Digital twin based binaural audio echolocation
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12222213
A processor may receive an information dataset. The information dataset may include object information and environment information. A processor may generate a digital twin of a physical environment. The digital twin of the physical environment may be based, at least in part, on the information dataset. A processor may simulate one or more factors on the digital twin of the physical environment. A processor may determine, responsive to simulating the one or more factors, one or more…
Oxide-based resistive memory having a plasma-exposed bottom electrode
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12225833
Embodiments of the invention provide a resistive switching device that includes a metal interconnect electrode and a charge-particle-treated memory stack over the metal interconnect electrode. The charge-particle-treated memory stack includes a plurality of layers that includes a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a dielectric layer between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The dielectric layer includes a portion of a blanket dielectric layer. The bottom electrode includes…
Structure for fastening verification
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224541
An apparatus for a fastening verification structure includes a fastener disposed in a cavity, where a leading end of the fastener is configured to press a non-insulated contact pad. The first end of a first lead electrically coupled to the fastener and a second end of the first lead electrically coupled to a power source. The first end of a second lead electrically coupled to the non-insulated contact pad and a second end of the second lead electrically coupled to a visual indicator. The…
Field effect transistors with bottom dielectric isolation
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12224312
A semiconductor device fabricated by forming FET fins from a layered semiconductor structure. The layered semiconductor structure incudes a sacrificial layer. Further by forming dummy gate structures on the FET fins, recessing the FET fins between dummy gate structures, growing source-drain regions between FET fins and the sacrificial layer, replacing active region dummy gate structures with high-k metal gates structures, and replacing the sacrificial layer with a dielectric isolation…
Voice assistant system with audio effects related to voice commands
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12223935
Voice command type entry used as a basis for applying “audio effects” (see definition herein), “sound effects” (see definition herein) and/or audio edits (see definition herein) to a sound signal. This may be done so that the various types of instructed audio processing evoke, in typical listeners, a desired sentiment or mood. Artificial intelligence may be used to accomplish this objective.
Object oriented image normalization
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12223681
A method and system for reducing the number of colors per pixel present in an image to increase the ability to detect objects or anomalies in the image. A final number of colors per pixel to reduce the image to is determined, wherein the final number of colors is a number of colors less than the number of colors per pixel in the original image. A corresponding threshold value for each of the final number of colors is identified, such that the corresponding threshold values optimize an…
Mitigating regression test variability
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12223438
One or more computer processors identify one or more similar, historical regression tests and historical builds utilizing a computed similarity measure between a regressed build and one or more historical builds conducted on a same release cycle, wherein the identified one or more similar historical regression tests and historical builds are K closest neighbors to the regressed build; predict an elapsed time of the one or more profiled regression tests utilizing a KNN algorithm…
Performing a search using a hypergraph
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12222987
Provided are techniques for performing a search using a hypergraph. Entities are identified. A knowledge graph using the entities is generated, wherein nodes of the knowledge graph represent the entities and edges between the nodes represent pair-wise relationships, and wherein each of the edges carries an edge score that quantifies a degree of coherence between a pair of the entities. A hypergraph using the knowledge graph is generated, wherein nodes of the hypergraph represent the…
Detecting emotional events in textual content
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12222968
Computer implemented methods, systems, and computer program products include program code executing on a processor(s) that obtains text from a computing resources in a domain and segments it into sentences. The processor(s) identifies entities in each sentence. The processor(s) classifies each entity with a sentiment (a polarity). The processor(s) identifies, for each sentence, a given entity with a strongest sentiment. The processor(s) derives for each sentence, for each entity,…
Write and retire pages in QLC NAND blocks
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12222800
A technique for writing data to pages in a QLC block of a QLC NAND flash memory device, where the device comprises a plurality of SLC pages organized in SLC blocks and a plurality of QLC pages organized in QLC blocks. The technique comprises storing received data in SLC pages, dividing equally a QLC block in a predefined number of sub-blocks according to a corresponding QLC page health status of the pages of the QLC block. Upon determining that SLC pages are to be copied from SLC pages…
Carbon dioxide membrane filter with graphene crown pores
Granted: February 11, 2025
Patent Number:
12220670
A structure and method for carbon capture, e.g., in flue gas. An oxygen-terminated crown pore in graphene can be provided. Exposed carbon atoms on the pore edge can be bonded with oxygen to make a crown pore. When the CO2 is inside the pore, the electrostatic interaction becomes attractive because the positively charged carbon atom in CO2 is now exposed to negatively charged oxygen atoms on the crown pore edge. A favorable interaction between CO2 and the crown pore can be expected.
Selective injection of GC safepoints for JNI invocations
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217074
A computer-implemented method is provided for managing Garbage Collection (GC) safepoints. The method includes determining whether a GC safepoint for a target native method can be removed by checking a heap occupancy ratio prior to executing the target native method. The method further includes removing the GC safepoint responsive to the heap occupancy ratio prior to executing the target native method being less than a threshold occupancy amount percentage. The method also includes…
Anti-fuse and fuse structures for improving the functionality of qubit circuits
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12218048
A method of constructing a superconducting switch includes depositing a thin sacrificial layer on top of a substrate. The sacrificial layer is patterned to remove portions of the sacrificial layer except at a first portion of the substrate. A superconducting metal layer is patterned on top of the substrate and on top of the sacrificial layer. The superconducting metal layer is patterned to form a superconducting metal line over the sacrificial layer. The patterned sacrificial layer is…
Tape drive write across write error
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217776
A method for writing to tape by a tape drive is provided. The method includes, in response to identifying a write error during a write to a tape in a certain HRTD region, repositioning the tape to a next HRTD region. The method further includes continuing the write at the next HRTD region.
Matching promotions to telecom user preferences using artificial intelligence
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217284
Promotional offers are offered to telecom subscribers in roaming network areas by recording promotional preferences of subscribers for receiving promotional calls, forwarding subscriber information from a local network telecom service provider to a roaming network service provider, and measuring with the roaming network telecom service provider the subscribers that are present within a roaming network geography. The subscribers can then be ranked by their duration within the roaming…
Targeted data acquisition for model training
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217195
Targeted acquisition of data for model training includes identifying attributes of classified samples of a collection of samples classified by a classification model, and generating at least one query based on the identified attributes, the at least one query tailored, based on the attributes, to retrieve additional training data for training the classification model to more accurately classify samples and avoid incorrect sample classification.
Learning unpaired multimodal feature matching for semi-supervised learning
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217191
A computer-implemented method is provided for learning multimodal feature matching. The method includes training an image encoder to obtain encoded images. The method further includes training a common classifier on the encoded images by using labeled images. The method also includes training a text encoder while keeping the common classifier in a fixed configuration by using learned text embeddings and corresponding labels for the learned text embeddings. The text encoder is further…
Markov processes using analog crossbar arrays
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217166
A method is presented for computing an equilibrium distribution of Markov processes. The method includes storing weight values in an analog crossbar array of transition probability matrices, where the analog crossbar array of transition probability matrices represents a weight matrix with m rows and n columns, computing an eigenvector associated with a real eigenvalue of modulus one for each of the transition probability matrices, applying a gradient-based eigenvalue solver to converge…
Neural network circuitry having floating point format with asymmetric range
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217158
An apparatus includes circuitry for a neural network that is configured to perform forward propagation neural network operations on floating point numbers having a first n-bit floating point format. The first n-bit floating point format has a configuration consisting of a sign bit, m exponent bits and p mantissa bits where m is greater than p. The circuitry is further configured to perform backward propagation neural network operations on floating point numbers having a second n-bit…
Multi-cloud deployment strategy based on activity workload
Granted: February 4, 2025
Patent Number:
12217096
Multi-cloud deployment strategy is based on automated analysis of context and requirements for an activity workload. The activity workload is defined by user input including information regarding project cost, performance requirements, and geographical preferences. Selection of cloud-based resources for handling the activity workload is based in part on service availability record, projected cost of resources, and physical geographic locations. A cloud services registry provides cloud…
