08th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200058251 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a degradation compensator configured to output compensation data based on age values of the plurality of pixels and an input grayscale value of input image data, a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the display panel, and a data driver configured to supply a data signal corresponding to the compensation data to the display panel. The degradation compensator includes a first compensation unit configured to generate a first compensation grayscale value with reference to the input grayscale value and a first age value, and a second compensation unit configured to generate a second compensation grayscale value with reference to the first compensation grayscale value and the first age value. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058252 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A display driving circuit is provided. The display driving circuit includes: an input control circuit configured to output an input current in response to a sensing current output from at least one pixel; a sampling circuit configured to output a sampling voltage which is a reference voltage during a reset period, and which is a voltage varying based on the reference voltage and the input current during a signal period; and an accumulating circuit configured to generate an output voltage by accumulating variation values of the sampling voltage, and provide the generated output voltage to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit, wherein the sampling voltage decreases or increases from the reference voltage according to the input current during the signal period. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058253 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING PIXEL CIRCUIT - A pixel circuit comprising an organic light emitting diode; a driving transistor including a gate, a source connected to a first node, a drain connected to a second power supply terminal; and a photosensitive circuit connected between a second node and a third node, the second node configured to receive a reference voltage. The driving transistor is configured to, responsive to a gate voltage and a source voltage, control a magnitude of a driving current flowing through the organic light emitting diode. The photosensitive circuit is configured to sense an intensity of light emission of the organic light emitting diode and to set a potential at the third node according to the reference voltage and the intensity that was sensed, the potential that was set being detectable by an external circuit via a sense line. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058254 | PIXEL DRIVING COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD - A pixel driving compensation circuit, a display panel, and a driving method are provided. The pixel driving circuit includes: a scan sub-circuit, a storage sub-circuit, a first reset sub-circuit, a second reset sub-circuit, a control sub-circuit, and a drive sub-circuit. The scan sub-circuit is connected to scan and data signal terminals and a first terminal of the storage sub-circuit. The first reset sub-circuit is connected to a reset signal terminal, and the first terminal of the storage sub-circuit. The second reset sub-circuit is connected to the reset signal terminal, an initial signal terminal, a second terminal of the storage sub-circuit, and the drive sub-circuit. The control sub-circuit is connected to a first power supply voltage terminal, and a control signal terminal. The drive sub-circuit is connected to the second terminal of the storage sub-circuit, and a second power supply voltage terminal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058255 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Systems and methods are described for displaying an image during an initial driving period. An exemplary display device includes a timing controller configured to reconstruct compensation reference data from a first memory into a plurality of transmission data, sequentially transmit the plurality of transmission data to a second memory, and display an image on the display panel when partial transmission data of the plurality of transmission data are transmitted and stored to the second memory during the initial driving period. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058256 | SELECTIVE DIMMING OF AMBIENT LIGHTING IN VIRTUAL, AUGMENTED, AND MIXED REALITY (xR) APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for selective dimming of ambient lighting in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (xR) applications. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory including program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the IHS to: identify the presence of a light source in a physical space where a user is wearing a Head-Mounted Display (HMD) during operation of an xR application; and darken a portion of an optical filter within the HMD at a position in the user's field-of-view (FOV) corresponding to the light source. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058257 | Current Compensation Circuit, Virtual Reality Device and Control Method - A current compensation circuit, a virtual reality device and a control method are disclosed. The current compensation circuit includes: a first constant current sub-circuit, configured to generate a driving current of a backlight module; a second constant current sub-circuit, configured to generate a compensation current of the backlight module; a compensation gating sub-circuit, configured to determine whether to select the second constant current sub-circuit to supply power to the backlight module; and a black insertion control signal generation sub-circuit, configured to generate a black insertion control signal, connected with the first constant current sub-circuit and the compensation gating sub-circuit, and configured to control, by the black insertion control signal, the first constant current sub-circuit and the second constant current sub-circuit to simultaneously supply power to or power off the backlight module, so that the black light module realizes a backlight black insertion. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058258 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each pixel column extends in a first direction and each pixel row extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a first data line extending in the first direction and configured to transfer a data voltage to pixels included in at least two pixel columns, and for each pixel row, a first gate line extending in the second direction and disposed at a first side of the pixel row, and a second gate line extending in the second direction and disposed at a second side of the pixel row, the first and second sides of the pixel row are opposite to each other. In a pair of adjacent pixel columns, pixels, which are connected to the first gate line of their respective pixel row, are arranged in a zigzag arrangement in the first direction. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058259 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A display device, the driving circuit and the driving method for the same are provided. Wherein, the input module raises a control end voltage signal Qn to a first high electrical level based on the gate scanning signal Gn−2; the raise module raises the signal Qn from the first high electrical level to a second high electrical level based on the clock signal CLKn−2, the clock signal CLKn−1 and the control end voltage signal Qn−1; the output module couples the control end voltage signal Qn from the second high electrical level to a third high electrical level based on the clock signal CLKn and outputs a gate scanning signal Gn based on the signals Qn and CLKn; the feedback module depresses the coupled control end voltage signal Qn; and the control module controls a depression maintain module to maintain the low voltage of the control end voltage signal Qn. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058260 | DRIVE CIRCUIT, DRIVE METHOD OF DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A drive circuit, a drive method of the drive circuit and a display device are provided. The drive circuit includes a signal output module, a first level signal output end; and a plurality of switch modules. The signal output module includes N output ends for outputting a gate drive signal step by step to N scan lines. The switch modules each correspond to one of the scan lines. A control end of the i-th switch module is electrically connected with the i−1th scan line. A first connecting end is electrically connected with the corresponding i-th scan line. A second connecting end is electrically connected with the first level signal output end. Wherein, N is a positive integer, and i is a positive integer greater or less or equal to N. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058261 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a data line, a gate line crossing the data line, and a sub pixel connected to the data line and the gate line; a gamma data generator configured to output normal gamma data of a normal gamma curve corresponding to image data when a grayscale of the image data is inside a first grayscale range, and to output high gamma data of a high gamma curve or low gamma data of a low gamma curve based on a spatio-temporal pattern when the grayscale of the image data is outside the first grayscale range; and a data driver configured to convert the gamma data outputted from the gamma data generator to a data voltage and to output the data voltage to the data line. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058262 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES IN ROTATED DISPLAY REGIONS OF DISPLAY SCREENS - The disclosed display device may include a display screen having (1) a front surface and (2) a pair of display regions that emit image light from the front surface, the pair of display regions separated from each other by a non-display region in a longitudinal direction of the display screen, each of the pair of display regions including a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns, the plurality of pixel rows and the plurality of pixel columns each extending obliquely relative to a peripheral edge of the front surface. The display device may also include a display driver circuit for driving the plurality of pixels of both of the pair of display regions, the display driver circuit disposed apart from the pair of display regions in a lateral direction of the display screen. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058263 | Systems and methods for digital content creation and rendering - A media engine includes modules to retrieve a first graphics object and a second graphics object to be displayed on a screen, and perform asynchronous pixel transfers of the first graphics object and the second graphics object such that the first graphics object and the second graphics object are shown independently in a single frame, and the asynchronous pixel transfers include batching of draw calls based on the similarity of meshes in the first graphics object and the second graphic object to generate a batch of draw calls. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058264 | Environmental Protection Apparatus - A breathing apparatus having a face piece having a heads up display (HUD) component. The breathing apparatus further having at least one external sensor for measuring environmental condition data and at least one internal sensor for measuring internal condition data. A control unit is coupled to the at least one external sensor and the at least one internal sensor, and is configured to process the data and provide the data to the heads up display component. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058265 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING RGB IMAGE SIGNAL INTO RGBW IMAGE SIGNAL - The present disclosure relates to a method for converting RGB image signals into RGBW image signals. The method includes converting RGB image signals of pixels of each received image frame into corresponding RGB luminance values respectively, performing a conversion from an RGB luminance value to an RGBW luminance value for each pixel, including performing a first conversion to the RGBW luminance value by determining a first conversion amount based on the corresponding RGB luminance value of the pixel to obtain a first RGBW luminance value of the pixel, performing a second conversion to the RGBW luminance value by determining a second conversion amount based on the first RGBW luminance values of the pixel and its adjacent one or more pixels to obtain a second RGBW luminance value of the pixel, and converting the second RGBW luminance values of the pixels of the image frame into corresponding RGBW image signals respectively. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058266 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THROUGHPUT CALIBRATION - A wearable display device and a calibration method for the wearable display device are provided. The wearable display device or its component(s) may exhibit optical throughput dependent on beam angle or beam coordinate at the eyebox. The linear or angular dependencies of throughput may be accounted for when generating an image to be displayed, to lessen or offset these dependencies during operation of the wearable display. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058267 | TEXTURE DISPLAY DEVICE, TEXTURE DISPLAY METHOD, AND TEXTURE DISPLAY PROGRAM - A texture display device includes a display unit in which each pixel includes a condensing type element having light distribution at a first spread angle and a diffusing type element having light distribution at a second spread angle larger than the first spread angle, a pixel signal generation unit that generates a pixel signal based on image data and texture data of an object to be displayed on the display unit, and a control unit that controls light emission intensity of the condensing type element and the diffusing type element based on the pixel signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058268 | SCENARIO PROJECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A scenario projection system and a controlling method thereof are provided. The scenario projection system includes a display device, a reflective device and a scenario light source. The display device is configured to show an image on the screen area of the display device. The scenario light source disposed on a slide rail is to project a scenario beam to the screen area where the reflective device is disposed within. The reflected scenario beam by the reflective device is to form a characteristic image outside the screen area, wherein there is a linkage relationship between the image and the characteristic image. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058269 | Mediated Atmospheres Table - A system may produce a multimedia presentation that includes visual stimuli, auditory stimuli, olfactory stimuli, thermal stimuli and air currents that are perceptible to a human user. All or part of the system may be housed in or affixed to a table or desk. Sensors may monitor physiology or activities of the user and provide feedback regarding the user's response to the presentation. A user may input instructions for the system. Based on these instructions, the system may present a multimedia presentation which tends to produce a target physiological state of the user that is specified in the instructions or which tends to maintain a current physiological state of the user. The system may employ a control space to control the presentation. This control space may have axes that correspond to how a user perceives multimedia presentations. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058270 | BULLET SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of this application provide a bullet screen display method and an electronic device, and relate to the field of multimedia technologies, to resolve a prior-art problem that bullet screen content causes interference to a user, thereby improving user experience. The method includes: determining an object display area based on a target display object in a display image, where the target display object is located in the object display area; determining a bullet screen display area based on the object display area, where the bullet screen display area and the object display area have no intersection; and displaying bullet screen content in the bullet screen display area. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058271 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] It is desirable to provide a technique capable of providing more useful information to a user in a case in which there is a target object group in a real world. [Solution] Provided is a display control device, including: a display control unit configured to be capable of controlling display of information related to a first target object which is a group management target and information for managing a target object group including the first target object, in which the display control unit controls a display parameter of each of the information related to the first target object and the information for managing the target object group in accordance with a distance between a user and a second target object included in the target object group. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058272 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a body; a roller rotatably installed in the body; a flexible display configured to be wound or unwound from the roller in response to a rotation of the roller; and a controller configured to detect a type of a content to be displayed, and change a screen size of the flexible display according to the detected type of the content by winding or unwinding of the flexible display. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058273 | Copy-on-write (COW) Rendering of graphical object models - A method of rendering an object model includes modifying, by a first thread executing on a computer system that is coupled to a display screen, a current object model to generate a new object model that is stored at a first memory address. The method also includes storing, by the first thread, a copy of the new object model at a second memory address. The method further includes updating, by the first thread, a reference to identify the copy of the new object model. The method also includes rendering, by a second thread executing on the computer system, a renderable object model identified by the reference into a buffer that is converted into pixels on the display screen, the first thread being independent of the second thread. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058274 | CAPO FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS GUITAR AND BANJO - Method and apparatus for a capo for a fretted instrument with a plurality of strings. The capo base having been bent into a u-shape, with a barrier of Velcro on the bottom side where the capo contacts on the strings, protecting them, also said Velcro will not let the strings move laterally, out of tune. Having also Velcro on the inside of the rear of the capo to protect the finish on the instruments' side. The capo covers two adjacent frets, pressing the body of the capo to the frets and not to the fretboard, eliminating excessive string sharpness. The capo having a thumbnut on the bottom to tighten the capo down on the strings. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058275 | DRUMSTICK - A drumstick including a first portion having a tip for striking a percussion instrument and a second portion separate from and mounted to the first portion. The second portion defines a space to house one or more functional components of the drumstick, and the second portion includes a substantially tubular outer wall defining the space therein. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058276 | CYMBAL SUPPORT AND METHOD FOR USING CYMBAL SUPPORT - A cymbal support includes a support part having a solid inverted bowl-shaped curved part that contacts with the cymbal and a through hole through which a shaft rod penetrates at a central axis. An opening of a through hole at a side of the bent part of the cymbal support is chamfered in a curved shape or straightly, the support part has hardness from 25 to 80 degrees, and is made of one of, or a combination of two or more of leather, cork, felt, silicone resin and rubber sponge. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058277 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING MUSICAL SAMPLE SECTIONS ON AN ELECTRONIC DRUM MODULE - An electronic drum-module for connection to electronic-drum pads is provided. The module includes an electronic display, a memory storing audio files for playback when the playback is triggered by a signal received from the pads, and one or more processors coupled to the electronic display and the memory. The processors are configured to play a portion of the one or more audio files when the playback is triggered by the signal received from the pads and to display, on the electronic display, a user interface for an application. The user interface includes a waveform associated with recorded audio. The user interface includes a sample-start marker and a sample-end marker. A portion of the waveform between the sample-start marker and sample-end marker is displayed brighter than a portion not between the sample-start marker and the sample-end marker. Playback of the portion may be initiated by striking a drum-pad zone. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058278 | ACOUSTIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ENHANCED WITH FEEDBACK AND INJECTION ACTUATORS - Processing implemented by computer means of sound data output by at least one sensor and activation of at least one actuator of an acoustically radiating structure. The sensor senses an acoustic signal output by the vibration of the radiating structure. The radiating structure bears at least one actuator controlled by the computer means and is thus involved in the vibration of the radiating structure. In particular, the method comprises the steps of: a) measuring a transfer function of the actuator, radiating structure and sensor assembly, b) controlling activation of the actuator so as to make the radiating structure vibrate, according to a selected setpoint: taking account of the transfer function measured, and taking account of the acoustic signal sensed by the sensor in feedback mode. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058279 | EXTENDABLE LAYERED MUSIC COLLABORATION - Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate extendable layered music collaboration. A production environment for production and playback of audiovisual clips is provided for display on a local client device. In response to the local client device or a remote client device associated with the environment, one or more initial audiovisual clips each comprising a segment of music is provided. A request to record one or more additional audiovisual clips is received from the local client device. The additional audiovisual clips are recorded while one or more of the initial audiovisual clips play back in real time, with the recording of the audiovisual clip including synchronization of an audio clip and a video clip. Optionally, the additional audiovisual clips are provided for playback to the local client device or one or more remote client devices. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058280 | Multiple Coil Pickup System - A stringed instrument pickup with multiple selectable coils can be utilized in a system to provide a diverse range of sound characteristics from at least one moving string under tension. A first wire can be connected to a first terminal of a first bobbin body prior to the first wire being wound around the first bobbin body a first number of times and then connecting the first wire to a second terminal of the first bobbin body. A second wire may be connected to the second terminal of the first bobbin body before winding the second wire around the first bobbin body a second number of times and then connecting the second wire to a third terminal of the first bobbin body. The first bobbin body is subsequently mounted onto a stringed instrument. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058281 | DEVICE FOR NOISE DAMPING AND ROCK DRILLING RIG - A device for dampening noise and a rock drilling rig. The noise dampening device includes a skin structure and a frame, which are separate elements. The skin structure includes several noise dampening panels, which are mounted to the frame in a removable manner. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058282 | Nonwoven Sound Absorbing Material - A nonwoven sound absorbing material according to the present invention includes a nonwoven laminate formed of a stack of a plurality of sheets of a filament nonwoven fabric having a plurality of drawn filaments arranged and oriented in one direction, and the mode value of the diameter distribution of the plurality of drawn filaments is 1 to 4 μm. The nonwoven sound absorbing material according to the present invention has improved sound absorption performance in a relatively low frequency band as compared to a conventional one. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058283 | Audio Path Sealing - In accordance with some embodiments, an apparatus for privacy protection is provided. The apparatus includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion arranged to receive and enclose one or more personal communication devices. The apparatus further includes at least one sound attenuation layer disposed in the second housing portion, the at least one sound attenuation layer absorbs sound. The apparatus also includes a noise generator to provide one or more noise signal streams and audio output device(s), which are at least partially supported by the first housing portion and coupled to the noise generator to receive the one or more noise signal streams. The audio output device(s) are operable to output noise signal based on the one or more noise signal streams and direct the noise signal at the one or more personal communication devices placed adjacent the at least one sound attenuation layer. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058284 | SURGICAL TOOL HAVING INTEGRATED MICROPHONES - Communication apparatus and devices for surgical robotic systems are described. The communication apparatus can include a user console in communication with a communication device having a surgical tool. The communication device can include a microphone to convert a sound input into an acoustic input signal. The communication device can transmit the acoustic input signal to the user console for reproduction as a sound output for a remote operator. The surgical tool can include an endoscope having several microphones mounted on a housing. The surgical tool can be a sterile barrier having a microphone and a drape. The microphone(s) of the surgical tools can face a surrounding environment such that a tableside staff is a source of the sound input that causes the sound output, and a surgeon and the tableside staff can communicate in a noisy environment. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058285 | PINNA PROXIMITY DETECTION - An integrated circuit for implementing at least a portion of a personal audio device may include an output for providing an output signal to a transducer, wherein the output signal includes a pilot signal, a microphone input for receiving a microphone signal from a microphone indicative of an output of the transducer, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may be configured to implement a pilot signal control to apply an adjustment to the pilot signal as necessary to maintain the pilot signal at a substantially constant magnitude regardless of proximity of the transducer to a pinna and implement a proximity determination block configured to determine proximity of the transducer to the pinna based on the adjustment. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058286 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STEREO NOISE CANCELLATION - According to an embodiment, a noise cancellation method comprises updating a first far-end channel filter according to a first variance yielded based on an input signal and a first far-end signal included in the input signal, providing a first output signal obtained by removing a first far-end noise signal from the input signal through the first far-end channel filter, updating a second far-end channel filter according to a second variance yielded based on the first output signal and a second far-end signal included in the input signal, and providing a second output signal obtained by removing a second far-end noise signal from the first output signal through the second far-end channel filter. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058287 | ACTIVE NOISE-CANCELLING HEADPHONES - Active noise-cancelling (ANC) headphones in the form of a part of a headset or as in-ear headphones that reduce acoustic adaptation by providing an electrodynamic speaker in a housing with ventilation openings and an acoustically permeable front panel. These components form a module that can be integrated into ANC headphones, permitting its installation in different headphones without customization. The module reacts to a reduction of the impermeability situation in such a manner, that an impedance change of the speaker takes place below 100 Hz. For example, a microphone and electronics with a feedback filter for active noise cancellation can be provided that form a secondary route between speaker and microphone. In a further development, an evaluation unit is provided which detects and evaluates a change in the impedance of the speaker and adapts the feedback loop. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058288 | TIMBRE-SELECTABLE HUMAN VOICE PLAYBACK SYSTEM, PLAYBACK METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A timbre-selectable human voice playback system and a timbre-selectable human voice playback method thereof are provided. The timbre-selectable human voice playback system includes a speaker, a storage and a processing apparatus. The storage saves a text database. The processing apparatus is connected to the speaker and the storage. The processing apparatus obtains real human voice signals, converts the text of the text database into original synthetic human voice signals with the text-to-speech technology, and transforms the original synthetic voice signals into timbre-specific human voice signals with a timbre transformation model. The timbre-transformation model is trained with the real human voice signals collected from a specific person. Then, the processing apparatus plays the transformed human voice signals with the speaker. Accordingly, a user can listen to his favorite voice timbre and the transformed voice signal carrying selected content anytime and anywhere. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058289 | AUTOMATIC DUBBING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An automatic dubbing method is disclosed. The method comprises: extracting speeches of a voice from an audio portion of a media content ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200058290 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING SYNTHESIZED SPEECH AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is an artificial intelligence apparatus includes a memory configured to store learning target text and human speech of a person who pronounces the text, a processor configured to generate synthesized speech in which the text is pronounced by synthesized sound and extract a synthesized speech feature set including information on a feature pronounced in the synthesized speech and a human speech feature set including information on a feature pronounced in the human speech, and a learning processor configured to train a speech correction model for outputting a corrected speech feature set to allow predetermined synthesized speech to be corrected based on a human pronunciation feature when a synthesized speech feature set extracted from predetermined synthesized speech is input, based on the synthesized speech feature set and the human speech feature set. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058291 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING KEY PHRASE IN AUDIO, DEVICE AND MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for identifying a key phrase in audio, a device and a computer readable storage medium. The method for identifying a key phrase in audio includes obtaining audio data to be identified. The method further includes identifying the key phrase in the audio data using a trained key phrase identification model. The key phrase identification model is trained based on first training data for identifying feature information of words in a first training text and second training data for identifying the key phrase in a second training text. In this way, embodiments of the present disclosure can accurately and efficiently identify key information in the audio data. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058292 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DICTIONARY DATABASE - An information processing device stores, in a keyword database, keywords extracted from speech sounds picked up by a speech-sound processing device as keywords matching keyword entries in a dictionary database of the speech-sound processing device. The information processing device receives, from the speech-sound processing device, an instruction to update the dictionary database of the speech-sound processing device, and then determines, by inference, words related to the keywords stored in the keyword database, prepares an update of the dictionary database on the basis of the keywords stored in the keyword database and the related words determined by inference, and transmits the update of the dictionary database to the speech-sound processing device. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058293 | OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An object recognition method is provided. The method includes obtaining speech information of a target object in a current speech environment and position information of the target object; extracting voiceprint feature from the speech information based on a trained voiceprint matching model, to obtain voiceprint feature information; obtaining a voice confidence value corresponding to the voiceprint feature information; and obtaining an object recognition result of the target object based on the voice confidence value, the position information, and the voiceprint feature information. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058294 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPDATING LANGUAGE MODEL AND PERFORMING SPEECH RECOGNITION BASED ON LANGUAGE MODEL - A method of updating a grammar model used during speech recognition includes obtaining a corpus including at least one word, obtaining the at least one word from the corpus, splitting the at least one obtained word into at least one segment, generating a hint for recombining the at least one segment into the at least one word, and updating the grammar model by using at least one segment comprising the hint. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058295 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING PARTIAL UTTERANCES - The system and method generally include identifying whether an utterance spoken by a user (e.g., customer) is a complete or incomplete sentence. For example, the system may include a partial utterance detection module that determines whether an utterance spoken by a user is a partial utterance. The detection process may include providing a detection advice code that gives a recommendation for handling the utterance of interest. If it is determined that the utterance is an incomplete sentence, then the system and method can identify the type of utterance. For example, the system may include a partial utterance classification module that predicts the class of a partial utterance. The classification process may include providing a classification advice code that gives a recommendation for handling the utterance of interest. Once a partial utterance is detected and classified, the system and method can further determine what the user meant by the utterance and can recommend a response to the user's utterance that further advances a conversation between the user and a virtual agent. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058296 | LEARNING FRONT-END SPEECH RECOGNITION PARAMETERS WITHIN NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING - Techniques for learning front-end speech recognition parameters as part of training a neural network classifier include obtaining an input speech signal, and applying front-end speech recognition parameters to extract features from the input speech signal. The extracted features may be fed through a neural network to obtain an output classification for the input speech signal, and an error measure may be computed for the output classification through comparison of the output classification with a known target classification. Back propagation may be applied to adjust one or more of the front-end parameters as one or more layers of the neural network, based on the error measure. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058297 | SOUND IDENTIFICATION UTILIZING PERIODIC INDICATIONS - A computer-implemented method is provided. The computer-implemented method is performed by a speech recognition system having at least a processor. The method further includes performing a speech recognition operation on the audio signal data to decode the audio signal data into a textual representation based on the estimated sound identification information from a neural network having periodic indications and components of a frequency spectrum of the audio signal data inputted thereto. The neural network includes a plurality of fully-connected network layers having a first layer that includes a plurality of first nodes and a plurality of second nodes. The method further comprises training the neural network by initially isolating the periodic indications from the components of the frequency spectrum in the first layer by setting weights between the first nodes and a plurality of input nodes corresponding to the periodic indications to 0. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058298 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Provided are an electronic device and a control method. The electronic device comprises: a storage unit for storing a user-based dictionary; an input unit for receiving an input sentence including a user-specific word and at least one word learned by a neural network-based language model; and a processor for determining a concept category of the user-specific word on the basis of semantic information of the input sentence, adding the user-specific word to the user-based dictionary to perform update, and when text corresponding to semantic information of the at least one learned word is input, providing the user-specific word as an autocomplete recommendation word which can be input subsequent to the text. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058299 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RESPONSE MESSAGE TO VOICE INPUT OF USER - Provided are a device and a method for providing a response message to a voice input of a user. The method, performed by a device, of providing a response message to a voice input of a user includes: receiving the voice input of the user; determining a destination of the user and an intention of the user, by analyzing the received voice input; obtaining association information related to the destination; generating the response message that recommends a substitute destination related to the intention of the user, based on the obtained association information; and displaying the generated response message. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058300 | PROACTIVE COMMAND FRAMEWORK - Techniques for determining a command or intent likely to be subsequently invoked by a user of a system are described. A user inputs a command (either via a spoken utterance or textual input) to a system. The system determines content responsive to the command. The system also determines a second command or corresponding intent likely to be invoked by the user subsequent to the previous command. Such determination may involve analyzing pairs of intents, with each pair being associated with a probability that one intent of the pair will be invoked by a user subsequent to a second intent of the pair. The system then outputs first content responsive to the first command and second content soliciting the user as to whether the system to execute the second command. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058301 | SPEECH INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a speech interaction method and apparatus, and pertains to the field of speech processing technologies. The method includes: acquiring speech data of a user; performing user attribute recognition on the speech data to obtain a first user attribute recognition result; performing content recognition on the speech data to obtain a content recognition result of the speech data; and performing a corresponding operation according to at least the first user attribute recognition result and the content recognition result, so as to respond to the speech data. According to the present invention, after speech data is acquired, user attribute recognition and content recognition are separately performed on the speech data to obtain a first user attribute recognition result and a content recognition result, and a corresponding operation is performed according to at least the first user attribute recognition result and the content recognition result. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058302 | LIP-LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A lip-language identification method and an apparatus thereof, an augmented reality device and a storage medium. The lip-language identification method includes: acquiring a sequence of face images for an object to be identified; performing lip-language identification based on a sequence of face images so as to determine semantic information of speech content of the object to be identified corresponding to lip actions in a face image; and outputting the semantic information. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058303 | VISUALIZATION OF AUDIO ANNOUNCEMENTS USING AUGMENTED REALITY - Approaches presented herein enable communication of audio messages using augmented reality. More specifically, a set of captured messages are analyzed to determine, for each message of the set of messages, whether the message is relevant to a user. At least one message of the set of messages is associated with a real-world object over which to display the at least one message in an augmented reality environment. A time limit is assigned to the at least one message based on the analyzed relevance to the user. In the case that a current time is within the time limit, the at least one message is displayed on a display of a mobile device associated with the user when a camera of the mobile device is directed at the real-world object associated with the at least one message. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058304 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DYNAMIC UPDATE OF VOICE TO TEXT MODEL IN A VOICE-ENABLED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A voice to text model used by a voice-enabled electronic device is dynamically and in a context-sensitive manner updated to facilitate recognition of entities that potentially may be spoken by a user in a voice input directed to the voice-enabled electronic device. The dynamic update to the voice to text model may be performed, for example, based upon processing of a first portion of a voice input, e.g., based upon detection of a particular type of voice action, and may be targeted to facilitate the recognition of entities that may occur in a later portion of the same voice input, e.g., entities that are particularly relevant to one or more parameters associated with a detected type of voice action. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058305 | DYNAMIC DISPATCHER ELECTRONIC DIGITAL ASSISTANT MONITORING IN A MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM - A process for dispatcher monitoring of an electronic digital assistant (EDA) in a group-based mobile radio system includes first receiving, at a radio controller from a mobile radio, a request to establish an EDA call for interacting with an EDA. Identifying one of (i) a primary talkgroup to which the mobile radio is affiliated and (ii) an agency to which the mobile radio belongs. Selecting or creating an EDA talkgroup, different from the primary talkgroup, through which the mobile radio may interact with the EDA. Identifying one or more, but less than all, dispatch consoles that are (i) subscribed to monitor the primary talkgroup of the mobile radio or (ii) a member of a same agency as the mobile radio. Adding the EDA, mobile radio, and identified dispatch consoles to the EDA talkgroup. And causing the EDA call to be established. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058306 | HOTWORD DETECTION ON MULTIPLE DEVICES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for hotword detection on multiple devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a first computing device, audio data that corresponds to an utterance. The actions further include determining a first value corresponding to a likelihood that the utterance includes a hotword. The actions further include receiving a second value corresponding to a likelihood that the utterance includes the hotword, the second value being determined by a second computing device. The actions further include comparing the first value and the second value. The actions further include based on comparing the first value to the second value, initiating speech recognition processing on the audio data. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORK ORCHESTRATION - Methods and systems for classifying a multimedia file using interclass data is disclosed. One of the methods includes receiving, from a first transcription engine, one or more transcription results of one or more audio segments of the multimedia file; identifying a first transcription result for a first audio segment having a low confidence of accuracy; identifying a first image data of the multimedia file corresponding to the first segment; receiving, from an image classification engine trained to classify image data, an image classification result of one or more portions of the first image data in response to requesting the image classification engine to classify the first image data; and selecting, based at least on the image classification result of the one or more portions of the first image data, a second transcription engine to re-classify the first audio segment. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058308 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPEECH RECOGNITION - An electronic device for performing speech recognition and a method therefor are provided. The method includes detecting a first text, which is preset for performing speaker recognition, by performing speech recognition on a first speech signal, performing speaker recognition on a second speech signal acquired after the first speech signal, based on the first text being detected, and executing a voice command obtained from the second speech signal, based on a result of performing the speaker recognition on the second speech signal indicating that a speaker of the second speech signal corresponds to a first speaker who registered the first text. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058309 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONNECTION METHOD USING VOICE THEREOF - An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention includes: a microphone; a communication module; a memory; and at least one processor, wherein the processor can receive and record a voice through the microphone while a function of receiving the voice is activated, generate first authentication data including data for the voice and identification data for the electronic device on the basis of the recorded voice, determine the mode of the electronic device on the basis of the recorded voice, send the first authentication data, receive second authentication data corresponding to the first authentication data, use identification data included in the second authentication data to connect communication with an external electronic device when the data for the voice included in the first authentication data matches data for voice included in the second authentication data, and perform, according to the mode, at least one function related to the communication-connected external electronic device and the voice. Various other embodiments are also possible. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058310 | SPATIAL AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER - A method to encode audio signals is provided for use with an audio capture device that includes multiple microphones having a spatial arrangement on the device, a method to encode audio signals comprising: receiving multiple microphone signals corresponding to the multiple microphones; determining a number and directions of arrival of directional audio sources represented in the one or more microphone signals; determining one of an active microphone signal component and a passive microphone signal component, based upon the determined number and directions of arrival; determining the other of the active microphone signal component and the passive microphone signal component, based upon the determined one of the active input spatial audio signal component and the passive input spatial audio signal component; encoding the active microphone signal component; encoding the passive microphone signal component. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058311 | SPATIAL AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER - A method to decode audio signals is provided that includes: receiving an input spatial audio signal; determining directions of arrival of directional audio sources represented in the received input spatial audio signal; determining one of an active input spatial audio signal component and a passive spatial audio signal input component, based upon the determined directions of arrival; determining the other of the active input spatial audio signal component and the passive input spatial audio signal component, based upon the determined one of the active input spatial audio signal component and the passive input spatial audio signal component; decoding the active input spatial audio signal component to a first output format; and decoding the passive input spatial audio signal component to a second output format. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058312 | AMBISONIC ENCODER FOR A SOUND SOURCE HAVING A PLURALITY OF REFLECTIONS - The present invention relates to an ambisonic encoder for a sound wave having a plurality of reflections. The ambisonic encoder according to the invention makes it possible to improve the sensation of immersion in a 3D audio scene. The complexity of encoding of the reflections of sound sources for an ambisonic encoder according to the invention is less than the complexity of encoding of the reflections of sound sources of an ambisonic encoder according to the prior art. The ambisonic encoder according to the invention makes it possible to encode a greater number of reflections of a sound source in real time. The ambisonic encoder according to the invention makes it possible to reduce the power consumption related to ambisonic encoding, and to increase the life of a battery of a mobile device used for said application. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058313 | DECODER, ENCODER, AND METHOD FOR INFORMED LOUDNESS ESTIMATION IN OBJECT-BASED AUDIO CODING SYSTEMS - A decoder for generating an audio output signal having one or more audio output channels is provided. The decoder includes a receiving interface for receiving an audio input signal including a plurality of audio object signals, for receiving loudness information on the audio object signals, and for receiving rendering information indicating whether one or more of the audio object signals shall be amplified or attenuated. Moreover, the decoder includes a signal processor for generating the one or more audio output channels of the audio output signal. The signal processor is configured to determine a loudness compensation value depending on the loudness information and depending on the rendering information. Furthermore, the signal processor is configured to generate the one or more audio output channels of the audio output signal from the audio input signal depending on the rendering information and depending on the loudness compensation value. Moreover, an encoder is provided. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058314 | Methods and systems for enhancing audio signals corrupted by noise - Systems and methods for audio signal processing including an input interface to receive a noisy audio signal including a mixture of target audio signal and noise. An encoder to map each time-frequency bin of the noisy audio signal to one or more phase-related value from one or more phase quantization codebook of phase-related values indicative of the phase of the target signal. Calculate, for each time-frequency bin of the noisy audio signal, a magnitude ratio value indicative of a ratio of a magnitude of the target audio signal to a magnitude of the noisy audio signal. A filter to cancel the noise from the noisy audio signal based on the phase-related values and the magnitude ratio values to produce an enhanced audio signal. An output interface to output the enhanced audio signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058315 | CARDIOID MICROPHONE ADAPTIVE FILTER - Cardioid adaptive filtering includes receiving a first and second audio signals from first and second omnidirectional microphones; combining the audio input signals into a cardioid signal; filtering the cardioid signal to create a first filtered output using an adaptive low pass filter controlled by a frequency control, the adaptive low pass filter having a controllable corner frequency f | 2020-02-20 |
20200058316 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED MEASUREMENT, ENTITY AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION, AND PATH PROPAGATION EFFECT MEASUREMENT AND MITIGATION IN SOURCE SIGNAL SEPARATION - A method of processing a signal includes taking a signal recorded by a plurality of signal recorders, applying at least one super-resolution technique to the signal to produce an oscillator peak representation of the signal comprising a plurality of frequency components for a plurality of oscillator peaks, computing at least one Cross Channel Complex Spectral Phase Evolution (XCSPE) attribute for the signal to produce a measure of a spatial evolution of the plurality of oscillator peaks between the signal, identifying a known predicted XCSPE curve (PXC) trace corresponding to the frequency components and at least one XCSPE attribute of the plurality of oscillator peaks and utilizing the identified PXC trace to determine a spatial attribute corresponding to an origin of the signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058317 | PLAYBACK ENHANCEMENT IN AUDIO SYSTEMS - Audio systems and methods are provided that enhance a portion of audio content relative to other portions of the audio content. The systems and methods select the portion to be enhanced and calculate an intelligibility metric of the selected portion, such as a dialogue portion. The systems and methods determine a gain based at least in part upon the intelligibility metric and apply the gain to the selected portion to provide an enhanced portion. The systems and methods provide an audio signal, based at least in part upon the enhanced portion, to an output for conversion to an acoustic signal, such as by an acoustic transducer. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058318 | System and Method for Improving Speech Recognition Accuracy Using Textual Context - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for improving speech recognition accuracy using textual context. The method includes retrieving a recorded utterance, capturing text from a device display associated with the spoken dialog and viewed by one party to the recorded utterance, and identifying words in the captured text that are relevant to the recorded utterance. The method further includes adding the identified words to a dynamic language model, and recognizing the recorded utterance using the dynamic language model. The recorded utterance can be a spoken dialog. A time stamp can be assigned to each identified word. The method can include adding identified words to and/or removing identified words from the dynamic language model based on their respective time stamps. A screen scraper can capture text from the device display associated with the recorded utterance. The device display can contain customer service data. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058319 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A response is prevented from being made by a malfunction. A control section ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200058320 | VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION METHOD, RELEVANT APPARATUS AND DEVICE - This application discloses a voice activity detection method. The method includes receiving speech data, the speech data including a multi-frame speech signal; determining energy and spectral entropy of a frame of speech signal; calculating a square root of the energy of the speech signal and/or calculating a square root of the spectral entropy of the frame of the speech signal; determining a spectral entropy-energy square root of the frame of the speech signal based on at least one of the square root of the energy and the square root of the spectral entropy; and determining that the frame of the speech signal is an unvoiced frame if the spectral entropy-energy square root of the speech signal is less than a first threshold, or that it is a voiced frame if the spectral entropy-energy square root of the speech signal is greater than or equal to the first threshold. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058321 | TONEARM UNIT AND PLAYBACK DEVICE - A tonearm unit includes: an arm member having a tip to which a cartridge is attached; and a raising and lowering mechanism which raises and lowers the arm member with respect to a phonograph record along an axis. The raising and lowering mechanism includes: a cam base supporting the arm member; a ring cam provided to be rotatable about the axis with respect to the cam base; a first guide portion on the cam base, extending at an angle along a rotation direction of the ring cam; and a second guide portion on the ring cam, extending at an angle along the rotation direction so as to face the first guide portion. When the ring cam rotates with respect to the cam base, the cam base is raised and lowered with respect to the ring cam as a result of the second guide portion sliding along the first guide portion. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058322 | MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a magnetic pole, a first shield, and a stacked body. The stacked body is provided between the magnetic pole and the first shield. The stacked body includes a magnetic layer including at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, a first conductive layer provided between the magnetic pole and the magnetic layer, the first conductive layer being nonmagnetic, and a second conductive layer provided between the magnetic layer and the first shield, the second conductive layer being nonmagnetic. The first conductive layer includes Ir. A thickness of the first conductive layer along a first direction is not less than | 2020-02-20 |
20200058323 | CALCULATING A HEATER POWER THAT COMPENSATES FOR LASER INDUCED WRITER PROTRUSION FOR A HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE - A method includes moving a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) slider relative to a magnetic recording medium. The slider comprises a writer, a writer heater, and a near-field transducer (NFT). For each of a plurality of different head-to media spacings a test tone is written to a track of the medium, the test tone is read and a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) of an amplitude of the read test tone is captured. A first DFT curve is generated at a beginning of writing the test tones. A second DFT curve is generated at a saturated state of writing the test tones. An amount of horizontal shift between the first and second DFT curves is computed. The amount of horizontal shift corresponding to writer heater power required to compensate for NFT clearance offset due to laser induced writer protrusion. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058324 | TAPE DRIVE WITH GAS JET IMPINGING ON TAPE - A method of operating a magnetic tape within a tape drive. The tape drive comprises a tape head, which shows a tape-bearing surface meant to face a front side of a magnetic tape, in operation. The tape-bearing surface comprises a transducer area. This area includes at least one transducer, which is a read or write element configured to read or write to the magnetic tape, respectively. The method may include driving the tape (along a longitudinal direction of circulation thereof above the tape-bearing surface) and concomitantly ejecting a gas flow toward the transducer area. The gas flow ejected impinges on the back side of the driven tape (e.g., opposite to the front side of the tape), so as to locally urge the front side of the tape against the transducer area and thereby read or write to the tape via said at least one transducer. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058325 | DAMPING LATERAL TAPE MOTION DISTURBANCES - A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a module having transducers positioned along a tape bearing surface of the module, and a roller guide. A patterned bar is also positioned relative to the roller guide and module to engage a magnetic tape. Moreover, the patterned bar has a plurality of recessed regions along a tape bearing surface thereof. The patterned bar is also not directly coupled to the module, and both edges of the patterned bar which engage the magnetic tape are skiving edges. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058326 | POLYMORPHIC PLAYBACK SYSTEM WITH SIGNAL DETECTION FILTERS OF DIFFERENT LATENCIES - A polymorphic playback system is disclosed in which one or more parameters of a signal path of the polymorphic playback system are varied based on one or more characteristics of a playback signal processed by the signal path, wherein the polymorphic playback system may include a lower-latency detection filter, a higher-latency detection filter, and a control subsystem that uses the lower-latency detection filter for detecting the one or more first characteristics of the playback signal and uses the higher-latency detection filter for detecting the one or more second characteristics of the playback signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058327 | NAND CELL ENCODING TO IMPROVE DATA INTEGRITY - Devices and techniques for NAND cell encoding to improve data integrity are disclosed herein. A high-temperature indicator is obtained and a write operation is received. The write operation is then performed on a NAND cell using a modified encoding in response to the high-temperature indicator. The modified encoding includes a reduced number of voltage distribution positions from an unmodified encoding without changing voltage distribution widths, where each voltage distribution corresponds to a discrete set of states an encoding. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058328 | MEMORY CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A memory circuit array includes a first read device and a first program device. The first read device is coupled to a first bit line. The first read device includes a first transistor coupled to a first word line, and a second transistor coupled to the first word line. The first program device is coupled to the first read device. The first program device includes a third transistor coupled to a second word line, and a fourth transistor coupled to the second word line. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058329 | WIRING WITH EXTERNAL TERMINAL - Apparatuses for providing a clock signal for a plurality of circuits of a semiconductor device within delays in a certain range are described. An example apparatus includes a signal wire including a first portion and a second portion, having one ends coupled to each other at a signal input and the other ends coupled to each other that extend in parallel. The second portion has a higher impedance than the first portion from the first end to the second end. Output buffers closer to the signal input are coupled to the second portion and output buffers farther to the signal input are coupled to the first portion. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058330 | CLIENT LATENCY-AWARE MICRO-IDLE MEMORY POWER MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing micro-idle memory power management. One embodiment of a method comprises receiving and storing an exit latency vote from each of a plurality of memory subsystems on a system on chip electrically coupled to a system memory. In response to a micro-idle memory state in which each of the memory subsystems are idle, a minimum exit latency value from the plurality of exit latency votes is determined. One of a plurality of system memory modes is selected which has a micro-idle sleep time that meets the minimum exit latency value while minimizing system memory power consumption. The selected system memory mode is initiated. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058331 | POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LOAD SWITCH DRIVER WITH DYNAMIC BIASING - Disclosed is an improved load switch driver for Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) devices. In one embodiment, a PMIC is disclosed comprising a gate driver, the gate driver connected to the gate of a switch; an operation frequency generator connected to the gate driver and configured to supply a periodic voltage to the gate driver; and a voltage sensor, the voltage sensor connected to the operation frequency generator and the source of the switch, the voltage sensor configured to monitor a drain-source voltage of the switch and lower the frequency of the operation frequency generator to a second frequency in response to detecting a collapse of the drain-source voltage. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058332 | CALIBRATION CIRCUIT INCLUDING COMMON NODE SHARED BY PULL-UP CALIBRATION PATH AND PULL-DOWN CALIBRATION PATH, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A calibration circuit includes first and second pull-up units each receiving a pull-up code and connected between a pad connected with an external resistor and a first power supply voltage, a pull-down unit connected between the pad and a second power supply voltage and receiving a pull-down code, a comparator comparing a first voltage with a reference voltage and then compare a second voltage with the reference voltage, a first digital filter adjusting the pull-up code based on a first comparison result of the first voltage with the reference voltage, and a second digital filter adjusting the pull-down code based on a second comparison result of the second voltage with the reference voltage. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058333 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR LATCHING DATA INPUT BITS - A write-in date circuit in a semiconductor device may include multiple input buffers, each receiving multiple data bits in a serial data stream. The circuit may include a first circuit coupled to a first and a second input buffers. The first circuit may be further coupled to receive a DQS signal and latch a first data bit selected from the first input buffer or the second input buffer responsive to the DQS signal. The second circuit may be coupled to the first and second input buffers and configured to latch a second data bit selected from the first input buffer or the second input buffer responsive to the DQS signal. The first circuit may latch the first data bit responsive to a rising edge of the DQS signal and the second circuit may latch the second data bit responsive to a falling edge of the DQS signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058334 | WRITE CYCLE EXECUTION BASED ON DATA COMPARISON - Aspects of the present disclosure include a memory sub-system configured to reduce latency and power consumption during a read-write cycle. The memory system comprises a first memory component and a processing device operatively coupled to the first memory component. The processing device is configured to receive a request to write a first sequence of data bits from a first data block of a second memory component to memory media of the first memory component. In response to receiving the request, the processing device reads a second sequence of data bits from a second data block stored in the memory media of the first memory component, and compares the first sequence of data bits with the second sequence of data bits. The processing device determines whether to execute a write cycle, at the first memory component, to write the first sequence of data bits from the first data block to the memory media of the first memory component based on a result of comparing the first sequence of data bits with the second sequence of data bits. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058335 | DELAY TRACKING METHOD AND MEMORY SYSTEM - A delay tracking method and a memory system are provided. The delay tracking method is applied to a memory system supporting a low-frequency-mode (LFM) and a high-frequency-mode (HFM) of an operating clock. The delay tracking method includes the steps of selecting a LFM oscillator for obtaining a LFM delay value when the operating clock is in the HFM; and selecting a HFM oscillator for obtaining a HFM delay value when the operating clock is in the LFM. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058336 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES PERFORMING A WRITE LEVELING TRAINING OPERATION AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method includes performing a first write leveling training operation and performing a second write leveling training operation. The first write leveling training operation is performed to generate transmission data based on a data strobe signal and an internal command pulse and to generate a latency code. The second write leveling training operation is performed to generate the transmission data based on the data strobe signal and the internal command pulse. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058337 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A semiconductor device may include a power supply circuit, a word line control circuit, and a memory circuit. The power supply circuit may drive a pre-charge voltage to a level of an external voltage based on a write initialization signal which is enabled if a command has a predetermined level combination. The word line control circuit may generates two or more word line selection signals that are sequentially counted based on the write initialization signal. The memory circuit may sequentially select a plurality of word lines based on the word line selection signals. The memory circuit may drive bit lines of memory cells connected to the selected word line to the pre-charge voltage. The memory circuit may store data, which are loaded on the bit lines to have a level of the pre-charge voltage, into the memory cells connected to the selected word line. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058338 | MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a conductive member, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer. The conductive member includes a first layer. The first layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of HfN having a NaCl structure, HfN having a fcc structure, and HfC having a NaCl structure. The first magnetic layer is separated from the first layer in a first direction. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first layer and the first magnetic layer. The first nonmagnetic layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058339 | SPIN DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A structure and operation method of a spin device using a magnetic domain wall movement by spin orbit torque are provided. It is possible to invert the magnetization of free layer of the device at a low value of current by using the spin orbital torque, and the structure of the device is simpler than that of the conventional CMOS. Further, a spin synapse device to which a free layer of multiaxial anisotropy is applied in addition to movement of a magnetic domain wall is provided. Since the magnetoresistance can be adjusted according to the angle of the pinned layer and the free layer, it is easy to apply multi-bit and it can be applied to artificial synapse technology. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058340 | ASSISTED WRITE METHOD FOR MRAM TESTING AND FIELD APPLICATIONS - A method of writing to a magnetic random access memory cell includes applying an alternating current signal to the magnetic random access memory cell having a first magnetic orientation, and applying a direct current pulse to the magnetic random access memory cell to change the magnetic orientation of the magnetic random access memory cell from the first magnetic orientation to a second magnetic orientation. The first magnetic orientation and the second magnetic orientation are different. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058341 | ACCESS SCHEMES FOR ACTIVITY-BASED DATA PROTECTION IN A MEMORY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices for activity-based data protection in a memory device are described. In one example, a memory device may include a set memory sections each having memory cells configured to be selectively coupled with access lines of the respective memory section. A method of operating the memory device may include determining a quantity of access operations performed on a set of sections of a memory device, selecting at least one of the sections for a voltage adjustment operation based on the determined quantity of access operations, and performing the voltage adjustment operation on the selected section. The voltage adjustment operation may include applying an equal voltage to opposite terminals of the memory cells, which may allow built-up charge, such as leakage charge accumulating from access operations of the selected memory section, to dissipate from the memory cells of the selected section. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058342 | ACCESS SCHEMES FOR SECTION-BASED DATA PROTECTION IN A MEMORY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices for section-based data protection in a memory device are described. In one example, a memory device may include a set memory sections each having memory cells configured to be selectively coupled with access lines of the respective memory section. A method of operating the memory device may include selecting at least one of the sections for a voltage adjustment operation based on a determined value of a timer, and performing the voltage adjustment operation on the selected section by activating each of a plurality of word lines of the selected section. The voltage adjustment operation may include applying an equal voltage to opposite terminals of the memory cells, which may allow built-up charge, such as leakage charge accumulating from access operations of the selected memory section, to dissipate from the memory cells of the selected section. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058343 | REDUNDANCY AREA REFRESH RATE INCREASE - An apparatus may include an address counter to provide first address information and second address information. The first address information may include a first number of bits and the second address information may include a second number of bits that is smaller than the first number of bits. The address counter may perform a first updating operation. The first updating operation being such that the first address information is updated from a first initial value to a first final value. The address counter may also perform a second updating operation, the second updating operation being such that the second address information is updated from a second initial value to a second final value. In addition, the address counter may also perform the second updating operation at least twice per the first updating operation being performed once. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058344 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR COMMAND SIGNAL DELAY - Apparatuses and methods for a command decoder delay are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a command decoder which may receive memory access command. The command decoder may provide an output command based on the memory access command to a command path at a first time. The command decoder may also provide the output command to a data path at a second time, wherein the second time is delayed relative to the first time. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058345 | BUFFER CONTROL CIRCUIT OF MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device includes a target clock generation circuit suitable for generating a target clock by dividing a frequency of an internal clock at a set ratio, a delay circuit suitable for generating first to N | 2020-02-20 |
20200058346 | APPARATUSES FOR REFRESHING MEMORY OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a memory cell array, a row hammer refresh circuit configured to generate a row hammer refresh address based on an access history of the memory cell array, a redundancy circuit configured to store a plurality of defective addresses of the memory cell array, and a row pre-decoder configured to skip a refresh operation on the row hammer refresh address when the row hammer refresh address matches any one of the plurality of defective addresses. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058347 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR OPERATIONS IN A SELF-REFRESH STATE - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for performing operations by a memory device in a self-refresh state. An example includes an array of memory cells and a controller coupled to the array of memory cells. The controller is configured to direct performance of compute operations on data stored in the array when the array is in a self-refresh state. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058348 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED MEMORY REFRESH - Examples of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, and medium storing instructions for execution by a processor for refreshing memory blocks of solid state memory through a temperature compensated refresh rate. Techniques discussed herein include a solid state memory to store data and a temperature sensor to identify a temperature of the solid state memory. The memory device with solid state memory also includes a memory controller that periodically refreshes memory blocks of the solid state memory at an adjustable refresh rate, wherein memory controller is to adjust the adjustable refresh rate based on the temperature of the solid state memory. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058349 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE MEMORY CELLS AND DEVICES - An electronic device (e.g., a superconducting memory cell) includes a substrate and a layer of superconducting material disposed over the substrate. The layer of superconducting material is patterned to form a plurality of distinct instances of the layer of superconducting material including: a first wire; and a loop that is (i) distinct and separate from the first wire and (ii) capacitively coupled to the first wire while the loop and the first wire are in a superconducting state. The loop is configured to form a persistent current via the capacitive coupling in response to a write current applied to the first wire while the loop and the first wire are in the superconducting state. The persistent current represents a logic state of the electronic device. | 2020-02-20 |
20200058350 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS - A semiconductor memory apparatus may include a memory bank, a global buffer array, and an input and output circuit. The memory bank includes a local data circuit, and the global buffer array includes a global data circuit. The local data circuit is operably coupled to the global data circuit. The global buffer array may be operably coupled to the input and output circuit. The memory bank is disposed in a core region, and the global buffer array and the input and output circuit may be disposed in a peripheral region separated from the core region. | 2020-02-20 |