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US8716863B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: IC structure, substrate, dielectric material layer, trench, composite interconnect feature, barrier layer, metal layer, graphene layer, carbon nanotube, metal material.
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An integrated circuit (IC) structure, comprising:a substrate having an IC device formed therein;a first dielectric material layer disposed over the substrate and having a first trench formed therein;a first composite interconnect feature disposed in the first trench and electrically coupled with the IC device, wherein the first composite interconnect feature includesa first barrier layer disposed on sidewalls of the first trench;a first metal layer disposed on the first barrier layer; anda first graphene layer disposed on the first metal layer;a second dielectric material layer interposed between the first dielectric material layer and the substrate, having a second trench formed in the second dielectric material layer; anda second composite interconnect feature formed in the second trench and contacted with the first composite interconnect feature, wherein the second composite interconnect feature includesa second barrier layer disposed on sidewalls of the second trench;at least one carbon nanotube disposed in the second trench; anda metal material filled in the second trench and surrounded by the second barrier layer such that the at least one carbon nanotube is embedded in the metal material.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Convolutional neural network, risk prediction method, risk predictor, in-vehicle camera, risk areas, moving object, degree of risk, likelihood map, irregularly-shaped boundary line, vehicle collision, input image, display, likelihood estimation, neural network execution.
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A risk prediction method executed by a computer of a risk predictor using a convolutional neural network, the method comprising:taking an input image by an in-vehicle camera installed on a vehicle;acquiring, by the computer using the convolutional neural network, an input image taken by an in-vehicle camera installed on a vehicle;making the convolutional neural network estimate a plurality of risk areas, including a first risk area having a detected first moving object, and a second risk area not having a detected moving object detected from a side of the second risk area toward the vehicle as a second moving object, and a degree of risk for each risk area of the plurality of risk areas as a feature of each risk area, each risk area being in the acquired input image,the first risk area having a possibility that the detected first moving object in the first risk area may move into a travelling path of the vehicle, and that the detected first moving object in the first risk area may collide with the vehicle, andthe second risk area having a possibility that the second moving object may appear by a direction from the second risk area into a travelling path of the vehicle, and that the second moving object may collide with the vehicle, the possibility that the second moving object may appear from the second risk area being based on a degree of similarity of the acquired input image to a partial area of an input image taken immediately before, a previous situation where a previous moving object did appear from a previous second risk area not having a detected moving object;displaying the input image taken by the in-vehicle camera installed on the vehicle on a display installed in the vehicle; andsuperimposing, by the convolutional neural network, a likelihood map for each risk area of the plurality of risk areas on the input image being displayed on the display installed in the vehicle,wherein the likelihood map for the first risk area includes a first irregularly-shaped boundary line that surrounds the detected first moving object, andwherein the likelihood map for the second risk area includes a partial first irregularly-shaped boundary line associated with the second risk area to show a direction of the second moving object may appear from an other side of the second risk area opposite the vehicle.
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US8878312B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: CMOS device, MEMS device, insulator, electrical bypass structure, electrically isolated, recess, conductive features, movable portions.
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An apparatus comprising:a first substrate that includes a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device;a second substrate that includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device formed therein;an insulator disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; andan electrical bypass structure extending through the second substrate and the insulator, the electrical bypass structure contacting a portion of the first substrate and a portion of the second substrate through which the electrical bypass structure extends;wherein the electrical bypass structure is electrically isolated from the MEMS device in the second substrate and any device included in the first substrate;wherein a recess in the second substrate electrically isolates the portion of the second substrate and electrical bypass structure from the MEMS device, the recess extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the second substrate and residing adjacent to the portion of the second substrate; andwherein the electrical bypass structure comprises a plurality of conductive features extending through the second substrate and the insulator, one of the plurality of the conductive features being located between a plurality of movable portions of the MEMS device.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Processor, Video camera, Accelerometer, Visual alert component, Audio alert component, Wireless communication component, SD card, Open-Source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV), Dlib, Left eye shape structure, Right eye shape structure, Facial landmarks, Eye open ratio (EOR), Mouth shape structure, Mouth open ratio (MOR), Acceleration, EOR threshold, MOR threshold, Acceleration threshold, Wireless alert signal.
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A distracted driver detection device, comprising:a processor including a central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM) containing volatile memory, and a secure digital (SD) card containing non-volatile memory;a video camera configured to provide video input to the processor;an accelerometer configured to provide acceleration input to the processor;a visual alert component, the visual alert component being configured to generate a visual alert upon receiving a visual alert signal from the processor;an audio alert component, the audio alert component being configured to generate an audio alert upon receiving an audio alert signal from the processor; anda wireless communication component connected to the processor, the wireless communication component being configured to provide a wireless message upon receiving a wireless alert signal from the processor;wherein the SD card contains instructions including Open-Source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV) and Dlib, executable by the CPU, which configure the processor to:identify a left eye shape structure of a driver using the video input, the left eye shape structure including at least 6 facial landmarks;identify a right eye shape structure of a driver using the video input, the right eye shape structure including at least 6 facial landmarks;compute an eye open ratio (EOR) as an average of a left EOR of the left eye shape structure and a right EOR of the right eye shape structure;identify a mouth shape structure of a driver using the video input, the mouth shape structure including at least 20 facial landmarks;compute a mouth open ratio (MOR) using the mouth shape structure;generate an estimate of an acceleration using the acceleration input;provide the audio alert signal to the audio alert component and provide the visual alert signal to the visual alert component when the EOR is less than an EOR threshold for consecutive frames in a prescribed EOR assessment time;provide the audio alert signal to the audio alert component and provide the visual alert signal to the visual alert component when the MOR is greater than an MOR threshold for consecutive frames in a prescribed MOR assessment time;provide the audio alert signal to the audio alert component and provide the visual alert signal to the visual alert component when the estimate of the acceleration is greater than an acceleration threshold; andprovide the wireless alert signal to the wireless communication component when the processor has provided at least three of the audio alert signals.
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US9318370B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor substrate, Recess, P-well, Isolation region, Metal oxide high-k dielectric liner, Dielectric material, Image sensor device.
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A structure comprising:a semiconductor substrate having a top surface and a recess in the semiconductor substrate extending from the top surface, a p-well being disposed in the semiconductor substrate and having a substantially uniform concentration of a p-type dopant, the recess being disposed in the p-well;an isolation region in the recess, the isolation region comprising a metal oxide high-k dielectric liner and a dielectric material, the metal oxide high-k dielectric liner comprising a first sidewall portion extending from above the top surface of the semiconductor substrate into the recess along a first sidewall of the recess, a second sidewall portion extending from above the top surface of the semiconductor substrate into the recess along a second sidewall of the recess, and a lower portion extending continuously from the first sidewall portion to the second sidewall portion along a lower surface of the recess, the p-well physically contacting respective exterior surfaces of the first sidewall portion and the second sidewall portion of the metal oxide high-k dielectric liner and a bottom surface of the lower portion of the metal oxide high-k dielectric liner, the dielectric material having an upper surface above the top surface of the semiconductor substrate, the dielectric material extending into the recess and physically contacting respective interior surfaces of the first sidewall portion, the second sidewall portion, and the lower portion of the metal oxide high-k dielectric liner, the dielectric material having a uniform composition at a plane of the top surface of the semiconductor substrate from the interior surface of the first sidewall portion to the interior surface of the second sidewall portion; andan image sensor device disposed at least partially in the p-well of the semiconductor substrate, no lateral boundary of the image sensor device extending beyond lateral boundaries of the p-well of the semiconductor substrate.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Line-of-sight detector, Imaging device, Hand state detector, Driving state determiner, Traveling state detector, Operation restrictor, Display device, Stopped state, Traveling state, Predetermined region, Traveling stability detector, Disturbance detector, Fourth state, Occupant, Driver, Vehicle, Operation control device.
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An operation control device comprising:a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle on the basis of an image of an interior of the vehicle captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle;a hand state detector configured to detect a hand state of the driver on the basis of the image;a driving state determiner configured to determine whether the detected hand state is a first state in which it is estimated that a driving operation of the vehicle is being performed or a second state in which it is estimated that the driving operation is not being performed;a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle; andan operation restrictor configured to restrict reception of an operation on an operator including a display device arranged within the vehicle,wherein the operation restrictor is configured to not restrict the reception of the operation in a case where the vehicle is in a stopped state,wherein the operation restrictor is configured to not restrict the reception of the operation in a case where the vehicle is in the traveling state, a direction of the detected line of sight is facing a predetermined region on a side in front of the driver, and the detected hand state is the first state,wherein the operation restrictor is configured to restrict the reception of the operation in a case where the vehicle is in the traveling state, and the direction of the detected line of sight is not facing the predetermined region or the detected hand state is the second state,wherein the operation control device further comprises:a traveling stability detector configured to detect stability of the traveling state of the vehicle; anda disturbance detector configured to detect a fourth state in which detection of one or both of the direction of the line of sight and the hand state is disabled by an occupant other than the driver on the basis of the image, andwherein the operation restrictor is configured to continue a state in which the reception of the operation is not restricted in a case where the disturbance detector detects the fourth state, and the traveling stability detector detects that the traveling state of the vehicle is stable in the state in which the reception of the operation is not restricted.
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US8652939B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor substrate, Integrated circuit dies, Connector terminals, Trench, Protective layer, Pre-dicing opening, Tape, Backside.
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A method, comprising:forming a trench extending from an active surface of a semiconductor substrate comprising a plurality of integrated circuit dies having connector terminals extending from the active surface, the trench disposed between integrated circuit dies on the semiconductor substrate and extending into, but not through, the semiconductor substrate;forming a protective layer overlying the active surface of the semiconductor substrate and the trench and covering a lower portion of the connector terminals;forming a pre-dicing opening in the protective layer and within the trench, the pre-dicing opening extending into the trench but not through the semiconductor substrate;applying a tape over the active surface of the semiconductor substrate, the protective layer and the connector terminals; andremoving a portion of a backside of the semiconductor substrate until the pre-dicing opening is exposed on the backside of the semiconductor substrate.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Stereo vision system, System controller, Computer processing system, Stereo images, Final disparity map, Preliminary disparity maps, Level-zero disparity map, Level-one disparity map, Level-two disparity map, Combined disparity map, Refining, Object detection, Small object, Super-pixel images, Super-pixel disparity map, Object identification.
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A small-object perception system for use in a vehicle, the system comprising:a stereo vision system configured to capture stereo images; anda system controller configured to receive output signals from the stereo vision system and to provide control signals to control a path of movement of the vehicle,wherein the stereo vision system is comprised of a computer processing system that includes at least one computer processor and a memory operably connected to the at least one computer processor,wherein the computer processing system is configured to perform stereo matching on a pair of stereo images comprised of left and right initial images and to output a final disparity map based on a plurality of preliminary disparity maps generated from the left and right initial images, the preliminary disparity maps having different resolutions from each other,wherein the preliminary disparity maps are comprised of:a level-zero disparity map having a resolution of the pair of stereo images,a level-one disparity map having a first resolution that is lower than the resolution of the pair of stereo images, anda level-two disparity map having a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution,wherein the stereo matching performed by the computer processing system includes:combining the preliminary disparity maps into a combined disparity map, andrefining the combined disparity map by:reducing noise in the combined disparity map to produce a first refined disparity map, orreducing a size of one or more invalid regions in the combined disparity map to produce a second refined disparity map, orreducing the noise and the size of one or more invalid regions in the combined disparity map to produce a third refined disparity map, andwherein the computer processing system is configured to perform object detection to detect a small object using left and right images used to produce any one of: the final disparity map, the first refined disparity map, the second refined disparity map, and the third refined disparity map, or used to produce any one of the preliminary disparity maps, by:segmenting each of the left and right images or a portion of each of the left and right images to produce left and right super-pixel images,performing stereo matching on the left and right super-pixel images to produce a super-pixel disparity map, andidentifying the object based on at least one super-pixel of the super-pixel disparity map.
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US9406518B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor substrate, Fin structure, Crystal orientation, Gate structure, Source region, Drain region, Channel region, Isolation feature, Gate dielectric, Gate electrode, Sidewall spacer, Hard mask layer, Native oxide.
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An integrated circuit device comprising:a group III-V compound semiconductor substrate including a fin structure extending therefrom such that the fin structure is an integral portion of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the group III-V compound semiconductor substrate includes a surface having a (100) crystal orientation adjacent the fin structure, wherein the fin structure has a top surface having a (100) crystallographic orientation and sidewall surfaces having a (110) crystallographic orientation, wherein the sidewall surfaces of the fin structure extend from the top surface of the fin structure to the surface of the group III-V compound semiconductor substrate and wherein the entire sidewall surfaces have the (110) crystallographic orientation extending from the top surface of the fin structure to the surface of the group III-V compound semiconductor substrate;an isolation feature surrounding the tin structure, wherein the isolation feature is in physical contact with only a lower portion of the sidewall surfaces of the fin structure;a gate structure traversing the fin structure, the gate structure traversing a source region and a drain region of the fin structure such that a channel region is defined between the source region and the drain region; andwherein:a hard mask layer is disposed in the channel region over the top surface of the fin structure having the (100) crystallographic orientation, andthe gate structure includes a gate dielectric, a gate electrode, and a sidewall spacer disposed alongside the gate dielectric and the gate electrode, the gate dielectric being disposed over the hard mask layer and the sidewall surfaces of the fin structure having the (110) crystallographic orientation, and the gate electrode being disposed over the gate dielectric, wherein an interface between the gate dielectric and the sidewall surfaces of the fin structure having the (110) crystallographic orientation is substantially free of native oxide of the group III-V compound semiconductor substrate, wherein the sidewall spacer is disposed on and covers a vertical side surface of the hard mask layer.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Feature identification system, hardware computer processors, non-transitory computer readable storage device, software instructions, map data, intersections, geographic region, vehicle data, telemetry data points, location, speed, vehicle device sensors, kernel density estimate (KDE) plot, neural network, positive image data, negative image data, stop signs, probability, evaluation, trip stills data points, trip stills image, forward facing camera, location information, object detection model, aggregation model, combined prediction, likelihood, updating map data.
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A method performed by a feature identification system having one or more hardware computer processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable storage device storing software instructions executable by the feature identification system, the method comprising:accessing map data including indications of intersections within a geographic region;accessing vehicle data including a plurality of telemetry data points, each of the telemetry data points indicating at least a location and a speed of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle data is obtained from a plurality of vehicle device sensors;associating telemetry data points with corresponding intersections within the geographic region;for individual intersections:generating a kernel density estimate (KDE) plot indicating speed on a first axis and distance from the intersection on a second axis, wherein the KDE plot is configured to indicate speed of vehicles as they approach the intersection;accessing a neural network trained using positive image data of KDE plots known to be associated with stop signs and negative image data of KDE plots known to not be associated with stop signs, wherein the neural network is configured to output a probability of a stop sign at the individual intersection based on the KDE plot generated for the particular intersection; andevaluating the neural network based on the generated KDE plot for the individual intersection to determine a telemetry probability for the individual intersection;accessing vehicle data including a plurality of trip stills data points obtained from a plurality of vehicle device sensors, each of the trip stills data points indicating at least a trip stills image obtained from a forward facing camera and location information;associating trip stills data points with corresponding intersections within the geographic region;for individual trip stills data points:accessing an object detection model trained to identify stop signs within images; andevaluating the object detection model based on the trip stills image of the trip stills data point, to determine a trip stills probability of a stop sign in the trip stills image;for individual intersections:evaluating an aggregation model configured to output a combined prediction indicative of likelihood of a stop sign at the individual intersection, wherein inputs to the aggregation model include one or more of the telemetry probability for the individual intersection and one or more trip stills probability for trips stills data points associated with the individual intersection; andupdating map data with the combined prediction.
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US9627290B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor device, Metal pad, Passivation layer, Polymer layer, Bump, Substrate, Interconnect, Post-passivation interconnect, Under-bump metallurgy, UBM layer, Sidewalls.
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A semiconductor device, comprising:a first metal pad directly on a top surface of a substrate;a passivation layer directly disposed on the top surface of the substrate and on a top surface of the first metal pad;a first polymer layer over the first metal pad and the passivation layer, wherein the first polymer layer is in direct contact with the first metal pad;a second polymer layer over the first polymer layer, wherein the second polymer layer does not directly contact the first metal pad;a third polymer layer over the second polymer layer; anda bump formed in an opening through the first polymer layer, the second polymer layer and the third polymer layer, wherein the second polymer layer extends into the opening, the third polymer layer extends into the opening and a portion of the second polymer layer within the opening is in direct contact with the first polymer layer;a second metal pad spaced a distance from the first metal pad, the second metal pad directly on the top surface of the substrate, and wherein the passivation layer is disposed directly on the top surface of the second metal pad;a first post-passivation interconnect (PPI) on the second metal pad, wherein a first portion of the first PPI interposes the first and the second polymer layers such that the first PPI interfaces the top surface of the first polymer layer and a bottom surface of the second polymer layeran under-bump metallurgy (UBM) layer is disposed between the bump and the metal pad, wherein the UBM layer is disposed between sidewalls of the bump and the second polymer layer.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Frame, Wearable, Head, User, Image projector, Augmented reality, Eyepiece, Light source, Reflective element, Segmented optical element, Camera, Temple side, Processing electronics, Memory, Instructions, Operations, Eye, Feature, Retina, Gaze direction, Bounding region, Center of mass, 3D position, Pupil center, Eye ball center, Coordinate system.
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A display system comprising:a frame configured to be wearable on a head of a user;at least one image projector supported by the frame, the at least one image projector configured to project augmented reality image content;an eyepiece supported by the frame, the eyepiece configured to receive the augmented reality image content from the at least one image projector and direct the augmented reality image content to an eye of the user;at least one light source configured to direct light to the eye;at least one reflective element disposed on at least one of the frame or the eyepiece, wherein the at least one reflective element comprises a segmented optical element;at least one camera supported by the frame on at least one temple side of the head of the user, the at least one camera arranged to receive a portion of the light that is reflected from the eye to the at least one reflective element and that is reflected from the at least one reflective element to the at least one camera to form at least one image of the eye that is captured by the at least one camera;processing electronics in communication with the at least one image projector; andmemory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing electronics, cause the processing electronics to performing operations comprisingreceiving the at least one image of the eye that is captured by the at least one camera,estimating a location of at least one feature of the eye based on the at least one image, wherein the at least one feature includes a retina of the eye, anddetermining a gaze direction of the eye based on assessing where at least part of the retina captured by the at least one camera fits within a retinal map, wherein determining the gaze direction comprisesdefining a bounding region within a first image of the at least one image, wherein the first image contains the at least one feature,identifying a center of mass of the bounding region,determining a 3D position of a pupil center and an eye ball center based on the center of mass of the bounding region, anddetermining the gaze direction based on a coordinate system having an origin defined as a location of the eye ball center, wherein the gaze direction passes through the pupil center.
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US8664729B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Metal gate transistor, semiconductor fins, gate electrode, interlevel dielectric layer, contacts, low resistance metal strap, semiconductor substrate.
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A metal gate transistor structure, comprising:a plurality of semiconductor fins formed over a semiconductor substrate, the fins being arranged in parallel and spaced apart;a metal containing gate electrode formed over the semiconductor substrate and overlaps a channel gate region of each of the semiconductor fins in a top view;an interlevel dielectric layer overlying the gate electrode and the semiconductor substrate;a plurality of contacts disposed in the interlevel dielectric layer and extending through the interlevel dielectric layer to the gate electrode; anda low resistance metal strap formed over the interlevel dielectric layer and coupled to the gate electrode by the plurality of contacts;wherein the plurality of contacts are spaced apart from the channel gate regions of the semiconductor fins.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Driving support device, rear-lateral side monitoring camera, periphery monitoring cameras, processor, display device, bird's-eye view image, blind spot range, combined image, notification, host vehicle, side mirror, sense of distance, image, object, monitoring, angle of view, inverted, approach, visual appearance.
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A driving support device, configured to assist a driver of a host vehicle comprising:a rear-lateral side monitoring camera having a same orientation as an orientation of a side mirror of the host vehicle, and configured to photograph an image of a rear-lateral side direction of the host vehicle with an angle of view which enables a sense of distance to a first object in the rear-lateral side direction of the host vehicle;a plurality of periphery monitoring cameras each configured to photograph a periphery of the host vehicle;a processor configured to acquire the image of the rear-lateral side direction, and periphery images which are images of the periphery of the host vehicle photographed by the plurality of periphery monitoring cameras; anda display device configured to display an image,wherein the processor is configured to:generate a bird's-eye view image which is an image looking down from the sky around the host vehicle from the periphery images acquired from the plurality of periphery monitoring cameras, and generate a cropped bird's-eye view image by cropping an image of a cropping range including a blind spot range and only a part of the host vehicle from the generated bird's-eye view image;generate a rear-lateral side converted image by converting the image of the rear-lateral side direction into an image in which left and right are inverted; andgenerate a combined image in which the generated cropped bird's-eye view image and the generated rear-lateral side converted image are arranged, and control the display device such that the generated combined image is displayed by the display device, wherein in the combined image, the cropped bird's-eye view image shows a second object in the blind spot range, and the rear-lateral side converted image shows the first object that is visible through the side mirror at which the rear-lateral side monitoring camera is installed, and wherein the second object in the cropped bird's-eye view image is not captured in the rear-lateral side converted image, and the first object in the rear-lateral side converted image is not captured in the cropped bird's-eye view image,in response to detecting the first object or the second object approaching the host vehicle, change a visual appearance of a notification indicating presence of the first object or the second object in the combined image.
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US9287179B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor device, semiconductor layer, substrate, fin-like structure, gate dielectric layer, gate layer, metal gate layer, interlayer dielectric layer, elongated portion, perpendicularly extending portions.
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A semiconductor device, comprising:a semiconductor layer disposed over a substrate, the semiconductor layer having a first fin-like structure and a second fin-like structure;a gate dielectric layer wrapped around at least a portion of both the first fin-like structure and the second fin-like structure on the semiconductor layer;a gate layer disposed over and in contact with the gate dielectric layer over the first fin-like structure in a substantially conformal manner, wherein the gate layer has a substantially constant thickness, wherein the gate layer does not extend over the second fin-like structure; anda metal gate layer disposed over the gate layer and the second fin-like structure, the metal gate layer being in direct contact with the gate dielectric layer over the second fin-like structurean interlayer dielectric layer feature disposed adjacent the metal gate layer, the interlayer dielectric layer formed over the first fin-like structure and the second fin-like structure, wherein the interlayer dielectric feature comprises:an elongated portion, the elongated portion being positioned between and running parallel to the first fin-like structure and the second fin-like structure; anda set of perpendicularly extending portions that extend perpendicular from the elongated portion, the perpendicularly extending portions extending over the first fin-like structure and the second fin-like structure.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Driving support device, rear-lateral side monitoring camera, periphery monitoring cameras, processor, display device, bird's-eye view image, blind spot range, combined image, notification, host vehicle, side mirror, sense of distance, image processing, object detection, visual appearance.
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A driving support device, configured to assist a driver of a host vehicle comprising:a rear-lateral side monitoring camera having a same orientation as an orientation of a side mirror of the host vehicle, and configured to photograph an image of a rear-lateral side direction of the host vehicle with an angle of view which enables a sense of distance to a first object in the rear-lateral side direction of the host vehicle;a plurality of periphery monitoring cameras each configured to photograph a periphery of the host vehicle;a processor configured to acquire the image of the rear-lateral side direction, and periphery images which are images of the periphery of the host vehicle photographed by the plurality of periphery monitoring cameras; anda display device configured to display an image,wherein the processor is configured to:generate a bird's-eye view image which is an image looking down from the sky around the host vehicle from the periphery images acquired from the plurality of periphery monitoring cameras, and generate a cropped bird's-eye view image by cropping an image of a cropping range including a blind spot range and only a part of the host vehicle from the generated bird's-eye view image;generate a rear-lateral side converted image by converting the image of the rear-lateral side direction into an image in which left and right are inverted; andgenerate a combined image in which the generated cropped bird's-eye view image and the generated rear-lateral side converted image are arranged, and control the display device such that the generated combined image is displayed by the display device, wherein in the combined image, the cropped bird's-eye view image shows a second object in the blind spot range, and the rear-lateral side converted image shows the first object that is visible through the side mirror at which the rear-lateral side monitoring camera is installed, and wherein the second object in the cropped bird's-eye view image is not captured in the rear-lateral side converted image, and the first object in the rear-lateral side converted image is not captured in the cropped bird's-eye view image,in response to detecting the first object or the second object approaching the host vehicle, change a visual appearance of a notification indicating presence of the first object or the second object in the combined image.
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US11038056B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor device, Fin, Substrate, Semiconductor material, Electrically conductive material, Ultrathin insulator layer, Gallium arsenide, Gate stack, Gate dielectric, Spacer, Contact, Dielectric material, Etch stop layer, Inter-layer dielectric, Silicon nitride.
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A semiconductor device comprising:a fin on a substrate, the fin having a first height from the substrate and comprising a top surface, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, the fin comprising a semiconductor material, the fin further comprising an electrically conductive material over the semiconductor material and an ultrathin insulator layer between the semiconductor material and the electrically conductive material, wherein the semiconductor material comprises gallium arsenide;a gate stack comprising a gate dielectric, the gate dielectric covering and being in physical connection with the semiconductor material of both the top surface of the fin and the first sidewall of the fin, the gate stack having a constant width;a spacer formed on a sidewall of the gate stack, wherein the electrically conductive material of the fin extends from the spacer past an end of the semiconductor material of the fin disposed distally from the gate stack, the spacer being in physical connection with a sidewall of the gate stack, a top surface and a sidewall of the semiconductor material, and a sidewall of the conductive material facing towards the gate stack;a contact in physical connection with the fin, the contact extending from the top surface a first distance along the fin towards the substrate, the first distance being less than the first height, wherein the contact is in physical connection with only the top surface of the fin, the first sidewall of the fin, and the second sidewall of the fin, the first sidewall and the second sidewall being planar; anda dielectric material comprising an etch stop layer and an inter-layer dielectric over the etch stop layer, the etch stop layer being in physical contact with the top surface and the first sidewall of the fin, the etch stop layer extending above the fin, the etch stop layer comprising an opening exposing the first portion of the fin, the contact extending into the opening, the etch stop layer comprising silicon nitride, the inter-layer dielectric comprising a material different from the etch stop layer, wherein a first surface of the contact is in physical connection with the first sidewall of the fin, and wherein a second surface of the contact opposite the first surface is fully covered by the dielectric material.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Route information input unit, Processor, Map information acquirer, Own vehicle position estimator, Traveling route setting unit, Sensors, Automatic driving controller, Target travel path generator, Other-vehicle detection determiner, Relative vehicle speed determiner, Other-vehicle traveling route determiner, Automatic traveling controller.
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An automatic driving assist apparatus comprising:a route information input unit configured to receive an input of information of a destination by an operation from outside the automatic driving assist apparatus;at least one processor configured to function as:a map information acquirer configured to acquire road map information;an own vehicle position estimator configured to estimate an own vehicle position that is a current position of an own vehicle; anda traveling route setting unit configured to set a traveling route connecting the own vehicle position estimated by the own vehicle position estimator and the destination input through the route information input unit, on a basis of the road map information acquired by the map information acquirer;sensors configured to acquire traveling environment information around the own vehicle;an automatic driving controller,the automatic driving controller comprising:a target travel path generator configured to generate, on the traveling route set by the traveling route setting unit, a target travel path along which the own vehicle is caused to travel by automatic driving;an other-vehicle detection determiner configured to determine whether another vehicle is detected on a traveling lane on which the own vehicle is traveling, on a basis of the traveling environment information acquired by the traveling environment information acquirer;a relative vehicle speed determiner configured to determine whether a relative vehicle speed between a set vehicle speed of the own vehicle and a vehicle speed of the another vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold speed, in a case where the other-vehicle detection determiner detects the another vehicle traveling ahead of the own vehicle;an other-vehicle traveling route determiner configured to determine whether the traveling route of the another vehicle is set in a direction of a branch path, on a basis of a traveling route of the another vehicle received from the another vehicle in a case where the relative vehicle speed determiner determines that the relative vehicle speed exceeds the predetermined threshold speed; andan automatic traveling controller configured to cause the own vehicle to travel following the another vehicle along the target travel path generated by the target travel path generator without passing the another vehicle in a case where the other-vehicle traveling route determiner determines that the traveling route of the another vehicle is set in the direction of the branch path.
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US8766441B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Substrate, Passivation layer, Via, Conductor layer, Conductive trace, Slot opening, Plating layer, Solder connector.
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An apparatus, comprising:a substrate having a front side surface and a back side surface;a first passivation layer disposed over at least one of the front side and back side surfaces;at least one via extending through respective openings formed in the first passivation layer;a conductor layer disposed over the first passivation layer, coupled to the at least one via and forming a conductive trace on the surface of the first passivation layer, the conductive layer being a continuous layer of conductive material and having a planar upper surface;a second passivation layer formed over the conductor layer;at least one slot opening formed in the second passivation layer and exposing a portion of the conductive trace for receiving a solder connector;a plating layer over and contacting the portion of the conductive trace exposed in the at least one slot opening, the plating layer not extending over the second passivation layer; anda solder connector over and contacting the plating layer in the at least one slot opening.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Cameras, Images, Platform, User interface device, Processor, Triggering event, Item, Pixels, Item identifier, Memory, Region, Threshold overlap, Access, Assign, Display.
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An item tracking system, comprising:a plurality of cameras, wherein each camera is configured to capture images of at least a portion of a platform;a user interface device; anda processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of cameras and the user interface device, wherein the processor is configured to:detect a first triggering event at the platform, wherein the first triggering event corresponds to a placement of a first item on the platform;in response to detecting the first triggering event, capture a first image of the platform using a first camera of the plurality of cameras;determine a first region within the first image that depicts the first item, wherein the first region includes a first group of pixels of the first image corresponding to the first item;identify a first item identifier associated with the first item;store, in a memory, the first item identifier of the first item associated with the first region;display, on the user interface device, information associated with the first item identifier;after detecting the first triggering event, detect a second triggering event at the platform, wherein the second triggering event corresponds to a placement of a second item on the platform;in response to detecting the second triggering event, capture a second image of the platform using the first camera;determine a second region within the second image that depicts the first item, wherein the second region includes a second group of pixels of the second image corresponding to the first item;compare the second image to the first image;determine that the second region of the second image overlaps with the first region of the first image and that the overlap equals or exceeds a pre-configured threshold overlap indicating that the first item has not moved on the platform since the detecting the first triggering event;in response to determining that the overlap equals or exceeds the pre-configured threshold overlap, access from the memory the first item identifier of the first item associated with the first region;assign the first item identifier to the first item depicted in the second region of the second image;identify a second item identifier associated with the second item depicted in the second image; anddisplay, on the user interface device, information associated with the second item identifier along with the first item identifier.
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US9613917B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Substrate, Polymer layer, Via, Sidewall, Non-conductive material, Passive device, Passivation layer, Contact
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A package for a use in a package-on-package (PoP) device, comprising:a substrate;a polymer layer formed on the substrate;a first via formed in the polymer layer, the first via having a first sidewall in the polymer layer and a second sidewall in the polymer layer, the first sidewall facing the second sidewall;a non-conductive material disposed in the first via to form a first passive device, an uppermost surface of the non-conductive material engaging a passivation layer, the passivation layer extending over from the first sidewall to the second sidewall of the polymer layer; anda first contact and a second contact, the passivation layer and the first passive device being interposed between the first contact and the second contact.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Processor, Image capture module, Display module, Memory module, Instructions, Computer system, Environment, Motor vehicle, Augmented reality, Image, Make and model, Data stores, Value characteristic, Total monthly cost of ownership, Profile, User, Second image, Monthly transportation budget, Viewing history store, Three-dimensional model, Rendered models.
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A computer system comprising:a processor;an image capture module coupled to the processor;a display module coupled to the processor; anda memory module coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to:capture, using the image capture module, an image of a portion of an environment including at least a portion of a motor vehicle; anddisplay an augmented reality version of the environment using the display module, wherein displaying the augmented reality version of the environment includes:identifying, based on the captured image, at least a make and model of the motor vehicle;obtaining, from one or more data stores based on the make and model, at least one value characteristic of the vehicle, the at least one value characteristic of the vehicle including an estimated total monthly cost of ownership determined based on a profile of a user associated with the computer system;compositing a second image of a portion of the environment captured using the image capture module with an indication of the at least one value characteristic of the vehicle and an indication including a symbol indicating whether the total cost of monthly ownership is within a monthly transportation budget of the user;store, in a viewing history store in association with the profile of the user, an indication of the make and model of the motor vehicle in association with the total monthly cost of ownership, the viewing history store storing indications of motor vehicles previously identified by the computer system in association with total monthly costs of ownership for those vehicles;retrieve, from the viewing history store, an indication of two or more previously-identified motor vehicles and a total monthly cost of ownership for that vehicle;retrieve a three-dimensional model of the two or more previously-identified motor vehicles; anddisplay an augmented reality version of the portion of the environment captured using the image capture model including rendering the three-dimensional models of the previously-identified motor vehicles and compositing the rendered models with the captured image of the environment, an indication of the at least one value characteristic of the vehicles and the indication including the symbol indicating whether the total cost of monthly ownership is within the monthly transportation budget of the user for the vehicles.
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US8981580B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Integrated circuit device, conductive layer, substrate, bond pad, connective layer, conductive material, lateral sidewall, top surface, dielectric region, conductive via, conductive plugs.
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A device, comprising:an integrated circuit device, comprising:a first conductive layer disposed on a substrate;a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, electrically connected to the first conductive layer;a bond pad on the second conductive layer and providing an electrical connection to the integrated circuit device;a connective layer, interposing the first and second conductive layer, wherein the connective layer includes a contiguous, conductive structure with a planar path of the conductive material of the connective layer extending from a first lateral sidewall of the conductive layer to a second lateral sidewall of the conductive layer, wherein the planar path is substantially parallel to a top surface of the substrate and wherein the planar path of the conductive material physically contacts at least one of the second conductive layer and the first conductive layer, wherein the connective layer further includes a dielectric region surrounded by a portion of the contiguous, conductive structure, and wherein a conductive via is disposed in the dielectric region; andconductive plugs extending from the bond pad to the second conductive layer.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Vehicle underbody inspection, Inspection system, Vehicle recognition unit, Vision system, Cameras, Inspection server, Assembly defects, Component, Vision inspection, Deep-learning inspection, Communication unit, Image processing unit, Database, Controller, Assembly state, Defect, Pre-processing, Region of interest, ROI, Label, Reference ratio.
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An inspection system for a vehicle underbody of an in-line process, comprising:a vehicle recognition unit for acquiring a vehicle ID by recognizing a vehicle entering an inspection process;a vision system that photographs the vehicle underbody through a plurality of cameras disposed under a vehicle moving direction (Y-axis) and disposed at vertical and diagonal angles along a width direction (X-axis) of the vehicle; andan inspection server that detects assembly defects of a component by performing at least one of a first vision inspection that matches an object image for each component through a rule-based algorithm or a secondary deep-learning inspection through a deep-learning engine by acquiring a vehicle underbody image photographed by operating the vision system with setting information suitable for a vehicle type and a specification according to the vehicle ID,wherein the inspection server includes:a communication unit including at least one wire/wireless communication device for communication with the vehicle recognition unit and the vision system;an image processing unit distinguishing and storing the vehicle underbody image captured at a same time point for each ID of the vertical camera and each of the tilting cameras;a database (DB) storing various programs and data for the vehicle underbody inspection and storing DB-formed data by matching the inspection result data by each vehicle ID with a corresponding image; anda controller analyzing the vehicle underbody image to detect an assembly state and a defect of the component, but omitting secondary deep-learning inspection for the vehicles in which a first vision inspection result is normal and performing the secondary deep-learning inspection only for vehicles with a poor first vision inspection result,wherein the image processing unit generates a single vehicle underbody image by matching the images captured by a plurality of cameras ID, adjusts noise and brightness through a pre-processing work of the vehicle underbody image, and removes a background to extract a region of interest (ROI) for each component, andwherein the controller divides the region of interest into a plurality of regions defined according to a characteristic of the component, distinguishes the divided regions with a label, and compares a label ratio of each region divided by the label with a reference ratio to determine whether the component is defective in the assembly.
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US8716785B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor device, substrate, source, drain region, inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer, gate structure, trench, metal layer, gate electrode.
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A semiconductor device, comprising:a semiconductor substrate;a source and a drain region formed on the semiconductor substrate;an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate; anda gate structure disposed on the substrate between the source and drain regions, the gate structure including:a trench formed within the ILD layer and having a top surface; anda metal layer partially filling the trench, wherein the metal layer includes a sidewall portion and a bottom portion, wherein the sidewall portion is thinner than the bottom portion, wherein the sidewall and bottom portions of the metal layer form part of a gate electrode of the gate structure, andwherein the ILD layer extends from an interface between the sidewall portion and the bottom portion to at least a topmost surface of the sidewall portion such that the sidewall portion continuously physically contacts the ILD layer from the interface to at least the topmost surface of the sidewall portion, wherein the topmost surface of the sidewall portion is positioned further away from the top surface of the semiconductor substrate than any other portion of the metal layer,wherein the ILD layer extends from the interface between the sidewall portion and the bottom portion to at least a bottommost surface of the bottom portion such that the bottom portion continuously physically contacts the ILD layer from the interface to at least the bottommost surface of the bottom portion, andwherein there is no other material that is part of the gate electrode positioned between the bottommost surface of the bottom portion and a topmost surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the bottommost surface of the bottom portion is directly over and faces the topmost surface of the substrate.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Rail vehicle, frame, rail wheels, rail track, railroad track feature detection system, camera, images, computer, memory, processor, instructions, location identifier, rail features, relevant rail feature, dataset, feature identifier, geographical location, displacement distance, detected rail features.
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A rail vehicle comprising:a frame coupled to a plurality of rail wheels configured to move along a rail track; anda railroad track feature detection system coupled to the frame, the feature detection system comprising:a camera coupled to the frame and positioned such that the camera is configured to capture a plurality of images of a rail track as the rail vehicle moves along the rail track; anda computer having: at least one memory comprising instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to:receive the plurality of images, and for each of the images:assign a location identifier;detect one or more rail features;identify the one or more rail features as a relevant rail feature from a dataset of predetermined rail features; andassign a feature identifier to each identified rail feature;based on the location identifier and the feature identifier:determine a geographical location of the one or rail more features; andtrack the one or more rail features;assign a first location identifier to a first image of the plurality of images;identify, in the first image, the one or more rail features;assign a second location identifier to a second image of the plurality of images;compare the first location identifier with the second location identifiter to determine a first displacement distance between the identified rail features in the first image;based on the first displacement distance, determine if one or more rail features in the second image correspond to one of the one or more identified rail features in the first image; andbased on the determintion that:a first subset of the one or more rail features in the second image correspond to at least one of the one or more identified rail features in the first image, setting the first subset as detected rail features and re-identifying the first subset of the one or more rail features; anda second subset of the one or more features in the second image does not correspond to at least one of the one or more identified rail features in the first image, setting the second subset as detected rail features and identifying, in the first image, the second subset of the one or more rail features.
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US9368596B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor structure, substrate, shallow trench isolation (STI) feature, side portions, subportion, active region, gate stack, source, drain features, channel, width, height, top surface, coplanar, sidewall, interface, gate spacer.
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A semiconductor structure, comprising:a semiconductor substrate;a shallow trench isolation (STI) feature formed in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the STI feature is a continuous isolation feature and includes first and second side portions, each including a first subportion in a first region and a second subportion in a second region, wherein the first subportion is recessed relative to the second subportion;an active region in the semiconductor substrate and bordered by the first side portion of the STI feature on one side and the second side portion of the STI feature on an opposing side;a gate stack disposed on the active region and extended in a first direction to the first subportion of each of the first and second side portions of the STI feature;source and drain features formed in the active region and interposed by the gate stack; anda channel formed in the active region and spanned in a second direction between the source and drain features, the second direction being different from the first direction,wherein:the channel includes a top portion having a width W in the first direction, two side portions each having a height H less than the width W, and a bottom portion having a width approximately equal to W+2H;the first subportion of each of the first and second side portions of the STI feature has a first top surface;the second subportion of each of the first and second side portions of the STI feature has a second top surface higher than the first top surface;the active region of the semiconductor substrate has a third top surface being substantially coplanar with the second top surface of each of the first and second side portions of the STI feature;the gate stack has a sidewall substantially aligned with an interface between the first subportion and the second subportion of each of the first and second side portions of the STI feature;a gate spacer disposed on the gate stack in the first direction such that the gate spacer contacts the sidewall of the gate stack and is disposed directly on the second subportion of each of the first and second side portions of the STI feature; andthe gate spacer has a first bottom surface being substantially coplanar with the third top surface.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Camera, Range finder, Rotatable mounting platform, Controller, Target detection, Localization, Target of interest (TOI), Priority value, Machine learning, Position parameters, Azimuth angle, Elevation angle, Spherical coordinate system, Real time, Characteristic data, Image, Relative position, Moving speed, Moving direction, Learned knowledge.
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An apparatus for target detection and localization, comprising:a camera, configured to capture an image at a first moment;a range finder, configured to measure a distance from an object at a center of the image to the range finder at the first moment;a rotatable mounting platform, wherein the camera and the range finder are mounted on the rotatable mounting platform; anda controller, configured to:receive the image captured by the camera and the distance measured by the range finder;determine whether at least one target of interest (T01) appears in the image captured by the camera;in response to more than one TOI appearing in the image, determine a priority value for each TOI, select a TOI according to the priority values and preset priority rules, and obtain information of the TOI, wherein the priority value of each TOI is a distance from the TOI to the camera, which is estimated according to machine learning experience;determine whether the TOI appears at the center of the image captured by the camera;in response to determining that the TOI is not at the center of the image:calculate first set of position parameters of the rotatable mounting platform for centering the TOI in another image to be captured at a second moment, the second moment separated from the first moment by a pre-determined time interval;control the rotatable mounting platform to rotate at a first azimuth angle and a first elevation angle according to the calculated first set of position parameters of the rotatable mounting platform in a spherical coordinate system centered at the rotatable mounting platform, to center the TOI in the another image to be captured at the second moment; andwhile the TOI is captured and centered in the another image, localize the TOI in real time by calculating and storing second set of position parameters of the TOI with respect to the apparatus and corresponding to the first moment,wherein characteristic data obtained and/or generated during the target detection and localization, including an image of the TOI, determined relative position of the TOI, and a moving speed and a moving direction of the TOI are used as learned knowledge of the controller to assist estimating the distance from the TOI to the camera.
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US8816457B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Image sensor device, image sensing region, substrate, inter-layer dielectric layer, multilayer interconnection structure, passivation layer, color filter, recess, lens, top surface, dielectric layer.
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An image sensor device comprising:an image sensing region disposed in a substrate;an inter-layer dielectric layer disposed over the substrate;a multilayer interconnection structure disposed over the inter-layer dielectric layer and the substrate;a passivation layer disposed over the multilayer interconnection structure, wherein the passivation layer forms opposing sidewalls of a recess;a color filter continuously extending through the passivation layer, the multilayer interconnect structure, and the inter-layer dielectric layer and aligned with the image sensing region, the color filter having a length and a width, wherein the length is greater than the width; anda lens disposed within the recess over the color filter, wherein the lens includes a top surface facing away from the substrate, and wherein the passivation layer forming the opposing sidewalls of the recess extends away from the substrate beyond the top surface of the lens, wherein the passivation layer is a single contiguous dielectric layer extending from beyond the top surface of the lens to the image sensing region in the substrate such that the passivation layer physically contacts the image sensing region in the substrate.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: License plate, Image capturing, Basic information, Actual width, Actual height, Size calculation, Ratio calculation, Driving assistant, Moving vehicle, Safe distance, Warning message, Distance detection, Warning transmission.
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A driving assistant method applied to a first moving vehicle, the driving assistant method comprising:capturing an image of a license plate of a second moving vehicle when the first moving vehicle is moving, and identifying a first area of the license plate of the second moving vehicle in the captured image;obtaining basic information of the second moving vehicle according to a size of the first area, wherein the basic information of the second moving vehicle comprises an actual width and an actual height of the second moving vehicle, wherein the obtaining of the basic information of the second moving vehicle according to the size of the first area comprises: pre-storing an actual size of the license plate of the second moving vehicle, the actual size of the license plate comprising an actual width Bw1 and an actual height Bh1 of the license plate; calculating a width Bw2 and a height Bh2 of the first area, and identifying a second area of the second moving vehicle in the captured image, and calculating a width Cw2 and a height Ch2 of the second area; calculating a first ratio between the width Bw2 of the first area and the width Cw2 of the second area, and calculating a second ratio between the height Bh2 of the first area and the height Ch2 of the second area; and calculating the actual width Cw1 and the actual height Ch1 of the second moving vehicle according to the first ratio, the second ratio, and the actual size of the license plate; wherein Cw1=Cw2*(Bw1/Bw2); Ch1=Ch2*(Bh1/Bh2), wherein both the first area and the second area in the captured image are rectangular areas, the second area comprises an area in the captured image where goods loaded by the second moving vehicle;obtaining driving information of the first moving vehicle;determining a safe distance between the first moving vehicle and the second moving vehicle according to the driving information of the first moving vehicle and the basic information of the second moving vehicle;detecting a distance between the first moving vehicle and the second moving vehicle; andtransmitting a warning message when the distance between the first moving vehicle and the second moving vehicle is less than the safe distance.
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US8987086B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor substrate, Isolation structure, Conductive layer, Trench, Bottom metal layer, Dielectric layer, Top metal layer.
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A method comprising:providing a semiconductor substrate having an isolation structure disposed in the semiconductor substrate;forming a conductive layer over the isolation structure;forming a trench extending through the conductive layer and to a top surface of the isolation structure wherein the trench has a bottommost surface that extends to at least the top surface of the isolation structure;forming a bottom metal layer directly on the bottommost surface of the trench such that the bottom metal layer physically contacts the isolation structure at the bottommost surface of the trench, wherein the bottom metal layer physically contacts the conductive layer;forming a dielectric layer over the bottom metal layer within the trench, wherein the conductive layer is disposed over the isolation structure during the forming of the dielectric layer over the bottom metal layer within the trench; andforming a top metal layer over the dielectric layer within the trench.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Intelligent control method, camera, radar signal, radar sensors, target, abnormal sign, direction information, distance information, pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ), night mode, time, identical targets, abnormal condition.
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An intelligent control method comprising:acquiring an image while rotating 360?? in one predetermined direction by a camera;transmitting a radar signal in a coverage covering 360?? by using two radar sensors each covering 180??;receiving the radar signal reflected from a target existing within the coverage;determining whether a target exists within the coverage based on the reflected signal;when a target exists within the coverage, determining whether a decision priority for the target existing within the coverage is a person or a vehicle;determining whether the target has an abnormal sign, while tracking the target in an order based on the decision priority;when it is determined that the target has an abnormal sign, calculating direction information and distance information about the target; androtating the camera in a direction corresponding to the direction information by controlling pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) of the camera, and capturing and recording the target showing the abnormal sign by adjusting an angle of the camera to an angle corresponding to the distance information;when it is determined that the decision priority is a person, operating in a night mode according to a current time;determining whether two or more targets are detected for a predetermined second threshold time or longer within the coverage;when two or more targets are detected for the predetermined second threshold time or longer within the coverage, determining whether the two or more targets detected for the predetermined second threshold time or longer within the coverage are identical to previously detected targets;when the two or more targets detected for the predetermined second threshold time or longer within the coverage are not identical to the previously detected targets, determining the two or more targets detected for the predetermined second threshold time or longer within the coverage as an abnormal condition, and calculating direction information and distance information about the targets; androtating the camera in a direction corresponding to the direction information in which the two or more targets are detected for the predetermined second threshold time or longer within the coverage by controlling the PTZ of the camera, and capturing and recording the targets showing an abnormal sign by adjusting the angle of the camera to an angle corresponding to the distance information.
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US9034756B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Integrated circuit, interconnect structure, dielectric layer, substrate, opening, metal, interconnect features, major surface, annealing, barrier, surface, depositing, second dielectric material.
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A method for forming an integrated circuit interconnect structure comprising:forming a first dielectric layer on a substrate;patterning the first dielectric layer to form an opening in the first dielectric layer;filling the opening and covering the first dielectric layer with a metal;patterning the metal to form interconnect features having first portions surrounded by the first dielectric layer and second portions extending across a major surface of the first dielectric layer;annealing the interconnect features, the annealing forming a barrier on the surface of the interconnect features, wherein at least a portion of the barrier is disposed between the first dielectric layer and a surface of the interconnect feature disposed within the first dielectric layer; anddepositing a second dielectric material on the first dielectric layer and around the second portions of the interconnect features.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Hough space, Median strip, Collision risk prediction, Image analysis, Camera, Edge detection, Region of interest (ROI), Object detection, Tracking-point set, Lower straight line, Intersection point, Collision position, Collision time, Memory, First-in-first-out (FIFO) structure, Object coordinates, World coordinate system, Lateral distances, Speed, Moving vehicle.
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A method of recognizing a median strip and predicting risk of a collision through analysis of an image, the method comprising:acquiring an image of the road ahead comprising a median strip and a road bottom surface through a camera of a moving vehicle;generating a Hough space by detecting an edge from the image;recognizing an upper straight line of the median strip from the Hough space;generating a region of interest (ROI) of the median strip using information on the upper straight line of the median strip and a lane;detecting an object from an internal part of the ROI of the median strip through a labeling scheme;determining a tracking-point set of the objects that satisfy a specific condition;determining whether a lower straight line of the median strip from the Hough space is present between a first tracking point on a side surface of the median strip having a predetermined height from the tracking-point set and a second tracking point on a bottom surface;determining or estimating the lower straight line of the median strip according to whether the lower straight line of the median strip is detected; andpredicting a predicted collision position and a predicted collision time by detecting an intersection point between the determined or estimated lower straight line of the median strip and a traveling-path straight line of the vehicle,wherein the determining the tracking-point set comprises:storing object coordinates in a time series of the objects in a memory having a first-in-first-out (FIFO) structure with respect to N frames and maintaining the object coordinates in a set of objects; anddetermining a set of objects that satisfy a first condition, in which a difference between lateral distances in a world coordinate system at the positions of the objects being tracked, which correspond to a kth frame and a (k???1)th frame, is a minimum value and a second condition in which, when a height of the object in the world coordinate system is 0, a speed of the moving vehicle and a speed of the object are the same, and when the height of the object is greater than 0, the speed of the object is greater than the speed of the moving vehicle, as the tracking-point set.
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US9865716B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Protrusion, Substrate, Dopant, Drain region, Source region, Transistor gate, Planar portion, Gating surface, Gate dielectric, Trench isolation feature, Oxide layer, Source contact, Drain contact, Gate contact.
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A method for forming a field effect transistor (FET), the method comprising:forming a protrusion on a surface of a substrate;doping a lower portion of the protrusion and a portion of the substrate with a first dopant to form a drain region of a transistor, wherein the drain region extends beyond the protrusion in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction;doping an upper portion of the protrusion with a second dopant to form a source region of the transistor, wherein the first and second dopants are of opposite types;forming a transistor gate to have a planar portion and a gating surface,wherein the gating surface surrounds a portion of the protrusion between the lower and upper portions of the protrusion,wherein the planar portion is parallel to the surface of the substrate and located directly above the doped portion of the substrate and directly above a trench isolation feature disposed within the substrate, the trench isolation feature extending into a region of the substrate below the drain region, andwherein an oxide layer is disposed between a gate dielectric of the planar portion and the trench isolation feature and further between the gate dielectric of the planar portion and the doped portion of the substrate; andforming a source contact connected to the source region, a drain contact connected to the drain region, and a gate contact connected to the planar portion of the transistor gate, the drain contact being closer to the source contact than to the gate contact.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Video stream, Scene, Trip, Vehicle, Media capturing device, Objects of interest, No-parking signage, Vehicles, Predetermined area, Meta-information, Repository, Historian, Absolute locations, Object detection, X-coordinate, Y-coordinate, Changing locations, Relative location values, Filtering, Unique objects, Parked vehicle, Moving vehicle, Parking violations, Comparison, Parking violation data, Prescribed parking violation policy.
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A processor implemented method for detecting on-street parking violations, comprising:receiving, via a first hardware processor associated with an electronic device, a video stream of a scene during a trip of the vehicle, the video stream captured by using a media capturing device embodied in the electronic device mounted in a vehicle;processing, via the one or more first hardware processors, the video stream to identify a plurality of objects of interest and a meta-information associated with the plurality of objects of interest, the plurality of objects of interest comprises one or more no-parking signage and one or more vehicles in a predetermined area around the one or more no-parking signage, the meta-information associated with the plurality of objects of interest stored in a repository associated with the electronic device in form of a historian;computing, via the one or more first hardware processors, absolute locations of the plurality of objects of interest, wherein obtaining the absolute locations comprises:determining, for two or more consecutive object detection instances in the video stream, whether locations values of the media capturing device along x-coordinate and y-coordinate are changing, andcomputing, on determination of changing of locations values of the media capturing device along at least one of x-coordinate and y-coordinate, the absolute locations based on relative location values of the media capturing device from the detected objects,updating, via the one or more first hardware processors, the historian with the absolute locations of the one or more no-parking signage and the one or more vehicles to obtain an updated historian;filtering the updated historian, via the one or more first hardware processors, to obtain a filtered historian, the filtering is performed to (1) determine a set of unique objects of interest from amongst the plurality of objects of interest, and (2) identify each vehicle from amongst the one or more vehicles as one of parked vehicle and moving vehicle, wherein the set of unique objects of interest and meta-information associated with the parked vehicle is stored in the filtered historian; anddetermining, via the one or more first hardware processors, parking violations based on a comparison of the filtered historian with a parking violation data associated with a prescribed parking violation policy.
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US9082776B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor package, substrate, contact pad, interconnect layer, polymer layer, passivation layer, solder bump, protection layer, top surface, curved surface region, concave surface.
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A semiconductor package, comprising:a semiconductor substrate;a contact pad overlying the semiconductor substrate;an interconnect layer overlying the contact pad and lining an opening in a first polymer layer disposed over a periphery of the contact pad;a passivation layer formed between the contact pad and the first polymer layer;a solder bump overlying the interconnect layer, wherein a region of the solder bump extends into the opening in the first polymer layer; anda protection layer having a top surface and overlying the interconnect layer and the passivation layer and covering a lower portion of the solder bump;wherein the protection layer comprises a curved surface region, wherein the curved surface region has a concave surface extending outwards from the solder bump.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Edge device, Nearing event warning module, After event detection module, Image capturing module, GPS module, Moving status module, Cloud device, Driver behavior analysis module, Database, Traffic indication, Around-view image, Nearing event criterion, Moving status information, GPS information, Nearing event alert, Output module, After event criterion, Second time interval, Violation event, Driving violation result, Driving record information, Driving score.
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A fleet vehicle management system comprising:an edge device disposed in a vehicle, and the edge device comprising a processing module, a nearing event warning module, an after event detection module, an image capturing module, a GPS module and a moving status module, the processing module being configured to acquire at least one around-view image and determine at least one traffic indication according to the around-view image; anda cloud device communicatively connected to the edge device, the cloud device comprising a driver behavior analysis module and a database;wherein the nearing event warning module acquires a nearing event criterion according to the traffic indication, the nearing event warning module acquires at least one moving status information of the vehicle in a first time interval from the moving status module, and acquires at least one GPS information of the vehicle in the first time interval from the GPS module to determine whether the vehicle meets the nearing event criterion, a nearing event is triggered when the nearing event criterion is met, the nearing event warning module sends out a nearing event alert to a driver of the vehicle via an output module disposed in the vehicle;wherein the after event detection module acquires an after event criterion according to the traffic indication, the after event detection module acquires the at least one moving status information of the vehicle in the first time interval and the at least one moving status information of the vehicle in a second time interval from the moving status module, and acquires the at least one GPS information of the vehicle in the first time interval and at least one GPS information of the vehicle in the second time interval from the GPS module to determine whether the vehicle meets the after event criterion, and a violation event is triggered when the after event criterion is met; andwherein the database is configured to store the nearing event alert, a driving violation result and a driving record information of the driver, and the driver behavior analysis module generates an information for evaluating a driving score of the driver based on the nearing event, the violation event and the driving record information.
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US9761553B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Inductor, Integrated circuit package, Molding material, Magnetic structure, Conductive trace, Conductive pillars, Upper interconnects, Lower interconnects, Redistributed layer, Active device.
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An integrated circuit package comprising:a molding material;an inductor comprising:a magnetic structure embedded within the molding material; anda conductive trace formed around the magnetic structure, the conductive trace comprising:one or more conductive pillars formed within and in direct contact with the molding material;one or more upper interconnects formed within an upper redistribution layer formed above the molding material and having a planar top surface, a first upper interconnect of the one or more upper interconnects positioned above the magnetic structure and connecting a first conductive pillar of the one or more conductive pillars and a second conductive pillar of the one or more conductive pillars; andone or more lower interconnects formed within a lower redistribution layer formed below the molding material, a first lower interconnect of the one or more lower interconnects positioned below the magnetic structure and connecting the first conductive pillar and a third conductive pillar of the one or more conductive pillars; andan active device embedded within the molding material and electrically coupled to the inductor, the active device laterally disposed and co-planar with the magnetic structure.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Vision system, motor vehicle, stereo imaging apparatus, memory device, optical flow, pre-processing section, dedicated hardware device, stereo disparity, two-dimensional optical flow, optical flow calculator, video port, disparity calculation block, time sharing, one dimensional optical flow, motion, image processing, object candidate, driver assistance device, collision probability.
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A vision system for a motor vehicle, comprising:a stereo imaging apparatus adapted to capture images from a surrounding of the motor vehicle;a memory device, wherein left and right images of at least a current time frame and a last before current time frame are simultaneously stored in the memory device for a calculation of an optical flow;a pre-processing section comprising a dedicated hardware device including a disparity calculation block adapted to calculate a stereo disparity of left and right images captured by the stereo imaging apparatus producing a two-dimensional optical flow;the dedicated hardware device of the pre-processing section further including an optical flow calculator adapted to control a video port of said processing device via one or more control lines and to continuously read image data representing the left and right images of the current time frame and the last before current time frame from the memory device via data lines;wherein the pre-processing section is adapted to:perform time sharing of the disparity calculation block between the stereo disparity calculation of the left and right images and a calculation of a one dimensional optical flow of the left and right images of the current time frame and the left and right images of the last before current time frame in only a positive horizontal direction providing an approximation of the stereo disparity for the two-dimensional optical flow; andtransform a motion in a negative horizontal direction into a motion in the positive horizontal direction by shifting one of the captured images or by shifting a range of pixels to be searched by the disparity calculation block, and providing the shifted one of the captured images or the range of pixels to be searched to the disparity calculation block for the calculation of the one-dimensional optical flow of the captured images; anda processing device adapted to perform further image processing of the images captured by the imaging apparatus, the further image processing including identifying an object candidate in front of the motor vehicle, tracking a position of the object candidate over time, and activating or controlling at least one driver assistance device depending on an estimated probability of collision with the object candidate.
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US8969913B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor transistor, substrate, conductivity, buried layer, well region, dopant concentration, insulating structure, gate structure, drain region, anti-punch through region, source region.
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A high voltage semiconductor transistor, comprising:a lightly doped semiconductor substrate having a first type of conductivity;a buried layer in a first portion of the semiconductor substrate having a second type of conductivity;a first well region having the second type of conductivity and formed over the lightly doped semiconductor substrate, the first well region having a lower dopant concentration than the buried layer, the buried layer being partially in the first well region;a second well region in the first well region and having the first type of conductivity, the second well region having a U-shape in a cross section between a drain and source, wherein both ends of the U-shape extends to a top surface of the first well region, and the cross section is taken in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the lightly doped semiconductor substrate;a first insulating structure over and partially embedded in the first well region within the U-shape of the second well region and not contacting the second well region;a second insulating structure over a first end of the U-shape of the second well region;a gate structure near the first insulating structure over the first well region and partially over a second end of the U-shape of the second well region;a drain region in the first well region across the first insulating structure from the gate structure, the drain region comprising a first drain portion between the first insulating structure and the second insulating structure and a second drain portion across the second insulating structure from the first drain portion;an anti-punch through region below the first drain portion; and,a source region in the second well region disposed on a side of the gate structure opposite from the drain region.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Cameras, Images, Item identifiers, Platform, Processor, Triggering events, Placement, Memory, Associations, Cropped images, Attributes, Selection process, Failed process, Access, Detection, Assigning.
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An item tracking system, comprising:a plurality of cameras, wherein each camera is configured to capture images of at least a portion of a platform;a memory configured to store associations between item identifiers of respective items; anda processor communicatively coupled to the plurality of cameras and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:detect a first triggering event at the platform, wherein the first triggering event corresponds to placement of a first item on the platform;in response to detecting the first triggering event, capture a plurality of first images of the first item on the platform using two or more cameras of the plurality of cameras;identify a first item identifier associated with the first item based on the plurality of first images;assign the first item identifier to the first item depicted in the first images;detect a second triggering event at the platform, wherein the second triggering event corresponds to the placement of a second item on the platform;in response to detecting the second triggering event, capture a plurality of second images of the second item on the platform using two or more cameras of the plurality of cameras;generate a plurality of cropped images, wherein each cropped image is associated with a corresponding second image and is generated by editing the corresponding second image to isolate at least a portion of the second item;determine a plurality of item identifiers based on the plurality of cropped images, wherein each item identifier is determined based on one or more attributes of the second item depicted in one of the cropped images;determine that a process for selecting a particular item identifier for the second item from the plurality of item identifiers has failed;access the associations from the memory;identify an association between the first item identifier of the first item and a second item identifier;detect that at least one of the plurality of item identifiers is the second item identifier; andin response to detecting that at least one of the plurality of item identifiers is the second item identifier and based on the identified association between the first item identifier and the second item identifier, assign the second item identifier to the second item.
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US9236300B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Dielectric layer, Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell, Pull-up transistor, Pull-down transistor, Cross-latched inverters, Pass-gate transistor, Mask layer, Photo resist material, Etching, Source/drain fin, Contact opening, Contact plug.
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A method comprising:forming a dielectric layer over a portion of a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell, wherein the SRAM cell comprises:a first pull-up transistor and a second pull-up transistor;a first pull-down transistor and a second pull-down transistor forming cross-latched inverters with the first pull-up transistor and the second pull-up transistor; anda first pass-gate transistor and a second pass-gate transistor connected to drains of the first pull-up transistor and the first pull-down transistor and drains of the second pull-up transistor and the second pull-down transistor, respectively;forming and patterning a first mask layer over the dielectric layer, wherein the forming and the patterning of the first mask layer includes:patterning a photo resist material disposed over the first mask layer; andetching the first mask layer to transfer a pattern from the patterned photo resist material to the first mask layer such that the etched first mask layer includes an opening extending over a first source/drain fin of the SRAM cell, over a second source/drain fin of the SRAM cell, and over a third source/drain fin of the SRAM cell, wherein the opening extends uninterrupted across the entire SRAM cell along one dimension of the SRAM cell and has a substantially uniform width measured perpendicular to the one dimension;thereafter, forming a second mask layer over the dielectric layer;etching the dielectric layer using the first mask layer and the second mask layer in combination as an etching mask, wherein a first contact opening and a second contact opening are formed in the dielectric layer from the opening in the etched first mask layer;wherein the first contact opening extends over and exposes both the first source/drain fin and the third source/drain fin;forming a first discrete contact plug in the first contact opening electrically connected to the first source/drain fin and the third source/drain fin; andforming a second discrete contact plug in the second contact opening connected to the second source/drain fin.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Iris scanning device, first camera, second camera, gimbal, mirror, facial feature detector, user, eye, face, orientation, control circuitry, image, features, criteria, code, adjust, capture.
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An iris scanning device, comprising:a first camera that is configured to:capture an image of a face of a user of the iris scanning device;a second camera that is configured to:capture an image of an eye of the user subsequent to the image of the face of the user being captured;a gimbal having a mirror mounted thereon;a facial feature detector that is configured to:identify facial features of the user based upon the image of the face of the user, the facial features of the user comprise a predicted location of the eye of the user; andcompute a desired angle between the eye of the user and the mirror mounted on the gimbal based on the facial features of the user; andcontrol circuitry that is configured to:subsequent to capture of the image of the face of the user, adjust an orientation of the gimbal based upon the facial features of the user such that an angle between the eye of the user and the mirror mounted on the gimbal is the desired angle, wherein the image of the eye of the user is captured upon the orientation of the gimbal being adjusted, wherein the mirror mounted on the gimbal is oriented to cause the image of the eye of the user to be captured;wherein the facial feature detector is further configured to:identify features of the eye of the user based upon the image of the eye of the user; anddetermine whether the image of the eye of the user satisfies criteria based upon the features of the eye, wherein a code is generated based upon the image of the eye of the user when the image of the eye satisfies the criteria; andwherein the control circuitry is further configured to:adjust the orientation of the gimbal having the mirror mounted thereon based upon the features of the eye when the image of the eye of the user does not satisfy the criteria, wherein the mirror mounted on the gimbal is oriented to cause a second image of the eye of the user to be captured by the second camera upon the orientation being adjusted based upon the features of the eye.
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US9355924B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Integrated circuit, substrate, depression, solder bump, die, underfill, spillover, channel, first part, second part.
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An integrated circuit, comprising:a substrate having at least one depression on a top surface;at least one solder bump disposed over the substrate;a die disposed over the at least one solder bump and electrically connected with the substrate through the at least one solder bump; andan underfill surrounding the at least one solder bump and formed between the substrate and the die,at least two second solder bumps disposed over the substrate and outside the underfill;wherein the at least one depression is disposed around the underfill to keep any spillover from the underfill in the at least one depression, the at least one depression being in the form of a channel that has a first part that substantially surrounds the underfill and a second part that extends between two of the at least two second solder bumps.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Database, Unique identifiers, Alpha-numeric characters, Identification values, Image, Pixel intensity values, Polygons, License plate, Edge detection, Character candidate, Recognition value, Correlation, Character read result, Alert, Display.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions that when executed for perform a character recognition method comprising:maintaining a database of unique identifiers, each identifier comprising at least a plurality of alpha-numeric characters;maintaining a database of predetermined identification values associated with a plurality of alpha-numeric characters;capturing an image containing alpha-numeric characters from an imagining device;generating a normalized image by adjusting the range of pixel intensity values in the isolated image to a predetermined pixel intensity range;projecting a plurality of polygons, corresponding to known parameters of a license plate as viewed from a plurality of angles, onto the isolated image;selecting at least one of the polygons as a license plate responsive to the presence of alpha-numeric characters within the at least one polygon;identifying at least a first and second edge within the selected polygon normalized image by performing an edge detection analysis;identifying a first isolated alpha-numeric character candidate in the selected polygon normalized image by identifying at least one foreground pixel on the first second identified edge and demarcating the pixels connected to the at least one foreground pixel;establishing a first recognition value for the first alpha-numeric character candidate within the selected polygon normalized image and assigning the a first recognition value to the first character candidate;identifying a second isolated alpha-numeric character candidate in the selected polygon normalized image selected polygon by identifying at least one foreground pixel on the second identified edge and demarcating the pixels connected to the at least one foreground pixel;establishing a second recognition value for the second alpha-numeric character candidate within the selected polygon normalized image and assigning a second recognition value to the second character candidate;storing the first and second recognition values;comparing each of the recognition values to the predetermined identification values;identifying the alpha-numeric characters in the database of predetermined identification values with the highest correlation to each of the first and second recognition values;constructing a character read result comprising a string of the alpha-numeric characters with the highest correlation to each of the first and second recognition values;creating an alert responsive to a match between the character read result and unique identifier; anddisplaying the image containing the character read result.
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US9525054B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: III-V compound layer, Gallium nitride, Indium gallium nitride, Aluminum gallium nitride, Two-Dimensional Electron Gas (2DEG), Dielectric passivation layer, Gate dielectric, Gate electrode, Source region, Drain region.
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A High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) comprising:a first III-V compound layer comprising gallium nitride;a second III-V compound layer over the first III-V compound layer, wherein the second III-V compound layer comprises indium gallium nitride;a third III-V compound layer over the second III-V compound layer, wherein the third III-V compound layer comprises aluminum gallium nitride, wherein the first III-V compound layer, the second III-V compound layer, and the third III-V compound layer are configured so that a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas (2DEG) is formed in the second III-V compound layer and close to an interface between the second III-V compound layer and the third III-V compound layer;a dielectric passivation layer disposed over the third III-V compound layer, with a bottom surface of the dielectric passivation layer contacting a first portion of a planar upmost top surface of the third III-V compound layer;a gate dielectric comprising:a first portion overlapping a portion of the dielectric passivation layer; anda second portion extending into the dielectric passivation layer, wherein a lowest bottom surface of the gate dielectric is coplanar with and contacting a second portion of the planar upmost top surface of the third III-V compound layer, wherein both the first portion and the second portion of the gate dielectric are formed of a single layer;a gate electrode over and contacting the gate dielectric; anda source region and a drain region over the third III-V compound layer and on opposite sides of the gate electrode, wherein the source region and the drain region penetrate through the dielectric passivation layer and the third III-V compound layer, wherein the dielectric passivation layer laterally surrounds each of the source region and the drain region, the gate dielectric and the dielectric passivation layer both extend from a first side to an opposite second side of one of the source region and the drain region, and the gate dielectric extends continuously from the source region to the drain region.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Driver monitoring system, performance monitoring, vehicle system, wireless communication, driver behavior module, event data, sensors, driver behaviors, following distance metric, vehicle speed, predicted time to stop, radar detectors, cameras, light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system, behavior characterization module, behavior categories, risk assessment module, driver profile, rate determination, recency value, frequency value, severity value, weight factors, steering control module, braking control module, engine control module.
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A driver monitoring system configured to monitor the performance of a driver of a vehicle system that is communicating wirelessly with the driver monitoring system, the driver monitoring system comprising:a driver behavior module configured to receive from the vehicle system event data captured by a plurality of sensors in the vehicle system and to identify at least one of a plurality of driver behaviors based on the data captured by the plurality of sensors,the at least one identified driver behavior including a following distance metric of the driver,the following distance metric being determined as a combined factor of vehicle speed following distance, and predicted time to stop, andthe plurality of sensors including at least one of (a) one or more radar detectors, (b) one or more cameras, and (c) a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system;a behavior characterization module configured to receive from the driver behavior module the at least one identified driver behavior and to characterize the at least one identified driver behavior into at least one of a plurality of behavior categories;a risk assessment module configured to analyze the at least one characterized driver behavior in the plurality of behavior categories, to determine therefrom a driver profile that includes a risk assessment for the driver of the vehicle system, and to determine a rate for the driver for each of the at least one characterized driver behavior using the equation:r=wRVR+wFVF+wMVM,where VR is a recency value indicating how recently the driver exhibited the particular driver behavior, VF is a frequency value indicating how often the driver exhibits the particular driver behavior, VM is a severity value indicating how severe the particular driver behavior is, and a sum of weight factors WR, wF, and wM is equal to 1; andat least one of:a steering control module configured to control steering of the vehicle based on the data captured by the plurality of sensors;a braking control module configured to control braking of the vehicle based on the data captured by the plurality of sensors; andan engine control module configured to control torque output of an engine based on the data captured by the plurality of sensors.
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US9349665B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Substrate, Metal layer, Passivation layer, Dielectric layer, Opening, Sidewalls, Ring-opening structure, Under-bump metallization (UBM) pad, Solder connector.
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A device, comprising:a substrate;a metal layer on the substrate;a passivation layer above the metal layer with a passivation layer opening formed therein exposing the metal layer, the passivation layer opening having sidewalls;a dielectric layer above the passivation layer and the metal layer, the dielectric layer extending into the passivation layer opening and along the sidewalls, wherein the dielectric layer has a first opening exposing the metal layer and a ring-opening structure surrounding the first opening, the ring-opening structure comprising a second opening, a bottom surface of the second opening being a dielectric surface, a first area of the dielectric layer being between the first opening and the second opening, and a second area of the dielectric layer being outside the ring-opening structure;an under-bump metallization (UBM) pad disposed at least partially in the first opening of the dielectric layer in contact with the metal layer, extending above the first area of the dielectric layer, and the UBM disposed in the second opening of the dielectric layer and in contact with the passivation layer, the UBM pad not contacting a sidewall of the second opening that is laterally distal to the first opening, the UBM pad not completely filling the second opening; anda solder connector on the UBM pad, the solder connector not extending into the second opening.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Siamese network, Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) camera, Target object tracking, Template image, Detection image, Convolutional neural network (CNN), Cross-correlation convolutional layer, High-level feature, Low-level feature.
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A method for tracking target object, comprising:receiving at least one target image captured by a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) camera before present moment;for each target image, inputting the target image and a preset template image into a pre-trained siamese network to acquire a position of a target object in the target image output by the siamese network, wherein the template image includes the target object; anddetermining a position of the target object in an image to be predicted based on the position of the target object in each target image, wherein the image to be predicted is an image captured by the SPAD camera at the present moment;wherein the inputting the target image and the preset template image into the pre-trained siamese network to acquire the position of the target object in the target image output by the siamese network comprises:dividing the target image based on a preset detection area to obtain a detection image corresponding to the target image; andinputting the detection image and the template image into the siamese network to acquire the position of the target object in the detection image output by the siamese network;wherein the inputting the detection image and the template image into the siamese network to acquire the position of the target object in the detection image output by the siamese network comprises:inputting the detection image into a convolutional neural network (CNN) in the siamese network to obtain a first high-level feature and a first low-level feature output by the CNN;inputting the template image into the CNN to obtain a second high-level feature and a second low-level feature output by the CNN;inputting the first high-level feature and the second high-level feature into a cross-correlation convolutional layer to obtain a high-level feature output by the cross-correlation convolutional layer, and inputting the first low-level feature and the second low-level feature into the cross-correlation convolutional layer to obtain a low-level feature output by the cross-correlation convolutional layer; anddetermining the position of the target object in the detection image based on the high-level feature output by the cross-correlation convolutional layer and the low-level feature output by the cross-correlation convolutional layer.
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US9190484B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor device, substrate, frustoconical protrusion structure, drain region, gate stack, isolation dielectric layer, source region, doping type polarity, planar portion, gating surface, semiconductor material, substrate region.
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A semiconductor device comprising:a substrate formed of a semiconductor material and having a frustoconical protrusion structure with a first width protruding out of the plane of from a top surface of the substrate, the substrate formed of a semiconductor material;a drain region with a second width disposed within the substrate adjacent to the frustoconical protrusion structure and extending to a bottom portion of the frustoconical protrusion structure, wherein the drain region is formed of the semiconductor material and has a first doping type polarity;a gate stack with a third width disposed over the substrate, wherein the gate stack has a planar portion that is parallel to the top surface of substrate and wherein the gate stack has a gating surface that wraps around a middle portion of the frustoconical protrusion structure, including overlapping with the drain region;an isolation dielectric layer disposed between the planar portion of the gate stack and the drain region;a source region disposed as a top portion of the frustoconical protrusion structure, including overlapping with a top portion of the gating surface of the gate stack, wherein the source region is formed of the semiconductor material and has a second doping type polarity that is opposite the first doping type polarity; anda substrate region disposed at a middle portion of the frustoconical protrusion structure, wherein the substrate region is formed of the semiconductor material such that the semiconductor material of the substrate region physically contacts the semiconductor material of the source and drain regions.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Vehicle lamp system, light distribution pattern, light shielding part, imaging device, first image, second image, light distribution control device, information processor, light spot, light distribution control, control executer, control regulator, width X, width Y, predetermined value, center, width direction, light spot detection, overlapping region.
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A vehicle lamp system comprising:a vehicle lamp structured to be able to form a light distribution pattern including a light shielding part in a front region of a vehicle;a first imaging device structured to be disposed outside a lamp room in which the vehicle lamp is housed, and capture the front region to generate a first image;a second imaging device structured to be housed in the lamp room, and capture the front region to generate a second image; anda light distribution control device structured to control formation of the light distribution pattern by the vehicle lamp,wherein the light distribution control device includesan information processor structured to acquire from an outside or generate information of a first light shielding part obtained by adding a first margin to a presence range of a front vehicle in the first image, and decide a second light shielding part obtained by adding a second margin narrower than the first margin to the presence range of the front vehicle decided based on a light spot in an overlapping region overlapping the first light shielding part in the second image or a second light shielding part obtained by not adding the second margin to the presence range,a control executer structured to execute light distribution control for forming a light distribution pattern including the second light shielding part, anda control regulator structured to control the vehicle lamp to form a light distribution pattern including the first light shielding part by regulating the light distribution control when at least one condition ofa condition (i) in which a width X of the first light shielding part is less than a width Y of the second light shielding part,a condition (ii) in which a difference between the width X and the width Y is equal to or greater than a predetermined value,a condition (iii) in which a center of the width X and a center of the width Y are deviated in a width direction by a predetermined amount or more, anda condition (iv) in which a light spot is not detected in the overlapping region is satisfied in the light distribution control.
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US9536977B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Substrate, Protrusion structure, Gate stack, Isolation dielectric layer, Source region, Sidewall spacer, Dielectric layer, Source contact, Gate contact.
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A semiconductor device comprising:a precursor, the precursor including:a substrate;a protrusion structure formed from the substrate and protruding out from a top surface of the substrate;a gate stack disposed over the substrate, wherein the gate stack includes a planar portion having a major axis that is parallel to a top surface of the substrate, and wherein the gate stack further includes a gating surface that directly contacts and wraps around a middle portion of the protrusion structure; andan isolation dielectric layer disposed between the planar portion of the gate stack and the substrate;a source region disposed in a top portion of the protrusion structure and overlapping and in contact with a top portion of the gating surface of the gate stack;a sidewall spacer disposed along a sidewall of the source region, on top of the gating surface and connecting with the isolation dielectric layer, an outer edge of the sidewall spacer extending beyond an outer edge of the top portion of the gating surface;a dielectric layer disposed over the source region;a source contact with a critical dimension (CD) that is substantially larger than a width of the source region, formed on the source region and extending to the sidewall spacer; anda gate contact formed through the isolation dielectric layer and directly contacting multiple layers of the gate stack.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Vehicle lamp system, light distribution pattern, light shielding part, imaging device, front region, vehicle, lamp room, first image, second image, light distribution control device, information processor, light spot, overlapping region, control executer, control regulator, width X, width Y, center, predetermined value, predetermined amount, light spot detection.
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A vehicle lamp system comprising:a vehicle lamp structured to be able to form a light distribution pattern including a light shielding part in a front region of a vehicle;a first imaging device structured to be disposed outside a lamp room in which the vehicle lamp is housed, and capture the front region to generate a first image;a second imaging device structured to be housed in the lamp room, and capture the front region to generate a second image; anda light distribution control device structured to control formation of the light distribution pattern by the vehicle lamp,wherein the light distribution control device includesan information processor structured to acquire from an outside or generate information of a first light shielding part obtained by adding a first margin to a presence range of a front vehicle in the first image, and decide a second light shielding part obtained by adding a second margin narrower than the first margin to the presence range of the front vehicle decided based on a light spot in an overlapping region overlapping the first light shielding part in the second image or a second light shielding part obtained by not adding the second margin to the presence range,a control executer structured to execute light distribution control for forming a light distribution pattern including the second light shielding part, anda control regulator structured to control the vehicle lamp to form a light distribution pattern including the first light shielding part by regulating the light distribution control when at least one condition ofa condition (i) in which a width X of the first light shielding part is less than a width Y of the second light shielding part,a condition (ii) in which a difference between the width X and the width Y is equal to or greater than a predetermined value,a condition (iii) in which a center of the width X and a center of the width Y are deviated in a width direction by a predetermined amount or more, anda condition (iv) in which a light spot is not detected in the overlapping region is satisfied in the light distribution control.
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US9159826B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor device, Substrate, Isolation feature, Protrusion structure, Drain region, Gate stack, Source region, Isolation dielectric layer, Gate contact, Drain contact, Doping type.
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A semiconductor device comprising:a substrate embedded with an isolation feature;a protrusion structure disposed over the substrate and protruding out of a surface of substrate, wherein the protrusion structure includes a bottom portion, a top portion and a middle portion interposed between the bottom and top portions;a drain region formed in the substrate and extending in the bottom portion of the protrusion structure;a gate stack disposed over the substrate, wherein the gate stack has a planar portion parallel to the surface of substrate, and wherein the gate stack wraps around the middle portion of the protrusion structure;a source region formed in the top portion of the protrusion structure, the source region has a top surface;wherein the drain region has a doping type different from that of the source region;an isolation dielectric layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the isolation dielectric layer has a top surface being substantially coplanar with a top surface of the gate stack and the top surface of the gate stack is below the top surface of the source region, and wherein the isolation dielectric layer is continuous around the gate stack;a gate contact extending through the isolation dielectric layer and landing on the gate stack, wherein the planar portion of the gate stack is disposed on the first dielectric material layer and laterally spanning away from the protrusion structure to a farthest end, the planar portion of the gate stack includes a top surface substantially in parallel with the surface of the substrate, the planar portion of the gate stack includes a sidewall at the farthest end, and the gate contact directly contacts the top surface of the gate stack and the sidewall of the gate stack; anda drain contact extending through the isolation dielectric layer and landing on a top surface of the drain region and a sidewall of the drain region.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Processor, Video camera, Accelerometer, Visual alert component, Audio alert component, Wireless communication component, Left eye shape structure, Right eye shape structure, Facial landmarks, Eye open ratio (EOR), Mouth shape structure, Mouth open ratio (MOR), Acceleration, EOR threshold, MOR threshold, Acceleration threshold, Wireless alert signal.
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A distracted driver detection device, comprising:a processor;a video camera configured to provide video input to the processor;an accelerometer configured to provide acceleration input to the processor;a visual alert component, the visual alert component being configured to generate a visual alert upon receiving a visual alert signal from the processor;an audio alert component, the audio alert component being configured to generate an audio alert upon receiving an audio alert signal from the processor; anda wireless communication component connected to the processor, the wireless communication component being configured to provide a wireless message upon receiving a wireless alert signal from the processor;wherein the processor is configured to:identify a left eye shape structure of a driver using the video input, the left eye shape structure including at least 6 facial landmarks;identify a right eye shape structure of a driver using the video input, the right eye shape structure including at least 6 facial landmarks;compute an eye open ratio (EOR) as an average of a left EOR of the left eye shape structure and a right EOR of the right eye shape structure;identify a mouth shape structure of a driver using the video input, the mouth shape structure including at least 20 facial landmarks;compute a mouth open ratio (MOR) using the mouth shape structure;generate an estimate of an acceleration using the acceleration input;provide the audio alert signal to the audio alert component and provide the visual alert signal to the visual alert component when the EOR is less than an EOR threshold for consecutive frames in a prescribed EOR assessment time;provide the audio alert signal to the audio alert component and provide the visual alert signal to the visual alert component when the MOR is greater than an MOR threshold for consecutive frames in a prescribed MOR assessment time;provide the audio alert signal to the audio alert component and provide the visual alert signal to the visual alert component when the estimate of the acceleration is greater than an acceleration threshold; andprovide the wireless alert signal to the wireless communication component when the processor has provided at least three of the audio alert signals.
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US9444398B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor substrate, Micro battery cell, Cathode, Anode, Anode contact, Flange, Solar charger, Front contact, Back contact, Through-silicon-via.
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A rechargeable battery assembly, comprising:a semiconductor substrate;a micro battery cell formed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the micro battery cell comprises a cathode and an anode that extends from the cathode to an anode contact on a top surface of the micro battery cell, and wherein the cathode comprises a flange that extends from beneath the anode within the micro battery cell; anda solar charger coupled to the micro battery cell, wherein the solar charger has a front contact and a back contact,wherein the back contact of the solar charger is disposed proximal to the anode contact and wherein the cathode is connected to the front contact of the solar charger at least in part by a through-silicon-via that extends from the flange of the cathode within the micro battery cell to the top surface of the micro battery cell.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Identifying candidate regions, Depth data, Pose determination, Centroid point, Grid system, Collective region, Pose component, Spatial relationship, Controlling command.
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A computer-implemented method for pose determination of a subject, comprising:identifying a plurality of candidate regions from current depth data representing an environment based, at least in part, on a depth connectivity criterion;determining a first region comprising a first subset of the plurality of candidate regions based, at least in part, on an estimation regarding a first pose component of the subject, the estimation regarding the first pose component of the subject including:determining a centroid point of a pose component corresponding to the first pose component and detected in prior depth data; andmapping the centroid point to the current depth data to estimate the first pose component in the current depth data and determine one of the plurality of candidate regions in the current depth data as the first region;determining a second region comprising a second subset of the plurality of candidate regions based, at least in part, on relative locations of the first region and the second region, including:generating a grid system for the current depth data, the grid system including a first grid block and a second grid block different from the first grid block; anddetermining the second region from the plurality of candidate regions based on the grid system;generating a collective region by associating the first region with the second region, wherein the first subset of the plurality of candidate regions and the second subset of the plurality of candidate regions are disconnected from one another;identifying the first pose component and a second pose component of the subject from the collective region;scanning the second pose component, including:in response to the identified second pose component being in the first grid block, scanning the identified second pose component pixel line by pixel line along a first direction; andin response to the identified second pose component being in the second grid block, scanning the identified second pose component pixel line by pixel line along a second direction different from the first direction;determining a spatial relationship between the identified first pose component and the scanned second pose component; andgenerating a controlling command based, at least in part, on the determined spatial relationship.
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US10128175B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor devices, Packaging method, Contact pads, Seed layer, Wiring structure, Solder layer, Nickel layer, Integrated circuit, Molding compound, Encapsulation, Carrier removal.
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A method of packaging semiconductor devices, the method comprising:forming a plurality of first contact pads on a first seed layer disposed over a carrier;forming a wiring structure over the plurality of first contact pads;forming a second seed layer over and electrically coupled to the wiring structure;forming a plurality of second contact pads over and electrically coupled to second seed layer, the second contact pads comprising a layer of solder and a layer of nickel overlying the layer of solder, the layer of nickel physically contacting both the layer of solder and the second seed layer, the layer of solder physically contacting the second seed layer, a lowermost surface of the second seed layer being lower than a lowermost surface of the layer of solder, and an uppermost surface of the second seed layer is higher than an uppermost surface of the layer of solder;coupling a first packaged semiconductor device to a first set of the plurality of second contact pads;coupling a second packaged semiconductor device to a second set of the plurality of second contact pads, the second packaged semiconductor device comprising a different package type than the first packaged semiconductor device, the second packaged semiconductor device comprising an integrated circuit;encapsulating the first packaged semiconductor device, including a topmost surface of the first packaged semiconductor device, in a molding compound and partially encapsulating the second packaged semiconductor device in the molding compound, wherein a topmost surface of the second packaged semiconductor device is uncovered by the molding compound; andremoving the carrier and the first seed layer.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Vehicle control system, driving assistance, sensors, signals, interior view, biometric data, emotional state, rider, driver operation mode, teleoperation mode, teleoperation server, teleoperation request, teleoperation cost values, teleoperation devices, teleoperator, teleoperation server selection, vehicular instructions, vehicle movement.
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A vehicle control system to provide driving assistance for a vehicle, comprising:a plurality of sensors configured to capture one or more signals associated with the vehicle; andcircuitry, coupled with the plurality of sensors, configured to:acquire, from the plurality of sensors, one or more first images indicating an interior view of the vehicle, and biometric data of a rider of the vehicle;determine an emotional state of the rider based on an analysis of the one or more first images and the biometric data;identify a trigger input to switch from a driver operation mode of the vehicle to a teleoperation mode of the vehicle based on the determined emotional state of the rider;transmit a teleoperation request to each teleoperation server of a plurality of teleoperation servers based on the identified trigger input;receive teleoperation cost values from the plurality of teleoperation servers based on the transmitted teleoperation request, whereineach teleoperation server of the plurality of teleoperation servers is associated with a plurality of teleoperation devices,each teleoperation device of the plurality of teleoperation devices is associated with a teleoperator of a plurality of teleoperators, andeach teleoperation cost value of the teleoperation cost values is a cost of driving the vehicle in the teleoperation mode by a teleoperation device of the plurality of teleoperation devices;select a teleoperation server from the plurality of teleoperation servers based on a comparison of the teleoperation cost values received from the plurality of teleoperation servers;switch from the driver operation mode of the vehicle to the teleoperation mode of the vehicle based on the determined emotional state of the rider and the selection of the teleoperation server;transmit, in the teleoperation mode, the captured one or more signals to the teleoperation device associated with the selected teleoperation server;receive, in the teleoperation mode, one or more vehicular instructions from the teleoperation device associated with the selected teleoperation server, wherein the one or more vehicular instructions are received based on the transmitted one or more signals; andcontrol, in the teleoperation mode, at least one component of the vehicle based on the received one or more vehicular instructions to control movement of the vehicle.
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US9035461B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor device, Through-vias, Integrated circuit die, Redistribution layer (RDL), Carrier, Contact pads, Insulating material, Recess, Trench.
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A method of packaging a semiconductor device, the method comprising:forming a plurality of through-vias over a carrier;coupling an integrated circuit die to the carrier;forming a first redistribution layer (RDL) over a first side of the plurality of through-vias and the integrated circuit die;removing the carrier;forming a second RDL over a second side of the plurality of through-vias and the integrated circuit die, the second RDL being formed in an insulating material and having a topmost surface that is substantially co-planar with a topmost surface of the insulating material;forming a plurality of contact pads over the second RDL; andforming a recess in the insulating material of the second RDL proximate one of the plurality of contact pads, the recess being laterally displaced from the contact pad in the plane of the topmost surface of the insulating material;wherein the insulating material of the second RDL is disposed adjacent the plurality of contact pads, and wherein forming the recess comprises forming a trench in the insulating material around a perimeter of the one of the plurality of contact pads.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Claim data, Road segment data, Insurance claims, Vehicle incident, Vehicular loss, Alleged conditions, Time-period, Detected conditions, Image sensor, Vehicle sensor, Infrastructure device, Machine Learning model, Distinct event, Synchronizing timestamps, Common clock, Synchronized road segment data, Comparing conditions, Status, Displaying statuses.
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A computer-implemented method for analyzing claim data using road segment data, the method comprising, via one or more local or remote processors, servers, transceivers, and/or sensors:(A) retrieving the claim data representing one or more insurance claims associated with a vehicle incident at a road segment;(B) analyzing the claim data to identify: (i) a time-period during which the vehicle incident occurred, (ii) a vehicular loss alleged to have resulted from the vehicle incident, and (iii) one or more alleged conditions alleged to have existed during the time-period;(C) analyzing road segment data captured by an image sensor, a vehicle sensor, and an infrastructure device to identify a plurality of road segment parameters representing a plurality of detected conditions existing during the time-period at the road segment, wherein analyzing such road segment data includes transforming the road segment data into a format that can be used in a Machine Learning model by:identifying a distinct event occurring within a portion of the time-period during which the vehicle incident occurred, wherein the distinct event is identified by detecting a pattern in the road segment data captured by each of the image sensor, the vehicle sensor, and the infrastructure device;synchronizing timestamps of the road segment data captured by each of the image sensor, the vehicle sensor, and the infrastructure device to a common clock by identifying an instantaneous reference time associated with an aspect of the distinct event within the portion of the time-period during which the vehicle incident occurred; andcombining the synchronized road segment data captured by the image sensor, the vehicle sensor, and the infrastructure device;(D) comparing the one or more alleged conditions to the plurality of detected conditions to identify a status for the time-period which the vehicle incident occurred, the vehicular loss alleged to have resulted from the vehicle incident, for each of the one or more alleged conditions, wherein each status indicates a degree to which a corresponding alleged condition is corroborated by the plurality of detected conditions represented by the plurality of road segment parameters; and(E) displaying the one or more statuses for the one or more alleged conditions.
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US9673169B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Die, Wafer, Bond rings, Polymer material, Seal ring, Stair-shaped pattern, Symmetrical, Rotation, Cross-section, Scribe lines.
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A method comprising:forming a first plurality of dies on a first wafer in a die area of the first wafer, the first plurality of dies being arranged laterally adjacent to each other;forming a first plurality of die bond rings in the die area of the first wafer, the first plurality of die bond rings encircling each of the first plurality of dies, the first plurality of die bond rings comprising a first polymer material, the first plurality of die bond rings having a first width and a first spacing;forming a first wafer seal ring on the first wafer in a seal ring area of the first wafer, the first wafer seal ring comprising a second polymer material, the first wafer seal ring having within an innermost boundary the first plurality of die bond rings and the first plurality of dies, the innermost boundary of the first wafer seal ring comprising a stair-shaped pattern, the innermost boundary of the first wafer seal ring being symmetrical under 90 degree rotation around a center of the first wafer, an entirety of an outermost boundary of the first wafer seal ring being co-terminus with an entirety of an edge of the first wafer, the first wafer seal ring having a plurality of lines having a second width and a second spacing, wherein a cross-section of the first width and the first spacing of the first plurality of die bond rings is approximately equal to the second width and the second spacing of the first wafer seal ring, wherein each of the plurality of lines physically contacts the innermost boundary of the first wafer seal ring and extends towards the outermost boundary of the first wafer seal ring as a single straight line segment that physically contacts the outermost boundary of the first wafer seal ring, and wherein the first wafer seal ring has a same pattern along the entirety of the edge of the first wafer; andforming a second plurality of dies in the seal ring area of the first wafer, wherein the second plurality of dies are interposed between the innermost boundary of the first wafer seal ring and the outermost boundary of the first wafer seal ring, and wherein the first wafer seal ring is disposed along a plurality of scribe lines in the seal ring area of the first wafer.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Imaging device, Distance measuring sensor, Map acquisition unit, Lane quantity, Boundary line information acquisition unit, Roadside area width calculation unit, Traveling lane specification unit, Road edge, Lane boundary lines, Subject vehicle, Probe wave, Laser beam, Position information, Lateral direction distance, Outermost detection line, Traveling lane, Left road edge, Right road edge, Estimated lane quantity, Map information, Erroneous result, Predetermined threshold.
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A vehicle position estimation device comprising:a road edge information acquisition unit acquiring a distance from a subject vehicle to a road edge using at least one of an imaging device or a distance measuring sensor, the imaging device capturing images of a predetermined range around the subject vehicle, the distance measuring sensor detecting an object existing in a predetermined direction relative to the subject vehicle by transmitting a probe wave or a laser beam;a map acquisition unit acquiring map information including a lane quantity of a traveling road of the subject vehicle from a map storage disposed inside or outside of the subject vehicle;a boundary line information acquisition unit acquiring position information of lane boundary lines detected by analyzing the images captured by the imaging device;a roadside area width calculation unit calculating, as a roadside area width, a lateral direction distance between an outermost detection line, which is an outermost boundary line among the detected boundary lines, and the road edge; anda traveling lane specification unit specifying a traveling lane of the subject vehicle, in which the subject vehicle is traveling, based on (i) the distance from the subject vehicle to the road edge, (ii) the roadside area width, and (iii) the lane quantity included in the map information acquired by the map acquisition unit,wherein,when the traveling lane specification unit acquires position information of both of a left road edge located on a left side of the subject vehicle and a right road edge located on a right side of the subject vehicle as the road edge, the traveling lane specification unit calculates an estimated lane quantity, which is an estimated value of the lane quantity, using (i) a distance between the left road edge and the right road edge and (ii) the roadside area width, andwhen a difference between a lane quantity included in the map information and the estimated lane quantity is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the traveling lane specification unit determines the calculated roadside area width as an erroneous result or interrupts specifying of the traveling lane of the subject vehicle.
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US9252180B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Image sensor device, substrate, radiation-detection device, interconnect structure, bonding pad structure, interlayer dielectric layer, isolation layer, conductive pad, bridging portions, stress-releasing structures.
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An image sensor device, comprising:a substrate having a front surface, a back surface, and a sidewall perpendicular to the front and back surfaces;a radiation-detection device formed in the substrate, the radiation-detection device being operable to detect radiation waves that enter the substrate through the back surface;an interconnect structure formed on the front surface of the substrate, the interconnect structure having an extended portion that extends beyond the sidewall of the substrate; anda bonding pad structure comprising:an interlayer dielectric layer formed on the extended portion of the interconnect structure;an isolation layer formed on the interlayer dielectric layer;a conductive pad having a planar portion formed on the isolation layer, and one or more bridging portions extending generally perpendicularly from the planar portion, through the interlayer dielectric and the isolation layers, and to the interconnect structure for establishing electric contact therewith; anda plurality of non-conducting stress-releasing structures, wherein the non-conducting stress-releasing structures are disposed vertically between the isolation layer and a portion of the conductive pad and horizontally between the one or more bridging portions and a portion of the conductive pad, and wherein each of the non-conducting stress-releasing structures is fully enclosed by the isolation layer and the conductive pad, and is in direct contact with both the isolation layer and the conductive pad.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Gesture recognition, real-time, multi-threaded processors, image frames, pose estimation, background information, masked image, color image, depth image, shared memory, gesture recognition operation, three-dimensional convolutional neural network (3D CNN), optical flow operation, motion, spatial processing, color processing, recurrent neural network (RNN), identification, singular gesture.
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A method for real-time recognition, using one or more multi-threaded processors, of a gesture communicated by a subject, the method comprising:receiving, by a first thread of the one or more multi-threaded processors, a first set of image frames associated with the gesture, the first set of image frames captured during a first time interval;performing, by the first thread, pose estimation on each frame of the first set of image frames including eliminating background information from each frame to obtain one or more areas of interest, wherein the background information is eliminated using a masked image that is generated based on a processed color image and a depth image;storing information representative of the one or more areas of interest in a shared memory accessible to the one or more multi-threaded processors; andperforming, by a second thread of the one or more multi-threaded processors, a gesture recognition operation on a second set of image frames associated with the gesture, the second set of image frames captured during a second time interval that is different from the first time interval,wherein performing the gesture recognition operation comprises:using a first processor of the one or more multi-threaded processors that implements a first three-dimensional convolutional neural network (3D CNN) to perform an optical flow operation on the information representative of the one or more areas of interest that is accessed from the shared memory, wherein the optical flow operation is enabled to recognize a motion associated with the gesture;using a second processor of the one or more multi-threaded processors that implements a second 3D CNN to perform spatial and color processing operations on the information representative of the one or more areas of interest that is accessed from the shared memory, wherein the processed color image is generated based on the color processing operations;fusing results of the optical flow operation and results of the spatial and color processing operations to produce an identification of the gesture; andusing a recurrent neural network (RNN) to determine that the identification corresponds to a singular gesture across at least the first and second sets of image frames.
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US9224678B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Integrated circuit package, Connector, IC, Molding compound, Printed circuit board, PCB contact pad, Polymer flux, Connection.
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A method of forming a device, comprising:providing an integrated circuit (IC) package comprising a connector and an IC, and a molding compound, the molding compound encapsulating a portion of the connector, wherein a portion of the connector protrudes above a topmost surface of the molding compound;providing a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a PCB contact pad;selectively applying a polymer flux to the portion of the connector that protrudes above the topmost surface of the molding compound; andafter selectively applying the polymer flux, bringing the IC package into contact with the PCB and forming a connection between the PCB contact pad and the connector, wherein the polymer flux covers at least a part of the connector and extends over the topmost surface of the molding compound after the IC package and the PCB are brought into contact.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Vehicle device, enclosure, sensors, outward-facing camera, inward-facing camera, speaker, computer processor, computer readable medium, software instructions, real-time, images, event detection model, neural networks, safety event types, safety event criteria, distracted driver, audible alert, asset data structure, associations, asset data, event management system, additional sensor data, analysis.
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A vehicle device comprising:an enclosure configured for attachment within a motor vehicle, the enclosure housing at least:a plurality of sensors configured to provide sensor data, the plurality of sensors including at least:an outward-facing camera positioned to obtain images of an area in front of the vehicle; andan inward-facing camera positioned to obtain images of an interior of the vehicle, including a driver area where a driver of the vehicle is positioned when operating the vehicle;a speaker configured to provide audible signals within the vehicle;a hardware computer processor; anda non-transitory computer readable medium having software instructions stored thereon, the software instructions executable by the hardware computer processor to cause the vehicle device to perform operations comprising:accessing, in real-time as images are acquired by the outward-facing camera, images of the area in front of the vehicle;detecting, based at least on application of an event detection model comprising one or more neural networks to at least portions of the accessed images, features within the one or more accessed images;evaluating, for each of a plurality of safety event types, a corresponding plurality of safety event criteria configured to identify respective safety events;triggering a first safety event in response to determining that the detected features match a first safety event criteria associated with a distracted driver safety event type;in response to triggering the first safety event, causing an audible alert to play on the speaker;accessing an asset data structure including associations between safety event types and respective asset data, wherein a first asset data associated with a first safety event type is different than a second asset data associated with a second safety event type;selecting and transmitting the first asset data to an event management system;receiving a request for additional sensor data from the event management system, the requested additional sensor data including asset data from one or more of the sensors, wherein the event management system determines the additional sensor data to request from the vehicle device based at least on analysis of the first asset data; andgenerating and transmitting to the event management system the requested additional sensor data.
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US9385069B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Integrated circuit structure, IC, substrate, fin, gate dielectric, gate electrode, contact, width, top surface, bottom surface, conductive material.
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An integrated circuit structure (IC) comprising:a substrate, wherein a portion of the substrate extends upwards forming a fin;a gate dielectric over a top surface and at least portions of sidewalls of the fin;a gate electrode over the gate dielectric; anda contact over and extending into the gate electrode, wherein the contact has a first width above the gate electrode and a second width within the gate electrode, the first width being smaller than the second width, wherein a top surface of the gate electrode is higher than a bottom surface of the contact, and wherein a first portion of the contact above the gate electrode and a second portion of the contact within the gate electrode are formed of a same conductive material.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Predictive Maintenance, PdM data, Equipment condition, Industrial plants, Civil structures, Measurement of motion, Video acquisition device, Adjustable frame rate, Video recording, Video images, Pixels, PdM database, Data acquisition unit, Mobile DAU, Monitoring protocol, Spatial areas, Onboard processor, Memory, Computer program, Sampling rate, Focus, Aperture, Supplemental lighting, Suspect condition, PdM server, Screening methods, Video data, Archived.
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A system for collecting predictive maintenance (PdM) data to establish a condition of equipment in industrial plants or civil structures and to detect at least one suspect condition therein that obtains at least one measurement of motion of the civil structure, equipment or a portion thereof using at least one video acquisition device with an adjustable frame rate that acquires data of the at least one measurement in a video recording of the equipment or civil structure in motion, the video recording comprising video images of the civil structure, equipment or portion thereof which are divisible into individual video image frames, with each individual video image frame being divisible into a plurality of pixels, the system comprising:a PdM database communicatively coupled to a mobile data acquisition unit (DAU), the PdM database defining the civil structure or equipment under test and a monitoring protocol identifying the at least one measurement to be obtained and a manner for obtaining the at least one measurement;a data acquisition unit that collects data including the at least one measurement and is positioned to perform surveys within one or more spatial areas containing distinct equipment with an onboard processor and a memory that stores the individual video image frames; anda first computer program operating in said processor,wherein the at least one video acquisition device acquires the video images at a sampling rate that captures a plurality of frequencies present in the motion of the equipment or civil structure, and the first computer program operating in said processor adjusts at least one of focus, aperture, and supplemental lighting; automatically locates one or more spatial areas where the motion of the equipment or civil structure is evaluated for the at least one suspect condition; andtransmits the collected data to a PdM server configured with a second computer program that screens the at least one measurement using methods as defined in the PdM database; automatically determines if the at least one suspect condition is present based on the at least one measurement; and reduces an amount of video data archived in the PdM database.
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US10096767B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Magnetoresistive Tunnel Junction, MTJ device, semiconductor substrate, buffer layer, magnetic reference layer, tunnel barrier layer, free magnetic regions, top contact, elongated MTJ structure, magnetic field, anti-ferromagnetic pinning layer, profile shape, reservoir region, magnetic moment.
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A Magnetoresistive Tunnel Junction (MTJ) device comprising:an elongated MTJ structure formed onto a semiconductor substrate, the MTJ structure comprising:a buffer layer disposed directly on the semiconductor substrate such that the buffer layer physically contacts the semiconductor substrate;a magnetic reference layer disposed over the buffer layer and extending across the entire length of the elongated MTJ structure;a tunnel barrier layer disposed over the magnetic reference layer; anda number of discrete free magnetic regions disposed onto the tunnel barrier layer, wherein one of the discrete free magnetic regions has a top surface facing away from the tunnel barrier layer; anda top contact physically contacting the one of the discrete free magnetic regions such that a first portion of the top surface of the one of the discrete free magnetic regions is covered by the top contact and a second portion of the top surface of the one of the discrete free magnetic regions is not covered by the top contact, andwherein a ratio of length to width of the elongated MTJ structure is such that the magnetic field of the magnetic reference layer is pinned in a single direction across the entire length of the MTJ structure,wherein the MTJ device is without an anti-ferromagnetic pinning layer,wherein the buffer layer has a profile shape in a top view of the elongated MTJ structure, and wherein the tunnel barrier layer has the profile shape in the top view of the elongated MTJ structure, andwherein the elongated MTJ structure includes opposing ends disposed on either side of an elongated body of the elongated MTJ structure, the opposing ends each including a reservoir region having a greater width than the elongated body, the reservoir regions being free of any free magnetic material layer and configured to make magnetic moment circular.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Neural network, Computer vision, Sensor data, Confidence score, Obstacle identification, Detection metric, Application programming interface (API), Autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), Driving decision, Potential movement, Line of sight, Vehicle control system, Path planning, Delay execution, Confidence threshold, Distance threshold.
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A method of operating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), the method comprising:in a first driving cycle, performing operations including:determining an identification of an obstacle by analyzing sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the ADV using a neural network to implement computer vision;determining a confidence score for the obstacle that represents a confidence level of how reliable the computer vision is in correctly identifying the obstacle with the computer vision, wherein the confidence score is determined at least based on a detection metric obtained from the neural network through an application programming interface (API) of the neural network, and wherein the identification of the obstacle is lower in response to an increase in a distance between the ADV and the obstacle, and wherein the confidence score is reduced in response to a line of sight between the one or more sensors and the obstacle being at least partially blocked;generating a driving decision for the ADV based on a prediction of potential movement of the obstacle;in response to determining that the confidence score representing the confidence level of how reliable the computer vision is in correctly identifying the obstacle is below a predetermined confidence threshold and a distance between the ADV and a potential point of contact with the obstacle is greater than a predetermined distance threshold, delaying executing the driving decision for a period of time; andotherwise planning a path to drive the ADV based on the driving decision and providing a command to a vehicle control system which drives the ADV according to the path without delay; andin a second driving cycle, repeating the operations performed in the first driving cycle, wherein in response to determining that a second confidence score representing the confidence level of how reliable the computer vision is in correctly identifying the obstacle during the second driving cycle is not below the predetermined confidence threshold, planning the path to drive the ADV based on the driving decision and providing the command to the vehicle control system which drives the ADV according to the path without additional delay.
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US9263275B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor structure, substrate, interlayer dielectric, ILD, gate structure, high-k dielectric material, metal gate stack, protection layer, metal oxide layer, contact etch stop layer, contact.
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A semiconductor structure, comprising:a semiconductor substrate;a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) over the semiconductor substrate;a gate structure formed within the first ILD and disposed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the gate structure includes a high-k dielectric material layer and a metal gate stack;a protection layer disposed over the metal gate stack, wherein the protection layer is a metal oxide layer;a contact etch stop layer formed over the first ILD and over the protection layer, wherein the contact etch stop layer physically contacts the first ILD, wherein the metal oxide layer is embedded within the contact etch stop layer; anda contact extending through the contact etch stop layer, through the protection layer, and to the metal gate stack.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Neural network, Computer vision, Sensor data, Confidence score, Obstacle identification, Detection metric, Application programming interface (API), Autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), Driving decision, Potential movement, Line of sight, Vehicle control system, Path planning, Delay execution, Confidence threshold, Distance threshold.
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A method of operating an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), the method comprising:in a first driving cycle, performing operations including:determining an identification of an obstacle by analyzing sensor data captured by one or more sensors of the ADV using a neural network to implement computer vision;determining a confidence score for the obstacle that represents a confidence level of how reliable the computer vision is in correctly identifying the obstacle with the computer vision, wherein the confidence score is determined at least based on a detection metric obtained from the neural network through an application programming interface (API) of the neural network, and wherein the identification of the obstacle is lower in response to an increase in a distance between the ADV and the obstacle, and wherein the confidence score is reduced in response to a line of sight between the one or more sensors and the obstacle being at least partially blocked;generating a driving decision for the ADV based on a prediction of potential movement of the obstacle;in response to determining that the confidence score representing the confidence level of how reliable the computer vision is in correctly identifying the obstacle is below a predetermined confidence threshold and a distance between the ADV and a potential point of contact with the obstacle is greater than a predetermined distance threshold, delaying executing the driving decision for a period of time; andotherwise planning a path to drive the ADV based on the driving decision and providing a command to a vehicle control system which drives the ADV according to the path without delay; andin a second driving cycle, repeating the operations performed in the first driving cycle, wherein in response to determining that a second confidence score representing the confidence level of how reliable the computer vision is in correctly identifying the obstacle during the second driving cycle is not below the predetermined confidence threshold, planning the path to drive the ADV based on the driving decision and providing the command to the vehicle control system which drives the ADV according to the path without additional delay.
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US8653630B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor substrate, FinFETs, Fin active region, First distance, Second distance, First contact, Second contact.
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A device comprising:a first fin active region, a second fin active region, and a third fin active region extending from a semiconductor substrate, wherein the first and second fin active regions are spaced apart from each other a first distance and the second and third fin active regions are spaced apart from each other a second distance, wherein the second distance is different than the first distance;a plurality of fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs) formed on at least one of the first, second, and third fin active regions;a first contact disposed on the first and second fin active regions; anda second contact disposed on the third fin active region.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Vehicle detection, Alert signals, Communication network, Vehicle mounted units, Camera, Storage unit, Digital display unit, Processing unit, Detection module, Measurement module, Alert module, Green signal, Yellow signal, Red signal, Number module, Communication unit.
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A system for detecting multiple approaching vehicles and sending alert signals over a communication network, the system comprising:one or more vehicle mounted units, wherein at least one vehicle mounted unit is attached to a vehicle for capturing and processing data of approaching vehicles, the vehicle mounted unit comprising:a camera for capturing digital data;a storage unit to store a set of instructions and a pre-defined time value and a pre-defined vehicle class list;a digital display unit to display processed set of instructions;a processing unit coupled to the storage unit for processing the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions comprising:a detection module for detecting multiple approaching vehicles and objects in a single frame, further the detection module identifies the vehicle class and the number of vehicles approaching the vehicle;a measurement module for measuring the time between the camera and the approaching vehicles;an alert module for generating an alert signal if the time between the camera and the approaching vehicle is less than the pre-defined time value;a green module coupled to the measurement module for displaying a green signal on the digital display unit if the time between the approaching vehicle and the camera is more than the pre-defined time value;a yellow module coupled to the measurement module for displaying a yellow signal on the digital display unit if the time between the approaching vehicle and the camera is within range to the pre-defined time value;a red module coupled to the measurement module for displaying a red signal on the digital display unit if the time between the approaching vehicle and the camera is less than the pre-defined time value;a number module coupled to the detection module and to the measurement module for displaying on the digital display unit a number representing number of vehicles approaching in the red signal, another number representing number of vehicles approaching in the yellow signal and another number representing number of vehicles approaching in the green signal; anda communication unit operably connected to the processing unit to send alert signals and captured digital data over the communication network.
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US9362269B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Substrate, Gate stack, Passive device, Bottom plate, Inter-level dielectric, Top plate, Spacing dielectric, Contact, Target capacitance, Target resistance, Integrated circuit, Second top plate.
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An integrated circuit device comprising:a substrate;a gate stack disposed on the substrate and having a topmost surface disposed opposite the substrate; anda passive device disposed on the substrate, the passive device including:a bottom plate disposed over the substrate, wherein the bottom plate extends from the substrate through an inter-level dielectric (ILD), wherein the bottom plate has a topmost surface disposed opposite the substrate, and wherein the topmost surface of the bottom plate is substantially coplanar with the topmost surface of the gate stack;a first top plate disposed over the bottom plate;a spacing dielectric disposed between the bottom plate and the first top plate;a first contact and a second contact electrically coupled to the first top plate; anda third contact electrically coupled to the bottom plate;wherein the passive device is configured to provide a first target capacitance and a first target resistance;wherein the passive device further includes a second top plate disposed over the bottom plate;wherein the second top plate is configured to provide a second target resistance; andwherein the second target resistance is different from the first target resistance.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Image sensor, Non-image sensor, Processor, Controller, Collision, Obstacle, Rear side warning, Trailer, Vehicle, Determination patterns, Distortion, Tilting angle, Reference axis, Driving direction.
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A vehicle control system comprising:an image sensor disposed on a vehicle to have a field of view of an outside of the vehicle to capture image data;at least one non-image sensor disposed on the vehicle to have a field of sensing of the outside of the vehicle to capture sensing data,at least one processor configured to process the image data captured by the image sensor and the sensing data captured by the at least one non-image sensor; anda controller configured to determine, based at least in part on processing at least one of the image data and the sensing data, a chance of a collision with an obstacle with respect to a rear side warning determination reference area that is changed depending on whether a trailer is mounted on the vehicle,wherein the controller is configured to:determine whether the trailer is mounted on the vehicle on the basis of reception of a trailer mounting signal,change, in response to determining that the trailer is mounted on the vehicle, a rear side warning determination reference area that is previously set before the trailer is mounted on the vehicle, to thereby set a plurality of rear side warning determination reference areas,wherein the controller is configured to:mark a plurality of determination patterns symmetrical to each other on an image of the trailer that is acquired by a result of the processing of the image data;identify a degree of distortion of the marked plurality of determination patterns and calculate a tilting angle of the trailer with respect to a reference axis of the vehicle on the basis of the degree of distortion; andset at least one of the plurality of rear side warning determination reference areas to correspond to the calculated tilting angle, andwhereinthe plurality of rear side warning determination reference areas includes: a first rear side warning determination reference area and a second rear side warning determination reference area, andthe first rear side warning determination reference area is set in front of the second rear side warning determination reference area along the driving direction of the vehicle.
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US9366647B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor device, Bio-entity samples, Optical signal conduit, Cap bonding pad, Microfluidic channel, Droplet, Photosensor array, Sensor control circuitry, Logic circuitry, Fluidic control circuitry.
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An integrated semiconductor device for manipulating and processing bio-entity samples, the device comprising:a lower substrate;at least one optical signal conduit disposed on the lower substrate;at least one cap bonding pad disposed on the lower substrate and over a portion of the optical signal conduit;a cap comprising an upper substrate and configured to form a capped area, and disposed on the at least one cap bonding pad, wherein the at least one optical signal conduit extends from outside the capped area to inside the capped area;a microfluidic channel, wherein a first side of the microfluidic channel is formed on the lower substrate and a second side of the microfluidic channel is formed on the cap, the cap being coupled to the substrate so as to provide the microfluidic channel for a droplet containing a bio-entity sample and the microfluidic channel being coupled to fluidic control circuitry;a photosensor array coupled to sensor control circuitry; andlogic circuitry coupled to the fluidic control circuitry and the sensor control circuitry, wherein the fluidic control circuitry, the sensor control circuitry, and the logic circuitry are formed on the lower substrate.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Image sensor, Non-image sensor, Processor, Controller, Collision, Obstacle, Rear side warning, Trailer, Vehicle control system, Determination reference area, Determination patterns, Distortion, Tilting angle, Reference axis, Driving direction.
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A vehicle control system comprising:an image sensor disposed on a vehicle to have a field of view of an outside of the vehicle to capture image data;at least one non-image sensor disposed on the vehicle to have a field of sensing of the outside of the vehicle to capture sensing data,at least one processor configured to process the image data captured by the image sensor and the sensing data captured by the at least one non-image sensor; anda controller configured to determine, based at least in part on processing at least one of the image data and the sensing data, a chance of a collision with an obstacle with respect to a rear side warning determination reference area that is changed depending on whether a trailer is mounted on the vehicle,wherein the controller is configured to:determine whether the trailer is mounted on the vehicle on the basis of reception of a trailer mounting signal,change, in response to determining that the trailer is mounted on the vehicle, a rear side warning determination reference area that is previously set before the trailer is mounted on the vehicle, to thereby set a plurality of rear side warning determination reference areas,wherein the controller is configured to:mark a plurality of determination patterns symmetrical to each other on an image of the trailer that is acquired by a result of the processing of the image data;identify a degree of distortion of the marked plurality of determination patterns and calculate a tilting angle of the trailer with respect to a reference axis of the vehicle on the basis of the degree of distortion; andset at least one of the plurality of rear side warning determination reference areas to correspond to the calculated tilting angle, andwhereinthe plurality of rear side warning determination reference areas includes: a first rear side warning determination reference area and a second rear side warning determination reference area, andthe first rear side warning determination reference area is set in front of the second rear side warning determination reference area along the driving direction of the vehicle.
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US10032712B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor structure, metal region, dielectric region, barrier region, sidewall, conductive cap region, etch stop layer (ESL), via plug, tapered surface, horizontal surface.
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A semiconductor structure, comprising:a first metal region within at least some of a first dielectric region;a first barrier region between the first metal region and the first dielectric region, the first barrier region including a substantially vertical sidewall;a conductive cap region above the first metal region;a second metal region within at least some of a second dielectric region, the second dielectric region above at least some of at least one of the first dielectric region, the conductive cap region, or the first metal region;an etch stop layer (ESL) disposed between the first dielectric region and the second dielectric region, wherein a bottom surface of the ESL, a top surface of the first barrier region, a top surface of the first dielectric region, and a top surface of the conductive cap region are coplanar;a via plug connecting the first metal region and the second dielectric region, the via plug extending from the second metal region through the ESL, the conductive cap region, and into the first metal region; anda second barrier region between the second metal region and the second dielectric region and between the via plug and the second dielectric region,wherein a substantially vertical sidewall of the second barrier region physically contacts the second metal region, the second dielectric region and the via plug,wherein the second barrier region further includes a tapered surface extending from below a bottom surface of the conductive cap region to a horizontal surface of the second barrier region within the first metal region, the horizontal surface being perpendicular to the substantially vertical sidewall of the second barrier region, andwherein the conductive cap region is within the first barrier region, wherein the conductive cap region includes cap sidewalls physically contacting substantially vertical sidewalls of the first barrier region and the second barrier region, wherein the cap sidewalls are aligned with sidewalls of the first metal region, and wherein the second barrier region is a uniform and conformal film.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Lane recognition result acquisition unit, boundary line, lane division line, road edge, peripheral monitoring sensor, landmark recognition result acquisition unit, landmark, map data acquisition unit, map data, lateral position estimation unit, lateral position, vehicle, traveling road, relative position, position specification unit, lateral deviation, first threshold value.
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A vehicular position specification apparatus used in a vehicle, comprising:a lane recognition result acquisition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a boundary line, the boundary line being (i) a lane division line along a traffic lane or (ii) the lane division line and a road edge that is a boundary between a road and an outside of the road, the recognition result of each of the lane division line and road edge being recognized from a detection result by a peripheral monitoring sensor that monitors a periphery of the vehicle;a landmark recognition result acquisition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a landmark that is different from the boundary line, the recognition result being recognized from the detection result by the peripheral monitoring sensor;a map data acquisition unit configured to acquire a map data of a map including a position of the boundary line and a position of the landmark;a lateral position estimation unit configured to estimate, on the map, a lateral position of the vehicle on a traveling road by collating a relative position of the boundary line with respect to the vehicle indicated by the recognition result of the boundary line acquired by the lane recognition result acquisition unit with the position of the boundary line included in the map data; anda position specification unit configurednot to specify the lateral position of the vehicle using the lateral position estimated by the lateral position estimation unit using the lane division line of the boundary line in response to a lateral deviation between (i) the position of the landmark indicated by the recognition result of the landmark acquired by the landmark recognition result acquisition unit and (ii) the position of the landmark included in the map data being equal to or greater than a first threshold value, andto specify the lateral position of the vehicle using the lateral position estimated by the lateral position estimation unit using the lane division line of the boundary line in response to the lateral deviation being less than the first threshold value.
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US9356066B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor element, Conductive feature, Dielectric layer, Interconnection feature, Conductive plug, Semiconductor substrate, Deep plug.
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A device comprising:a first semiconductor element that includes:a first semiconductor substrate;a common conductive feature disposed in the first semiconductor substrate, the common conductive feature formed of a first conductive material, the common conductive feature having a bottom surface facing a second semiconductor substrate;a first dielectric layer disposed over the first semiconductor substrate;a first interconnection feature formed in the first dielectric layer over the first semiconductor substrate; anda conductive plug disposed within the first dielectric layer and connecting the first interconnection feature to the common conductive feature, the conductive plug formed of a second conductive material that is different than the first conductive material;a second semiconductor element bonded to the first semiconductor element, wherein the second semiconductor element includes:the second semiconductor substrate;a second dielectric layer disposed over the second semiconductor substrate; anda second interconnection feature formed in the second dielectric layer over the second semiconductor substrate; anda conductive deep plug physically contacting the common conductive feature and extending continuously through the first dielectric layer and into a portion of the second dielectric layer such that the conductive deep plug physically contacts the second interconnection feature in the second semiconductor element, wherein the conductive plug has a sidewall facing a sidewall of the conductive deep plug, wherein the sidewall of the conductive plug and the sidewall of the conductive deep plug physically contact the bottom surface of the common conductive feature, wherein the first dielectric layer extends continuously from the sidewall of the conductive plug to the sidewall of the conductive deep plug, andwherein the bottom surface of the common conductive is disposed directly over the first interconnection feature, the second interconnection feature, the conductive plug, and the conductive deep plug such that the bottom surface of the common conductive overlaps the first interconnection feature, the second interconnection feature, the conductive plug, and the conductive deep plug.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Target detection sensor, distance, relative velocity, detectable area, short-distance area, control device, actuators, operation, predetermined time, time rate of change, history, current-time relative velocity, estimated relative velocity, acquisition time, last acquired relative velocity.
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A vehicle control device comprising:a target detection sensor, provided at a predetermined position on a vehicle, that is configured to be able to detect both a distance between a target and the vehicle and a relative velocity of the target with respect to the vehicle when the target exists in a detectable area and that is not able to detect at least the relative velocity of the target with respect to the vehicle when the target exists in a short-distance area, the detectable area being a part of a predetermined area around the vehicle and being equal to or more than a predetermined minimum detection distance from the predetermined position and less than a predetermined maximum detection distance that is more than the minimum detection distance, the short-distance area being less than the minimum detection distance from the predetermined position; anda control device configured to control an operation of actuators mounted on the vehicle, whereinthe control device is configured toacquire the distance and the relative velocity of the target existing in the detectable area from the target detection sensor every time a predetermined time elapses,calculate a time rate of change corresponding to a change amount per unit time of the relative velocity of the target based on a history of the acquired relative velocity,calculate a current-time relative velocity of the target that has entered the short-distance area with respect to the vehicle as an estimated relative velocity when the target positioned in the detectable area has entered the short-distance area, the estimated relative velocity being calculated based on an elapsed time from a last acquisition time to the current time wherein the last acquisition time is a time when the relative velocity of the target detected by the target detection sensor was last acquired from the target detection sensor, a last acquired relative velocity that is the relative velocity of the target acquired from the target detection sensor at the last acquisition time, and the time rate of change, andcontrol the operation of the actuators based on the estimated relative velocity.
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US9041215B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Interconnect, Stud, Protective layer, Planarizing, Mask, Metal layer, Electrical contact, Substrate, Molding compound.
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A method of forming an interconnect, comprising:mounting a stud on a land disposed on a substrate;forming a protective layer over the substrate and around the stud;planarizing a top surface of the stud and a top surface of the protective layer;forming a first mask over the protective layer, wherein the first mask directly contacts the protective layer;forming a metal layer in the mask, and over the protective layer and in electrical contact with the stud;applying an interconnect to the metal layer; andapplying a molding compound after applying the interconnect, wherein the molding compound extends over the metal layer and wherein the molding compound directly contacts the interconnect and the top surface of the protective layer.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Target detection sensor, distance, relative velocity, detectable area, short-distance area, control device, actuators, operation, predetermined time, time rate of change, history, current-time relative velocity, estimated relative velocity, acquisition time, last acquired relative velocity.
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A vehicle control device comprising:a target detection sensor, provided at a predetermined position on a vehicle, that is configured to be able to detect both a distance between a target and the vehicle and a relative velocity of the target with respect to the vehicle when the target exists in a detectable area and that is not able to detect at least the relative velocity of the target with respect to the vehicle when the target exists in a short-distance area, the detectable area being a part of a predetermined area around the vehicle and being equal to or more than a predetermined minimum detection distance from the predetermined position and less than a predetermined maximum detection distance that is more than the minimum detection distance, the short-distance area being less than the minimum detection distance from the predetermined position; anda control device configured to control an operation of actuators mounted on the vehicle, whereinthe control device is configured toacquire the distance and the relative velocity of the target existing in the detectable area from the target detection sensor every time a predetermined time elapses,calculate a time rate of change corresponding to a change amount per unit time of the relative velocity of the target based on a history of the acquired relative velocity,calculate a current-time relative velocity of the target that has entered the short-distance area with respect to the vehicle as an estimated relative velocity when the target positioned in the detectable area has entered the short-distance area, the estimated relative velocity being calculated based on an elapsed time from a last acquisition time to the current time wherein the last acquisition time is a time when the relative velocity of the target detected by the target detection sensor was last acquired from the target detection sensor, a last acquired relative velocity that is the relative velocity of the target acquired from the target detection sensor at the last acquisition time, and the time rate of change, andcontrol the operation of the actuators based on the estimated relative velocity.
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US8945998B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor interposer, array of semiconductor devices, electrical parameters, insulating material, substrate, vertical interconnect, contact pads, integrated circuit device.
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A method of forming a semiconductor interposer, the method comprising:forming an array of semiconductor devices having a plurality of electrical parameters in an insulating material on a first surface of a substrate, each semiconductor device of the array of semiconductor devices having a vertical interconnect extending to a first surface of the insulating material;forming one or more first contact pads on a second surface of the substrate, the second surface of the substrate being a second surface of the semiconductor interposer;forming one or more second contact pads over the insulating material, the one or more second contact pads being on a first surface of the semiconductor interposer, the first surface of the interposer being opposite the second surface of the interposer, the first surface of the insulating material being between the first surface of the substrate and the first surface of the semiconductor interposer, at least one of the second contact pads being coupled to at least one of the first contact pads; andobtaining a desired electrical parameter for an integrated circuit device attached to the interposer comprising:selectively connecting the vertical interconnect of at least one of the array of semiconductor devices to at least one of the second contact pads; andselectively connecting the vertical interconnect of at least one of the array of semiconductor devices to the vertical interconnect of at least one other of the array of semiconductor devices.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Image recording system, travel status recording apparatus, storage, camera, vehicle, processor, personal information, mask, server, network, acquire, masked image, third party, restore, conceal, front camera, vehicle interior camera, scene, approval, owner.
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An image recording system comprising:a travel status recording apparatus including a storage that records an image that is captured by at least one camera mounted on a vehicle, the travel status recording apparatus including at least one processor programmed to:identify personal information included in the captured image; andin response to the personal information in the captured image being identified, mask the personal information in the captured image in a restorable manner; anda server configured to communicate with the travel status recording apparatus via a network, the server including at least one processor programmed to:acquire a masked image from the travel status recording apparatus, the masked image corresponding to the captured image in which the personal information is masked;determine, in response to a request for the masked image acquired from a third party, whether to restore the personal information included in the acquired masked image based on a preset restoration level;in response to a determination to restore the personal information, restore the personal information included in the acquired masked image, and provide the third party with a masked image in which the personal information is restored; andin response to a determination not to restore the personal information, conceal the personal information included in the acquired masked image such that the personal information included in the acquired masked image cannot be restored, and provide the third party with a masked image in which the personal information is concealed,wherein the at least one camera includes a front camera configured to capture an image of a scene in front of the vehicle, and a vehicle interior camera configured to capture an image of a vehicle interior of the vehicle,the at least one processor of the server determines not to restore the personal information included in the acquired masked image generated by the front camera, andthe at least one processor of the server determines whether to restore the personal information included in the acquired masked image generated by the vehicle interior camera based on presence or absence of approval by an owner of the vehicle.
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US9171843B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Integrated circuit device, method, precursor, MOS regions, gate regions, source/drain regions, semiconductor layer stack, first semiconductor material, second semiconductor material, third semiconductor material, epitaxially growing, source/drain features, outer oxide layer, inner nanowire set, high-k/metal gate (HK/MG) stack.
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A method for fabricating an integrated circuit device, the method comprising:providing a precursor, the precursor including:a substrate having first and second metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) regions;first gate and source/drain regions formed in the first MOS region, the first gate region including a semiconductor layer stack; andsecond gate and source/drain regions formed in the second MOS region, the second gate region including the semiconductor layer stack,wherein the semiconductor layer stack includes a first layer of a first semiconductor material, a second layer of a second semiconductor material disposed over the first layer, and a third layer of the first semiconductor material disposed over the second layer, wherein the first semiconductor material is different than the second semiconductor material;laterally exposing the semiconductor layer stack in the first gate region;epitaxially growing a third semiconductor material to form source/drain features adjacent the semiconductor layer stack in the first MOS region, wherein the third semiconductor material is different from the first and second semiconductor materials;after epitaxially growing the third semiconductor material to form source/drain features adjacent the semiconductor layer stack in the first region, oxidizing the first, second, and third layers of the semiconductor layer stack in the first gate region to form a first outer oxide layer and a first inner nanowire set, a first nanowire in the first inner nanowire set extending from the first source region to the corresponding first drain region;removing the first outer oxide layer to expose the first inner nanowire set in the first gate region;forming a first high-k/metal gate (HK/MG) stack wrapping around the first inner nanowire set;laterally exposing the semiconductor layer stack in the second gate region;oxidizing the semiconductor layer stack in the second gate region to form second outer oxide layer and inner nanowire set, a second nanowire in the second inner nanowire set extending from the second source region to the corresponding second drain region;removing the second outer oxide layer to expose the second inner nanowire set in the second gate region; andforming a second HK/MG stack wrapping around the second inner nanowire set.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Autonomous vehicle, Agricultural field, Plants, Images, Location data, Plant profile, Plant metric, Global condition data, Predicting, Target time, Navigating, Capturing, Executing, Agricultural operation.
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A method comprising:at an autonomous vehicle, during a first operating period:autonomously navigating within an agricultural field;capturing a first set of images of a set of plants within the agricultural field; andcapturing a first set of location data of the autonomous vehicle;for each plant in the set of plants:detecting a position of the plant in the first set of images;calculating a location of the plant based on the position of the plant in the first set of images and the first set of location data of the autonomous vehicle;generating a plant profile of the plant;extracting an initial value of a plant metric of the plant based on the first set of images; andpopulating the plant profile of the plant with the location of the plant and the initial value of the plant metric of the plant;accessing a set of global condition data associated with the agricultural field and captured during a target time interval between the first operating period and a target time;for each plant in the set of plants:predicting a predicted value of the plant metric of the plant at the target time based on the initial value of the plant metric of the plant and the set of global condition data; andpopulating the plant profile of the plant with the predicted value of the plant metric of the plant associated with the target time; andat the autonomous vehicle, during a second operating period concurrent with the target time:autonomously navigating within the agricultural field;capturing a second set of images of the set of plants within the agricultural field;capturing a second set of location data of the autonomous vehicle; andfor each plant in the set of plants:accessing the location of the plant and the predicted value of the plant metric of the plant from the plant profile of the plant;identifying the plant based on the second set of images, the second set of location data, and the location of the plant; andexecuting an agricultural operation on the plant based on the predicted value of the plant metric of the plant.
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US9418961B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Interconnects, Bonding, Substrate, Metal pads, Integrated circuit, Reduction chamber, Leveler, Support, Tilt, Metal oxide, Reduction gas, Ultrasonic vibration, Transducer, Controller.
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A method of bonding interconnects, comprising:providing a first substrate and a second substrate in a reduction chamber, a first set of metal pads projecting from a surface of the first substrate, the first substrate comprising a first integrated circuit, and a second set of metal pads projecting from a surface of the second substrate, the second substrate comprising a second integrated circuit, wherein the providing comprises:retaining the first substrate on a bond head in the reduction chamber;retaining the bond head and a leveler on a support such that the leveler is disposed between the bond head and the support; andretaining the second substrate on a supplemental support;laterally aligning the first set of metal pads to the second set of metal pads, thereby forming an aligned set of metal pads;after the laterally aligning, vertically leveling the first substrate relative to the second substrate with the leveler while the first set of metal pads and the second set of metal pads are spaced apart, thereby reducing a tilt between facing surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the leveler is connected to and controlled by a controller;after the vertically leveling, starting a reduction process to reduce metal oxide from the first set and the second set of metal pads using a reduction gas;bringing the first set of metal pads in contact with the second set of metal pads after the starting the reduction process; andbonding the first set of metal pads with the second set of metal pads by using at least in part ultrasonic vibration to the aligned set of metal pads after the bringing, wherein a transducer coupled to the support causes the bond head to deliver ultrasonic vibration to the aligned set of metal pads, wherein the transducer further causes the supplemental support to deliver ultrasonic vibration to the aligned set of metal pads.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Autonomous navigation, Autonomous vehicle, Motion limit assumptions, Scan image, Sensor data, Object identification, Range value, Azimuthal position, Radial velocity, Correlation calculation, Tangential velocities, Angular velocities, Total radial velocity, Stopping duration estimation, Critical time offset, Future state boundary, Navigational action.
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A method for autonomous navigation of an autonomous vehicle comprising:accessing a set of predefined motion limit assumptions for tangential velocities and angular velocities of generic objects operating on public roads;for a first scan cycle:accessing a first scan image containing data captured by a sensor on the autonomous vehicle at a first time;identifying a first group of points in the first scan image representing a first object in a field of view of the autonomous vehicle, each point in the first group of points comprising:a first range value from the sensor to a surface on the first object;a first azimuthal position of the surface on the first object relative to the sensor; anda first radial velocity of the surface of the first object relative to the sensor;calculating a first correlation between first radial velocities and first azimuthal positions of points in the first group of points;based on the first correlation, calculating a first function that relates a first set of combinations of possible tangential velocities of the first object and possible angular velocities of the first object coherent with radial velocities of the first group of points at the first time; andcalculating a first total radial velocity of the first object at the first time based on first radial velocities of points in the first group of points;estimating a first stopping duration, for the autonomous vehicle to reach a full stop, based on a first speed of the autonomous vehicle at the first time;calculating a first critical time offset from the first time by the stopping duration;calculating a first future state boundary that represents a first ground area accessible to the first object at the first critical time based on:the first set of combinations of possible tangential velocities of the first object and possible angular velocities of the first object, at the first time, defined by the first function;the first total radial velocity; andthe set of predefined motion limit assumptions; andelecting a first navigational action to avoid entry into the first future state boundary prior to the first critical time.
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US9390927B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Flash memory cells, Integrated circuit structure, Substrate, Memory array, Select gate, Memory gate, Gate dielectric, Polysilicon-containing portion, Metal-containing portion, Interface, Plane, Top surfaces, Memory gate electrode.
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An integrated circuit structure comprising:a plurality of flash memory cells on a substrate forming a memory array, wherein each of the plurality of flash memory cells comprises a select gate and a memory gate;a select gate electrode over the substrate, the select gate electrode on a gate dielectric, the select gate electrode comprising:a polysilicon-containing portion over the substrate, wherein the polysilicon-containing portion forms select gates of respective flash memory cells in a column of the memory array; anda first metal-containing portion over the substrate, the first metal-containing portion being physically and electrically connected to the polysilicon-containing portion, an interface of the first metal-containing portion with the polysilicon-containing portion forming a plane extending away from the substrate, the metal-containing portion physically contacting the gate dielectric, the metal-containing portion and the polysilicon-containing portion having top surfaces level with each other; anda memory gate electrode comprising a first portion, wherein the first portion of the memory gate electrode forms memory gates of the respective flash memory cells in the column of the memory array.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Camera, Plenoptic lens arrangement, Gaze detection sensor, Display, Lens tiles, User's gaze, Processor, Tracking, Predicting, Subsequent gaze location, Bandwidth, Image data, Redundant image data, Foveated rendering, High resolution.
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A method, comprising;obtaining, using at least one image obtaining sensor of an image capture device, image data, wherein the image obtaining sensor comprises a camera having a plenoptic lens arrangement;tracking, using a gaze detection sensor, a user's gaze on a display of the image capture device, wherein a plurality of lens tiles are disposed on the display and wherein each of the plurality of lens tiles cover a portion of the display, wherein the portion of the plurality of lens tiles that the user's gaze is directed toward provides a full focus image of the whole image obtained by the image obtaining sensor;predicting, using a processor and based on the tracking, a subsequent gaze location on the display that the user's gaze is expected to be directed toward, wherein the predicting the subsequent gaze location comprises:identifying another portion of the display associated with the predicted subsequent gaze location; andidentifying a new set of the plurality of lens tiles that are disposed over the another portion;transmitting, using a processor and based upon an amount of bandwidth present, additional image data to the display associated with the portion of the plurality of lens tiles the user is currently viewing and the another portion of the display associated with the new set of the plurality of lens tiles, wherein the additional image data comprises a portion of redundant image data providing the full focus image of the whole image obtained by the camera having the plenoptic lens arrangement; andupdating, responsive to identifying that the user's gaze has transitioned to the subsequent gaze location and using the additional image data, the image data associated with the another portion of the display corresponding to the new set of the plurality of lens tiles, wherein the updating the image data associated with the another portion of the display comprises utilizing foveated rendering, wherein the foveated rendering comprises maintaining a high resolution for the additional image data associated with the another portion of the display corresponding to the new set of the plurality of lens tiles.
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US9583483B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor substrate, Gate stack, Silicon germanium region, Top surface, Recess, Raised portion, Opening.
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An integrated circuit structure comprising:a semiconductor substrate;a first gate stack over the semiconductor substrate;a first silicon germanium region extending into the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the first gate stack, wherein the first silicon germanium region comprises a first top surface, with a center portion of the first top surface recessed from edge portions of the first top surface to form a recess, wherein the first top surface extends above an interface between the first gate stack and the semiconductor substrate, and wherein the first top surface comprises:a first raised portion disposed between a first one of the edge portions and the center portion; anda second raised portion disposed between a second one of the edge portions and the center portion, wherein the first raised portion and the second raised portion are disposed on opposing sides of the center portion, and wherein the first raised portion and the second raised portion extend above the edge portions and the center portion;second gate stack over the semiconductor substrate;a second opening extending into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the second opening is adjacent to the second gate stack; anda second silicon germanium region in the second opening, wherein the second silicon germanium region comprises a second top surface, and wherein the second top surface does not have recessed center portions.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Parking support device, automated parking, vehicle, operation terminal, wireless communication, processor, target parking position, path generation, control information, obstacle detection, camera, evasive travel, emergency stop, middle position.
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A parking support device supporting automated parking of a vehicle and connected to be capable of communicating with an operation terminal used by a user through a wireless communication, the parking support device comprising:a processor,wherein the processoracquires a target parking position selected by the user from the operation terminal by operating the operation terminal;generates a path through which the vehicle is to be moved from a current position and parked at the target parking position;sets, as a first travel path of the vehicle, the path generated by the path generation unit and generate first control information for causing the vehicle to travel in accordance with the set first travel path, based on the generated first control information, controls travel of the vehicle;detects an obstacle at an obstacle detection position on the first travel path based on an image captured by a camera which captures surroundings of the vehicle;executes evasive travel for evading contact with the detected obstacle and travels the vehicle on a path deviating from the obstacle detection position on the first travel path;when having determined that evasive travel is not possible, emergently stops the vehicle at an emergency stop position on the path deviating from the obstacle detection position on the first travel path and outputs information notifying travel disabled to the operation terminal;acquires a middle position on the first travel path from the operation terminal in which the user newly selects by operating the operation terminal; andgenerates a second travel path to the middle position moving the vehicle from the emergency stop position where the vehicle is emergently stopped, and sets the generated second travel path, and generates second control information to travel the vehicle according to the set second travel path, and controls travel of the vehicle based on the generated second control information,wherein the emergency stop position is different from the obstacle detection position on the first travel path, and based on the second control information, the vehicle travels along the second travel path from the emergency stop position to the middle position.
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US9627467B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Intergrated circuit, interconnect pad, titanium nitride, aluminum copper, silicon oxynitride, inter-level dielectric layer, vias, thin film resistor, end-caps, protrusions.
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An integrated circuit, comprising:a first interconnect pad disposed at a first interconnect level;a plurality of second interconnect pads disposed at a second interconnect level, wherein the second interconnect level is above the first interconnect level, and the second interconnect pads comprising:a first titanium nitride (TiN) layer;an aluminum copper (AlCu) layer disposed on the first titanium nitride (TiN) layer;a second titanium nitride (TiN) layer disposed on the aluminum copper (AlCu) layer; anda silicon oxynitride (SiON) layer disposed directly on the second titanium nitride (TiN) layer;a first inter-level dielectric layer disposed between the first interconnect level and the second interconnect level;a plurality of second vias disposed above the plurality of second interconnect pads, and completely penetrating the silicon oxynitride (SiON) layer;a thin film resistor electrically connecting two of the plurality of second interconnect pads disposed at the second interconnect level, wherein a second interconnect pad and a third interconnect pad of the two of the plurality of second interconnect pads are electrically connected to the thin film resistor, the second interconnect pad and the third interconnect pad having bottom surfaces lower than a bottom surface of the thin film resistor; andat least two end-caps disposed above the thin film resistor, andeach end-cap being covered by a corresponding one of the second interconnect pad and the third interconnect pad of the plurality of second interconnect pads,wherein each end-cap contacts both of the thin film resistor and the corresponding one of the second interconnect pad and the third interconnect pad of the plurality of second interconnect pads directly,wherein the second interconnect pad and the third interconnect pad have upper surfaces having protrusions over the at least two end-caps,wherein the protrusions over the at least two end-caps are higher than other portions of the upper surfaces,wherein an upper surface of the first inter-level dielectric layer extending from under the second interconnect pad to under a fourth interconnect pad of the plurality of second interconnect pads is planar, andwherein a protrusion in the first inter-level dielectric layer directly contacts the thin film resistor.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Parking support device, automated parking, vehicle, operation terminal, wireless communication, processor, target parking position, path generation, travel path, control information, obstacle detection, camera, evasive travel, emergency stop, middle position.
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A parking support device supporting automated parking of a vehicle and connected to be capable of communicating with an operation terminal used by a user through a wireless communication, the parking support device comprising:a processor,wherein the processoracquires a target parking position selected by the user from the operation terminal by operating the operation terminal;generates a path through which the vehicle is to be moved from a current position and parked at the target parking position;sets, as a first travel path of the vehicle, the path generated by the path generation unit and generate first control information for causing the vehicle to travel in accordance with the set first travel path, based on the generated first control information, controls travel of the vehicle;detects an obstacle at an obstacle detection position on the first travel path based on an image captured by a camera which captures surroundings of the vehicle;executes evasive travel for evading contact with the detected obstacle and travels the vehicle on a path deviating from the obstacle detection position on the first travel path;when having determined that evasive travel is not possible, emergently stops the vehicle at an emergency stop position on the path deviating from the obstacle detection position on the first travel path and outputs information notifying travel disabled to the operation terminal;acquires a middle position on the first travel path from the operation terminal in which the user newly selects by operating the operation terminal; andgenerates a second travel path to the middle position moving the vehicle from the emergency stop position where the vehicle is emergently stopped, and sets the generated second travel path, and generates second control information to travel the vehicle according to the set second travel path, and controls travel of the vehicle based on the generated second control information,wherein the emergency stop position is different from the obstacle detection position on the first travel path, and based on the second control information, the vehicle travels along the second travel path from the emergency stop position to the middle position.
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US9147682B2
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keyword: Semiconductor substrate, Insulation regions, Semiconductor fin, Silicon strip, Gate stack, Semiconductor region, First semiconductor region, Second semiconductor region, Germanium concentration, Fin spacer.
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An integrated circuit device comprising:a semiconductor substrate;insulation regions extending into the semiconductor substrate;a semiconductor fin protruding above the insulation regions, wherein the insulation regions comprise a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion and the second portion on opposite sides of the semiconductor fin;a silicon strip, with opposite edges of the silicon strip contacting sidewalls of the first portion and the second portion of the insulation regions, wherein the semiconductor fin overlaps the silicon strip;a gate stack on a top surface and sidewalls of the semiconductor fin;a semiconductor region connected to an end of the semiconductor fin, wherein the semiconductor region comprises:a first semiconductor region formed of a first semiconductor material, wherein the first semiconductor region comprise faceted top surfaces; anda second semiconductor region underlying the first semiconductor region, wherein the second semiconductor region has a higher germanium concentration than the first semiconductor region; anda fin spacer on a sidewall of the second semiconductor region, wherein the fin spacer overlaps a portion of the insulation regions.
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You are an innovator drafting a first independent patent claim based on certain technical keywords. Please analyze a user prompt of certain keywords and output the first independent patent claim based on the keywords.
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Keywords: Support device, Gripping device, Cylindrical container, Video camera, Pixels, Window, Side wall, Thickness, Outer radius, Inner radius, Lighting device, Control unit, Rotation axis, Angular speed, Activation, Impurities, Median displacement, Discriminating value, Internal radius, External, Internal.
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An apparatus for inspecting transparent, cylindrical containers containing transparent or semi-transparent viscous or gel products, in particular for medical applications, comprising:a support and/or gripping device for a cylindrical container, suitable for supporting it and provided with means for making it rotate about a vertical rotation axis, coincident with a cylindrical axisymmetry axis of said cylindrical container,a video camera directed so as to frame and capture images, in a form of pixels, of a window, the window being on a side wall of the cylindrical container,said side wall having a thickness equal to the difference between an outer radius, i.e. a radius of an outer surface of the side wall, with respect to the cylindrical axisymmetry axis, and an inner radius, i.e. a radius of an inner surface of the side wall,a lighting device, placed opposite the video camera with respect to the cylindrical container, so as to back-light said cylindrical container, opposite the video camera,a control unit operatively connected to the support and/or gripping device and to the video camera, and programmed to:control a rotation of the cylindrical container by means of the support and/or gripping device at constant angular speed around the vertical rotation axis,control the activation of the video camera so as to acquire ?????n????? images of said window, for a predetermined number ?????n????? of regular angular intervals, ????, during the rotation of the cylindrical container,identify points of said images which can be detected as impurities,measure a median displacement, ??Smed, of each of said points during said regular angular intervals and compare the median displacement to a discriminating value equal to a product of an internal radius of the cylindrical container and said regular angular intervals,for each point of the identified points, classify the respective impurity identified by the point as external to the container if said median displacement of the point is greater than said discriminating value, and classify the respective impurity identified by the point as internal to the container if said median displacement of the point is less than said discriminating value.
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