Selcuk Kopru
  • Patent number: 11587592
    Abstract: Systems and procedures for transforming video into a condensed visual representation. An example procedure may include receiving video comprised of a plurality of frames. For each frame, the example procedure may create a first representation, reduced in one dimension, wherein a visual property of each pixel of the first representation is assigned by aggregating a visual property of the pixels of the frame having the same position in the unreduced dimension. The example procedure may further form a condensed visual representation including the first representations aligned along the reduced dimension according to an order of the frames in the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TIVO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Erik Van de Pol
  • Patent number: 11587593
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for displaying music points, and an electronic device and a medium. One specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring audio material; analyzing initial music points in the audio material, wherein the initial music points include beat points and/or note starting points in the audio material; and on an operation interface of video clipping, displaying, according to the position of the audio material on a clip timeline and the positions of target music points in the audio material, identifiers of the target music points on the clip timeline, wherein the target music points are some of or all of the initial music points. According to the embodiment, the time for a user to process audio material and to make music points is reduced, and the flexibility of tools is also guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Shu Liu
  • Patent number: 11587594
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-dissipating, shock-absorbing structure which is applicable to an electronic module with a hard disk drive. The heat-dissipating, shock-absorbing structure includes a heat-dissipating frame, an elastomer, and a plurality of heat conduction layers. The heat-dissipating frame has a fixing segment and two extending segments. The extending segments connect with two ends of the fixing segment. The fixing segment connects with one side of the hard disk drive. The distance between the extending segments is greater than the thickness of the hard disk drive. At least a portion of the elastomer is disposed at the extending segments. The heat conduction layers cover the elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hung-Chan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11587595
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes receiving multi-dimension information from a data domain operating system running on the server; determining that multiple drive failures occurred within a predetermined time frame based on the multi-dimension information; and extracting a list of system-level events and a timestamp of each event from the multi-dimension information. The method further includes determining a list of components impacted by the list of the system-level events based on the list of system-level events and the timestamp of each event; and determining one or more system-level events associated with one or more impacted components as root causes of the multiple drive failures based on the multi-dimension information. The method uses information from multiple regions of the DAE and correlate the information using a predetermined algorithm to automatically more efficiently identify one or more possible root causes of the multiple drive failures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Bing Liu, Parmeshwr Prasad, Parminder Singh Sethi
  • Patent number: 11587596
    Abstract: A hard disk drive includes a base deck and a cover. The cover is coupled to the base deck to create an enclosure. The hard disk drive also includes tape that covers at least a portion of the cover and the base deck. The tape includes an adhesive layer, which includes an adhesive material and a moisture-absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Chee Yin Chan, Wei Leng Tee, Than Zaw Myint
  • Patent number: 11587597
    Abstract: A connector includes mounting tabs that are extended relative to traditional mounting tabs. On a back side of the printed circuit board (PCB), the mounting tabs connect to a back plate. The mounting tabs extend through the PCB and connect with the back plate, which provides improved structural integrity. Depending on the connector, the use of the mounting tabs can use existing mounting holes for the connector and remove the need for additional mounting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xiang Li, Phil Geng, George Vergis, Mani Prakash
  • Patent number: 11587598
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array and a transmitter, wherein the transmitter includes a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) encoder configured to generate a PAM-n first input signal (where n is an integer greater than or equal to 4) from data read from the memory cell array; a pre-driver configured to generate a second input signal based on the first input signal and based on a calibration code signal, and output the second input signal using a first power voltage; and a driver configured to output a PAM-n DQ signal using a second power voltage lower than the first power voltage in response to the second input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Younghoon Son, Youngdon Choi, Jindo Byun, Hyunyoon Cho, Junghwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11587599
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory chip, one or more signal lines including a first signal line, and a controller. The controller is connected to the memory chip via the one or more signal lines. The controller is configured to transmit and receive signals via the first signal line in accordance with a first standard under which voltages of communicated signals transition in a first range and with a second standard under which voltages of communicated signals transition in a second range narrower than the first range. The controller is configured to transmit a command to the memory chip via the first signal line in accordance with the first standard, and based on a response to the command from the memory chip, enable communication in accordance with the second standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehisa Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 11587600
    Abstract: One or more memory systems, architectural structures, and/or methods of storing information in memory devices is disclosed to improve the data bandwidth and or to reduce the load on the communication links. The system may include one or more memory devices, one or more memory control circuits and one or more data buffer circuits. The memory system, architectural structure and/or method improves the ability of the communications links to transfer data downstream to the data buffer circuits. The memory control circuit receives a store command and a store data tag (Host tag) from a Host and sends the store data command and the store data tag to the data buffer circuits. No store data tag or control signal is sent over the communication links between the Host and the data buffer circuits, only data is sent over the communication links between the Host and the data buffer circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Carlough, Susan M. Eickhoff, Warren E. Maule, Patrick J. Meaney, Stephen J. Powell, Gary A. Van Huben, Jie Zheng
  • Patent number: 11587601
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including a memory array including a plurality of sub-arrays. A plurality of temporary storage units (TSUs) is coupled to the plurality of sub-arrays. Each TSU indicates whether the respective sub-array is undergoing one of a read operation and a write operation. A control circuit is coupled to each of the plurality of sub-arrays through a data bus. The control circuit transmits a read pulse or a write pulse as a first pulse with a delay in response to the sub-array undergoing the read operation or the write operation and transmits, instantaneously, the first pulse to one of the plurality of sub-arrays in response to the sub-array not undergoing the read operation or the write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
    Inventors: Bipul C. Paul, Shashank S. Nemawarkar
  • 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: 11587603
    Abstract: A memory device including a reference voltage (VREF) generator and method for operating the same to improve memory sensing margin, and extend operational temperature range and life of the device are disclosed. Generally, the device further includes an array of non-volatile memory cells divided into a plurality of blocks, a sensing circuit coupled to the array to receive and compare memory signals therefrom to the VREF to read data from the cells. The Local reference voltage generator is configured to provide one of a number of reference voltages to the sensing circuit based on which of the blocks is being read. The array can be divided based on row and column addresses of cells in the blocks. Where the cells include 1T1C ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) cells, and the reference voltages are selected based on a lowest P-term or highest U-term of the cells in the block being read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Kim, Alan DeVilbiss, Kapil Jain, Patrick O'Connell, Franklin Brodsky, Shan Sun, Fan Chu
  • Patent number: 11587604
    Abstract: Methods and devices for reading a memory cell using a sense amplifier with split capacitors is described. The sense amplifier may include a first capacitor and a second capacitor that may be configured to provide a larger capacitance during certain portions of a read operation and a lower capacitance during other portions of the read operation. In some cases, the first capacitor and the second capacitor are configured to be coupled in parallel between a signal node and a voltage source during a first portion of the read operation to provide a higher capacitance. The first capacitor may be decoupled from the second capacitor during a second portion of the read operation to provide a lower capacitance during the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Umberto Di Vincenzo, Ferdinando Bedeschi, Riccardo Muzzetto
  • Patent number: 11587605
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a physical layer interface having a control timing domain and a data timing domain, and circuits that enable the control timing domain during a change in power conservation mode in response to a first event, and that enable the data timing domain in response to a second event. The control timing domain can include interface circuits coupled to a command and address path, and the data timing domain can include interface circuits coupled to a data path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Shaeffer, Lei Luo, Liji Gopalakrishnan
  • Patent number: 11587606
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for a decoding architecture for memory devices are described. Word line plates of a memory array may each include a sheet of conductive material that includes a first portion extending in a first direction within a plane along with multiple fingers extending in a second direction within the plane. Two word line plates in a same plane may be activated via a shared electrode. Memory cells coupled with the two word line plates sharing the electrode, or a subset thereof, may represent a logical page for accessing memory cells. A memory cell may be accessed via a first voltage applied to a word line plate coupled with the memory cell and a second voltage applied to a pillar electrode coupled with the memory cell. Parallel or simultaneous access operations may be performed for two or more memory cells within a same page of memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paolo Fantini, Enrico Varesi, Lorenzo Fratin, Fabio Pellizzer
  • Patent number: 11587607
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for driving word lines using sub word line drivers are described. A memory array may include a plurality of sub-arrays arranged with gaps in between. Word lines may be arranged across multiple sub-arrays and drive access transistors that are used to selectively access rows (e.g., rows of memory cells) within the sub-arrays. In some examples, signals applied to selection devices driving the word lines may be over-driven for a duration at or near the desired transitions of the word line, and some signals may be driven to a relatively high level for a duration around the high and low transitions of a global row line. Whether a signal is over driven or driven to a relatively high level may depend on the type or types of transistors used in each word line driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae H. Kim, Brenton P. Van Leeuwen
  • Patent number: 11587608
    Abstract: There are provided a volatile memory device, and an operating method. The volatile memory device includes: a plurality of memory cells arranged in rows and columns and structured to store data; word lines; bit lines; a row decoder; a column decoder; and a control logic coupled to communicate with the row and column decoders and configured to, in an active period, provide the row decoder with a first command, and provide the column decoder with a second command, wherein the row decoder is further configured to: apply a first word line voltage higher than a ground voltage to a selected word line, from when the first command is provided; and for a duration over which the row decoder is activated, apply either a second word line voltage lower than the first word line voltage to the selected word line or no voltage to the selected word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun Ju Yoon, Min Kang, Dong Uc Ko, Dong Keun Kim, Young Su Oh, Jun Hyun Chun
  • Patent number: 11587609
    Abstract: A multi-level signal receiver includes a data sampler having (M?1) sense amplifiers therein, which are configured to compare a multi-level signal having one of M voltage levels with (M?1) reference voltages, to thereby generate (M?1) comparison signals. The data sampler is further configured to generate a target data signal including N bits, where M is an integer greater than two and N is an integer greater than one. An equalization controller is provided, which is configured to train the (M?1) sense amplifiers by: (i) adjusting at least one of (M?1) voltage intervals during a first training mode, and (ii) adjusting levels of the (M?1) reference voltages during a second training mode, based on equalized values of the (M?1) comparison signals, where each of the (M?1) voltage intervals represents a difference between two adjacent voltage levels from among the M voltage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kwangseob Shin, Jaewoo Park, Younghoon Son, Youngdon Choi, Junghwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11587610
    Abstract: Memory systems having flying bitlines for improved burst mode read operations and related methods are provided. A memory system comprises a memory array including a first set of memory cells coupled to a first inner wordline and a second set of memory cells coupled to a first outer wordline. The memory system includes a control unit configured to generate control signals for simultaneously: asserting a first wordline signal on the first inner wordline coupled to each of a plurality of inner bitlines, and asserting a second wordline signal on the first outer wordline coupled to each of a plurality of outer bitlines, where each of the plurality of outer bitlines includes a first portion configured to fly over or fly under a corresponding inner bitline, and outputting data from each of the first set of memory cells and the second set of memory cells as part of a burst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pramod Kolar, Stephen Edward Liles
  • Patent number: 11587611
    Abstract: A memory device for data searching and a data searching method thereof are provided. The data searching method includes the following steps. A searching word is received and then divided into a plurality of sections. The sections are encoded as a plurality of encoded sections, so that the encoded sections may correspond to a plurality of memory blocks in a memory array. The encoded sections are directed into the memory blocks to perform data comparisons and obtaining a respective result of data comparison. Thereafter, addresses of bit lines which match the searching word are obtained according to respective result of data comparison for each of memory block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Hsiu Lee, Po-Hao Tseng, Yu-Hsuan Lin