Quality Evaluation Patents (Class 702/81)
  • Patent number: 12210403
    Abstract: In some implementations, an optimization system may obtain health information identifying different measures of health of an asset. The health information identifies end of life information regarding an end of life curve of the asset and an effective age of the asset. The optimization system may determine, based on the health information, a hazard curve for the asset. The hazard curve indicates a predicted failure rate of the asset over a period of time. The optimization system may provide the hazard curve and the effective age of the asset as inputs to an optimization model. The optimization system may use the optimization model to determine a particular time for replacing the asset, wherein the particular time is determined based on the hazard curve and the effective age. The optimization system may cause the asset to be replaced at the particular time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dzung Tien Phan, Lan Cao
  • Patent number: 12203871
    Abstract: An ingot evaluation method and a detecting apparatus are provided. Defect information of a wafer is obtained from an ingot. The defect information includes a position of at least one defect identified by optical detection. A center-of-gravity position of the defect is determined according to the defect information. Uniformity of the defect is evaluated according to the center-of-gravity position. The uniformity is related to quality of a processed wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsiu Chi Liang
  • Patent number: 12193167
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device including the following steps is provided herein. A plurality of first electronic components is provided. The plurality of first electronic components is transferred onto a plurality of pickup sites. An empty pickup site from the plurality of pickup sites may be figured out, wherein the plurality of first electronic components is absent at the empty pickup site. A second electronic component is transferred onto the empty pickup site. A target substrate is provided. The plurality of first electronic components and the second electronic component are transferred onto the target substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Kai Cheng, Fang-Ying Lin, Tsau-Hua Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12124231
    Abstract: An electronic control module (ECM) on-board a machine executes a reduced-order model configured to generate virtual sensor data associated with a machine component based on sensor data measured by actual sensors. The ECM can also execute a machine learning model configured to generate offset data for the sensor data and/or the virtual sensor data, based on operating conditions, an age of the machine component, and/or other factors that the reduced-order model may not consider. The sensor data and/or the virtual sensor data, adjusted based on the offset data, can indicate whether the machine component has failed or is predicted to fail at a future point in time, and/or a remaining usable life of the machine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yanchai Zhang, Wenming Zhao, Chunhui Pan, Daojie Zhang, Xuefei Hu, Shiferaw Damtie Beyene, Nathan J. Wieland, John Dewey Gates, Nimesh Akalanka Jayakody
  • Patent number: 12103120
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of counting the spatters by a simple method while suppressing costs, and the present invention provides a spatter counting method performed by a portable terminal device provided with an image capturing device comprising: an image capturing step of capturing a moving image of an area including spatters generated during welding: and a counting step of counting a number of the spatters captured in each still image constituting the moving image captured in the capturing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Ando, Tomoaki Sasaki, Katsunori Wada, Yusaku Nanao
  • Patent number: 12103850
    Abstract: A method of forming graphene includes: preparing a substrate in a reaction chamber; performing a first growth process of growing a plurality of graphene aggregates apart from each other on the substrate at a first growth rate by using a reaction gas including a carbon source; and performing a second growth process of forming a graphene layer by growing the plurality of graphene aggregates at a second growth rate slower than the first growth rate by using the reaction gas including the carbon source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Van Luan Nguyen, Keunwook Shin, Hyeonjin Shin, Changhyun Kim, Changseok Lee, Yeonchoo Cho
  • Patent number: 12083685
    Abstract: A control system (1) according to the present invention comprises: a control device (100) that monitors the operation of a plurality of moving parts for machining a workpiece (155), and controls the operation of the plurality of moving parts in each control cycle by issuing command values to the plurality of moving parts; and an inspection device (200) for inspecting the workpiece (155). The control device (100) comprises: an identification unit (160) for identifying, based on inspection results of the inspection device (200) and the command values issued to the plurality of moving parts, which moving part from among the plurality of moving parts has caused an abnormality in the inspection results; and a storage unit (170) for collecting and storing data on the moving part that has been identified by the identification unit (160) and caused the abnormality in the inspection results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Xianying Wu, Taku Oya
  • Patent number: 12071193
    Abstract: A system for adjusting the damper force on the suspension system of a bicycle is provided. Sensors are placed on the front shock and rear shock to measure the amplitude of displacement or acceleration in the time domain and generate a zenith position, velocity, force, and work based on the measured values. The system calculates a curve fit approximation curve for the relationships of zenith position versus velocity and uses the approximation curves to generate and display recommended damper settings for the front shock and rear shock. Using the data ensures that the bicycle suspension data is balanced, such that the front shock and rear shock respond similarly to the same event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Motion Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Przykucki, Jr., Michael Chartier
  • Patent number: 12050179
    Abstract: A method for extracting Raman characteristic peaks employing improved principal component analysis comprising: using a confocal microscopic Raman-spectroscopic instrument to collect Raman spectroscopic data from surfaces of pork and beef samples; and performing preprocessing on the Raman spectroscopic data, performing principal component analysis, establishing a principal component loading scatter plot, extracting dot characteristics from the principal component loading scatter plot, analyzing same, and performing filtering on the dot characteristics to obtain Raman characteristic peaks. The method for extracting Raman characteristic peaks employing improved principal component analysis is used to extract Raman characteristic peaks from pork and beef samples, and then the Raman characteristic peaks are inputted into a classifier to undergo classification, thereby achieving high accuracy and quick classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiuqin Rao, Yanning Zhang, Xiaomin Zhang, Yitian Wang, Yangyang Lin, Yibin Ying
  • Patent number: 12000161
    Abstract: The invention comprises a product. The product comprises a first removable concrete form having a concrete forming face and a first insulating panel insert having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert contacts the concrete forming face of the first removable concrete form. The product also comprises an elongate anchor member having an enlarged portion and an elongate portion, the elongate portion having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the enlarged portion is disposed adjacent the first end and contacts the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert and wherein the elongate portion extends through the first insulating panel insert and extends outwardly from the first primary surface of the first insulating panel insert. A method of using a removable insulated concrete form system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
  • Patent number: 11939236
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for comprehensive monitoring, analysis and maintenance of water and equipment in swimming pools, said method implemented by one or more processors operatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage device, on which are stored modules of instruction code that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform: accumulating and monitoring data from elements including at least one of: sensors, actuators, and breakers in and around the vicinity of the swimming pools; accumulating non-sensory data from a plurality of sources at a local processing unit; propagating the data to an online remote server, applying machine learning or rule based algorithms at the online remote server configured to incorporate all the acquired data and obtain an optimal policy for pool maintenance by providing recommendations, control parameters, and providing an online interface to access said recommendation/control parameters for at least one of pool owners, pool servicemen,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Maytronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamir Yizhack, Shay Peretz
  • Patent number: 11936304
    Abstract: The DC/DC converter circuit includes: a primary-side circuit configured to convert DC power from a DC power source into a pulse voltage; an isolation transformer configured to transform the pulse voltage while isolating the pulse voltage; a secondary-side circuit connectable in a switching manner by a switching circuit to one of a rectifier circuit for a high-voltage low-current output mode or a current doubler circuit for a low-voltage high-current output mode; and a control circuit configured to perform connection switching control of the switching circuit so as to establish, depending on target supply power, connection to the rectifier circuit in the high-voltage low-current output mode, and connection to the current doubler circuit in the low-voltage high-current output mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ojika, Tomokazu Sakashita
  • Patent number: 11907915
    Abstract: The system enables one to securely recycle an electronic device in a publicly accessible location. In particular, the embodiment described may be used by a mobile phone owner to submit his/her mobile phone for recycling via an electronic kiosk and receive compensation in some form. The compensation might be dispersed via cash, voucher, credit or debit card, or other magnetic or electronic transaction methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ecoATM, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Bowles, Michael Librizzi
  • Patent number: 11880193
    Abstract: A system for characterizing a specimen is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a characterization sub-system configured to acquire one or more images a specimen, and a controller communicatively coupled to the characterization sub-system. The controller may be configured to: receive training images of one or more features of a specimen from the characterization sub-system; receive training three-dimensional (3D) design images corresponding to the one or more features of the specimen; generate a deep learning predictive model based on the training images and the training 3D design images; receive product 3D design images of one or more features of a specimen; generate simulated images of the one or more features of the specimen based on the product 3D design images with the deep learning predictive model; and determine one or more characteristics of the specimen based on the one or more simulated images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: Arpit Yati, Chandrashekaran Gurumurthy
  • Patent number: 11880735
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining radio frequency (RF) cabling configuration are provided. The systems include a central controller that includes two or more antenna ports that are coupled to corresponding antennas via respective RF cables. In embodiments, the central controller executes a calibration interrogation cycle to detect a misconfiguration of an RF cable that couples an antenna port of the central controller to an antenna port of a detector station that includes an antenna under test. While the central controller executes the calibration interrogation cycle, a RF sensor is disposed in a signal range of the antenna under test. The systems detect indications provided by the RF sensor to identify a misconfiguration of the RF cabling and provide guidance on how to re-configure the RF cabling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy B. Austin
  • Patent number: 11867630
    Abstract: An optical inspection system is provided with a fixture to support a glass sheet, with the fixture having an optical fiducial. An ultraviolet laser and associated optics form a planar laser sheet that intersects a surface of the glass sheet causing the surface to fluoresce and form a visible wavelength line thereon. A camera has an image sensor for detecting the optical fiducial and the visible wavelength line across at least a portion of a width of the sheet. A control system is configured to (i) image the optical fiducial on the fixture, (ii) define an optical fiducial coordinate system from the imaged optical fiducial, (ii) receive a mathematical model of the glass sheet in a model coordinate system, and (iii) relate the optical fiducial coordinate system to the model coordinate system via at least one transformation. A method of using a non-contact optical inspection system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Moran, Jason C. Addington, Michael J. Vild
  • Patent number: 11801534
    Abstract: Provided is a fruit quality inspecting and sorting appliance. The fruit quality inspecting and sorting appliance includes: a conveying module; a weighing module, which cooperates with the conveying module to convey weighed fruits through the conveying module; an internal quality inspection module, which cooperates with the conveying module and performs an internal quality inspection to the weighed fruits; an external quality inspection module, which cooperates with the conveying module and performs an external quality inspection to the fruits after the internal quality inspection; a sorting module, which cooperates with the conveying module, and sorts the fruits passing through the weighing module, the internal quality inspection module and the external quality inspection module; and a control module electrically connected with the conveying module, the weighing module, the internal quality inspection module, the external quality inspection module and the sorting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: EAST CHINA JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yande Liu, Jun Hu, Junzheng Wang, Siyi Ouyang, Yunjuan Yan, Huizheng Cui, Xiaogang Jiang, Jian Wu, Xuan Hu, Aiguo Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11736208
    Abstract: Antenna monitoring systems and methods can include, among other things, a transmitter near each of the antennas in a distributed antenna system (DAS). The transmitter can transmit an antenna identifier corresponding to that antenna, so that the various transmitters in the DAS each transmit different antenna identifiers. These antenna identifiers can be detected by a receiver and can be processed to determine whether any antenna identifiers are missing. If any expected antenna identifier is missing, the receiver can infer that the antenna or a component associated with the antenna (such as cabling) may have failed. The receiver can then output an indication or notification that may be accessed by maintenance personnel and/or emergency personnel to enable them to identify and repair the non-functioning antenna or component. The transmitter can transmit other data, such as environmental data, RF data, or the like, to facilitate additional or alternative monitoring functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Gugli Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick Daniel Leaf, Joshua Travis Helling
  • Patent number: 11728172
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first metrology tool configured to measure an initial thickness of a wafer. The apparatus includes a controller connected to the first metrology tool and configured to calculate a polishing time based on a material removal rate, a predetermined thickness and the initial thickness of the wafer. The apparatus includes a polishing tool connected to the controller and configured to polish the wafer for a first duration equal to the polishing time. The apparatus includes a second metrology tool connected to the controller and configured to measure a polished thickness. The controller is configured for receiving the initial thickness from the first metrology tool and the polished thickness from the second metrology tool, updating the material removal rate based on the predetermined thickness, the polishing time and the polished thickness, and calculating an etching time for etching the polished wafer using the polished thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan-Hsuan Chen, Kei-Wei Chen, Ying-Lang Wang, Kuo-Hsiu Wei
  • Patent number: 11703344
    Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a landmark position estimating method performed by a landmark position estimating apparatus. The method comprises, identifying a first type landmark and a second type landmark from an image, captured by an image capturing device of a vehicle, including various landmarks on a driving route, estimating a three-dimensional position of the identified first type landmark based on a plurality of the images on which the first type landmark is identified and a digital map including a driving area of the vehicle, and estimating a position of the identified second type landmark on a virtual plane including the three-dimensional position of the first type landmark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SK Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seongsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11699623
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology may include semiconductor processing methods that include depositing a film of semiconductor material on a substrate in a substrate processing chamber. The deposited film may be sampled for defects at greater than or about two non-contiguous regions of the substrate with scanning electron microscopy. The defects that are detected and characterized may include those of a size less than or about 10 nm. The methods may further include calculating a total number of defects in the deposited film based on the sampling for defects in the greater than or about two non-contiguous regions of the substrate. At least one deposition parameter may be adjusted as a result of the calculation. The adjustment to the at least one deposition parameter may reduce the total number of defects in a deposition of the film of semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Mandar B. Pandit, Man-Ping Cai, Wenhui Li, Michael Wenyoung Tsiang, Praket Prakash Jha, Jingmin Leng
  • Patent number: 11659100
    Abstract: A method of producing a printed product includes creating a project specification and storing the it on a server, the project specification including a palette of selected master colors, a printing substrate, a printing technique, and an ink base for a printed product; determining whether a quality assurance color is available for each master color, for master colors having an associated quality assurance color, automatically associating quality assurance color information with the master colors; generating a quality assurance package corresponding to the project specification, the quality assurance package including the quality assurance color information; providing a converter with access to the project specification and the quality assurance package; the converter producing the printed product according to the project specification and scoring the printed product against the quality assurance package; and receiving from the converter a score indicative of the printed product's appearance measured against t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ESKO SOFTWARE BVBA
    Inventors: Baldewin Meireson, Cindy Cooperman
  • Patent number: 11657490
    Abstract: A control device, which controls a machine tool capable of alarm stop based on abnormality in machining load, includes: a photographing unit which photographs chips produced as a result of machining of a workpiece; a reference model determination unit which determines in advance a reference model of chips for determining as abnormality in machining, based on images of chips photographed within a predetermined period before alarm stop, in response to an occurrence of alarm stop; and a judgment unit which judges as abnormality occurrence in machining, in a case of a degree of similarity in chips photographed at a predetermined timing in machining later, relative to a reference model of chips that was determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gaku Isobe
  • Patent number: 11615974
    Abstract: Systems and methods of optimizing wafer transport and metrology measurements in a fab are provided. Methods comprise deriving and updating dynamic sampling plans that provide wafer-specific measurement sites and conditions, deriving optimized wafer measurement paths for metrology measurements of the wafers that correspond to the dynamic sampling plan, managing FOUP (Front Opening Unified Pod) transport through the fab, transporting wafers to measurement tools while providing the dynamic sampling plans and the wafer measurement paths to the respective measurement tools before or as the FOUPs with the respective wafers are transported thereto, and carrying out metrology and/or inspection measurements of the respective wafers by the respective measurement tools according to the derived wafer measurement paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: KLA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amnon Manassen, Tzahi Grunzweig, Einat Peled, Anna Golotsvan
  • Patent number: 11609111
    Abstract: A system monitors gas flow and pressure to a gas appliance in a fluid network comprising an analyzer. The analyzer has a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and an interior in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet. At least one sensor is coupled to the analyzer and configured to generate at least one signal related to gas being supplied to the gas appliance. A smart device communicates with the analyzer, wherein the smart device has a user interface and is configured to monitor, store and display data. The smart device can present any or all of a plurality of parameters such as the flow of gas, a capacity of the flow of gas, a temperature, a pressure of the gas and the like to a user based on signals from sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Michael T. Angus, Kevin Fisk, Richard Huber, R. Craig Campbell, George Davis, Matthew Meurer, Robert Parks
  • Patent number: 11598693
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus and the like for improving the accuracy of deterioration estimation regarding a monitoring target. An information processing apparatus as one embodiment of the present invention includes a detector, a separator, a calculator, and an estimator. The detector detects a normal waveform pattern included in a waveform of time-series data of a target. The separator separates the waveform of the time-series data into components while removing the normal waveform pattern that is detected. The calculator calculates a feature of the time-series data based on at least one of the components. The estimator estimates deterioration of the target based on the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Ken Ueno
  • Patent number: 11599889
    Abstract: Techniques for qualifying a candidate supplier are presented. Such techniques may include obtaining a part produced by a candidate supplier and measuring a quantifiable property in each of a plurality of samples to obtain an empirical data set. Such techniques may also include selecting, based on the empirical data set, and fitting to the empirical data set, an appropriate linear mixed model for the quantifiable property. Such techniques may further include computing an acceptance parameter from a mean and standard deviation obtained from the appropriate linear mixed model. The acceptance parameter may include a process capability index or a tolerance interval bound. Such techniques may further include determining that the candidate supplier qualifies based on comparing the acceptance parameter to a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kelsea Cox, Lindsay L. W. Jones, Robert M. Lawton, Emily O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11579272
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to calibrate a LiDAR using a reflect array calibration target having a spatially varying spectral reflectance profile. A frequency modulated continuous wave LiDAR emits a beam that spans a range of wavelengths, and, therefore, spatially varying spectral features in the reflectance profile can be used as indicia of where the LiDAR beam hits the calibration target. For example, the center has one absorption wavelength and the periphery has another, such that alignment is achieved by changing the alignment direction to maximize the spectral feature at the one absorption wavelength while minimizing the spectral feature at the other absorption wavelength. Alternatively, at least one spectral feature can have a center wavelength that changes as a function of space. Thus, the LiDAR is aligned by changing the beam direction to shift the center wavelength to a value corresponding to the target center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Paul D. Schmalenberg, Sean P. Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 11568340
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating target success group of hybrid seeds for target fields include a server receiving agricultural data records that represent crop seed data describing seed and yield properties of hybrid seeds and first field geo-location data for agricultural fields where the hybrid seeds were planted. The server receives second geo-locations data for target fields where hybrid seeds are to be planted. The server generates a dataset of hybrid seed properties that include yield values and environmental classifications for hybrid seeds and then a dataset of success probability scores that describe the probability of a successful yield on the target fields based on the dataset of hybrid seed properties and the second geo-location data. The server generates target success yield group of hybrid seeds and probability of success values based on success probability scores and a yield threshold. The server causes display of the target success yield group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CLIMATE LLC
    Inventors: Tonya S Ehlmann, Xiao Yang, Dongming Jiang, Jason Kendrick Bull, Samuel Alexander Wimbush, Yao Xie, Timothy Reich
  • Patent number: 11554481
    Abstract: A workpiece transport apparatus for transporting a workpiece includes: a hand device; a moving device that includes a movable part mounted with the hand device and that includes at least one drive axis configured to operate the movable part; a current measurement section configured to measure a current value of a motor that drives the drive axis; and a workpiece number detection section configured to detect that a number of workpieces held by the hand device is different from an expected number based on a comparison result between the current value measured by the current measurement section when the hand device holds the workpiece, and a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Kato
  • Patent number: 11536040
    Abstract: The invention comprises a product. The product comprises a first removable concrete form having a concrete forming face and a first insulating panel insert having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert contacts the concrete forming face of the first removable concrete form. The product also comprises an elongate anchor member having an enlarged portion and an elongate portion, the elongate portion having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the enlarged portion is disposed adjacent the first end and contacts the second primary surface of the first insulating panel insert and wherein the elongate portion extends through the first insulating panel insert and extends outwardly from the first primary surface of the first insulating panel insert. A method of using a removable insulated concrete form system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
  • Patent number: 11531080
    Abstract: An example method for estimating the angle-of-arrival (AoA) and other parameters of radio frequency (RF) signals that are received by an antenna array comprises: receiving a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signal power measurements by a plurality of antenna elements at a plurality of RF channels; computing, by applying a machine learning model to the plurality of RF signal power measurements, an estimated RF signal parameter value; and outputting the RF signal parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Aidan Smyth, Victor Simileysky, Kiran Uln
  • Patent number: 11480531
    Abstract: An assessment system includes a storage device and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is coupled to the storage device and configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The storage device is configured for storing instructions of extracting at least one feature parameter corresponding to at least one defect detected on an object respectively; determining at least one feature evaluation according to the at least one feature parameter respectively; weighting the at least one feature evaluation to calculate at least one weighted feature evaluation respectively; summing the at least one weighted feature evaluation to calculate at least one total score corresponding to at least one lesson-learnt case; and ranking the at least one total score corresponding to the at least one lesson-learnt case to find out a suspected root cause corresponding to one of the at least one lesson-learnt case with higher priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ge Ge Zhao, Fei Wang, Zheng Yi Cai, Ling Ling Fu, Tao Huang, Xing Jin, Jing Yun Wu, Yadong Wang
  • Patent number: 11469122
    Abstract: A semiconductor process analysis device of an embodiment includes a memory and a processor connected to the memory. The processor performs factoring to inspection result groups resulting from inspections of a substrate group, the inspections including an inspection of a fabrication process of a semiconductor integrated circuit. The inspection result groups are first distribution groups resulting from a single inspection of each substrate of the substrate group. Each first distribution represents a distribution of inspection data on a substrate surface. The factoring includes calculating, from the first distribution groups, for each of one or more second distributions, appearance information containing a degree of appearance of one of the one or more second distributions in each substrate. The processor calculates a degree of association between two items of the appearance information, the two items respectively corresponding to different inspection result groups among the inspection result groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yukako Tanaka, Sho Saiki, Kaito Date, Yuka Shibata
  • Patent number: 11462316
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for evaluating a medical image. The systems and methods may obtain the medical image. The systems and methods may extract a feature of the medical image. The feature may include a histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) feature of the medical image. The systems and methods may determine a degree to which an artifact in the medical image affects recognition of a tissue feature by inputting the feature of the medical image to a determination model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuhang Shi
  • Patent number: 11443092
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can perform an analog defect simulation on an electronic device. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can generate a defect catalog which identifies a defect class relating to a defect and a modeling parameter that is associated with the defect class. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can receive a weight formula that identifies a weight for the defect class in relation to the modeling parameter. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can call a defect weight function to return the weight from the defect weight formula. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can perform the analog defect simulation on the electronic device. The method, apparatus, and/or computer program product can determine a simulation statistic relating to the analog defect simulation utilizing the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayukh Bhattacharya, Miroslava Tzakova, Chih-Ping Antony Fan
  • Patent number: 11428644
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a display and one or more processor is disclosed. The one or more processor is configured to: divide a first error value of each of a plurality of first components with respect to a mounting position acquired through inspection of a plurality of substrates of a first type, into a plurality of error values, generate a graph of a tree structure including a plurality of nodes corresponding to the plurality of first components, component types of each of the plurality of first components and a plurality of components included in a mounter, adjust attributes of each of the plurality of nodes using the plurality of error values divided from the first error value of each of the plurality of first components, and display the graph in which the attributes of each of the plurality of nodes are adjusted, on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Jong Myoung Lee, Duk Young Lee, Su Hyeong Choi, Hyeon Su Jeong
  • Patent number: 11417408
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a peripheral region surrounding, a defect detection circuit in the peripheral region, the defect detection circuit arranged in an open conduction loop, the defect detection circuit comprising a plurality of latch circuits and a plurality of defect detection conduction paths, each defect detection conduction path of the plurality of defect detection conduction paths connecting two adjacent latch circuits of the plurality of latch circuits, and a test control circuitry configured to perform (a) a test write operation by transferring bits of an input data pattern in a forward direction of the open conduction loop to cause the plurality of latch circuits to store the bits of the input data pattern in the plurality of latch circuits, and (b) a test read operation by transferring bits stored in the plurality of latch circuits in a backward direction of the open conduction loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jongpil Son
  • Patent number: 11353502
    Abstract: An electronic component handling apparatus handles a device under test (DUT). The electronic component handling apparatus includes: a set plate that holds a DUT container including a plurality of pockets each of which accommodates the DUT; a sensor that acquires three-dimensional shape data of the DUT container; and a processor that corrects the shape data based on an inclination of the set plate, extracts a height and an inclination of a predetermined region corresponding to the DUT in a first pocket among the pockets, from the shape data corrected by the processor, and determines an accommodation state of the DUT in the first pocket based on an extraction result obtained by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANTEST Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Onozawa, Mitsunori Aizawa, Aritomo Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11276161
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a reference image for use in a process performed for a specimen are provided. One system includes a virtual system configured to receive output generated by actual systems for specimens, each of which has device areas of the same type formed thereon. The virtual system is configured for identifying defective portions of the device areas based on the output generated for the specimens by at least two of the actual systems and eliminating the defective portions of the device areas from the device areas in which the defective portions were identified to thereby generate remaining portions of the device areas. In addition, the virtual system is configured for generating a reference image from the output generated for the remaining portions of at least one device area on a first of the specimens and at least one device area on a second of the specimens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: KLA Corp.
    Inventor: Fang Lei
  • Patent number: 11270178
    Abstract: Briefly, an intelligent label is associated with a good, and includes one or more permanent and irreversible electrochromic indicators that are used to report the condition of that good at selected points in the movement or usage of that good. These electrochromic indicators provide immediate visual information regarding the status of the good without need to interrogate or communicate with the electronics or processor on the intelligent label. In this way, anyone in the shipping or use chain for the good, including the end user consumer, can quickly understand whether the product is meeting shipping and quality standards. If a product fails to meet shipping or quality standards, the particular point where the product failed can be quickly and easily identified, and information can be used to assure the consumer remains safe, while providing essential information for improving the shipping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Atkinson, James Kruest, Anoop Agrawal, John P Cronin, Lori L Adams, Juan Carlos L Tonazzi
  • Patent number: 11243245
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an analysis method of a semiconductor device, and the semiconductor device comprises a plurality of HKMG fin field effect transistors and a wafer on which the plurality of HKMG fin field effect transistors are located, and the analysis method comprises: performing acceptance testing on the wafer to be tested; constructing an N-type model based on the position of each N-type transistor at the surface of the wafer to be tested and the corresponding acceptance test result, constructing a P-type model based on the position of each P-type transistor at the surface of the wafer to be tested and the corresponding acceptance test result, and constructing an N/P ratio model corresponding to the surface of the wafer to be tested based on the N-type model and the P-type model; and identifying the N/P ratio model based on a preset standard wafer model to determine whether the wafer to be tested is compliant based on the N/P ratio model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ping-Hsun Su
  • Patent number: 11243236
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for monitoring quality and performance parameters of an electricity distribution component in an electricity distribution network and detecting any deviation of operating parameters from the specified regulatory set and enforced limits. The critical and increasing problem is mitigated for the myriad of private domestic and commercial DEG devices being installed and connected to the distribution networks which were not initially designed for, or even not anticipated with, the recent DEG evolution, and the increasing complex electrical components with changing loads and power factors across the distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Edge Electrons Limited
    Inventors: Jian Carlo Decena Zapata, Efren Santos Cruzat, II, Leonard Ostil Torio, Gordon Currie, Neal George Stewart
  • Patent number: 11156593
    Abstract: Concrete can be one of the most durable building materials where consumption is projected to reach approximately 40 billion tons in 2017 alone. Despite this the testing of concrete at all stages of its life cycle is still in its infancy although testing for corrosion is well established. Further many of the tests today are time consuming, expensive, and provide results only after it has been poured and set. Accordingly, by exploiting self-contained wireless sensor devices, which are deployed with the wet concrete, the in-situ curing and maturity measurement data can be established and employed together with batch specific concrete data to provide rapid initial tests and evolving performance data regarding the concrete cure, performance, corrosion of concrete at different points in its life cycle. Such sensors remove subjectivity, allow for rapid assessment, are integrable to the construction process, and provided full life cycle assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Giatec Scientific Inc.
    Inventors: Pouria Ghods, Rouhollah Alizadeh, Mustafa Salehi, Sarah De Carufel
  • Patent number: 11029252
    Abstract: Aspects relating to gemstone profiling are described. A gemstone profiling system includes a holder that is rotatable by an actuator and can hold a gemstone, the gemstone having a reference mark. The system includes a non-contact measuring unit to determine a distance between a center of rotation of the gemstone and a surface of the gemstone. Further, the system includes a controller to rotate the gemstone through a plurality of orientations and receive the measured distance between a center of rotation of the gemstone and a surface of the gemstone in each of the plurality of orientations of the gemstone. The controller can generate a profile of the gemstone based on the received distance in the plurality of orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Sahajanand Technologies Private Limited
    Inventors: Chetan Fulchandbhai Patel, Munjalkumar Dhirajlal Gajjar, Rahul Mahendra kumar Gaywala
  • Patent number: 11012161
    Abstract: The transceiver for undersea communication includes both a receiver and a transmitter. The transmitter includes a transmitter digital signal processor for converting a transmitted communication signal into a modulated transmission signal. The transmitter digital signal processor applies a modulation scheme to the transmitted communication signal during its conversion into the modulated transmission signal. The transmitter converts the modulated transmission signal into modulated electrical pulses, which are applied to electrodes to produce a modulated electric field. The receiver includes a receiving antenna formed from samarium nickelate (SmNiO3). Samarium nickelate (SNO) is known to have measurable changes in resistance responsive to changes in applied sub-volt electric potentials when the samarium nickelate is immersed in salt water, such as in an undersea environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ahmad Fakher Jasem Baghlani, Wadhha S. M. S. Albaho
  • Patent number: 10997340
    Abstract: Pattern centric process control is disclosed. A layout of a semiconductor chip is decomposed into a plurality of intended circuit layout patterns. For the plurality of intended circuit layout patterns, a corresponding plurality of sets of fabrication risk assessments corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of sources is determined. Determining a set of fabrication risk assessments for an intended circuit layout pattern comprises determining fabrication risk assessments based at least in part on: simulation of the intended circuit layout pattern, statistical analysis of the intended circuit layout pattern, and evaluation of empirical data associated with a printed circuit layout pattern. A scoring formula is applied based at least in part on the sets of fabrication risk assessments to obtain a plurality of overall fabrication risk assessments for respective ones of the plurality of intended circuit layout patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Anchor Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Chenmin Hu, Khurram Zafar, Ye Chen, Yue Ma, Rong Lv, Justin Chen, Abhishek Vikram, Yuan Xu, Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10983501
    Abstract: A tool-life prediction method, applicable to a machine tool having a machining end, includes steps of capturing a plurality of measurement data from a tool of the machining end, transforming each of the plurality of measurement data into a corresponding complex process capability index (Cpk), utilizing an artificial neural network being trained to generate a tool-life prediction scale with respect to the Cpk, and then based on the tool-life prediction scale to determine a remaining tool life of the tool. In addition, a tool life prediction system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Chen, Chi-Cheng Lin, Shu-Chung Liao, Chen-Yu Kai, Ta-Jen Peng
  • Patent number: 10909184
    Abstract: A method for multiplying an object in a database may include receiving, from a client, an indication that an object is associated with a first variable attribute having a first variation and a second variation. A bucket may be created in response to the indication. The bucket may include the object, a first sub-object having a first reference to the first variation of the first variable attribute, and a second sub-object having a second reference to the second variation of the first variable attribute. The bucket may be created instead of a first object having the first variation of the first variable attribute and a second object having the second variation of the first variable attribute. The bucket stored in the database may be accessed in response to a query from the client accessing the object. Related systems and articles of manufacture including computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Nithya Rajagopalan, Jeremiah Reeves, Gurudayal Khosla
  • Patent number: 10852019
    Abstract: A system controls and monitors a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The system receives raw data from HVAC equipment, controller performance monitoring (CPM) indicators associated with the HVAC equipment, and a set of rules associated with the HVAC equipment. The system processes the CPM indicators and the raw data using the set of rules to generate fault relevancies, and processes the fault relevancies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Petr Endel, Jiri Vass, Jiri Rojicek