Patents Issued in January 9, 2024
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Patent number: 11869438Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including pixels connected to scan lines and data lines, and connection line connected to the scan lines, and a scan driver which drives scan lines. The scan driver includes a scan signal output circuit which outputs a first output signal as a scan signal to a first output line and outputs a second output signal to a second output line, a signal distribution circuit which outputs the first output signal to a first or third connection line and outputs the second output signal to a second or fourth connection line in response to first and second distribution control signals, and a scan-off circuit which outputs gate-off level to at least one of the scan lines in response to first and second scan-off control signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyung Gun Ma, Ji Woong Kim, Jun Yong Song, Seong Joo Lee, Keum Dong Jung, Sang Hyun Heo
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Patent number: 11869439Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver, a driving controller and a power voltage generator. The display panel displays an image based on input image data. The gate driver outputs a gate signal to a gate line. The data driver outputs a data voltage to a data line. The driving controller drives display areas of the display panel in different driving frequencies. The power voltage generator outputs a data power voltage to the data driver. The driving controller outputs an output data enable signal including a writing period having an active signal and a holding period having an inactive signal for the respective display areas. The power voltage generator generates the data power voltage having a high power voltage level during the writing period and a low power voltage level in at least a portion of the holding period.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Hongsoo Kim, Jinyoung Roh, Bonghyun You, Hyojin Lee, Jaekeun Lim
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Patent number: 11869440Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display system includes a first region located in a substrate. The first region is configured to accommodate a control element. A plurality of other regions located on both sides of the first region in the substrate are sequentially disposed based on distances from the first region. The plurality of other regions include a second region configured to accommodate a first circuit element, a third region configured to accommodate a first circuit clock signal line, a fourth region configured to accommodate a second circuit clock signal line, a fifth region configured to accommodate a second circuit element, a sixth region configured to accommodate a first low-potential port and a seventh region located on an upper surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Shiangruei Ouyang, Chujung Shih
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Patent number: 11869441Abstract: A driving controller divides a display panel into first and second display areas according to an operation mode, outputs a start signal indicating a start of one frame and a masking signal for indicating a start of the second display area, sets a basic driving frequency to a normal frequency when the operation mode is a normal frequency mode, sets the basic driving frequency to a frequency lower than the normal frequency when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, and outputs the start signal and the masking signal. The first display area operates at a first driving frequency and the second display area operates at a second driving frequency, and the scan driving circuit sequentially drives scan lines in synchronization with the start signal, and stops, in response to the masking signal, driving of some of the scan lines corresponding to the second display area.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Woomi Bae, Youngha Sohn
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Patent number: 11869442Abstract: A display panel and a display device having an emission control driver are discussed. The display device can include a display panel to display an image through sub pixels, a scan driver to supply a second scan signal to each of second gate lines, and an emission control driver to supply an emission control signal to each of third gate lines and supply a first scan signal to each of first gate lines. Each emission control stage of the emission control driver can include an output buffer. The output buffer can output an emission control signal to an output line and output a first scan signal to a scan output line under control of a first control node, and output a high potential power supply voltage to the output line and output a low potential power supply voltage to the scan output line under control of a second control node.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyelim Ji, Yeonkyung Kim
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Patent number: 11869443Abstract: There are provided a gate driver and a display device including the same. The gate driver includes: a first scan driver; a first sensing driver; a first scan clock line; and a first sensing clock line. The first scan clock line includes a first scan clock main line extending in one direction, and a first scan clock connection line connected to the first scan clock main line and the first scan driver. The first sensing clock line includes a first sensing clock main line extending in one direction, and a first sensing clock connection line connected to the first sensing clock main line and the first sensing driver. The first scan clock main line is closer to each of the first scan driver and the first sensing driver than the first sensing clock main line.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Dong Woo Kim, An Su Lee, Kang Moon Jo
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Patent number: 11869444Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller for supplying a clock training signal through a data clock signal line in a first period of one frame period, and supplying image data through the data clock signal line in a second period of the one frame period, a data driver for generating a clock signal, based on the clock training signal in a clock training period in the first period, and generating a data signal, based on the clock signal and the image data in the second period, and a pixel unit for displaying an image, based on the data signal. The clock training signal includes a plurality of signal levels, and the data driver determines the clock training period, based on the signal levels of the clock training signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chae Hee Park, Jong Soo Kim, Heen Dol Kim, Ji Ye Lee, Young Suk Jung
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Patent number: 11869445Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver, a scan driver, and a driving controller. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area, which operate at different frequencies from each other in a multi-frequency mode. The driving controller controls the data driver and the scan driver. The driving controller generates boundary compensation data by compensating for boundary image signals, which are input to correspond to a boundary area of the first display area in the multi-frequency mode and drives the data driver based on a compensation image signal including the boundary compensation data.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Changnoh Yoon, Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Eun Sil Yun
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Patent number: 11869446Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel including switching elements of a first type and a second type different from the first type, a gate driver for generating a gate signal based on a gate clock signal and providing the gate signal to the display panel, a data driver for providing data voltage to the display panel, an emission controller for providing an emission controlling signal to the display panel, and a driving controller for generating control signals for controlling the gate and data drivers, and the emission controller. In a low-frequency driving mode, the display panel operates in a writing frame for writing data in the pixel and in a holding frame for holding the data written in the pixel, and the driving controller provides the gate driver with a gate clock signal having a direct current (DC) voltage during the holding frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Hyo-Jin Lee
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Patent number: 11869447Abstract: A light emitting display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, and a data driver including a panel driving circuit and a panel sensing circuit, the panel driving circuit configured to drive the display panel, and the panel sensing circuit configured to sense the display panel. The data driver pre-charges a reference line of the display panel based on a voltage output from at least one of data voltage output circuits included in the panel driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Ik Yoo, Jae Yoon Bae, Seok Hyun Hong
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Patent number: 11869448Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which an optical area and a normal area outside the optical area are formed in a display area, wherein the optical area is divided into a transmission area and a light emitting area and wherein the normal area comprises a plurality of light emitting areas; a gate driving circuit configured to supply a gate signal to the display panel; a data driving circuit configured to convert an image data into a data voltage and supply it to the display panel; a display controller configured to control a movement path of the image data so that at least a part of the image data moves over time according to a structure of the optical area when an area where the image data is displayed includes the optical area.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung-Gyum Kim, Minsung Kang
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Patent number: 11869449Abstract: An image processing device that realizes local dimming control and push-up control of a display device using an artificial intelligence function is provided. The image processing device includes a trained neural network model that estimates a local dimming pattern representing light emitting states of light source units corresponding to a plurality of areas divided from a display area of an image display unit for a target display image, and a control unit that controls the light emitting states of the light source units on the basis of the local dimming pattern estimated by the trained neural network model for the target display image displayed on the image display unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventors: Takeshi Hiramatsu, Hiroyuki Tahara
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Patent number: 11869450Abstract: A display brightness adjustment method includes: an electronic apparatus obtains a to-be-displayed image and determines an average pixel brightness value of each backlight partition on a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel based on the to-be-displayed image, where a backlight region of the LCD panel is divided into a plurality of backlight partitions; the electronic apparatus determines an initial dimming duty cycle corresponding to each backlight partition based on the average pixel brightness value of each backlight partition; the electronic apparatus determines a drive current value based on the initial dimming duty cycle corresponding to each backlight partition and drive current threshold data; the electronic apparatus adjusts, based on the drive current value, light emitting brightness of the backlight region that exists when the to-be-displayed image is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiufeng Zhang
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Patent number: 11869451Abstract: Methods for driving color electrophoretic displays including a plurality of display pixels capable of producing a set of primary colors. The method comprises defining a separation cumulate threshold array and using the separation cumulate threshold array to identify areas of the electrophoretic display that are better suited for dithering and not dithering the areas of the electrophoretic display that exceed the separation cumulate threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventor: Kenneth R. Crounse
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Patent number: 11869452Abstract: In an image processing device, for each of one or two or more picture elements among a plurality of picture elements, the one or two or more picture elements having an input grayscale value included in the input image data being equal to or less than a first predetermined value, the second panel data correction unit corrects the second aperture ratio of each of at least one pixel among the plurality of pixels, the at least one pixel facing the one or two or more picture elements, so that an actual transmittance gets closer to a theoretical transmittance, and the first panel data generation unit generates the first aperture ratio for each of the plurality of picture elements by dividing a normalized input grayscale value included in the input image data by a normalized luminance included in the panel luminance distribution data.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventor: Naoko Goto
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Patent number: 11869453Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including a narrowed bezel obtained by designing a gate driver circuit. A gate driver of a display device includes a shift register unit, a demultiplexer circuit, and n signal lines. By connecting the n signal lines for transmitting clock signals to one stage of the shift register unit, (n?3) output signals can be output. The larger n becomes, the smaller the rate of signal lines for transmitting clock signals which do not contribute to output becomes; accordingly, the area of the shift register unit part is small compared to a conventional structure in which one stage of a shift register unit outputs one output signal. Therefore, the gate driver circuit can have a narrow bezel.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Kouhei Toyotaka, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Patent number: 11869454Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to, when displaying an on-screen display image on a screen of a display device, invalidate a contrast value set by a user to a contrast setting value specifying a contrast of the screen, and draw the on-screen display image so as to be superimposed on a background image.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DENSO TEN LimitedInventor: Nobuaki Kajimoto
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Patent number: 11869455Abstract: Novel methods and systems for compensating for ambient light around displays are disclosed. A shift in the PQ curve applied to an image can compensate for sub-optimal ambient light conditions for a display, with the PQ shift being either an addition to a compensation value in PQ space followed by a subtraction of the compensation value in linear space, or an addition to the compensation value in linear space followed by a subtraction of the compensation value in PQ space. Further adjustments to the PQ curve can also be made to provide an improved image quality with respect to image luminance.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventors: Elizabeth G. Pieri, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz, Jake William Zuena
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Patent number: 11869456Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a first coordinate calculator, a second coordinate calculator and a gamma setter. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area. The first coordinate calculator is configured to calculate color coordinates of first image data of the first display area. The second coordinate calculator is configured to calculate color coordinates of second image data of the second display area. The gamma setter is configured to adjust luminance of the first image data, the color coordinates of the first image data, luminance of the second image data and the color coordinates of the second image data.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeonkyoo Kim, Chaehee Park, Deokhwa Woo, Myungwoo Lee, Manseung Cho
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Patent number: 11869457Abstract: The present disclosure provides a synchronous display method of a spliced screen, a display system, an electronic device and a computer readable medium. The spliced screen includes display screens spliced together, and the display method is based on wireless communication and includes: sending control information to the spliced screen for N times at intervals so as to control the display screens to display simultaneously, where N is not less than 2 and is an integer, the control information sent for previous N?1 times includes first information and second information, the control information sent for an Nth time at least includes the second information, the first information is configured for controlling the display screen receiving the control information to turn off a receiving component of the display screen, the second information is configured for controlling the display screen receiving the control information to display after a preset time duration.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Genyu Liu, Tao Li, Xingqun Jiang, Chao Yu, Quanzhong Wang
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Patent number: 11869458Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a scan driving unit configured to provide a scan signal to the pixels, a data driving unit configured to provide a data signal to the pixels, and a controller configured to provide driving frequency information to a processor, which transfers image data with a driving frequency determined based on the driving frequency information to the display device, to receive the image data with the driving frequency from the processor, and to control the scan driving unit and the data driving unit to drive the display panel with the driving frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Myeong-Su Kim, Su-Hyeong Park, Ho-Yong Jung, Jae-Ho Choi
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Patent number: 11869459Abstract: A display control device includes a display region setting unit configured to dynamically change a size of one or a plurality of display regions provided on a screen by changing a position of a boundary line of the display regions, a display control unit configured to dynamically change a size of an arrangement region provided in the display region in response to a dynamic change in size of the display region, and control display of at least one or more display objects arranged in the arrangement region, and a priority setting unit configured to set relative priority of the display objects provided in the same arrangement region, wherein the display control unit controls display of the display object by visual processing, based on the set priority, in response to a dynamic change in size of the display region and the arrangement region.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isao Katsurada, Jitsu Ezaki
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Patent number: 11869460Abstract: An action repair apparatus that grips and suspends above the action, case, and/or cabinet of the instrument having paneling disposed on the outer framework to be repositioned on various x, y, and z-axis points by various mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventor: Francisco Morales
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Patent number: 11869461Abstract: A tuner for a guitar having a neck and string nut including a plurality of nut slots configured to receive respective guitar strings. A tuner mount is fixedly secured to the neck and a tuner body is mounted on the tuner mount. A string break angle fastener is engageable with a guitar string passing through the respective nut slot and sets a break angle of the guitar string. A string lock carriage is movably mounted on the tuner body and includes a string fastener engageable with the guitar string passing through the respective nut slot to secure the guitar string to the carriage. A tuner knob is manually movable to drive the string carriage and thereby adjust the tension of and tune the respective guitar string.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Equilibrium Guitars LLCInventors: David Cohen, Mariann Uleberg-Cohen
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Patent number: 11869462Abstract: A tremolo clamp for attaching to a tremolo-equipped musical instrument having a tremolo arm and retaining the tremolo arm in a selected position. The tremolo clamp includes a clamp rod extending in a longitudinal direction, a fixed clamp arm fixedly attached to a first end of the clamp rod, a first positionable clamp arm slidingly attached along the clamp rod, and a second positionable clamp arm slidingly attached along the clamp rod. The first positionable clamp arm is arranged between the fixed clamp arm and the second positionable clamp arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventor: Joseph Pessano
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Patent number: 11869463Abstract: A lightweight, portable and adaptive air supply for a bagpipe, such as a Great Highland Bagpipe, may include a variable speed compressor and an air supply line communicating from the compressor to the bag of the bagpipe. A switch, which may be a mouth-operated switch, allows the piper to control the air compressor when the piper is playing the bagpipe. The adaptive air supply allows a person to play the bagpipe who may have physical challenges preventing the person from producing breath having the quantity and air pressure otherwise required. The adaptive air supply also allows ready setup of a bagpipe and is a useful teaching tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventor: Bruce Lazaroff
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Patent number: 11869464Abstract: An apparatus for mounting musical instruments is disclosed. The apparatus may comprise a backplate fastened to a wall. A front portion of the backplate may comprise a pair of vertically positioned elevated guides. A bridge member having a top end and a bottom end may pivotably connect the backplate to a bracket. A cushioning member having a U-shaped opening for mounting the musical instruments may encase the bracket. A pair of grooves may be provided at a bottom portion of the cushioning member abutting the elevated guides of the backplate and allowing vertical translation of the cushioning member in accordance with the movement of the bracket and the bridge member. An encasing shaped like the cushioning member may be connected to a front portion of the cushioning member. The musical instruments may be mounted by their necks within the U-shaped opening of the cushioning member and the encasing.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Thomas Harrit, Nicolai Sørensen
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Patent number: 11869465Abstract: An apparatus is provided that accurately estimates a point at which a musical performance is started by a player. The apparatus includes the musical performance analysis unit 32, and the musical performance analysis unit 32 obtains action data that includes a time series of feature data representing actions made by a player during a musical performance for a reference period and estimating a sound-production point based on the action data at an estimated point using a learned model L.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Maezawa, Bochen Li
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Patent number: 11869466Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for segmenting musical compositions are described. Discrete, musically-coherent segments (such as intro, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, and the like) of a musical composition are identified. Distance measures are used to evaluate whether each bar of a musical composition is more like the bars that directly precede it or more like the bars that directly succeed it, and each respective series of musically similar bars is assigned to the same respective segment. Large changes in the distance measure(s) between adjacent bars may be used to identify boundaries between abutting musical segments. Computer systems and computer program products for implementing segmentation are also described. The results of segmentation may advantageously be applied in computer-based composition of music and musical variations, as well as in other applications involving labelling, characterizing, or otherwise processing music.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Obeebo Labs Ltd.Inventor: Colin P. Williams
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Patent number: 11869467Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 according to the present disclosure includes an extraction unit 131 that extracts first data from an element constituting first content, and a model generation unit 132 that generates a learned model that has a first encoder 50 that calculates a first feature quantity which is a feature quantity of first content, and a second encoder 55 that calculates a second feature quantity which is a feature quantity of the extracted first data.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Taketo Akama
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Patent number: 11869468Abstract: A system and method to identify a digital representation of a first musical composition including a set of musical blocks. A set of parameters associated with video content are identified. In accordance with one or more rules, one or more of the set of musical blocks of the first musical composition are modified based on the set of parameters to generate a derivative musical composition corresponding to the video content. An audio file including the derivative musical composition corresponding to the video content is generated.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ROAM HQ, INC.Inventors: Howard Christopher Lerman, Thomas Christopher Dixon, Sean Joseph MacIsaac, Yunus Saatci, Klas Aaron Pascal Leino, Peter Gregory Lerman
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Patent number: 11869469Abstract: An operation panel for an audio processing apparatus includes a plurality of components including a user interface that selects at least one output channel among a plurality of output channels and presents a first processing parameter, which indicates a send level from an input channel to the selected at least one output channel, and a second processing parameter different from the first processing parameter. The audio processing apparatus further includes a link receiver that receives, for at least two components, among the plurality of components, for setting a first link mode and a second link mode independently the first link mode for linking the presented first processing parameter, and the second link mode for linking the presented second processing parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Saito, Shunichi Kamiya, Arata Imai
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Patent number: 11869470Abstract: An acoustic system includes a duct that has a function of causing a fluid to flow therein and has a tubular shape, an internal sound source that is disposed inside the duct on an upstream side or at an outer peripheral portion of the duct, which communicates with an inside of the duct on the upstream side, or an external sound source that is on an outside from an end portion of the duct, and a membrane-shaped member that is formed as a part of a wall of the duct and vibrates in response to sound. A structure including the membrane-shaped member and a rear surface closed space thereof causes acoustic resonance to occur, transmits the acoustic resonance from the sound source into the duct, and suppresses sound radiated from the other end portion of the duct on a downstream side. The external sound source is at a distance within a wavelength at a frequency of the acoustic resonance on the outside from the end portion of the duct.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinya Hakuta, Yoshihiro Sugawara, Akihiko Ohtsu, Shogo Yamazoe
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Patent number: 11869471Abstract: The invention relates generally to a panel structure that incorporates one or more panels and a material for providing reinforcement, baffling, sealing, sound absorption, damping or attenuation, thermal insulation, combinations thereof or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.Inventors: Christophe Chaut, Jerome Matrat, Laura Sivec
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Patent number: 11869472Abstract: An acoustic panel system is provided that includes a perforated first skin, a second skin and a core. The core is connected to the perforated first skin and the second skin. The core includes a plurality of chambers and a first constriction. Each of the chambers extends vertically through the core between the perforated first skin and the second skin. The chambers include a first chamber. The first constriction is configured to divide the first chamber into a plurality of fluidly coupled sub-chambers. The first constriction is configured from or otherwise includes a shape memory material.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventors: Steven M. Kestler, Jennifer Davis, Jose S. Alonso-Miralles
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Patent number: 11869473Abstract: A hollow structure has a hollow body with an annular first space and at least one resonator. In the resonator there is formed an elongated second space with a pair of openings at two ends thereof. Each of the pair of openings opens inwardly toward the interior of the first space. The ratio of the length of a centerline of the second space to the length of a centerline of the first space is within a range of from 0.45 to 0.55. The second space is disposed in a curve along a circumferential surface of the first space and is shaped such that one of the two ends of the second space is folded back toward the other end.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Honji, Azumi Yoshida
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Patent number: 11869474Abstract: A sound absorbing light fixture comprising at least one light emitting element comprising light emitting diodes (LEDs) extending along a first side with at least one perforated panel comprising perforations selected to create an acoustic resonance condition within a cavity of the light fixture comprising a sound absorbing core. The perforated panels are additionally configured to conceal at least a portion or an entirety of the sound absorbing core.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Michael Evan Simla, Timothy Ernest Gulsrud
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Patent number: 11869475Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include applying, via a sound reproduction system, sound cancellation that reduces an amplitude of various sound signals. The method further includes identifying, among the sound signals, an external sound whose amplitude is to be reduced by the sound cancellation. The method then includes analyzing the identified external sound to determine whether the identified external sound is to be made audible to a user and, upon determining that the external sound is to be made audible to the user, the method includes modifying the sound cancellation so that the identified external sound is made audible to the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Andrew Lovitt, Antonio John Miller, Philip Robinson, Scott Phillip Selfon
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Patent number: 11869476Abstract: A metamaterial comprising, a plurality of acoustic vector field sensors, each configured to sense an acoustic vector field of a fluid within a fluid-filled space in response to fluid waves, and producing an electrical signal corresponding to the sensed acoustic vector field; a processor configured to perform a time and space transform on the electrical signal; and at least one phased array transducer, configured to emit fluid waves according to a produced acoustic vector field pattern dependent on a result of the time and space transform, a within a portion of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventor: Steven M. Hoffberg
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Patent number: 11869477Abstract: A noise-cancellation system includes a noise-cancellation filter in communication with at least one speaker, the noise-cancellation filter generating a noise-cancellation signal that, when actuated by the at least one speaker, cancels noise within at least one cancellation zone; and an amplifier disposed between the noise-cancellation filter and the speaker, the amplifier applying a first scaling gain to the noise-cancellation signal and outputting an scaled noise-cancellation signal, the scaled noise-cancellation signal being a linear reduction of the noise-cancellation signal when the first scaling gain is less than unity, wherein the first scaling gain is set to less than unity in response to a signal representative of the noise-cancellation signal exceeding a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Elie Bou Daher, Cristian Marius Hera, Siamak Farahbakhsh
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Patent number: 11869478Abstract: A device includes one or more processors configured to receive an input audio signal. The one or more processors are also configured to process the input audio signal based on a combined representation of multiple sound sources to generate an output audio signal. The combined representation is used to selectively retain or remove sounds of the multiple sound sources from the input audio signal. The one or more processors are further configured to provide the output audio signal to a second device.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Siddhartha Goutham Swaminathan, Sunkuk Moon, Shuhua Zhang, Erik Visser
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Patent number: 11869479Abstract: A 1D ultrasonic converter unit having at least three ultrasonic converters and a control unit for individually controlling each ultrasonic converter, wherein each ultrasonic converter has a housing, a piezoelectric body, and a sound decoupling layer for decoupling sound waves in a gaseous medium, is embedded in a common carrier structure, and emits and/or receives the same frequency between 20 kHz and 400 kHz. Each ultrasonic converter has one sound channel having an input opening associated with one sound decoupling layer, and an output opening. The output openings are arranged along a line, a distance between two adjacent output openings corresponds at most to the whole or half the wavelength of the sound frequency and is smaller than the distance of the input openings.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Pepperl + Fuchs SEInventors: Thomas Kaindl, Regine Augenstein, Mario Kupnik, Axel Jaeger, Matthias Rutsch
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Patent number: 11869480Abstract: An intelligence-driven virtual assistant for automated documentation of new ideas is provided. During a brainstorming session, one or more user participants may discuss and identify one or more ideas. Such ideas may be tracked, catalogued, analyzed, developed, and further expanded upon through use of an intelligence-driven virtual assistant. Such virtual assistant may capture user input data embodying one or more new ideas and intelligently process the same in accordance with creativity tool workflows. Such workflows may further stimulate creativity for capturing ideas, while continuing to document, analyze, and identify further aspects to develop and expand.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: BRIGHT MARBLES, INC.Inventors: John Cronin, Burt Cummings, Charles Root, Michael D'Andrea, Jeffrey Goodwin
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Patent number: 11869481Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to improving speech signal recognition. A method includes obtaining a spatial audio signal; separating a continuous speech signal and a corresponding directivity flag signal for a sound source direction from the spatial audio signal; and combining the continuous speech signal with the corresponding directivity flag signal for the sound source direction to generate a speech activation detection signal for the sound source direction. Because the speech activation detection signal of the sound source direction is obtained by combining the continuous speech signal with the directivity flag signal of the sound source direction, the speech activation detection signal has directivity, reducing the interference from continuous speech signal in other sound source directions.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding LimitedInventor: Yong Liu
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Patent number: 11869482Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a speech waveform. Fundamental frequency information, glottal features and vocal tract features associated with an input may be received, wherein the glottal features include a phase feature, a shape feature, and an energy feature (1310). A glottal waveform is generated based on the fundamental frequency information and the glottal features through a first neural network model (1320). A speech waveform is generated based on the glottal waveform and the vocal tract features through a second neural network model (1330).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yang Cui, Xi Wang, Lei He, Kao-Ping Soong
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Patent number: 11869483Abstract: Generation of synthetic speech from an input text sequence may be difficult when durations of individual phonemes forming the input text sequence are unknown. A predominantly parallel process may model speech rhythm as a separate generative distribution such that phoneme duration may be sampled at inference. Additional information such as pitch or energy may also be sampled to provide improved diversity for synthetic speech generation.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventors: Kevin Shih, Jose Rafael Valle Gomes da Costa, Rohan Badlani, Adrian Lancucki, Wei Ping, Bryan Catanzaro
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Apparatus and method for automatic generation and update of knowledge graph from multi-modal sources
Patent number: 11869484Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for automatic generation and update of a knowledge graph from multi-modal sources. The apparatus comprises a conversation parsing module configured for updating a dynamic information word set VD with labelled words generated from extracted from the multi-modal sources; updating a static information word set VS based on extracted schema of relations extracted from the multi-modal sources; and generating pairs of question and answer based on the dynamic information word set VD, the static information word set VS and the one or more sentence patterns; and a knowledge graph container configured for updating a knowledge graph based on the extracted entities of interest and schema of relations. Therefore, an efficient and cost-effective way for question decomposition, query chain construction and entity association from unstructured data is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company LimitedInventors: Yunzhao Lu, Wai On Sam Lam, Man Choi Asa Chan -
Patent number: 11869485Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for generating a styled sentence by a computer device. The method includes: obtaining a to-be-converted natural sentence, classifying, by inputting the natural sentence into a first encoding model, having a classification capability of classifying the natural sentence into a target content vector and a style vector of the natural sentence, the target content vector indicating a meaning of the natural sentence, and the style vector of the natural sentence indicating a language style of the natural sentence. The method also include determining, from at least one style vector according to a set target language style, a target style vector corresponding to the target language style; and inputting the target content vector and the target style vector into a first decoding model, and generating a styled sentence corresponding to the natural sentence.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Xiaojiang Liu
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Patent number: 11869486Abstract: To be able to convert to a voice of the desired attribution. A learning unit learns a converter to minimize a value of a learning criterion of the converter, learns a voice identifier to minimize a value of a learning criterion of the voice identifier, and learns an attribution identifier to minimize a value of a learning criterion of the attribution identifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hirokazu Kameoka, Takuhiro Kaneko
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Patent number: 11869487Abstract: Speech processing tasks may be allocated at least partly to a local device (e.g., user computing device that receives spoken words) and at least partly to a remote device to determine one or more user commands or tasks to be performed by the local device. The remote device may be used to process speech that the local device could not process or understand, or for other reasons, such as for error checking. The local device may then execute or begin to execute locally determined tasks to reduce user-perceived latency. Meanwhile, the entire media input, or a portion thereof, may be sent to the remote device to process speech, verify the tasks and/or identify other user commands in the media input (or portion thereof).Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sanjoy Ghosh, Pieter Sierd van der Meulen