Patents Examined by Edwyn Labaze
  • Patent number: 11676238
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to image signal processing technology including signal encoding. One claim recites a method of detecting plural-bit code conflicts within an image, the image includes at least one color separation. The image includes a first plural-bit code carried by a first symbology, and a second plural-bit code carried by a second symbology, the first symbology and the second symbology comprising different symbology types. The method includes: accessing a subset of the image that comprises the first plural-bit code carried by the first symbology; analyzing the subset of the image to decode the first plural-bit code; analyzing the at least one color separation to spatially locate and decode the second plural-bit code carried by the second symbology; comparing the first plural-bit code and the second plural-bit code; and outputting information if a conflict is identified by said act of comparing, in which the information comprises a spatial location within the image of the conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Trent J. Brundage, Vojtech Holub
  • Patent number: 11677737
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a browser extension system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a browser extension server includes a communication device configured to communicate with a first computing device executing a browser extension application and a web browser application and a second computing device executing an authentication application. The browser extension server further includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving from the first computing device an indication of a financial service account associated with the first computing device, detecting a payment field in a web page provided by the computing device through the web browser application and, in response, generating a secure token mapped to the financial service account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services LLC
    Inventors: Matthew de Ganon, Kunal Arora, Thomas Poole, Daniel Kahn, Dwij Trivedi, Paul Moreton
  • Patent number: 11669704
    Abstract: Document classification techniques are disclosed that convert text content extracted from documents into graphical images and apply image classification techniques to the images. A graphical image of the text (such as a bar-code) may be generated and applied to improve the performance of document classification, bypassing NLP and utilizing more efficient localized OCR than in conventional approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Oleg Y. Zakharov
  • Patent number: 11663439
    Abstract: A cable-tie carrier is disclosed herein that includes a chip holder with a recess cavity for holding an electronic chip and a cable that is removably attached to the chip holder. The electronic chip stores identification information or testing data that may be used to identify and track the part. External computing devices (e.g., smart phone, tablet, scanner) may access the stored identification information or testing data for a user. The electronic chip is fastened, magnetically attached, or stuck with adhesive to the chip holder to position a transmitter (or antenna) to face out of the recess cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Ward, Allen Eugene Gammel, Joshua Errett Wood
  • Patent number: 11657177
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and/or computer program products that can facilitate electronic generation and/or display of enhanced, transaction-based QR codes are provided. In various embodiments, a processor can store a plurality of electronic personas. In various cases, each electronic persona in the plurality of electronic personas can contain data governing electronic generation of quick response (QR) codes. In various cases, the plurality of electronic personas can respectively correspond to a plurality of privacy levels, such that each electronic persona corresponds to a different privacy level. In various aspects, the processor can, in response to a request to generate a QR code, identify a first electronic persona from the plurality of electronic personas. In various cases, the first electronic persona can correspond to a first privacy level in the plurality of privacy levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Babcock, Laura Clark, Oscar Charles Edward Sanderson
  • Patent number: 11656060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges at stationary and moving targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HVRT CORP.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Sammut, Lawrence Chao
  • Patent number: 11655050
    Abstract: A baggage drop system is disclosed for depositing and checking of baggage into airline flights. The baggage drop system can include a substantially horizontal frame member. The frame member can be mounted above a first conveyor equipped with a static or dynamic weighting scale. The frame member can also be mounted away from an end of the first conveyor at a distance from an upper surface of the first conveyor substantially equal to a maximum allowable height of baggage thereby forming a physical barrier for oversized baggage. A computer can be configured to compare an output of the weighing scale with allowable baggage weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jorick Naber, Leander Henricus Albertus Ross, Reinout Vander Meülen, Bart René Yvonne Houlleberghs, Roel Reijnen
  • Patent number: 11655051
    Abstract: A bag unlocking method includes receiving, by a bag handling system, a bag during a check-in process. The bag handling system identifies, from a travel carrier system, traveler information corresponding to the bag. A securing device of the bag is programmed, using an unlock code pertaining to the traveler information. The bag handling system reads a bag tag of the bag at a baggage inspection station and determines the unlock code pertaining to the bag tag. The bag handling system transmits the unlock code to cause the securing device to unlock at the baggage inspection station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: William J. Washington, II, Christian Jordan
  • Patent number: 11657489
    Abstract: A method of analyzing images is performed at a computer system that is in communication with an image acquisition device having an image sensor. The method includes receiving a reference template that includes a sync region and an inspection region that is located at an offset from the sync region. The method also includes acquiring a continuous sequence of image frames from the image sensor and storing each of the image frames in a buffer within the computer system's memory. The method further includes, for each image frame in the buffer, determining whether the image frame includes a sub-region matching the sync region. The method also includes, in accordance with a determination that the image frame includes a sub-region matching the sync region, capturing an inspection region within the image frame at the offset from the sub-region, and storing the captured inspection region to a non-volatile portion of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Moore, Lucas Dziezanowski
  • Patent number: 11651173
    Abstract: Multiple focus ball bearing actuator calibration is disclosed herein. An example method includes focusing, using a ball bearing actuator, a lens to a first focus position to image a first target; recording, in a lookup table, a first distance and a first actuator code corresponding with the first focus position; focusing the lens to a second focus position to image a second target; recording, in the lookup table, a second distance and a second actuator code corresponding with the second focus position; calculating a plurality of focus positions for a plurality of distances over a total working range of the barcode reader using the first focus position and the second focus position, wherein the calculating is performed without a temperature correction factor; and recording, in the lookup table, the plurality of distances and a plurality of actuator codes corresponding to the plurality of focus positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: William P. Hurley, IV, Vladimir Gurevich, Carl D. Wittenberg, Bryan E. Joles
  • Patent number: 11651170
    Abstract: A device for contactless communication with a terminal, the device comprising: an antenna for receiving a wireless signal emitted by the terminal; an embedded chip configured to generate data for communication to the terminal to perform a first function associated with the device; and a module separate from the chip configured to perform processes as part of a second function associated with the device, the module being connected to the antenna and comprising a power-harvesting unit configured to harvest power from the received wireless signal to power at least the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: IDEX Biometrics ASA
    Inventors: Keith Ahluwalia, Peter Eckehard Kollig, Anthony Michael Eaton, Tuck Weng Poon, Fred G. Benkley, III
  • Patent number: 11642677
    Abstract: A split or two-part microplate is formed of a base and a rack. The rack has a top with a plurality of openings capable of holding glass vials. The base has an interior bottom surface and an exterior bottom surface and a plurality of upwardly extending vertical walls and being so dimensioned and sized so as to fit onto the base with at least a portion of the top planar surface resting on the vertical walls. When the rack is assembled onto the base, the top planar surface is spaced from the bottom surface by a first distance. The rack includes downwardly extending legs that are adapted to rest on a flat surface whereby the top planar surface is spaced from the flat surface by a second distance which is greater than the first distance. A plurality of vials is held in the openings and include rims preventing the vials from passing through the openings. The length of the vials from below the rim to the bottom is greater than the first distance but less than the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: QIS, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Lodge, David G. Concordia
  • Patent number: 11640510
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a smart card may include a substrate with a first side and a second side. A first protective layer covers the first side and a second protective layer covers the second side of the substrate. Circuitry held in the substrate includes electronic interconnects for interconnecting circuitry elements. The circuitry elements include a processor, power circuitry for powering the circuitry elements, and an environmental detection sensor for respectively detecting a predetermined environmental parameter. The processor is configured to receive an output from the environmental detection sensor, to determine from the output that the environmental detection sensor detected an environmental alert trigger condition, and to generate an alert that is representative of the environmental alert trigger condition. The protective layers include pores in a region proximate to the environmental detection sensor for exposing the environmental detection sensor to an environment around the smart card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: James Zarakas, Molly Johnson, Adam Vukich
  • Patent number: 11640616
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for counting a ballot in an electronic voting system. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, generating, by a token generator of the system, a number of tokens, wherein every token unambiguously identify actions of a user during an electronic voting, when the user is identified and authenticated successfully, enabling the user to select a token from the number of tokens, activating, by a ballot activator of the system, a ballot for the user, wherein activating includes generating the ballot, unambiguously relating the token selected by the user to the ballot, and enabling the user to access the ballot, and counting, by a ballot counter of the system, the ballot filled out by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: AO Kaspersky Lab
    Inventors: Roman V. Aleshkin, Maxim V. Riveiro, Artem G. Nagorny, Evgeny N. Barkov, Mikhail D. Kudryavtsev
  • Patent number: 11636932
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating clinical decision making, and in particular, decision making based on a third party's clinical situation by determining and providing useful, up-to-date information, such as patient-related information to a decision maker. In one embodiment, a user first identifies an information item concerning a patient. Based on that item, a set of related information items is determined and prioritized, and a reference pointer, which identifies the set of related information, is generated. The reference pointer is communicated to the user's mobile device. Subsequently, the user's mobile device requests information from the set of information items associated with the reference pointer, and provides information authorization information. Following authentication of the user's credentials, updates of information from the set of information items may be communicated to the user's mobile device as they become available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas S. McNair
  • Patent number: 11636755
    Abstract: A system for reading at least one wireless resonant sensor includes a signal parameter measuring device, a reader housing, a computing device electrically connected to the signal parameter measuring device, and a plurality of reader antennas disposed within the reader housing and electrically connected to the signal parameter measuring device, wherein the plurality of reader antennas comprises a first reader antenna for signal output and a second reader antenna for signal input. The signal parameter measuring device is configured to sweep frequencies over a range of frequencies to acquire signal parameters for the wireless resonant sensor. The computing device is configured to determine changes in resonant frequency of the wireless resonator sensor based on the signal parameters. The reader housing may be sized and shaped for placement against a surface of a vessel in which a chemical or biological process is occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SKROOT LABOORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Nigel F. Reuel, Kyle Jackson, Charu Gupta, Cameron Greenwalt
  • Patent number: 11636299
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments use a single, physical embodiment that compiles independent machine-readable codes together with little to no space in between codes. This physical embodiment is in two primary forms—adhesive tape or fabric strips with hook and loop backing. A code reader device, with software compatible with the machine-readable codes, can rapidly or simultaneously aggregate independent codes together on the physical embodiment in order to assign them to one or more digital addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoel Fink, Nicholas Dimitruk, Federico Bescotti, Catherine Chapman
  • Patent number: 11636565
    Abstract: Authenticity of a sticker (e.g., a mark-down sticker on a retail item), or integrity of a closure (e.g., on a delivery bag or package), is confirmed by reference to spatial information. In some embodiments a fingerprint is formed from parameters describing spatial placement of a sticker or pattern on a substrate. In some embodiments a digital watermark pattern provides a spatial frame of reference within which one or more other features can be located. A great many other features and arrangements are also detailed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
    Inventors: Eric D. Evans, Arthur L. Powell, Becky G. Kiichle-Gross, Geoffrey B. Rhoads, Philip J. Stafford, Utkarsh Deshmukh
  • Patent number: 11620647
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for provisioning access credentials to a mobile device using device and authorization codes. Once provisioned, a mobile device can be used to conduct a transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Kim R. Wagner, John F. Sheets, Glenn Powell
  • Patent number: 11618191
    Abstract: A transaction device includes a metal layer with one or more discontinuities in the metal layer. Each discontinuity comprises a gap in the metal layer extending from the front surface to the back surface, including at least one discontinuity that defines a path from the device periphery to the opening. A transponder chip module is disposed in the opening. A booster antenna is in communication with the transponder chip module. The device may include at least one fiber-reinforced epoxy laminate material layer. The transponder chip module and the booster antenna may comprise components in a payment circuit, with the metal layer electrically isolated from the payment circuit. The booster antenna may be formed on or embedded in the fiber-reinforced epoxy laminate material layer. Processes for manufacturing transaction devices including a metal layer with one or more fiber-reinforced epoxy laminate material layers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, John Esau