Patents Issued in January 9, 2024
  • Patent number: 11868131
    Abstract: A method of determining a flight path for an aerial vehicle, includes controlling the aerial vehicle to fly along a first route, identifying, during the flight along the first route and with aid of one or more processors, a change in a state of signal transmission occurring at a first location, in response to identifying the change, determining, by the one or more processors, a second location different from the first location, determining a second route to the second location, and controlling, by the one or more processors, the aerial vehicle to fly to and land at the second location. The change of the state of signal transmission indicates an abnormal state in a signal transmission between the aerial vehicle and a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Litian Zhang, Xiao Hu, Ang Liu
  • Patent number: 11868132
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing pedestrian avoidance strategies for a mobile robot that include receiving position data of a pedestrian and the mobile robot from systems of the mobile robot and estimating positions of the pedestrian and the mobile robot based on the position data. The system and method also include determining an expected intersection point of paths of the pedestrian and the mobile robot and an estimated time for the pedestrian to reach and cross the expected intersection point of the paths. The system and method further include implementing a pedestrian avoidance strategy based on the positions of the pedestrian and the mobile robot and the expected point in time when the pedestrian will reach and cross the expected intersection point of the paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Yun Lo, Katsu Yamane, Kenichiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11868133
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to detecting and avoiding blind spots of other vehicles when maneuvering an autonomous vehicle. Blind spots may include both areas adjacent to another vehicle in which the driver of that vehicle would be unable to identify another object as well as areas that a second driver in a second vehicle may be uncomfortable driving. In one example, a computer of the autonomous vehicle may identify objects that may be relevant for blind spot detecting and may determine the blind spots for these other vehicles. The computer may predict the future locations of the autonomous vehicle and the identified vehicles to determine whether the autonomous vehicle would drive in any of the determined blind spots. If so, the autonomous driving system may adjust its speed to avoid or limit the autonomous vehicle's time in any of the blind spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Dmitri A Dolgov, Christopher Paul Urmson
  • Patent number: 11868134
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an obstacle navigation travelling device of a power line inspection robot. The present obstacle navigation travelling device of a power line inspection robot includes: a travelling device underframe; a first arm assembly mounted at one end of the travelling device underframe; a first linear driving device for driving the first arm assembly to move linearly on the one end of the travelling device underframe; a second arm assembly mounted at one end of the travelling device underframe far from the first arm assembly; a second linear driving device for driving the second arm assembly to move linearly on the one end of the travelling device underframe far from the first arm assembly; and a third arm assembly. The present invention has the beneficial effects of a large turning range and excellent balancing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Wenxu Yan
  • Patent number: 11868135
    Abstract: A processing device acquires map data that has road information, acquires detection results detected by one or more detectors that detects surroundings of a first mobile object, and cross-checks a position of a second mobile object included in the detection results with the road information of the map data to determine whether or not the position of the second mobile object is included in a region indicating a road of the road information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tamaki, Takahiro Yoshida, Marina Saikyo, Akinori Oi, Yoshimitsu Murahashi
  • Patent number: 11868136
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by a computing system associated with a vehicle, determining a current location of the vehicle in a first region, identifying one or more first sets of model parameters associated with the first region and one or more second sets of model parameters associated with a second region, generating, using one or more machine-learning models based on the first sets of model parameters, one or more first inferences based on first sensor data captured by the vehicle, switching the configurations of the models from the first sets of model parameters to the second sets of model parameters, generating, using the models having configurations based on the second sets of model parameters, one or more second inferences based on second sensor data generated by the sensors of the vehicle in the second region, and causing the vehicle to perform one or more operations based on the second inferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jared Benisch, Ashesh Jain
  • Patent number: 11868137
    Abstract: Systems and methods for path planning with latent state inference and spatial-temporal relationships are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes an inference module, a policy module, a graphical representation module, and a planning module. The inference module receives sensor data associated with a plurality of agents. The inference module maps the sensor data to a latent state distribution to identify latent states of the plurality of agents. The latent states identify agents as cooperative or aggressive. The policy module predicts future trajectories of the plurality of agents at a given time based on sensor data and the latent states of the plurality of agents. The graphical representation module generates a graphical representation based on the sensor data and a graphical representation neural network. The planning module generates a motion plan for the ego agent based on the predicted future trajectories and the graphical representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiachen Li, David F. Isele, Kikuo Fujimura, Xiaobai Ma, Mykel J. Kochenderfer
  • Patent number: 11868138
    Abstract: Various embodiments for controlling a state of an autonomous vehicle that is to meet a user are provided. A receiver receives location information indicating a current location of the user. A memory stores a plurality of states of the autonomous vehicle. Each of the states at least one of visually or audibly distinguishes the autonomous vehicle. A sensor senses an environment of the autonomous vehicle to obtain environment information. A distance from a place of meeting the user to the current location of the user is calculated based on the location information. A first state is selected in accordance with the environment information. The autonomous vehicle is caused to change from a second state to the first state when the distance from the place of meeting the user to the current location of the user becomes smaller than or equal to a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kazunobu Konishi, Shuhei Matsui, Yuta Shimotsuma
  • Patent number: 11868139
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a movement control system includes a receiver configured to receive start information for deciding a start order from which execution of an operation plan is started, the operation plan including a plurality of orders for controlling a movable object; and an operation plan executor configured to start the execution of the operation plan from the start order decided based on the start information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Yamane, Noriyuki Hirayama, Michio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11868140
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining a fleet-level objective for a vehicle associated with instructing the vehicle to travel a route according to route criteria based on the fleet-level objective. The method includes receiving a ride request from a ride requestor associated with ride criteria including a pick-up location and a drop-off location. The method includes determining that the ride requestor is a passenger for the vehicle to satisfy the fleet-level objective contingent on modifications to the ride criteria. The method includes providing incentives to the ride requestor contingent on acceptance of the modifications to the ride criteria. The method includes, after receiving the acceptance of the modifications to the ride criteria, modifying the ride criteria in accordance with the route criteria. The method includes instructing the vehicle to transport the ride requestor based on the modified ride criteria so as to fulfill the fleet-level objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Farzad Cyrus Foroughi Abari, Aaron Jacob Levine Friedman, John Houston, Adam Hart Reis, Alexander Thomas Starns
  • Patent number: 11868141
    Abstract: The apparatus for controlling group driving according to as aspect may include an inter-vehicle communication unit for communicating with a leader vehicle to receive the driving state and traveling track of the leader vehicle, a leader vehicle learning unit for learning a driving pattern of the leader vehicle based on the driving state of the leader vehicle received through the inter-vehicle communication unit, an autonomous drive unit for autonomously driving the follower vehicle in accordance with the traveling track of the leader vehicle, and a follow-up control unit for receiving the driving state of the leader vehicle to learn the driving pattern of the leader vehicle, controlling the autonomous drive unit to follow the traveling track of the leader vehicle, and performing the autonomous driving by applying the driving pattern of the leader vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Kwan Ji
  • Patent number: 11868142
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and system for assisting a robot to navigate in a warehouse setting. In some embodiments, robot is configured to receive a reserved route and move according to the reserved route as it navigates inside a warehouse. A reserved route includes one or more waypoints. Each waypoint represents a location and a size, the size being the space needed for accommodating a robot at the location. The one or more waypoints are listed in a sequence for a robot to follow sequentially. In some embodiments, each waypoint may further include a timestamp representing the time that the robot given the reserved route is supposed to arrive at the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Ai, Hao Yang
  • Patent number: 11868143
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including: at least one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); at least one battery pack comprising at least one battery; and at least one motor of the at least one UAV, where the at least one battery is configured to transfer energy to the at least one motor; where power from the at least one motor is configured to ascend the at least one UAV to a second altitude when the at least one battery is at or near capacity, and where the second altitude is higher than the first altitude; and where power from the at least one motor is configured to descend the at least one UAV to the first altitude after the Sun has set to conserve energy stored in the at least one battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Derek Lisoski, Bart Dean Hibbs
  • Patent number: 11868144
    Abstract: In a drone system in which a drone and a movable body operate in coordination with each other, the drone performing a predetermined operation in an agricultural field, the movable body being capable of moving with the drone aboard and allowing the drone to make a takeoff and a landing, the plan determining section determines a flight plan for the drone and a movement plan for the movable body in accordance with the flight plan, and the instructing section instructs the drone to execute an operation in accordance with the flight plan and instructs the movable body to move or to be on standby in accordance with the movement plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NILEWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Chihiro Wake, Hiroshi Yanagishita
  • Patent number: 11868145
    Abstract: A reliability map is generated by superimposing or associating populations or other intrinsic data is superimposed or associated with a geographic map of a region, which is divided into a grid having cells of uniform size. Densities of towns, cities or other geospatial areas are determined and assigned to cells of the grid, which have sizes corresponding to minimum dimensions of a corridor required for travel by an aerial vehicle. When a mission requiring travel from an origin to a destination within the region is identified, one or more paths of a safe route between the origin and the destination are selected based on the reliability map. The safe route is selected to avoid areas of high population density or locations of critical infrastructure such as schools, hospitals or public safety buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Alonso Lopez, Pragyana K. Mishra
  • Patent number: 11868146
    Abstract: A flying drone for shelf label checking includes a flying mechanism, a camera, and a camera interface configured to transmit and receive data to and from the camera. A flight control interface is configured to transmit and receive data to and from the flying mechanism. A processor is configured to acquire a first image of an object from a first distance with the camera, then extract an object region for the object from the first image. The processor then sets a flight path based on the object region and controls the flying mechanism to fly the camera along the flight path to a second distance that is closer to the object than the first distance. A second image of the object is then acquired from the second distance with the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Yasunaga, Keita Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11868147
    Abstract: A system may be configured to monitor an amount of a gas species in a processing chamber using Optical Emission Spectrometry. The gas measurement may be provided as feedback to a control process that generates a target setpoint for a gas flow controller into the process chamber. This real-time process may increase/decrease the flow rate of the gas in order to maintain a process deposition mode within a transition region between primarily metallic deposition and primarily compound deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip DiGiacomo, Sunil Kumar Garg, Paul G. Kiely, Keith A. Miller, Rajat Agrawal
  • Patent number: 11868148
    Abstract: An isolation transformer boost system. The system includes a power supply and an isolation transformer. The isolation transformer includes a primary winding electrically connected to the power supply, a secondary winding, a first voltage tap, and a second voltage tap. Wherein the isolation transformer is configured to, in response to a command from an electronic processor, disconnect a connection from the second voltage tap and establish a second connection from the first voltage tap, wherein the command is based on an electrical characteristic measurement of the power supply exceeding an upper limit threshold for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Steve Liscinsky, Jean-Yves Schneider, Joseph DiMaria
  • Patent number: 11868149
    Abstract: A power control system, which enables more effective utilization of electrical power generated by using renewable energy, includes a monitoring unit, an output control unit, and a power storage control unit. The monitoring unit monitors the amount of electrical power generated by a power generation device using renewable energy and the amount of electrical power purchased by a consumer through utility grid. When the amount of purchased electrical power is less than a first threshold on the basis of a monitoring result of the monitoring unit, the output control unit suppresses output of electrical power generated by the power generation device. When the amount of the purchased electrical power is less than a second threshold which is greater than the first threshold on the basis of the monitoring result, the power storage control unit charges a storage battery with the generated electrical power outputted by the power generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nasuno, Haruya Mori
  • Patent number: 11868150
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a power supply stabilizing circuit having noise suppressing mechanism configured to drive a voltage-control oscillating circuit that includes a current-adjusting N-type transistor including a drain, a source and a gate and an adjusting voltage generation circuit. The drain receives a first operation voltage. The source generates a power signal to the voltage control oscillator circuit. The gate receives an adjusting voltage. The adjusting voltage generation circuit operates according to a second operation voltage higher than the first operation voltage and receives a reference voltage that is a division of the first operation voltage to generate the adjusting voltage. The adjusting voltage is a sum of the reference voltage and a threshold voltage of the current-adjusting N-type transistor such that the current-adjusting N-type transistor operates in a saturation region to keep a current variation amount of the power signal smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsi-En Liu
  • Patent number: 11868151
    Abstract: A system for controlling energy consumption. The system may incorporate devices configured on a floor map, a monitor that detects energy consumption by each device, a heat map shown on the floor map, a processor, and a user interface having a display connected to the processor. The heat map may indicate energy consumption in various areas of the floor plan. The floor map with the heat map may be a screen on the display. The energy consumption by each of the devices from the monitor may be calculated by the processor in time that each device is active and in a power rating of the respective device. The energy consumption by each of the devices may be converted by the processor into cost. From a screen, a user may define a virtual and dynamic zone to optimize and control the energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Deepak Sundar Meganathan, Soumen Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11868152
    Abstract: A bandgap reference circuit generates a PTAT voltage and a CTAT voltage having a different temperature characteristic from the PTAT voltage and generates a reference voltage based on the PTAT voltage, the CTAT voltage, and a compensation voltage. The bandgap reference circuit generates a CTAT current having a different temperature characteristic from the PTAT voltage based on the CTAT voltage and determines the compensation voltage based on the CTAT current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajun Lee, Jaewook Kwon, Hyeongtae Kim
  • Patent number: 11868153
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a current leakage detector, a leakage compensation pulse generator, and a leakage compensation voltage generator. The current leakage detector is configured to compare an internal voltage signal with a plurality of reference voltage signals with different levels to generate a current leakage state signal. The leakage compensation pulse generator is configured to generate a bias level compensation signal based on the current leakage state signal and a temperature state signal. The leakage compensation voltage generator is configured to generate the internal voltage signal based on the bias level compensation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Min Wook Oh, Chang Ki Baek
  • Patent number: 11868154
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a signal transmission method and a signal transmission device, which are applied to a digital circuit including a plurality of circuit modules connected in series, and each circuit module is configured to perform corresponding operation processing based on a first clock signal provided by a first clock. The method includes: under driving of a second clock signal provided by a second clock, transmitting a first signal output by a current circuit module to a target circuit module in response to reception of the first signal, the first signal is a signal output by the current circuit module when operating based on the first clock signal, transmission of the first signal is completed within a current clock cycle of the first clock, and a clock rate of the second clock is greater than that of the first clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LYNXI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangshu Shen, Xiaohuan Jin, Tong Shang, Yaolong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11868155
    Abstract: A configurable control panel system (10) for an agricultural machine, the system comprising: one or more pre-coded pushbuttons (1), each push button having a code mechanism adapted to carry a specific code representing a dedicated function for the push button; a control panel (5) provided with one or more sockets (7) adapted to receive and detachably attach any one of said pre-coded push buttons (1), each socket having a decoding mechanism adapted to generate a code specific control signal based on the code carried by the pre-coded push button when the push button is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VÄDERSTAD HOLDING AB
    Inventors: Stefan Vålberg, Johan Söderberg
  • Patent number: 11868156
    Abstract: A touch-control panel and a touch-control display apparatus. The touch-control panel comprises a touch-control sensing layer with a plurality of touch-control units, wherein each of the touch-control units comprises at least one touch-control pattern, with the touch-control pattern comprising a first touch-control electrode and a second touch-control electrode that are insulated from each other. The first touch-control electrode is provided with at least one first touch-control group, with the first touch-control group comprising a plurality of first touch-control branches and first conductive connection portions which are separately connected to one end of each of the plurality of first touch-control branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dalin Xiang, Zewen Bo
  • Patent number: 11868157
    Abstract: A conductive sheet includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of thin metal wires formed in a mesh shape on one surface of the transparent substrate. The plurality of thin metal wires includes an n-sided polygon formed in a virtual pattern and an inverted virtual pattern and six connecting lines. The virtual pattern and the inverted virtual pattern obtained by flipping the virtual pattern horizontally are densely laid such that intersection points disposed on respective sides of the virtual pattern and the inverted virtual pattern are overlapped with each other and that opening regions formed by the plurality of thin metal wires are aperiodically arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Asato Fukuda, Takashi Yokoyama, Satomi Teraya, Kousuke Matsumoto, Yoshimasa Shirasaki
  • Patent number: 11868158
    Abstract: In embodiments of field value search drill down, a search system exposes a search interface that displays one or more events returned as a search result set. A field-value pair can be emphasized in the field-value pairs of an event displayed in the search interface, and a menu is displayed with search options that are selectable to operate on the emphasized field-value pair of the event. The menu includes the search options to add search criteria of the emphasized field-value pair to a search command in a search bar of the search interface, exclude the search criteria of the emphasized field-value pair from a search, or create a new data search based on the emphasized field-value pair. A selection of one of the search options in the menu can be received, and the search command in the search bar is updated based on the search option that is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Eugene Burke, Katherine Kyle Feeney, Divanny I. Lamas, Marc Vincent Robichaud, Matthew G. Ness, Clara E. Lee
  • Patent number: 11868159
    Abstract: A device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: displays a geographic map in a first mode of an application, the geographic map including a plurality of landmarks, the geographic map being displayed at a first magnification level; detects a first input, the first input including a first finger contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a first landmark on the display; in response to detecting the first input: when the first input does not satisfy one or more predefined mode-change conditions, changes the magnification level in accordance with the first input and remains in the first mode; and when the first input satisfies the mode-change conditions, selects the first landmark and enters a second mode of the application; while in the second mode, detects a second input; and, in response to detecting the second input, displays information about the first landmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Billy Chen, Patrick Steven Piemonte
  • Patent number: 11868160
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reconfiguring application windows in a display. An example method includes displaying a first application window and a second application window; receiving a drag input for moving the first application window; based on the drag input entering an invocation region, displaying a layout menu with a plurality of display layouts, each of the display layouts including one or more snap zones; receiving a hover of the first application window over a particular snap zone of a particular display layout of the plurality of display layouts; based on the hover of the first application window over the particular snap zone, displaying a zone-indicator pane corresponding to the particular snap zone; receiving a drop input of the first application window over the particular snap zone; and in response to the drop input, resizing and repositioning the first application window according the particular snap zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Papamarcos, Robert Disano, Stacy Carson, Albert Yih, Benjamin B. Stolovitz, Howard Hughes, Selena Feng, Bret Anderson
  • Patent number: 11868161
    Abstract: A system configured to synchronize the displays of multiple infusion pumps is provided. In some embodiments, the system includes a plurality of infusion pumps in communication with a server. An individual infusion pump synchronizes its internal clock by communicating with the server. Based on the synchronized internal clock, the infusion pump determines the current time, calculates a parameter based on the current time, and causes screen content corresponding to the calculated parameter to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall E. Fryman
  • Patent number: 11868162
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, via a processor, a frame of image data, such that the frame of image data may include an active portion and an idle portion. The active portion may include data for presenting one or more images via a first display of a first electronic device. The method may also include receiving a signal from a second electronic device during the idle portion of the frame of image data, such that the second electronic device is separate from the first display. The method may then involve initiating processing of the frame of image data in response to the signal being received from the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Assaf Menachem, Peter F. Holland, Yung-Chin Chen
  • Patent number: 11868163
    Abstract: Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an interconnection network; a processor; and a plurality of configurable circuit clusters. Each configurable circuit cluster includes a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array; a synchronous network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array; and an asynchronous packet network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony M. Brewer
  • Patent number: 11868164
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for management of a coordinated environment for execution of on-demand code with reduced memory footprint provided. A coordinator receives individual on-demand code execution requests or tasks from coordinated devices. The coordinate can process the on-demand code execution requests to associate at least a subset of the on-demand code execution with one or more groups sharing executable code. The coordinated device can implement the execution of the individual tasks without requiring a separate loading and execution of the on-demand executable code. Accordingly, the coordinated device may be implemented on computing devices having more limited computing resources by reducing the memory footprint required to execute the on-demand task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arunachalam Sundararam, Erik Jacob Sipsma
  • Patent number: 11868165
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a control program for each of control circuits in an information processing device constituted by a plurality of the control circuits and for causing a computer to execute a process including: when synchronization of power consumption between the respective control circuits is detected, computing delay time of an own control circuit such that the control circuits have the delay time different from each other; disclosing data of the power consumption at a past time point with respect to the delay time, to other control circuits as the data of the current power consumption; and performing load balancing by using the data of the power consumption disclosed to the other control circuits and the data of the power consumption disclosed by the other control circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Munenori Maeda
  • Patent number: 11868166
    Abstract: In an approach to improve detecting and correcting errors in one or more machine learning pipelines. Embodiments comprise generating a plurality of test machine learning pipeline instances based upon a target machine learning pipeline and evaluating the plurality of test machine learning pipeline instances for failure in a task. Further, embodiments identify one or more root causes of error based upon the evaluated plurality of test machine learning pipeline instances and failure in the task, and create a remediated target machine learning pipeline based upon the identified one or more root causes of error. Additionally, embodiments output the remediated machine learning pipelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julian Timothy Dolby, Jason Tsay, Martin Hirzel
  • Patent number: 11868167
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for provisioning a tag schema. The embodiment may include determining data types for tag-keys within an existing ecosystem of tags. Each tag of the existing ecosystem comprises a tag-key and a tag-value. The embodiment may include performing pairwise clustering of the tags within the ecosystem. The embodiment may include identifying a main tag-key within each cluster of tags. The embodiment may include grouping the clusters into a broader category. The embodiment may include providing a tag schema recommendation for the ecosystem based on the grouped clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Keri Wheatley, Omar Odibat, Shikhar Kwatra, Manish Mahesh Modh, Ilyas Mohamed Iyoob
  • Patent number: 11868168
    Abstract: A system and method for content management, may include receiving content created by a creator; creating a container to contain the created content and storing the created content in the container; determining a content type for the content; based on the determined content type, identifying items of metadata specified for the content type (name metadata; support data; corresponding; determining whether an identified item of specified metadata corresponding to the content is missing from the container; and prompting a user to supply identified missing metadata corresponding to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TUNEGO, INC.
    Inventors: Stacy Haitsuka, John Kohl, Ofek Hayon, Mark Goldston
  • Patent number: 11868169
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for enabling access to secure data. A first module is arranged to generate a limited use passcode and make the passcode available to a user. A second module and a third module are arranged to communicate whereby to enable detection of the third module being in proximity to the second module. A fourth module is arranged to receive a passcode via user input. The apparatus is arranged to enable access to secure data in dependence on the fourth module receiving a valid passcode generated by the first module and the third module being in proximity to the second module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Visa Europe Limited
    Inventor: Boris Taratine
  • Patent number: 11868170
    Abstract: A playback device includes a port configured to receive content from an external memory device, a device memory residing in the device, and a controller programmed to execute instructions that cause the controller to read a read data pattern from the defined region in the external memory device and determine if the read data pattern correlates to an expected data pattern to a predetermined level, wherein the expected data pattern is derived at least in part from a defect map of the defined region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Marking, Kenneth Goeller, Jeffrey Bruce Lotspiech
  • Patent number: 11868171
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a converter device having at least the following: a housing including a button with a motor and a gear assembly, a wireless processor, an internal battery, and an attachment element to attach the housing to a host device. The button may be programmable to control the host device. In addition, the wireless processor is preconfigured with a specific identifier (e.g., SIM) to a mobile network or a user's mobile device so that upon activating the host device, the converter may be connected to the mobile network or the user's mobile device without any additional configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Samuel Jones, III
  • Patent number: 11868172
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus an apparatus including a memory module is described. The memory module can include a plurality of memory ranks and a register clock driver (RCD) coupled to the plurality of memory ranks. The RCD can include a receiver configured to receive a chip select signal for selecting one or more memory ranks. The RCD can further include a logic circuit coupled to the receiver, and an output driver coupled to the logic circuit. The RCD can further include a loopback circuit configured to sample the chip select signal from one or more of a first sampling point between the receiver and the logic circuit and a second sampling point between the logic circuit and the output driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Zhihan Zhang, Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11868173
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device having functional circuitry driven by a clock signal includes onboard clock generation circuitry. The clock generation circuitry includes an input configured to accept a frequency reference signal, at least one variable loading capacitor coupled to the input for converting the crystal resonator signal into a calibrated clock signal, and calibration circuitry configured to calibrate the at least one variable loading capacitor based on a reference voltage. The input configured to accept a frequency reference signal may be configured to accept a crystal resonator signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Li Cai, Sau Siong Chong, Chang-Feng Loi, Lawrence Tse
  • Patent number: 11868174
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally relate to clock tree routing in a chip stack. In an example, a multi-chip device includes a chip stack. The chip stack includes chips. The chip stack includes a clock tree. In-chip routing of the clock tree is contained within one logical chip of the chip stack. The chip stack includes leaf nodes disposed in respective chips. Each leaf node of the leaf nodes is electrically connected to the clock tree through a respective leaf-level connection bridge. The respective leaf-level connection bridge extends in an out-of-chip direction through a plurality of the chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventor: Brian C. Gaide
  • Patent number: 11868175
    Abstract: Systems and methods for clock synchronization in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a clock synchronization system includes a reference device including a clock circuitry, and a transmitter configured to transmit a synchronization signal based on a clock signal using the clock circuitry, and a receiving device including a processor configured to operate by a general-purpose operating system (GPOS), a coprocessor configured to operate by a real-time operating system (RTOS), a memory utilized by the processor, where the coprocessor has direct memory access to the memory, and a receiver configured to receive the signal, where the RTOS directs the coprocessor to trigger an interrupt upon reception of the signal, sample a GPOS clock time stored in the memory in response to the interrupt, generate a clock time based on the signal and the sampled GPOS clock time, and provide the GPOS with the clock time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SYNG, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Sterling Coggin, Marc Carino, Fabian Renn-Giles, Mark Rakes, Afrooz Family
  • Patent number: 11868176
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel foldable with respect to a folding axis substantially parallel to a first direction and a support plate disposed under the display panel and including a folding plate foldable with respect to the folding axis. The folding plate includes at least one first support layer and at least one second support layer. The folding plate has a first elastic modulus corresponding to a bending strength with respect to a second direction intersecting the first direction and a second elastic modulus corresponding to a bending strength with respect to the first direction. The first elastic modulus is smaller than the second elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaiku Shin, Sung Chul Choi, Sojeong La, Jin Yong Sim, Gyeongho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11868177
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a host, a main display, an auxiliary display, and a hinge mechanism. The auxiliary display is located between the host and the main display and includes a sliding part and a lifting part. The sliding part is slidably connected to the host. The hinge mechanism includes a first bracket, a second bracket pivotally connected to the first bracket, and a third bracket pivotally connected to the second bracket. The first bracket is secured to the host, and the second bracket is secured to the main display. The third bracket is secured to the lifting part of the auxiliary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chia-Bo Chen, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wu-Chen Lee, Yi-Hsuan Yang
  • Patent number: 11868178
    Abstract: A smart ring includes a curved housing having a U-shape interior storing components including: a curved battery approximately conforming to the curved housing, a semi-flexible PCB approximately conforming to the curved housing and having mounted thereon: a motion sensor for generating motion data from physical perturbations of the smart ring, a memory for storing executable instructions, a transceiver for sending data to a client computer, a temperature sensor, and a processor for receiving motion data and performing executable instructions in response thereto, and a potting material disposed in the interior, forming an interior wall of the smart ring, wherein the potting material encapsulates the components and is substantially transparent to visible light, infrared light, and/or ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ouraring, Inc.
    Inventors: Curt C. von Badinski, Michael J. Strasser, Peter Twiss
  • Patent number: 11868179
    Abstract: A smart ring includes a curved housing having a U-shape interior storing components including: a curved battery approximately conforming to the curved housing, a semi-flexible PCB approximately conforming to the curved housing and having mounted thereon: a motion sensor for generating motion data from physical perturbations of the smart ring, a memory for storing executable instructions, a transceiver for sending data to a client computer, a temperature sensor, and a processor for receiving motion data and performing executable instructions in response thereto, and a potting material disposed in the interior, forming an interior wall of the smart ring, wherein the potting material encapsulates the components and is substantially transparent to visible light, infrared light, and/or ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ouraring, Inc.
    Inventors: Curt C. von Badinski, Michael J. Strasser, Peter Twiss
  • Patent number: 11868180
    Abstract: A docking station comprises a computing unit and a charging system connected via a data connection. The charging system has a first charging coil in a housing such that a battery of a mobile device can be charged by a second charging coil while at the same time data can be transferred between the mobile device and the computing unit and to at least one peripheral device, whereby an increased protection against eavesdropping results without the use of additional devices. This is achieved in that the first and second charging coils are designed and connected such that the charging coils are actuated by the computing unit and by a mobile device electronic system such that data to be transferred is transmitted between the mobile device and the docking station via alternating fields, which are generated and received in the first and second charging coils, in the near-field region in an interference-free and eavesdropping-secured manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Tecflower AG
    Inventor: Sascha Reinger