35th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220277696 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel and a method for driving the same, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a light emitting element and a pixel circuit that includes a data writing module configured to provide a data signal and an adjusting voltage, a driving module configured to provide a driving current to the light emitting element and including a driving transistor, and a compensation module configured to compensate a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. An operation process of the display panel includes a period of a data writing frame during which the pixel circuit executes a data writing phase during which the data writing module writes the data signal and a light emitting phase, and a period of a holding frame during which the pixel circuit executes a reset and adjustment phase during which the data writing module writes the adjusting voltage and the light emitting phase. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277697 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method, including the following steps: receiving an original image signal, wherein the original image signal includes a plurality of original pixel values; identifying an edge of at least one object in the original image signal to generate a contour image signal; and correcting the original image signal according to the contour image signal to generate an enhanced image signal. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277698 | BACKLIGHT DRIVING BOARD, BACKLIGHT MODULE, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR TEMPERATURE THEREOF - A backlight driving board includes a main circuit board, and a photosensitive device, a backlight controller and a first port that are disposed on the main circuit board. The photosensitive device is configured to sense brightness and color temperature of a light source, and output brightness data and color temperature data. The backlight controller is coupled to the photosensitive device, and configured to receive the brightness data and adjust light-emitting brightness of the light source according to the brightness data. The first port is coupled to the photosensitive device, and configured to be coupled to a system board, receive the color temperature data, and transmit the color temperature data to the system board, such that the system board adjusts color temperature of a picture displayed by a display panel according to the color temperature data. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277699 | COLOR BALANCING IN DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE IMAGES - An image display method includes, with respect to each of a plurality of input images, generating luminance setting data that sets a luminance value for each of a plurality of light-emitting regions of a backlight configured in a matrix form based on the input image, generating gradation setting data that sets a gradation value for each of a plurality of pixels of a liquid crystal panel coupled to the backlight, based on the generated luminance setting data and the input image, and controlling the backlight based on the luminance setting data and the liquid crystal panel based on the gradation setting data to display an image. At least one of the luminance setting data and the gradation setting data for a first input image among the plurality of input images is generated based on the luminance setting data for a second input image immediately preceding the first input image. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277700 | GRADATION CONTROL IN DISPLAY OF IMAGE - A method includes generating luminance setting data, luminance estimation data, maximum luminance data, and gradation setting data, and controlling a backlight panel and a liquid crystal panel based on the luminance setting data and the gradation setting data, respectively. The luminance setting data sets a luminance value for each light-emitting region of the backlight panel and is generated based on an input image. The luminance estimation data indicates an estimated luminance value of backlight for the input image with respect to each pixel of the liquid crystal panel and is generated based on the luminance setting data and luminance profile data. The maximum luminance data is generated based on the luminance estimation data. The gradation setting data sets a gradation value of each pixel of the liquid crystal panel for the input image, and is generated based on the input image, the luminance estimation data, and the maximum luminance data. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277701 | LUMINANCE CONTROL OF BACKLIGHT IN DISPLAY OF IMAGE - An image display method includes generating luminance data, applying a special filter to the luminance data, generating luminance setting data, generating gradation setting data, and controlling a backlight based on the luminance setting data and a liquid crystal panel based on the gradation setting data. The luminance data indicates a luminance value for each of light-emitting regions of the backlight based on a maximum gradation value among gradation values of image pixels of an input image that correspond to the light-emitting region. The special filter is applied such that, with respect to each light-emitting region, a difference of the luminance value thereof from the luminance values of neighboring light-emitting regions decreases, and the luminance setting data is generated therefrom. The gradation setting data sets a gradation value of each pixel of the liquid crystal panel, and is generated based on the input image and the luminance setting data. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277702 | LUMINANCE CONTROL OF BACKLIGHT IN DISPLAY OF IMAGE - An image display method includes generating luminance data, correcting the luminance data, generating gradation setting data, and controlling a backlight to operate based on the luminance setting data and a liquid crystal panel to operate based on the gradation setting data. The luminance data indicates a luminance value for each light-emitting region of the backlight and is generated based on a maximum gradation value among gradation values of image pixels of an input image that correspond to the light-emitting region. The luminance data is corrected such that, with respect to each light-emitting region, the luminance value is within a predetermined range below a maximum value among the luminance values of neighboring light-emitting regions, and luminance setting data is generated therefrom. The gradation setting data sets a gradation value of each pixel of the liquid crystal panel, and generated based on the input image and the luminance setting data. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277703 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for driving an array substrate includes: charging six sub-pixels of each repeating unit controlled by two gate lines that are coupled to one first control sub-circuit in each of a plurality of charging phases included in a frame period; each charging phase including six charging sub-phases, and one sub-pixel of each repeating unit being charged in each charging sub-phase. In each charging sub-phase, the first control sub-circuit transmits a scanning signal from a scan signal transmission channel to one of two gate lines coupled thereto under control of a scan control signal transmitted by at least one scan control signal line; each second control sub-circuit transmits a data signal from a data signal transmission channel to one data line coupled to a repeating unit under control of a data control signal transmitted by at least one data control signal line. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277704 | OUTPUT CIRCUIT, DATA DRIVER, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An output circuit includes a first switch that outputs a positive voltage signal received via a first node when in an ON state, a second switch that outputs a negative voltage signal received via a second node when in an ON state, third and fourth switches that set the first and second nodes to a reference power supply voltage when in an ON state, a first voltage follower circuit that supplies a voltage obtained by shifting a voltage of the positive voltage signal supplied to the first node to a negative side by a predetermined voltage difference to a gate of the first switch, and a second voltage follower circuit that supplies a voltage obtained by shifting a voltage of the negative voltage signal supplied to the second node to a positive side by a predetermined voltage difference to a gate of the second switch. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277705 | DISPLAY DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention includes a common voltage generation part, a reference gamma voltage generation part, a gamma compensation part, a gradation voltage generating circuit, and a DA conversion part. The common voltage generation part generates a common voltage by amplifying a reference common voltage and applies the common voltage to a common electrode of a display panel. The reference gamma voltage generation part generates reference gamma voltages. The gamma compensation part takes in a voltage of the common electrode as a feedback common voltage from the display panel and generates compensation reference gamma voltages in which voltage values of the respective reference gamma voltages are adjusted on the basis of a difference between the feedback common voltage and the reference common voltage. The gradation voltage generating circuit generates gradation voltages on the basis of the compensation reference gamma voltages. The DA conversion part selects a gradation voltage corresponding to a display data piece from the gradation voltages. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277706 | METHOD FOR CHANGING STATES OF ELECTROCHROMIC FILM - The disclosure relates generally to a method of changing an optical state of an electrochromic film. The electrochromic film may have a plurality of optical states. The method may include selecting a desired state of the plurality of optical states; injecting electric charges into the electrochromic film; monitoring an amount of the electric charges injected into the electrochromic film; and stopping injecting the electric charges when the electric charges reaches a pre-set amount corresponding to the desired state. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277707 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Provided herein may be a display device. The display device may include a display panel including a plurality of unit blocks disposed in a display area, the plurality of unit blocks including a first area displaying a logo or a banner, a second area having largest load value and a third area disposed between the first area and the second area, a display panel driver configured to generate data voltages based on input image data, and a zonal compensator configured to receive the input image data , to calculate load values of the input image data for the plurality of unit blocks, respectively, and to control luminance of each of the first area and the third area based on a location difference between the first area and the second area and a load value difference between the first area and the second area. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277708 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR AGGREGATION, DISPLAY, AND SHARING OF DATA - Systems and techniques for aggregation, display, and sharing of data. Graphic items representing data objects identified by a data package may be displayed on timelines. Each timeline may be associated with a respective class of data, and each graphic item displayed on a respective timeline may represent one or more of the data objects in the class associated with the respective timeline. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277709 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - An image display system includes a graphic processor which generates an image signal, a control signal, and a variable frequency signal; and a display device which displays an image at a frame frequency corresponding to the variable frequency signal from the graphic processor. The display device includes pixels connected to emission control lines, data lines, and scan lines; a controller which provides reference data including information on reference cycles, which are cycles in which an emission control start signal is output, to the graphic processor, outputs the emission control start signal based on the control signal, and adjusting an output timing of a scan start signal based on the variable frequency signal; an emission driver which supplies emission control signals to the emission control lines based on the emission control start signal; and a scan driver which supplies scan signals to the scan lines based on the scan start signal. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277710 | PIECEWISE PROGRESSIVE AND CONTINUOUS CALIBRATION WITH COHERENT CONTEXT - A piecewise progressive continuous calibration method with context coherence is utilized to improve display of virtual content. When a set of frames are rendered to depict a virtual image, the VAR system may identify a location of the virtual content in the frames. The system may convolve a test pattern at the location of the virtual content to generate a calibration frame. The calibration frame is inserted within the set of frames in a manner that is imperceptible to the user. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277711 | STRING TENSIONER FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A string tensioner is configured to apply a substantially constant tension to a string over an operational range even if such string stretches and contracts over time. Tension is provided by a spring. Flexers can attach the spring to a force modulation member and a frame. The flexers preferentially bend out-of-axis so that the spring does not bend out-of-axis when the force modulation member rotates. A dampening system can slow the force modulation member's response to vibrational forces. A flexible stop can prevent rotation of the force modulation member beyond a desired point, but flexes to remain in contact with the force modulation member over a small range of movement. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277712 | Musical Instrument Shield for Playing Wind Blown Instruments - The musical instrument shield invention is a clear or translucent enclosure made of flexible plastic material that aids to contain droplets from spreading while still providing full view of the instrument. Access ports for the musicians' hands, fingers, clip rings, and thumb rests are cut in the plastic and reinforced as needed to prevent tearing. The musical instrument shield is attached to the neck of the instrument with ties, string, elastic, laces, Velcro or other suitable material to hold the proximal end of the shield around the instrument. The woodwind shield can incorporate one or more filtered vents that prevent pressure from building up during playing yet still resist any infectious droplets from passing out of the shield. The access ports are closed when not in use and direct any aerosols that may escape through the ports while in use down toward the ground. The clear shield allows teachers and others to see the instrument and musician's fingering while still providing unencumbered playing and clear producing sound. The see through shield can be made of any non-porous material that can effectively block transmission of infectious droplets or air borne viruses. A hybrid shield made of both clear and opaque materials would allow for the instrument to be visualized as well as vented to prevent pressure build-up within the shield. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277713 | SOUND PRODUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS, KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND SOUND PRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD - A sound production control apparatus has a position detector that detects, in accordance with a playing operation of a musical instrument, a position of a key displaceable within a movement range from a start position to an end position. The movement range includes a sounding range including a sounding position and a setting range that is closer to the start position than the sounding range. The apparatus causes a played sound associated with the key to be produced upon the detected position of the key reaching the sounding position, while controlling a characteristic of the played sound depending on a displacement characteristic of the key within the setting range before the key is positioned in the sounding range. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277714 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system acquires a detection signal corresponding to each manipulated operator, among the plurality of operators, that has been manipulated by a user and identifies a manipulation amount or intensity of each of the plurality of operators based on the acquired detection signal. The system further identifies a chord that corresponds, from among the plurality of operators, to a combination of detected two or more manipulated operators. The identifying of the chord includes determining a root note pitch included in the chord based on the manipulation amount or intensity of each of the detected two or more manipulated operators. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277715 | PLAYBACK, RECORDING, AND ANALYSIS OF MUSIC SCALES VIA SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION - Playback, recording, and analysis of music scales via software configuration. In an embodiment, a graphical user interface is generated with staff and keyboard canvases, visually representing a music staff and keyboard, respectively, a scale input, parameter input(s), and a play input. In response to selection of a scale, the staff canvas is updated to visually represent the notes in the scale. In response to the selection of a musical parameter, the staff canvas and/or keyboard canvas are updated to reflect the musical parameter. In response to selection of the play input, a soundtrack of the scale is output, while simultaneously highlighting the note, being played, on the staff canvas and the key, associated with the note being played, on the keyboard canvas. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277716 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - An electronic musical instrument includes a communication unit and a processing unit. The communication unit is capable of performing short-range wireless communication with a terminal. In a case where the terminal performs an operation according to an operation pattern including an operation of repeating, in a predetermined pattern, at least one of transmission of a reading request of data and transmission of writing target data and a writing request for the writing target data while the electronic musical instrument and the terminal are in a state in which the short-range wireless communication is possible, the processing unit performs a process of transmitting corresponding data when the reading request is received using the communication unit, and performs a process of writing the writing target data when the writing target data and the writing request for the writing target data are received via the communication unit. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277717 | DETECTION SYSTEM, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PLAYING APPARATUS, AND MUSICAL KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - A detection system is used in a musical keyboard instrument that includes a key, the displacement of which changes in accordance with a playing operation. The detection system includes a detectable portion configured to be disposed on the movable member and including a first coil; a signal generator including a second coil configured to be disposed spaced from the first coil and configured to, in a state where the second coil receives a supply of current: generate a magnetic field; and generate a detection signal with a level depending on a distance between the detectable portion and the second coil; and a magnetic body disposed on at least one of the movable member or the signal generator. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277718 | PERFORMANCE OPERATION APPARATUS - A performance operation apparatus includes a distance sensor, an operating element and a holding portion. The distance sensor includes a first substrate and a second substrate and is configured to measure a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate. A conductor is arranged in each of the first substrate and the second substrate. The operating element is operable by an operator. The holding portion holds the first substrate between the operating element and the second substrate and is configured to move with the operating element integrally. Alternatively, a performance operation apparatus includes a distance sensor, an operating element, a first member and a holding portion. The first member is interlocked with the operating element. The holding portion holds the first substrate between the first member and the second substrate and is configured to move with the first member integrally. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277719 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PLAYING APPARATUS AND MUSICAL KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - A musical keyboard instrument includes a key displaceable in response to a playing operation, a detection system including a magnetic body disposed on or in the key, and a coil facing and spaced from the magnetic body and configured to generate a magnetic field in response to receiving a supply of current, wherein the detection system is configured to generate a detection signal with a level that depends on a distance between the magnetic body and the coil, and an electromagnetic shield configured to block electromagnetic waves emitted from the detection system. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277720 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WITH AMBIENT NOISE REDUCTION - A host device configured to be wirelessly coupled to an accessory device, the host device comprising noise reduction circuitry, wherein, in use of the host device: a signal generated by a microphone of the accessory device in response to ambient noise is supplied to the noise reduction circuitry; the noise reduction circuitry applies a noise reduction transfer function to the signal supplied thereto to generate a noise cancellation signal; and the noise cancellation signal is supplied to at least one loudspeaker of the accessory device; and wherein the noise reduction transfer function applied by the noise reduction circuitry is user selectable or user adjustable. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277721 | MULTI-TASK DEEP NETWORK FOR ECHO PATH DELAY ESTIMATION AND ECHO CANCELLATION - A method of echo path delay destination and echo cancellation is described in this disclosure. The method includes: obtaining a reference signal, a microphone signal, and a trained multi-task deep neural network, wherein the multi-task deep neural network comprises a first neural network and a second neural network; generating, using the first neural network of the multi-task deep neural network, an estimated echo path delay based on the reference signal and the microphone signal; updating the reference signal based on the estimated echo path delay; and generating, using the second neural network of the multi-task deep neural network, an enhanced microphone signal based on the microphone signal and the updated reference signal. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277722 | IMPROVED NOISE SEPARATION HYBRID ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides an improved noise separation hybrid type ANC system, which includes a reference audio receiving device, an error audio receiving device, an audio output device, and an audio processing device. The audio processing device includes a feed-forward noise cancellation filter module, a feedback noise cancellation filter module, a mixer, a noise shaper, a first infinite impulse response filter, and a second infinite impulse response filter. When the noise bandwidth detector detects irregular noise, it adjusts the coefficient of the first infinite impulse response filter to set it as a low-pass filter; when regular noise is detected, the coefficient of the second infinite impulse response filter is adjusted to set it as a band-pass filter. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277723 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A noise reduction device and method comprises: at least one sound pickup microphone module for picking up sound from a medium to generate a noise pickup signal; at least one speaker driver for transmitting, to the medium, a vibration corresponding to a noise cancellation signal generated on the basis of the noise pickup signal; and a controller for generating the noise cancellation signal on the basis of the noise pickup signal. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277724 | NOISE-CANCELING AUDIO DEVICE INCLUDING MULTIPLEVIBRATION MEMBERS - Noise-canceling audio devices may include a first vibration member, a second vibration member, and a microphone supported by a housing. A feedback, noise-cancelation circuit may be operatively connected to the microphone, the feedback, noise-cancelation circuit configured to generate a first portion of a modified audio signal by combining an audio signal with a noise-canceling signal generated in response to a signal from the microphone to at least partially cancel at least a portion of an audible response of the second vibration member. A feed-forward, noise-cancelation circuit may be operatively connected to the microphone, the feed-forward, noise-cancelation circuit configured to compare the signal from the microphone to a predetermined SPL profile and generate a second portion of the modified audio signal configured to at least partially cancel environmental noise, the feedback, noise cancelation circuit configured to output the modified audio signal only to the first vibration member. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277725 | ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION METHOD - An active noise reduction device reduces noise in a space in an automobile. The active noise reduction device includes: a reference signal input terminal that receives a reference signal outputted by a reference signal source and having a correlation with the noise, the reference signal source being attached to the automobile; a compressor that compresses and outputs the reference signal received by the reference signal input terminal and having an amplitude greater than or equal to a threshold; an adaptive filter unit that applies an adaptive filter to the reference signal outputted from the compressor to generate a canceling signal to be used to output a canceling sound for reducing the noise; and a filter coefficient updater that updates a coefficient of the adaptive filter. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277726 | CONTROL APPARATUS, LOUDSPEAKER APPARATUS, AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - [Object] A control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a tactile control section and an audio control section. The tactile control section generates, on the basis of a tactile signal for tactile presentation, a tactile control signal for driving a tactile presentation unit. The audio control section generates, on the basis of a first audio signal and a second audio signal, an audio control signal for driving an audio output unit, the second audio signal containing sound components that are in an opposite phase to sound generated on the basis of the tactile signal and generated from the tactile presentation unit. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277727 | CONVERSATION-AWARE PROACTIVE NOTIFICATIONS FOR A VOICE INTERFACE DEVICE - A method for proactive notifications in a voice interface device includes: receiving a first user voice request for an action with an future performance time; assigning the first user voice request to a voice assistant service for performance; subsequent to the receiving, receiving a second user voice request and in response to the second user voice request initiating a conversation with the user; and during the conversation: receiving a notification from the voice assistant service of performance of the action; triggering a first audible announcement to the user to indicate a transition from the conversation and interrupting the conversation; triggering a second audible announcement to the user to indicate performance of the action; and triggering a third audible announcement to the user to indicate a transition back to the conversation and rejoining the conversation. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277728 | Paragraph synthesis with cross utterance features for neural TTS - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for generating speech through neural text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis. A text input may be obtained. A phone feature of the text input may be generated. Context features of the text input may be generated based on a set of sentences associated with the text input. A speech waveform corresponding to the text input may be generated based on the phone feature and the context features. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277729 | IDENTIFYING LANGUAGE IN MUSIC - The present disclosure describes techniques for identifying languages associated with music. Training data may be received, wherein the training data comprise information indicative of audio data representative of a plurality of music samples and metadata associated with the plurality of music samples. The training data further comprises information indicating a language corresponding to each of the plurality of music samples. A machine learning model may be trained to identify a language associated with a piece of music by applying the training data to the machine model until the model reaches a predetermined recognition accuracy. A language associated with the piece of music may be determined using the trained machine learning model. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277730 | INTERACTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an interaction method and an electronic device. The method includes: receiving a target conversion message input by a user; converting the target conversation message into a first phoneme sequence; performing phoneme coding on the first phoneme sequence according to a first phoneme conversion rule corresponding to a first conference group to obtain a second phoneme sequence; and sending the second phoneme sequence to a first receiving terminal of the first conference group, wherein the target conversation message is a voice message or a text message. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277731 | WORD WEIGHT CALCULATION SYSTEM - A word weight calculation system is a system that calculates the weight of an additional word registered in a word dictionary used for speech recognition, and includes: a text acquisition unit configured to acquire a combination of a speech recognition result text, which is a result of speech recognition using a word dictionary including an additional word with a predetermined weight set in advance, and a correct text, which is a correct answer for the speech recognition, the combination including the additional word in any of the texts; and a weight calculation unit configured to calculate the weight of the additional word according to an erroneous word corresponding to the additional word included in any of the acquired texts, and a preset number of preceding words before the additional word or the erroneous word included in the correct text. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING SPEECH RECOGNITION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and apparatus for training a speech recognition model, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided. An implementation of the method may include: determining a plurality of feature vectors based on audio feature data corresponding to a first target frame in a sample speech, wherein the sample speech comprises a conversation among a plurality of objects and the sample speech has a corresponding sample text; generating a predicted text element corresponding to the first target frame based on an adjacent text element preceding to a text element corresponding to the first target frame in the sample text, wherein the text element and the adjacent text element are targeting at a target object in the plurality of objects; obtaining a first target text element based on the predicted text element and a first feature vector in the plurality of feature vectors; and adjusting the speech recognition model based on the first target text element and the sample text, to obtain a trained speech recognition model. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277733 | REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED BY A PLURALITY OF USERS COLLABORATING ON A REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM - The present invention relates to a real-time communication and collaboration system ( | 2022-09-01 |
20220277734 | CHUNKING AND OVERLAP DECODING STRATEGY FOR STREAMING RNN TRANSDUCERS FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - A computer-implemented method is provided for improving accuracy recognition of digital speech. The method includes receiving the digital speech. The method further includes splitting the digital speech into overlapping chunks. The method also includes computing a bidirectional encoder embedding of each of the overlapping chunks to obtain bidirectional encoder embeddings. The method additionally includes combining the bidirectional encoder embeddings. The method further includes interpreting, by a speech recognition system, the digital speech using the combined bidirectional encoder embeddings. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277735 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DISCRIMINATIVE PRE-TRAINING FOR LOW RESOURCE TITLE COMPRESSION - A system for generating compressed product titles that can be used in conversational transactions includes a computing device configured to obtain product title data characterizing descriptive product titles of products available on an ecommerce marketplace and to determine compressed product titles based on the product title data using a machine learning model that is pre-trained using a replaced-token detection task. The computing device also stores the compressed product titles for use during conversational transactions. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277736 | DILATED CONVOLUTIONS AND GATING FOR EFFICIENT KEYWORD SPOTTING - A method for detection of a keyword in a continuous stream of audio signal, by using a dilated convolutional neural network (DCNN), implemented by one or more computers embedded on a device, the dilated convolutional network (DCNN) comprising a plurality of dilation layers (DL), including an input layer (IL) and an output layer (OL), each layer of the plurality of dilation layers (DL) comprising gated activation units, and skip-connections to the output layer (OL), the dilated convolutional network (DCNN) being configured to generate an output detection signal when a predetermined keyword is present in the continuous stream of audio signal, the generation of the output detection signal being based on a sequence (SSM) of successive measurements (SM) provided to the input layer (IL), each successive measurement (SM) of the sequence (SSM) being measured on a corresponding frame from a sequence of successive frames extracted from the continuous stream of audio signal, at a plurality of successive time steps. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277737 | METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE PRONUNCIATION OF SPEECH - In a method for quantitatively evaluating a pronunciation of a speaker, an acoustic signal is received from the speaker, which represents an utterance spoken in a language by the speaker. The acoustic signal is segmented into segments at the phone, word or phrase level. The acoustic signal segments are each transcribed by a high fidelity transcriber into high fidelity transcription segments that each comprises a sequence of phones that represents how the native or normative speakers of the language would likely perceive a playback of the acoustic signal segment. Each of the high fidelity transcription segments are compared to a baseline to generate one or more pronunciation scores that evaluate the pronunciation of the speaker. The baseline may be generated by transcribing the acoustic signal into an adapted transcription that comprises a sequence of phones that represents how native or normative speakers of the language would likely speak the utterance. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277738 | AGE-SENSITIVE AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - Systems and methods are described to receive a query from a user and provide a reply that is appropriate for an age group of the user. A query for a media asset is received, where such query comprises an inputted term, and the query is determined to be received from a user belonging to a first age group. A context of the inputted term within the query is identified, and in response to the determining, based on the identified context, that the inputted term of the query is inappropriate for the first age group, a replacement term for the inputted term that is related to the inputted term and is appropriate for the first age group in the context of the query is identified. The query is modified to replace the inputted term with the identified replacement term, and a reply to the modified query is generated for output. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277739 | COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for categorizing customer complaints on social media using a model trained on customer voice calls or chats with agents. Additionally, users interested in monitoring regulatory compliance issues based on customer complaints can receive notifications regarding complaints that are linked to regulatory topic areas, without the need to manually scan vast numbers of social media postings. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277740 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SEARCH RETRIEVAL USING INTER-UTTERANCE CONTEXT - A system and method of improving the Natural Language Understanding of a voice assistant. A first utterance is converted to text and parsed by a Bi-LSTM neural network to create a vector representing the utterance. A subsequent utterance is similarly converted into a representative vector and the two vector are combined to predict the true intent of a user's subsequent utterance in context with the initial utterance. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277741 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTENT RECOGNITION - A system for generating a response to a customer query includes a computing device configured to obtain a first dataset, including a plurality of first phrase-intent pairs associated with a first domain. Each first phrase-intent pair includes a first phrase and a corresponding first intent. The computing device is configured to retrieve a set of configuration rules to configure a plurality of environments. The computing device is also configured to configure a first environment using the first dataset and the set of configuration rules to determine a result user intent based on a requested query associated with the first domain. The first environment embeds the plurality of first phrase-intent pairs in a vector space based on the set of configuration rules. The computing device is configured to perform operations based on the first environment. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277742 | Network Microphone Device With Command Keyword Eventing - In one aspect, a playback device includes a voice assistant service (VAS) wake-word engine and a command keyword engine. The playback device detects, via the command keyword engine, a first command keyword of in voice input of sound detected by one or more microphones of the playback device. The playback device determines an intent based on at least one keyword in the voice input via a local natural language unit (NLU). After detecting the first command keyword event and determining the intent, the playback device performs a first playback command corresponding to the first command keyword and according to the determined intent. When the playback device detects, via the wake-word engine, a wake-word in voice input, the playback device streams sound data corresponding to at least a portion of the voice input to one or more remote servers associated with the VAS. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277743 | VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A PERSONAL MEDIA STREAMING APPLIANCE - A system and method for voice control of a media playback device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instruction of a voice command, converting the voice command to text, transmitting the text command to the playback device, and having the playback device execute the command. An instruction may include a command to play a set of audio tracks, and the media playback device plays the set of audio tracks upon receiving the instruction. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277744 | IN-VEHICLE VOICE COMMAND CONTROL - A vehicle includes an interface device, an in-vehicle control unit, a functional unit, and a processing circuitry. The interface device receives a spoken command to identify an in-cabin vehicle zone of two or more in-cabin vehicle zones of the vehicle, and receives background audio data concurrently with a portion of the spoken command. The in-cabin vehicle control unit separates the background audio data from the spoken command, and selects which in-cabin vehicle zone of the two or more in-cabin vehicle zones is identified by the spoken command. The functional unit controls a function within the vehicle. The processing circuitry stores, to a command buffer, data processed from the received spoken command, and controls, based on the data processed from the received spoken command, the functional unit using audio input received from the selected in-cabin vehicle zone. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277745 | DIALOG SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC REACTIVATION OF SPEECH ACQUIRING MODE - Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a dialog system allowing for automatically reactivating a speech acquiring mode after the dialog system delivers a response to a user request. The reactivation parameters, such as a delay, depend on a number of predetermined factors and conversation scenarios. The embodiments further provide for a method of operating of the dialog system. An exemplary method comprises the steps of: activating a speech acquiring mode, receiving a first input of a user, deactivating the speech acquiring mode, obtaining a first response associated with the first input, delivering the first response to the user, determining that a conversation mode is activated, and, based on the determination, automatically re-activating the speech acquiring mode within a first predetermined time period after delivery of the first response to the user. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277746 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING SPEECH OF USER AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - An embodiment of the present invention provides an artificial intelligence (AI) apparatus for recognizing a speech of a user, the artificial intelligence apparatus includes a memory to store a speech recognition model and a processor to obtain a speech signal for a user speech, to convert the speech signal into a text using the speech recognition model, to measure a confidence level for the conversion, to perform a control operation corresponding to the converted text if the measured confidence level is greater than or equal to a reference value, and to provide feedback for the conversion if the measured confidence level is less than the reference value. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277747 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL CONTENT DEVELOPMENT USING A NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a natural language instruction, interpreting the instruction to obtain a machine interpretation, and analyzing the machine interpretation to obtain an intent of the natural language instruction. An actionable command adapted to cause a digital manipulation tool to digitally manipulate a content item is determined according to the intent of the natural language instruction. The actionable command is provided to the digital manipulation tool to obtain the manipulated content item. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277748 | USER-CONFIGURED AND CUSTOMIZED INTERACTIVE DIALOG APPLICATION - Implementations relate to generating and/or executing a customized interactive dialog application. The customized interactive dialog application may be generated from a state mapping tool that allows a user to generate custom states and custom transitions between the custom states. A customized configuration description is then generated based on the generated custom states and custom transitions. Further, a default configuration description is identified that includes additional or alternative states and transitions. In executing the customized interactive dialog application, dialog turns are generated based on the states and transition information, with the customized configuration description taking precedence and the default configuration description being utilized for any undefined states and/or transitions. Implementations additionally or alternatively relate to generating and/or executing a custom agent based on generated custom states and custom transitions, and a default configuration description. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277749 | Contextual Denormalization For Automatic Speech Recognition - A method includes receiving a speech input from a user and obtaining context metadata associated with the speech input. The method also includes generating a raw speech recognition result corresponding to the speech input and selecting a list of one or more denormalizers to apply to the generated raw speech recognition result based on the context metadata associated with the speech input. The generated raw speech recognition result includes normalized text. The method also includes denormalizing the generated raw speech recognition result into denormalized text by applying the list of the one or more denormalizers in sequence to the generated raw speech recognition result. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION EXTENSIONS - The description relates to systems and methods for extending applications. For example, a voice assistant application can be the application to be extended. In an example, a mobile banking application can be the application that provides the extension. For example, a voice assistant might not have capability to conduct fingerprint (or biometric) authentication and bill payment function. An extension point within the voice assistant application that would enable this kind of capability might not exist. The mobile banking application can have a biometric tool for fingerprint authentication capability and a payment tool for a bill payment or money transfer function. Embodiments described herein can involve a deep link from the voice assistant application to the mobile banking application (which does offer fingerprint authentication and bill payment capability). The navigation to the mobile banking application can generate a visual impression at the UI similar or consistent with the voice assistant application. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277751 | SMART INTERPRETER ENGINE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A smart interpreter engine is provided. The smart interpreter engine includes a speech to text converter, a natural language processing module and a translator. The speech to text converter is utilized for converting speech data corresponding to a first language into text data corresponding to the first language. The natural language processing module is utilized for converting the text data corresponding to the first language into glossary text data corresponding to the first language according to a game software. The translator is utilized for converting the glossary text data corresponding to the first language into text data corresponding to a second language. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277752 | VOICE INTERACTION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS - Embodiments of this application provide a voice interaction method. In the interaction method an electronic device receives a first voice signal, where the first voice signal includes a wake-up word. The electronic device switches from a standby state to a working state based on the wake-up word, and the electronic device outputs a second voice signal in a first tone, where the second voice signal is used to respond to the first voice signal. The first tone is obtained based on personal information associated with a voiceprint feature of the first voice signal, and the personal information includes personal information corresponding to a first registered voice signal. In a plurality of registered voice signals, a voiceprint feature of the first registered voice signal is most similar to the voiceprint feature of the first voice signal. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277753 | LAYERED CODING FOR COMPRESSED SOUND OR SOUND FIELD REPRESENTENTATIONS - The present document relates to a method of layered encoding of a compressed sound representation of a sound or sound field. The compressed sound representation comprises a basic compressed sound representation comprising a plurality of components, basic side information for decoding the basic compressed sound representation to a basic reconstructed sound representation of the sound or sound field, and enhancement side information including parameters for improving the basic reconstructed sound representation. The method comprises sub-dividing the plurality of components into a plurality of groups of components and assigning each of the plurality of groups to a respective one of a plurality of hierarchical layers, the number of groups corresponding to the number of layers, and the plurality of layers including a base layer and one or more hierarchical enhancement layers, adding the basic side information to the base layer, and determining a plurality of portions of enhancement side information from the enhancement side information and assigning each of the plurality of portions of enhancement side information to a respective one of the plurality of layers, wherein each portion of enhancement side information includes parameters for improving a reconstructed sound representation obtainable from data included in the respective layer and any layers lower than the respective layer. The document further relates to a method of decoding a compressed sound representation of a sound or sound field, wherein the compressed sound representation is encoded in a plurality of hierarchical layers that include a base layer and one or more hierarchical enhancement layers, as well as to an encoder and a decoder for layered coding of a compressed sound representation. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277754 | MULTI-LAG FORMAT FOR AUDIO CODING - Described herein is a method of encoding an audio signal. The method comprises: generating a plurality of subband audio signals based on the audio signal; determining a spectral envelope of the audio signal; for each subband audio signal, determining autocorrelation information for the subband audio signal based on an autocorrelation function of the subband audio signal; and generating an encoded representation of the audio signal, the encoded representation comprising a representation of the spectral envelope of the audio signal and a representation of the autocorrelation information for the plurality of subband audio signals. Further described are methods of decoding the audio signal from the encoded representation, as well as corresponding encoders, decoders, computer programs, and computer-readable recording media. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277755 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATION AND PROCESSING OF MODIFIED AUDIO BITSTREAMS - Described herein is a method for generating a modified bitstream on a source device, wherein the method includes the steps of: a) receiving, by a receiver, a bitstream including coded media data; b) generating, by an embedder, payload of additional media data and embedding the payload in the bitstream for obtaining, as an output from the embedder, a modified bitstream including the coded media data and the payload of the additional media data; and c) outputting the modified bitstream to a sink device. Described is further a method for processing said modified bitstream on a sink device. Described are moreover a respective source device and sink device as well as a system of a source device and a sink device and respective computer program products. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277756 | AUDIO ENCODER DEVICE AND AN AUDIO DECODER DEVICE HAVING EFFICIENT GAIN CODING IN DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL - An audio encoder device includes an audio encoder configured for producing an encoded audio bitstream from an audio signal having consecutive audio frames; a dynamic range control encoder configured for producing an encoded dynamic range control bitstream from an dynamic range control sequence corresponding to the audio signal and having consecutive dynamic range control frames, wherein each dynamic range control frame of the dynamic range control frames has one or more nodes, wherein each node of the one or more nodes has gain information for the audio signal and time information indicating to which point in time the gain information corresponds. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277757 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COVARIANCE SMOOTHING - Methods and systems for improving signal processing by smoothing the covariance matrix of a multi-channel signal by setting a forgetting factor based on the bins of a band. A method and system for resetting the smoothing based on transient detection is also disclosed. A method and system for resampling for the smoothing during a banding transition is also disclosed. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277758 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABNORMAL NOISE - An electronic device includes an input device, a processor, and a memory The processor is configured to identify a first filter value of a first signal received from the input device. The processor is configured to receive a second signal after a first time elapses after the first signal is received. The processor is configured to receive a third signal after a second time elapses after the second signal is received. The processor is configured to compare a level of the second signal with a first threshold value for each of the at least one unit section of the second signal. The processor is configured to identify first information indicating that abnormal noise is present in a first section of the second signal. The processor is configured to perform filtering on the third signal based on the first filter value of the first signal according to the first information. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277759 | PLAYBACK ENHANCEMENT IN AUDIO SYSTEMS - Audio systems and methods are provided that enhance a portion of audio content relative to other portions of the audio content. The systems and methods select the portion to be enhanced and calculate an intelligibility metric of the selected portion, such as a dialogue portion. The systems and methods determine a gain based at least in part upon the intelligibility metric and apply the gain to the selected portion to provide an enhanced portion. The systems and methods provide an audio signal, based at least in part upon the enhanced portion, to an output for conversion to an acoustic signal, such as by an acoustic transducer. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277760 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AUDIO-EMBEDDED IMAGE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for generating an audio-embedded image. The apparatus for generating an audio-embedded image includes one or more processors, and execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to receive audio and an image, convert the audio into audio information having a preset image format and generate an audio-embedded image in which the audio information is embedded in the image, and discriminate the audio-embedded image using the audio information and discrimination audio information extracted from the audio-embedded image. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277761 | IMPRESSION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE SAME - An impression estimation technique without the need of voice recognition is provided. An impression estimation device includes an estimation unit configured to estimate an impression of a voice signal s by defining p | 2022-09-01 |
20220277762 | ACCELEROMETER INSIDE OF A MICROPHONE UNIT - A system includes a microphone unit coupled to a roof of an autonomous vehicle. The microphone unit includes a microphone board having a first opening. The microphone unit also includes a first microphone positioned over the first opening and coupled to the microphone board. The microphone unit further includes an accelerometer. The system also includes a processor coupled to the microphone unit. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING QUALITY OF A SINGING VOICE - Disclosed is a system for assessing quality of a singing voice singing a song. The system comprises memory and at least one processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive a plurality of inputs comprising a first input and one or more further inputs, each input comprising a recording of a singing voice singing the song, to determine, for the first input, one or more relative measures of quality of the singing voice by comparing the first input to each further input; and to assess quality of the singing voice of the first input based on the one or more relative measures. Also disclosed is a method implemented on such a system. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277764 | COUGH DETECTION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for a cough detection system are provided. The methods and systems include operations comprising: receiving an utterance comprising a cough from a user; determining one or more environmental factors, one or more health related factors, or both associated with the user; processing the utterance with a machine learning technique to generate an illness prediction, the machine learning technique being trained to establish a relationship between a plurality of training cough utterances and a plurality of illnesses corresponding to the plurality of training cough utterances; applying a weight to the illness prediction based on the one or more environmental factors, health related factors, or both associated with the user; and triggering an alert representing the illness prediction based on the weighted illness prediction. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277765 | ACOUSTIC QUALITY EVALUATION APPARATUS, ACOUSTIC QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To obtain an appropriate evaluation value in an acoustic quality evaluation by a conversational test. An acoustic quality evaluation apparatus | 2022-09-01 |
20220277766 | DIALOG ENHANCEMENT USING ADAPTIVE SMOOTHING - A method of enhancing dialog intelligibility in an audio signal, comprising determining a speech confidence score that the audio content includes speech content, determining a music confidence score that the audio content includes music correlated content, in response to the speech confidence score, and applying a user selected gain of selected frequency bands of the audio signal to obtain a dialogue enhanced audio signal. The user selected gain is smoothed by an adaptive smoothing algorithm, an impact of past frames in said smoothing algorithm being determined by a smoothing factor, the smoothing factor being calculated in response to the music confidence score, and having a relatively higher value for content having a relatively higher music confidence score and a relatively lower value for speech content having a relatively lower music confidence score, so as to increase the impact of past frames on the dialogue enhancement of music correlated content. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277767 | VOICE/NON-VOICE DETERMINATION DEVICE, VOICE/NON-VOICE DETERMINATION MODEL PARAMETER LEARNING DEVICE, VOICE/NON-VOICE DETERMINATION METHOD, VOICE/NON-VOICE DETERMINATION MODEL PARAMETER LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A voice/non-voice determination device robust with respect to an acoustic signal in a high-noise environment is provided. The voice/non-voice determination device includes an acoustic scene classification unit including a first model which receives input of an acoustic signal and outputs acoustic scene information which is information regarding a scene where the acoustic signal is collected, a speech enhancement unit including a second model which receives input of the acoustic signal and outputs speech enhancement information which is information regarding the acoustic signal after enhancement, and a voice/non-voice determination unit including a third model which receives input of the acoustic signal, the acoustic scene information and the speech enhancement information and outputs a voice/non-voice label which is information regarding a label of either a speech section or a non-speech section. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277768 | GLASS FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM SUBSTRATE, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM SUBSTRATE, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, GLASS SPACER FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - Provided is a glass for a magnetic recording medium substrate, which is an amorphous glass, in which an SiO | 2022-09-01 |
20220277769 | MAGNETIC TAPE AND MAGNETIC TAPE CONTAINER - The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. A dimension change amount Δw in a width direction with respect to a tension change in a longitudinal direction is 400 ppm/N to 900 ppm/N, the magnetic layer includes a plurality of servo bands, and a coefficient of variation CV calculated by Equation A: CV=(σG/Δw)×100 is 10% or less. The σG is a standard deviation of servo band intervals measured in a region of the magnetic tape over 100 m in the longitudinal direction with a tension of 0.6 N in the longitudinal direction. A magnetic tape container containing the magnetic tape. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277770 | MAGNETIC TAPE CONTAINER - The magnetic tape container includes a core around which a magnetic tape is wound. The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder, and the roundness of the trajectory of one rotation drawn by the magnetic tape in a case where the wound magnetic tape is pulled out from the core is 100 μm or less as the arithmetic mean of the measured values at three points in the width direction of the magnetic tape. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277771 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PLAYBACK DEVICE - A playback device acquires first management information that stores first playback control information and second management information that stores second playback control information. The first playback control information specifies that a video stream of a high-luminance range is to be played, and the second playback control information specifies that a video stream of a standard-luminance range is to be played. A video player acquires and plays the video stream of the high-luminance range based on the first playback control information in a case of playing the content as the high-luminance range. The video player acquires and plays the video stream of the standard-luminance range based on the second playback control information in a case of playing the content as the standard-luminance range. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277772 | MAGNETIC TAPE CONTAINER - The magnetic tape container includes a core around which a magnetic tape is wound. The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder. A maximum value of a deviation of a center position of an average minimum region reference circle of a trajectory of one rotation drawn by the magnetic tape, in a case where the wound magnetic tape is drawn out from the core core is 100 μm or less for three points of the magnetic tape in a width direction. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277773 | AGGREGATION OF RELATED MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods for media aggregation are disclosed herein. The system includes a media system that can transform media items into one aggregated media item. A synchronization component synchronizes media items with respect to time. The synchronized media items can be analyzed and transformed into an aggregated media item for storage and/or display. In one implementation, the aggregated media item is capable of being displayed in multiple ways to create an enhanced and customizable viewing and/or listening experience. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277774 | SCENE-CREATION USING HIGH-RESOLUTION VIDEO PERSPECTIVE MANIPULATION AND EDITING TECHNIQUES - A video editing program is taught by machine learning to conform a video sequence to a known style. For example, some famous filmmakers (e.g., Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay) have signature cinematic “takes” that appear in their acclaimed works. Such takes may involve use of subject tracking, placements and movements of people or objects in the scene, and lighting intensities or shadows in the scene. The editing program may be trained to recognize video sequences that can be modified to conform to one or more of such signature styles and to offer the modification to the user at the user's option. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277775 | VIDEO GENERATING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A video generating method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first video set and an audio material; determining a first music point of the audio material according to an amount of the video materials in the first video set; generating, according to a sorting order of the video materials in the first video set, one video clip for each first music clip in the audio material by respectively using one video material, so as to obtain a first video sequence; adjusting, in response to detecting an editing operation on the video clip in the first video sequence, the video clip in the first video sequence, so as to obtain a second video sequence; and splicing together video clips in the second video sequence, and adding the audio material as a video audio track to obtain a composite video. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277776 | MEMORY COMPONENT FOR A SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a memory component for a System-on-Chip (SoC) structure including at least a memory array and at least a logic portion for interacting with the memory array and with the SoC structure wherein the memory component is a structurally independent semiconductor device coupled to and partially overlapping the SoC structure. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277777 | INTERCONNECTIONS FOR 3D MEMORY - Apparatuses and methods for interconnections for 3D memory are provided. One example apparatus can include a stack of materials including a plurality of pairs of materials, each pair of materials including a conductive line formed over an insulation material. The stack of materials has a stair step structure formed at one edge extending in a first direction. Each stair step includes one of the pairs of materials. A first interconnection is coupled to the conductive line of a stair step, the first interconnection extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to a first surface of the stair step. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277778 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory device including a memory cell array including a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells and a row decoder connected with the memory cell array through wordlines may be provided. The row decoder may be configured to precharge a first wordline corresponding to a first row address from among the wordlines, in response to receiving the first row address together with a first command, and maintain a precharge state of the first wordline, in response to receiving a second row address being identical to the first row address together with a second command following the first command. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277779 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD EXECUTED BY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive a first command and execute, based on the first command, a first operation and a second operation. The second operation is executed after the first operation. The control circuit is further configured to output a first signal from a start of the first operation to a start of the second operation. The first signal indicates that the semiconductor device is in a busy state in which the semiconductor device refrains from accepting, from an external controller, a second command for execution of the first operation and a third command for execution of the second operation. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277780 | MEMORY BUFFER WITH DATA SCRAMBLING AND ERROR CORRECTION - A method for operating a DRAM device. The method includes receiving in a memory buffer in a first memory module hosted by a computing system, a request for data stored in RAM of the first memory module from a host controller of the computing system. The method includes receiving with the memory buffer, the data associated with a RAM, in response to the request and formatting with the memory buffer, the data into a scrambled data in response to a pseudo-random process. The method includes initiating with the memory buffer, transfer of the scrambled data into an interface device. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277781 | MEMORY CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A memory circuit includes a NAND logic gate, a first N-type transistor, a second N-type transistor, a first inverter and a first latch. The NAND logic gate is configured to receive a first bit line signal and a second bit line signal, and to generate a first signal. The first N-type transistor is coupled to the NAND logic gate, and configured to receive a first pre-charge signal. The second N-type transistor is coupled to the first N-type transistor and a reference voltage supply, and configured to receive a first clock signal. The first inverter is coupled to the NAND logic gate, and configured to output a data signal inverted from the first signal. The first latch is coupled to the NAND logic gate, and configured to latch the first signal in response to at least the first clock signal or the first pre-charge signal. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277782 | READ CIRCUIT FOR MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION (MTJ) MEMORY - In some embodiments, the present application provides a memory device. The memory device includes a memory cell array comprising a plurality of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) memory cells arranged in columns and rows, a read bias circuit connected to the memory cell array and configured to provide a reading bias for a MTJ memory cell of the memory cell array, and a first non-linear resistance device connected in series and between the MTJ memory cell and the read bias circuit. The first non-linear resistance device is configured to provide a first resistance when conducting a first current and a second resistance greater than the first resistance when conducting a second current smaller than the first current. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277783 | ARITHMETIC DEVICES CONDUCTING AUTO-LOAD OPERATION - An arithmetic device includes an auto-command/address generation circuit, a first data storage circuit, and a second data storage circuit. The auto-command/address generation circuit generates an auto-load selection signal that activates an auto-load operation based on a level of a power source voltage. In addition, the auto-command/address generation circuit generates an auto-load command for the auto-load operation. The first data storage circuit outputs look-up table data, to which an activation function is applied, based on the auto-load command. The second data storage circuit stores the look-up table data, output from the first data storage circuit, based on the auto-load command. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277784 | MULTIPLEXORS UNDER AN ARRAY OF MEMORY CELLS - A sense amplifier can be formed outside of/horizontally adjacent to an array of vertically stacked tiers of memory cells. Memory cells can be sensed via multiplexors formed under the array that can operate to couple vertical sense lines (to which the memory cells are coupled) to horizontal sense lines (to which the sense amplifier is coupled). | 2022-09-01 |
20220277785 | COLUMN SELECT SIGNAL CELL CIRCUIT, BIT LINE SENSE CIRCUIT AND MEMORY - A column select signal cell circuit, a bit line sense circuit and a memory are disclosed. The column select signal cell circuit includes four column select cells, each of which includes 4*N input and output ports, 4*N bit line connection ports and one control port. The control ports of a first column select cell and a fourth column select cell are connected to a first column select signal, and the control ports of a second column select cell and a third column select cell are connected to a second column select signal. The bit line connection ports of the first column select cell and the third column select cell are connected to 8*N bit lines of a first storage unit group, the bit line connection ports of the second column select cell and the fourth column select cell are connected to 8*N bit lines of a second storage unit group. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277786 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device capable of suppressing an increase in power consumption and avoiding data destruction due to the row hammer problem is provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a refresh control unit (first control unit) that sets a memory cell refresh interval based on information about a memory cell refresh interval included in a predetermined command input from the outside. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277787 | TEMPERATURE INFORMED MEMORY REFRESH - Devices and techniques for temperature informed memory refresh are described herein. A temperature counter can be updated in response to a memory device write performed under an extreme temperature. Here, the write is performed on a memory device element in the memory device. The memory device element can be sorted above other memory device elements in the memory device based on the temperature counter. Once sorted to the top of these memory device elements, a refresh can be performed the memory device element. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277788 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT SYSTEM - A semiconductor circuit according to the present disclosure includes: a first circuit configured to apply an inverted voltage of a voltage at a first node to a second node; a second circuit configured to apply an inverted voltage of a voltage at a second node to the first node; a first storage element including first, second, and third terminals; a first transistor including a drain coupled to the first node and a source coupled to the first terminal of the first storage element; a second transistor including a gate coupled to the first node or the second node and a drain coupled to the second terminal of the first storage element; and a third transistor including a gate coupled to the first node or the second node and a drain coupled to the second terminal of the first storage element. The first storage element is configured to set a resistance state between the first terminal and the second and third terminals in accordance with a direction of a current flowing between the second and third terminals. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277789 | Compensation Word Line Driver - Memory systems are provided. In an embodiment, a memory device includes a word line driver coupled to a plurality of word lines, a recycle multiplexer coupled to a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of bit line bars, a memory cell array, and a compensation word line driver. The memory cell array includes a first end adjacent the word line driver, a second end away from the word line driver, and a plurality of memory cells. The compensation word line driver is disposed adjacent the second end of the memory cell array and coupled to the plurality of word lines. The recycle multiplexer is configured to selectively couple one or more of the plurality of bit lines or one or more of the plurality of bit line bars to the compensation word line driver. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277790 | MEMORY CHIP AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEMORY CHIP - An object of the present disclosure is to provide a memory chip and a method of controlling a memory chip that make it possible to detect a disturb failure. The memory chip includes: a memory cell including a variable resistor element and a switching element, the variable resistor element reversibly changeable between a low resistive state and a high resistive state, and the switching element having nonlinear current-voltage characteristics and being coupled in series to the variable resistor element; a voltage generator that generates a first voltage to be applied to the memory cell in a case where the variable resistor element is changed to the low resistive state, a second voltage to be applied to the memory cell in a case where a resistive state of the variable resistor element is detected, and a specific voltage that is equal to or higher than a half of the first voltage and lower than the second voltage; and a control unit that controls the memory cell. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277791 | RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY OPERATION CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD - An operating circuit and an operating method of a resistive random-access memory are provided, the operating circuit includes: at least one capacitance connected in series with the resistive random-access memory, so that the resistive random-access memory is grounded through the at least one capacitance. The operating method includes: connecting at least one capacitance in series with a resistive random-access memory, so that the resistive random-access memory is grounded through the capacitance; applying a forming pulse voltage or a set pulse voltage on the resistive random-access memory to achieve a forming operation or a set operation of the resistive random-access memory. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277792 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device including: a memory cell array disposed in a first semiconductor layer, the memory cell array including a plurality of wordlines extended in a first direction and stacked in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of pass transistors disposed in the first semiconductor layer, wherein a first pass transistor of the plurality of pass transistors is disposed between a first signal line of a plurality of signal lines and a first wordline of the plurality of wordlines, and wherein the plurality of signal lines are arranged at the same level as a common source line. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277793 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An operation method of a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving a first DQ signal representing a first data bit from an external device through a first DQ line and receiving a second DQ signal representing a second data bit from the external device through a second DQ line, and programming a first memory cell corresponding to the first DQ line and a second memory cell corresponding to the second DQ line such that the first memory cell has any one of an erase state and a first program state based on the first DQ signal and the second memory cell has any one of the erase state and a second program state based on the second DQ signal. A lower limit value of a threshold voltage distribution corresponding to the second program state is higher than a lower limit value of a threshold voltage distribution corresponding to the first program state. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277794 | VOLTAGE SUPPLY CIRCUIT, MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT - In various aspects, a method for operating a memory cell arrangement is provided, including: providing a set of supply voltages to one or more sets of memory cell drivers to write one or more memory cells of the memory cell arrangement; wherein providing the set of supply voltages includes: ramping a first supply voltage of the set of supply voltages to a first predefined output voltage level, and ramping a second supply voltage of the set of supply voltages to a second predefined output voltage level dependent upon the first supply voltage, the first predefined output voltage level and the second predefined output voltage level defining a first predefined ratio, wherein, during the ramping of the first supply voltage and of the second supply voltage, a first ratio of the first supply voltage to the second supply voltage is substantially equal to or less than the first predefined ratio. | 2022-09-01 |
20220277795 | MANAGING SUB-BLOCK ERASE OPERATIONS IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM - A processing device in a memory system receives an erase request to erase data stored at a data block of a memory device, the erase request identifying a selected sub-block of a plurality of sub-blocks of the data block for erase, each of the plurality of sub-blocks comprising select gate devices (SGDs) and data storage devices. For each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks not selected for erase, the processing device applies an input voltage at a bitline of the respective sub-block and applies a plurality of gate voltages to a plurality of wordlines of the respective sub-block, the plurality of wordlines are coupled to the SGDs and to the data storage devices, each voltage of the plurality of voltages applied to a successive wordline of the plurality of wordlines is less than a previous voltage applied to a previous wordline. | 2022-09-01 |