45th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190341059 | AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING SPEAKERS IN REAL-TIME THROUGH MEDIA PROCESSING WITH DIALOG UNDERSTANDING SUPPORTED BY AI TECHNIQUES - Automatically identifying speakers in real-time through media processing with dialog understanding. A plurality of audio streams may be received, an audio stream representing a speech of a participant speaking during an online meeting. A voice characteristic of a voice corresponding to the speech of the participant in the audio stream may be determined. The plurality of audio streams may be converted into text and a natural language processing may be performed to determine content context of the dialog. The natural language processing infers a name to associate with the voice in the audio stream based on the determined content context. A data structure linking the name with the voice may be created and stored in a knowledge base. A user interface associated with the online meeting application is triggered to present the name or identity of the speaker. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341060 | OBJECTIVE QUALITY METRICS FOR AMBISONIC SPATIAL AUDIO - A computing device includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to generate spectrograms, for example, using short-time Fourier transform, for a plurality of channels of reference and test ambisonic signals. In some implementations, the test ambisonic signal may be generated by decoding an encoded version of the reference ambisonic signal. The processor is further configured to compare, for each of the plurality of channels of a reference ambisonic signal, at least a patch associated with a channel of the reference ambisonic signal with at least a corresponding patch of a corresponding channel of the test ambisonic signal and determine a localization accuracy of the test ambisonic signal based on the comparison. In some implementations, the comparing may be based on phaseograms of the reference and test ambisonic signals. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341061 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND RENDERING OBJECT BASED AUDIO WITH CONDITIONAL RENDERING METADATA - Methods and audio processing units for generating an object based audio program including conditional rendering metadata corresponding to at least one object channel of the program, where the conditional rendering metadata is indicative of at least one rendering constraint, based on playback speaker array configuration, which applies to each corresponding object channel, and methods for rendering audio content determined by such a program, including by rendering content of at least one audio channel of the program in a manner compliant with each applicable rendering constraint in response to at least some of the conditional rendering metadata. Rendering of a selected mix of content of the program may provide an immersive experience. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341062 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SOUNDFIELD REPRESENTATION - Soundfield signals such as e.g. Ambisonics carry a representation of a desired sound field. Methods and apparatus for improved decoding an audio soundfield representation for audio playback comprise receiving, by a processor configured to decode the audio soundfield representation, the audio soundfield representation, receiving, by the processor, a decode matrix for decoding the audio soundfield representation to determine a decoded audio signal. The decode matrix is based on an inverse of a mode matrix, and the coefficients of the mode matrix relate to information for a panning based on positions of loudspeakers over a unit sphere. The mode matrix is further based on an order N. The decoded audio signal is determined based on a multiplication of the decode matrix and the audio soundfield representation. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341063 | HIGH-BAND RESIDUAL PREDICTION WITH TIME-DOMAIN INTER-CHANNEL BANDWIDTH EXTENSION - A method includes processing a time-domain decoded high-band mid signal to generate a time-domain high-band residual prediction signal. The method also includes generating a high-band left channel and a high-band right channel based on the time-domain decoded high-band mid signal and the time-domain high-band residual prediction signal. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341064 | COOPERATIVE PYRAMID VECTOR QUANTIZERS FOR SCALABLE AUDIO CODING - An example apparatus includes a memory configured to store the audio data; and one or more processors in communication with the memory, the one or more processors configured to: obtain, for each of a plurality of subbands of audio data, a respective energy scalar and a respective residual identifier; determine overall distortion levels for a plurality of candidate subband pulse allocations for performing pyramid vector dequantization (PVdQ) of the residual identifiers; select, from the plurality of subband pulse allocations and based on the overall distortion levels, a candidate subband pulse allocation; and perform, using the candidate subband pulse allocation, PVdQ on the residual identifers to reconstruct a residual vector for each subband. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341065 | CONCEPT FOR ENCODING OF INFORMATION - An information encoder for encoding an information signal includes: a converter for converting the linear prediction coefficients of the predictive polynomial A(z) to frequency values f | 2019-11-07 |
20190341066 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING REVERSIBLE DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH PARAMETRIC AUDIO CODERS - On the basis of a bitstream (P), an n-channel audio signal (X) is reconstructed by deriving an m-channel core signal (Y) and multichannel coding parameters (α) from the bitstream, where 1≤m2019-11-07 | |
20190341067 | SPLIT-DOMAIN SPEECH SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT - A method and an apparatus for estimating speech signal in split-domain is disclosed. The method includes performing LP analysis on a noisy speech signal to generate a first plurality of LPC and a first residual signal. The method also includes estimating speech LPC spectrum to generate cleaned LPC. The method further includes estimating speech residual spectrum to generate cleaned residual signal. The method also includes synthesizing output signals based on the cleaned LPC and the cleaned residual signal. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341068 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MEETING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Systems and methods are provided for processing information of a meeting. An exemplary system may include a communication interface configured to receive meeting information obtained by a plurality of client devices. The meeting information may include multiple audio streams. The system may also include a memory and a processor. The processor may execute instructions stored on the memory to perform operations. The operations may include determining signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) indicators associated with the audio streams. The operations may also include selecting, from the audio streams, a candidate audio stream based on the SNR indicators. The SNR indicator associated with the candidate audio stream may indicate that the candidate audio stream has a higher average SNR than that of a predetermined number of other audio streams. In addition, the operations may include generating an output data stream including at least a portion of the candidate audio stream. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341069 | Voice Activity Detector for Audio Signals - According to one aspect, a method for determining voice activity is disclosed, the method including receiving a frame of an input audio signal, the input audio signal having a sample rate, and spitting the audio signal into a plurality of subbands, the plurality of subbands including at least a lowest subband and a highest subband. The method further comprises filtering the lowest subband to reduce an energy of the lowest subband, estimating a noise level for at least some of the plurality of subbands, and computing a signal-to-noise ratio for at least some of the plurality of subbands. The method also includes determining a speech activity level based at least in part on the computed signal-to-noise ratios and an average of an energy of at least some of the plurality of subbands. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341070 | TAPE HEAD AND SYSTEM HAVING ASYMMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION - According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a measurement of a first distance from a first edge to a sensor, receiving a predefined height of tenting of a magnetic recording tape above the sensor, and calculating a wrap angle to create the predefined height of tenting when the magnetic recording tape passes over the first edge in a direction of tape travel. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341071 | FORMING RECESSED PORTIONS IN A TAPE HEAD MODULE TO PROVIDE AN AIR BEARING BETWEEN A TAPE MEDIUM AND A TAPE BEARING SURFACE OF THE TAPE HEAD MODULE - Provided is a method for forming a tape head module having recessed portion to provide air bearing between a tape medium and a tape bearing surface of the tape head module. A module of the tape head has a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, between the first and the second ends, a tape bearing surface and a second surface, opposite the tape bearing surface, between the first end, the second end, the first side, and the second side. Material is removed from the tape bearing surface of the module to form a first recessed portion between the first end and before a region of the tape bearing surface having an array of transducers, and between the first side and the second side. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341072 | OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An optical information processing device writes and reads information on an information recording medium having recording layers. The optical information processing device includes: first and second light sources; a light condensing element that condenses light from the first and second light sources on the medium; a first photodetector that receives light reflected by the medium after being emitted from the first light source and generates a first focusing error signal; a second photodetector that receives light reflected by the medium after being emitted from the second light source and generates a second focusing error signal; and a focusing control circuit that controls the light condensing element by using the first focusing error signal in such a manner that the light from the second light source is condensed on each of the recording layers. The second focusing error signal is used to add a correction to the focusing control circuit. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341073 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A peak location calculation device includes a peak value detection block that detects a plurality of candidates for a peak value of intensity of laser light received by an imaging unit consisting of an imaging element formed of a plurality of pixels, and a peak location calculation block that calculates an approximation function that approximates an intensity distribution of the laser light using the plurality of candidates for peak values detected by the peak value detection block. The peak location calculation block calculates the approximation function that minimizes an error between intensity values of the plurality of candidates for the peak value and values of the approximation function. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341074 | MAGNETIC TAPE READING APPARATUS AND A MAGNETIC TAPE READING METHOD - A magnetic tape reading apparatus includes a reading element unit which includes: a plurality of reading elements which are disposed in a state of being adjacent to each other and each of which reads data by a linear scanning method from a specific track region including a reading target track in a track region included in a magnetic tape; and an extraction unit which performs a waveform equalization process according to a deviation amount between positions of the magnetic tape and the reading element unit, with respect to each reading result for each reading element, to extract data derived from the reading target track from the reading result. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341075 | WRITE CURRENT SWITCHING IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE USING AN EFFECTIVE FOOTPRINT OF A WRITE POLE - A sequence of symbols is generated to describe a set of write data, the symbols having a length of nT, where T is a channel clock rate and n is an integer over a predetermined range. Bi-directional write currents are applied to a write pole to record the sequence of symbols to a magnetic storage medium. The write pole has an effective footprint with a downtrack length of mT, where m is an integer. The write currents are switched between a first rail current and a second rail current for alternating symbols, the write currents further transitioning to an intermediate current value for at least one channel clock period for symbols longer than 1T. Write currents are applied to the write pole when recording symbols having a length longer than mT using the effective footprint of the write pole as an interval. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341076 | ENCODING DATA - Data can be transmitted and represented by signal gaps in a transmission, the gaps having various attributes. In various examples, data points are encoded and represented by the attributes of said signal gaps. Various attributes of such gaps, including duration, pattern, quantity, time, and/or coordination with a gap in another signal can represent data. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341077 | ACTIVE CONTROL OF A READ/WRITE HEAD - The invention generally relates to hard disk drives with a disk and a read/write head, and methods for preventing contact between the disk and the read/write head. The hard disk drive includes a z-axis actuator configured to control movement of the read/write head, and to prevent contact between the read/write head and the disk, based on signals from a controller that indicate when the distance between the read/write head and the disk are outside a predetermined range, such as between 0 and 10.0 nm. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341078 | GAPLESS VIDEO LOOPING - Techniques of playing back a looping video file involve providing multiple video codecs for decoding a video file. Each video codec performs its own decoding operation on the looping video file, resulting in multiple buffers of video frames and a buffer of audio frames. Then, as the GPU renders the ending video frames from a first buffer, it begins rendering the beginning video frames from a second buffer. In this way, the beginning of a next video cycle is already rendered for viewing by the time a current video cycle is ending. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341079 | SYNCHRONIZING EDITS TO LOW- AND HIGH-RESOLUTION VERSIONS OF DIGITAL VIDEOS - One or more embodiments of a video editing system enable one or more users to conveniently edit a digital video. In particular, an online content management system can provide a low resolution version of a digital video to a client device. A user can interact with the low resolution digital video and generate user edits to apply to the digital video. The online content management system can further apply any number of users edits to low and high resolution versions of the digital video at a server device. The video editing system enables users to more conveniently apply iterative edits to digital videos. Additionally, the video editing system enables multiple users to cooperatively edit a digital video from multiple client devices. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341080 | HELIUM-FILLED STORAGE CONTAINER - A storage container includes a base housing member coupled to an inner cover and including an inner cavity. The storage container further includes an outer cover coupled to the base housing member and covering the inner cover. A rack assembly includes a plurality of storage devices and is mounted within the inner cavity. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341081 | SSD STORAGE MODULE, SSD COMPONENT, AND SSD - A SSD storage module comprising a printed circuit board, an encapsulating colloid, and an electronic circuit welded on an inner surface of the printed circuit board and having a data storage function; the encapsulating colloid is formed on the inner surface of the printed circuit board and is configured for seamlessly encapsulating the electronic circuit, an outer surface of the printed circuit board is provided with a plurality of metal contact pieces, the plurality of metal contact pieces are electrically connected with the electronic circuit, and the plurality of metal contact pieces comprise a plurality of SATA interface contact pieces. The encapsulating colloid seamlessly encapsulates the electronic circuit and isolates the electronic circuit from the air, such that a problem that the electronic circuit is directly exposed to the air, and performances of components of the electronic circuit may be affected, thereby resulting in an unstable functionality of a SSD can be avoided. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341082 | MEMORY CARD - A memory card and an electronic system including the memory card. The memory card includes: a substrate having two pairs of edges, in which the edges of each pair face each other; a plurality of first row terminals that are arranged adjacent to an edge at an insertion side of the substrate and include a first voltage power terminal; a plurality of second row terminals that are spaced farther apart from the edge at the insertion side than the plurality of first row terminals and include a power terminal of a second voltage. According to the memory card, efficient use of an area may be maximized and an electrically stable power supply may be provided. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341083 | PROVIDING POWER AVAILABILITY INFORMATION TO MEMORY - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for providing power availability information to memory. A number of embodiments include a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to provide power and power availability information to the memory, and the memory is configured to determine whether to adjust its operation based, at least in part, on the power availability information. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341084 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR STORING A DATA VALUE IN A SENSING CIRCUITRY ELEMENT - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to storing a data value in a sensing circuitry element. An example method comprises sensing a first data value with a sense amplifier of a sensing circuitry element, moving a second data value from a first storage location of a compute component to a second storage location of the compute component, and storing, in the first storage location, a third data value resulting from a logical operation performed on the first data value and the second data value. The logical operation can be performed by logic circuitry of the sensing circuitry element. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341085 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR STORING AND WRITING MULTIPLE PARAMETER CODES FOR MEMORY OPERATING PARAMETERS - Apparatuses and methods for writing and storing parameter codes for operating parameters, and selecting between the parameter codes to set an operating condition for a memory are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first mode register and a second mode register. The first mode register is configured to store first and second parameter codes for a same operating parameter. The second mode register is configured to store a parameter code for a control parameter to select between the first and second parameter codes to set a current operating condition for the operating parameter. An example method includes storing in a first register a first parameter code for an operating parameter used to set a first memory operating condition, and further includes storing in a second register a second parameter code for the operating parameter used to set a second memory operating condition. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341086 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A semiconductor device includes a read mode signal generation circuit and a read alignment circuit. The read mode signal generation circuit compares a read command with at least one of internal clock signal to generate a read mode signal. The read alignment circuit is synchronized with the at least one internal clock signal to generate read data in response to internal data. The read alignment circuit controls an alignment sequence of the internal data in response to the read mode signal. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341087 | SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING MODE REGISTER CONTROL CIRCUIT - A mode register control circuit may include a masking signal generation circuit and a storage control pulse generation circuit. The masking signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a masking signal from data. The storage control pulse generation circuit may be configured to generate a storage control pulse for controlling a mode register write operation, from a mode register write pulse in response to the masking signal. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341088 | MEMORY-BASED DISTRIBUTED PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE - Distributed processors and methods for compiling code for execution by distributed processors are disclosed. In one implementation, a distributed processor may include a substrate; a memory array disposed on the substrate; and a processing array disposed on the substrate. The memory array may include a plurality of discrete memory banks, and the processing array may include a plurality of processor subunits, each one of the processor subunits being associated with a corresponding, dedicated one of the plurality of discrete memory banks. The distributed processor may further include a first plurality of buses, each connecting one of the plurality of processor subunits to its corresponding, dedicated memory bank, and a second plurality of buses, each connecting one of the plurality of processor subunits to another of the plurality of processor subunits. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341089 | VOLTAGE REFERENCE COMPUTATIONS FOR MEMORY DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZERS - A device includes a signal input to receive a data input as part of a bit stream. The device also includes a reference input to receive a reference signal. The device further includes push circuitry to receive a first weight value, receive a first correction value, and generate a push signal based on the first weight value and the first correction value to selectively modify the data input as well as pull circuitry to receive a second weight value, receive a second correction value, and generate a pull signal based on the second weight value and the second correction value to selectively modify the data input. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341090 | REDUCED SHORTS IN MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS - A technique relates to a magnetic device. A stack is formed including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ), the MTJ including a reference magnetic layer and a free magnetic layer sandwiching a tunnel barrier layer. A protective film is formed on a bottom portion of the MTJ such that an upper portion of the MTJ is exposed. A cleaning is performed on the upper portion of the MTJ that is exposed such that any residual material is removed. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341091 | MEMORY-BASED DISTRIBUTED PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE - Distributed processors and methods for compiling code for execution by distributed processors are disclosed. In one implementation, a distributed processor may include a substrate; a memory array disposed on the substrate; and a processing array disposed on the substrate. The memory array may include a plurality of discrete memory banks, and the processing array may include a plurality of processor subunits, each one of the processor subunits being associated with a corresponding, dedicated one of the plurality of discrete memory banks. The distributed processor may further include a first plurality of buses, each connecting one of the plurality of processor subunits to its corresponding, dedicated memory bank, and a second plurality of buses, each connecting one of the plurality of processor subunits to another of the plurality of processor subunits. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341092 | ACCESS LINE MANAGEMENT FOR AN ARRAY OF MEMORY CELLS - Methods, systems, and devices for access line management for an array of memory cells are described. Some memory devices may include a plate that is coupled with memory cells associated with a plurality of digit lines and/or a plurality of word lines. Because the plate is coupled with a plurality of digit lines and/or word lines, unintended cross-coupling between various components of the memory device may be significant. To mitigate the impact of unintended cross-coupling between various components, the memory device may float unselected word lines during one or more portions of an access operation. Accordingly, a voltage of each unselected word line may relate to the voltage of the plate as changes in plate voltage may occur. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341093 | SELF-REFERENCING MEMORY DEVICE - Self-referencing memory device, techniques, and methods are described herein. A self-referencing memory device may include a ferroelectric memory cell. The self-referencing memory device may be configured to determine a logic state stored in a memory cell based on a state signal generated using the ferroelectric memory cell and a reference signal generated using the ferroelectric memory cell. The biasing of the plate line of the ferroelectric memory cell may be used to generate the voltage need to generate the state signal during a first time period of an access operation and to generate the reference signal during a second time period of the access operation. Procedures and operations related to a self-referencing memory device are described. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341094 | TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES FOR CANCELING MEMORY CELL VARIATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices for canceling memory cell variations are described. A memory device may include a digit line, a ferroelectric memory cell coupled with the digit line, a first capacitor including a first node and a second node, the first node coupled with the digit line using a first path and the second node coupled with the digit line using a second path different from the first path, and a switching component positioned in the second path and coupled with the second node of the first capacitor and the digit line, the switching component configured to selectively couple the second node of the first capacitor with the digit line. In some cases, the memory device may further include a second capacitor coupled with the digit line and the second node of the first capacitor. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341095 | MEMORY COMPONENT THAT ENABLES CALIBRATED COMMAND- AND DATA-TIMING SIGNAL ARRIVAL - A clock signal is transmitted to first and second integrated circuit (IC) components via a clock signal line, the clock signal having a first arrival time at the first IC component and a second, later arrival time at the second IC component. A write command is transmitted to the first and second IC components to be sampled by those components at respective times corresponding to transitions of the clock signal, and write data is transmitted to the first and second IC components in association with the write command. First and second strobe signals are transmitted to the first and second IC components, respectively, to time reception of the first and second write data in those components. The first and second strobe signals are selected from a plurality of phase-offset timing signals to compensate for respective timing skews between the clock signal and the first and second strobe signals. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341096 | TECHNIQUES FOR CLOCK SIGNAL JITTER GENERATION - A device may include an integrated circuit and a jitter generator located on the integrated circuit. The jitter generator may include a random number generator to generate a random number in response to a clock input signal. The jitter generator may also include delay-causing circuitry to receive the clock input signals, where the delay-causing circuitry may create a delayed clock input signal. The jitter generator may also include a phase mixer to receive the random number, the delayed clock input signal, and the clock input signal, where the phase mixer additionally outputs a clock output signal having the clock input signal and having jitter. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341097 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A data processing system may include a plurality of memory modules, a controller, a power supply and a plurality of switches. Each of the memory modules may include a plurality of pages. The controller may control operations of the memory modules. The power supply may provide the memory modules with a power. The switches may be arranged corresponding to each of the memory modules. The switches may be selectively driven in response to a switch drive signal from the controller. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341098 | SORT OPERATION IN MEMORY - Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods related to performing a sort operation in a memory. An example apparatus might include a a first group of memory cells coupled to a first sense line, a second group of memory cells coupled to a second sense line, and a controller configured to control sensing circuitry to sort a first element stored in the first group of memory cells and a second element stored in the second group of memory cells by performing an operation without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341099 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device may include: a first chip, configured to receive a command and an address; and a second chip, configured to receive the command and the address. The first chip may include: a weak cell address storage circuit configured to store a weak cell address; a refresh control circuit configured to generate a refresh address based on the weak cell address, when the second chip is selected by a chip address; and a bank in which a refresh operation is performed by the refresh address. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341100 | CARBON NANOTUBE TERNARY SRAM CELL WITH IMPROVED STABILITY AND LOW STANDBY POWER - A carbon nanotube ternary SRAM cell with an improved stability and low standby power comprises a write bit line, a read bit line, a column select bit line, an inverted column select bit line, a write word line, an inverted write word line, a read word line, an inverted read word line, a first P-type CNFET, a second P-type CNFET, a third P-type CNFET, a fourth P-type CNFET, a fifth P-type CNFET, a sixth P-type CNFET, a seventh P-type CNFET, an eighth P-type CNFET, a ninth P-type CNFET, a first N-type CNFET, a second N-type CNFET, a third N-type CNFET, a fourth N-type CNFET, a fifth N-type CNFET, a sixth N-type CNFET, a seventh CNFET, an eighth N-type CNFET and a ninth N-type CNFET. The carbon nanotube ternary SRAM cell has the advantages of being lower in power consumption, capable of solving the half-select problem and the read-disturb problem and high in static noise margin. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341101 | FULL-SWING DUAL-RAIL SRAM SENSE AMPLIFIER - A method and apparatus for reading data from a memory is disclosed. A particular data storage cell may generate a voltage difference between a true bit line and a complement bit line coupled to the data storage cell. A selection circuit may generate a voltage level on a true data line and a complement data line using the voltage levels of the true and complement bit lines. An amplifier circuit may amplify a voltage difference between the true data line and the complement data line to generate a full-swing voltage difference between the true and complement data lines, and may preset the voltage levels of the true and complement data lines to a ground potential based on a reset timing signal. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341102 | ACCESSING MEMORY CELLS IN PARALLEL IN A CROSS-POINT ARRAY - Methods and structures for accessing memory cells in parallel in a cross-point array include accessing in parallel a first memory cell disposed between a first selected column and a first selected row and a second memory cell disposed between a second selected column different from the first selected column and a second selected row different from the first selected row. Accessing in parallel includes simultaneously applying access biases between the first selected column and the first selected row and between the second selected column and the second selected row. The accessing in parallel is conducted while the cells are in a thresholded condition or while the cells are in a post-threshold recovery period. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341103 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR PHASE CHANGE MEMORY, AND READING METHOD - A non-volatile memory device has a circuit branch associated to a bit line connected to a memory cell. When the memory cell is read, in a precharging step, the bit line is precharged. In a characteristic shift step, the memory cell is activated, and a current source is activated to supply a shift current to the first bit line and cause the bit line to charge or discharge on the basis of the datum stored in the memory cell. In a detection step, the current source is deactivated, the memory cell is decoupled, and the bit line is coupled to an input of a comparator stage that compares the voltage on the bit line with a reference voltage to supply an output signal indicating a datum stored in the memory cell. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341104 | RESISTANCE MEMORY CELL - A resistance memory includes a resistance memory cell having a resistance memory element and a two-terminal access device in series. The two-terminal access device affects the current-voltage characteristic of the resistance memory cell. The resistance memory additionally includes a circuit to apply across the resistance memory cell a set pulse having a set polarity to set the resistance memory cell to a low-resistance state that is retained after application of the set pulse, a reset pulse having a reset polarity, opposite to the set polarity, to reset the resistance memory cell to a high-resistance state that is retained after application of the reset pulse, and a read pulse of the reset polarity and smaller in magnitude than the reset pulse to determine the resistance state of the resistance memory cell without changing the resistance state of the resistance memory cell. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341105 | METHOD FOR USING ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPONENTS FOR STORAGE OF ENERGY AND INFORMATION AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A solution for using elementary electrochemical components, manufactured from the same arrangement of materials and incorporated in a single electronic circuit, for information storage or for energy storage, is presented. Electrochemical components incorporating a first electrode, a second electrode and an active area between the two, can, by the application of different voltages for switching from a highly resistive state to a weakly resistive state or for switching from a state having one given electromotive force to a state having another electromotive force, be used respectively as a memory or as a battery. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341106 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES HAVING A VOLTAGE GENERATOR WITH AN ADJUSTABLE VOLTAGE DROP FOR REPRESENTING A VOLTAGE DROP OF A MEMORY CELL AND/OR A CURRENT MIRROR CIRCUIT AND REPLICA CIRCUIT - Apparatus and methods utilize a replica circuit to generate a voltage for programming of a memory cell, such as a memory cell of a phase-change memory (PCM). Current passing through a circuit including the memory cell to be programmed is mirrored in a scaled or unscaled manner, and provided as an input to the replica circuit. The replica circuit represents voltage drops that should be encountered when programming the memory cell. An input voltage is also provided to the replica circuit, which affects the voltage drop within the replica circuit that represents the voltage drop of the cell. The voltage drop across the replica circuit can then be mirrored and provided to bias the circuit including the memory cell. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341107 | Resistive Change Element Arrays Using a Reference Line - A high-speed memory circuit architecture for arrays of resistive change elements is disclosed. An array of resistive change elements is organized into rows and columns, with each column serviced by a word line and each row serviced by two bit lines. Each row of resistive change elements includes a pair of reference elements and a sense amplifier. The reference elements are resistive components with electrical resistance values between the resistance corresponding to a SET condition and the resistance corresponding to a RESET condition within the resistive change elements being used in the array. A high speed READ operation is performed by discharging one of a row's bit lines through a resistive change element selected by a word line and simultaneously discharging the other of the row's bit lines through of the reference elements and comparing the rate of discharge on the two lines using the row's sense amplifier. Storage state data are transmitted to an output data bus as high speed synchronized data pulses. High speed data is received from an external synchronized data bus and stored by a PROGRAM operation within resistive change elements in a memory array configuration. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341108 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND DEVICES FOR INFORMATION STORAGE - The disclosure provides a novel system of storing information using a charged polymer, e.g., DNA, the monomers of which correspond to a machine-readable code, e.g., a binary code, and which can be synthesized and/or read using a novel nanochip device comprising nanopores; novel methods and devices for synthesizing oligonucleotides in a nanochip format; novel methods for synthesizing DNA in the 3′ to 5′ direction using topoisomerase; novel methods and devices for reading the sequence of a charged polymer, e.g., DNA, by measuring capacitive variance as the polymer passes through the nanopore; and further provides compounds, compositions, methods and devices useful therein. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341109 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device including a memory cell based on a static random access memory having a 6T or 4T2R configuration and including a first internal node, a second internal node, a first ferroelectric capacitor, and a second ferroelectric capacitor, the first ferroelectric capacitor and the second ferroelectric capacitor having respective first ends connected respectively to the first internal node and the second internal node. For recovering data stored in a non-volatile fashion in the first ferroelectric capacitor and the second ferroelectric capacitor, a first access transistor connected between the first internal node and a first bit line and a second access transistor connected between the second internal node and a second bit line are turned on, and respective capacitive components of the first bit line and the second bit line are used as load capacitances. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATION FOR ANALOG NEURAL MEMORY IN DEEP LEARNING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK - Numerous embodiments are disclosed for a high voltage generation algorithm and system for generating high voltages necessary for a particular programming operation in analog neural memory used in a deep learning artificial neural network. Different calibration algorithms and systems are also disclosed. Optionally, compensation measures can be utilized that compensate for changes in voltage or current as the number of cells being programmed changes. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341111 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROGRAMMING THE SAME - In a method of programming a three-dimensional nonvolatile memory device, a program loop is executed at least one time. The program loop includes a programming step for programming selected memory cells among memory cells and a verifying step for verifying whether the selected memory cells are program-passed or not. In programming the selected memory cells, a level of a voltage being applied to a common source line connected to the memory cells in common may be changed. Thus, in a program operation, power consumption which is needed to charge-discharge the common source line can be decreased while increasing boosting efficiency. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341112 | OPERATIONS ON MEMORY CELLS - In an example, a plurality of signal pulses is applied across a plurality of memory cells concurrently until each respective memory cell reaches a desired state. Each respective memory cell is commonly coupled to a first signal line and is coupled to a different respective second signal line. Each signal pulse causes each respective memory cell to move toward the desired state by causing each respective memory cell to snap back. Current to a respective second signal line is turned off in response to each time the respective memory cell coupled thereto snaps back. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341113 | MEMORY CELL PROGRAMMING - Methods of operating a memory include applying a programming pulse having a particular voltage level to a selected access line connected to a plurality of memory cells selected for programming during a programming operation, concurrently enabling for programming each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells selected for programming while applying the programming pulse, applying a subsequent programming pulse having a plurality of different voltage levels to the selected access line, and, for each group of memory cells of a plurality of groups of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells selected for programming, enabling that group of memory cells for programming while the subsequent programming pulse has a corresponding voltage level of the plurality of different voltage levels. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341114 | Compact Non-Volatile Memory Device - A non-volatile memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of memory words, a control block, a first electrically-conducting link, and a plurality of second electrically-conducting links. The substrate includes a substantially planar surface. The memory words include B memory words disposed at the substantially planar surface. The control block includes B control elements disposed at the substantially planar surface. The first electrically-conducting link is disposed in a first plane parallel to the substantially planar surface. The first electrically-conducting link connects one of the B control elements to a memory word of the memory words. The plurality of second electrically-conducting links includes B-1 second electrically-conducting links respectively connecting B-1 remaining control elements to B-1 corresponding memory words of the plurality of memory words. The B-1 second electrically-conducting links are disposed above the first plane and physically extend at least partially over at least two memory words of the memory words. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341115 | MEMORY CONFIGURED TO GENERATE A DATA VALUE FROM A DATA LINE CONNECTED TO MORE THAN ONE STRING OF SERIES-CONNECTED MEMORY CELLS - Memory having an array of memory cells and a controller for access of the array of memory cells that is configured to generate a data value indicative of a level of a property sensed from a data line while applying potentials to control gates of memory cells of more than one string of series-connected memory cells connected to that data line. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341116 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory device and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a read range including read regions that may correspond to each of read commands for the same physical address among a plurality of read commands received from a host device. The controller may be configured to generate an integral read command for simultaneously reading the calculated read range. The controller may transmit the integral read command to the non-volatile memory device. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341117 | PERFORMING AN OPERATION ON A MEMORY CELL OF A MEMORY SYSTEM AT A FREQUENCY BASED ON TEMPERATURE - A temperature associated with the memory component is determined. A frequency to perform an operation on a memory cell associated with the memory component is determined based on the temperature associated with the memory component. The operation is performed on the memory cell at the determined frequency to transition the memory cell from a state associated with an increased error rate for data stored at the memory cell to another state associated with a decreased error rate for the data stored at the memory cell. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341118 | Method And Apparatus For Data Refresh For Analog Non-volatile Memory In Deep Learning Neural Network - Numerous embodiments of a data refresh method and apparatus for use with a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network are disclosed. Various embodiments of a data drift detector suitable for detecting data drift in flash memory cells within the VMM array are disclosed. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341119 | High Reliable OTP Memory with Low Reading Voltage - The present invention relates to the technical field of integrated circuits. Disclosed is a one-time programmable memory with a high reliability and a low reading voltage, comprising: a first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor, and an antifuse component. A gate terminal of the first MOS transistor is connected to a second connecting line (WS), a first connection terminal of the first MOS transistor is connected to the antifuse component, the antifuse component is connected to a first connecting line (WP), and a second connection terminal of the first MOS transistor is connected to a third connecting line (BL). A first connection terminal of the second MOS transistor is connected to a fourth connecting line (BR), and a second connection terminal of the second MOS transistor is connected to a third connecting line (BL). The invention further comprises a voltage limiting device with a control terminal and two connection terminals. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341120 | METHOD FOR MAXIMIZING POWER EFFICIENCY IN MEMORY INTERFACE BLOCK - A data storage device includes a controller and a memory. The controller includes a host interface and a memory interface. The controller writes a first data test to a memory device through either the host interface or the memory interface at a first voltage level to determine a first write value. The controller reads the first data test written to the memory device through the same interface, either the host interface or the memory interface, at a second voltage level to determine a first read value. The controller then changes the second voltage to a third voltage based on a determination of whether the first read value is equal to the first write value to dynamically alter a working voltage level of the storage device in response to changing process, voltage, and temperature conditions. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341121 | TESTING METHOD FOR READING CURRENT OF STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - The present disclosure provides a testing method for reading current of static random access memory, the method comprising: for each basic static random access memory cell, coupling a gate of a first pull-down transistor to a first bit line; setting a word line and the first bit line at a high potential; and sensing current of the first bit line. The testing method provided in the present disclosure can also be applied to static random access memory cells arranged in matrices, so as to efficiently complete the tests for the reading current of the static random access memory in batches. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341122 | NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT OF MEMORY CELL THRESHOLD VOLTAGE - Methods, systems, and devices for non-contact measurement of memory cell threshold voltage, including at one or more intermediate stages of fabrication, are described. One access line may be grounded and coupled with one or more memory cells. Each of the one or more memory cells may be coupled with a corresponding floating access line. A floating access line may be scanned with an electron beam configured to set the floating access line to a particular surface voltage at the scanned bit line, and the threshold voltage of the corresponding memory cell may be determined based on whether setting the scanned bit line to the surface voltage causes a detectable amount current to flow through the corresponding memory cell. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341123 | PATHWAY RECOGNITION ALGORITHM USING DATA INTEGRATION ON GENOMIC MODELS (PARADIGM) - The present invention relates to methods for evaluating the probability that a patient's diagnosis may be treated with a particular clinical regimen or therapy. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341124 | Self-Assembling Protein Nanostructures - Synthetic nanostructures, proteins that are useful, for example, in making synthetic nanostructures, and methods for designing such synthetic nanostructures are disclosed herein. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341125 | INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE POLYGENIC RISK SCORE - The present disclosure relates to a method of determining a risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease in a subject, the method comprising identifying whether at least 50 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from Table A is present in a biological sample from the subject, wherein the presence of a risk allele of a SNP from Table A indicates that the subject has an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease, and wherein the presence of an alternative allele indicates that the subject has a decreased risk of inflammatory bowel disease. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341126 | SYSTEM FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF SYSTEM-WIDE DYNAMICS IN COMPLEX NETWORKS - A device, method and system are provided for diagnosing a disease using a gene expression reader to analyze biological samples and output gene expression values to calculate a scaling factor using a computer by counting a number of link counts C | 2019-11-07 |
20190341127 | SIZE-TAGGED PREFERRED ENDS AND ORIENTATION-AWARE ANALYSIS FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF CELL-FREE MIXTURES - Various applications can use fragmentation patterns related of cell-free DNA, e.g., plasma DNA and serum DNA. For example, the end positions of DNA fragments can be used for various applications. The fragmentation patterns of short and long DNA molecules can be associated with different preferred DNA end positions, referred to as size-tagged preferred ends. In another example, the fragmentation patterns relating to tissue-specific open chromatin regions were analyzed. A classification of a proportional contribution of a particular tissue type can be determined in a mixture of cell-free DNA from different tissue types. Additionally, a property of a particular tissue type can be determined, e.g., whether a sequence imbalance exists in a particular region for a tissue type or whether a pathology exists for the tissue type. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341128 | SECURE SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING AND PROVIDING BLOOD SAMPLE ANALYSIS - Systems for coordinating and providing blood sample analysis are described herein. The system comprises a web server implemented as a computer system in communication with a computer network. The system is configured to perform certain operations in response to messages received from devices over the Internet. The system comprises interfaces (e.g., communication ports and supporting software) for communication with client devices external to the server. The system is configured to receive an order for a blood sample an analysis. To that end, the web server is in communication with a physician's client computer device via a communication network. The system implements computers and equipment that receive requests for blood tests and provide related services including, for example, automated and secure testing and reports of tests. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341129 | MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, PATIENT IMAGE DATA ACQUISITION METHOD AND PATIENT INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - A medical support system supporting medical services even at a remote location, by a first information terminal apparatus operated by a doctor that gives medical examination to a patient and a second information terminal apparatus by which a helper can photograph an image of the patient at a location away from the doctor sharing information about the patient, the medical support system including: the first information terminal apparatus configured to transmit information that is information corresponding to request information from the helper and is photographing condition information for the helper to photograph the patient; and the second information terminal apparatus configured to acquire information about the photographing condition information received from the first information terminal apparatus to photograph the patient. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341130 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT CARE AND COMMUNICATION - A method and system for enhanced management of patient care and communication, wherein a provider may select a pre-existing template, generate a message from the pre-existing template, search for recipients based on specific criteria, determine which recipients may receive the message based on a message type selection and the specific criteria, and then send the message to said recipients. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341131 | MEDICAL INFORMATION TERMINAL - A medical information terminal for input and display of medical information of a patient comprises a position information obtaining unit that obtains position information of the medical information terminal, an information concealing level setting unit that sets an information concealing level for description contents of each item of the medical information, and an information concealing unit that determines an information display threshold value indicating a threshold value at which the description contents of each item are displayed according to the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit and conceals the description contents of each item if the information concealing level of each item of the medical information is at the information display threshold value or more. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341132 | RESOLVING AMBIGUOUS SEARCH QUERIES - Computerized systems and methods facilitate searches by identifying instances in which search input is an ambiguous query and resolving the ambiguous query. The search system identifies ambiguous queries by querying a common data store prior to querying a patient database. More particularly, when the search system receives search input entered into a search tool, the search system queries the common name data store before querying the patient database to determine if the search input matches a common name and is an ambiguous query. If so, the search system may provide a notification to the user to indicate the search input is an ambiguous query with a common name and prompt the user to enter additional search criteria. In some instances, the search system may prevent a search from being performed on the patient database if the search input matches a common name until additional search criteria is entered. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341133 | REAL-TIME EXTRACTION OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS - Techniques for dynamically extracting electronic health records are described. Some embodiments provide an Operational Intelligence Platform (“OIP”) that is configured to dynamically extract electronic health record data from a source customer database that represents health records in a hierarchical format, and store the extracted data in a clinical data engine that represents the health records in a manner that logically preserves the hierarchical format while providing a relational access model to the health records. The OIP may extract health-record data in substantially real-time by performing on-the-fly capture and processing of data updates to the source customer database. During the real-time extraction, the OIP may also process a delay queue comprising a sequence of journal files that store modifications to the source database. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341134 | DEVICE-DRIVEN NON-INTERMEDIATED BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM OVER A SOCIAL INTEGRITY NETWORK - A blockchain configured device-driven disintermediated distributed system for facilitating multi-faceted communication over a network. The system includes entities connected with a communications network. Each of the entities and associated devices and sensors and networks serve as a source of data records. The system includes a blockchain configured data bank accessible by each of the plurality of entities based on rules and preferences of the entities upon authorization by the blockchain configured data bank. The blockchain configured data bank includes a processing component for executing stored instructions to process the data records of the entities over the communications network. The system includes a blockchain configured component communicatively coupled to the blockchain configured data bank and adapted to be accessible by each of the plurality of entities. The system includes a validation device including a facial expression-based validation device and a geo-tagging-based validation device. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341135 | Mobile Monitoring and Patient Management System - A patient management system is provided herein. The system can include: communications circuitry configured to receive first physiological information relating to a first at least one patient from at least one therapeutic medical device and second physiological information relating to a second at least one patient from at least one monitoring medical device. The system further includes a computing device, which can include a user interface. The user interface can be configured to display the first and second physiological information according to a user selection. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341136 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE STATE RECOGNITION - A method of detecting and/or tracking use of a drug delivery device is disclosed. The drug delivery device includes a machine readable code and a visual indicator, and has pre-use and used states, such that use of the drug delivery device triggers a transition from the pre-use to the used state. The visual indicator has a first state when the drug delivery device is in the pre-use state and a different second state when the drug delivery device is in the used state. The method includes enabling a user device having an image sensor to capture an image of the drug delivery device, determining, by the user device processor from the captured image, whether the visual indicator of the drug delivery device is in the second state, and obtaining, by the processor, information from the machine readable code when the visual indicator is determined to be in the second state. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341137 | PROACTIVE IMAGE-BASED INFUSION DEVICE DELIVERY ADJUSTMENTS - Medical devices and related augmented reality systems and methods are provided. A method of operating an infusion device involves analyzing one or more images captured by an imaging device to identify image content indicative of an activity capable of influencing the physiological condition of the patient and in response to identifying the activity based at least in part on the one or more images, automatically adjusting delivery of the fluid to the patient based at least in part on the activity. An expected nutritional characteristic for a meal is determined based at least in part on the image content, and a delivery adjustment for delivering the fluid is determined based on the expected nutritional characteristic. A graphical indication of the delivery adjustment may also be provided using augmented reality. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341138 | DEOPTIMIZED SHOPPING ROUTE FOR ACHIEVING USER FITNESS GOALS - A method, a computer system and computer program product, including: establishing a communication link between at least one of the user mobile device and a user wearable computing device, and the computing system, receiving from at least one of the user mobile device and the wearable computing device: a shopping list of the user and a fitness goal of the user that the user has yet to achieve, and calculating a route throughout the shopping center that achieves or exceeds the fitness goal of the user while also guiding the user past the goods on the shopping list of goods that the user needs to purchase, wherein the route prioritizes achieving or exceeding the fitness goal of the user over an optimal route through the shopping center past the list of goods the user needs to purchase. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHARMACEUTICAL TRANSACTIONS - A system and method is disclosed for facilitating transactions involving pharmaceutical products. The system can be particularly useful for independent pharmacies, allowing them to resell pharmaceuticals that would otherwise likely expire before being used. The system can be highly automated and highly customized. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341140 | ENTERPRISE MOBILE, CLOUD BASED HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE SYSTEM - An invention is provided for assuring ongoing health care facility compliance. The invention includes generating inspection notifications for a plurality of inspection points of element of performance (EP) data stored in a database, wherein the EP data indicates a particular requirement of a health care facility environment standard, and each inspection point indicates a requirement of the EP data and provides a method of assigning risk scores to each of inspection points and in case of failure of that inspection point, ability to determine action options based on risk score. Inspections for are performed and the results recorded for each inspection point, wherein each result indicates whether the inspection point passes or fails a related requirement of the inspection point. When a result indicates inspection point(s) failed, one or more work order and notification relate to the failed inspection points are generated and sent to the work order system. The generated work orders are then monitored until all work orders related to the EP data are completed, and inspections for the EP data are reinitiated when the all work orders related to the EP data are completed. If needed the invention automatically produces data for Interim Life Safety Measures. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341141 | SEARCH AND VALUE ANALYSIS TOOL FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, PATIENTS, AND PAYERS - An integrated search and value analysis tool for healthcare providers includes a scoring and reporting server in communication with a plurality of HIPAA compliant databases. A management engine running on the server may execute a database management module, a rule module, and a GUI module configured to display a GUI having a plurality of interactive, preconfigured screens at a healthcare service provider terminal, a patient terminal, a payer terminal, and an administrator terminal. In operation, the management engine may retrieve healthcare quality and cost data from a healthcare service provider system, store the quality and the cost data in the databases, value score the provider in relation to its peers, and report, via the preconfigured screens of the GUI, one or more value scores for the healthcare service provider, thereby enabling a provider selection that results in an optimized procedure outcome at an effective cost. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341142 | PEER COMMUNITY BASED ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR DETECTION - A peer network may include nodes corresponding to different clinicians. An edge may interconnect the two nodes based on the corresponding clinicians sharing at least one common attribute such as for example, treating the same patients and/or interacting with the same medical devices. A machine-learning model may be applied to identify, in the peer network, one or more peer communities of clinicians. The activity pattern of a clinician may be compared to the activity patterns of other clinicians in the same peer community to determine whether that clinician exhibits anomalous behavior. An investigative workflow may be triggered when the clinician is determined to exhibit anomalous behavior. The investigative workflow may include generating an alert, activating surveillance devices, and/or isolating medication accessed by the clinician. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341143 | Updating Conflicting Entries - A system and method for reconciling conflicting identifiers from a first entity and a second entity is disclosed. The first entity and the second entity may be associated with a contract for goods to be delivered to an address of an organization. The system and method may include receiving, from the first entity via a first user interface or the second entity via a second user interface, respective files including respective identifiers. The system and method may include updating, in a database, an entry associated with the organization based on the received identifiers such that an organization address identifier assigned by the first entity is associated with an account identifier assigned by the second entity. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341144 | Device For Transmitting Operating And Machine Data Of A Medical Apparatus, Medical Apparatus, And Method For Transmitting Operating And Machine Data Of A Medical Apparatus - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2019-11-07 |
20190341145 | Facilitating Integrated Behavioral Support Through Personalized Adaptive Data Collection - The present invention includes various embodiments of a BSA system that facilitates the collection of relevant health-related data on a continuous basis, integrates such data with pertinent personal and aggregate information, enables users to purchase (directly and indirectly) health-related goods and services, and provides credit, discounts and other economic benefits in connection with such purchases that are determined dynamically based upon the nature and extent of users' interaction with the system. The BSA system facilitates a dynamic feedback process by continually monitoring user interaction and medical and financial behavior, which results in dynamic adjustments to their credit levels and offers of discounts and other promotions, which in turn incentivizes users to continue participating in the process (thereby modifying their system interactions and behavior, and thus perpetuating this feedback loop). As a result, users are incentivized to actively participate in the process and thereby enhance their wellness while reducing healthcare costs. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341146 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Electronic Patient Care - A method, related system and apparatus are disclosed. The method is implemented by an operative set of processor executable instructions configured for execution by a processor. The method includes the acts of: determining if a monitoring client is connected to a base through a physical connection; establishing a first communications link between the monitoring client and the base through the physical connection; updating, if necessary, the interface program on the monitoring client and the base through the first communications link; establishing a second communications link between the monitoring client and the base using the first communications link; and communicating data from the base to the monitoring client using the second communications link. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341147 | PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Techniques disclosed herein relate to monitoring changes in conditions of multiple individuals in areas. In some embodiments, a method may include: determining ( | 2019-11-07 |
20190341148 | Systems and Methods for Monitoring Pressurization Time Using a Wearable Sensor - A monitoring system and method tracks a patient's position over time and ensures that proper turning or other manipulation is done within the time prescribed. Preferably, the techniques herein continuously monitor patient position and alert medical or other personnel of the need for turning or other patient manipulation. The system may be implemented within a medical or other care facility, or within a patient's home. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341149 | AUGMENTED REALITY GUIDANCE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - Medical devices and related augmented reality systems and methods are provided. A method of facilitating operation of a medical device involves identifying a current state of a user interface of the medical device based at least in part on a portion of the medical device captured by an imaging device, generating guidance information pertaining to the current state of the user interface, and presenting a guidance overlay including the guidance information pertaining to the current state of the user interface using augmented reality. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341150 | Automated Radiographic Diagnosis Using a Mobile Device - A wireless device, an app on a wireless device, and a method for automated diagnosis of radiographs is described. The app prompts a user to capture a photograph of a radiograph external to the mobile device with the mobile device's camera. The quality of the photograph is assessed and an error condition is reported if the quality is insufficient. A module displays on the mobile device display (1) a diagnosis that is assigned to the radiographs and (2) at least one similar radiograph. The diagnosis is assigned by subjecting the photograph to a deep learning model trained on a large corpus of labelled radiographs. The deep learning model can be resident on the mobile device or in a back end server. The app includes tools for enabling the user to select and navigate the input photograph and the similar radiograph by means of hand gestures on the display, and a tool for displaying medical knowledge associated with the diagnosis. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341151 | HEALTH SUPPORT SYSTEM - A health support system that facilitates estimation of a user's health condition status and improvement of the health condition status is constructed. The health support system includes a first sensing device for acquiring biometric information of a user, a first actuator device operating based on abstracted data, and a first server connected to the first sensing device and the first actuator device via a network in a daily living space in which the user lives a daily life. The first sensing device or the server generates the abstracted data based on the biometric information. The abstracted data is classified by estimating a health condition of the user. The first actuator device facilitates improving a health condition of the user. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341152 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DIAGNOSTIC CLASSIFIER - Systems and methods for utilizing machine learning to generate a trans-diagnostic classifier that is operative to concurrently diagnose a plurality of different mental health disorders using a single trans-diagnostic questionnaire that includes a plurality of questions (e.g., 17 questions). Machine learning techniques are used to process labeled training data to build statistical models that include trans-diagnostic item-level questions as features to create a screen to classify groups of subjects as either healthy or as possibly having a mental health disorder. A subset of questions are selected from the multiple self-administered mental health questionnaires and used to autonomously screen subjects across multiple mental health disorders without physician involvement, optionally remotely and repeatedly, in a short amount of time. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341153 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED TREATMENT OPTIONS USING PRECISIONCOHORTS AND DATA DRIVEN MODELS - A plurality of attributes are extracted from a plurality of electronic health records, where each electronic health record is associated with a patient in a plurality of patients. Additionally, a training data set and a scoring data set are generated based on the plurality of attributes, and a patient similarity model is trained based on the training data set. A precision cohort is identified, where the precision cohort includes patients in the plurality of patients from the scoring data set that are similar to a first patient based on an electronic health record of the first patient and the similarity model. At least one result statistic for each of a plurality of treatments given to patients in the precision cohort is determined, and a first treatment of the plurality of treatments is selected for the first patient based at least in part on the determined result statistics. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341154 | Dynamically Generating Patient-Facing Mobile Interfaces - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for dynamically generating patient-facing mobile interfaces based on healthcare data retrieved from secure medical information systems are presented. A computing platform may receive, from a first patient mobile device, a first request for a first link comprising a first unique token. Responsive to receiving the first request for the first link comprising the first unique token, the computing platform may load one or more patient-specific records associated with the first link comprising the first unique token. Subsequently, the computing platform may generate a first mobile explanation-of-benefits user interface based on the one or more patient-specific records associated with the first link comprising the first unique token. Then, the computing platform may send, to the first patient mobile device, the first mobile explanation-of-benefits user interface generated based on the one or more patient-specific records associated with the first link comprising the first unique token. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341155 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERIODIC ION COLLISIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed herein relating to fusion reactors for fusing particles via multiple periodic collisions. A fusion reactor may include a first evacuated region, such as a chamber, with a plurality of charged particles therein. A uniform magnetic field may be applied to the region to radially confine moving charged particles within the region by inducing circular trajectories. Upper and lower electrodes may be positioned on ends of the region to axially confine charged particles within the region. An energizing beam may be pulsed at a cyclotron frequency corresponding to the mass and charge of the particles to cause oscillating periodic collisions of the particles along the beam path as the particles travel in the circular trajectories with increased velocity after each pulse of the energizing beam. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341156 | Emergency Heat Removal in a Light Water Reactor Using a Passive Endothermic Reaction Cooling System (PERCS) - System of endothermic emergency cooling for nuclear reactors using passive convection cooling and an endothermic reactant system. | 2019-11-07 |
20190341157 | PASSIVE MOLTEN CORE COOLING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a passive molten core cooling device comprising: a reactor vessel; a core catcher positioned at the lower part of the reactor vessel; a flow path structure positioned at the lower part of the core catcher, and having a coolant flow path filled with a coolant; and a coolant tank communicating with the flow path structure through a first pipe and supplying coolant to the coolant flow path through the first pipe, wherein the coolant flow path is divided into a first flow path adjacent to the core catcher and a second flow path spaced from the core catcher, and the first flow path and the second flow path are connected to each other | 2019-11-07 |
20190341158 | VESSEL ELECTRICAL PENETRATION ASSEMBLY FOR A NUCLEAR REACTOR - A vessel electrical penetration assembly for a feed-through of nuclear reactor vessel, the assembly including: a docking tube to form an extension of the secondary containment barrier of the reactor, the docking tube including: a first end to be positioned in the interior of the vessel and to be mechanically and sealably connected to an actuator in the interior of the vessel, and a second end to be mechanically and sealably secured to the vessel; a seal-tight electrical bar that passes through the docking tube and having on either side seal-tight connectors ensuring an electrical link between the actuator and the exterior of the reactor; the seal-tight electrical bar including a system for limiting a leakage of primary liquid to the exterior of the vessel if the secondary containment barrier extension fails; and a mechanical maintaining system for securing, under the required pressure conditions, the electrical bar to the vessel. | 2019-11-07 |