23rd week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180158408 | DATA DRIVER AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A data driver includes an input unit configured to receive data from outside, a digital-analog converter configured to generate a data signal by using the data, a data comparator configured to compare a reference gray scale value with the data and to generate a first control signal or a second control signal corresponding to a comparison result, and an output unit configured to supply the data signal to data lines, wherein the output unit includes at least one buffer, and a slew rate of the at least one buffer is set to vary depending on whether the first control signal or the second control signal is generated. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158409 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a pixel unit including first pixels in a first pixel region, second pixels in a second pixel region, and third pixels in a third pixel region; a first scan driver configured to drive first scan lines coupled to the first pixels; a second scan driver configured to drive second scan lines coupled to the second pixels; and a third scan driver configured to drive third scan lines coupled to the third pixels, wherein the first scan driver, the second scan driver, and the third scan driver differently set a supply order of a scan signal supplied to the first scan lines, the second scan lines, and the third scan lines, corresponding to a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158410 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An OLED display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a scan line transmitting a scan signal, a data line crossing the scan line and transmitting a data voltage, and a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and configured to transmit a driving voltage. The display also includes a switching transistor electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The display further includes a driving transistor and a compensation transistor. A driving gate electrode and a driving drain electrode are respectively connected to a compensation source electrode and a compensation drain electrode. The display also includes a light blocking layer at least partially covering the compensation transistor and an OLED electrically connected to the driving transistor. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158411 | PIXEL CIRCUITS FOR AMOLED DISPLAYS - The OLED voltage of a selected pixel is extracted from the pixel produced when the pixel is programmed so that the pixel current is a function of the OLED voltage. One method for extracting the OLED voltage is to first program the pixel in a way that the current is not a function of OLED voltage, and then in a way that the current is a function of OLED voltage. During the latter stage, the programming voltage is changed so that the pixel current is the same as the pixel current when the pixel was programmed in a way that the current was not a function of OLED voltage. The difference in the two programming voltages is then used to extract the OLED voltage. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158412 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel circuit able to prevent a spread of the terminal voltages of drive transistors inside a panel and in turn able to reliably prevent deterioration of uniformity, wherein a source of a TFT serving as a drive transistor is connected to an anode of a light emitting element, a drain is connected to a power source potential, a capacitor is connected between a gate and source of the TFT, and a source potential of the TFT is connected to a fixed potential through a TFT serving as a switch transistor and wherein pixel circuit lines are connected by an upper line and bottom line and are arranged in parallel with pixel circuit power source voltage lines so as not to have intersecting parts. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158413 | CURRENT MIRRORING CIRCUIT, PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS AND OLED DRIVER - The present invention provides a technology of simultaneously sensing characteristics of a plurality of OLED pixels. Further, a current mirroring circuit for sensing characteristics of OLED pixels can be applied to fields other than sensing characteristics of OLED pixels, and the current mirroring technology can output sensing currents having a uniform magnitude within a predetermined error range to a plurality of output terminals. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158414 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light-emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels, each of which is connected to a scan line, a data line, a first power line and a second power line, and includes a light-emitting diode. A voltage applied to an anode of the light-emitting diode is higher than a voltage applied to a cathode in a first operation period, and a voltage applied to the anode of the light-emitting diode is lower than a voltage applied to the cathode in at least a part of a second operation period different from the first operation period. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158415 | PIXEL CIRCUITS FOR MITIGATION OF HYSTERESIS - What is disclosed are display systems and methods of compensation of images produced by active matrix light emitting diode device (AMOLED) and other emissive displays. Anomalies in luminance produced by pixel circuits due to hysteresis effects are corrected through in-pixel compensation and resetting of the driving transistor. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158416 | CONTROL HEAD WITH ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL IN LAND MOBILE RADIO - An exemplary land mobile radio control head and method are provided. In one embodiment, the control head has the capability to utilize halo light of the control head to implement a multi-function indicator that communicates a state of the land mobile radio. In another embodiment, the control head has the capability to provide buffer images constructed from data received from the land mobile radio into a video stream for rendering on an electroluminescent display. In another embodiment, the control head provides the capability for a user to modify a configuration stored on the land mobile radio that defines one of several display modes to be utilized in generating data for use in forming images to be rendered on an electroluminescent display. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158417 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. When a display area is divided into a first display area and a second display area, and the number of pixels in a row of pixels in the second display area is smaller than the number of pixels in a row of pixels in the first display area, a load on a scan signal line connected with a row of pixels in the second display area is lower than a load on a scan signal line connected with a row of pixels in the first display area, and at least one of the respective scan signal lines connected with the respective rows of pixels in the second display area is connected with a compensation capacitor. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158418 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND THE METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The organic light emitting display device comprising a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including an organic light emitting element, a data driver supplying a data signal to the organic light emitting element through a data line, a gate driver supplying a gate signal to the organic light emitting element through a gate line, and a timing controller controlling an operation timing of the data driver and an operation timing of the gate driver, and generating a conversion control signal controlling a conversion timing of a refresh rate of the display panel in response to an external input signal of the display panel. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158419 | ELECTRO-PHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electro-phoretic display apparatus including an electro-phoretic display panel and a driving circuit is provided. The electro-phoretic display panel includes a display area and a border area. The driving circuit is coupled to the electro-phoretic display panel. The driving circuit is configured to drive the display area to display an image frame according to a first voltage. The driving circuit drives the border area to maintain displaying a white border or a black border according to a second voltage. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158420 | Opportunistically Changing Display Brightness - Automatically changing the brightness of a display device. A method includes, while the display device is at a first brightness power output level, detecting a power saving event indicating that it is desirable to reduce overall power consumed by the display device. The method further includes continuing to operate the display device at the first power output level while attempting to identify a brightness power output level change triggering event. The brightness power output level change triggering event is an event that occurs that makes a change to the brightness power output level of the display device less perceptible to a user. The method further includes detecting a brightness power output level change triggering event. In response to detecting the brightness power output level change triggering event, the method includes changing the power output level of the display device to a second brightness power output level. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158421 | DISPLAY PANEL PRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY PANEL PRODUCTION - A production control system for liquid crystal panels includes a general design circuit board producing section configured to produce general design circuit boards, a frame processing section configured to process frames of the general design circuit boards based on an outline of the liquid crystal panels in an order from a customer, a customer terminal, a processor, and information and communication lines. At least the outline of the liquid crystal panels and an order quantity are input to the customer terminal by the customer. The processor is configured to control the general design circuit board producing section to produce the general design circuit boards and the frame processing section to process the frames of the general design circuit boards for an order quantity based on the outline of the display panels and the order quantity entered in the customer terminal. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158422 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, SOURCE DRIVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POLARITY OF DRIVING SIGNALS THEREOF - A liquid crystal display apparatus, a source driver, and a method for controlling polarity of driving signals thereof are provided. The source driver includes a signal receiving interface, a decoder, and a controller. The signal receiving interface receives an image data stream or an indication signal. The decoder obtains controlling information from the image data stream or the indication signal. The controller receives the controlling information and decides a plurality of source driving signals generated by the source driver according to the controlling information. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158423 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes an image data compensator. The image data compensator receives input image data, compensates for the input image data according to a temperature of a display panel to output first compensation image data in order to compensate for a luminance decrease of the display panel according to the temperature of the display panel, and compensates for the first compensation image data according to an efficiency and a life expectancy of a quantum dot to output second compensation image data in order to compensate for a luminance decrease of the display panel by the quantum dot. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158424 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides a display control device and a display device each of which can reduce electric power consumption by switching a resolution of image data to be displayed. In a case of transferring image data having a 4k resolution, an image transferring section ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180158425 | GOA DRIVING CIRCUIT - A GOA driving circuit is provided, which includes a first signal generating module for generating the forward scan control signal based upon a first clock signal and a cascade signal; a control module for controlling an output of the cascade signal based upon the forward scan control signal and the reverse scan control signal; a latch module for latching the cascade signal by the first clock signal and the second clock signal; a processing module and a buffer module. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158426 | Scan Driver and Display Having Scan Driver - A scan driver includes: a series-connected N scan driving units; a first switch, a second switch, and a third switch. The control ends of the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch are all connected to the first node. The input ends of the first switch and the second switch receive a scan starting signal. The output end of the first switch is connected to the first scanning driving unit, the output end of the second switch is connected to the Nth scanning driving unit. The input end of the third switch receives a second high-voltage-level signal, the output end of the third switch is connected to a second node and is grounded, and the N scanning driving units are all connected to the second node. Through controlling the voltage level of the first node, the scan driver can achieve bi-directional scanning function. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158427 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes scanning lines and signal lines arranged in a matrix pattern on a TFT substrate, a pixel being formed at a crossing portion of each scanning line and each signal line, and including a TFT that is connected to each scanning line and each signal line, first nonlinear resistance elements formed respectively in the scanning lines, each of which being connected to one scanning line at one end thereof and to a short ring power-supply line for a scanning line at another end thereof, and second nonlinear resistance elements formed respectively in the signal lines, each of which being connected to one signal line at one end thereof and to a short ring power-supply line for a signal line at another end thereof. A voltage is applied to the first and second nonlinear resistance elements independently of each scanning line and each signal line. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158428 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL AND TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION METHOD - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a temperature compensation circuit, a display panel and a temperature compensation method. The temperature compensation circuit comprises: a temperature sensing unit, adapted to sense a temperature of an external environment; a temperature compensation control unit being adapted to compare the temperature sensed output voltage with a reference voltage, and generate a control signal based on the comparison result; and a first voltage source adapted to receive a control signal from the temperature compensation control unit, generate a corresponding driving voltage based on the control signal and output the corresponding driving voltage to a gate drive circuit as a gate driving voltage of the gate drive circuit, and generate a feedback signal according to the control signal and output the feedback signal to the temperature sensing unit and the temperature compensation control unit, the reference voltage being variable based on the feedback signal. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158429 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device and method of operation that provides self-generated power. The device includes: a display portion including a plurality of pixels; a data driver applying a data signal to data lines connected to the plurality of pixels; a signal controller transmitting an image data signal for generation of the data signal to the data driver; a power supply generating a driving voltage for operation of the signal controller and the data driver; a thermoelectric generation portion generating electrical energy by using heat generated by at least one of the signal controller, the power supply, and the data driver; and a converter generating an auxiliary driving voltage that is the same as the driving voltage by using the electrical energy. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158430 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a display section including first and second areas (ARa and ARb); a first driver substrate (Fa) for the first area; a second driver substrate (Fb) for the second area; a first-driver-substrate-voltage generating circuit (Pa) that supplies a drive voltage to a first voltage input terminal (xa | 2018-06-07 |
20180158431 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes a control circuit that controls the timing of output of a precharge voltage to a data line, and changes an elapsed time from start of transition of a voltage of a scanning signal G from a selection voltage to a non-selection voltage until an output of the precharge voltage to the data line according to a polarity of a data voltage, the voltage of the scanning signal for selecting one of multiple scanning lines, the selection voltage causing a pixel transistor to turn on, the non-selection voltage causing a pixel transistor to turn off. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158432 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel which includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of pixels, where each of the pixels is connected to a corresponding gate line among the gate lines, and a gate driving circuit which includes a stage that applies a gate signal to at least one of the gate lines. The gate signal includes a high period in which the gate signal has a high voltage and a low period in which the gate signal has a low voltage having a level less than a level of the high voltage, and the low period includes a falling period in which the low voltage falls to a second level from a first level which is greater than the second level. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158433 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND VIDEO DATA DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A display system is provided, which may include a processor, a controller, a video combiner and a display panel. The controller can receive a first input signal and a second input signal from the processor, and can generate a first video data, a second video data and a plurality of timing signals according to the first input signal and the second input signal. The video combiner can combine the first video data and the second video data to generate a combined video data. The display panel can display the combined video data according to the timing signals. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158434 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and a display apparatus. Where the image processing method includes: receiving a signal of an image to be displayed; correcting the grayscale of each pixel in the image to be displayed according to a pre-created correction data table including pixel positions, display correction data and edge correction data; and displaying according to the corrected grayscale of each pixel. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158435 | LIGHT SENSOR HAVING PARTIALLY OPAQUE OPTIC - A rearview assembly for a vehicle is provided that includes: a housing configured for mounting to the vehicle; a rearview element disposed in the housing that displays images of a scene exterior of the vehicle; a light sensor assembly disposed in the housing; and a controller for receiving the electrical signal of the light sensor and for adjusting a brightness of the images displayed by the rearview element. The light sensor includes a light sensor for outputting an electrical signal representing intensity of light impinging upon a light-receiving surface of the light sensor, and a secondary optical element configured to receive light, wherein the light passes through the secondary optical element to the light sensor, the secondary optical element including a tint material that is substantially color neutral for attenuating light passing therethrough. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158436 | METHOD FOR SYNCING MOUSE REPORT RATE AND SCREEN REFRESH RATE - A method for synchronizing a mouse report rate with a screen refresh rate of a computer includes: utilizing the computer to inform the mouse of a time period of each screen refresh; and adjusting the mouse report rate in accordance with the time period so that an equal integer number of frames will be reported in each screen refresh. Another method includes: determining a screen refresh rate of the computer; setting a target number of frames to be reported to the computer in each screen refresh period; scaling a motion report count of the mouse to generate a post-processed motion report count which corresponds to the target number of frames; and utilizing the post-processed motion report count to add or subtract frames to the number of frames reported during the mouse report period. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158437 | MULTI-DEVICE CONTENT PRESENTATION - In one embodiment, a method for presenting content on multiple devices is implemented on a computing device and includes: receiving selection of a multimedia content item, the multimedia content item including at least two media segments each of a different type, defining a first media segment of the at least two media segments as a primary media segment, defining at least a second media segment of the at least two media segments as at least one secondary media segment, allocating the at least one secondary media segment for presentation on at least one secondary presentation device, presenting the primary media segment on the computing device, detecting a current progress in the presenting, and based on said current progress, forwarding to the at least one secondary media segment an indication of an instruction for synchronizing presentation of the at least one secondary media segment with said presenting. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158438 | EXTENDING THE RANGE OF VARIABLE REFRESH RATE DISPLAYS - Briefly, methods and apparatus to provide image content to, and display image content on, variable refresh rate displays with reduced input lag. The methods and apparatus allow for image tearing, or the displaying of image content from more than one video frame, when the render rate of a provided video frame falls outside the display refresh rate range of a variable refresh rate display when the display is refreshing with a previous frame (e.g. the display is in active refresh), thus reducing the input lag of the content of the provided video frame. The methods and apparatus may also prevent image tearing when the render rate of provided video frames is within the display refresh rate range of a display. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158439 | Dismountable stringed musical instrument with splitted fingerboard - A dismountable stringed musical instrument with a splittable fingerboard and an acoustic sound is disclosed having a hollow body composed by two parts shaped as half empty shell that meets each other on their outer perimeter, defining a sound chamber. The fingerboard is splitted in two parts that can be re-assembled by a rigid inner core which works as a reinforcement and as a trail to allows the fingerboard cutted portions to slide on it meeting each other perfectly and by a latch toggle clamp which hold the two parts strictly merged together, taking back the fingerboard to its original playable smoothness. The neck can be dismounted to from the body and then re-assembled in the playing position also adjusting its inclination at will by movable elements placed on the neck extremity which faces the top portion of the body support area. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158440 | VISUAL FEEDBACK DEVICE - The visual feedback device bridges the gap between what an observer sees and hears, by creating a new kind of MIDI drum kit, one that responds with obvious visual physical feedback to the specific way that the user can play it. Aggressive strikes may result in more aggressive visual feedback from the visual feedback device, and light playing may result in more subtle visual feedback from the visual feedback device giving the listener a truly unique experience. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158441 | KARAOKE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A karaoke processing method and a karaoke processing system are provided. The method includes: receiving a first antiphonal singing request inputted by a first user; acquiring an accompaniment audio file and a lyrics file of a song from a server based on the first antiphonal singing request, and recording singing performed by the first user based on a part of lyrics by using the accompaniment audio file and the lyrics file, to obtain a first recorded file; determining a first lyrics part based on the first recorded file and generating paragraph information; performing audio mixing processing on the first recorded file and the accompaniment audio file, to obtain a first target file; and sending the first target file and the paragraph information to the server. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158442 | KARAOKE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A karaoke processing method, a karaoke processing apparatus and a karaoke processing system are provided. The method includes: acquiring an accompaniment audio file, an original vocal audio file and a lyrics file of a song, where the lyrics file includes time information for identifying display time of lyrics; dividing the lyrics file to obtain a first and a second lyrics parts and generating lyrics division information; generating a target audio file by outputting the accompaniment audio file in the display time of the first lyrics part and outputting the original vocal audio file in the display time of the second lyrics part; and sending the target audio file and a target lyrics file to a client upon reception of a karaoke request sent by the client, where the target lyrics file is obtained by adding the lyrics division information in the lyrics file. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158443 | FLOW CONTROLLED SOUND GENERATION APPARATUS - A flow controlled sound generation system is disclosed that includes one or more fluid pumps to control air flow through a sound channel. The air flow is modulated through one or more valves to produce audible frequency pressure waves. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158444 | SOUND INSULATION CONSTRUCTIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Sound insulation constructions, multilayer constructions for acoustically insulating a source of sound from a receiver that include one or more sound insulation constructions, structures comprising one or more sound insulation constructions and/or multilayer constructions, and a method for acoustically insulating a source of sound from a receiver. In some embodiments, the sound insulation construction includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer can include a bonded fiber nonwoven web exhibiting a work of compression of at least about 0.7 kJ/m | 2018-06-07 |
20180158445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE REDUCTION OF A PREDEFINED AUDIO ACOUSTIC NOISE BY USING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS - Method and system for active reduction of a predefined audio acoustic signal (AAAS), also referred to as “noise”, in a quiet zone, without interfering undefined acoustic noise signals within as well as outside the quiet zone, by generating accurate antiphase AAAS signal. The accuracy of the generated antiphase AAAS is obtained by employing a unique synchronization signal(s) (SYNC) which is generated and combined with the predefined AAAS. The combined signal is electrically transmitted (referred to as the “electric channel”) to a processing “quieting component”. Simultaneously, the generated SYNC signal is acoustically broadcasted near the predefined AAAS and merges with it. A microphone in the quiet zone receives the merged acoustic signals that arrive via the air (referred to as the “acoustical channel”) to the quiet zone and a receiver in the quieting component receives the combined electrical AAAS and SYNC signal that arrive wire or wireless to the quiet zone. In the quiet component the SYNC is detected from both electrical and acoustical channels, the detected SYNC signals with the electrically received AAAS signal are used to calculate the timing and momentary amplitude for generating an accurate acoustic antiphase AAAS signal to cancel the acoustic predefined AAAS. By continuously and periodically updating the SYNC signal enables to dynamically evaluate acoustical environmental distortions that might appear due to echo, reverberations, frequency non-linear response, or due to other distortions mechanisms. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158446 | DIRECTIONALITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND SOUND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - In a directionality control system, a camera device captures a video of image capture area (SA). A microphone array device collects a sound in image capture area (SA). A signal processing section detects a sound source of the sound in image capture area (SA) which is collected by the microphone array device. In a case where the detected sound source is within a range of privacy area (PRA), an output control section controls the sound in image capture area (SA) which is collected by the microphone array device and is output from speaker device (37). | 2018-06-07 |
20180158447 | ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT UNDERSTANDING IN MACHINE-HUMAN SPEECH COMMUNICATION - An apparatus for acoustical environment understanding in machine-human speech communication is described herein. The apparatus includes one or more microphones to receive audio signals and a sound level metering unit. The sound level metering unit is to determine an environmental sound level based on the audio signals. The apparatus also includes an artificial speech generator that is to render artificial speech based on the environmental sound level. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158448 | DETECTING POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT ERRORS IN SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULTS - In some embodiments, recognition results produced by a speech processing system (which may include two or more recognition results, including a top recognition result and one or more alternative recognition results) based on an analysis of a speech input, are evaluated for indications of potential errors. In some embodiments, the indications of potential errors may include discrepancies between recognition results that are meaningful for a domain, such as medically-meaningful discrepancies. The evaluation of the recognition results may be carried out using any suitable criteria, including one or more criteria that differ from criteria used by an ASR system in determining the top recognition result and the alternative recognition results from the speech input. In some embodiments, a recognition result may additionally or alternatively be processed to determine whether the recognition result includes a word or phrase that is unlikely to appear in a domain to which speech input relates. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158449 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WAKING UP VIA SPEECH BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - A method and a device for waking up via a speech based on artificial intelligence are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes: acquiring pronunciation information of a customized wake-up word; acquiring approximate pronunciation information of the pronunciation information; and constructing a network for identifying wake-up words according to a preset garbage word list, the pronunciation information and the approximate pronunciation information, identifying an input speech according to the network to acquire an identified result, and determining whether to perform a wake-up operation according to the identified result. With embodiments of the present disclosure, different networks for identifying the wake-up words may be constructed dynamically for different customized wake-up words, thus effectively improving an accuracy of waking up, reducing a false alarm rate, improving an efficiency of waking up, occupying less memory, and having low power consumption. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158450 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND SPEECH RECOGNITION METHOD - A speech recognition apparatus according to an embodiment includes a microphone that acquires an audio stream in which speech vocalized by a person is recorded, a camera that acquires an image data in which at least a mouth of the person is captured, and an operation element that recognizes speech including a consonant vocalized by the person, based on the audio stream, estimates the consonant vocalized by the person, based on the shape of the mouth of the person in the image data, and specifies the consonant based on the estimated consonant and the speech-recognized consonant. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158451 | PREFIX METHODS FOR DIARIZATION IN STREAMING MODE - A diarization embodiment may include a system that clusters data up to a current point in time and consolidates it with the past decisions, and then returns the result that minimizes the difference with past decisions. The consolidation may be achieved by performing a permutation of the different possible labels and comparing the distance. For speaker diarization, a distance may be determined based on a minimum edit or hamming distance. The distance may alternatively be a measure other than the minimum edit or hamming distance. The clustering may have a finite time window over which the analysis is performed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158452 | AUTOMATED RESPONSE TOOL - A language processor includes a parser and an invoker. The parser parses a spoken statement to detect a plurality of words in the spoken statement and generates a parse tree based on the detected plurality of words. The invoker determines, based on the parse tree, a plurality of potential services to invoke to respond to the spoken statement, calculates a confidence score for each potential service of the plurality of potential services, wherein each confidence score indicates a likelihood that a potential service is a service requested by the spoken statement, and determines, based on the calculated confidence scores, to invoke a potential service of the plurality of potential services in response to the spoken statement. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158453 | PREVENTING OF AUDIO ATTACKS - In some implementations, a method includes receiving, at a processing module of a device, output audio data that represents audio output by the device, receiving, by the processing module, input audio data that represents audio detected by a microphone, determining, by the processing module, that the output audio data includes a representation of a hotword, wherein the hotword is a word or phrase previously designated to precede a voice command, and, based on determining that the output audio data includes the representation of the hotword, blocking, by the processing module, use of the input audio data to initiate a command. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158454 | PREVENTING OF AUDIO ATTACKS - In some implementations, a method is performed by computing devices, and includes receiving a first message indicating that an improper voice command has been detected by a first device, identifying a user account associated with the first device based on the first message, identifying a second device associated with the user account, and, in response to receiving the first message indicating that the voice command detected by the first device is improper, sending a second message to the second device, the second message indicating that the voice command should not be performed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158455 | Motion Adaptive Speech Recognition For Enhanced Voice Destination Entry - A method or associated system for motion adaptive speech processing includes dynamically estimating a motion profile that is representative of a user's motion based on data from one or more resources, such as sensors and non-speech resources, associated with the user. The method includes effecting processing of a speech signal received from the user, for example, while the user is in motion, the processing taking into account the estimated motion profile to produce an interpretation of the speech signal. Dynamically estimating the motion profile can include computing a motion weight vector using the data from the one or more resources associated with the user, and can further include interpolating a plurality of models using the motion weight vector to generate a motion adaptive model. The motion adaptive model can be used to enhance voice destination entry for the user and re-used for other users who do not provide motion profiles. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158456 | SPEECH RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A speech recognition device and a method thereof are disclosed. The speech recognition method includes detecting an error word of a recognized received speech, separately encoding a right part and a left part with respect to the detected error word, and decoding while correcting the error word based on a vector of the encoded right and left parts, a last character of the encoded right part, and a last character of the left part. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158457 | DIALOG AGENT, REPLY SENTENCE GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A text generating device includes an acquirer that acquires the utterance of the user relative to content provided in real time, a retriever that retrieves from a microblog server data relating to the content, a sentence generator that generates a sentence relating to the content and the acquired utterance of the user, based on the data retrieved by the retriever | 2018-06-07 |
20180158458 | CONVERSATIONAL VOICE INTERFACE OF CONNECTED DEVICES, INCLUDING TOYS, CARS, AVIONICS, MOBILE, IOT AND HOME APPLIANCES - An apparatus and method for interacting between users and connected devices utilizing a conversational voice user interface. The device is connected over a network to a cloud-based Artificial Intelligence Dialogue System that controls conversational interactions and allows for real time updates to dialogue content. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158459 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing method for information stored in a storage includes: holding a dialog history of a dialog including a question to a user and a reply from the user to the question, determining whether a manner in which a third reply indicating neither a first reply nor a second reply appears in a reply history of the reply included in the held dialog history satisfies a predetermined condition, the first reply indicating an affirmative in response to the question, the second reply indicating a negative in response to the question; and performing presentation regarding the information stored in the storage if the manner is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158460 | LAMP DEVICE FOR INPUTTING OR OUTPUTTING VOICE SIGNAL AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A lamp device for inputting or outputting a voice signal and a method of driving the same. The method of driving a lamp device includes receiving an audio signal; performing voice recognition of a first audio signal among the received audio signals; generating an activation signal based on the voice recognition result; transmitting the activation signal to the external device; receiving a first control signal from the external device; and transmitting a second audio signal among the received audio signals to the external device in response to the first control signal. Alternatively, various exemplary embodiment may be further included. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158461 | User Dedicated Automatic Speech Recognition - A multi-mode voice controlled user interface is described. The user interface is adapted to conduct a speech dialog with one or more possible speakers and includes a broad listening mode which accepts speech inputs from the possible speakers without spatial filtering, and a selective listening mode which limits speech inputs to a specific speaker using spatial filtering. The user interface switches listening modes in response to one or more switching cues. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158462 | SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION - A method of operation of a speaker recognition system comprises: performing a speaker recognition process on a received signal; disabling the speaker recognition process when a first speaker has been identified; performing a speech start recognition process on the received signal when the speaker recognition process is disabled; and enabling the speaker recognition process in response to the speech start recognition process detecting a speech start event in the received signal. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORK BASED SPEAKER CLASSIFICATION - A method for classifying speakers includes: receiving, by a speaker recognition system including a processor and memory, input audio including speech from a speaker; extracting, by the speaker recognition system, a plurality of speech frames containing voiced speech from the input audio; computing, by the speaker recognition system, a plurality of features for each of the speech frames of the input audio; computing, by the speaker recognition system, a plurality of recognition scores for the plurality of features; computing, by the speaker recognition system, a speaker classification result in accordance with the recognition scores; and outputting, by the speaker recognition system, the speaker classification result. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158464 | Blind Diarization of Recorded Calls With Arbitrary Number of Speakers - In a method of diarization of audio data, audio data is segmented into a plurality of utterances. Each utterance is represented as an utterance model representative of a plurality of feature vectors. The utterance models are clustered. A plurality of speaker models are constructed from the clustered utterance models. A hidden Markov model is constructed of the plurality of speaker models. A sequence of identified speaker models is decoded. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158465 | ESTIMATION OF BACKGROUND NOISE IN AUDIO SIGNALS - Background noise estimators and methods are disclosed for estimating background noise in an audio signal. Some methods include obtaining at least one parameter associated with an audio signal segment, such as a frame or part of a frame, based on a first linear prediction gain, calculated as a quotient between a residual signal from a 0th-order linear prediction and a residual signal from a 2nd-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment. A second linear prediction gain is calculated as a quotient between a residual signal from a 2nd-order linear prediction and a residual signal from a 16th-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment. Whether the audio signal segment comprises a pause is determined based at least on the obtained at least one parameter; and a background noise estimate is updated based on the audio signal segment when the audio signal segment comprises a pause. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158466 | ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS, AND METHODS - A coding apparatus, including a processor that performs operations including encoding a first band of an input audio signal to be a first spectrum, dividing the first spectrum into a plurality of subbands, at equal intervals each including a predetermined number of samples for flattening the first spectrum, searching a largest amplitude value of the divided first spectrum in each of the subbands, normalizing the divided first spectrum with the largest amplitude values searched in each of the subbands, searching best bands among each normalized divided first spectrum which has a largest correlation value between each divided band of a second band spectrum and each normalized divided first spectrum, the second spectrum being higher than a predetermined frequency, and encoding the second spectrum using lag information identifying the best bands for transmitting the lag information to a decoder side. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158467 | SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION DEVICE AND SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION METHOD - A sound source separation device includes a first microphone that picks up a first voice, a second microphone that picks up a second voice, a first crosstalk canceller that removes, from a voice signal of the first microphone, first crosstalk caused when the second voice is picked up by the first microphone, and a second crosstalk canceller that removes, from a voice signal of the second microphone, second crosstalk caused when the first voice is picked up by the second microphone. The first crosstalk canceller uses a voice signal in which the second crosstalk is removed from the voice signal of the second microphone to estimate and calculate a first interference signal indicative of a degree of the first crosstalk, and to remove the calculated first interference signal from the voice signal of the first microphone. The second crosstalk canceller uses a voice signal in which the first crosstalk is removed from the voice signal of the first microphone to estimate and calculate a second interference signal indicative of a degree of the second crosstalk, and to remove the calculated second interference signal from the voice signal of the second microphone. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158468 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING SPEAKERS - A first speaker, comprising: a receiver configured to receive, from a second speaker, a second runtime and a second number of audio samples when the first speaker plays an audio file synchronized with the second speaker; a calculator configured to calculate a time interval value based on the second runtime; a generator configured to generate a revised second number of audio samples based on the time interval value; a comparator configured to compare a difference between the revised second number of audio samples and a first number of audio samples of the first speaker so as to determine the amount of latency of the first speaker; an adjustor configured to adjust a playing speed of the first speaker; and an output configured to output the audio file according to the adjusted playing speed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158469 | AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL - A method, device and terminal of audio processing are disclosed. The method comprises: acquiring the file data of a target audio file; according to the relevance characteristic data between the component elements of the file data, constructing a relevance characteristic sequence; optimizing the relevance characteristic sequence according to a preset total number of sections; determining the section breaking times according to the numerical values of the at least one characteristic elements in the relevance characteristic sequence that has been optimized; and dividing the target audio file into sections of the preset total number of sections according to the section breaking times. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158470 | Voice Activity Modification Frame Acquiring Method, and Voice Activity Detection Method and Apparatus - A method for acquiring the number of modified frames for active sound, and a method and apparatus for voice activity detection are disclosed. Firstly, a first voice activity detection decision result and a second voice activity detection decision result are obtained ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180158471 | Record Stabilizer for Multiple Vinyl Sizes - In some embodiments, a record stabilizer is configured to fit both common size spindle holes (e.g., as commonly found in 12″ singles or LPs) and larger hole types (e.g., as commonly found in 7″ 45 rpm singles, typically referred to as “45s”). In some embodiments, the stabilizer achieves this functionality using one side that is substantially flat (for common size spindle holes) and another side with a built-in adapter to protrude into larger spindle holes. In some embodiments, the record stabilizer also serves as an adapter, e.g., allowing 45s to be played on turntables with common size spindles without using any other adapter. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158472 | HEAD HAVING WRAP-CONTROLLED FLEXIBLE MEDIA INTERFACE - An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a module having a tape bearing surface, a magnetic transducer in a thin film region, and an edge closest to the transducers. A guide is positioned relative to the edge for inducing tenting of a moving magnetic recording tape above a tape tenting region of the tape bearing surface. The magnetic transducer is positioned along the tape tenting region. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158473 | HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC DATA RECORDING HEAD WITH HEAT SINK - A magnetic write head for heat assisted magnetic recording having a novel heat sink structure. The write head includes a magnetic write pole and a thermal transducer located adjacent to a leading edge of the magnetic write pole. A heat sink structure, constructed of a non-magnetic, thermally conductive material such as Au, Ag or Cu partially surrounds the magnetic write pole. The heat sink structure can be formed to contact first and second sides of the magnetic write pole, and can be recessed from the media facing surface of the write head. The space between the heat sink structure and the media facing surface can be filled with a physically hard, non-corrosive metal. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158474 | HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC DATA RECORDING HEAD WITH HEAT SINK - A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head having a heat sink structure, wherein the magnetic write head is free of voids at the media facing surface. After forming the write pole, a chemical mechanical polishing process is performed prior to defining the heat sink structure. Planarizing the write pole structure by chemical mechanical polishing prior to forming the heat sink structure advantageously reduces the topography over which the heat sink structure. This mitigates shadowing effects from the write pole structure and prevents the formation of voids at the media facing surface. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158475 | Magnetoresistance Element with Improved Response to Magnetic Fields - A magnetoresistance element has a pinning arrangement with two antiferromagnetic pinning layers, two pinned layers, and a free layer. A spacer layer between one of the two antiferromagnetic pinning layers and the free layer has a material selected to allow a controllable partial pinning by the one of the two antiferromagnetic pinning layers. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158476 | HEAD STACK FLEX ASSEMBLY AND BASE ASSEMBLY FOR STORAGE DRIVE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - A flexible printed circuit for a storage drive assembly is provided. The flexible printed circuit includes a stiffener layer having a first stiffener region, and a second stiffener region separated from the first stiffener region by a hinge region, a first insulation layer disposed on the stiffener layer, a conductive electrode layer disposed on the first insulation layer; and a second insulation layer disposed on the conductive electrode layer, wherein the hinge region is formed from the first insulation layer, the conductive electrode layer and the second insulation layer. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158477 | DISK DEVICE WITH STOPPER FOR MOVABLE MEMBER - According to one embodiment, a stopper of a disk device includes a fixing member to be fixed to a supporter of the disk device, and a cushioning member formed of a fluorine rubber and attached to the fixing member. The cushioning member includes a contact surface which contacts the fixing member, a first contact surface which can contact the supporter of the disk device, and a second contact surface which can contact a movable member in the disk device, the first contact surface has a first surface adhesive force based on adhesion of the fluorine rubber, and the second contact surface is subjected to a non-adhesive surface treatment and has a second surface adhesive force which is less than or equal to 1/20 the first surface adhesive force. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158478 | METHODS FOR SELECTING WRAP ANGLE FOR INDUCING TAPE TENTING ABOVE TRANSDUCER - In one general embodiment, a method includes determining a distance from a transducer of a module to an edge of the module closest thereto, and selecting a wrap angle based on the determined distance for inducing tenting of a moving magnetic recording tape in a region above the transducer. In another general embodiment, a method includes running a magnetic recording tape over a tape bearing surface having at least one edge, and detecting signals from the tape at differing wrap angles for estimating a height of tenting of the tape above a transducer at each of the wrap angles. A wrap angle is selected to provide about a predefined height of tenting of the tape above the transducer. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158479 | MOUNTING A SMARTPHONE TO ROBOTIC ACCESSOR OF AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE LIBRARY - According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for remotely controlling a capture of images of a data storage library during operation thereof with a bracket on an accessor includes pairing a remote controller to a wireless image capture device that is coupled to a bracket mounted on an accessor, instructing the wireless image capture device to start recording images of the data storage library during operation thereof, including movement of the accessor, thereafter, instructing the wireless image capture device to stop recording images of the data storage library during operation thereof, and instructing the wireless image capture device to save the recorded images to a file. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158480 | MOUNTING A SMARTPHONE TO ROBOTIC ACCESSOR OF AUTOMATED DATA STORAGE LIBRARY - According to one embodiment, a method for mounting a wireless capture device to an accessor to capture images of an operation in a data storage library includes mounting a bracket to the accessor, where the accessor is configured to transport data storage cartridges in a library environment. Moreover, the bracket is configured to receive a wireless image capture device therein, and the bracket is mounted in a position to orient the wireless image capture device to capture images while the accessor is transporting data storage cartridges. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158481 | UNSUCCESSFUL STORAGE MEDIA MOVEMENT HANDLING IN AUTOMATED REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media to handle unsuccessful movements of removable storage media in an automated removable media system. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving one or more user provided parameters that indicate one or more types of unsuccessful media move operations that should be reported as successful. The method further provides receiving a first request to move a first item of removable storage media from a first position in the automated removable media system to a second position in the automated removable media system and initiating a first move operation of the first item from the first position to the second position by at least one changer device. The method then provides determining that the first move operation resulted in one of the one or more types of unsuccessful media move operations and indicating that the first move operation was successful in response to the first request. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158482 | MAGAZINE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DISC DEVICE, AND MAGAZINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A magazine management device stores a plurality of magazines in which a plurality of optical discs is housed. The magazine management device includes a case that supports the plurality of magazines, a plurality of partitions that divides the case so as to form a plurality of regions in which the magazines can be stored one by one, an antenna that transmits a radio wave for asking a radio identifier provided to the magazine for a response and receives a radio wave of the response transmitted from the radio identifier, and an arithmetic processor that receives information obtained from the radio wave of the response received by the antenna. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158483 | DETECTION OF Z-AXIS NON-OPERATION SHOCK - Systems and methods for determining an occurrence of non-operation shock (NOS) in a disc drive are described. Such determining may be used to determine whether or not the disc drive should be recalibrated or compensated to account for changes induced by NOS. Determining NOS may be based at least in part on a harmonic of the spindle of the disc drive other than the first harmonic, such as a third harmonic of the spindle. In some embodiments, determining NOS may be based on the first harmonic of the spindle and at least one other harmonic of the spindle. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158484 | PREVENTING CONDENSATION IN A TAPE LIBRARY - In an approach for preventing damage to a tape library, a processor receives a first sensor reading, wherein the first sensor is located within a tape library. A processor receives a second sensor reading, wherein the second sensor is located external to the tape library. A processor determines that the second sensor reading is greater than or equal to the first sensor reading. A processor receives an indication that a door to the tape library is open. Responsive to receiving the indication that the door to the tape library is open, a processor disables a fan. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158485 | Creation of Media Clips from Media Broadcasts - According to some implementations of the present disclosure, computer-implemented methods and systems for generating media clips are disclosed. According to some implementations, the method includes receiving an original media stream, transcoding the original media stream into a transcoded media stream, and streaming the transcoded media stream to a user device. The method further includes creating a plurality of media segments that include content of the original media stream and receiving a request to create a media clip from the original media stream from a user device. The request indicates a clip start time and a clip end time defined with respect to the transcoded media stream. The method further includes identifying, from the plurality of media segments, one or more identified media segments corresponding to the clip start time and the clip end time and creating the media clip based on content included in the identified media segments. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158486 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISTRIBUTED VIDEO EDITING - A network editor comprises a central location with stored videos such as movies that can be edited by editors at remote locations. An editor receives a representation of a video and specifies edits relative to the representation, enabling the editor to use a device lacking sufficient processing capability to edit the video directly, and also reducing the volume of information transmitted between the central location and the remote editor. The central location is able to provide the edited movie in a format suitable to the display capabilities of the viewing device of the viewer requesting the edited video. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158487 | IMAGING DEVICE AND PLAYBACK DEVICE - An imaging device includes an imaging element that acquires a first image based on signal charge generated during a first accumulation time, and a second image based on signal charge generated during a second accumulation time relatively longer than the first accumulation time and synchronized with the first image during a synchronization period including the first accumulation time, and a moving image file generating unit that generates a moving image file including a first moving image based on the first image, a second moving image based on the second image, and synchronization information for synchronizing the first moving image and the second moving image frame by frame. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158488 | CONTINUOUS AUTOMATED SYNCHRONIZATION OF AN AUDIO TRACK IN A MOVIE THEATER - A method for the continuous automated audio synchronization of an alternative audio track with the playback of the combined audio and video of a motion picture includes selecting a motion picture in a user interface to an audio synchronization application executing in memory of a mobile computing device along with a corresponding movie theater in which the selected motion picture is scheduled to be presented, and downloading an alternative audio file for the selected motion picture and the corresponding movie theater. The method also includes detecting a location of the mobile computing device. Finally, in response to a determination that the mobile computing device is proximate to the movie theater, a start time of a next scheduled presentation of the selected motion picture is determined and audio synchronization of the alternative audio file triggered at a time that is within a threshold of the determined start time. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158489 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING USER GENERATED VIDEO REVIEWS - Methods and systems for content aggregation and distribution are described. Video content may be received from a plurality of sources. The video content may be associated with metadata identifying items included within the video content. A video player may be provided which enables video content to be displayed on a user terminal, and a control may be provided enabling the user to quickly navigate to specific portions of the video content. The video player may be embeddable. Tags associated with a given item of video content may be stored and accessed remotely from the system hosting the item of video content. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158490 | MEMORY ARRANGEMENT - A memory arrangement and method to arrange memories are disclosed. The memory arrangement comprises at least two memory chips (M | 2018-06-07 |
20180158491 | Forwarding Signal Supply Voltage in Data Transmission System - In a data transmission system, one or more signal supply voltages for generating the signaling voltage of a signal to be transmitted are generated in a first circuit and forwarded from the first circuit to a second circuit. The second circuit may use the forwarded signal supply voltages to generate another signal to be transmitted back from the second circuit to the first circuit, thereby obviating the need to generate signal supply voltages separately in the second circuit. The first circuit may also adjust the signal supply voltages based on the signal transmitted back from the second circuit to the first circuit. The data transmission system may employ a single-ended signaling system in which the signaling voltage is referenced to a reference voltage that is a power supply voltage such as ground, shared by the first circuit and the second circuit. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158492 | STORAGE DEVICE OPERATING DIFFERENTLY ACCORDING TO TEMPERATURE OF MEMORY - A storage device includes memories and a controller. The controller controls first and second program operations on the memory. When a temperature of the memory is lower than a reference value, the controller controls execution of the first program operation. When the temperature of the memory is equal to or higher than the reference value, the controller controls execution of the second program operation which consumes a smaller amount of power than the first program operation. The controller adjusts an operational condition of the memory such that bandwidth on the memory remains equivalent during the first and second program operations. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158493 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY DEVICE - An apparatus for controlling a memory device may include: a table storing information of a plurality of read voltages; an error correction unit suitable for correcting an error of read data; and a processor functionally coupled to the RR table and the error correction unit. The processor selects a default read voltage among the plurality of read voltages from the table when a read fail for the memory device is recognized, sets a shift direction of the default read voltage based on the number of read cells of the memory device read by the default read voltage, and controls a read retry operation of the memory device based on at least one read voltage in the set shift direction in the table. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158494 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES, METHODS OF OPERATING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES AND MEMORY SYSTEMS - A semiconductor memory device includes bank arrays, row decoders, column decoders, a timing control circuit and repeaters. The bank arrays are distributed in a core region of a substrate, and each bank array includes sub-array blocks and includes a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of word-lines and a plurality of bit-lines. Each row decoder is disposed adjacent each bank array in a first direction. Each column decoder is disposed adjacent each bank array in a second direction. The timing control circuit, which is disposed in a peripheral region of the substrate, generates a first control signal to control the word-lines and a second control signal to control the bit-lines in response to operation control signals. Each repeater is disposed adjacent each column decoder and each repeater transfers the first and second control signals to the sub-array blocks in the second direction. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158495 | ZQ CALIBRATION METHOD OF MEMORY DEVICE WITH SHARED ZQ PIN AND MEMORY DEVICE PERFORMING THE ZQ CALIBRATION METHOD - A memory device configured to perform a ZQ calibration method may include a first die and a second die that share a resistor connected to a ZQ pin. The first die may be configured to perform a first calibration operation using the resistor in response to a ZQ calibration command applied from outside of the memory device. The first die may be configured to generate a ZQ flag signal after the first calibration operation ends and perform a second calibration operation. The second die may be configured to perform the first calibration operation in response to the ZQ flag signal and perform a second calibration after the first calibration operation of the second die ends. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158496 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MEMORY CIRCUIT - A magnetoresistive element includes: a free layer that includes a magnetostrictive layer containing a magnetostrictive material; a pin layer that includes a first ferromagnetic layer; a thin film that is located between the pin layer and the free layer; a piezoelectric substance that is located so as to surround at least a part of the magnetostrictive layer from a direction intersecting with a stacking direction of the free layer and the pin layer and applies a pressure to the magnetostrictive layer; and an electrode that is capable of applying a voltage different from a voltage applied to the free layer and a voltage applied to the pin layer and applies a voltage to the piezoelectric substance so that the piezoelectric substance applies a pressure to the magnetostrictive layer. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158497 | MAGNETIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PERFORM AN ANALOG ADDER CIRCUIT FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH MAGNETIC DEVICE - A magnetic device configured to perform an analog adder circuit function and including a plurality of magnetic units. Each magnetic unit includes n magnetic tunnel junctions electrically connected in series via a current line. Each magnetic tunnel junction includes a storage magnetic layer having a storage magnetization, a sense magnetic layer having a sense magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer. Each magnetic unit also includes n input lines, each being configured to generate a magnetic field adapted for varying a direction of the sense magnetization and a resistance of the n magnetic tunnel junctions, based on an input. Each of the n magnetic units is configured to add said n inputs to generate an output signal that varies in response to the n resistances. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158498 | MAGNETORESISTIVE DEVICES AND METHODS THEREFOR - The present disclosure is directed to exemplary methods of manufacturing a magnetoresistive device. In one aspect, a method may include forming one or more regions of a magnetoresistive stack on a substrate, wherein the substrate includes at least one electronic device. The method also may include performing a sole annealing process on the substrate having the one or more magnetoresistive regions formed thereon, wherein the sole annealing process is performed at a first minimum temperature. Subsequent to performing the sole annealing process, the method may include patterning or etching at least a portion of the magnetoresistive stack. Moreover, subsequent to the step of patterning or etching the portion of the magnetoresistive stack, the method may include performing all additional processing on the substrate at a second temperature below the first minimum temperature. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158499 | MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetic memory includes: a first and second terminals; a conductive layer including first to fourth regions, the first and fourth regions being electrically connected to the first and second terminals respectively; a first magnetoresistive element including: a first and second magnetic layers; a first nonmagnetic layer between the first and second magnetic layers; and a third terminal electrically connected to the first magnetic layer; a second magnetoresistive element including: a third and fourth magnetic layers; a second nonmagnetic layer between the third and fourth magnetic layers; and a fourth terminal electrically connected to the third magnetic layer; and a circuit configured to apply a write current between the first terminal and the second terminal and apply a first and second potentials to the third and fourth terminals respectively to write the first and second magnetoresistive elements, the first and second potentials being different from each other. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158500 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CIRCUIT - The present technique relates to a non-volatile memory circuit ensuring a small size and low power consumption while maintaining stable write. A slave latch is provided in an NVDFF, and magnetoresistive elements are connected to the slave latch. A store operation for writing information stored in the slave latch to the magnetoresistive elements is performed before power interruption, and a restore operation for reading out information stored in the magnetoresistive elements to the slave latch is performed at a time of return. The store operation and the restore operation use different paths between the slave latch and the magnetoresistive element. The present technique is applicable to a non-volatile memory circuit. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158501 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF MEMORY CELL DIGIT LINE CAPACITANCE - Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A ferroelectric memory cell may be used to store a logic state. The capacitance of a digit line of the ferroelectric memory cell may be dynamically increased prior to, and during a portion of, a read operation used to determine a stored logic state of the cell. The capacitance may be increased by leveraging intrinsic capacitance of digit lines of the array—e.g., by shorting one digit line to another digit line. Increasing the capacitance of the digit line may increase the signal on the digit line that is sensed during the read operation. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158502 | DYNAMIC REFERENCE VOLTAGE DETERMINATION - Methods, systems, and devices for operating a ferroelectric memory cell or cells are described. A first value may be written to a first memory cell and a second value may be written to a second memory cell. Each value may have a corresponding voltage when the memory cells are discharged onto their respective digit lines. The voltage on each digit line after a read operation may be temporarily stored at a node in electronic communication with the respective digit line. A conductive path may be established between the nodes so that charge sharing occurs between the nodes. The voltage resulting from the charge sharing may be used to adjust a reference voltage that is used by other components. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158503 | CONTROL UNIT HAVING RADIO INTERFERENCE AVOIDING FUNCTION - A control unit includes a non-volatile memory and a CPU. The non-volatile memory stores activation interval information indicating an activation interval of mixed processing of transmission processing and non-transmission processing. The transmission processing executes a signal transmission through a bus and the non-transmission processing executes no signal transmission through the bus. The CPU determines an execution start time of the mixed processing based on the activation interval information stored in the non-volatile memory and executes the mixed processing from a determined execution start time. An interval of execution of the signal transmission processing executed in the mixed processing by changing the activation interval information stored in the non-volatile memory. It is thus possible to protect wireless communication from interference by changing the activation interval of the mixed processing so that a frequency determined in correspondence to the activation interval of the mixed processing does not match a frequency of a communication channel of the wireless communication. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158504 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING REFRESH OPERATIONS - An apparatus includes a first word line, a second word line and a control. The second word line is contiguous to the first word line. The control circuit includes a first defective address storing circuit and a first detection circuit. The first defective address storing circuit stores first enable information along with first defective address. The first enable information indicates whether or not the second word line is functional. The first detection circuit provides a first signal when the first word line is accessed. The first signal indicates whether or not the second word line is functional. The control circuit activates the second word line when the first signal indicates that the second word line is functional and does not activate the second word line when the first signal indicates that the second word line is not functional. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158505 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Provided herein is a semiconductor memory device and a method for operating the same. The semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks, each including dummy cells coupled to dummy word lines and normal memory cells coupled to normal word lines, a peripheral circuit configured to perform an erase operation on a memory block selected from among the plurality of memory blocks and control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit, during the erase operation, to apply a pre-program voltage pulse to the dummy word lines and the normal word lines, and to control application of dummy word line voltages to the dummy word lines based on Erase-Write (EW) cycling information while applying an erase voltage to a common source line of the selected memory block, wherein the EW cycling information indicates a number of erase-write cycles of the selected memory block. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158506 | PULSE-STRETCHER CLOCK GENERATOR CIRCUIT FOR HIGH SPEED MEMORY SUBSYSTEMS - The apparatus provided includes a memory. The memory is configured to receive a memory clock. The apparatus also includes a single stage logic gate configured to generate the memory clock from a reference clock. The memory clock is a gated clock. Additionally, the memory clock has a wider pulse width than the reference clock. In an example, the single stage logic gate comprises a pull-up circuit configured to pull-up the memory clock, and a pull-down circuit coupled to pull-down the memory clock. In an example, the pull-up and the pull-down circuits are configured to be controlled by the reference clock, a delayed reference clock, and a gating signal. An example further includes a delay circuit configured to generate the delayed reference clock from the reference clock. An example further includes a latch configured to generate the gating signal. | 2018-06-07 |
20180158507 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM PERFORMING A HAMMER REFRESH OPERATION AND ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS - A memory system includes a memory controller and a memory device. The memory controller determines and provides a hammer address. The hammer address is an address that has an activation number or frequency greater than a predetermined threshold. The memory device generates a hammer refresh signal representing a timing for a hammer refresh operation to refresh a first row of the memory device that is physically adjacent to a second row of the memory device corresponding to the hammer address. The memory device performs the hammer refresh operation using the hammer address provided from the memory controller and the hammer refresh signal generated by the memory device. | 2018-06-07 |