42nd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210325959 | MULTI-POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A multi-power management system and an operation method for the multi-power management system are provided. The multi-power management system includes multiple adapters and a power supply circuit. The adapters respectively provide multiple powers. The power supply circuit receives multiple input power values of the adapters, and calculates multiple input power value contribution ratios of the adapters according to the input power values. The power supply circuit further provides a control signal according to a sum of the output current values of multiple output current values of the powers and the input power value contribution ratios. The adapters adjust the output current values and multiple output voltage values respectively in response to the control signal. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325960 | GAZE-BASED CONTROL - Aspects of the subject technology relate to gaze-based control of an electronic device. The gaze-based control can include enabling an option to provide user authorization when it is determined that the user has viewed and/or read text associated with a request for the user authorization. The gaze-based control can also include modifying a user interface or a user interface element based on user views and/or reads. The gaze-based control can be based on determining whether a user has viewed and/or read an electronic document and/or a physical document. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325961 | EYEBALL DETECTION UNIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An eyeball detection unit of the present disclosure includes an irradiator that projects substantially parallel illumination light toward a cornea of an eyeball, a detector that detects light intensity of reflected light from the cornea, and a detection controller that identifies a centroid offset in an angular direction of the light intensity of the reflected light from the cornea with respect to a reference optical axis on the basis of a detected value by the detector, and thereafter calculates a positional offset of a cornea position with respect to the reference optical axis. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325962 | INTELLIGENT USER INTERFACE ELEMENT SELECTION USING EYE-GAZE - Systems and methods disclosed herein are related to an intelligent UI element selection system using eye-gaze technology. In some example aspects, a UI element selection zone may be determined. The selection zone may be defined as an area surrounding a boundary of the UI element. Gaze input may be received and the gaze input may be compared with the selection zone to determine an intent of the user. The gaze input may comprise one or more gaze locations. Each gaze location may be assigned a value according to its proximity to the UI element and/or its relation to the UI element's selection zone. Each UI element may be assigned a threshold. If the aggregated value of gaze input is equal to or greater than the threshold for the UI element, then the UI element may be selected. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EYE TRACKING - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of eye tracking for use in various applications, such as virtual reality or augmented reality applications that include head-mounted display devices. An eye tracking subsystem may be provided that includes a plurality of assemblies that each include a light source, such as an LED, a light detector, such as a silicon photodiode, and a polarizer that is configured to prevent light reflected via specular reflection from reaching the light detectors so that only scattered light is detected by the light detectors. Machine learning or other techniques may be used to track or otherwise determine a user's gaze direction, which may be used by one or more components of an HMD device to improve its functionality in various ways. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325964 | INTERIOR SENSING - A controller for sensing interior motion includes a sensor structure having transmitting conductors and receiving conductors. The controller comprises circuitry to drive and sense signals on interacting pairs of conductors (the transmitting conductor or receiving conductor can act as the drive side, or as the sense side). Signals are processed to analyze changes in measured signal and analyzed to determine interior movement. When the controller is deployed proximate to human skin, movement of muscles, tendons and bones within the skin are reflected in the measured signals. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325965 | IMAGE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - In an image adjustment system, an image display device displays a captured image that is adjusted by an image adjustment device. The image adjustment device includes an image processor and an image generator. The image generator generates a spherical surface image. The image processor acquires the spherical surface image from the image generator to display the spherical surface image on the image display device on the basis of instruction information output from a controller. The image generator adjusts the captured image in accordance with a rotation of the spherical surface image, corrects camera shake in the captured image adjusted, and determines that a travel direction of a camera is changed when the captured image that is camera-shake corrected is changed by a predetermined angle or greater. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325966 | INPUT DEVICE USING BIOELECTRIC POTENTIAL - An input device, method, and system enabling a switch input operation of various equipment by moving a body part other than hands and feet. Input by body movement, such as a wink, is achieved by an input device including: a detector which includes a first contact electrode placed at a first position of a body part and a second contact electrode placed at a second position of the body part, the detector configured to measure a biological signal between the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode, and to detect a low-frequency component inclusive of the biological signal; and a discrimination processor configured to determine, based on a signal from the detector, presence or absence of an input movement of the body part in a vicinity of the first position, and/or presence or absence of an input movement of the body part in a vicinity of the second position. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325967 | IN-SITU MONITORING, CALIBRATION, AND TESTING OF A HAPTIC ACTUATOR - A method may include measuring an electrical parameter of an electromagnetic load having a moving mass during the absence of a driving signal actively driving the electromagnetic load, measuring a mechanical parameter of mechanical motion of a host device comprising the electromagnetic load, correlating a relationship between the mechanical parameter and the electrical parameter, and calibrating the electromagnetic load across a plurality of mechanical motion conditions based on the relationship. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325968 | VIBRATION GENERATION DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE COMPRISING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a vibration generation device, a display apparatus including the vibration generation device, and a vehicle including the vibration generation device. A vibration generation device includes a piezoelectric ceramic part having a certain interval, a piezoelectric material layer between the piezoelectric ceramic parts, and an electrode part configured to provide electric field to one or more of the piezoelectric ceramic part and the piezoelectric material layer. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HAPTIC STIMULATION - A method for haptic stimulation includes any or all of: receiving an audio input; determining a set of parameters based on the audio input; determining a set of stimulation locations based on a collective set of energy parameters; assigning a vibration intensity to a set of one or more haptic actuators; and stimulating a user at the set of haptic locations based on the vibration intensities. A system for haptic stimulation includes an actuation subsystem having a set of actuators. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325970 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY TERMINAL AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an interactive display method. The interactive display method includes: first, establishing a connection between a first terminal and a second terminal; then, obtaining a first gesture of a user; next, the first terminal sending at least a part of first display data to the second terminal according to the first gesture; the second terminal displaying the at least a part of the first display data. A display terminal and an interactive display system are also provided. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325971 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL APPARATUS, APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for controlling a terminal apparatus includes acquiring a first gesture image; determining a central coordinate of a gesture in the first gesture image; determining a controlling range in which the gesture has control over the terminal apparatus, based on the central coordinate of the gesture in the first gesture image; and controlling a control object in the controlling range to execute an operation based on a control instruction corresponding to the gesture. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING GESTURE - Provided are a gesture recognition apparatus and method. The gesture recognition apparatus includes a first communication circuit configured to communicate with a wearable device worn on a first body part of a user, a memory in which a gesture recognition program is stored, and a processor configured to execute the gesture recognition program, wherein the processor receives motion information from the wearable device through the first communication circuit, checks a position of the wearable device, determines whether a gesture is to be recognized according to the position of the wearable device on the basis of the motion information, and executes a function corresponding to the gesture. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325973 | SYSTEM FOR MODIFIED KEY ACTIONS AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK FOR SMART TYPING ASSIST WITH A SOLID-STATE KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD - A haptic keyboard of an information handling system comprising a coversheet to identify keys of the haptic keyboard, a contact foil and a piezoelectric element to receive an applied mechanical stress at a first key of the coversheet and generate an electric actuation signal. A processor executing instructions of a haptic smart typing assistance system to detect and anticipate a next letter of a word being typed and a controller to receive an instruction of the anticipated next letter and increasing force required actuate at least one key for a letter adjacent to the anticipated next letter, and to send a response haptic feedback control signal to the piezoelectric element to cause the piezoelectric element to generate a first haptic feedback at the first key if the anticipated next letter is selected and to generate a second haptic feedback if a typographical error is detected. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325974 | ATTENUATING MODE - Techniques for displaying a virtual object in an enhanced reality setting in accordance with a physical muting mode being active are described. In some examples, a system obtains context data for one or more physical elements in a physical setting, wherein the context data includes first context data and second context data that is different from the first context data. In some examples, in response to obtaining the context data for the one or more physical elements in the physical setting, a system causes display of a virtual object that represents the one or more physical elements using the first context data without using the second context data, in accordance with a determination that a physical muting mode is active. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CAUSE AN INPUT DEVICE TO PROVIDE MOVEMENT-BASED OUTPUT - This disclosure presents systems and methods to cause an input device to provide movement-based output. Exemplary implementations may: establish a wireless connection between the one or more physical processors and an input device, the input device being configured to provide control signals for controlling a graphical user interface; determine motion control signals for the input device, the motion control signals dictating physical movement of the input device in a real-world environment; effectuate communication of the motion control signals to the input device thereby causing the input device to perform the physical movement in the real-world environment; and/or perform other operations. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325976 | SENSITIVITY-ADJUSTABLE MOUSE - A sensitivity-adjustable mouse includes a casing, a switching button, an illumination module and a lightshade cover. The switching button is installed on the casing and swingable relative to the casing. The illumination module is disposed within the casing and located under the switching button. The illumination module emits plural light beams to the switching button. The lightshade cover is connected with the switching button and arranged between the switching button and the illumination module. The plural light beams are divided by the lightshade cover. The illumination module and the lightshade cover are covered by the switching button. Due to the appearance of a single button structure, the appearance of the mouse is aesthetically pleasing. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325977 | DYNAMICALLY BALANCED, MULTI-DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM HAND CONTROLLER - A controller is capable of controlling an asset or target in physical and/or virtual three-dimensional space using a single hand by generating control inputs in four or more degrees of freedom while also limiting cross-coupling (unintended motions). The controller includes a first control member is configured to be gripped in a user's single, second control member is disposed on or near a top end of the first member movable with at least one degree of freedom independently of the movement of the first control member, and a third control member positioned on the first member for displacement by one or more digits of the user's single hand and coupled with the second member to move in opposition to movement of the second control member. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325978 | GENERATION OF A PERSONALIZED DISPLAY AREA ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method includes transmitting, by a plurality of drive sense circuits of an interactive display device, a plurality of signals on a plurality of electrodes. The method further includes detecting, by a set of drive sense circuits of the plurality of drive sense circuits, a change in electrical characteristics of a set of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. The method further includes interpreting, by a processing module of the interactive display device, the change in the electrical characteristics to be caused by a user of the interactive display device in close proximity to an interactive surface of the interactive display device, determining a position of the user based on the change in the electrical characteristics of the set of electrodes, determining, an available display area of the interactive surface, and generating a personalized display area within the available display area based on the position of the user. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325979 | GENERATION OF A DIGITAL PAD ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method includes transmitting, by a plurality of drive-sense circuits of an interactive display device, a plurality of signals on a plurality of electrodes of the interactive display device. The method further includes detecting, by a set of drive-sense circuits of the plurality of drive-sense circuits, a change in electrical characteristics of a set of. The method further includes interpreting, by a processing module of the interactive display device, the change in the electrical characteristics of the set of electrodes to be caused by a user input passive device in close proximity to an interactive surface of the interactive display device, generating a digital pad on the interactive surface for interaction with the user input passive device, and interpreting user inputs received from the user input passive device in close proximity to the digital pad as functions to manipulate data on a display area of the interactive display device. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325980 | STYLUS, TOUCH ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND TOUCH SYSTEM - A stylus, a touch electronic device, and a touch system are provided. The touch electronic device includes a touch panel and a haptic actuation device, and the haptic actuation device is connected to the touch panel. The stylus includes a pressure sensor and a pen tip. The touch electronic device encodes transmission information into a vibration signal, determines a vibration force of the vibration signal with respect to at least one synchronization time point, and controls the haptic actuation device to drive the touch panel to output the vibration signal. The pen tip of the stylus receives the vibration signal, and the pressure sensor senses the vibration force of the vibration signal. The stylus decodes the vibration signal according to the vibration force with respect to the synchronization time point to obtain the transmission information, and the stylus performs a function according to the transmission information. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325981 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STYLUS PEN CHARGING METHOD USING SAME - According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device comprises: a housing which comprises a first plate, a second plate facing the opposite direction from the first plate and a lateral member surrounding a space between the first plate and second plate; a hole which is formed through the lateral member and is connected to the space; a stylus pen which can be inserted to the space through the hole, wherein the stylus pen comprises a pen housing extending long between a first end part and a second end part and a first coil positioned inside the pen housing, wound about the axis in a first direction extending from the first end part to the second end part and having the coil length of a first length; a second coil which is disposed inside the space of the housing so as to partly face the first coil of the stylus pen when the stylus pen is fully inserted to the housing, wherein the second coil comprises a conductive wire extending over a first area facing the first coil and a second area not facing the first coil, wherein the conductive wire has a first width in the first area and a second width, which is smaller than the first width, in the second area; and a charging circuit which is electrically connected to the second coil. Other various embodiments other than the various embodiments disclosed in the present invention are possible. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325982 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE - A computer input device including a housing including a first side and a second side that is spaced apart from the first side, and a ball partially positioned within and rotatable relative to the housing. At least a portion of the ball extends through an aperture in the first side. The computer input device also includes a user-operable actuator accessible from the second side of the housing and configured to eject the ball from the housing. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325983 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - An information providing system including: a display provided in a predetermined information provision target area, the display being configured to: display information, including a touch-operation receivable range, to a user in the predetermined information provision target area; and-receive a predetermined input from the user through the touch-operation receivable range; a three-dimensional sensor configured to acquire three-dimensional shape data on surroundings, including the user, of the display; a processor configured to: determine an attribute of the user based on the acquired three-dimensional shape data; obtain a positional relation between the user and the display based on the acquired three-dimensional shape data; and control the display to display: the touch-operation receivable range at a position corresponding to the positional relation and the attribute of the user; and information content corresponding to the positional relation and the attribute of the user. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325984 | WEARABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A wearable information terminal that can be worn by a user is provided with: a main body; a display that is incorporated in the main body and includes a screen; a controller that is incorporated in the main body and executes display processing onto the screen; and an operation detector that detects input operation executed by the user with respect to the controller. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325985 | TOUCH STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, TOUCH SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - The present disclosure provides a touch structure and a method for manufacturing the touch structure, a touch substrate and a display substrate. The touch structure includes: a touch electrode; a first signal line and an auxiliary conductive structure provided at a side of the touch electrode, the auxiliary conductive structure has a conductivity greater than that of the touch electrode; and a first insulation layer provided between the auxiliary conductive structure and the first signal line, the auxiliary conductive structure is coupled to the touch electrode at multiple coupling positions and is coupled to the first signal line through a first via-hole penetrating through the first insulation layer. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325986 | PRESSURE SENSING DISPLAY MODULE AND PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A pressure sensing display module has a display area and a wiring area surrounding a periphery of the display area. The pressure sensing display module includes a force sensitive unit provided in the wiring area; and a display unit provided corresponding to the display area. Information generated by the display unit is displayed on the display area. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325987 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DRIVE METHOD THEREOF, AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit and a drive method thereof, and a touch display apparatus. The pixel circuit includes a pixel driving circuit, an optical sensing circuit, and a light-emitting element. The pixel driving circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element to emit light, based on a first control signal from a first control line, a second control signal from a second control line, a scanning signal from a scanning line, and a data signal from a data line. The optical sensing circuit is configured to sense an optical signal, convert the sensed optical signal into an electric signal, and output the electric signal via a reading line based on the first control signal, the second control signal, the scanning signal, and the data signal. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325988 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to the field of touch display technologies, and provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a touch display panel and a touch display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate, and a plurality of thin film transistors, an insulating planarization layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of common electrodes formed sequentially on the base substrate. The insulating planarization layer has a plurality of vias exposing a drain of each thin film transistor respectively. Each pixel electrode is connected to a drain of a corresponding thin film transistor through a via in the insulating planarization layer, and each common electrode is connected to a corresponding touch electrode. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325989 | TOUCH SENSOR COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A sensor component and an electronic device thereof are provided and comprise a substrate having a first region, a bend region, a second region, and a binding region. A sensor touch layer is disposed on the substrate. The sensor touch layer comprises a first touch sensor block, a second touch sensor block, and a binding block. The first touch sensor block is disposed on the first region, the second touch sensor block is disposed on the second region, and the binding block is disposed on the binding region. The binding block is electrically connected to the first touch sensor block and the second sensor block. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325990 | Display Device - A display device that is capable of being manufactured through a simplified process and at reduced cost is disclosed. The display device is configured such that a plurality of grouped cathode electrodes and a plurality of grouped black matrices intersect each other in the state in which an encapsulation unit is disposed therebetween in order to form a touch sensor, so that a process of forming first and second touch electrodes is omitted and a separate adhesion process becomes unnecessary, whereby structural simplification is achieved while costs are reduced. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325991 | Segmented Ground Plane Within an Active Matrix Display with Concurrent Touch and Display Operations - A touchscreen display includes one or more display drivers coupled to an active matrix display and one or more touch controllers coupled to one or more touch sensor conductors. The one or more display drivers are coupled to the active matrix display via active matrix conductive components. When enabled, the one or more display drivers is configured to transmit a first signal to the active matrix display in accordance with display operation. A touch sensor conductor includes one or more segments of the active matrix conductive components. When enabled, a touch controller of the one or more touch controllers is configured to transmit a second signal via the touch sensor conductor in accordance with touchscreen operation that is performed concurrently with the display operation. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325992 | TOUCH DETERMINATION METHOD AND TOUCH DEVICE - A touch determination method and a touch device. The touch determination method is applied to a touch device having a non-uniform thickness, and including: obtaining a position coordinate range (x | 2021-10-21 |
20210325993 | Electronic Device Having a Touch Sensor, Force Sensor, and Haptic Actuator in an Integrated Module - An electronic device includes an input device. The input device has an input/output module below or within a cover defining an input surface. The input/output module detects touch and/or force inputs on the input surface, and provides haptic feedback to the cover. In some instances, a haptic device is integrally formed with a wall or structural element of a housing or enclosure of the electronic device. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325994 | Compact Home Assistant Having Touch Sensitive Housing - Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement touch sensors and electronic devices including touch sensors. In some implementations, the touch sensor includes a sensing portion and a contact portion extending from the sensing portion. While the sensing portion is configured to be placed in proximity to an interior surface of a housing of an electronic device to detect a touch on the housing, the contact portion is bent to electrically couple the sensing portion to a circuit board via two distinct electrical paths. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325995 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN INPUT - An input device is described which comprises a touch-sensitive surface and a force sensor, wherein the force sensor is adapted to detect a force applied to the touch-sensitive surface. The input device further comprises a vibration sensor and a control unit, wherein the control unit is coupled with the force sensor, the touch-sensitive surface and the vibration sensor. The control unit is adapted to validate a force detected by the force sensor as an input in dependence on a touch of the touch-sensitive surface and in dependence on a vibration detected by the vibration sensor. There is further described a motor vehicle which comprises such an input device. A method of detecting an input at an input device is further described. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325996 | TEMPERATURE AND ULTRASONIC SENSOR FUSION FOR BIOMETRIC SENSING - An example method of operation may include detecting a user touch in a first area based upon sensor data from one or more sensors of a first type, waking up one or more sensors of a second type configured to measure across some or all of the first area in response to the detecting, obtaining additional sensor data from the one or more sensors of the second type, and determining a location associated with the user touch based in part upon the sensor data from the one or more sensors of the second type. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325997 | Dynamic User Interface Adaptable to Multiple Input Tools - A computing device having a touch-sensitive surface and a display, detects a stylus input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying a user interface. A first operation is performed in the user interface in accordance with a determination that the stylus input includes movement of the stylus across the touch-sensitive surface while the stylus is detected on the touch-sensitive surface. A second operation different from the first operation is performed in the user interface in accordance with a determination that the stylus input includes rotation of the stylus around an axis of the stylus while the stylus is detected on the touch-sensitive surface. A third operation is performed in the user interface in accordance with a determination that the stylus input includes movement of the stylus across the touch-sensitive surface and rotation of the stylus around an axis of the stylus while the stylus is detected on the touch-sensitive surface. | 2021-10-21 |
20210325998 | SENSOR CONTROLLER, POSITION INDICATOR, AND POSITION DETECTING SYSTEM - A sensor controller is provided for use in a position detector for detecting a position of a position indicator on a touch surface. The sensor controller includes a microprocessor for outputting a value of a symbol to be sent to the position indicator. The sensor controller includes a transmitter coupled to the microprocessor for generating a transmission signal including a chip string CN | 2021-10-21 |
20210325999 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of this disclosure disclose a touch panel and a touch display device. The touch panel includes: an underlying substrate; and a plurality of touch electrodes arranged on the underlying substrate, and insulated from each other. At least one of the plurality of touch electrodes includes a plurality of annular touch electrode sections arranged at an interval. Every two adjacent touch electrode sections in the same touch electrode are electrically connected through a plurality of connection sections. The capability of the electrodes to withstand bending can be improved to thereby prevent the touch panel from being broken while being bent. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326000 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSPECTING THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel and an input sensor on the display panel, the input sensor including sensing electrodes, signal lines connected to the sensing electrodes, an insulating layer on the signal lines, and inspection lines on the insulating layer and electrically connected to each other, each of the inspection lines respectively overlapping a corresponding one of the signal lines. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326001 | Display Device Having Touch Sensor - The present disclosure provides a display device having a touch sensor for reducing the size of a bezel area. The display device having a touch sensor is configured such that touch electrodes and touch lines are disposed in a mesh shape on an encapsulation layer encapsulating light-emitting elements and such that some of the touch lines are connected to a touch-driving circuit via an upper bezel area, thereby reducing the size of left and right bezel areas. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326002 | FINGERPRINT RECOGNIZABLE TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A fingerprint recognizable touch display panel includes a display panel, a touch layer, and a fingerprint recognizing layer disposed in the touch area. The touch layer includes touch driving electrodes and touch sensing electrodes. The fingerprint recognizing layer includes first fingerprint recognizing electrodes and second fingerprint recognizing electrodes. The first fingerprint recognizing electrodes and the second fingerprint recognizing electrodes do not overlap with the touch driving electrodes. When touch control function is implemented, the first fingerprint recognizing electrodes and the second fingerprint recognizing electrodes are both multiplexed to touch driving electrodes. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326003 | STRETCHABLE TOUCH PANEL - The present disclosure discloses a stretchable touch panel, including a substrate ( | 2021-10-21 |
20210326004 | TOUCH SENSOR AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base layer, a first electrode layer disposed on the base layer, and a second electrode layer disposed at an upper level of the first electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first sensing electrode rows extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the base layer, and first traces branched from each of the first sensing electrode rows and alternately distributed on both lateral portions of the base layer. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second sensing electrode columns extending in a second direction that is parallel to the top surface of the base layer and intersects the first direction, and second traces branching from the second sensing electrode columns. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326005 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including an input sensor divided into a plurality of first sensing areas and a plurality of second sensing areas, which are alternately disposed, and the plurality of first sensing areas and the plurality of second sensing areas have the same area. Each of the plurality of first sensing areas and the plurality of second sensing areas includes a corresponding crossing area of crossing areas between a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of second sensing electrodes. Openings of the sensing electrodes disposed on each of the plurality of first sensing areas have a first arrangement, and openings of the sensing electrodes disposed on each of the plurality of second sensing areas have a second arrangement different from the first arrangement. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326006 | TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor comprises a first electrode, a second electrode arranged spaced apart from the first electrode, and an insulator arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is energized, and an energy difference exists between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a stressed electrode. When the stressed electrode is not stressed, no electrical signal is generated, and when the stressed electrode is stressed, the stressed electrode deforms at a stressed point and changes the distance between the stressed point and the other electrode to generate a tunneling current, and the touch sensor generates the electrical signal according to whether the tunneling current is generated. Therefore, the invention solves a limitation of the conventional touch sensor in touching and provides good touching sensitivity. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326007 | Fuzzy Target Selection for Robotic Process Automation - A software robot is designed to carry out an activity (e.g., a mouse click, a text input, etc.) on a target element (e.g., a button, an input field, etc.) of a user interface. The robot is configured to automatically identify the target element at runtime according to a set of attributes of the target element specified in the source-code of the user interface. The robot's code specification includes an indicator of a selected fuzzy attribute and a numerical similarity threshold indicative of an acceptable degree of mismatch between design-time and runtime values of the respective fuzzy attribute. The robot is configured to identify the target element from a set of candidates which are sufficiently similar to it according to the specified degree of mismatch. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326008 | USER INTERFACE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A user interface (UI) display method is provided. The UI display method includes displaying an operation window including one or more setting items on a screen, and if a first one of the setting items is inputted, causing at least a part or all of the remaining operation window part except for the first item not to be displayed on the screen. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326009 | METHOD OF PRESENTING USER INTERFACE, APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING USER INTERFACE, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method of presenting a user interface object. The method includes providing data to a display panel of an electronic device having a memory and one or more processors to concurrently display a plurality of user interface objects in a user interface, the plurality of user interface objects including a plurality of menu user interface objects and a plurality of user interface control objects, the plurality of menu user interface objects including at least a first menu user interface object and a second menu user interface object, and the plurality of user interface control objects including at least a first user interface control object and a second user interface control object. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326010 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR NAVIGATING USER INTERFACES - Methods, systems, and media for navigating user interfaces are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method for navigating user interfaces is provided, the method comprising: causing, on a user interface presented on a display device, a plurality of tile interfaces to be presented, wherein a first tile interface of the plurality of tile interfaces is presented in a visual manner that indicates that the first tile interface is currently highlighted, and wherein each tile interface of the plurality of tile interfaces corresponds to a media content item that is available for presentation on the display device; causing a menu icon that corresponds to a menu interface for accessing options related to a media content item corresponding to the highlighted first tile interface to be presented in connection with the highlighted first tile interface; receiving, via an input device associated with the display device, a first directional input from a group of possible directional inputs; determining whether the first directional input is a predetermined directional input from the group of possible directional inputs that causes the menu icon to become selectable; in response to determining that the first directional input is the predetermined directional input, activating the menu icon that causes the menu icon to become selectable; upon causing the menu icon to become selectable, receiving an indication that the menu icon has been selected via the input device; causing the menu interface for accessing the options related to the media content item corresponding to the highlighted first tile interface to be presented; receiving, via the input device, the first directional input for a second time; and, in response to receiving the first directional input for the second time, causing a second tile interface of the plurality of tile interfaces to be presented, wherein the second tile interface is located in a position relative to the first tile interface that corresponds to the first directional input. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326011 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LINKING SOURCE EVIDENCE TO VALUATION INFORMATION - A method and a system for providing source evidence in support of information to be used for conducting a transaction, such as a fairness opinion to be used for a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transaction, is provided. The method includes displaying, on a screen, a plurality of fields that relate to the transaction; receiving first user inputs that correspond to some of the fields; prompting the user to provide source evidence that relates to the received first user inputs; receiving a second user input that activates a button for accessing a document library; displaying a list of documents included in the document library; receiving third user inputs that correspond to respective documents selected by the user; displaying a content of each selected document; receiving fourth user inputs that correspond to screenshots of respective portions of the displayed content; and automatically linking the screenshots to the corresponding fields. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326012 | PERSONAL CHARACTERISTIC EVALUATION SYSTEM AND EVALUATION METHOD - An evaluation system for personal characteristics is provided. There is disclosed an evaluation system for personal characteristics installed in a mobile terminal of a user through an application including: an evaluation target selection unit displaying a plurality of stored profile information so that the user selects an evaluation target; an evaluation item unit including a reference point and a plurality of characteristic items so that the user selects a characteristic for an action of the evaluation target and gives a score; and a data storage unit storing the characteristic and the score of the evaluation target given by the user in the evaluation item unit, wherein in the evaluation item unit, a characteristic item and a score of the evaluation target are given by performing a drag from the reference point toward a corresponding characteristic item by the user through a user's finger or a touch pen. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326013 | MENU MODIFICATION BASED ON CONTROLLER MANIPULATION DATA - A machine performs menu modification based on information that indicates how a controller device was manipulated by a user. The machine causes a media device to display a portion of a menu. The machine accesses controller manipulation data generated by a controller device in fully or partially controlling the media device, such as controller manipulation data that indicates a sequence of physical manipulations experienced by the controller device being operated by a user to select menu items. Based on the sequence of physical manipulations, the machine selects a profile identifier from a set of profile identifiers. Based on the profile identifier, the machine selects a first subset of the menu. The first subset indicates menu items to be hidden, unlike a second subset of the menu. The machine causes the media device to modify the menu by omitting the first subset while continuing to display the second subset. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326014 | EXECUTING BACK-END OPERATIONS INVOKED THROUGH DISPLAY INTERACTIONS - The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for performing operations in relation to an image based on an interaction with a user interface element at a user interface displayed on a display device. The image in connection with a label element is provided at a first interface of a user interface application. A first user interaction is received in relation to the label element. In response to determining that the first user is authorized to perform an operation associated with the label element, a second user interface of the user interface application is provided. The operation is defined as authorized for the first user at a back-end logic implemented for the user interface application. A second user interaction with the second user interface is received. The second user interface provides the image in a first operational mode for performing the authorized operation. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326015 | INTERACTIVE ANSWER BOXES FOR USER SEARCH QUERIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes presenting, by a user device, an answer box as a search result in a search result location of a search results page. The answer box can include first content of a first content type responsive to a query that submitted with a first resource request over a network. The user device determines that a user interaction with the answer box has occurred. In response to determining that the user interaction has occurred, the user device can present second content of the first content type in the answer box. The second content is selected from available content that has not been presented prior to the user interaction. The answer box include a visual element reflective of the content data currently presented. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326016 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR SCROLLING OPERATIONS - At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include an environment with user interface software interacting with a software application. A method for operating through an application programming interface (API) in this environment includes transferring a set bounce call. The method further includes setting at least one of maximum and minimum bounce values. The set bounce call causes a bounce of a scrolled region in an opposite direction of a scroll based on a region past an edge of the scrolled region being visible in a display region at the end of the scroll. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326017 | Systems and Methods for Presentation of Content Items Relating to a Topic - The present disclosure provides systems and methods that provide a lean-back, interactive experience that enables a user to browse and understand content items (e.g., news articles or reactions) that provide different perspectives around a topic (e.g., a news story). In particular, the systems and methods can provide context around a topic by assembling a wide-range of interesting content around a topic and seamlessly allowing users to scan through articles by surfacing unique information contained in them. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can read, understand, and organizes thousands of documents around a topic, hence allowing easy consumption of news. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326018 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING VISUAL AFFORDANCES FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACES - Methods, systems, and aircraft systems providing visual affordances for human-machine interfaces are described. The system includes a controller architecture coupled to touch screen device. The controller architecture receives a configuration file (config file) for a control element, parses it to identify a force functionality component and force threshold therein. The controller renders the control element on a graphical user interface (GUI) on the touch screen device using a visual representation of the force functionality component of the control element in accordance with a selected format scheme. The controller modifies the visual representation of the control element as a function of a pressure of a user's touch on the control element on the GUI, also in accordance with the selected format scheme. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326019 | Redundant Touch System - A touch sensor system includes touch sensors, drive-sense circuits (DSCs), memory, and a processing module. A DSC drives a first signal via a single line coupling to a touch sensor and simultaneously senses, when present, a second signal that is uniquely associated with a user. The DSC processes the first signal and/or the second signal to generate a digital signal that is representative of an electrical characteristic of the touch sensor. The processing module executes operational instructions (stored in the memory) to process the digital signal to detect interaction of the user with the touch sensor and to determine whether the interaction of the user with the touch sensor compares favorably with authorization. When not authorized, the processing module aborts execution of operation(s) associated with the interaction of the user with the touch sensor. Alternatively, when authorized, the processing module facilitates execution of the operation(s). | 2021-10-21 |
20210326020 | Redundant touch system operation - A touch sensor system includes touch sensors, drive-sense circuits (DSCs), memory, and a processing module. A DSC drives a first signal via a single line coupling to a touch sensor and simultaneously senses, when present, a second signal that is uniquely associated with a user. The DSC processes the first signal and/or the second signal to generate a digital signal that is representative of an electrical characteristic of the touch sensor. The processing module executes operational instructions (stored in the memory) to process the digital signal to detect interaction of the user with the touch sensor and to determine whether the interaction of the user with the touch sensor compares favorably with authorization. When not authorized, the processing module aborts execution of operation(s) associated with the interaction of the user with the touch sensor. Alternatively, when authorized, the processing module facilitates execution of the operation(s). | 2021-10-21 |
20210326021 | POLARIZER AND DISPLAY PANEL - The disclosure provides a polarizer and a display panel. The polarizer is disposed in the display panel and includes a body layer and a touch control layer disposed on the body layer. The touch control layer includes a plurality of touch sensors. An area of the touch control layer is greater than or equal to an area of the display area of the display panel, and the touch control layer is electrically connected to the touch driver circuit by a wire. In the display panel, a bonding area of the touch control layer and touch units are disposed on a same layer, thereby reducing a non-display area. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326022 | OLED TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an OLED touch control display device and driving method thereof. The OLED touch control device of the present disclosure sets a transparent touch control electrode and a second thin film transistor in the pixels, a gate of the second thin film transistor is connected to a scanning line corresponding to the pixels, a source is coupled to the touch control lines, a drain is coupled to the touch control electrode. During driving state, a scanning signal is sequentially transmitted to the plurality of scanning lines in each frame period, and a touch control chip used to charge the plurality of touch control lines in one of two adjacent frame periods, and receive a touch control signal transmitted by the plurality of touch control lines in the other of any two adjacent frame periods, thereby achieving high-sensitivity touch sensing, high module yield, and low product cost. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326023 | DATA DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND TOUCH DEVICE - A data detection method and device, a storage medium and a touch device are provided. The data detection method includes: collecting a plurality of initial detection values corresponding to a same touch point; comparing the plurality of initial detection values with a dynamic threshold of the touch point, and retaining the initial detection values which meet requirements as detection retention values; and adjusting the dynamic threshold of the touch point according to the detection retention values, wherein the adjusted dynamic threshold is used for comparing with the initial detection value corresponding to the touch point which is collected subsequently. The data detection method may adjust the dynamic threshold for touch points, and overcome an influence of environmental factors leading to a false detection. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326024 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch sensor panel driving method of applying a touch driving signal to a touch sensor panel according to a display synchronization signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes synchronizing the touch driving signal applied to the touch sensor panel with the display synchronization signal and applying the touch driving signal, in which the touch driving signal includes a first touch driving signal and a second touch driving signal having a 180°-inverted phase to the first touch driving signal. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326025 | TOUCH COMPENSATION APPARATUS, TOUCH COMPENSATION METHOD, AND TOUCH SCREEN - A touch compensation method includes: for at least one line, estimating coordinates of a point to be compensated at a current moment according to coordinates of n touch recognition points at n previous moments, and n being an integer greater than or equal to 2; calculating compensation data of a touch model corresponding to the point to be compensated according to first touch data of a touch model corresponding to a touch recognition point of a previous 1st moment T | 2021-10-21 |
20210326026 | SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE FOR VIEWING AND INTERACTING WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENES - A system configured to generate a three-dimensional scene of a physical environment. In some cases, the system may present the three-dimensional scene such that the user is able to view the model in various different types. The system may also allow the user to capture various measurements associated with the scanned physical environment by selecting different portions of the scene. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF VIRTUAL OBJECT, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling movements of a virtual object. The method includes displaying a target perspective picture of a target application, and superimposing a virtual joystick and a movable area of the virtual joystick on the target perspective picture; starting the virtual joystick when a trigger operation corresponding to the virtual joystick is received; adjusting a position of the virtual joystick in the movable area according to a position change of a touch point when the virtual joystick is in an activated state, the position of the virtual joystick and a position of the touch point changing synchronously in real time when the touch point moves within an effective touch range, the effective touch range being larger than the movable area; and controlling a virtual object to move according to the position of the virtual joystick. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326028 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A ROTATION OF AN OBJECT ON A TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for controlling a rotation of an object on a touch screen includes a touch screen interface, a single touch setting module for detecting a single touch action, a single touch driving module for receiving information from the single touch setting module and activating a rotating action on the object, and an image processing module including an object rotating module which rotates the object and an object scaling module which scales the object size to fit with the touch screen interface. A method for controlling a rotation of an object on a touch screen interface includes executing single touch, activating a rotating action, rotating the object, and stopping the rotating action of the object. There is a predetermined time between the activating the rotating action and the executing single touch. When the object executes the rotation action, the object size is scaled to fit with the touch screen interface. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326029 | PLAYBACK OF MEDIA STREAMS IN DEPENDENCE OF A TIME OF A DAY - This disclosure concerns the providing of media, and more particularly to the streaming of media. In accordance with an example embodiment: a portion of a day is determined; a first data message is sent to a computer server system. The first data message comprises instructions to the computer server system to return media content associated with the determined portion of the day. A second data message is received from the computer server system, the second data message comprising media content associated with the determined portion of the day. In response thereto is playback performed of the media content at the user interface of the electronic device in dependence of the determined portion of the day. While performing playback is a visual appearance parameter of the user interface adjusted according the determined portion of the day. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326030 | Process For The Measurement Of A Physical Measured Variable And Measuring System For Carrying Out The Process - A process for the measurement of a physical measured variable by using process parameters of a measuring system, which process parameters include a plurality of measuring units of the physical measured variable includes the step of detecting the physical measured variable and generating a measurement signal. Then the measurement signal is evaluated to generate a measured variable. A representation of the measurement signal or measured variable is generated. The measurement signal or measured variable is then processed to yield a computer program product for the setting and monitoring of process parameters. Each process parameter is displayed in a respective window of a graphical user interface. Each window is sized selectively to display the corresponding process parameter in a short form or a long form. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326031 | CIRCULAR VIDEO PLAYER CONTROLS - The ability to control media content play is provided. A media content user interface component that controls playback of the media content in a media player is activated. The component includes a circular progress bar and a progress marker that coincides with the circular progress bar. As the media content plays in the media player, the progress marker moves around the circular progress bar. User input moves the progress marker along the circular progress bar to rewind or fast forward the media content. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326032 | USER ROLE-BASED INTERFACE LAYOUT PROFILES IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) AND SECURITY OPERATIONS APPLICATION - An information technology (IT) and security operations application is described that stores data reflecting customizations that users make to GUIs displaying information about various types of incidents, and further uses such data to generate “popular” interface profiles indicating popular GUI modifications. The analysis of the GUI customizations data is performed using data associated with multiple tenants of the IT and security operations application to develop profiles that may represent a general consensus on a collection and arrangement of interface elements that enable analysts to efficiently respond to certain types of incidents. Users of the IT and security operations application can then optionally apply these popular interface profiles to various GUIs during their use of the application. Among other benefits, the ability to generate and provide popular interface profiles can help analysts and other users more efficiently investigate and respond to a wide variety of incidents within IT environments, thereby improving the operation and security of those environments. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326033 | NAVIGATING GALLERIES OF DIGITAL CONTENT - One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include a content navigation system that allows a user to search, browse, and otherwise experience a collection of digital content items. For example, the content navigation system can provide a graphical user interface including a scroll element. One or more embodiments of the scroll element can include various navigational functions that provide a user-friendly interface for browsing and experiencing a collection of digital content items. Furthermore, the content navigation system can provide methods and systems for a user to easily configure the way in which the digital content items are organized within the user interface, thereby customizing the user's browsing experience. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326034 | NON-LINEAR NAVIGATION OF DATA REPRESENTATION - A method for scrolling through a representation of data that is too large to be presented legibly in its entirety within confines of a display is disclosed. The method includes presenting a section of the representation on the display. A portion of the representation is selected, using the section presented on the display, for scrolling on. The presentation of the section presented on the display is modified to include additional representation based on the portion selected. The additional content is to be presented in a non-linear fashion. Input from a user interface associated with movement through the additional content is received. The movement is to provide non-linear scrolling through the additional content. Apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326035 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR INDICATING THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND RESOURCES ON MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, systems, and storage media are provided for accessibility services to assist users with disabilities in using touch-based interfaces and graphical user interfaces (GUIs). A client system generates and renders a GUI of a client application that comprises one or more graphical objects. The client system operates a service to identify graphical objects that refer or link to advertisements or other third party resources. The service applies a protective measure to the identified graphical objects, which prevent user inputs (e.g., “taps”) from being accepted by the client system. The protective measure may include a distinguishing effect to visually distinguish the protective measure from other graphical objects in the GUI. The user may remove the protective measure by performing a predefined gesture. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326036 | TOUCH-BASED INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - In an example method, a device presents a user interface on a touch sensitive surface of the device. The user interface includes a first portion for displaying a sequence of code and a second portion for displaying suggested segments of code. The device receives one or more character inputs in the first portion of the user interface, and determines, based on the one or more character inputs, one or more suggested segments of code. The device presents the one or more suggested segments of code in the second portion of the user interface, and receives a touch input selecting a particular suggested segment of code. The device inserts the selected suggested segment of code into the first portion of the user interface. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326037 | Methods and Systems for Positioning Animated Images Within a Dynamic Keyboard Interface - The present disclosure is directed to positioning animated images within a dynamic keyboard interface. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure can: receive data indicating a selection of a particular animated image from amongst a plurality of different animated images presented by a dynamic keyboard interface provided in association with an application; receive data indicating a context of: the dynamic keyboard interface, and/or the application based at least in part on which the plurality of different animated images was selected for presentation by the dynamic keyboard interface; and determine, based at least in part on the data indicating the selection and the data indicating the context, a position within the dynamic keyboard interface for presenting the particular animated image in response to data indicating a subsequent context of the dynamic keyboard interface, the application, and/or a different and distinct application. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326038 | Methods and Systems for Positioning Animated Images Within a Dynamic Keyboard Interface - The present disclosure is directed to positioning animated images within a dynamic keyboard interface. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure can: receive, from a user device on which an application is executed, data indicating a context of: the application, and/or a dynamic keyboard interface provided in association with the application; identify, based at least in part on the data indicating the context, a plurality of different animated images, including an animated image comprising an advertisement, for presentation by the dynamic keyboard interface; communicate, to the user device, data indicating the plurality of different animated images; receive, from the user device, data indicating a selection of the animated image comprising the advertisement; and determine, based at least in part on the data indicating the selection and the data indicating the context, a position within the dynamic keyboard interface for presenting the animated image comprising the advertisement. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326039 | Touch Input Cursor Manipulation - An electronic device with a touch screen display displays content of an electronic document, including text, and a cursor is displayed at a line of text within the electronic document. A multi-finger swipe gesture is detected, and in accordance with a determination that the multi-finger swipe gesture is in a direction at least partially parallel to the line of text and towards an edge of the touch screen display, the cursor is moved to a distal point of the text. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING KEYBOARD-BASED SEARCH OF LOCAL AND CONNECTED DIGITAL MEDIA ITEMS WITHIN A MESSAGING APPLICATION - Keyboard-based search of local and/or connected digital media items may be facilitated. A digital media item search interface may be presented in the same view as a messaging interface. The digital media item search interface may receive input such as from an on-screen keyboard to facilitate editing of user-provided search queries and submission of the user-provided search queries. The digital media item search interface may present digital media item tags relating to context information based on input received by the digital media item search query field. The digital media item search interface may present visual previews of local and/or connected digital media items corresponding to digital media item tags presented in the digital media item tag field. The digital media item search interface may receive user selections of individual digital media items to be communicated to one or more other users via the messaging interface. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326041 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE TRAINING PER PATH FOR HIGH SPEED MEMORY SIGNALING - In a memory system, reference voltage training per path provides the capability to train receiver and transmitter reference voltages to optimal values based on selected feedback per path from the memory device. Training receiver reference voltages to an optimal receiver reference voltage per path includes programming dedicated mode registers that enable a local receiver voltage reference adjuster circuit to adjust the receiver reference voltage per path to the optimal receiver reference voltage per path. Transmitter reference voltage training includes the capability to also train an optimal input timing delay for an optimal transmitter reference voltage. Reference voltage training can be performed by a host component and/or a test system having access to the selected feedback per path of the memory device undergoing training. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326042 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING BLOCK MANAGEMENT REGARDING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A method and apparatus for performing block management regarding a non-volatile memory are provided. The method includes: determining whether a first blank block belongs to a cold block group or a hot block group according to an erase count of the first blank block; in response to the first blank block belonging to the cold block group, selecting the first blank block from a plurality of blank blocks as a target block, for performing data writing; according to at least one characteristic parameter regarding first data to be written, determining whether the first data belongs to a cold data group or a hot data group; and in response to the first data belonging to the hot data group, writing the first data into the first blank block to use the first blank block as a data block of the first data. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326043 | Dynamically Adjusting Storage Resources In A Vast Storage Network - A method begins by determining storage performance for a set of storage resources of the storage network, where data is error encoded into pluralities of sets of encoded data slices in accordance with error encoding parameters, and, for a set of encoded data slices, the error encoding parameters include a decode threshold number and a pillar width threshold number. The method continues by determining a storage provisioning implementation for the set of storage resources based on the storage performance and a storage performance range threshold. The method continues by facilitating the storage provisioning implementation to produce an updated set of storage resources. The method continues by maintaining storage of the set of encoded data slices in accordance with the storage provisioning implementation, where the decode threshold number of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices remains available during the facilitating the storage provisioning implementation. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326044 | SUPPLEMENTAL AI PROCESSING IN MEMORY - Apparatuses and methods can be related to supplementing AI processing in memory. An accelerator and/or a host can perform AI processing. Some of the operations comprising the AI processing can be performed by a memory device instead of by an accelerator and/or a host. The memory device can perform AI processing in conjunction with the host and/or accelerator to increase the efficiency of the host and/or accelerator. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326045 | AUTOMATED DATA TRANSLATION - An embodiment includes locating source data associated with a data replication request, and identifying a property of a data value of the source data using a reflection process. The embodiment determines a meta-type for the data value using an automaton that identifies a matching extent class from among an indexed set of extent classes that define respective accessors that are invoked to locate an extent class that corresponds with the property of the data value. The embodiment generates target data having the data value and a data type that corresponds with the matching extent class. The embodiment generates a changes feed that includes the generated target data, evaluates data in the changes feed to determine whether a specified condition has been satisfied and, if so, generates a trigger signal that initiates an event, where the trigger signal comprising information that satisfied the specified condition. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326046 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - Provided is a storage system in which a plurality of virtual volumes obtained by replicating a master virtual volume are provided to each of a plurality of virtual machines of a physical server, respectively, the storage system including: a snapshot management unit that configures a continuous scan generation from the plurality of virtual volumes; a selection processing unit that groups into at least one scan group on the basis of a duplication rate of the plurality of virtual volumes included in the continuous scan generation; and a path setting unit that collectively unmounts the plurality of virtual volumes belonging to the scan group from the physical server in a case where a replica of the virtual volume selected by the selection processing unit is attached to a virus scanning server and one of the plurality of virtual volumes belonging to the scan group is infected with virus. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326047 | Application-Aware Management of a Storage System - Illustrative systems and methods provide application-aware management of storage systems, including application-aware orchestration of operations of storage systems by way of a telemetry-based orchestration pipeline. In certain examples, a remote management system receives, by way of a connection initiated by a storage device connected to a host to transmit telemetry data to the management system, data describing performance characteristics of the host and transmits, to the storage device by way of the same connection, data describing a set of instructions for orchestrating operations of the host. The storage device provides the set of instructions to the host to orchestrate operations of the host, such as by orchestrating operations of one or more applications executing on the host. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326048 | EFFICIENTLY WRITING DATA IN A ZONED DRIVE STORAGE SYSTEM - A list of a available zones across respective SSD storage portions of a plurality of zoned storage devices of a storage system is maintained. Data is received from multiple sources, wherein the data is associated with processing a dataset, the dataset including multiple volumes and associated metadata. Shards of the data are determined such that each shard is capable of being written in parallel with the remaining shards. The shards are mapped to a subset of the available zones, respectively. The shards are written to the subset of the available zones in parallel. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326049 | LOCKLESS METHOD FOR WRITING UPDATED VERSIONS OF A CONFIGURATION DATA FILE FOR A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM USING DIRECTORY RENAMING - System and method for writing updated versions of a configuration data file for a distributed file system in a storage system uses a directory renaming operation to write a new updated version of the configuration data file using the latest version of the configuration data file and a target directory. After the latest version of the configuration data file is modified by a particular host computer in the storage system, the modified configuration data file is written to a temporary file. The directory naming operation is then initiated on the temporary file to change the directory for the temporary file to the target directory. If the directory renaming operation has failed, a retry is performed by the particular host computer to write the new updated version of the configuration data file using a new latest version and a new target directory. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326050 | LOCAL MEMORY USE FOR PERSPECTIVE TRANSFORM ENGINE - An integrated circuit includes: a local memory; and a first processing circuit coupled to the local memory. The first processing component is configured to: receive a first set of image data; perform a first image processing operation on the first set of image data to produce a second set of image data; and store at least some of the second set of image data into the local memory. The integrated circuit also includes a second processing circuit coupled to the local memory and configured to: receive at least some of the second set of image data from the local memory; and perform a second image processing operation on the second set of image data to produce a third set of image data. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326051 | HIGH BANDWIDTH MEMORY SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED REQUEST BROADCASTING MASTERS - A system comprises a processor and a plurality of memory units. The processor is coupled to each of the plurality of memory units by a plurality of network connections. The processor includes a plurality of processing elements arranged in a two-dimensional array and a corresponding two-dimensional communication network communicatively connecting each of the plurality of processing elements to other processing elements on same axes of the two-dimensional array. Each processing element that is located along a diagonal of the two-dimensional array is configured as a request broadcasting master for a respective group of processing elements located along a same axis of the two-dimensional array. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326052 | System and Method for Variable Sparing in RAID Groups Based on Drive Failure Probability - Drives of a RAID group are classified as either healthy or failing using a trained learning process. The failure probability is then determined for each failing drive using a Venn-ABERS framework which provides a boundary range on the failure prediction probability. A variable sparing mechanism is used to enable one or more drives of the RAID group to be used as dual-purpose drives. In a first state, the dual-purpose drives are user-addressable drives and are available to be used to process IO workload on the RAID group. Spreading the IO workload on the RAID group across a larger number of drives results in increased performance in the form of reduced latency. In a second state, the dual-purpose drives are not user-addressable and are spare drives in the RAID group, which improves the level of protection provided to data stored in the RAID group. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326053 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREFOR - An electronic device may include a plurality of data storage devices including a master storage device and one or more slave storage devices. Each of the data storage devices comprises a storage configured to store data and a controller configured to control data input/output operations with respect to the corresponding storage. The controller of the master storage device receives device information including identification information, capacity information and physical configuration information from each of the slave storage devices, and the controller of the master storage device changes an electric power mode of at least one of the slave storage devices selected based on capacity margin of the master storage device and the device information. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326054 | Storage System with Privacy-Centric Multi-Partitions and Method for Use Therewith - A storage system with privacy-centric multi-partitions and method for use therewith are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system comprises a memory configured to be partitioned into a plurality of partitions, wherein each partition is associated with its own boot block, and wherein each boot block is configured to boot any of the plurality of partitions. The storage system also comprises a controller configured to communicate with the memory and to: in response to a failure to boot one of the plurality of partitions with that partition's boot block, use a boot block of another one of the plurality of partitions to boot the one of the plurality of partitions; and restrict access to each of the plurality of partitions only to authenticated entities. Other embodiments are provided. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326055 | MULTI-PASS DISTRIBUTED DATA SHUFFLE - A system and method for repartitioning data in a distributed network. The method may include executing, by one or more processors, a first pass of a data set from a plurality of first sources to a plurality of first sinks, each first sink collecting data from one or more of the first sources, and executing, by the one or more processors, a second pass of the data set from a plurality of second sources to a plurality of second sinks, each one of the plurality of first sinks corresponding to one of the plurality of second sources, and each second sink collecting data from one or more of the second sources. Executing the first and second passes causes the data set to be repartitioned such that one or more second sinks collect data that originated from two or more of the first sources. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326056 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MEMORY ALIGNMENT - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to memory alignment. An example method comprises performing an alignment operation on a first byte-based memory element and a second byte-based memory element such that a padding bit of the first byte-based memory element is logically adjacent to a padding bit of the second byte-based memory element and a data bit of the first byte-based memory element is logically adjacent to a data bit of the second byte-based memory element. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326057 | STORAGE STRUCTURE AND ERASE METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a storage structure and an erase method thereof, capable of performing an erase operation on a plurality of memory blocks. The storage structure includes: a first storage body, a second storage body, a third storage body, and a controller. Memory blocks are sequentially alternately stored in the first memory bank, the second memory bank, and the third memory bank, and the controller is configured to control each memory block to sequentially undergo a first process, a second process and a third process. The erase method includes: when the memory block Bi undergoes the third process, the memory block Bi+1 undergoes the second process, and the memory block Bi+2 undergoes the first process at the same time; where i∈[1, n−2]. Three adjacent blocks undergo the first process, the second process, and the third process simultaneously. | 2021-10-21 |
20210326058 | EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF OPTIMAL READ LEVELS FOR FLASH STORAGE SYSTEMS - Tuning information associated with a storage device of a plurality of storage devices is received. One or more characteristics associated with the storage device are determined. The tuning information and the one or more characteristics are provided to the plurality of storage devices, wherein providing the tuning information causes a set of the plurality of storage devices to apply the tuning information based on the one or more characteristics. | 2021-10-21 |