Patents Issued in February 20, 2024
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Patent number: 11907577Abstract: A plurality of commands is received from at least one application. A command of the plurality of commands is to be performed by a Data Storage Device (DSD) after one or more conditions have been satisfied by the DSD. The plurality of commands is enqueued and the command is enqueued with the one or more conditions for performing the command. It is determined whether the one or more conditions have been satisfied by the DSD, and in response to determining that the one or more conditions have been satisfied by the DSD, the command is sent to the DSD for performance of the command.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tomer Spector, Doron Ganon, Eran Arad
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Patent number: 11907578Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for classifying instructions according to the number of operands required for processing-in-memory instruction processing, and a computing device applying same. Efficient instruction processing in a processing-in-memory may include identifying the number of operands required when processing an instruction queuing to be processed, interpreting the instruction queuing to be processed and processing an instruction corresponding to the identified number of required operands. When the number of required operands is 0, the instruction interpretation may interpret the instruction queuing to be processed as a WRITE instruction, and the instruction processing may execute memory writing. When the number of required operands is not 0, the instruction processing may execute memory reading in an internal memory of the processing-in-memory by the same number of times as the number of operands required in the instruction interpreted in the instruction interpretation.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology InstituteInventors: Young Kyu Kim, Byung Soo Kim, Young Jong Jang
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Patent number: 11907579Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a memory controller. The non-volatile memory includes a memory cell array having pages. The memory system is configured to execute a first operation method and a second operation method. The memory system includes a control information storage unit in which a first value is set for pages having a write operation speed that is slower than a first speed, and a second value is set for pages having a write operation speed that is equal to or higher than the first speed. The memory system is configured to, at the time of write operation, select the first operation method for a target page having the first value and perform the write operation using the first operation method, and select the second operation method for a target page having the second value and perform the write operation using the second operation method.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Hidekazu Nanzawa
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Patent number: 11907580Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for a corrective read of a memory device with reduced latency are described. A memory system may identify a read error based on accessing a memory device, and may select a trim setting for a performing a corrective read operation based on a data retention condition associated with the accessed memory device. Such a data retention condition may be associated with a data retention duration, or a cross-temperature condition, among other criteria or combinations thereof. In some implementations, the memory system may select from a subset of possible trim settings, which may be associated with relevant process corners. For example, the memory system may select between a first trim setting that is associated with a relatively large cross-temperature and a relatively short data retention duration and a second trim setting that is associated with a relatively small cross-temperature and a relatively long data retention duration.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Tao Liu, Zhengang Chen, Ting Luo
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Patent number: 11907581Abstract: A data storage device comprises a plurality of storage elements, each storage element configured for storing a piece of information. The plurality of storage elements is accessible as a plurality of word sets, each word set comprising a set of storage elements, and is accessible as a plurality of slice sets, each slice set comprising a set of storage elements. Each storage element is a part of a word set and a part of a slice set. The device further comprises a control unit configured for obtaining word information and slice information and for executing a write operation to parallelly write the word information into a first word set of the plurality of word sets and the slice information into a first slice set of the plurality of slice sets, wherein the first word set and the first slice set comprise a common storage element defined by an overlap of the first word set and the first slice set in a layout of the plurality of storage elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Martin Schlaeffer, Osama Amin, Elif Bilge Kavun
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Patent number: 11907582Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for providing a cloud storage device implementing C-ZNS architecture. The cloud storage device including a housing and a plurality of blades, with at least one blade including a plurality of storage devices and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive data and a command from a host application to write the data to a corresponding zone of a first storage device of the plurality of storage devices, initialize a buffer in response to receiving the data, store the data in the buffer that is initialized, determine one or more parameters in response to receiving the command, determine that the command is error-free based on the one or more parameters, and write the data from the buffer into the corresponding zone in response to determining that the command is error-free.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Senthil Kumar Veluswamy
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Patent number: 11907583Abstract: Apparatus, methods, media and systems for multiple sets of trim parameters are described. A non-volatile memory device may comprise a first register, a second register, a multiplexer, a first set of I/O lines, each coupled to the first register and the multiplexer, each associated with a particular trim set among multiple trim sets stored in the first register, one or more second I/O lines, each coupled to the second register and the multiplexer. The multiplexer is configured to receive a control signal. The multiplexer is configured to output, based on the control signal, a particular trim set among the multiple trim sets to the second register using the one or more second I/O lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tomer Tzvi Eliash, Asaf Gueta, Inon Cohen, Yuval Grossman
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Patent number: 11907584Abstract: Methods and systems associated with data modification are described. Examples can include receiving, at a controller of a device, data associated with a read or write command transmitted to a memory resource and modifying the data using logic before transmitting the data to a host or image sensor or before writing the data to the memory resource. The modification can include removing one or more bits from the data, reordering one or more bits of the data, changing a format of the data, or any combination thereof. The modified data can be transmitted to the host or image sensor or written to the memory resource. In some examples, a plurality of memory devices can combine modified data for transmitting to a host.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Reshmi Basu, Libo Wang
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Patent number: 11907585Abstract: A method for execution by a storage unit in a dispersed storage network (DSN) includes selecting a storage zone of a memory device of the storage unit based on zone allocation parameters, and designating the selected storage zone as open for writes. A data slice is received via a network for storage. The data slice is written sequentially at a memory location of the one of storage zone based on determining that the storage zone is designated as open for writes. A pointer corresponding to the data slice that indicates the storage zone and the memory location is generated. A read request is received via the network from a requesting entity that indicates the data slice. The data slice is retrieved from the memory device based on the pointer, and is transmitted to the requesting entity.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew D. Baptist, Manish Motwani, Praveen Viraraghavan, Ilya Volvovski
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Patent number: 11907586Abstract: A storage device is configured to manage a plurality of nonvolatile memories with a plurality of physical streams. An operation method of the storage device includes receiving an input/output request from an external host device, determining a 0-th virtual stream identifier, extracting a 0-th representative value from a 0-th virtual stream feature, extracting a first and second representative values corresponding to first and second physical streams, calculating distance information including first and second similarities between the 0-th virtual stream and each of the first and second physical streams, based on the extracted representative values, assigning one of the plurality of physical streams to the 0-th virtual stream, based on the distance information, and performing an operation corresponding to the input/output request, at the assigned physical stream, and the extracting and the calculating are performed by using machine learning model.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jungmin Seo, Byeonghui Kim, Kibeen Jung, Seungjun Yang
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Patent number: 11907587Abstract: Storage devices are described herein that are capable of communicating with host-computing devices using multiple protocols. These Multi-Protocol Storage Devices (MPSDs) can be configured to utilize a persistent memory region (PMR) across a variety of protocols. Often, one of these protocols is the Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) protocol which provides for the ability to utilize and manage a PMR within the storage device. Other protocols may not have native support for PMR like the NVMe protocol does. Therefore, MPSDs are disclosed that may determine which protocol is in use in response to an initialization event and adjust the use of the PMR as needed based on the determined protocol. These adjustments may allow for the direct access of the PMR as an extension of general memory storage or may be configured to provide increased performance of the storage device overall. These storage devices may be hot-swappable between numerous host-computing systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Pradeep Sreedhar, Ramanathan Muthiah
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Patent number: 11907588Abstract: Aspects of the invention include identifying a first subsystem and a second subsystem of a plurality of subsystems respectively storing a first compressed data and a second compressed data, wherein the first compressed data and the second compressed data are fragments of a requested data. A compression method used to compress the first compressed data and second compressed data is identified. A first accelerator of first subsystem and a second accelerator of the second subsystem is identified. The first compressed data from a first local memory of the first subsystem is offloaded to the first accelerator, and the second compressed data from a second local memory of the second subsystem is offloaded to the second accelerator, wherein offloading comprises provided a decompression method for the first compressed data and the second compressed data.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vishnupriya R, Mehulkumar J. Patel, Manish Mukul
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Patent number: 11907589Abstract: At least one application of a client executes via system software on a hardware computing system that includes at least one CPU and at least one coprocessor. A virtualization layer establishes unified memory address space between the client and the hardware computing system, which also includes memory associated with the at least one coprocessor. The virtualization layer then synchronizes memory associated with the client and memory associated the at least one coprocessor. The virtualization layer may be installed and run in a non-privileged, user space, without modification of the application or of the system software running on the hardware computing system.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Aidan Cully, Mazhar Memon
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Patent number: 11907590Abstract: Using Infrastructure-as-Code (‘IaC’) to update a cloud-based storage system, including: monitoring one or more performance metrics associated with a cloud-based storage system; generating, based on the performance metrics, a configuration template for the cloud-based storage system, wherein the configuration template specifies a target state for the cloud-based storage system; and updating the cloud-based storage system using the configuration template.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.Inventors: Naveen Neelakantam, Joshua Freilich
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Patent number: 11907591Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for storage management, a storage medium and a device. The method includes: making hard disks in a storage pool network with several controllers via network hard disk enclosures, respectively sending hard disk information to proxy drivers which are pre-configured in the controllers, and selecting one of the controllers as a main controller; respectively sending, the hard disk information to cluster drivers which are pre-configured in respective controllers; acquiring the hard disk information from each cluster driver via the main controller, and sending the total hard disk information sent to each cluster driver; acquiring information of a logical unit space corresponding to the request, and allocating an idle hard disk in the storage pool for the logical unit space according to the total hard disk information; processing, the read/write request in parallel in the idle hard disk.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Zheng Huang
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Patent number: 11907592Abstract: An information processing system, an information processing apparatus, and a display method. The information processing system stores in one or more memories, error information acquired from the device and a solution method of an error input to the device or the information processing apparatus in association with time information and displays on a display, presence of the error information and presence of the solution method in association with time axis based on the time information.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Fumiya Murayama
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Patent number: 11907593Abstract: A printing system is provided. The system comprises a printing unit for forming an image on a sheet transported along a transport path; an inspection unit for inspecting an image formed on the sheet transported along the transport path by comparing the image with a reference image, and for recording order information of sheets that have been inspected and order information of sheets that have been correctly discharged; and a control unit for, when a jam occurs in the transport path of the sheet, controlling the inspection unit to resume inspection, after printing resumes, from a first sheet recorded as not yet having been inspected or not correctly discharged.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yusuke Kimura
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Patent number: 11907594Abstract: An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a hardware processor configured to control an image former on a basis of a job pertaining to a printing execution command. The hardware processor is configured to divide the job pertaining to the printing execution command into a plurality of short jobs, and configured to stop conveyance of the roll sheet and forcibly eject degraded toner from a developing device of the image former at a pause timing between short jobs temporally adjacent to each other among the plurality of short jobs; and the hardware processor sets a job content of each of the plurality of short jobs such that an image of a printing target is inverted upside down for each job switching of the plurality of short jobs.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Ken Miyazaki
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Patent number: 11907595Abstract: Systems for providing efficient manufacturing of paper, sheet, and/or box products of varying size and structure, often with pre-applied print (“pre-print”), are provided herein. One or more controllers can be used to aggregate orders and information to prepare one or more control plans (e.g., reel maps, reel plans, etc.) for processing a roll of web product through the manufacturing process. The control plan may include a set of instructions for operating one or more systems within the manufacturing process to form the desired finished paper-based product. In such a regard, efficient manufacturing of various paper-based products, including corrugated boxes, folded carton, labels, flexible paper, industrial bags, plates, cups, décor, and many others, can be achieved. Further, efficient customer ordering/tracking, job aggregation, print imposition, corrugator planning, and tracking and adjustments throughout the manufacturing process are contemplated.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventor: Robert Dennis Seay
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Patent number: 11907596Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for variable data printing. A data set of compressed data is provided. The data set corresponds to a basic image layout comprising a plurality of dots. Using at least one general purpose computation on graphics processing unit the compressed data is decompressed to obtain decompressed data corresponding to the basic image layout. To each dot of the plurality of dots of the basic image layout a color value is assigned based on a reference entry of a color lookup table such that a decompressed first customized image layout to be printed is obtained. The decompressed first customized image layout is provided to at least one printer device. At least the decompressed first customized image layout is printed. The at least one printer device continuously prints subsequent decompressed customized image layouts at a predefined minimum printing speed.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BOBST MEX SAInventor: Gregory Gascon
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Patent number: 11907597Abstract: A system includes an operation device and an information storing apparatus, which are connected via a network. The operation device determines, based on information input from the outside of the operation device in response to an operation performed on the operation device, an electronic device among a plurality of electronic devices connected to the system, for causing the electronic device to input electronic data to the information storing apparatus, and sends, to the information storing apparatus, a first request to cause the determined electronic device to input the electronic data to the information storing apparatus. The information storing apparatus sends, to the determined electronic device, a second request based on the first request sent from the operation device, and stores the electronic data that has been sent from the determined electronic device based on the sent second request.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuhiro Yamada
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Patent number: 11907598Abstract: Provided is a production method including a reception step of receiving a plurality of matters as a group, a display step of displaying a list in which the received matters are grouped in a unit of the group and the group is configured to be distinguished from other groups, and a production step of producing a finished product by executing processing that includes a plurality of processes corresponding to the received matters, in which the display step displays a progress for each process together with the list.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuto Fukuchi, Yasuo Koyauchi, Yuka Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11907599Abstract: An information processing method applied to an electronic device includes monitoring whether the target application is abnormal in response to a target application being started when the electronic device is in a target display mode, and in response to the target application being abnormal, switching a window of the target application from a first window display mode to a second window display mode such that the target application adapts to a target display mode. In the target display mode, the window of the target application is in the first window display mode indicated by the target display mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventors: Tao Cheng, Xiaoyan Shi, Tianshu Ren
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Patent number: 11907600Abstract: A fordable electronic device may include a first display, a second display, and a processor. The processor is configured to: based on the electronic device being in a folded state and a screen being displayed through the second display, detect that unfolding of the electronic device has started; based on and angle exceeding a first angle, control the second display to be in an off state and display at least a portion of a screen displayed through the second display on a first area of the first display and a menu for controlling the screen displayed through the first area on a second area of the first display; and based on the angle exceeding a second angle greater than the first angle, display at least a portion of the screen displayed through the first area and the second area on the entire area of the first display.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seungeun Lee, Seonghoon Choi, Minseok Kang, Oheon Kwon, Seungnyun Kim, Chakyum Kim, Taihoon Kim, Yongsang Yun
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Patent number: 11907601Abstract: Provided herein may be a display device and a method of controlling a plurality of display devices. The method may include displaying, on a first display device, a first image including a first partial image, a second partial image, and a third partial image, transmitting, by the first display device, a second image including a fourth partial image corresponding to the first partial image, a fifth partial image corresponding to the second partial image, and a sixth partial mage corresponding to the third partial image to a second display device, displaying the second image on the second display device, receiving, by the first display device, a first touch input for a first input interface included in the third partial image, and receiving, by the first display device, a second touch input for at least one of the fourth, fifth partial image, and sixth partial images.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Hoon Kim, Ok Kyung Park
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Patent number: 11907602Abstract: A multi-vision display device includes a timing controller, a plurality of display panels, and a plurality of display driver integrated circuits (ICs). The timing controller is configured to receive source data and timing signals from a host, and generate a data packet comprising image data and control data. The plurality of display driver ICs each is connected to any one of the plurality of display panels. The control data includes a panel identifier indicating a number of display panels of the plurality of display panels connected to the display driver IC prior to a corresponding display panel connected to the display driver IC. Adjacent ones of the plurality of display driver ICs are connected to each other, modulate the panel identifier provided from one among the timing controller and a front end display driver IC, and provide the modulated panel identifier to a rear end display driver IC.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Magnachip Semiconductor, Ltd.Inventors: Jung Hoon Sul, Myung Woo Lee, Seung Ryeol Lee, Duk Min Lee
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Patent number: 11907603Abstract: A screen projection control method and an electronic device are provided. The screen projection control method includes detecting that a first electronic device and a second electronic device are connected with each other through a physical bus and confirming screen projection reference parameters based on the second electronic device and the physical bus; establishing a network link between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; obtaining multimedia data to-be-outputted by an output unit of the first electronic device; and transmitting the multimedia data to the second electronic device using the network link based on the screen projection reference parameters to allow the second electronic device to output the multimedia data.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITEDInventors: Tao Cheng, Xiaoyan Shi
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Patent number: 11907604Abstract: A screen mirroring display method includes a destination device receiving a first message from a first source device and a second message from a second source device, where the first message includes a first drawing instruction. The first drawing instruction instructs the destination device to draw a first target control in a first interface displayed by the first source device. The second message includes a second drawing instruction. The second drawing instruction instructs the destination device to draw a second target control in a second interface displayed by the second source device. Then the destination device draws a screen mirroring interface according to the first drawing instruction and the second drawing instruction, where the screen mirroring interface includes the first target control and the second target control.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhenhua Fan, Yuan Cao, Sucheng Bian, Wanyi Yang, Pengcheng Li, Xi Wei
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Patent number: 11907605Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing shared-content sessions. In some embodiments, content is shared with a group of users participating in a shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is screen-share content that is shared from one device to other participants of the shared-content session. In some embodiments, the content is synchronized content for which output of the content is synchronized across the participants of the shared-content session.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jae Woo Chang, Kaely Coon, Marcel Van Os
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Patent number: 11907606Abstract: A compute box includes a communication device and one or more processors. The one or more processors, in response to the communication device being electronically in communication with a flexible content presentation companion device and at least one other flexible content presentation companion device, determine a geometric configuration of each flexible content presentation companion device. The one or more processors format content for presentation on the visible area available on the flexible content presentation companion device and another visible area of another flexible content presentation companion device and cause the communication device to deliver the content to each flexible content presentation companion device. When the geometric configuration of any flexible content presentation companion device changes, the one or more processors can generate a visible display area adjustment animation to smoothly transfer the content to a new visible area.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Rohit Sisodia, Sanjay Dhar
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Patent number: 11907607Abstract: An electronic device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing foldable about a first axis; a foldable display foldable about a second axis parallel to the first axis; a folding sensor circuit configured to detect a display state of at least one of the housing or the foldable display; a memory storing instructions; and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to: determine a position of a virtual light source with respect to the foldable display based on context information associated with the electronic device; render an image based on the display state detected by the folding sensor circuit and the position of the virtual light source; and control the foldable display to display the rendered image.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Changryong Heo, Jongjin Kim, Jeongmin Park, Jonghwan Shin, Sukjae Lee, Junhee Cho
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Patent number: 11907608Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display unit including a display panel configured to display an image, a curvature variation unit disposed on a rear surface of the display unit and varying a curvature of the display unit, and a vibration unit disposed on the rear surface of the display unit configured to vibrate the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: SeokHyo Cho
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Patent number: 11907609Abstract: A system, a removable memory device and a method for fruition of multimedia contents are provided, wherein the user can instantly mark a multimedia content as favourite by pressing a button while that content is in reproduction. The archive containing the favourite multimedia contents, along with non-favourite contents, is updated immediately, so that said archive, which is stored in a removable memory device, can be moved from one reproduction apparatus to another. One variant of the invention allows also older-generation reproduction apparatuses, which cannot handle playlists and metadata, to reproduce favourite multimedia contents while excluding those that have not been marked as such.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Saronikos Trading and Services, Unipessoal LDAInventor: Robert James
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Patent number: 11907610Abstract: Example techniques may involve guest access to a media playback system. A guest may use a guest control device, such as a smartphone or tablet, to control aspects of a host's media playback system. In addition, the guest may temporarily register their user account of a streaming audio service with the host's media playback system, which enables playback of audio content from that service by one or more playback devices of the media playback system. When the guest control device de-registers from the host's media playback system, retrieval of audio content from the streaming audio service is disabled.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Paul Bates, Lee Keyser-Allen, Jonathan P. Lang, Diane Roberts, Nicholas A. J. Millington
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Patent number: 11907611Abstract: A bitstream is obtained by a decoder side, that contains an encoded version of an audio signal and an instantaneous loudness sequence of the audio signal. The instantaneous loudness sequence has not been loudness normalized. A dynamic range control, DRC, gain sequence is produced by applying the instantaneous loudness sequence to a DRC characteristic, with loudness normalization. The DRC gain sequence is applied to the decoded audio signal. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Frank Baumgarte
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Patent number: 11907612Abstract: Volume limiting systems and methods are operable to limit volume output from media presentation devices. An exemplary embodiment detects a sound using a microphone, wherein the sound corresponds to an audio output of at least one controlled media presentation device, and wherein the microphone is remotely located from the at least one controlled media presentation device; compares a level of the detected sound with a predefined maximum volume limit; generates a volume output limit command in response to the detected sound exceeding the predefined maximum volume limit; and communicates the volume output limit command to the media presentation device. The media presentation device then reduces a volume level of its audio output. In some instances, volume may be limited during user specified periods.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.Inventor: Bernard A. McCarthy
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Patent number: 11907613Abstract: The present disclosure relates to audio routing in a wireless communication system. A method by which a first device performs audio routing in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: transmitting audio routing basic information to a second device; receiving an audio routing modification request from the second device; and transmitting, to the second device, audio-routing-related information modified on the basis of the audio routing modification request, wherein the audio routing basic information may comprise at least one of available audio routing device information, set audio routing device information, and audio routing content type information.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jea Ho Lee
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Patent number: 11907614Abstract: Examples described herein involve expanding playback of a media item from a first playback device to a second playback device. In one example, while a first playback device is playing a media item as part of a first zone, the first playback device identifies that a second playback device has moved to a location that is within a given physical proximity of the first playback. The first playback device determines that playback is to be expanded to the second playback device, and transmits a command to cause the second playback device to (i) join the first zone and (ii) begin to play the media item in synchrony with the first playback device.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Fullerton, Ingve Holmung
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Patent number: 11907615Abstract: A context aware service provision method and apparatus for recognizing the user context and executing an action corresponding to the user context according to a rule defined by the user and feeding back the execution result to the user interactively are provided. The method for providing a context-aware service includes receiving a user input, the user input being at least one of a text input and a speech input, identifying a rule including a condition and an action corresponding to the condition based on the received user input, activating the rule to detect a context which corresponds to the condition of the rule, and executing, when the context is detected, the action corresponding to the condition.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jooyoon Bae, Minjeong Ko, Sungsoo Kim, Jinsung Kim, Hwakyung Kim, Jinha Jun
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Patent number: 11907616Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic apparatus, a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same an electronic apparatus, a display apparatus and a method of controlling the same, the electronic apparatus including: a speaker configured to output a sound; a microphone configured to receive a user voice; a communicator configured to perform communication; a processor configured to: identify a state of an external apparatus through the communicator based on reception of the user voice, process the received user voice and output a sound corresponding to a process result through the speaker based on identification that the external apparatus is in a turned-off state, and control the communicator to transmit information about the received user voice to the external apparatus and request the external apparatus to process the voice based on identification that the external apparatus is in a turned-on state.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hansoo Kim
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Patent number: 11907617Abstract: A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for designing geometric objects, wherein interpolation and/or blending between such objects is performed while deformation data is being input. Thus, a designer obtains immediate feedback to input modifications without separately entering a command(s) for performing such deformations. A novel N-sided surface generation technique is also disclosed herein to efficiently and accurately convert surfaces of high polynomial degree into a collection of lower degree surfaces. E.g., the N-sided surface generation technique disclosed herein subdivides parameter space objects (e.g., polygons) of seven or more sides into a collection of subpolygons, wherein each subpolygon has a reduced number of sides. More particularly, each subpolygon has 3 or 4 sides. The present disclosure is particularly useful for designing the shape of surfaces. Thus, the present disclosure is applicable to various design domains such as the design of, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: CAD-Sense LLCInventor: Alyn P. Rockwood
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Patent number: 11907618Abstract: A method facilitating operation of a fabrication machine (FM) includes receiving, by a fabrication center application (FCA) running on a computing device (CD), via a fabrication center connector websocket (FCCW), and from a fabrication tools application associated with a 3D modeling application running on another CD, 3D model data of a to-be-fabricated part or assembly (TBF-P/A). The method includes generating, by the FCA, and based on the 3D model data, data representative of an enhanced cut (or bend or threading) list (E-C/B/T-L) usable by a machine control application (MCA) running on a third CD for the FM to fabricate the TBF-P/A, the third CD also running a fabrication desktop application associated with the MCA. The method includes transmitting, by the FCA, and via the FCCW, the E-C/B/T-L data to the third CD to enable use by the MCA of the E-C/B/T-L data for fabricating the TBF-P/A by the FM.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Allied BIM, LLCInventor: Brian D. Nickel
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Patent number: 11907619Abstract: A system and method for the automated design of accessible ramps is disclosed. A ramp data structure is provided having general shape information for a plurality of ramp types. A ramp environment data structure is also provided with 3D reference information for one or more ramp installation environments. After user selection of a ramp type and installation environment a 3D ramp design is automatically generated conforming to the selected ramp environment. Also, the ramp design may be automatically compared to a design standard to determine if the design is in compliance. Also, convenient editing may be employed while conforming to the ramp environment with real time updates to the 3D ramp design.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Transoft Solutions Inc.Inventors: Daniel Akwera Shihundu, Vahid Beiranvand
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Patent number: 11907620Abstract: A smart plan portal that is used in conjunction with a computer aided design (CAD) software application module. The smart plan portal provides a library of predesigned elements that are presented for selection and placement for building design. Each placed element automatically integrates with adjacent elements and the overall building design. Based on the building design using the library of elements, structural components and equipment components are generated. Each component is associated with a digital identifier that is used to identify a number of attributes for the associated component.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PATCO, LLCInventors: John Louis Vanker, Michael J. Lastowski
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Patent number: 11907621Abstract: An electronic product testing system includes: a testing instruction generator configured to provide a user interface for generating an electronic file, the electronic file containing product testing instruction; and a testing device having a processing unit configured to execute the electronic file to perform testing of a product based on the product testing instruction in the electronic file; wherein the processing unit is configured to perform testing of the product by simulating human actions based on the product testing instruction in the electronic file.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Rainforest QA, Inc.Inventor: Maciej Siwek
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Patent number: 11907622Abstract: The invention relates to a versatile generation of radar signals for simulating a radar scenario. Radar signals may be generated by multiple RF output paths having different frequency ranges. Pulse descriptive words of radar signal simulation data are split into multiple groups according to the frequency or frequency range of the RF output paths and the split data are provided to the related RF output path.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Tim Benneckenstein
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Patent number: 11907623Abstract: A chip module, including a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) chip and a package, and a method and system for designing the module. Chip and package design are performed so the RF front end (FE) is split between chip and package. The chip includes an amplifier with a first differential port and the package includes a passive device and matching network with a second differential port connected to the first differential port. The second differential port is power matched to the first differential port using complex power matching based on port voltage reflection coefficients in order to achieve improved performance (i.e., a peak power transfer across a bandwidth as opposed to at only one frequency). The power matching process can result in a chip power requirement reduction that allows for device size scaling. Thus, designing the chip and designing the package is iteratively repeated in a chip-package co-optimization process.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GlobalFoundries Dresden Module One Limited Liability Company & Co. KGInventors: Saquib B. Halim, Marcel B. Wieland, Frank G. Kuechenmeister
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Patent number: 11907624Abstract: A method for characterizing propagation of metallic short cracks and long cracks includes: acquiring crack tip opening displacement in a metallic notched sample under cyclic loading; acquiring crack tip opening displacement amount caused by a single monotonic tensile in the notched sample, and crack tip opening displacement caused by monotonic tensile in the notched sample under a maximum far-field stress; and based on an original Shyam model, constructing, according to the crack tip opening displacement amount and the crack tip opening displacement by obtaining yield strength of metals, a Tm?c model for characterizing the propagation of short cracks and long cracks, where the Tm?c model is used for representing the growth rate of short cracks and long cracks.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITYInventors: Lei Zhao, Molin Su, Yongdian Han, Lianyong Xu, Kangda Hao
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Patent number: 11907625Abstract: Disclosed are computer implemented techniques for conducting a fluid simulation of a porous medium. These techniques involve retrieving a representation of a three dimensional porous medium, the representation including pore space corresponding to the porous medium, with the representation including at least one portion of under-resolved pore structure in the porous medium, defining a representative flow model that includes the under-resolved pore structure in the representation, and constructing by the computer system fluid force curves that correspond to fluid forces in the under-resolved pore structure in the representation.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.Inventors: Hiroshi Otomo, Rafael Salazar Tio, Hudong Chen, Raoyang Zhang, Andrew Fager, Ganapathi Raman Balasubramanian, Bernd Crouse, Hongli Fan, Jingjing Yang
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Patent number: 11907626Abstract: A method, a device, and an electronic apparatus are provided. When a user performs the design operation in a display panel design program, the method includes steps of collecting display panel design parameters corresponding to a design operation of the user in the display panel design program obtaining a design strategy preset in the display panel; checking if the display panel design parameters are normal based upon the design strategy of the display panel; and alerting in the display panel design program when the display panel design parameters are abnormal.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo Lv, Zui Wang