Defect Analysis Or Recognition Patents (Class 700/110)
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Patent number: 10375095Abstract: A framework is provided for modeling the activity surrounding user credentials and/or machine level activity on a computer network using computer event logs by viewing the logs attributed to each user as a multivariate data stream. The methodology performs well in detecting compromised user credentials at a very low false positive rate. Such a methodology may detect both users of compromised credentials by external actors and otherwise authorized users who have begun engaging in malicious activity.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: Triad National Security, LLC, IP2IPO Innovations LimitedInventors: Melissa J. M. Turcotte, Nicholas A. Heard, Alexander D. Kent
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Patent number: 10372114Abstract: A process control technique uses production data from multiple manufacturing tools and multiple inspection or metrology tools. Total measurement uncertainty (TMU) can be calculated on the production data, which can include measurements of one or more devices manufactured using the manufacturing tools. Manufacturing steps can be ranked or otherwise compared by TMU. All production modes and recipes can be continually monitored using production data.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: KLA-Tencor CorporationInventors: Karen Biagini, Bryant Stanford Mantiply, Ravichander Jayantha Rao, Gary Taan
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Patent number: 10372473Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for virtualizing physical sensors and providing sensor data to a requestor using the virtualized physical sensors. The mechanisms obtain sensor data from a plurality of physical sensors and storing the sensor data in a virtual sensor storage system of the data processing system in at least one standardized format. A request from a requestor for a first type of sensor data is received which does not specify a particular physical sensor. A portion of the sensor data stored in the virtual sensor storage system is retrieved in response to receiving the request, the portion of sensor data corresponding to the type of sensor data requested in the request from the requestor. The retrieved portion of the sensor data is returned to the requestor in a format corresponding to a physical sensor configured to provide the requested type of sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Marion L. Blount, Metin Feridun, Suzanne K. McIntosh, Iqbal I. Mohomed, Michael E. Nidd, Axel Tanner, Bo Yang
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Patent number: 10357915Abstract: A method of analyzing preforms for potential bursting during forming and filling by injecting an incompressible liquid to shape the successive heating preforms into containers and fill the containers. The method defines at least one stress parameter correlated to the internal stress of the thermoplastic material of the preform and defines a range of acceptable values for the stress parameter. The method includes analyzing each successive initial preform and each successive heated preform, determining a value of the stress parameter, comparing the determined value to a range of acceptable values, and emitting an output signal when the determined value is outside the acceptable range of values.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Inventors: Mikael Derrien, Pascal Haboury
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Patent number: 10348760Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation service. The systems and methods may receive a request to access a web server from a user host, generate an integrated user challenge page including a user challenge test and a web page image of the web server, and transmits the integrated user challenge page to the user host. The systems and methods may further receive an answer to the user challenge test from the user host, determine whether the answer to the user challenge test is correct or not. When the answer to the user challenge test is correct, the systems and methods may establish a connection between the user host and the web server.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.Inventors: Mark Teodoro, Sean Leach
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Patent number: 10331510Abstract: In order to reduce computation time and cost involved with detecting and diagnosing a fault in a system, simplified representations of components of the system are used to estimate valid intervals for state variables at the components. Generic failure rules are configured to compare the estimated valid intervals to related intervals for the same state variables, from either observations or propagations, for overlap. Failure output vectors are generated based on the comparison, and the failure output vectors are compared to diagnostic matrices to determine a source of the fault.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: SIEMENS CORPORATIONInventors: Gerhard Zimmermann, Yan Lu, George Lo
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Patent number: 10295991Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a data collection controller and an operation part. The data collection controller is configured to hold monitoring item list information and component management information. Each of the monitoring item list information and the component management information holds; monitoring item information indicative of a monitoring item for monitoring a maintenance component selected as a monitoring target; setting information for setting a threshold value of the maintenance component; monitoring data of the maintenance component; and monitoring information including a number of times of resetting by which the maintenance component is initialized, wherein the component management information is configured to hold the monitoring information for each unit including the maintenance component according to the monitoring item. The operation part provides the data collection controller with the monitoring data from device data collected from the unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiko Yoneda
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Patent number: 10291638Abstract: A cloud security system and method implements cloud activity threat detection using analysis of cloud usage user behavior. In particular, the cloud security system and method implements threat detection for users, cloud service providers, or tenants (enterprises) of the cloud security system who are new or unknown to the cloud security system and therefore lacking sufficient cloud activity data to generate an accurate behavior model for effective threat detection. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the cloud security system and method performs user behavior analysis to generate generalized user behavior models for user groups, where each user group includes users with similar cloud usage behavior. The user behavior models of the user groups are assigned to users with sparse cloud activity data. In this manner, the cloud security system and method of the present invention ensures effective threat detection by using accurate and reliable user behavior models.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Skyhigh Networks, LLCInventors: Sandeep Chandana, Santosh Raghuram Kumar, Sekhar Sarukkai, Satyanarayana Vummidi, Madhavi Kavathekar, Vinay Gupta
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Patent number: 10266860Abstract: An apparatus that produces a sugar liquid by a method including hydrolyzing cellulose includes a hydrolysis tank to which a recovered enzyme feed pipe and a fresh enzyme feed pipe are connected; a device for solid-liquid separation of a hydrolysate; a sugar liquid-retaining tank having a water supply pipe that washes an ultrafiltration membrane and/or removes recovered enzyme retained in a circulation pipe; and an ultrafiltration membrane device that separates enzyme and a sugar liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurihara, Atsushi Minamino, Yuki Yamamoto, Katsushige Yamada
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Patent number: 10262027Abstract: In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for executing a query in a database system, a query request is received with a query predicate to filter data returned in response to the query request and the query predicate has a formula, the query request is transformed to a transformed query request by preprocessing the formula in the query predicate, and the query request is optimized using the transformed query request.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Jesse Collins, Jaikumar Bathija
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Patent number: 10262406Abstract: A simulator includes a measurement unit that performs image measurement of preliminarily obtained image data corresponding to processing performed using a visual sensor, an execution unit that executes a control operation for generating a control instruction directed to a processing device based on a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit and for generating a read instruction directed to the measurement unit for reading the image data, a storage unit that stores the image data read in response to the read instruction in a manner associated with information indicating a position or a displacement of a carrier serving as a reference for the image measurement performed in response to the read instruction, and a reproduction unit that reproduces a behavior of the created system based on time-series data for the control operation output from the execution unit and the information associated with the image data stored in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Yasunori Sakaguchi, Haruna Shimakawa, Katsushige Ohnuki, Ryo Ichimura
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Patent number: 10262272Abstract: Technologies are described herein for active machine learning. An active machine learning method can include initiating active machine learning through an active machine learning system configured to train an auxiliary machine learning model to produce at least one new labeled observation, refining a capacity of a target machine learning model based on the active machine learning, and retraining the auxiliary machine learning model with the at least one new labeled observation subsequent to refining the capacity of the target machine learning model. Additionally, the target machine learning model is a limited-capacity machine learning model according to the description provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Maxwell Chickering, Christopher A. Meek, Patrice Y. Simard, Rishabh Krishnan Iyer
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Patent number: 10223492Abstract: The process for design based assessment includes the following steps. First, the process defines multiple patterns of interest (POIs) utilizing design data of a device and then generates a design based classification database. Further, the process receives one or more inspection results. Then, the process compares the inspection results to each of the plurality of POIs in order to identify occurrences of the POIs in the inspection results. In turn, the process determines yield impact of each POI utilizing process yield data and monitors a frequency of occurrence of each of the POIs and the criticality of the POIs in order to identify process excursions of the device. Finally, the process determines a device risk level by calculating a normalized polygon frequency for the device utilizing a frequency of occurrence for each of the critical polygons and a criticality for each of the critical polygons.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: KLA-Tencor CorporationInventors: Allen Park, Youseung Jin, Sungchan Cho, Barry Saville
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Patent number: 10157072Abstract: A method for estimating power consumption by a target host involves estimating a per-workload in-scenario utilization function of time for each workload running on said host in said what-if scenario so as to yield per-workload in-scenario utilization functions of time. The utilization functions are aggregated to yield a target host utilization function of time. The target host utilization function of time is converted to a host power-consumption function of time.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Phil Prasek, Alex Nazarov, Swayambhuba Kar
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Patent number: 10152654Abstract: Methods and systems for creating an image-based measurement model based only on measured, image-based training data are presented. The trained, image-based measurement model is then used to calculate values of one or more parameters of interest directly from measured image data collected from other wafers. The image-based measurement models receive image data directly as input and provide values of parameters of interest as output. In some embodiments, the image-based measurement model enables the direct measurement of overlay error. In some embodiments, overlay error is determined from images of on-device structures. In some other embodiments, overlay error is determined from images of specialized target structures. In some embodiments, image data from multiple targets, image data collected by multiple metrologies, or both, is used for model building, training, and measurement. In some embodiments, an optimization algorithm automates the image-based measurement model building and training process.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: KLA-Tencor CorporationInventor: Stilian Ivanov Pandev
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Patent number: 10148489Abstract: A service impact event analyzer is used to evaluate service assurance risk in cloud SDN networks. Using data fusion, an alarm subset dataset is generated from a raw trap dataset. Service impact events are identified in the subset dataset. The service impact events are categorized into service impacted event categories, and a model is created for associating the event categories with process function classes. Time durations of the service impact events are computed using correlated secondary alarms from the alarm subset dataset. The service assurance risk is evaluated using the model and the time duration.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Tsong-Ho Wu, Wen-Jui Li, Shyhyann Lee, Li-Chuan Sun
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Patent number: 10144183Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for verifying the placement of tows by a robot. One embodiment includes a robot that includes an end effector that lays up tows, actuators that reposition the end effector, a memory storing a Numerical Control (NC) program, and a robot controller that directs the actuators to reposition the end effector based on the NC program, and instructs the end effector to lay up tows based on the NC program. The system also includes a sensor system comprising an imaging device that acquires images of the tows as the tows are laid-up, a measuring device that generates input as tows are laid-up by the end effector, and a sensor controller that receives images from the imaging device and the input from the measuring device, and updates stored data to correlate the images with instructions in the NC program, based on the input.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Anthony W Baker, Steven A Dorris, Christopher P Bellavia, Hugh L Taylor, Luke C Ingram, Kenny P Bowers
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Patent number: 10148675Abstract: A computing resource service provider may provide customers with a block-level forensics service. Volume images of computing resource associated with customer may be generated and provided to the block-level forensics service. The block-level forensics service or component thereof may generate a volume based at least in part on the volume image and may perform forensics analysis of the volume. A result of the forensic analysis may be provided to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eric Jason Brandwine, Alexander Robin Gordon Lucas, Robert Eric Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 10135865Abstract: Embodiments can identify requests that may be tied to a DDOS attack. For example, the primary identifiers (e.g., a source address) of requests for a network resource (e.g., an entire website or a particular element of the website) can be tracked. In one embodiment, a statistical analysis of how often a particular source address (or other primary identifier) normally makes a request can be used to identify source addresses that make substantially more requests. A normal amount can correspond to an average number of request that a source address makes. According to some embodiments, a system can use statistical analysis methods on various request data in web server logs to identify potential attacks and send data concerned potential attacks to an HBA system for further analysis.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Robert Smith, Shawn Marck
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Patent number: 10108214Abstract: A method of reducing power consumption by components of an automated plant during a production stoppage. Control apparatus transmits stoppage time data to the plant components via a data network to initiate the stoppage. Each automated plant component automatically changes to a respective given target state at a respective given stoppage time if the stoppage time data received by that plant component includes that stoppage time for that target state and if at least one other plant component is in a respective operating state expected for this target state. The invention sets a coordinated combination of consumption-minimized plant-component states. The control apparatus transmits respective component-specific stoppage times to the plant components in the stoppage time data, said stoppage time being different from at least one stoppage time transmitted to another plant component. As a result, the component states can be matched to one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Matthias Himmler, Jörn Peschke, Patrick Volkmann
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Patent number: 10102615Abstract: Methods and system for detecting hotspots in semiconductor wafer are provided. At least one semiconductor wafer is inspected to detect a plurality of hotspots of each die in the semiconductor wafer, wherein each of the hotspots has defect coordinates in a layout of the die. The hotspots of the dies are stacked in the layout according to the defect coordinates of the hotspots. A common pattern is obtained according to the stacked hotspots corresponding to a location with specific coordinates in the layout. It is determined whether the common pattern is a known pattern having an individual identification (ID) code. A new ID code is assigned to the common pattern when the common pattern is an unknown pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Wen-Hao Cheng, Peng-Ren Chen, Chih-Chiang Tu
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Patent number: 10096527Abstract: A system and method for performing corrective processing of a workpiece is described. The system and method includes receiving a first set of parametric data from a first source that diagnostically relates to at least a first portion of a microelectronic workpiece, and receiving a second set of parametric data from a second source different than the first source that diagnostically relates to at least a second portion of the microelectronic workpiece. Thereafter, a corrective process is generated, and a target region of the microelectronic workpiece is processed by applying the corrective process to the target region using a combination of the first set of parametric data and the second set of parametric data.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: TEL Epion Inc.Inventors: Joshua LaRose, Brian D. Pfeifer, Vincent Lagana-Gizzo, Noel Russell
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Patent number: 10070532Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided which enable a capacity to remotely enable research, development, and production tasks to be done at a point of use (POU) as well as permitting some design tasks to be done remotely with manufacturing employing, for example, additive manufacturing (AM), for printed circuit boards (PCB) as well as other electrical items. In particular, some embodiments are directed towards facilitating POU on-site manufacturing capacity with a remote or distributed requirements/design process.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Stephen J. Vetter
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Patent number: 10048753Abstract: A number of illustrative variations may include a method of relative localization via the use of simultaneous location and mapping gear sets.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Robert C. Brooks
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Patent number: 10037023Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for dynamic repair of bypassed vehicles are disclosed. Information regarding an abnormality (for example, an incorrectly installed joint) occurring in a vehicle being assembled on an assembly line can be captured and recorded in a database. Following a bypass command, the vehicle can be flagged and released to continue down the assembly line to be repaired at a later time. When a user is ready to repair the vehicle, repair instructions specific to the abnormality can be retrieved from a database and presented to the user, and the repair procedure can be monitored to ensure that the abnormality has been repaired correctly. The vehicle can be unflagged only if all abnormalities in the vehicle have been repaired. The vehicle can be prevented from exiting the last station in the assembly line if it remains flagged.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Leontin Drasovean
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Patent number: 10037238Abstract: An information handling system includes a remediation sever to receive an indication of an error condition at a data processing device via an Internet connection, the indication including an error code. The information handling system also includes a data storage device coupled to the remediation server, the data storage device to store a remediation database including error resolution procedures associated with error conditions. Each error condition is uniquely identified by an error code. An error code includes a concatenation of an alphanumeric string identifying a software application associated with the error condition, an alphanumeric string identifying an action to resolve the error condition, and an alphanumeric string identifying a software service corresponding to resolution of the error condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.Inventor: Sathish Kumar Bikumala
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Patent number: 10030965Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring parameters characterizing a set of hot spot structures fabricated at different locations on a semiconductor wafer are presented herein. The hot spot structures are device structures that exhibit sensitivity to process variations and give rise to limitations on permissible process variations that must be enforced to prevent device failures and low yield. A trained hot spot measurement model is employed to receive measurement data generated by one or more metrology systems at one or more metrology targets and directly determine values of one or more hot spot parameters. The hot spot measurement model is trained to establish a functional relationship between one or more characteristics of a hot spot structure under consideration and corresponding measurement data associated with measurements of at least one metrology target on the same wafer. A fabrication process parameter is adjusted based on the value of a measured hot spot parameter.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: KLA-Tencor CorporationInventors: Stilian Ivanov Pandev, Sanjay Kapasi, Mark D. Smith, Ady Levy
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Patent number: 9969591Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus for conveying an envelope set in a paper feed unit and performing printing on the envelope and a method of controlling the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus determines whether or not attaching of an attachment to the paper feed unit is necessary in accordance with the type of envelope to be used, and, if it is determined that attaching of the attachment is necessary, the printing apparatus displays a message prompting attaching of the attachment.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shinichi Kanematsu
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Patent number: 9946752Abstract: Techniques for implementing a low-latency query processor accommodating an arbitrary number of data rows with no column indexing. In an aspect, data is stored across a plurality of component databases, with no requirement to strictly allocate data to partitions based on row keys. A histogram table is provided to map object relationships identified in a user query to the component databases where relevant data is stored. A server processing the user query communicates with component databases via an intermediary module. The intermediary module may include intermediary nodes dynamically assigned to connect to the component databases to retrieve and process the queried data.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Neil E. Lydick, Vijaykumar K. Aski
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Patent number: 9927798Abstract: Integration of semiconductor tool maintenance operations on mobile devices to allow technicians to more accurately perform semiconductor tool maintenance and to allow more accurate analysis of data to improve maintenance procedures to be more repeatable, consistent, and efficient. Remote control of maintenance operations for the semiconductor tool via a portable electronic device decreases the time required to service semiconductor tools and thus increase throughput.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATIONInventors: Roger Patrick, Chung Ho Huang, Simon Gosselin, Vincent Wong, Ronald Ramnarine, Neal K. Newton, Mukesh Shah, Kerwin Hoversten, Robert Ahrens, Marco Mora
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Patent number: 9904707Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to execute a database statement in satisfaction of a time constraint. The method further includes determining a pattern of the database statement. Additionally, the method includes comparing the pattern to pattern metadata associated with cached samples of the distributed database. Also, the method includes, responsive to a determination that the comparing has resulted in one or more matches, selecting a target sample and causing the database statement to be executed on the target sample. The method further includes, responsive to a determination that the target sample resolves the database statement in satisfaction of the time constraint, returning a resulting dataset to a requestor. Moreover, the method includes, responsive to a determination that the target sample does not resolve the database statement in satisfaction of the time constraint, causing a new real-time sampling of the distributed database to be executed.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Quest Software Inc.Inventors: Shree A. Dandekar, Mark William Davis
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Patent number: 9900330Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for identifying potentially risky data users within organizations may include (1) monitoring computing activity of a member of an organization with respect to the member's access to data related to the organization, (2) generating, based at least in part on the member's computing activity, a baseline representation of the member's access to the data, (3) detecting at least one attempt by the member to access at least a portion of the data, (4) determining that the member's attempt to access the portion of data represents an anomaly that is suspiciously inconsistent with the baseline representation, and then in response to determining that the member's attempt to access the portion of data represents the anomaly, (5) classifying the member as a potential risk to the security of the data. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLCInventors: Shailesh Dargude, Anand Athavale, Harshit Shah, Ketan Shah
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Patent number: 9886012Abstract: A cloud human-machine interface (HMI) generation system converts an original HMI project to a web-compatible version of the HMI capable of storage and execution on a cloud platform or web server. The cloud HMI generation system parses HMI project files exported from the original HMI to identify graphical objects and their attributes, animations, data tags linked to the HMI, and other characteristics of the HMI. The system then generates scripts or function calls that reproduce the identified graphical objects and their associated animations, yielding a web-based HMI that emulates the original HMI project. The resulting cloud HMI can retrieve copies of the original industrial system data maintained on cloud-based storage, allowing the cloud HMI to display near real-time system data on a client device from any location.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana, Juan L. Asenjo
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Patent number: 9864961Abstract: A method and system for capturing, organizing, storing, and analyzing manufacturing process information, with storage and performance characteristics suitable for use in resource-constrained embedded devices. Process information is organized into extensible Channels, each of which captures information stored as extensible Events, each of which may include Metric, Category Value, Annotation, and System Fields. Shared Boundaries between Channels make it easier to organize, store, interrelate, analyze, and explore information. Channel Boundary Relationships (e.g., Coupling, Fragmenting, Projecting, and Aggregating) create shared Boundaries; and can create, or be combined to create, sets of Channels that share Boundaries (referred to as a Slice Set).Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Vorne Industries, Inc.Inventors: Ramon A. Vorne, Phillip Howell, Benjamin D. Saks, Chad E. Barth
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Patent number: 9858138Abstract: A failure factor identification supporting apparatus includes a failure time point information obtaining unit (21) that obtains information regarding a failure occurrence time point at which a failure occurs in a field device (V1) located in a field; an event information obtaining unit (22) that obtains event information regarding, among one or more events that occur in the field, an event that occurs within a certain time range prior to the failure occurrence time point, and an event occurrence time point at which the event occurs; and a failure factor candidate output unit (23) that outputs the event information, obtained by the event information obtaining unit (22), as a failure factor candidate.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Tanaka, Fumiaki Yamasaki, Shinichi Koyama, Motomi Kohata
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Patent number: 9842309Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a storage unit defect analyzer that analyzes fulfillment center storage units that are designated as defective. A subset of defective storage units is identified by accessing defect data. Location data is then accessed, where the location data indicates a plurality of physical locations associated with the subset of defective storage units. A defect density map is generated according to the plurality of physical locations, the defect density map expressing a concentration of the subset of defective storage units within a fulfillment center. The defect density map is encoded for display in a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shuchi Gupta, Piyush Maheshwari
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Patent number: 9821518Abstract: A platform assembly has a rigid support with an array of threaded passages extending therethrough; threaded posts are engaged in the threaded passages and extend above the rigid support by a distance adjusted by rotation of each threaded post in its associated threaded passage. Manually-adjusted dog point screws can provide the threaded posts, and self-locking nuts can provide the threaded passages. A platform of smooth, slightly flexible material extends over the threaded posts and has an array of mounting elements that magnetically attach to the threaded posts to hold the platform tightly against the end of each post. Adjusting the positions of the threaded posts serves to adjust the precise position and flatness of the platform surface relative to the rigid support, and with respect to a print head of a 3D printer in which the rigid support is incorporated.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Inventor: Daniel A. Bloom
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Patent number: 9798853Abstract: An integrated device product having objects positioned in accordance with in-situ constraints. Said in-situ constraints comprise predetermined constraints and their local modifications. These local modifications, individually formulated for a specific pair of objects, account for on-the-spot conditions that influence the optimal positioning of the objects. The present invention improves the yield of integrated devices by adding local process modification distances to the predetermined constraints around processing hotspots thus adding extra safety margin to the device yield.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: IYM Technologies LLCInventor: Qi-De Qian
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Patent number: 9791849Abstract: A process for detecting foreign particle defects and scratch defects on semiconductor products including detecting foreign particle and scratch defects on the semiconductor products; placing the semiconductor products in a first wafer carrier and docking to a first load port of a semiconductor processing tool; opening a door of the first wafer carrier; transferring the semiconductor products from the first wafer carrier through the first load port to and through an interior of the semiconductor processing tool to a second load port of the semiconductor processing tool; transferring the semiconductor products from the second load port to a second wafer carrier; closing a door of the second wafer carrier and undocking from the second load port; and detecting foreign particle and scratch defects on the semiconductor products and comparing to the foreign particle defects on the semiconductor products prior to placing the semiconductor products in the first wafer carrier.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: GlobalFoundries, Inc.Inventors: David F. Cutilli, Matthew J. Hartnett, Keith A. Robishaw, Glenn M. Stefanski
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Patent number: 9778635Abstract: Executing an additive manufacturing job by a plurality of additive manufacturing printers, including: detecting service requirements for the additive manufacturing job; detecting service capabilities for the plurality of additive manufacturing printers; identifying, for each of a plurality of segments of the additive manufacturing job, one or more additive manufacturing printers capable of servicing the segment of the additive manufacturing job in dependence upon the service requirements for the additive manufacturing job and the service capabilities for the plurality of additive manufacturing printers; and assigning each segment of the additive manufacturing job to one of the additive manufacturing printers identified as being capable of servicing the segment of the additive manufacturing job, wherein two or more of the additive manufacturing printers are each assigned at least one distinct segment of the additive manufacturing job.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
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Patent number: 9778207Abstract: Methods and systems for integrated multi-pass reticle inspection are provided. One method for inspecting a reticle includes acquiring at least first, second, and third images for the reticle. The first image is a substantially high resolution image of light transmitted by the reticle. The second image is a substantially high resolution image of light reflected from the reticle. The third image is an image of light transmitted by the reticle that is acquired with a substantially low numerical aperture. The method also includes detecting defects on the reticle using at least the first, second, and third images for the reticle in combination.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corp.Inventors: Weston L. Sousa, Yalin Xiong, Rui-Fang Shi
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Patent number: 9772295Abstract: A laying head for a fibre placement device, in particular for fibre placement according to the AFP method, includes a placing roller which is permeable to laser light, at least in part, a laser light feed unit which is arranged in an inner space of the placing roller and a sensor which is designed and arranged to receive laser light reflected from a component on which the placing roller places a fibre band.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbHInventor: Franz Engel
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Patent number: 9733627Abstract: A system and method for performing management and diagnostic functions in a cloud computing system for advanced process control (APC). A cloud based APC management computer retrieves operating process data from an APC control computer and performs an iterative step test on the APC system. The iterative step test modifies at least one test parameter of the operating process data and identifies changes to a set of remaining parameters of the operating process data resulting from modification of the test parameter. The APC management computer determines at least one process variable from the iterative step test and generates at least one process model based on the process variable. The APC management computer transmits the process model to the APC control computer.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Gobinath Pandurangan, Kishen Manjunath, Sanjay Kantilal Dave
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Patent number: 9727799Abstract: A method of automatic defect classification (ADC) includes detecting defective parts from a substrate wherein at least one unit process is performed; and classifying defect types of the respective defective parts, wherein the classifying includes obtaining a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of each of the defective parts; registering information about the substrate in a graphic data system (GDS) image corresponding to each SEM image; defining a plurality of defects of interest (DOIs) categorizing defects of the respective defective parts; defining a DOI rule that is a criterion for determining which defects of the respective defective parts correspond to which DOI from among the DOIs; and analyzing the image to classify which defects of the respective defective parts correspond to which DOI from among the DOIs according to the DOI rule.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Il-suk Park, Jeong-ho Ahn, Hyung-suk Cho
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Patent number: 9696717Abstract: An apparatus and method of segmenting sensor data are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor, a first segmentation unit, a continuity evaluation unit, a second segmentation unit, and a segmentation determination unit. The sensor collects sensor data for a process of the semiconductor manufacturing facility. The first segmentation unit extracts a variation point of the sensor data to perform an abnormal difference (AD) segmentation on the sensor data based on the at least one variation point. The continuity evaluation unit evaluates a continuity ratio of the sensor data. The second segmentation unit performs a free-knot spline (FS) segmentation on the sensor data when the continuity ratio exceeds a reference ratio. The segmentation determination unit compares the AD segmentation result with the FS segmentation result and to select one of the results on the comparison result.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Hae-Sang Park, Young-Hak Lee, Jung-Hee Kim, Heui-Sik Jeon, Eunjeong Lucy Park, Sungzoon Cho, Jooseoung Park, Jiwon Yang
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Patent number: 9696715Abstract: A method protects at least two redundant servers. The redundant servers act as main and shadow interfaces between respectively at least two redundant process servers coupled to a manufacturing execution system and at least two redundant control servers coupled to an automation part. Each of the servers is configured to receive automation data from each of the redundant control servers. A time of receipt and a tag are extracted from the automation data and are registered in a database coupled with the servers. If one of the tags is registered within a predefined delay after the time of receipt of the other tag, the server with the older time of receipt is set up as the main interface and the other server is set up as the shadow interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Frederic Pelle, Olivier Rambeau, Nuno Rodrigues Castanheira
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Patent number: 9684932Abstract: Systems and methods for an interactive graphical user interface for depicting the status of a claim are provided. The system includes a database for storing claim data and a server in communication with the database. The stored claim data includes a claim workflow associated the claim. The workflow defines the processing steps associated with processing the claim. The server receives a user request to check the status of the claim. The server determines status data of the claim based on stored claim data and outputs the status data to a graphical user interface for depicting a graphical representation of the status data. The graphical representation includes a timeline corresponding to the workflow of the claim and a progress bar indicative of the status of the claim.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance CompanyInventors: Victoria F. Albert, Susmita Shukla
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Patent number: 9674536Abstract: A technique for visualizing elements in images by applying a color coding procedure to data which comprises an initial image and segmentation results based on N labels. The segmentation results comprise information on segmentation uncertainty. The color coding procedure constructs a resulting colored image based on the initial image and N pre-selected base colors, and in such a manner that colors in the resulting colored image are modified by using intensity of the initial image and the information on segmentation uncertainty.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Applied Materials Israel, Ltd.Inventors: Yakov Weinberg, Hagai Kirshner, Ishai Schwarzband
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Patent number: 9623623Abstract: There is disclosed a computer program product for carrying out a method of calibrating a thickness of an embossing die, the embossing die being formed from a plurality of ink layers printed by an apparatus. According to the method, an average thickness of an ink layer printed by the apparatus may be calculated, and a target die thickness may be calculated as a function of the average ink layer thickness. A system for implementing a method of calibrating a thickness of an embossing die and a method of measuring a thickness of an embossing die are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.Inventors: Shahar Stein, Eyal Peleg, George Trendafilov, Itzik Shaul
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Patent number: 9598094Abstract: An event recorder playback system for a plurality of locomotives in a consist is described, including a processor configured to receive and save a first dataset and a second dataset associated with operation of a first locomotive and a second locomotive, respectively, in the consist. The processor may determine, using the processor, a point of synchronization of the first dataset and the second dataset with respect to time, and align the first dataset and the second dataset using the point of synchronization. The event recorder playback system may be further configured to output the first dataset and the second dataset on an output device. The output is aligned with respect to time.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Marc David Miller, Steven Keith Kirby, Gregory Richard Bressler