Patents Examined by Daniel Previl
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Patent number: 11525714Abstract: An apparatus for calibration of a bio-information estimation model includes a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal from an object in a reference interval; a feature extractor, implemented by at least one processor, configure to extract a reference feature value from the bio-signal; and a calibrator, implemented by the at least one processor, configured to determine whether a condition is satisfied based on at least one of the reference feature value and an offset value, and based on determining that the condition is satisfied, configured to calibrate the bio-information estimation model based on the reference feature value and the offset value.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Soon Park, Ui Kun Kwon, Seung Keun Yoon, Dae Geun Jang
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Patent number: 11513007Abstract: A notification control device for controlling notification based on subject information is disclosed. The subject information including temperature image data, which indicates temperature of a subject captured within a predetermined capturing range, is received. A predetermined destination of notification information, which represents a state of the subject based on the subject information, is notified. A process of notifying the notification information to the predetermined destination is stopped depending on whether or not the subject information includes predetermined identification information.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hajimu Ikeda, Toshihiro Atsumi, Shotaro Komoto
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Patent number: 11513089Abstract: A system for measuring electrical characteristics of bioparticles is described. The system comprises an incubator for performing electrochemical measurements in a defined environment and a substrate holder positioned in said incubator for holding a substrate comprising a plurality of wells. The system is furthermore configured for continuously or regularly measuring electrochemical data. The system also comprises a processing means for comparing the continuously or regularly measured electrochemical data with reference data and for determining a moment for adding an active compound based on said comparison.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignees: VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVENInventors: Yves Van Ingelgem, Bart Landuyt, Sven Verguts
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Patent number: 11512451Abstract: A method of indicating to an operator of a work vehicle a relative location of an object, an object indication system, and a work vehicle are provided. The method includes sensing the object with one or more sensors positioned at one or more sensor positions on the work vehicle and activating one or more indicators positioned at one or more indicator positions relative to the operator based on the sensing of the object with the one or more sensors. Each sensor position directionally corresponds to one or more of the indicator positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Amy K. Jones, Keith J. Lensing, Michael G. Kean, Nathaniel M. Czarnecki
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Patent number: 11497849Abstract: Ambulatory medicament devices that provide therapy to a subject, such as blood glucose control, are disclosed. Disclosed systems and methods can implement one or more features that improve the user experience, by modifying delivery of therapy to a subject after determining that a possible occlusion exists in a medicament delivery system, monitoring the status of an ambulatory medical device and the health condition of a subject that receives therapy from the ambulatory medical device and annunciating alarm condition when necessary, selectively muting alarm annunciations while a Do Not Disturb mode is activated, implementing various power saving modes to save power, controlling operation of the device and medicament delivery based on the user gesture controls, and controlling medicament delivery based on a condition of the ambulatory medicament device.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Beta Bionics, Inc.Inventors: Himanshu Patel, Justin P. Brown
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Patent number: 11502673Abstract: Devices and methods for determining and indicating a source of power based on a characteristic of received power are disclosed. According to an aspect, a device includes a power line interface configured to receive power from multiple power lines. The device also includes a comparator module configured to compare one or more characteristics of the received power from the plurality of power lines. The comparator module is also configured to determine whether the received power on the power lines are from the same source based on the comparison. Further, the device includes a user interface configured to indicate whether the received power on the power lines are from the same source based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc.Inventors: Corneliu Ilie Calciu, Robert Wolford, James Mclean, Gavril Ioan Florian, Radu Iorga
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Patent number: 11500465Abstract: The disclosed haptic vibrotactile actuators on inflatable bladders may include an inflatable bladder and a flexible haptic vibrotactile actuator positioned on or in the inflatable bladder such that inflation and deflation of the inflatable bladder alters a vibrotactile sensation induced by the flexible haptic vibrotactile actuator in response to activation of the flexible haptic vibrotactile actuator. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Daniele Piazza, Tristan Thomas Trutna, Charles Stewart
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Patent number: 11497852Abstract: Ambulatory medicament devices that provide therapy to a subject, such as blood glucose control, are disclosed. Disclosed systems and methods can implement one or more features that improve the user experience, by modifying delivery of therapy to a subject after determining that a possible occlusion exists in a medicament delivery system, monitoring the status of an ambulatory medical device and the health condition of a subject that receives therapy from the ambulatory medical device and annunciating alarm condition when necessary, selectively muting alarm annunciations while a Do Not Disturb mode is activated, implementing various power saving modes to save power, controlling operation of the device and medicament delivery based on the user gesture controls, and controlling medicament delivery based on a condition of the ambulatory medicament device.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Beta Bionics, Inc.Inventors: Himanshu Patel, Justin P. Brown
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Patent number: 11500464Abstract: Disclosed herein are interface devices and systems. In one aspect, a haptic interface device includes at least one position detection module configured to determine positional data for determining a position of at least one portion of at least one body part of the user; at least one tensile element or compressive element coupled to the at least one body part and configured to produce at least one of: a predetermined range of motion and applied force to a coupled body part; and at least one haptic feedback module configured to produce force feedback or tactile sensation to the at least one body part, the feedback module comprising: at least one motion control module configured to control motion of the at least one body part; and at least one force sensor configured to determine applied force data generated from the at least one body part. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the disclosed devices and systems.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: VRgluv LLCInventors: Derek Kearney, Christopher Taylor, Addison Shelton, Harold Brown
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Patent number: 11495123Abstract: A method for pedestrian crossing alert, the method may include receiving, by a vehicle computerized system, pedestrian crossing indicators; obtaining sensed information regarding an environment of the vehicle; processing the sensed information, wherein the processing comprises searching for at least one of the pedestrian crossing indicators; autonomously determining, when finding the at least one of the pedestrian crossing identifiers, that the vehicle is approaching a pedestrian crossing; and generating an alert when determining that the vehicle is approaching the pedestrian crossing.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventors: Boaz Mell, Adam Harel, Igal Raichelgauz, Omer Jackobson
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Patent number: 11490859Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a biomimetic highly stretchable conductive dry adhesive patch, a mold including a plurality of holes is provided by etching a semiconductor substrate including an insulation layer based on a footing effect. A conductive polymer composite is provided by dispersing mixed conductive fillers in a liquid elastomer. The mixed conductive fillers are formed by mixing one-dimensional conductive fillers and two-dimensional conductive fillers. The conductive polymer composite is applied on the mold such that the conductive polymer composite is injected into the plurality of holes. A conductive dry adhesive structure including a plurality of micropillars corresponding to the plurality of holes is obtained by performing a post-treatment on the conductive polymer composite applied on the mold and by removing the mold. Each of the plurality of micropillars includes a body portion and a tip portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Seok-woo Jeon, Tae-Hoon Kim, Dong-hwi Cho, Junyong Park
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Patent number: 11472431Abstract: A visual warning assembly, configured to make a warning from one vehicle to another vehicle. The visual warning assembly has a case with a front face joined to a base and an antenna. A channel display window, a channel selector button, a power button, a green lighted button, a yellow lighted button and a red lighted button, arranged on the front face. A mounting ball is magnetically joined to the base. A microcontroller is electrically coupled to the green lighted button, the yellow lighted button, and the red lighted button. The microcontroller is programmed with instructions to: receive a communication from a second visual warning assembly. Then, engage one member of a lighted button set consisting of the red button, the yellow button, and the green button creating an indicating light. Finally, receiving a signal from a user making the indicating light an activated button.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: David Mark Stewart
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Patent number: 11475795Abstract: A training device (10) for simulating a mechanical function of a medicament delivery device, which training device (10) comprises a dummy housing (20), a first element (52) comprising an actuator (70), a second element (58) comprising an indication member (60), and wherein a relative movement of the first element (52) towards the second element (58), which movement exceeds at least a distance D, causes the actuator (70) to interact with the indication member (60) such that a feedback signal is generated for indicating to a user that a simulated mechanical function has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AGInventor: Robert Forsberg
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Patent number: 11464963Abstract: Systems and methods for packaging an optical sensor assembly. An optical sensor assembly for use in a blood pump assembly comprises a visor affixed to a pump housing of the blood pump assembly. A support jacket is in contact with an inner surface of the visor, and defines a cavity in which an optical sensor is disposed. Silicone gel is introduced into the cavity, where it cures. Silicone gel within the cavity protects the optical sensor, and the support jacket prevents the overflowing of the gel and contamination of the visor.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Abiomed, Inc.Inventors: Robert Fishman, Mithun Rajaram, Emmanuel Ilongo, Vladimir Gilman
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Patent number: 11468749Abstract: An electronic device, while displaying representations of a plurality of collections of media items, detects a swipe input that starts at a location corresponding to a first representation of a first collection of media items in the plurality of collections of media items. In response to detecting the swipe input: in accordance with a determination that the swipe input is in a first direction, the device scrolls the representations of the plurality of collections of media items in the first direction; and, in accordance with a determination that the swipe input is in a different, second direction, the device: ceases to display a representation of a first item in the first collection of media items, and displays a representation of a second item in the first collection of media items, without scrolling; and generates a tactile output corresponding to displaying the representation of the second item.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Camille Moussette, Duncan R. Kerr, Joshua B. Kopin, Jules K. Fennis
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Patent number: 11465558Abstract: A system for preventing sleep in vehicle operators can include a user device and a mat operatively connected to the user device and positioned on a driver-side floor of a vehicle. The mat can be configured to, via one or more processors, receive an enablement signal from the user device; and in response to receiving the enablement signal, cause a haptic effects generator to generate vibrations within the mat.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Inventor: Ada Cannon Bailey
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Patent number: 11458986Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method to provide driving assistance to safely overtake a vehicle are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, an electronic control unit used in a first vehicle is configured to detect a second vehicle in front of the first vehicle. A first position associated with the first vehicle and a second position associated with the detected second vehicle is determined for a first time instance. It may be determined whether a lateral distance between the determined first position and the determined second position is below a pre-defined threshold distance. A first alert is generated when the determined lateral distance is below the pre-defined threshold distance.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Manish Gupta, Ramesha Chelur Ramachandra Sastry, Pramod Chintalapoodi, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11455880Abstract: A system for automatically disarming an intrusion detection system, the intrusion detection system protecting a premises and having an armed state and a disarmed state of operation, including an intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer operable, responsive to receiving an indication of detection of an intrusion, for ascertaining whether the intrusion detection system is in the armed state; a registered mobile communicator proximity detector communicating with the intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer and operable, responsive to ascertaining that the intrusion detection system is in the armed state of operation, for ascertaining whether at least registered mobile communicator is in a vicinity of the premises; and an automatic intrusion detection system disarmer communicating with the registered mobile communicator proximity detector and operable, responsive to the ascertaining that at least one registered mobile communicator is in the vicinity of the premises, for automaticType: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBHInventors: Shai Lifshitz, Daniel Rettig
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Patent number: 11455886Abstract: A method includes receiving over a first dedicated traffic channel, DTCH parameters for a second DTCH from a first information providing device; broadcasting a connect command to a second information providing device to establish the second DTCH between the computing device and the second information providing device in a single communication handshake, the connect command comprising the DTCH parameters; receiving over the second DTCH, an electronic traffic signal associated with an area of a vehicular passageway associated with the second information providing device; determining from the electronic traffic signal, a predetermined value of a vehicular passageway parameter associated with the area; comparing the predetermined value with a current vehicle value of the vehicular passageway parameter; generating a command to display an indication in a vehicle as a result of the comparing; and transmitting the command to a display in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Craig M. Trim, Rashida A. Hodge, Gandhi Sivakumar, Kushal S. Patel, Sarvesh S. Patel
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Patent number: 11439753Abstract: An apparatus for regulating the concentration of glucose in the blood of a person includes: at least one glucose sensor that is arranged to measure the glucose concentration of the person, for example in the interstitial fluid or blood; a pump for selectively introducing at least one substance influencing the blood glucose levels into the body of the person, for instance by at least one cannula or catheter to be inserted into the body of said person, and a control for controlling said at least one substance influencing the blood glucose levels to be introduced to the person based on data received from said glucose sensor. Said apparatus includes at least one further sensor that is arranged to monitor a further characteristic of the person. The at least one further sensor may include an accelerometer, a heart rate sensor, a temperature sensor, a pH sensor, a ketone sensor, a GPS receiver, and/or a skin resistance sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Inreda Diabetic B.V.Inventors: Robin Koops, Gijs Benno Westen