Patents Examined by Christle I Marshall
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Patent number: 10534945Abstract: A method of scanning an object may include determining that an object is proximately positioned relative to a scanning volume of a presentation scanner in response to receiving at least one object presence signal prior to scanning a code indicia positioned on the object. At least one object sensory indicator device may be activated in response to determining that the object is proximately positioned relative to the scanning volume so as to indicate that the object is proximate to the scanning volume to a user. A second level of detection and location feedback may be provided for code indicia within the scanning volume.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.Inventors: Michele Suman, Davide Bruni, Charles Forrister Atwater, Scott Gerald Horn
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Patent number: 10521806Abstract: A blockchain-based method includes: receiving, by a smart label via accessing a block of a blockchain stored on a computer system, a cold chain requirement for a product, wherein the smart label is affixed to a package containing the product, the cold chain requirement for the product is specified and stored by a manufacturer of the product in the block of the blockchain; storing, by the smart label, the cold chain requirement in a memory of the smart label; receiving, by the smart label, from a temperature sensor a temperature of the product, wherein the temperature sensor is affixed to the package containing the product; comparing, by the smart label, the temperature of the product with a temperature range of the product specified in the cold chain requirement; and adding, by the smart label, the temperature of the product and a time at which the temperature of the product is received by the smart label, to the blockchain, if the temperature of the product is outside of the temperature range specified in thType: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Robert Cantrell, Daniel W. Young, Brian McHale, John J. O'Brien, Todd Mattingly
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Patent number: 10514819Abstract: Innovations in the area of presentation of location-related actions and location information are presented. For example, an application calls an operating system to generate a location card. The location card can show a map of a location as well as additional information about the location and one or more action indicators. With an action indicator, a user can launch an application to perform an action related to the location immediately and directly from the location card. Depending on usage scenario, an application can specify different actions to be represented with action indicators in a location card. At the same time, location cards supported by the operating system provide a consistent way to expose location information and location-related actions to users.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Katherine A. Maertens, Yekaterina Grabar, Carter Green, Finbarr Duggan, Silvana P. Moncayo
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Patent number: 10515256Abstract: Disclosed are acetate tow bands comprising identification fibers made of cellulose acetate which exhibit surface markings in a repeated pattern along the length of the identification fibers. The identification fibers can be incorporated into an acetate tow band. The surface markings and repeated pattern can be representative of a bale identifier. The identification fibers can be recovered from a cigarette filter, the repeated pattern decoded, and supply chain information associated with the acetate tow band used to make the cigarette filter can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Andrew Ervin McLeod, Kevin Todd Barham
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Patent number: 10504108Abstract: Embodiments provide systems, methods, processes, computer program code and means for using mobile devices to conduct transactions with ATM devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventor: Kevin Laracey
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Patent number: 10504017Abstract: [Object] To provide an antenna apparatus which can allow a user to freely select service which utilizes the electromagnetic field communication technology. [Solution] Provided is an antenna apparatus including: a first antenna configured to generate a magnetic field by flow of a current; and a module unit including a second antenna whose opening area is smaller than an opening area of the first antenna and which is able to be electromagnetically coupled with the first antenna, and a module configured to operate by a current generated by the second antenna through electromagnetic coupling between the first antenna and the second antenna. The module unit is able to be attached to and removed from the first antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Shuto Naruse
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Patent number: 10504104Abstract: A multifunction card includes an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a memory, a processor, and a communicator. The memory stores first software which is executed by the processor and realizes a card payment function, second software which is executed by the processor and realizes a function other than the card payment function, biometric data for a user capable of using the card payment function, and setting data which represents that biometric authentication for the first software is necessary and whether biometric authentication for the second software is necessary.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Brainy Inc.Inventor: Masashi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10482453Abstract: A dynamic transaction card that includes a transaction card having a number of layers, each of which may be interconnected to one another. For example, a dynamic transaction card may include an outer layer, a potting layer, a sensor layer that may be utilized to activate a dynamic transaction card by authenticating the card user as authorized to use the card through user authentication input recognition, which may be gesture and voice recognition processing, a display layer (including, for example, LEDs, a dot matrix display, and the like), a microcontroller storing firmware, Java applets, Java applet integration, and the like, an EMV™ chip, an energy storage component, one or more antenna (e.g., Bluetooth™ antenna, NFC antenna, and the like), a power management component, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a chassis, and/or a card backing layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: James Zarakas, David Wurmfeld, Tyler Locke
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Patent number: 10482424Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enabling mobile device-based item acquisition and tracking. One exemplary method performed on a mobile device comprises entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in a first area and in proximity to the tag, presenting information associated with the tag, and adding the information to a list. The method further comprises detecting a second tag in a second area, and sending the list to a second device. A second exemplary method performed by a processing terminal comprises receiving the list from a mobile device, entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in proximity to the tag, determining whether the item associated with the detected tag is present on the received list, and enabling the mobile device to complete a transaction to purchase the item.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Lawrence Hutch Douglas, Thomas Christopher Clarke, Deborah Nally
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Patent number: 10474941Abstract: A dynamic transaction card that includes a transaction card having a number of layers, each of which may be interconnected to one another. For example, a dynamic transaction card may include an outer protective layer, a core layer, a potting layer, a touch sensor layer, a display layer (including, for example, LEDs, a dot matrix display, and the like), a microcontroller storing firmware, Java applets, Java applet integration, and the like, an EMV™ chip, an energy storage component, one or more antennas (e.g., Bluetooth™ antenna, NFC antenna, and the like), a power management component, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a chassis, and/or a card backing layer, which may include a back protective layer. The antennas may be mounted on the protective layers, which may be laminated to the core layer, and connected to the core layer onto a printed circuit board (PCB) using conductive epoxies.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: David Wurmfeld, Tyler Locke, Theodore Markson, Adam Koeppel
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Patent number: 10474990Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enabling mobile device-based item acquisition and tracking. One exemplary method performed on a mobile device comprises entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in a first area and in proximity to the tag, presenting information associated with the tag, and adding the information to a list. The method further comprises detecting a second tag in a second area, and sending the list to a second device. A second exemplary method performed by a processing terminal comprises receiving the list from a mobile device, entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in proximity to the tag, determining whether the item associated with the detected tag is present on the received list, and enabling the mobile device to complete a transaction to purchase the item.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Lawrence Hutch Douglas, Thomas Christopher Clarke, Deborah Nally
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Patent number: 10465878Abstract: A lighting device for room lighting in photolithography applications (in particular a retrofit lamp in sizes T5 and T8) comprises a light engine having a first light source which is configured to emit light in the wavelength range above approximately 500 nm and a second light source which is configured to emit light in a different wavelength range from the first light source. The first light source produces light in a spectral range within which photoresists used in photolithography are not sensitive. The second light source produces white light (either alone or in combination with the first light source).Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBHInventors: Melanie Koehler, Armin Konrad
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Patent number: 10460137Abstract: A method of interrogating a plurality of RFID tags comprises interrogating a first RFID tag with a read command comprising a masking value for a predefined portion of a User Memory Bank of the first RFID tag. The predefined portion stores state information for the first RFID tag. The masking value corresponds to a non-quiesced state relative to the read command interrogation. The method further comprises receiving a response from the first RFID tag that indicates that the first RFID tag is in the non-quiesced state. The method further comprises interrogating the first RFID tag with a write command that instructs the first RFID tag to write a predefined value to the predefined portion of the User Memory Bank, wherein writing the predefined value to the predefined portion places the first RFID tag in a quiesced state relative to a subsequent read command interrogation comprising the masking value.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Joshua David Landry, Sr., Christopher Raymond Grajewski, Oleg Kantor, Tak Keung Joseph Lui, David Bruce McCalib, Jr., Roman Shmulevich, Alton Paul Werronen, Fabien Lepoutre, Mark G. McDonald, Patrick Rubin
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Patent number: 10443805Abstract: A vehicle lighting fixture allowing a plurality of lamp units to be attached to a housing with improved operation efficiency is provided. The vehicle lighting fixture includes: a tubular support body having front and rear openings, an inner peripheral surface defining an inner space, and an outer peripheral surface; a first lamp unit supported by the tubular support body in a state where the first lamp unit is arranged in the inner space of the tubular support body, the first lamp unit being configured to emit light from a first light source toward a front side; and a second lamp unit configured to be supported by the tubular support body in a state where the second lamp unit is arranged along the outer peripheral surface of the tubular support body, the second lamp unit being configured to emit light from a second light source to the front side.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuki Nobe
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Patent number: 10438455Abstract: A modular system for financial services and transactions includes an enclosure with at least one wall defining an interior space. A spine is disposed within the interior space and houses at least one component. At least one sub-system is disposed in the interior space of the enclosure and connected to the at least one component housed in the spine. The at least one sub-system is operable to interact with a financial customer.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Diebold Nixdorf, IncorporatedInventors: Robert Konecny, Richard Harris
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Patent number: 10438107Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include a financial services card including a card substrate, and multiple rows of braille-encoded characters formed on the card substrate, at least a portion of the braille-encoded characters encoding an account number that is associated with the financial services card being distributed between a first row and a second row of the multiple rows, and additional information associated with the financial services card being braille-encoded in a third row.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: 10429031Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a linear LED module including: at least one LED bar including multiple LEDs arrayed on a substrate in a lengthwise direction of the substrate; a mounting portion in which the at least one LED bar is mounted on its mounting surface in the lengthwise direction; and a composite reflective portion integrated with the mounting portion and adapted to reflect light emitted from the at least one LED bar. A cross-section of the composite reflective portion includes a curved reflective surface adjacent to the mounting portion and a straight reflective surface extending away from a boundary with the mounting portion. Also disclosed is a backlight unit including the linear LED module. The backlight unit includes a rear case arranged in rear of a display panel, a reflective sheet positioned in rear of the display panel in the rear case, and a linear LED module.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: LUMENS CO., LTD.Inventors: TaeKyung Yoo, SeungHyun Oh, SungSik Jo, SeungHoon Lee
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Patent number: 10429044Abstract: Example embodiments provide lighting fixture mounting kits for mounting a flat panel lighting fixture to a mounting surface. One mounting kit comprises a mounting frame and a lighting fixture. When the mounting frame is secured to the mounting surface, a junction box is accessible therethrough. The mounting frame and lighting fixture are shaped for engagement and attachment to one another. Another mounting kit comprises a mounting plate and a lighting fixture. The mounting plate may comprise indexing tabs for alignment with corresponding indexing slots of the lighting fixture and extending outwardly from a plate portion of the mounting plate. The lighting fixture may comprise a back portion having therein one or more indexing slots for receiving an indexing tab therein. Insertion of the indexing tab into the indexing slot guides the engagement of the lighting fixture with the mounting plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.Inventor: Brian Halliwell
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Patent number: 10406847Abstract: A security tag can be used to identify or authenticate a substrate that has the security tag. The security tag includes a pattern of inimitable biological particles, a transparent adhesive layer, a substrate, and a transparent superstrate, where the pattern of inimitable biological particles is directly transferred from an organism to the transparent adhesive layer on the substrate, and where said biological particles are covered with the transparent superstrate, such that said inimitable biological particles are encapsulated between said substrate and said superstrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventors: Dejan Pantelic, Mihailo Rabasovic, Aleksandar Krmpot, Vladimir Lazovic, Danica Pavlovic
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Patent number: 10402818Abstract: A dynamic transaction card that includes a transaction card having a number of layers, each of which may be interconnected to one another. For example, a dynamic transaction card may include an outer layer, a potting layer, a touch sensor layer, a display layer (including, for example, LEDs, a dot matrix display, and the like), a microcontroller storing firmware, Java applets, Java applet integration, and the like, an EMV chip, an energy storage component, one or more antenna (e.g., Bluetooth antenna, NFC antenna, and the like), a power management component, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a chassis, and/or a card backing layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: James Zarakas, Theodore Markson, Adam Koeppel, Kevin Kelly, Brian Briggman, Saleem Sangi, David Wurmfeld, Tyler Locke, Karla Escalante