27th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200211541 | VOICE GATEWAY FOR FEDERATED VOICE SERVICES - Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for submitting a modified voice input to a service based upon a user intent determined from a voice input in accordance with a voice interface of the service are disclosed. A processing system including at least one processor may obtain a voice input of a user, determine an intent from the voice input, identify a first service, from among a plurality of services, in accordance with the intent, and formulate a first modified voice input from the voice input in accordance with a voice interface of the first service, where each of the services is associated with one of a plurality of different voice interfaces. The processing system may further submit the first modified voice input to the first service, obtain a first voice response from the first service, and present a voice output to the user in accordance with the first voice response. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211542 | ACTIVATING VOICE COMMANDS OF A SMART DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON A VISION-BASED MECHANISM - An image is received from a light capture device associated with the smart display device. A determination is made as to whether to activate voice recognition of a recording device associated with the smart display device based on a face being in the image. In response to determining to activate the voice recognition of the recording device associated with the smart display device based on the face being in the image, the voice recognition of the recording device associated with the smart display device is activated. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211543 | VOICE CONTROL FOR MEDIA CONTENT SEARCH AND SELECTION - Various techniques are described herein for supporting voice command control of electronic programming guides (EPGs) and other media content selection systems. The voice input hardware and software components of a remote control device, television receiver, smartphone, virtual assistant, and/or other media device may receive voice commands from a user corresponding to a selection of a media content. In response to the received voice input, the media device may perform a speech-to-text conversion of the voice input, and then perform an analysis of the command text to determine one or more content selections of the user. The analysis may include identifying within the command text one or more television channel names, program names, or other media content names, as well as identifying other instructions, preferences, or other meaningful insights from the command text. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211544 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING A SPEECH OF A SPEAKER - Systems, methods, and computer readable media comprising instructions executable by a processor, for recognizing speech within a received audio signal segment the audio signal to isolate the speech based on a speaker audio profile, determine from the audio signal a command, a first score reflecting confidence in determining the command, and a second score reflecting a potential error in determining the command, and cause the command to be executed if the first score is above a first threshold value and the second score is below a second threshold value. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211545 | VOICE INTERACTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A voice interaction method, apparatus and device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: receiving a voice signal to be detected within a preset time period; performing a voice identification on the voice signal to be detected, to obtain a text to be detected; and performing a first detection on the text to be detected, and providing a response according to the text to be detected in response to determining that the first detection is passed. In the embodiments, the misrecognition rate of a voice signal during a voice interaction is reduced, thereby improving user experience. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211546 | GENERATING IOT-BASED NOTIFICATION(S) AND PROVISIONING OF COMMAND(S) TO CAUSE AUTOMATIC RENDERING OF THE IOT-BASED NOTIFICATION(S) BY AUTOMATED ASSISTANT CLIENT(S) OF CLIENT DEVICE(S) - Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification. The remote automated assistant component(s) can then transmit a corresponding command to each of the assistant client device(s) it determines should render a corresponding client device notification, where each transmitted command causes the corresponding assistant client device to render the corresponding client device notification. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211547 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Included are calling means ( | 2020-07-02 |
20200211548 | CHARGING STAND, MOBILE TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A charging stand includes a controller. The controller is configured to perform one of a speech operation and a voice recognition operation using contents in accordance with a location of a charging stand that supplies electric power to the mobile terminal. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211549 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that can improve the convenience of a voice AI assistance service used in coordination with content. A first information processing apparatus including an insertion unit that inserts a token, which is related to use of a voice AI assistance service in coordination with content, into an audio stream of the content and a second information processing apparatus including a detection unit that detects the inserted token from the audio stream of the content can be provided to improve the convenience of the voice AI assistance service used in coordination with the content. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a system in coordination with the voice AI assistance service. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211550 | WHISPERING VOICE RECOVERY METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method, an apparatus and a device for converting a whispered speech, and a readable storage medium are provided. The method is implemented based on the whispered speech converting model. The whispered speech converting model is trained in advance by using recognition results and whispered speech training acoustic features of whispered speech training data as samples and using normal speech acoustic features of normal speech data parallel to the whispered speech training data as sample labels. A whispered speech acoustic feature and a preliminary recognition result of whispered speech data are acquired, then the whispered speech acoustic feature and the preliminary recognition result are inputted into a preset whispered speech converting model to acquire a normal speech acoustic feature outputted by the model. In this way, the whispered speech can be converted to a normal speech. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211551 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING STATE OF VOICE INTERACTION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and apparatus for presenting a state of a voice interaction device are provided. The method includes: acquiring a current state of the voice interaction device; determining a current presentation mode corresponding to the current state, by searching a pre-stored correspondence relation between a state and a presentation mode according to the current state; and presenting the current state of the voice interaction device in the determined current presentation mode. In embodiments, a current state of a voice interaction device is presented to a user, and necessary usage recommendations and prompts are provided to a user, thereby improving user experience. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211552 | VOICE INTERACTION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A voice interaction control method and apparatus is provided. The method includes: identifying a voice signal received by a voice interaction device, to obtain a voice interaction requirement; determining that the voice interaction requirement is included in admission requirements learned in advance; and responding to the voice interaction requirement. The embodiments can meet the natural experience requirement of a user, learn a real requirement of the user in a use process by the user, and correct a wrongly identified requirement. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211553 | TWO-WAY IN-VEHICLE VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT - One or more embodiments include a virtual personal assistant module executing on a virtual personal assistant system. The virtual personal assistant module obtains first sensor data from a first sensor included in a plurality of sensors. The virtual personal assistant module analyzes the first sensor data to generate a first result. The virtual personal assistant module obtains second sensor data from a second sensor included in the plurality of sensors. The virtual personal assistant module analyzes the second sensor data and the first result to generate a second result. The virtual personal assistant module outputs a natural language audio output to the user based on the second result. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211554 | CONTEXT-BASED DEVICE ARBITRATION - This disclosure describes, in part, context-based device arbitration techniques to select a voice-enabled device from multiple voice-enabled devices to provide a response to a command included in a speech utterance of a user. In some examples, the context-driven arbitration techniques may include determining a ranked list of voice-enabled devices that are ranked based on audio signal metric values for audio signals generated by each voice-enabled device, and iteratively moving through the list to determine, based on device states of the voice-enabled devices, whether one of the voice-enabled devices can perform an action responsive to the command. If the voice-enabled devices that detected the speech utterance are unable to perform the action responsive to the command, all other voice-enabled devices associated with an account may be analyzed to determine whether one of the other voice-enabled devices can perform the action responsive to the command in the speech utterance. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211555 | HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM AND APPLIANCE - Systems and methods are disclosed. A digitized human vocal expression of a user and digital images are received over a network from a remote device. The digitized human vocal expression is processed to determine characteristics of the human vocal expression, including: pitch, volume, rapidity, a magnitude spectrum identify, and/or pauses in speech. Digital images are received and processed to detect characteristics of the user face, including detecting if one or more of the following is present: a sagging lip, a crooked smile, uneven eyebrows, and/or facial droop. Based at least on part on the human vocal expression characteristics and face characteristics, a determination is made as to what action is to be taken. A cepstrum pitch may be determined using an inverse Fourier transform of a logarithm of a spectrum of a human vocal expression signal. The volume may be determined using peak heights in a power spectrum of the human vocal expression. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211556 | Device Leadership Negotiation Among Voice Interface Devices - The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for determining device leadership among voice interface devices. In one aspect, a method is performed at a first electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices, each having microphones, a speaker, processors, and memory storing programs for execution by the processors. The first device detects a voice input. It determines a device state and a relevance of the voice input. It identifies a subset of electronic devices from the plurality to which the voice input is relevant. In accordance with a determination that the subset includes the first device, the first device determines a first score of a criterion associated with the voice input and receives second scores of the criterion from other devices in the subset. In accordance with a determination that the first score is higher than the second scores, the first device responds to the detected input. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211557 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a terminal, including the following operations: obtaining recognition results corresponding to control signals after receiving the control signals, and determining whether control instructions corresponding to the recognition results conflict, each control signal comprising at least one of a voice signal or a gesture signal; determining a credibility of each control instruction in response to a determination that there exists conflict among control instructions; and sending the control instruction with highest credibility to a control terminal. The present disclosure further provides a device for controlling a terminal and a computer readable storage medium. When control instructions are received and there exists conflict among control instructions, the control instruction with the highest credibility is sent to the control terminal after the credibility of each control instructions is determined, thereby avoiding settings from conflict. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211558 | MEDICAL APPARATUSES CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE SPEECH INSTRUCTIONS AND USE STORED SPEECH RECOGNITION OPERATIONAL DATA - It is inter alia disclosed to perform at least one of operating an interaction process with a user of the medical apparatus and determining, based on a representation of at least one instruction given by the user, at least one instruction operable by the medical apparatus. Therein, the at least one of the operating and the determining at least partially depends on operational data. It is further disclosed to receive modification information for modifying at least a part of the operational data, wherein the modification information is at least partially determined based on an analysis of a representation of at least one instruction given by the user. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211559 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VOICE RECOGNITION GUIDE BY TRANSMITTING VOICE SIGNAL DATA TO A VOICE RECOGNITION SERVER WHICH CONTAINS VOICE RECOGNITION GUIDE INFORMATION TO SEND BACK TO THE VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A voice recognition apparatus includes a communication part configured to communicate with a voice recognition server, a voice receiver configured to receive a user's voice signal, a storage part configured to store guide information comprising at least an example command for voice recognition; and a controller. The controller is configured to generate a guide image comprising at least a part of the example command, transmit the received user's voice signal to the voice recognition server through the communication part in response to receiving the user's voice signal by the voice receiver, and update the stored guide information based on update information received through the communication part. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211560 | Data Processing Device and Method for Performing Speech-Based Human Machine Interaction - A method for performing speech-based human machine interaction (HMI) includes obtaining a speech of a user and determining whether a response to the speech of the user can be generated. If no response can be generated, information is sent corresponding to the speech of the user to the call center. A data processing device for performing speech-based human machine interaction (HMI), includes an obtaining module to obtain a speech of a user. The data processing device further includes a determining module to determine whether a response to the speech of the user can be generated. The data processing device further includes a sending module to send information corresponding to the speech of the user to the call center. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211561 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOICE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS - Obtaining configuration audio data including voice information for a plurality of meeting participants. Generating localization information indicating a respective location for each meeting participant. Generating a respective voiceprint for each meeting participant. Obtaining meeting audio data. Identifying a first meeting participant and a second meeting participant. Linking a first meeting participant identifier of the first meeting participant with a first segment of the meeting audio data. Linking a second meeting participant identifier of the second meeting participant with a second segment of the meeting audio data. Generating a GUI indicating the respective locations of the first and second meeting participants, and the GUI indicating a first transcription of the first segment and a second transcription of the second segment. The first transcription is associated with the first meeting participant in the GUI, and the second transcription is associated with the second meeting participant in the GUI. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211562 | VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD - A client-side voice recognition device, in a server-client type voice recognition system for performing voice recognition on a user's utterance by using the client-side voice recognition device and a server-side voice recognition device, the client-side voice recognition device including: a voice recognition unit for recognizing the user's utterance; a communication state acquiring unit for acquiring a state of communication with a server device including the server-side voice recognition device; and a vocabulary changing unit for changing a recognition target vocabulary of the voice recognition unit, on the basis of the acquired state of communication. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211563 | LOCALIZED VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT - An embodiment sets forth a technique for controlling a device at a location via a localized assistant application that processes locally inputs for controlling the device. The technique includes detecting a device at a location, associating the device with at least one device command, receiving an input, processing the input locally to determine a device command associated with the input and included in the at least one device command, and causing at least one operation to be performed by the device in accordance with the device command. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211564 | Processing System for Intelligently Linking Messages Using Markers Based on Language Data - Some aspects disclosed herein are directed to, for example, a system and method comprising a client device receiving an input of at least a portion of a message. The client device may display, on a display of the client device, the at least the portion of the message. The client device may transmit, to a server device, the at least the portion of the message for display via a second client device. The client device may receive, from a user of the client device or a user of the second client device, a request to generate a marker for the at least the portion of the message. In response to the receiving the request to generate the marker, the client device may determine, based on a lexicon, a name for the marker for the at least the portion of the message. The client device may store, at a storage location, the name for the marker for the at least the portion of the message, an identifier for the at least the portion of the message, and an association between the name for the marker for the at least the portion of the message and the identifier for the at least the portion of the message. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTILINGUAL DUBBING OF VIDEO-AUDIO PROGRAMS - A system and method to perform dubbing automatically for multiple languages at the same time using speech-to-text transcriptions, language translation, and artificial intelligence engines to perform the actual dubbing in the voice likeness of the original speaker. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211566 | NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE FOR SPEAKER RECOGNITION AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a method of generating a trained third neural network to recognize a speaker of a noisy speech signal by combining a trained first neural network which is a skip connection-based neural network for removing noise from the noisy speech signal with a trained second neural network for recognizing the speaker of a speech signal, and a neural network device for operating the neural networks. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211567 | PATTERN RECOGNITION APPARATUS, PATTERN RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a pattern recognition apparatus to provide classification robustness to any kind of domain variability. The pattern recognition apparatus | 2020-07-02 |
20200211568 | FEATURES SEARCH AND SELECTION TECHNIQUES FOR SPEAKER AND SPEECH RECOGNITION - With recent real-world applications of speaker and speech recognition systems, robust features for degraded speech have become a necessity. In general, degraded speech results in poor performance of any speech-based system. This poor performance can be attributed to feature extraction functionality of speech-based system which takes input speech file and converts it into a representation called as a feature. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods that compute distance between each degraded speech feature extracted from an input speech signal with each clean speech feature comprised in a memory of the system to obtain set of matched clean speech features wherein at least a subset of cleaned speech features are dynamically selected based on a pre-defined threshold and the computed distance, thereby computing statistics for the dynamically selected clean speech features set for utilizing in at least one of a speech recognition system and a speaker recognition system. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211569 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING - Systems and methods are provided for improving audio signal processing by receiving an audio signal; obtaining a plurality of multi-dimensional features based on the audio signal; obtaining a plurality of segment-level representations based on the plurality of multi-dimensional features; obtaining an utterance-level representation based on the plurality of segment-level representations; and recognizing a speaker from the audio signal based on the utterance-level representation. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211570 | INTERACTIVE VOICE FRAUD DETECTION AND HANDLING - Interactive voice fraud detection and handling is disclosed. A method can comprise receiving identifying data representing a social security number; verifying, based on the social security number, the identifying data relative to a record of records of a data store; and in response to determining, based on the social security number, the identifying data is not included in the record, requesting additional identifying data representing the social security number, wherein the additional identifying data comprises an idiosyncratic voice pattern associated with a user using the device | 2020-07-02 |
20200211571 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING AND AUTHENTICATING SPEECH OF A SPEAKER ON AN AUDIO STREAM OF SPEAKERS - A method for separating and authenticating speech of a speaker on an audio stream of speakers over an audio channel may include receiving audio stream data of the audio stream with speech from a speaker to be authenticated speaking with a second speaker. A voiceprint may be generated for each data chunk in the audio stream data divided into a plurality of data chunks. The voiceprint for each data chunk may be assessed as to whether the voiceprint has speech belonging to the speaker to be authenticated or to the second speaker using representative voiceprints of both speakers. An accumulated voiceprint may be generated using the verified data chunks with speech of the speaker to be authenticated. The accumulated voiceprint may be compared to the reference voiceprint of the speaker to be authenticated for authenticating the speaker speaking with the second speaker over the audio channel. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211572 | INTERACTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SERVER - The present application discloses a method, device, system, and computer system for interfacing with a terminal in connection with performing a service function. The method includes receiving audio information based at least in part on a voice input from a user, determining a service function corresponding to the audio information, determining user information for the user based at least in part on the audio information, and performing the service function based at least in part on the user information. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211573 | RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND OTHER VERBAL UTTERANCES IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for responding to requests received from users in a healthcare facility, and for generating alerts based upon criticality detected in received verbal utterances. A personal assistant device (PAD) may receive a verbal request for information. The identity of the requestor may be verified and a response to the request may be received by the PAD. In some cases, prior to audibly outputting the response, it may be determined whether the response contains protected health information (PHI). Upon determining that the response contains PHI, the presence of persons other than the patient in proximity to the PAD and/or security of the location of the PAD may be evaluated prior to audibly outputting the response. Additionally, alerts having a heightened criticality may be generated when a received verbal utterance is determined to have a heightened criticality. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211574 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING AUDIO DATA AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for processing audio data by an audio processing device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving, from an audio reproduction device, information on reproduction environment of the audio reproduction device; generating an audio signal by processing an audio bitstream on the basis of the information on reproduction environment; generating an InfoFrame including characteristic information of the generated audio signal; and transmitting the generated audio signal and the generated InfoFrame to the audio reproduction device, wherein the audio bitstream includes a virtual reality (VR) audio bitstream or an augmented reality (AR) audio bitstream. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211575 | Method for Encoding Multi-Channel Signal and Encoder - A method for encoding a multi-channel signal and an encoder, where the encoding method includes obtaining a multi-channel signal of a current frame, determining an initial inter-channel time difference (ITD) value of the current frame, controlling, based on characteristic information of the multi-channel signal, a quantity of target frames that are allowed to appear continuously, where the characteristic information includes at least one of a signal-to-noise ratio of the multi-channel signal or a peak feature of cross correlation coefficients of the multi-channel signal, and an ITD value of a previous frame of the target frame is reused as an ITD value of the target frame, determining an ITD value of the current frame based on the initial ITD value and the quantity of target frames allowed to appear continuously, and encoding the multi-channel signal based on the ITD value of the current frame. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211576 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING LOSS FUNCTION FOR AUDIO SIGNAL - A loss function determining method and a loss function determining system for an audio signal are disclosed. A method of determining a loss function capable of being defined when a neural network is used to reconstruct an audio signal is provided. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211577 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and device for audio signal processing is provided. The method includes steps of: obtaining an inputted audio signal; parsing the audio signal to obtain at least one audio feature; determining at least one vibration feature corresponding to the at least one audio feature; and generating a vibration signal corresponding to the audio signal according to the at least one vibration feature. The inputted audio signal is automatically converted into a vibration signal by the vibration feature corresponding to the audio feature of the inputted audio signal, which can avoid errors caused by manual operation and make the vibration signal possess high versatility. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211578 | MIXED-REALITY AUDIO INTELLIGIBILITY CONTROL - A system and method includes presentation of a mixed-reality environment to a user, presentation of a first audio control to the user within the mixed-reality environment, detection of a manipulation by the user of the first audio control within the mixed-reality environment, determination of a first value of an audio-related parameter associated with speech intelligibility based on the manipulation, determination of two or more audio processing parameter values associated with speech intelligibility based on the first value, reception of first speech audio signals, application of audio processing to the first speech audio signals based on the determined two or more audio processing parameter values to generate second speech audio signals, and transmission of the second speech audio signals to a loudspeaker system for playback to the user. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211579 | SOUND PLAYBACK SYSTEM AND OUTPUT SOUND ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF - A sound playback system and an output sound adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: receiving an input sound signal from a user, wherein the input sound signal includes a voice signal indicating the age of the user; transmitting the input sound signal to a remote voice system; performing a voice recognition process according to the voice signal of the input sound signal to obtain a voice recognition result; adjusting a gain value of each frequency band of an output sound signal according to the voice in recognition result; and transmitting the output sound signal to a near-end electronic device to output the output sound signal to be heard by the user. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211580 | APPARATUS FOR NOISE CANCELING AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for noise canceling that includes: an input unit configured to receive an input voice signal; and one or more processors configured to perform a first noise cancellation using as input the received input voice signal to generate a first voice signal by cancelling noise from the input voice signal using a noise canceling model which is trained using a plurality of reference voice signals, perform a second noise cancellation using as input the first voice signal generated by the noise canceling model to generate a second voice signal in which residual noise is canceled from the first voice signal using statistical analysis, and generate an output voice signal comprising an encoding of the second voice signal. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211581 | SPEECH ENHANCEMENT USING CLUSTERING OF CUES - A method for speech enhancement, the method may include receiving or generating sound samples that represent sound signals that were received during a given time period by an array of microphones; frequency transforming the sound samples to provide frequency-transformed samples; clustering the frequency-transformed samples to speakers to provide speaker related clusters, wherein the clustering is based on (i) spatial cues related to the received sound signals and (ii) acoustic cues related to the speakers; determining a relative transfer function for each speaker of the speakers to provide speakers related relative transfer functions; applying a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) beamforming operation on the speakers related relative transfer functions to provide beamformed signals; and inverse-frequency transforming the beamformed signals to provide speech signals. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211582 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING AMPLITUDE OF SOUND IN SOUND ZONE - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and a device for obtaining an amplitude for a sound zone, a related electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes the following. Speech data of a target sound zone is obtained in real time. The speech data includes audio signals corresponding to a plurality of sampling points. The audio signals are stored by comparing an amplitude of a current audio signal to be stored with an amplitude of each stored audio signal to determine whether to store the current audio signal according to a comparison result. A current amplitude for the target sound zone is calculated according to amplitudes of all stored audio signals. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211583 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator comprising communication circuitry, and a processor configured to control the electronic apparatus to, in response to a call request being received through the communicator, transmit CAPTCHA information to an external device that requests the call, and in response to receiving response information about the CAPTCHA information from the external device, identify a counterpart that requests the call based on whether the response information is matched with the CAPTCHA information, and provide information on the identified counterpart. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211584 | HIGH-BANDWIDTH STO BIAS ARCHITECTURE WITH INTEGRATED SLIDER VOLTAGE POTENTIAL CONTROL - Disclosed herein are circuits, architectures, and methods that provide for the control of a data storage device write head's trailing shield and main pole potential with respect to the disk using circuitry that is integrated with circuitry used to bias a spin torque oscillator (STO) apparatus. Various embodiments include slider connections with STO bias circuitry that resides in a read/write integrated circuit, which has a programmable circuit that generates a bias current with overshoot (bias kicks). Also disclosed are circuits that may be incorporated into a slider to mitigate radio-frequency interference. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211585 | MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE CAPABLE OF STABILIZING OSCILLATIONS OF HIGH FREQUENCY ASSISTED ELEMENT - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device applies a bias voltage for measurement to a high frequency assist element according to a setting instruction of the bias voltage to measure a conduction current by in a recording head, calculates the resistance value in the supply path of the bias voltage from a relationship between the measured current and the bias voltage for measurement, and changes the bias voltage applied at the time of data recording based on the calculated resistance value. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211586 | READER WITH SIDE SHIELDS DECOUPLED FROM A TOP SHIELD - A reader having a sensor stack and a top shield above the sensor stack. The top shield has an upper surface and a lower surface. The reader also includes at least one side shield below the top shield and adjacent to the sensor stack. The reader further includes a decoupling layer between the upper surface of the top shield and the at least one side shield. The decoupling layer is configured to decouple a first portion of the at least one side shield, proximate to the sensor stack, from at least a portion of the top shield. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211587 | MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a housing that includes a bottom wall, a magnetic disk contained in the housing, a first head and a second head configured to write data to the magnetic disk, and read data from the magnetic disk, a first actuator assembly including the first head, a second actuator assembly including the second head, a first flexible print circuit board including a first connector, a second flexible print circuit board including a second connector, and a control circuit board that is provided outside the housing, and includes a third connector electrically connected to the first connector and the second connector. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211588 | MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE AND READ PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk including a plurality of servo data items, a head including a write head which writes data to the disk, and a first read head and a second read head which read data from the disk, and a controller configured to position the head based on a first signal in which write data positioned between the servo data items of the disk is read by the first read head, and a second signal in which the write data is read by the second read head separated from the first read head in a radial direction of the disk. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211589 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE-BASED SENSING AND ACTUATION OF CONTAMINATION - A method includes producing a first surface acoustic wave (SAW) on a magnetic head slider using a first interdigitated transducer (IDT), wherein the SAW has a first set of wave characteristics. The method also includes receiving the first SAW at a second IDT on the magnetic head slider. The method also includes analyzing the SAW for a second set of wave characteristics. The method also includes determining, based on the analyzing, that a substance having at least one characteristic is located in a path of the SAW on the magnetic head slider. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211590 | HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA WITH OPTIMIZED HEAT SINK LAYER - A heat assisted magnetic recording disk drive comprises a magnetic recording media with a heat sink layer including at least a material being defined by the general structure M | 2020-07-02 |
20200211591 | SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, HARD DISK DRIVE - The present invention provides a substrate for a magnetic recording medium in which bulges are not easily formed on a surface thereof by a physical impact in a size for a 2.5-inch type hard disk drive, and a width of displacement caused by fluttering is small. The substrate for a magnetic recording medium includes an Al alloy substrate and a Ni alloy plating film formed on a surface of the Al alloy substrate, has a diameter of 54 to 70 mm, and a disk shape having a hole whose inner diameter ranges from 19 to 26 mm in the center thereof. The Al alloy substrate has a Young's modulus (E) of 74 GPa or more, a density (ρ) of 2.75 g/cm | 2020-07-02 |
20200211592 | MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUS - Provided are a magnetic tape including: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, in which a total thickness of the magnetic tape is equal to or smaller than 5.30 μm, the magnetic layer has a servo pattern, a center line average surface roughness Ra measured on a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 1.8 nm, and an absolute value ΔN of a difference between a refractive index Nxy of the magnetic layer, measured in an in-plane direction and a refractive index Nz of the magnetic layer, measured in a thickness direction is 0.25 to 0.40, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape, a magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211593 | MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUS - Provided are a magnetic tape including: a non-magnetic support; a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on one surface side of the non-magnetic support; and a back coating layer including non-magnetic powder and a binding agent on the other surface side of the non-magnetic support, in which an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the magnetic layer is equal to or greater than 5.5, and an isoelectric point of a surface zeta potential of the back coating layer is equal to or greater than 4.5, a magnetic tape cartridge, and a magnetic tape apparatus including this magnetic tape. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211594 | ALUMINUM ALLOY SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, HARD DISK DRIVE - What is provided is an aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic recording medium which has high rigidity and an excellent plating properties. The aluminum alloy substrate for a magnetic recording medium has a constitution in which coarse grains whose average grain size is within a range that exceeds 2 μm and is less than or equal to 20 μm are dispersed, the average number of coarse grains per area of 0.042 mm | 2020-07-02 |
20200211595 | SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, HARD DISK DRIVE - The present invention provides a substrate for a magnetic recording medium in which bulges are hardly formed on a surface thereof by a physical impact in a size for a 3.5-inch type HDD, and a width of displacement caused by fluttering is small. The substrate for a magnetic recording medium includes an Al alloy substrate and a Ni alloy plating film formed on a surface of the Al alloy substrate, and has a diameter of 95 to 98 mm, a disk shape having a hole whose inner diameter ranges from 19 to 26 mm in the center thereof, a thickness of 0.48 to 0.64 mm, and a mass of 9.0 to 15.0 g. The Al alloy substrate has a Young's modulus (E) of 74 GPa or more, a density (ρ) of 2.75 g/cm | 2020-07-02 |
20200211596 | GLASS SPACER AND HARD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - In order to suppress the occurrence of adhesion between magnetic disks and spacers when the magnetic disks and the spacers are removed from a hard disk drive apparatus in which the magnetic disks and the spacers are installed, a surface roughness Ra of a main surface of a ring-shaped glass spacer to be arranged in contact with a magnetic disk is set to be not larger than 1.0 μm, and an average inclination RΔa of the main surface is set to be at least 0.02. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211597 | ENHANCING AUDIO USING MULTIPLE RECORDING DEVICES - In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying that a first audio stream includes first, second, and third sources of audio. A computing system identifies that a second audio stream includes the first, second, and third sources of audio. The computing system determines that the first and second sources of audio are part of a first conversation. The computing system generates a third audio stream that combines the first source of audio from the first audio stream, the first source of audio from the second audio stream, the second source of audio from the first audio stream, and the second source of audio from the second audio stream, and diminishes the third source of audio from the first audio stream, and the third source of audio from the second audio stream. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211598 | USER INTERFACE FOR METHOD FOR CREATING A CUSTOM TRACK - A system for allowing a user to create a custom track on a user apparatus, the user apparatus having a display is described. A memory stores a plurality of video clips and an audio track having a timeline. An application is stored in the memory. The application is configured to provide, on the display of the user apparatus, a plurality of video source windows, each of the plurality of video source windows corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of video clips. The application is further configured to allow the user to create the custom track while the audio track is playing by correlating portions of the plurality of video clips with the audio track by selecting respective ones of the plurality of video source windows at desired times in the timeline of the audio track. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211599 | Synthesizing A Presentation From Multiple Media Clips - In an example implementation, a method is described. The implementation accesses a plurality of media clips including a first video clip and a second video clip. The implementation also matches a first fingerprint of at least a part of the first video clip with a second fingerprint of at least a part of the second video clip. The implementation also determines a temporal overlap of the first video clip with the second video clip based at least in part on the match. The implementation also, based on the temporal overlap of the first video clip with the second video clip, merges the first video clip and the second video clip into a group of overlapping video clips, and transmits, to a client computing device, data identifying the group of overlapping video clips and specifying a synchronization of the first video clip with the second video clip. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211600 | Synthesizing A Presentation From Multiple Media Clips - In an example implementation, a method is described. The implementation accesses a plurality of media clips and metadata for the plurality of media clips. The implementation also uses the metadata for the plurality of media clips to select, from the plurality of media clips, a subset of media clips including a first media clip and a second media clip. The implementation also matches a first fingerprint of at least a part of the first media clip with a second fingerprint of at least a part of the second media clip. The implementation also determines a temporal overlap of the first media clip with the second media clip based at least in part on the match. The implementation also, based on the temporal overlap, merges the first media clip and the second media clip into a group of overlapping media clips, and generates a presentation that includes the group. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211601 | EVENT-BASED MEDIA PLAYBACK - A method and apparatus for event-based media playback. A media device infers one or more actionable events in a media content item using one or more neural network models and determines a respective start location for each of the actionable events in the media content item. The media device receives user input indicating a selection of one of the actionable events and selectively initiates playback of the media content item at the start location associated with the selected actionable event. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211602 | MEMORY DEVICE HAVING SHARED READ/WRITE DATA LINE FOR 2-TRANSISTOR VERTICAL MEMORY CELL - Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first data line, a second data line, a conductive line, and a memory cell coupled to the first and second data lines. The memory cell includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first region electrically coupled to the first and second data lines, and charge storage structure electrically separated from the first region. The second transistor includes a second region electrically separated from the first region, the second region electrically coupled to the charge storage structure and the second data line. The conductive line is electrically separated from the first and second channel regions. Part of the conductive line is spanning across part of the first region of the first transistor and part of the second region of the second transistor. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211603 | RECOVERY OF MEMORY FROM ASYNCHRONOUS POWER LOSS - Systems and methods are disclosed, including determining whether to write dummy data to a first physical page of memory cells of a storage system, such as in response to a detected asynchronous power loss (APL) at the storage system, using a determined number of zeros in the first physical page. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211604 | SENSE ARCHITECTURE - Devices and methods for a sensing scheme are described. A device may include a memory array and a column select line configured to couple with a single page of a set of pages within the memory array when the single page is selected during an access operation. The column select line may be isolated from other pages (e.g., unselected pages) of the set. The device may include a set of sense component groups coupled with the single page. Each sense component group of the set may be configured to access one or more memory cells of the single page using the column select line. The device may include a decoding component configured to couple a sense component group of the set with an I/O line of an I/O channel. The device may communicate information with the I/O line during the access operation. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211605 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND MEMORY - An integrated circuit includes: a first path suitable for transferring an input signal from a first point to a second point; a second path suitable for transferring the input signal from the second point to a third point; a first phase comparator suitable for comparing an edge of the input signal at the first point with an edge of the input signal at the second point; and a second phase comparator suitable for comparing an edge of the input signal at the second point with an edge of the input signal at the third point, wherein the first path includes a first delay circuit whose delay value is adjusted based on a comparison result of the first phase comparator, and the second path includes a second delay circuit whose delay value is adjusted based on a comparison result of the second phase comparator. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211606 | CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A memory device may include a clock dividing circuit suitable for generating a plurality of internal clocks by dividing an external clock, a mode decision circuit suitable for determining an operation mode according to an input time point of a read command based on the internal clocks, a clock arranging circuit suitable for arranging the internal clocks in an order determined according to the operation mode, and outputting the arranged clocks as a plurality of data output clocks, and a data arranging circuit suitable for arranging read data according to the operation mode, and outputting the arranged data in response to the data output clocks. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211607 | PROTECTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER - In an embodiment, a method for protecting an electronic circuit includes: detecting a malfunction of the electronic circuit; executing a plurality of waves of countermeasures without interrupting an operation of the electronic circuit; and triggering a reset of the electronic circuit after executing the plurality of waves of countermeasures. An interval between two waves of countermeasures of the plurality of waves of countermeasures is variable. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211608 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETOELECTRIC SPIN ORBIT LOGIC - An apparatus is provided which comprises: a first magnet with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA); a stack of layers, a portion of which is adjacent to the first magnet, wherein the stack of layers is to provide an inverse Rashba-Bychkov effect; a second magnet with PMA; a magnetoelectric layer adjacent to the second magnet; and a conductor coupled to at least a portion of the stack of layers and the magnetoelectric layer. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211609 | VOLTAGE CONTROL MAGNETIC RANDOM STORAGE UNIT, MEMORY AND LOGIC DEVICE COMPOSED THEREBY - A voltage controlled magnetic random memory unit, a memory, and a logic device thereof. The memory unit includes: a ferroelectric layer applied with a first positive or negative voltage to control a directional switching of magnetization; a spin-orbit coupling layer located above the ferroelectric layer and applied with a second voltage to produce a spin current in a direction perpendicular to the spin-orbit coupling layer; a first magnetic layer located above the spin-orbit coupling layer, wherein, the spin current induces a random up and down magnetic switching of the first magnetic layer. The spin current may induce a directional switching of the first magnetic layer in conjunction with the first voltage applied to the ferroelectric layer. The invention generates ferroelectric polarization by applying a voltage to both ends of the ferroelectric layer, thereby generating a non-uniform spin-orbit coupling effect, which can modulate the direction in which the current induces the magnetic switching of the magnetic film. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211610 | SINGLE PATH MEMORY SENSE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a single path memory sense amplifier circuit and methods of manufacture. The circuit includes a sense amplifier circuit comprising a plurality of self-aligned transistors in a single sensing path; and a memory array connected to the sense amplifier circuit by the single sensing path. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211611 | DATA WRITING DEVICE FOR VARIABLE-RESISTANCE MEMORY ELEMENT AND NON-VOLATILE FLIP-FLOP - A data write device for a resistive memory element, the resistive memory element including: a conductive electrode provided at one end of the memory element; and a reading electrode provided at the other end of the memory element being configured to vary a resistance of the memory element by applying a write current to the conductive electrode, the data write device for the resistive memory element further includes: a writing means, an output means, and a control means. The output means is provided between a power supply and the reading electrode. As output signals, a read signal from the memory element and a monitor signal to monitor a writing status of the memory element written by the writing means are output from the output means. By the monitor signal, a termination of data-writing into the resistive memory element is detected. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211612 | Switching Skyrmions With VCMA/Electric Field for Memory, Computing and Information Processing - A fixed magnetic skyrmion in a memory or Boolean logic or non-Boolean computing element is reversibly switched or switchable (1) with only an electric field and without a magnetic field or spin current; and (2) using voltage control of magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) to reduce the spin current needed to switch the skyrmion. Some embodiments switch between four states: two skyrmion states and two ferromagnetic states. Other embodiments switch between two states which are both skyrmionic, in which case the switching process may use ferromagnetic intermediate states, or both ferromagnetic, in which case the switching process may use skyrmionic intermediate states, or between a Skyrmion and ferromagnetic state. Boolean and non-Boolean logic devices are also provided which are based on these switching methods. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211613 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY PLATE POWER REDUCTION - Methods, systems, and devices for ferroelectric memory plate power reduction are described. A plate line may be coupled with a voltage source, a capacitor, and one or more sections of a bank of ferroelectric memory cells. During a write operation, the capacitor may be discharged onto the plate line and the resulting voltage may be adjusted (e.g., increased) by the voltage source before writing one or more memory cells. During a write-back operation, a capacitor associated with one or more memory cells may be discharged onto the plate line and stored at the capacitor. The charge may be re-applied to the plate line and adjusted (e.g., increased) by the voltage source during the write-back. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211614 | SOURCE FOLLOWER-BASED SENSING SCHEME - Methods, systems, and devices for a source follower-based sensing architecture and sensing scheme are described. In one example, a memory device may include a sense circuit that includes two source followers that are coupled to each other and to a sense amplifier. A method of operating the memory device may include transferring a digit line voltage to one of the source followers and transferring a reference voltage to the other source follower. After transferring the digit line voltage and the reference voltage, the source followers may be enabled so that signals representative of the digit line voltage and the reference voltage are transferred from the outputs of the source followers to the sense amplifier for sensing. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211615 | MEMORY DEVICE HAVING SHARED READ/WRITE ACCESS LINE FOR 2-TRANSISTOR VERTICAL MEMORY CELL - Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods operating the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes a first data line located over a substrate, a second data line located over the first data line, a third data line located over the second data line and electrically separated from the first and second data lines, and a memory cell coupled to the first, second, and third data lines. The memory cell includes a first material between the first and second data lines and electrically coupled to the first and second data lines; a second material located over the first data line and the first material, the second material electrically separated from the first material and electrically coupled to the third data line; and a memory element electrically coupled to the second material and electrically separated from the first material and first and second data lines. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211616 | POWER CONTROL CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND POWER CONTROL METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A power control circuit includes a power control signal generation circuit configured to generate a voltage control signal according to a deep sleep command for operating a semiconductor apparatus in a deep sleep mode; a voltage divider circuit having a division ratio that is changed according to the voltage control signal, and configured to generate a divided voltage by dividing an internal voltage at the changed division ratio; a comparator configured to generate a detection signal by comparing a reference voltage to the divided voltage; an oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal according to the detection signal; and a pump configured to generate the internal voltage according to the oscillation signal. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211617 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE TO SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP INCLUDING VOLATILE MEMORY CELL - Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a first semiconductor chip including a memory cell array having a volatile memory cell and an access control circuit configured to perform a refresh operation on the volatile memory cell, and a second semiconductor chip including a power generator configured to supply a first power supply voltage to the first semiconductor chip. The access control circuit is configured to activate a first enable signal during the refresh operation. The second semiconductor chip is configured to change a capability of the power generator based on the first enable signal. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211618 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A semiconductor device includes a phase difference detection circuit and an internal circuit. The phase difference detection circuit generates first and second phase difference detection signals by comparing a phase of a phase detection clock signal, generated from a command/address signal in synchronization with a clock signal, with phases of a division clock signal and an internal division clock signal that are generated by dividing a frequency of a data clock signal according to an operation mode. The internal circuit recognizes the phases of the division clock signal and the internal division clock signal according to a logic level combination of the first and second phase difference detection signals. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211619 | MEMORY CONTROLLER FOR STROBE-BASED MEMORY SYSTEMS - An integrated circuit (IC) memory controller is disclosed. The memory controller includes a receiver to receive a strobe signal and provide an internal strobe signal. An adjustable delay circuit delays an enable signal to generate a delayed enable signal. A gate circuit generates a gated strobe signal using the delayed enable signal that masks transitions of the internal strobe signal that occur prior to a valid region of the internal strobe signal. A sample circuit samples data using the gated strobe signal. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211620 | SENSING TECHNIQUES USING A CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICE - Techniques are provided for reading a memory cell capable of storing three or more logic states. To read the memory cell, a charge may be transferred between a digit line and a sense component using a charge transfer device. The charge may be transferred by biasing a gate of the charge transfer device to a first voltage and discharging the memory cell onto the digit line, which may result in the digit line being biased to a second voltage. Based on whether the second voltage exceeds the first voltage, the charge transfer device may transfer the charge associated with the memory cell (e.g., and discharged onto the digit line) to the sense component. A charge may be transferred from a memory cell to a sense component based on a value of the logic state stored to the memory cell. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211621 | SENSING TECHNIQUES USING A CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICE - Techniques are provided for sensing a signal associated with a memory cell capable of storing three or more logic states. To sense the memory cell (e.g., a signal associated with the memory cell), a charge may be transferred between a digit line and a node coupled with a plurality of sense components using a charge transfer device. Once the charge is transferred, at least some if not each of the plurality of sense components may sense the charge using one of a variety of sensing schemes. For example, the charge may be sensed by each sense component at a same time using a single fixed reference value, or at different times using different fixed reference values. Based on the charge being transferred or transferred with the node (e.g., using the charge transfer device) and each sense component sensing the charge, a logic state associated with the memory cell may be determined. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211622 | WRITE TECHNIQUES FOR A MEMORY DEVICE WITH A CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICE - Techniques are provided for writing a high-level state to a memory cell capable of storing three or more logic states. After a sense operation performed by a first sense component and a second sense component, a digit line may be isolated from the first sense component and the second sense component. The high-level state may be stored in the memory cell, then a second state may be stored in the memory cell, in which the second state may be a mid-level state or a low-level state. The second state may be stored based on a write-back component identifying that the second state was stored in the memory cell before the write back procedure. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211623 | TECHNIQUES FOR CHARGING A SENSE COMPONENT - Systems, devices, and methods for charging a node of a sense component during an access operation are described. The node of the sense component may be coupled with a charge transfer device and with a voltage source using a switching component. The voltage source may be configured to output different voltages (e.g., two different precharge voltages) during different phases of the access operation. The switching component may be configured to selectively couple the node with the voltage source and the different voltages may be used to precharge the node during different phases of the access operation. The different voltages of the voltage source may provide an adequate sense window. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211624 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND MEMORY - An integrated circuit may include an amplifier circuit configured to receive a pull-up voltage in response to a pull-up enable signal, receive a pull-down voltage in response to a pull-down enable signal, and amplify a voltage difference between a first line and a second line through the pull-up and pull-down voltages; a first delay path configured to generate the pull-up enable signal by delaying an input signal; and a second delay path configured to generate the pull-down enable signal by delaying the input signal, wherein a change in a delay of the first delay path due to variation of a power supply voltage is smaller than a change in a delay of the second delay path due to the variation. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211625 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SENSE LINE ARCHITECTURES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORIES - Apparatuses and methods for sense line architectures for semiconductor memories are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first array region including first portions of a plurality of sense lines and memory cells coupled to the first portions of the plurality of sense lines and further includes a second array region including second portions of the plurality of sense lines and memory cells coupled to the second portions of the plurality of sense lines. An array gap is disposed between the first and second array regions and includes third portions of the plurality of sense lines and does not include any memory cells. Each third portion of the plurality of sense lines includes conductive structures having vertical components configured to couple the first portions and second portions of the plurality of sense lines to provide an electrically continuous sense lines through the first and second array regions and the array gap. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211626 | MEMORY WITH ON-DIE DATA TRANSFER - Memory devices and systems with on-die data transfer capability, and associated methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes an array of memory cells and a plurality of input/output lines operably connecting the array to data pads of the device. In some embodiments, the memory device can further include a global cache and/or a local cache. The memory device can be configured to internally transfer data stored at a first location in the array to a second location in the array without outputting the data from the memory device. To transfer the data, the memory device can copy data on one row of memory cells to another row of memory cells, directly write data to the second location from the first location using data read/write lines of the input/output lines, and/or read the data into and out of the global cache and/or the local cache. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211627 | Semiconductor Device and Method for Driving Semiconductor Device - The semiconductor device includes a first memory cell, and a second memory cell thereover. The first memory cell includes first and second transistors, and a first capacitor. The second memory cell includes third and fourth transistors, and a second capacitor. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor and the first capacitor. A gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor and the second capacitor. One of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the third transistor. The second and fourth transistors include an oxide semiconductor. A channel length direction of the first and third transistors is substantially perpendicular to a channel length direction of the second and fourth transistors. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211628 | STORAGE DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A data reading error is reduced. A memory cell array in a storage device includes a write word line, a read word line, a write bit line, a read bit line, a source line, and a gain cell. For example, a read transistor in the gain cell can include a metal oxide in a channel formation region. A cancel circuit is electrically connected to the read bit line. The cancel circuit has a function of supplying, to the read bit line, current for canceling leakage current supplied to the read bit line from the gain cell in a non-selected state. In read operation, a potential change of the read bit line due to leakage current is compensated for by the current from the cancel circuit, so that a data reading error is reduced. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211629 | SINGLE WORD LINE GAIN CELL WITH COMPLEMENTARY READ WRITE CHANNEL - Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes multiple two-transistor (2T) memory cells. Each of the multiple 2T memory cells includes: a p-channel field effect transistor (PFET) including a charge storage node and a read channel portion, an n-channel field effect transistor (NFET) including a write channel portion that is directly coupled to the charge storage node of the PFET; a single bit line pair coupled to the read channel portion of the PFET; and a single access line overlapping at least part of each of the read channel portion and the write channel portion. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211630 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A semiconductor device includes a read write control circuit, a bank group selection signal generation circuit, and a bank group address generation circuit. The read write control circuit generates a read bank group selection signal from an external control signal to perform a read operation and generates a write command pulse from the external control signal to perform a write operation. The bank group selection signal generation circuit stores a bank address based on the write command pulse and outputs the stored bank address as a bank group selection signal at a time different from a time that the bank address is stored. The bank group address generation circuit generates a bank group address and an internal bank group address for performing a column operation of a cell array included in a bank group selected based on the read bank group selection signal and the bank group selection signal. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211631 | VERTICAL 3D SINGLE WORD LINE GAIN CELL WITH SHARED READ/WRITE BIT LINE - Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses. One of the apparatuses includes multiple levels of two-transistor (2T) memory cells vertically arranged above a substrate. Each 2T memory cell includes a charge storage transistor having a gate, a write transistor having a gate, a vertically extending access line, and a single bit line pair. The source or drain region of the write transistor is directly coupled to a charge storage structure of the charge storage transistor. The vertically extending access line is coupled to gates of both the charge storage transistor and the write transistor of 2T memory cells in multiple respective levels of the multiple vertically arranged levels. The vertically extending access line and the single bit line pair are used for both write operations and read operations of each of the 2T memory cells to which they are coupled. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211632 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED TARGETED REFRESH OPERATIONS - Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for distributed timing of targeted refresh operations. Information stored in volatile memory cells may decay unless refresh operations are performed. A memory device may perform auto-refresh operations, as well as one or more types of targeted refresh operations, where particular rows are targeted for a refresh. Targeted refresh operations may draw less power than an auto-refresh operation. It may be desirable to distribute targeted refresh operations throughout a sequence of refresh operations, to average out a power draw in the memory device. Responsive to an activation of a refresh signal, the memory device may perform a group of refresh operations. At least one refresh operation in each group may be a targeted refresh operation. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211633 | APPARATUS WITH A ROW-HAMMER ADDRESS LATCH MECHANISM - An apparatus includes an address bus configured to convey a command address; a primary address latch connected to the address bus and configured to latch a first address; a primary counter connected to the primary address latch and configured to track a primary count value when the command address matches the first address; and a secondary counter connected to the primary counter and configured to update a secondary count value when the primary count value reaches a primary threshold. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211634 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PERFORMING ROW HAMMER REFRESH OPERATION - Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a memory cell array including a plurality of word lines each coupled to a plurality of memory cells, and a control circuit configured to activate first and second internal signals in a time-di vision manner in response to a first external command. A first number of the word lines are selected in response to the first internal signal, and a second number of the word line is selected in response to the second internal signal, the second number is smaller than the first number. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211635 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MULTI-BANK REFRESH TIMING - Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for timing refresh operations in a memory device. An apparatus may include an oscillator that provides a periodic signal to one or more refresh timer circuits. Each of the refresh timer circuits is associated with a respective memory bank in the memory device. The refresh timer may include a counter block and a control logic block. The control logic block may gate the periodic signal to the counter block. The counter block may count the row active signal time and the row precharge time. The counter signals may be used by the control logic block to output a number of pumps of a refresh operation. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211636 | MEMORY WITH PARTIAL ARRAY REFRESH - Memory devices and systems with partial array refresh control over memory regions in a memory array, and associated methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory controller and a memory device operably connected to the memory controller. The memory device includes (i) a memory array having a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of memory regions and (ii) inhibit circuitry. In some embodiments, the inhibit circuitry is configured to disable one or more memory regions of the plurality of memory regions from receiving refresh commands such that memory cells of the one or more memory regions are not refreshed during refresh operations of the memory device. In these and other embodiments, the memory controller is configured to track memory regions that include utilized memory cells and/or to write data to the memory regions in accordance with a programming sequence of the memory device. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211637 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method of fabricating the same, the semiconductor structure being a dual port static random access memory cell, the memory cell comprising a plurality of transistors, the plurality of transistors including a first pull-down transistor and a second pull-down transistor, the first pull-down transistor includes a plurality of first pull-down sub-transistors connected in parallel, the second pull-down transistor includes a plurality of second pull-down sub-transistors connected in parallel, plurality of gates of the plurality of first pull-down sub-transistors are parallel to each other, plurality of gates of the plurality of second pull-down sub-transistors are parallel to each other. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211638 | SENSING TECHNIQUES USING A MOVING REFERENCE - Techniques are provided for sensing a signal associated with a memory cell capable of storing one of three or more logic states. To sense the memory cell (e.g., to sense the signal associated with the memory cell), a first sense component may compare the signal with a first reference value. A reference selector may select a second reference value based on the comparison of the signal with the first reference value. A second sense component may compare the signal with the second reference value. The logic state of the memory cell may be determined based on the results of the first comparison and the second comparison. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211639 | MEMORY DEVICE WITH A CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICE - Techniques are provided for sensing a signal associated with a memory cell capable of storing three or more logic states. To sense a state of the memory cell, a charge may be transferred between a digit line and a node coupled with a plurality of sense components using a charge transfer device. Once the charge is transferred, one or more of the plurality of sense components may sense the charge with one of a variety of sensing schemes. Based on the charge being transferred using the charge transfer device and each sense component sensing the charge, a logic state associated with the memory cell may be determined. The number of sensed states may be correlated to the number of sense amplifiers. The ratio of the number of states read by the first sense component and the second sense component to the number of sense components may be greater than one. | 2020-07-02 |
20200211640 | ON-CHIP NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (NVM) SEARCH - The disclosure relates in some aspects to on-chip processing circuitry formed within the die of a non-volatile (NVM) array to perform data searches. In some aspects, the die includes components configured to sense wordlines of stored data in the NVM array by applying voltages on the wordlines serially, and then search for an input data pattern within the serially-sensed wordlines. In some examples, the components of the die include latches and circuits configured to perform bitwise latch logic search operations. In other examples, the search components are configured with under-the-array or next-to-the-array dedicated search circuitry that uses registers and/or random access memory (RAM). Other aspects relate to a separate controller device for controlling the on-chip NVM search operations. For example, the controller may determine whether to search for data using search components of the NVM die or processors of the controller based, e.g., on a degree of fragmentation of data. | 2020-07-02 |