Patents Examined by Cal J Eustaquio
  • Patent number: 11978294
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates a multi-factor authentication electronic lock, a multi-factor authentication electronic lock system, and methods of using the multi-factor authentication electronic lock system. The multi-factor authentication electronic lock includes a user presence detection system, a biometrics authentication system, and a multi-factor authentication electronic lock controller. When a user approaches the multi-factor authentication electronic lock, the user presence detection system detects the presence of user and authenticates the user detected to determine whether the user detected is an authorized user registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING EASTHOUSE ELECTRICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hao Min
  • Patent number: 11961616
    Abstract: An apparatus for real time monitoring of a patient is provided and includes a memory element for storing data, a processor that executes instructions associated with the data, an interface that receives sensor data from a sensor that takes measurements from the patient and sends the sensor data according to the sensor's measurement latency, a latency calculator that frequently calculates a latency threshold that varies according to at least a health status of the patient, a timer that continuously monitors the sensor's measurement latency, a comparator that frequently compares the sensor's measurement latency with the calculated latency threshold, and a feedback module that automatically changes the sensor's measurement latency to match with the calculated latency threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: VCCB Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: David Dyell, Christopher Rogowski, Scott Kahler, Jennifer Milan
  • Patent number: 11959900
    Abstract: A health early warning system for passengers on a train in an outdoor air polluted environment and a method thereof are provided. The system comprises an air quality monitoring station data acquisition module, a train data acquisition module, a train air pollution prediction module, and a train air environment early warning module; the air quality monitoring station data acquisition module acquires data of air quality monitoring stations and uploads the data to the train air pollution prediction module; the train data acquisition module acquires data of the train and uploads the data to the train air pollution prediction module; the train air pollution prediction module performs short-term prediction on air pollution of the train and uploads a result of the short-term prediction to the train air environment early warning module; and the train air environment early warning module performs early warning on the health of the passengers on the train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Central South University
    Inventors: Hui Liu, Haiping Wu, Yanfei Li, Chao Chen
  • Patent number: 11948412
    Abstract: A method for operating an access control device having a processor, a memory, and an internet connection comprises receiving a credential from a user; checking, by comparing the credential to matching credential information that would indicate the user is authorized to enter stored in the memory of the access control device, if no matching credential information that indicates the user is authorized is found in the memory of the access control device, then checking, at a remote cloud server, a list of buffered credential information for the matching credential information that indicates the user is authorized, and if the matching credential information that indicates the user is authorized is found, sending an unlock signal from the remote cloud server to the access control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: RemoteLock, Inc.
    Inventors: Nolan Mondrow, Robert Goff, Eric Carlson
  • Patent number: 11943567
    Abstract: A system includes a server, a user device, and a monitoring device. The monitoring device is configured to identify a first active state based on a comparison of a first image to a second image, which are views of the monitored environment; and, in response to identifying the first active state, transmit a first notification that includes the second image to the server. The server is configured to transmit the second image to the user device. The user device is configured to display a plurality of images; and update, in response to receiving the second image, the plurality of images so that the second image replaces at least one image of the plurality of images; receive a request to display an image stream on the user device; transmit, to the server, a request to provide the image stream; and replace the second image with the image stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Vitalchat, Inc.
    Inventor: Ghafran Abbas
  • Patent number: 11941993
    Abstract: A transcription system for an aircraft is configured to: generate an ownship call sign list that includes a plurality of potential ownship call signs that may be used in messages from ATC directed to the ownship, categorize a received message as being directed to the ownship when a recovered call sign from the message corresponds to a call sign from the ownship call sign list; and signal an aircraft display device to display a graphical message element that is representative of the received message, includes a textual representation of message content and the recovered call sign from the received message, and that is displayed in a manner that indicates whether the received message has been categorized as being directed to the ownship or traffic aircraft. The transcription system for an aircraft may be configured to re-categorize a previously categorized received ATC message based on flight crew interaction with a GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Jitender Kumar Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11933830
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for testing a trailer light system including a trailer connector for coupling a first voltage to a first trailer light and a second voltage to a second trailer light, a transmission state detector for determining a vehicle transmission state, and a trailer interface module for detecting an electrical connection to a trailer at the trailer connection, and for applying the first voltage to the trailer connector and the second voltage to the trailer connector in response to the detection of the electrical connection and the vehicle transmission state being in a park state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Harold Bruton Thibodeau, Ansaar Beg, Andreea Sofia Ungureanu
  • Patent number: 11928962
    Abstract: A system for location risk determination and ranking based on vehicle events and/or an accident database includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive accident data and/or event data. The processor is configured to determine a set of incident groups, wherein an incident group of the set of incident groups is associated with a set of accidents of the accident data and/or a set of events of the event data that are grouped by location proximity. The processor is further configured to determine a set of traffic estimations, wherein a traffic estimation of the set of traffic estimations is associated with the incident group of the set of incident groups; and determine a ranking of the set of incident groups based at least in part on the set of accidents, the set of events, and the set of traffic estimations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Cheng, Daniel Witriol
  • Patent number: 11919535
    Abstract: Methods and a computer application program for identifying manual use of a phone by the driver of a vehicle. The application collects heading, velocity and radial acceleration data already available to the operating system of all smart phones and uses the asymmetry with respect to right and left turns between a radial acceleration based on Earth-frame-based heading and speed data and a measured actual radial acceleration to detect manual phone usage by a driver. Detection may result in a visual and auditory warning that would incriminate the driver if the vehicle were to be stopped by law enforcement authorities or involved in an accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Samuel J. Petuchowski
  • Patent number: 11915198
    Abstract: A system for patient data exchange is provided and includes a plurality of sensors monitoring a patient according to a default sensor configuration, and a patient data exchange engine that receives a request comprising one or more parameters, identifies at least one applicable sensor from the plurality of sensors based on the one or more parameters, and reconfigures the at least one applicable sensor from the default sensor configuration to a different sensor configuration in accordance with the one or more parameters to generate applicable sensor data responsive to the request. In specific embodiments, the patient data exchange engine further computes a monetary value for the generated sensor data based at least on an attribute of the patient and an attribute of the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NANTHEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: David Dyell, Christopher Rogowski, Scott Kahler, Jennifer Milan
  • Patent number: 11913790
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of communicating directions to an end destination by one or more drones, the method having steps of moving via flying motion by a first drone between a first location and a second location along a travel path therebetween, wherein the second location is the end destination or an intermediate location; and displaying indicia on a first display panel of the drone that is indicative of directions to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Vidyasagar Nagavelli, Rajendra Prasad Racha, Venkata Krishna Surisetty, Vinod Akkina
  • Patent number: 11904869
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes an arithmetic processor. The arithmetic processor receives captured image information representing a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a subject and generates notification information representing a particular notification content depending on a condition of the subject. The arithmetic processor includes a first arithmetic processor and a second arithmetic processor. The first arithmetic processor obtains a condition quantity by quantifying the condition of the subject by reference to the captured image information and based on a parameter about a human activity status. The second arithmetic processor selects, according to the condition quantity, the particular notification content from contents of notification classified into N stages, where N is an integer equal to or greater than three.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Shimizu, Seiji Matsui, Naoya Tomoda, Fumihito Nakajima, Tomohiko Kanemitsu, Takuya Asano, Norihiro Imanaka, Seigo Suguta, Masanori Hirofuji
  • Patent number: 11904881
    Abstract: An HMI control device is configured to control an HMI device mounted in a vehicle, which is capable of performing an autonomous driving as a first task. The HMI control device is configured to: acquire a possible duration for the autonomous driving; and present, by the HMI device, a second task that an occupant on a driver's seat is able to start executing during the autonomous driving based on the possible duration acquired by the time acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Ota, Asako Nagata, Takeshi Yamamoto, Shizuka Yokoyama, Takuya Kume, Kazuki Kojima
  • Patent number: 11904770
    Abstract: An audio notification system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) determines that the AV is within range of a user and emits a sound though a speaker of the AV to notify that the user that the vehicle has arrived. The audio notification system may include a sensor for sensing that the user has accessed the AV, and turns off the sound in response to the user accessing the AV. The audio notification may be generated according to one or more audio options, e.g., volume, pitch, or audio pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Galliano, III, Arun A. Mathews, Charlotte Blanc, Pratik Palnitkar, Jacqueline Mary Shannon, Timothy Jon Meador
  • Patent number: 11908323
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a network communication system onboard a vehicle comprises a network interface and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to obtain location data indicating geographic locations of a plurality of vehicles within a geographic area, generate a first interface comprising a first portion and a second portion, and generate first graphical interface data within the first portion of the first interface. The first graphical interface data represents a map of the geographic area and a plurality of vehicle icons. Each of the plurality of vehicle icons is selectable via user input and at a position on the map corresponding to a respective geographic location of one of the plurality of vehicles. The control circuitry is further configured to generate second graphical interface data within the second portion of the first interface. The second graphical interface data represents vehicle identifiers for the plurality of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventor: Richard G Walsh
  • Patent number: 11885218
    Abstract: Downhole telemetry systems and related methods to adaptively adjust pulse waveform width through digitally controlled pulsing parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Joni Polili Lie, Mukul M. Agnihotri, Faisal Shah
  • Patent number: 11860264
    Abstract: A ranging apparatus of an embodiment is a ranging apparatus adopting communication type ranging by a phase detection scheme. The ranging apparatus including: a transmitting circuit configured to be able to transmit by a plurality of channels used for data communication and configured to transmit a transmission signal obtained by modulating transmission data; and a control circuit configured to control the transmission circuit to cause a plurality of continuous waves having mutually different frequencies to be generated in a same channel as continuous waves used for ranging by the phase detection scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshida, Masaki Nishikawa, Shoji Ootaka, Katsuya Nonin, Masayoshi Oshiro
  • Patent number: 11862331
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed, comprising a detector unit comprising a detector configured to detect an actuation action performable via the detector unit to an actuation button of a medical device to cause the medical device to eject at least a portion of a medicament comprised in the medical device. The detector is configured to detect the actuation action based on a detection of a force and/or a touch applied to the detector unit as part of the actuation action. The apparatus further comprises an electric unit connected to the detector and configured to store and/or provide information related to the detected actuation action. Furthermore, an according method and a computer program for controlling this method are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Jasmin Groeschke, Hanno Juhnke, Jan-Peter Spengler, Matthias Scharf, Christoph Dette, Michael Schrack, Olaf Zeckai
  • Patent number: 11837067
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for facilitating operations. In some examples, computer systems provide indications that educate and/or guide users for performing an operation. In some examples, computer systems perform a first operation based on a first type of user input corresponding to a first hardware input device and perform a second operation based on a second type of user input corresponding to the first hardware input devices. In some examples, computer systems adjust audio output of an emergency siren based on detecting a particular type of event. In some examples, computer systems display different types and/or sizes of notifications based on an operating mode of a respective computer system. In some examples, computer systems forgo performing one or more operations when a respective computer system operates in a low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taylor G. Carrigan, Paul T. Nixon, Kevin M. Lynch
  • Patent number: 11837363
    Abstract: A computing device for remotely engaging and managing a patient environment displays a video feed of a patient environment, and provides user inputs that, when selected, allow a caregiver to remotely change a condition in the patient environment. Access to the user inputs is restricted based on at least one of a distance between the computing device and the patient environment, credentials of the caregiver, and a condition of a patient in the patient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirsten M. Emmons, Richard H. Heimbrock, Phillip Kuhn, David L. Ribble, Sandra Shuster, Dan R. Tallent, Pauline Wong, Lori Ann Zapfe