08th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210056947 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOISE CANCELATION IN A LISTENING AREA - Systems and methods for noise cancelation in a listening area include functionality that activates a microphone of the remote control device of a home entertainment system or a microphone of another mobile device to collect a baseline white noise profile of a user's media content listening area, such as the user's family room, living room or other TV viewing space. This baseline white noise profile may be used by the user's set-top box (STB) or other receiving device to generate the corresponding noise canceling audio signal to create a noise-canceling effect and a more immersive and enjoyable listening experience for the user. A plurality of audio data samples from which to select, each representing a different baseline profile of ambient white noise associated with the media content listening area, may be generated and used for different devices that generate white noise. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056948 | ACOUSTIC FOCUSING PROBE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An acoustic focusing probe, which is an artificial periodic acoustic structure, including a background material which is water or air, and a plurality of scatterer units in a cross shape. The periodic array structure formed by scatterer units is arranged on the base, and a contour thereof is an ellipse. The present invention is based on the basic principle of controlling acoustic waves by phononic crystal and adopts a new probe structure. Compared to the existing acoustic focusing lens, the acoustic focusing probe of the present invention has a better acoustic focusing effect in various media and a wider range of low and medium frequencies. The probe can focus most of the energy of the acoustic waves to the target area, and thus it can be used in non-invasive ultrasound equipment in the future. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056949 | DURATION INFORMED ATTENTION NETWORK (DURIAN) FOR AUDIO-VISUAL SYNTHESIS - A method and apparatus include receiving a text input that includes a sequence of text components. Respective temporal durations of the text components are determined using a duration model. A spectrogram frame is generated based on the duration model. An audio waveform is generated based on the spectrogram frame. Video information is generated based on the audio waveform. The audio waveform is provided as an output along with a corresponding video. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056950 | PRESENTING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IN NARRATIVE FORM - A computing system obtains an electronic communication for a recipient and identifies presence of a predefined feature within the electronic communication. The computing system extracts a data subset from the electronic communication. The data subset is identified by a data extraction template selected for the predefined feature identified within the electronic communication. The computing system derives a narrative based on the data subset using an audio presentation template selected for the predefined feature identified within the electronic communication. The audio presentation template is configured to translate an aspect of the data subset into narrative form. The computing system outputs the narrative in an electronic format for audio presentation via an audio output interface in which the narrative describes the aspect of the data subset extracted from the electronic communication. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056951 | Development of Voice and Other Interaction Applications - Among other things, a developer of an interaction application for an enterprise can create items of content to be provided to an assistant platform for use in responses to requests of end-users. The developer can deploy the interaction application using defined items of content and an available general interaction model including intents and sample utterances having slots. The developer can deploy the interaction application without requiring the developer to formulate any of the intents, sample utterances, or slots of the general interaction model. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPOSING SPOKEN OR TEXTUAL INPUT TO MUSIC - Described herein are real-time musical translation devices (RETM) and methods of use thereof. Exemplary uses of RETMs include optimizing the understanding and/or recall of an input message for a user and improving a cognitive process in a user. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056953 | METHOD AND USER DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT AWARENESS SERVICE USING SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method for providing a context awareness service is provided. The method includes defining a control command for the context awareness service depending on a user input, triggering a playback mode and the context awareness service in response to a user selection, receiving external audio through a microphone in the playback mode, determining whether the received audio corresponds to the control command, and executing a particular action assigned to the control command when the received audio corresponds to the control command. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056954 | LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD AND LEARNING PROGRAM - A learning device ( | 2021-02-25 |
20210056955 | TRAINING METHOD, SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A training method of training a speaker identification model which receives voice data as an input and outputs speaker identification information for identifying a speaker of an utterance included in the voice data is provided. The training method includes: performing voice quality conversion of first voice data of a first speaker to generate second voice data of a second speaker; and performing training of the speaker identification model using, as training data, the first voice data and the second voice data. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056956 | DATA-DRIVEN AND RULE-BASED SPEECH RECOGNITION OUTPUT ENHANCEMENT - According to some embodiments, a multi-layer speech recognition transcript post processing system may include a data-driven, statistical layer associated with a trained automatic speech recognition model that selects an initial transcript. A rule-based layer may receive the initial transcript from the data-driven, statistical layer and execute at least one pre-determined rule to generate a first modified transcript. A machine learning approach layer may receive the first modified transcript from the rule-based layer and perform a neural model inference to create a second modified transcript. A human editor layer may receive the second modified transcript from the machine learning approach layer along with an adjustment from at least one human editor. The adjustment may create, in some embodiments, a final transcript that may be used to fine-tune the data-driven, statistical layer. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056957 | Ability Classification - A system for classifying a subject's ability, said system comprising at least one user device adapted to present information on an interface to prompt a subject to provide user data associated with a predetermined ability and to capture the user data; and a first server adapted to receive the user data and input the user data into at least one artificial neural network, wherein | 2021-02-25 |
20210056958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TONE RECOGNITION IN SPOKEN LANGUAGES - There is provided a system and method for recognizing tone patterns in spoken languages using sequence-to-sequence neural networks in an electronic device. The recognized tone patterns can be used to improve the accuracy for a speech recognition system on tonal languages. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056959 | Development of Voice and Other Interaction Applications - Among other things, a developer of an interaction application for an enterprise can create items of content to be provided to an assistant platform for use in responses to requests of end-users. The developer can deploy the interaction application using defined items of content and an available general interaction model including intents and sample utterances having slots. The developer can deploy the interaction application without requiring the developer to formulate any of the intents, sample utterances, or slots of the general interaction model. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056960 | NATURAL LANGUAGE GRAMMAR IMPROVEMENT - A method for configuring natural language grammars is provided to include identifying a first transcription having a first automatic speech recognition (ASR) score and a first natural language understanding (NLU) score and identifying a second transcription having a second ASR score and a second NLU score. The method includes detecting that a difference between the first and second ASR scores has a signed value with an opposite sign than a sign of a signed value of a difference between the first and second NLU scores, and responsive to detecting the opposite sign providing, to an evaluator, the audio query and the first and second transcriptions, receiving, from the evaluator, an indication of which of the first and second transcriptions is a correct transcription, and adjusting a value implemented to calculate the first NLU score or a value implemented to calculate the second NLU score. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056961 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus include following units. The first acquisition unit acquires speech data including frames. The second acquisition unit acquires a model trained to, upon input of a feature amount extracted from the speech data, output information indicative of likelihood of each of a plurality of classes including a component of a keyword and a component of background noise. The first calculation unit calculates a keyword score indicative of occurrence probability of the component of the keyword. The second calculation unit calculates a background noise score indicative of occurrence probability of the component of the background noise. The determination unit determines whether or not the speech data includes the keyword. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056962 | Development of Voice and Other Interaction Applications - Among other things, a developer of an interaction application for an enterprise can create items of content to be provided to an assistant platform for use in responses to requests of end-users. The developer can deploy the interaction application using defined items of content and an available general interaction model including intents and sample utterances having slots. The developer can deploy the interaction application without requiring the developer to formulate any of the intents, sample utterances, or slots of the general interaction model. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056963 | DISTINGUISHING VOICE COMMANDS - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to voice command filtering. Communication is established with a voice controlled device located at a location. Data indicating blocked directions is received from the voice controlled device. A voice command is received. A determination is made that the voice command is received from a blocked direction indicated in the data. The received voice command is then ignored. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056964 | USING STRUCTURED AUDIO OUTPUT TO DETECT PLAYBACK AND/OR TO ADAPT TO MISALIGNED PLAYBACK IN WIRELESS SPEAKERS - Implementations are directed to determining an audio delay, of a computing device, by causing an audio data stream to be transmitted to the computing device via a wireless communication channel. The computing device causes audio output generated using the audio data stream to be rendered via speaker(s). The rendered audio output is captured via microphone(s), and the audio delay determined by comparing the captured audio output with the audio data stream. A delay audio segment can be appended to an additional audio data stream transmitted to the computing device, where the length of the delay audio segment is determined using the audio delay. A noise reduction technique can additionally or alternatively be adapted based on the audio delay. Implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to determining if an audio data stream transmitted to a computing device for rendering through speaker(s) driven by the computing device—is actually being rendered. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056965 | VOICE SIGNAL RESPONSE METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND SYSTEM - A method for responding to a voice signal includes: receiving a voice signal by the plurality of electronic devices; determining, for each of the electronic devices, a target sound source point associated with the voice signal; determining, for each of the electronic devices, a direct sound energy associated with the voice signal according to the target sound source point; and selecting from the plurality of electronic devices at least one electronic device with a direct sound energy satisfying a predetermined condition, and responding to the voice signal by the at least one electronic device. A sound pickup decision system based on a plurality of electronic devices, can make more accurate, more reasonable, and more targeted response to a user's voice, improving voice interaction experience. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056966 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIALOG SESSION MANAGEMENT - A robot or other conversational agent determines whether a human interlocutor has ceded the conversational floor by detecting the absence of a particular speech characteristic such as the introduction of filler speech at the end of an utterance, and the presence of a characteristic physical behaviour, such as the interlocutor returning their gaze to a focal point of the conversion, such as the robots face, during a specified time window after the end of the utterance. Where this combination of characteristics is detected, the robot can determine that the conversational floor is open and that a response may be appropriate. This may trigger a conversational response for example via voice or text. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056967 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed are an electronic device capable of efficiently performing speech recognition and natural language understanding and a method for controlling thereof. The electronic device includes: a microphone; a non-volatile memory configured to store virtual assistant model data comprising data that is classified according to a plurality of domains and data that is commonly used for the plurality of domains; a volatile memory; and a processor configured to: based on receiving, through the microphone, a trigger input to perform speech recognition for a user speech, initiate loading the virtual assistant model data from the non-volatile memory into the volatile memory, load, into the volatile memory, first data from among the data classified according to the plurality of domains and, while loading the first data into the volatile memory, load at least a part of the data commonly used for the plurality of domains into the volatile memory. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056968 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN A LIVE CONVERSATION - Method for providing assistance in conversation including recognizing, by recognition module, conversation between primary user and at least one secondary user, identifying, by recognition module, first and second context data for primary user and at least one secondary user based on conversation; generating, by response generation module, at least one response on behalf of primary user based on at least one of second context data derived from at least one secondary user, and first context data; analyzing, by determining module, at least one action of primary user in at least one response on second context data; determining, by determining module, intervening situation in conversation based on at least one action; selecting, by intervening response module, intervening response from at least one response for determined intervening situation based on at least one action; and delivering, by response delivery module, intervening response to at least one secondary user during determined intervening situation. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056969 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device includes a display; a signal receiver configured to receive a user's voice signal through at least one of a plurality of devices; and a processor configured to: display an image of at least one of a plurality of programs on the display by executing the plurality of programs, identify a program corresponding to a device receiving the voice signal among the plurality of programs based on matching information set by the user regarding a mutual correspondence between the plurality of programs and the plurality of devices, in response to the user's voice signal received through any one of the plurality of devices, and control the identified program to operate according to a user command corresponding to the received voice signal. Thereby, it is possible to control a control target program to a user's intention according to a voice command even if a user who inputs the voice command does not separately designate the control target program. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056970 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT ASSOCIATION AND PERSONALIZATION USING A WAKE-WORD IN VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANTS - An electronic device for generating a personalized response from a virtual assistant includes a network communication circuitry; a memory; and at least one processor configured to, when receiving a user query including a wake-word, parse the user query to separate the wake-word from the user query; process the wake-word; extract wake-word related information from a wake-word database; parse the extracted wake-word related information along with a plurality of user preference information; classify information received from a wake-word parser; produce a wake-word context from the classified information; process the user query; and retrieve a query response from at least one knowledge base based on a plurality of action steps. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056971 | VOICE INPUT PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a microphone, a communication circuitry, an indicator configured to provide at least one visual indication, and a processor configured to be electrically connected with the microphone, the communication circuitry, and the indicator, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, when executed, cause the processor to receive a first voice input through the microphone, perform a first voice recognition for the first voice input, if a first specified word for waking up the electronic device is included in a result of the first voice recognition, display a first visual indication through the indicator, receive a second voice input through the microphone, perform a second voice recognition for the second voice input, and if a second specified word corresponding to the first visual indication is included in a result of the second voice recognition, wake up the electronic device. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056972 | TEXT-TO-SPEECH MODELING - A device may receive a set of audio data files corresponding to a set of calls, wherein the set of audio data files includes digital representations of one or more segments of respective calls of the set of calls, and wherein the set of calls includes audio data relating to a particular industry. The device may receive a set of transcripts corresponding to the set of audio data files. The device may determine a plurality of text-audio pairs within the set of calls, wherein a text-audio pair, of the plurality of text-audio pairs, comprises: a digital representation of a segment a call of the set of calls, and a corresponding excerpt of text from the set of transcripts. The device may train, using a machine learning process, an industry-specific text-to-speech model, tailored for the particular industry, based on the plurality of text-audio pairs. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056973 | CONTEXTUAL VOICE-BASED PRESENTATION ASSISTANCE - Examples are disclosed that relate to methods and computing devices for providing voice-based assistance during a presentation. In one example, a method comprises receiving content of a slide deck, processing the content of the slide deck, and populating a contextual knowledge graph based on the content of the slide deck. A voice input is received from a presenter. Using the knowledge graph, the voice input is analyzed to determine an action to be performed by a presentation program during the presentation. The action is translated into one or more commands executable by the presentation program to perform the action, and the one or more commands are sent to a client device executing the presentation program. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING SPEECH RECOGNITION - A device to process an audio signal representing input sound includes a user voice verifier configured to generate a first indication based on whether the audio signal represents a user's voice. The device includes a speaking target detector configured to generate a second indication based on whether the audio signal represents at least one of a command or a question. The device includes an activation signal unit configured to selectively generate an activation signal based on the first indication and the second indication. The device also includes an automatic speech recognition engine configured to be activated, responsive to the activation signal, to process the audio signal. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE IDENTIFICATION, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for voice identification, a device and a computer readable storage medium. The method may include: for an inputted voice signal, obtaining a first piece of decoded acoustic information by a first acoustic model and obtaining a second piece of decoded acoustic information by a second acoustic model, where the second acoustic model being generated by joint modeling of acoustic model and language model. The method may further include determining a first group of candidate identification results based on the first piece of decoded acoustic information, determining a second group of candidate identification results based on the second piece of decoded acoustic information, and then determining a final identification result for the voice signal based on the first group of candidate identification results and the second group of candidate identification results. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056976 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MONITORING VOCAL PARAMETERS - Systems and methods for detection, classification, and diagnosis of vocal anomalies in vocal streams are disclosed. Discussed are a method for generating a biometric voiceprint for analyzing user vocal streams to detect and classify vocal anomalies and a method for notifying the appropriate party, where the notification is based on the diagnosis reported by the system. Manual classification in the event of automatic classification failure is discussed, where the manual classification data can be used as training data to improve the functionality of the classification model. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056977 | ERROR CONCEALMENT UNIT, AUDIO DECODER, AND RELATED METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING CHARACTERISTICS OF A DECODED REPRESENTATION OF A PROPERLY DECODED AUDIO FRAME - There is provided an error concealment unit, method, and computer program, for providing an error concealment audio information for concealing a loss of an audio frame in an encoded audio information. In one embodiment, the error concealment unit provides an error concealment audio information for a lost audio frame on the basis of a properly decoded audio frame preceding the lost audio frame. The error concealment unit derives a damping factor on the basis of characteristics of a decoded representation of the properly decoded audio frame preceding the lost audio frame. The error concealment unit performs a fade out using the damping factor. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056978 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND RENDERING OBJECT BASED AUDIO WITH CONDITIONAL RENDERING METADATA - Methods and audio processing units for generating an object based audio program including conditional rendering metadata corresponding to at least one object channel of the program, where the conditional rendering metadata is indicative of at least one rendering constraint, based on playback speaker array configuration, which applies to each corresponding object channel, and methods for rendering audio content determined by such a program, including by rendering content of at least one audio channel of the program in a manner compliant with each applicable rendering constraint in response to at least some of the conditional rendering metadata. Rendering of a selected mix of content of the program may provide an immersive experience. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056979 | AUDIO DECODER, AUDIO ENCODER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST FOUR AUDIO CHANNEL SIGNALS ON THE BASIS OF AN ENCODED REPRESENTATION, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ENCODED REPRESENTATION ON THE BASIS OF AT LEAST FOUR AUDIO CHANNEL SIGNALS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A BANDWIDTH EXTENSION - An audio decoder for providing at least four bandwidth-extended channel signals on the basis of an encoded representation provides first and second downmix signals on the basis of a jointly encoded representation of the first and second downmix signals using a multi-channel decoding and provides at least first and second audio channel signals on the basis of the first downmix signal using a multi-channel decoding, and provides at least third and fourth audio channel signals on the basis of the second downmix signal using a multi-channel decoding. It performs a multi-channel bandwidth extension on the basis of the first and third audio channel signals, to obtain first and third bandwidth-extended channel signals, and performs a multi-channel bandwidth extension on the basis of the second and fourth audio channel signals, to obtain second and fourth bandwidth extended channel signals. An audio encoder uses a related concept. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056980 | Self-Supervised Audio Representation Learning for Mobile Devices - Systems and methods for training a machine-learned model are provided. A method can include can include obtaining an unlabeled audio signal, sampling the unlabeled audio signal to select one or more sampled slices, inputting the one or more sampled slices into a machine-learned model, receiving, as an output of the machine-learned model, one or more determined characteristics associated with the audio signal, determining a loss function for the machine-learned model based at least in part on a difference between the one or more determined characteristics and one or more corresponding ground truth characteristics of the audio signal, and training the machine-learned model from end to end based at least in part on the loss function. The one or more determined characteristics can include one or more reconstructed portions of the audio signal temporally adjacent to the one or more sampled slices or an estimated distance between two sampled slices. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056981 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION - Systems and methods for managing an emergency situation are provided herein. According to some embodiments, the present technology may related to a security system and method for monitoring, detecting, and providing notification and/or response measures in response to an emergency situation regarding a user. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056982 | SENTIMENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Provided is a method and system for recommending an e-book. A processor may collect reader data related to a plurality of e-books from a plurality of user devices. The processor may determine an interest score for each section of a plurality of sections of each e-book. The processor may identify a set of sections from the plurality of sections that meet a predetermined interest score threshold. The processor may analyze the set of sections to determine a sentimental score for each section. The processor may generate a scoring matrix using the interest score and the sentimental score for each section of each e-book. The processor may compare scoring matrices of each e-book of the plurality of e-books. The processor may identify two or more e-books having similar scoring matrices. The processor may provide a recommendation to a user based on the identified two or more e-books. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056983 | Estimating Lung Volume by Speech Analysis - Described embodiments include an apparatus that includes a network interface and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the network interface, a speech signal that represents speech uttered by a subject, the speech including one or more speech segments, divide the speech signal into multiple frames, such that one or more sequences of the frames represent the speech segments, respectively, compute respective estimated total volumes of air exhaled by the subject while the speech segments were uttered, by, for each of the sequences, computing respective estimated flow rates of air exhaled by the subject during the frames belonging to the sequence and, based on the estimated flow rates, computing a respective one of the estimated total volumes of air, and, in response to the estimated total volumes of air, generate an alert. Other embodiments are also described. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056984 | Blind Detection of Binauralized Stereo Content - An apparatus and method of blind detection of binauralized audio. If the input content is detected as binaural, a second binauralization may be avoided. In this manner, the user experience avoids audio artifacts introduced by multiple binauralizations. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056985 | TAPE CARTRIDGE HAVING TAPE MEDIA HAVING SYNERGISTIC MAGNETIC RECORDING LAYER AND UNDERLAYER - A tape cartridge, according to one approach, includes a housing, and a magnetic recording tape at least partially stored in the housing. The magnetic recording tape including a recording layer having encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an encapsulating layer, and a polymeric binder binding the encapsulated nanoparticles. A tape cartridge, according to another approach, includes a housing, and a magnetic recording tape at least partially stored in the housing. The magnetic recording tape include an underlayer having encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an aromatic polymer, and a polymeric binder binding the encapsulated nanoparticles. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056986 | SERVO PATTERN RECORDING METHOD, SERVO PATTERN RECORDING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A TAPE-LIKE MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND TAPELIKE MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A servo pattern recording method according to an embodiment of the present technology is a servo pattern recording method of recording a servo pattern on a tape-like magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer including five or more servo bands, the method including: determining at least three first servo bands in which first servo band identification information constituted by a plurality of bits is to be recorded, and at least two second servo bands in which second servo band identification information constituted by a plurality of bits is to be recorded, the second servo band identification being different from the first servo band identification information; and recording each of the first servo band identification information and the second servo band identification information in the first servo band and the second servo band on the same phase. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056987 | Spin Transfer Torque Oscillator (STO) with Spin Torque Injection to a Flux Generating Layer (FGL) from Two Sides - A spin torque reversal assisted magnetic recording (STRAMR) structure is disclosed wherein a spin torque oscillator (STO) is formed in the write gap (WG) and generates one or both of a radio frequency (RF) field on a magnetic bit to lower the required write field during a write process, and a spin torque on a field generation layer (FGL) in the STO that flips a FGL magnetization to a direction opposing the WG field thereby increasing reluctance in the WG and causing larger write field output from the main pole (MP). The FGL is between two spin preserving layers that each conduct spin polarized current from an adjoining spin polarization (SP) layer. Current is applied from the MP and trailing shield to the SP layers, and returns to a direct current source through a lead from the FGL. STO sidewalls are self-aligned to a MP tip upper portion. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056988 | Design of Reader Noise Reduction Using Spin Hall Effects - A read head is disclosed wherein a Spin Hall Effect (SHE) layer is formed on a free layer (FL) in a sensor and between the FL and top shield (S | 2021-02-25 |
20210056989 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk including a first storage area and a second storage area different from the first storage area. In the second storage area, both of a first post code that is used to write user data in the first storage area by a first method and a second post code that is used to write user data in the first storage area by a second method are stored in advance. The first method is a method in which one track between two tracks adjacent to each other overlaps a part of the other track between the two tracks. The second method is a method in which two adjacent tracks do not overlap each other. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056990 | MAGNETIC RECORDING LAYER FORMULATION FOR TAPE MEDIA - A product, according to one approach, includes a recording layer. The recording layer includes encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an encapsulating layer. A polymeric binder binds the encapsulated nanoparticles. A product, according to another approach, includes a recording layer. The recording layer includes encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an encapsulating layer, and a polymeric binder binding the encapsulated nanoparticles. An average diameter of the magnetic nanoparticles is in a range of 2 nanometers to 20 nanometers. An average thickness of the recording layer is less than 0.2 microns. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056991 | MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, in which a change amount of a loss tangent tan δ at a measurement temperature in a range of 50° C. to 100° C. before and after heating at 70° C. for 10 hours is 0.000 or more and 0.012 or less. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056992 | PROCESS FOR FORMING MAGNETIC RECORDING LAYER FOR TAPE MEDIA - A method, in one approach, includes forming a magnetic recording layer having: encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an encapsulating layer, and a polymeric binder binding the encapsulated nanoparticles. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056993 | UNDERLAYER FORMULATION FOR TAPE MEDIA - In one general approach, a product includes an underlayer of a magnetic recording medium. The underlayer has encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an aromatic polymer, and a polymeric binder binding the encapsulated nanoparticles. A magnetic recording layer is formed above the underlayer. In another general approach, a product includes an electrically conductive underlayer of a magnetic recording medium. The underlayer has encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an aromatic polymer, and a polymeric binder binding the encapsulated nanoparticles. A magnetic recording layer is formed above the underlayer. The magnetic nanoparticles have an average magnetic field strength of less than 200 Oersted (Oe). An average concentration of the encapsulated nanoparticles in the underlayer is at least 35 vol %. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056994 | PROCESS FOR FORMING UNDERLAYER FOR TAPE MEDIA - A method, according to one approach, includes forming an underlayer of a magnetic recording medium. The underlayer includes encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an aromatic polymer, and a polymeric binder binding the encapsulated nanoparticles. A method, according to another approach, includes mixing encapsulated nanoparticles with a polymeric binder and a solvent to form a mixture, the encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an aromatic polymer. The mixture is applied onto a structure. The applied mixture is at least partially dried and cured. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056995 | PROCESS FOR FORMING TAPE MEDIA HAVING SYNERGISTIC MAGNETIC RECORDING LAYER AND UNDERLAYER - A method, according to one approach, includes forming an underlayer of a magnetic recording medium. The underlayer includes first encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a first magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by a first aromatic polymer, and a first polymeric binder binding the first encapsulated nanoparticles. A magnetic recording layer is formed above the underlayer. The magnetic recording layer includes second encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a second magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an encapsulating layer, and a second polymeric binder binding the second encapsulated nanoparticles. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056996 | TAPE MEDIA HAVING SYNERGISTIC MAGNETIC RECORDING LAYER AND UNDERLAYER - A product, according to one approach, includes an underlayer and a magnetic recording layer formed above the underlayer. The underlayer includes first encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a first magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by a first aromatic polymer, and a first polymeric binder binding the first encapsulated nanoparticles. The recording layer includes second encapsulated nanoparticles each comprising a second magnetic nanoparticle encapsulated by an encapsulating layer, and a second polymeric binder binding the second encapsulated nanoparticles. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056997 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a first decoding circuit calculates likelihood information by executing Viterbi decoding using a parameter for normalizing a branch metric on a signal sequence read from a magnetic disk. The second decoding circuit generates a first bit data sequence by iterative decoding using the likelihood information, and executes a check using a parity check matrix on the first bit data sequence. The control circuit causes the first decoding circuit and the second decoding circuit to repeatedly execute decoding, and updates the parameter in accordance with a check result obtained every time the decoding by the first decoding circuit and the second decoding circuit is executed. An acquisition circuit acquires numerical information corresponding to the number of bit errors included in the first bit data sequence obtained when the number of times of executions of the decoding is equal to a first value. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056998 | CINEMATIC SPACE-TIME VIEW SYNTHESIS FOR ENHANCED VIEWING EXPERIENCES IN COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS - A mechanism is described for facilitating cinematic space-time view synthesis in computing environments according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes capturing, by one or more cameras, multiple images at multiple positions or multiple points in times, where the multiple images represent multiple views of an object or a scene, where the one or more cameras are coupled to one or more processors of a computing device. The method further includes synthesizing, by a neural network, the multiple images into a single image including a middle image of the multiple images and representing an intermediary view of the multiple views. | 2021-02-25 |
20210056999 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DATA PLAYBACK METHOD, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND DATA PLAYBACK DEVICE - A data transmission method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: generating a plurality of MPUs, reference clock time information, and leading clock time information indicating a leading PTS that is a clock time at which a leading access unit in the MPU is presented, transmitting the generated plurality of MPUs, reference clock time information, and leading clock time information, wherein the leading clock time information indicates the leading PTS of the plurality of MPUs of which presentation is started after the leading clock time information is transmitted in the generated plurality of MPUs, and each of the generated plurality of MPUs indicates a time point at which each access unit that does not exist in a head of the MPU is presented as a relative value to a time point of another access unit in the MPU. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057000 | DATA STORAGE RETAINER SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES - A retention assembly includes a first retention member with a first set of ribs and a second set of ribs. The first set of ribs are positioned to form slots, which are shaped to receive data storage devices. The first set of ribs are arranged to separate adjacent data storage devices and have a first length. The second set of ribs extend into respective slots to form air channels within the slots, and the second set of ribs have a second length that is shorter than the first length. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057001 | MULTI-DOMAIN SES - An information handling system may include a processor and a storage subsystem. The storage subsystem may include a non-expander backplane, a first plurality of storage resources coupled to the processor via the non-expander backplane, and a second plurality of storage resources coupled to the processor via a communication path that does not include the non-expander backplane. The information handling system may be configured to provide slot numbers for the storage resources according to a numbering scheme in which a storage resource from the first plurality of storage resources and a storage resource from the second plurality of storage resources have the same slot number. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057002 | SECURE MECHANISM IN SECURITY CHIP - A memory device, including a secure command decoder implementing security logic configured to detect commands carrying an encrypted immediate data payload from a requesting host, authenticate the host as source of the command, decode the immediate data and perform a memory access command called for by a command portion of the decrypted immediate data upon the storage cells of the memory device using the non-command portion of the decrypted immediate data, as well as to encrypt any result from executing the command portion prior to returning the result to the requesting host, and an input/output interface for I/O data units supporting multiple hosts. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057003 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE STATUS IN RESPONSE TO READ COMMANDS DIRECTED TO WRITE-ONLY MODE REGISTER BITS AND MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THE SAME - Memory devices, memory systems, and methods of operating the same are disclosed in which a memory device, in response to receiving a mode register read (MRR) command directed to one or more write-only bits of a mode register, reads data indicative of a status of the memory device about the memory device from one or more cells of a memory array of the memory device that are different from the write-only mode register. The data can include device settings, environmental conditions, usage statistics, metadata, feature support, feature implementation, device status, temperature, etc. The status information mode can be optionally enabled or disabled. The memory devices can include DDR5 DRAM memory devices. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057004 | DATA BUFFER AND MEMORY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - There are provided a data buffer and a memory system having the same. The data buffer includes first and second amplifiers configured to output output data by inverting input data, the first and second amplifiers having coupled output nodes to which the output data is output, wherein both of the first and second amplifiers are activated to output the output data when the input data has a first swing level, and wherein one of the first and second amplifiers is activated to output the output data when the input data has a second swing level narrower than the first swing level. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057005 | READ DATA FIFO CONTROL CIRCUIT - Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a memory cell array configured to output a read data and a timing signal in response to a read command signal, an input counter configured to update an input count value in response to the timing signal, an output counter configured to update an output count value in response to the read command signal, and a data FIFO circuit having a plurality of data registers, the data FIFO circuit being configured to store the read data into one of the data registers indicated by the input count value and configured to output the read data stored in one of the data registers indicated by the output count value. The output counter is configured to maintain the output count value without updating in response to the read command signal when an active judge signal is in an inactive state. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057006 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a plurality of stacked dies electrically connected with each other. Each of the stacked dies includes a data path, a strobe path, a stack information generation circuit, and a delay control circuit. The data path transmits a data signal. The strobe path transmits a data strobe signal. The stack information generation circuit generates stack information representing a number of the dies. The delay control circuit controls a delay time of at least one of the data path and the strobe path to based on the stack information. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057007 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING WRITE TRAINING TO IMPROVE DATA VALID WINDOWS - Disclosed are systems and methods involving memory-side write training to improve data valid window. In one implementation, a method for performing memory-side write training may comprise delaying a rising edge or a falling edge of a first data signal, delaying a rising edge or a falling edge of a second data signal, and aligning the two adjusted signals to reduce a window of time that the data signals are not valid and thereby improve or optimize the data valid window (DVW) of a memory array. According to implementations herein, various edges of data signals and clock signals may be adjusted or delayed via dedicated trim cells or circuitry present in the data paths located on the memory side of a system. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057008 | WORD LINE DRIVERS SHARING A TRANSISTOR, AND RELATED MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - Systems and memory devices that include a transistor shared by word line drivers are described. A memory device includes a first word line driver coupled to a first word line, and a second word line driver coupled to a second word line. The memory device also includes a transistor comprising a first terminal coupled to an output of the first word line driver, and a second terminal coupled to an output of the second word line driver. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057009 | WORD LINE DRIVER CIRCUITRY, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS - A word line driver circuit is disclosed. A word line driver circuit may include a circuit configured to generate a clamped voltage based on a first fixed supply voltage and in response to receipt of a first control signal triggering an active mode. The circuitry may further be configured to generate an internal global word line voltage based on the clamped voltage during the active mode. Further, the word line driver circuit may include at least one main word line driver configured to receive the internal global word line voltage and generate a global word line voltage. Additionally, the word line driver circuit may include at least one sub word line driver configured to receive the global word line voltage and generate a word line voltage. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057010 | STORAGE ELEMENT AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A storage element includes a layer structure including a storage layer having a direction of magnetization which changes according to information, a magnetization fixed layer having a fixed direction of magnetization, and an intermediate layer disposed therebetween, which intermediate layer contains a nonmagnetic material. The magnetization fixed layer has at least two ferromagnetic layers having a direction of magnetization tilted from a direction perpendicular to a film surface, which are laminated and magnetically coupled interposing a coupling layer therebetween. This configuration may effectively prevent divergence of magnetization reversal time due to directions of magnetization of the storage layer and the magnetization fixed layer being substantially parallel or antiparallel, reduce write errors, and enable writing operation in a short time. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057011 | VARIATION MITIGATION SCHEME FOR SEMI-DIGITAL MAC ARRAY WITH A 2T-2 RESISTIVE MEMORY ELEMENT BITCELL - A method, system and electronic device for mitigating variance in a two transistor two resistive memory element (2T2R) circuit is provided. The method includes calculating a sum of a number of logical 1's in a column of bitcells in the 2T2R circuit, N, of an input vector, sensing output current values from each current line in the column of bitcells and calculating an inner product, M, of the input vector and the bitcells in the column in the 2T2R circuit based on the sensed output current values | 2021-02-25 |
20210057012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD INCLUDING ANALOG ACCUMULATOR FOR DETERMINING ROW ACCESS RATE AND TARGET ROW ADDRESS USED FOR REFRESH OPERATION - Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses, systems, and methods for analog row access rate determination. Accesses to different row addresses may be tracked by storing one or more received addresses in a slice of stack. Each slice includes an accumulator circuit which provides a voltage based on charge on a capacitor. When a row address is received, it may be compared to the row addresses stored in the stack, and if there is a match, the charge on the capacitor in the associated accumulator circuit is increased. Each slice may also include a voltage to time (VtoT) circuit which may be used to identify the highest of the voltages provided by the accumulator circuits. The row address stored in the slide with the highest voltage may be refreshed. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057013 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR LOSSY ROW ACCESS COUNTING - Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses, systems, and methods for lossy row access counting. Row addresses along a to address bus may be sampled. When the row address is sampled it may be compared to a plurality of stored addresses in a data storage unit. If the sampled address matches one of the stored addresses, a count value associated with that address may be updated in a lust direction (such as being increased). Periodically, all of the count values may also be updated in a second direction (for example, decreased). | 2021-02-25 |
20210057014 | CONTROL METHOD FOR MEMORY AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA - A control method for a memory is provided. In a test mode, a tendency check operation is performed for a cell array to define the tendency of the cell array. In a write mode: receiving external data; determining the tendency of the external data; comparing the tendency of the external data and the tendency of the cell array; inverting the external data and writing the inverted external data into the cell array in response to the tendency of the external data being different from the tendency of the cell array; and writing the external data into the cell array in response to the tendency of the external data being the same as the tendency of the cell array. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057015 | DISTRIBUTION-FOLLOWING ACCESS OPERATIONS FOR A MEMORY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices for distribution-following access operations for a memory device are described. In an example, the described techniques may include identifying an activation of a first memory cell at a first condition of a biasing operation, and identifying an activation of a second memory cell at a second condition of the biasing operation, and determining a parameter of an access operation based at least in part on a difference between the first condition and the second condition. In some examples, the memory cells may be associated with a configurable material element, such as a chalcogenide material, that stores a logic state based on a material property of the material element. In some examples, the described techniques may at least partially compensate for a change in memory material properties due to aging or other degradation or changes over time. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057016 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING CLOCK GENERATION SCHEME BASED ON COMMAND - A semiconductor memory device includes a command decoder configured to generate an auto-sync signal in response to a command for writing data at a memory cell or reading data from a memory cell, and an internal data clock generating circuit configured to phase synchronize a second clock, having a clock frequency higher than a clock frequency of a first clock, with the first clock in response to the auto-sync signal. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057017 | WORDLINE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND MEMORY CELL - The present disclosure relates to the field of memory technologies. Various embodiments provide a wordline driving circuit. The wordline driving circuit includes a switching transistor and a ring oscillator. A control terminal of the switching transistor is connected to a first control signal terminal, a first terminal of the switching transistor is connected to a drive voltage terminal, and a second terminal of the switching transistor is connected to a wordline signal terminal. A power terminal of the ring oscillator is connected to the wordline signal terminal, and a ground terminal of the ring oscillator is a ground terminal of the wordline driving circuit. The wordline driving circuit in accordance with the present disclosure can enhance device reliability and service life for the wordline driving circuit. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057018 | SEQUENTIAL SLC READ OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for read operations and management are disclosed. More specifically, this disclosure is directed to receiving a first read command directed to a first logical address and receiving, after the first read command, a second read command directed to a second logic address. The method also includes receiving, after the second read command, a third read command directed to a third logical address and determining that the first logical address and the third logical address correspond to a first physical address and a third physical address, respectively. The first physical address and the third physical address can be associated with a first word line of a memory component while the second logical address corresponds to a second physical address associated with a second word line of the memory component. The method includes executing the first read command and the third read command sequentially. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057019 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WITH PAGE BUFFERS - Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may include: a memory cell array; and a cache latch circuit configured to exchange data with the memory cell array through a plurality of bit lines extended in a second direction crossing a first direction, and comprising a plurality of cache latches arranged in a plurality of column in the first direction and in a plurality of rows in the second direction. Each of the cache latches may be coupled to any one of a plurality of input/output (IO) pins. Cache latches coupled to the IO pins at the same time may constitute one IO cache latch unit. The cache latches included in the one IO cache latch unit may be arranged in 2×2 array units. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057020 | MULTI-DECK MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING BUFFER CIRCUITRY UNDER ARRAY - Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of using the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a substrate, a first deck including first memory cell strings located over the substrate, a second deck including second memory cell strings and located over the first deck, first data lines located between the first and second decks and coupled to the first memory cell strings, second data lines located over the second deck and coupled to the second memory cell strings, and first and second circuitries. The first and second data lines extending in a direction from a first portion of the substrate to a second portion of the substrate. The first buffer circuitry is located in the first portion of the substrate under the first memory cell strings of the first deck and coupled to the first data lines. The second buffer circuitry is located in the second portion of the substrate under the first memory cell strings of the first deck and coupled to the second data lines. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057021 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ANALOG ROW ACCESS TRACKING - Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for analog row access hacking. A plurality of unit cells are provided, each of which contains one or more analog circuits used to track accesses to a portion of the wordlines of a memory device. When a wordline in the portion is accessed, the unit cell may update an accumulator voltage, for example by adding charge to a capacitor. A comparator circuit may determine when one or more accumulator voltages cross a threshold (e.g., a reference voltage). Responsive to the accumulator voltage crossing the threshold, an aggressor address may be loaded in a targeted refresh queue, or if the aggressor address is already in the queue, a priority flag associated with that address may be set. Aggressor addresses may be provided to have their victims refreshed in an order based on the number of set priority flags. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057022 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC REFRESH ALLOCATION - Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses, systems, and methods for dynamic refresh allocation. Memories may be subject to row hammer attacks, where one or more wordlines are repeatedly accessed to cause data degradation in victim rows nearby to the hammered wordlines. A memory may perform background auto-refresh operations, and targeted refresh operations where victim wordlines are refreshed. The memory may monitor access patterns to the memory in order to dynamically allocate the number of targeted refresh operations and auto-refresh operations in a set of refresh operations based on if a hammer attack is occurring and the type of hammer attack which is occurring. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057023 | Gate-All-Around Memory Devices - Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cells and memory structures are provided. An SRAM cell according to the present disclosure includes a first pull-up gate-all-around (GAA) transistor and a first pull-down GAA transistor coupled to form a first inverter, a second pull-up GAA transistor and a second pull-down GAA transistor coupled to form a second inverter, a first pass-gate GAA transistor coupled to an output of the first inverter and an input of the second inverter, a second pass-gate GAA transistor coupled to an output of the second inverter and an input of the first inverter; a first dielectric fin disposed between the first pull-up GAA transistor and the first pull-down GAA transistor, and a second dielectric fin disposed between the second pull-up GAA transistor and the second pull-down GAA transistor. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057024 | MASTER SET OF READ VOLTAGES FOR A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (NVM) TO MITIGATE CROSS-TEMPERATURE EFFECTS - Method and apparatus for managing data in a non-volatile memory (NVM) of a storage device, such as a solid-state drive (SSD). In some embodiments, first data are read from the NVM using an initial set of read voltages over a selected range of cross-temperature differential (CTD) values comprising a difference between a programming temperature at which the first data are programmed to the NVM cells and a reading temperature at which the first data are subsequently read from the NVM cells. A master set of read voltages is thereafter selected that provides a lowest acceptable error rate performance level over the entirety of the CTD range, and the master set of read voltages is thereafter used irrespective of NVM temperature. In some cases, the master set of read voltages may be further adjusted for different word line addresses, program/erase counts, read counts, data aging, etc. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057025 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A FAST READ PAGE AND A STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A nonvolatile memory device including: a memory cell array, the memory cell array including a plurality of cell strings, at least one of the cell strings including a plurality of memory cells stacked in a direction perpendicular to a surface of a substrate, at least one of the memory cells is a multi-level cell storing at least three bits; and a control logic circuit configured to control a page buffer to read a fast read page of the memory cells with one read voltage and at least two normal read pages of the memory cells with the same number of read voltages. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057026 | MITIGATION OF VOLTAGE THRESHOLD DRIFT ASSOCIATED WITH POWER DOWN CONDITION OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and devices for dirty write on power off are described. In an example, the described techniques may include writing memory cells of a device according to one or more parameters (e.g., reset current amplitude), where each memory cell is associated with a storage element storing a value based on a material property associated with the storage element. Additionally, the described techniques may include identifying, after writing the memory cells, an indication of power down for the device and refreshing, before the power down of the device, a portion of the memory cells based on identifying the indication of the power down for the device. In some cases, refreshing includes modifying at least one of the one or more parameters for a write operation for the portion of the memory cells. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057027 | Content Addressable Memory Device Having Electrically Floating Body Transistor - A content addressable memory cell includes a first floating body transistor and a second floating body transistor. The first floating body transistor and the second floating body transistor are electrically connected in series through a common node. The first floating body transistor and the second floating body transistor store complementary data. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057028 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to the present embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first memory bunch including a first source line, a first source side selecting gate transistor, a first source side selecting gate line, a plurality of first non-volatile memory cells, a plurality of first word lines, a first drain side selecting gate transistor, a first drain side selecting gate line, and a first bit line; a second memory bunch including, a second source line, a second source side selecting gate transistor, a second source side selecting gate line, a plurality of second non-volatile memory cells, a plurality of second word lines, a second drain side selecting gate transistor, a second drain side selecting gate line, and a second bit line; a common bit line; a first bit line transfer transistor; and a second bit line transfer transistor. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057029 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES INCLUDING A STRING OF MEMORY CELLS HAVING A FIRST SELECT TRANSISTOR COUPLED TO A SECOND SELECT TRANSISTOR - Generally discussed herein are apparatuses and methods. One such apparatus includes a data line, a first memory cell and a first select transistor. The first transistor has a gate and is coupled between the data line and the first memory cell. The apparatus can include a second memory cell and a second select transistor having a gate. The apparatus can include a third select transistor having a gate. The second select transistor is coupled between the second memory cell and the third select transistor. The third select transistor is coupled between the second select transistor and a source. The apparatus can include a drive transistor coupled to both the gate of the first select transistor and the gate of the second select transistor or the gate of the third select transistor. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057030 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DATA READING METHOD USING THE SAME - A semiconductor device is provided. The device includes a memory that stores data in a non-volatile and volatile manner and a memory controller configured to control the memory. The memory includes a word line pair including a first and second word line, a first bit line pair orthogonal to the first and the second word line and including a first bit line and a first complementary bit line, and a memory cell pair including first and second memory cells adjacent to the first memory cell in a word line direction. A left node of the first memory cell, and a right node of the first memory cell and a left node of the second memory cell, are all connected to the first word line, and a value of the data stored in the memory cell pair in the non-volatile manner is determined according to the selected first word line. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057031 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DYNAMIC WORD LINE START VOLTAGE - The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for an automated dynamic word line start voltage. An example apparatus includes a controller and a memory device. The memory device is configured to maintain, internal to the memory device, a status of a number of open blocks in the memory device. The status can include a programming operation being initiated in the respective number of open blocks. Responsive to receipt of, from the controller, a request to direct initiation of the programming operation to a word line, determine a group of memory cells associated with the word line that programs first relative to other groups of memory cells associated with the word line and maintain, included in the status of an open block, a voltage at which the group of memory cells is the first group to program. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057032 | MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a memory cell, a word line connected to the memory cell, a word line driver which generates a selection signal for the word line, a first transistor including a gate to which the selection signal generated by the word line driver is input, and a drain which supplies a signal based on the selection signal to the word line, and a detection circuit which detects a value based on a current flowing through the first transistor during a verification period after writing data to the memory cell. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057033 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory device capable of minimizing monitoring overhead associated with read disturb is provided. The nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array which includes a first cell string comprising a plurality of memory cells connected in series, wherein the plurality of memory cells includes a first monitoring cell, a first memory cell, and a second memory cell, and a row decoder which provides a first read voltage to the first memory cell and a first monitoring voltage to the first monitoring cell when reading the first memory cell among the memory cells and provides the first read voltage to the second memory cell and a second monitoring voltage different from the first monitoring voltage to the first monitoring cell when reading the second memory cell. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057034 | GATE DRIVING UNIT AND GATE DRIVING METHOD - A gate driving unit and a gate driving method are provided. The gate driving unit includes an input unit, a driving unit, a pull-down unit, and a pull-down control unit. The pull-down unit has an output terminal of a current stage cascaded signal and an output terminal; in the pull-up phase, the output terminal of the current stage cascaded signal and the output terminal output signal, a voltage of the output terminal of the current stage cascaded signal is pulled down to a first reference low electric level, and a voltage of the output terminal is pulled down to a second reference low electric level. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057035 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A memory system and an operating method thereof are provided. The memory system includes a storage device including a mode register suitable for activating or inactivating an auto mode and a memory suitable for storing data, and a storage device controller controlling the mode register to enter a test mode, after inactivating the auto mode, during a test operation of the storage device, and controlling the mode register to activate the auto mode again when the test operation of the storage device is completed. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057036 | CONCURRENT TESTING OF A LOGIC DEVICE AND A MEMORY DEVICE WITHIN A SYSTEM PACKAGE - Testing packaged integrated circuit (IC) devices is difficult and time consuming. When multiple devices (dies) are packaged to produce a SiP (system in package) the devices should be tested for defects that may be introduced during the packaging process. With limited access to the inputs and outputs of the devices, test times increase compared with testing the devices before they are packaged. A CoWoS (chip on wafer on substrate) SiP includes a logic device and a memory device and has interfaces between the logic device and memory device that cannot be directly accessed at a package ball. Test programs are concurrently executed by the logic device and the memory device to reduce testing time. Each memory device includes a BIST (built-in self-test) module that is initialized and executes the memory test program while the one or more modules within the logic device are tested. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057037 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INPUT/OUTPUT UNITS AND AN OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array including first to fourth planes, a page buffer circuit that includes first to fourth page buffer units connected with the first to fourth planes, respectively, an input/output circuit that includes a first input/output unit connected with the first to fourth page buffer units and a second input/output unit connected with the second and fourth page buffer units, and control logic that controls the input/output circuit to output first data from one of the first to fourth page buffer units through the first input/output unit in a first read mode and output second data from one of the first and third page buffer units through the first input/output unit and third data from one of the second and fourth page buffer units through the second input/output unit in a second read mode. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057038 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROBIOME BASED SAMPLE CLASSIFICATION - The classification of disease status based on the stool microbiome of the subject, or other relevant DNA, is a challenging field with a lack of accurate diagnostics. Accordingly, the inventors have developed systems and methods which accurately classify the disease status of a subject using a k-mer based algorithm for processing a subject's microbial DNA. In some examples, this includes using a logistic regression algorithm trained with L1-regularization to process DNA read derived k-mers from a subject's sample. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057039 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING MACHINE LEARNING ANALYSIS TO STRATIFY RISK OF SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of using machine learning analysis to stratify the risk of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB). In some variations, to select informative markers that differentiate SPTB from term deliveries, a processed quantification data of the markers can be subjected to univariate receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. A Differential Dependency Network (DDN) can then applied in order to extract co-expression patterns among the markers. In order to assess the complementary values among selected markers and the range of their relevant performance, multivariate linear models can be derived and evaluated using bootstrap resampling. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057040 | Gene Panel for Personalized Medicine, Method for Forming Same, and Personalized Treatment Method Using Same - Provided are a gene panel for personalized medicine, a method of constructing the same, and a personalized treatment method using the same. In one aspect, the method of constructing the gene panel, based on an individual's genomic sequence mutation information, may detect gene mutations related to intractable diseases including cancer, and therefore, personalized treatments considering cancer progression or change in patients and treatment models of the diseases may be constructed. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057041 | Community Assignments in Identity by Descent Networks and Genetic Variant Origination - Disclosed are techniques for characterizing variants of interest and predicting assignments of individuals to communities based on obtained genetic information. To characterize a variant, DNA datasets of reference individuals are accessed and used to generate a cluster with additional individuals. Reference individuals carry a variant at a genetic locus and the additional individuals share IBD with reference individuals. Statistics of genealogical data of the cluster are generated. A result summarizing the characterization of the variant is generated based on the statistics. To determine if an individual belongs to a community, a subset of the individuals haplotypes are inputted into a community-specific model. The model is trained using the training samples that each include haplotypes of reference individuals and a label identifying whether the reference individual belongs to the community. Based on the output of the model, it is determined whether the individual is a member of the community. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057042 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CELLULAR PATHWAY DYSREGULATION IN CANCER SPECIMENS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and compositions useful for determining cellular pathway disruption comprising the use of RNA expression level information. This determined level of disruption can assist in the identification of genetic variants that alter pathway activity, to correlate these variants with disease state and disease progression, and to identify those therapeutics most likely to be effective and which should be avoided. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057044 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEQUENCE TYPING USING WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCE DATA WHEN SEQUENCE DATA FOR A GENE MARKER IS MISSING OR UNUSABLE - A method for sequence typing using whole-genome sequence data, comprising: receiving a plurality of gene marker sets, each gene marker set comprises sequence data for a plurality of gene markers from an organism, and comprising a plurality of alleles for each gene marker; generating a set of machine learning models for each gene marker in the gene marker set configured to predict an allele value for a gene marker when sequence data for that gene marker is missing or unusable; receiving whole-genome sequence data for the organism, comprising missing or unusable sequence data for a gene marker in the plurality of gene markers; analyzing, using the set of machine learning models, the received whole-genome sequence data to determine one or more probable allele values for that gene maker; and displaying the one or more probable allele values. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057045 | Determining the Clinical Significance of Variant Sequences - The present invention generally relates to determining the clinical significance of a variant nucleic acid sequence. The invention can involve sequencing a nucleic acid to generate at least one sequence read, identifying a variant sequence within the sequence read, determining the equivalent insertion/deletion region (EIR) of the variant sequence, identifying a functional region including at least a portion of the EIR, and associating the EIR with the identified functional region, thereby to determine the clinical significance of the variant. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057046 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING MICROBIOTA - Systems, media, methods, and kits disclosed herein can be used to analyze human microbiota for the detection of a condition (e.g., a disease or condition). Further, the systems, media, methods, and kits disclosed herein can utilize machine learning algorithms to analyze samples with high accuracy. In an aspect, a classifier capable of distinguishing a population of subjects based on microbiome composition may comprise: a plurality of microbiome-associated features associated with two or more classes of subjects inputted into a machine learning model, wherein the features comprise the microbiome species and abundance of microbiome elements, wherein the features are derived from a taxonomic community composition analysis of a cell-free nucleic acid sample in a population of subjects; wherein the features contribute to a classifier sensitivity of greater than 50% and a classifier specificity of greater than 85% to distinguish the population of subjects into two or more classes. | 2021-02-25 |
20210057047 | IN-SILICO METHOD FOR DESIGNING A (D)-POLYPEPTIDE LIGAND - A method for designing in-silico a (D)-polypeptide ligand that binds with a target is provided. The method includes providing a (L)-polypeptide ligand that binds with the target, the (L)-polypeptide ligand comprising one or more (L)-helical region; for each of the one or more (L)-helical region: identifying hotspot residues of the one or more (L)-helical region, that interact with residues of the target; and scanning a (D)-polypeptide database comprising single helix (D)-polypeptide candidates, to determine a single helix (D)-polypeptide match having a residue configuration that matches the hotspot residues of the one or more (L)-helical region; and generating the (D)-polypeptide ligand by combining the single helix (D)-polypeptide match of each of the one or more (L)-helical region. | 2021-02-25 |