Patents Examined by Erin M. File
  • Patent number: 10167654
    Abstract: A doorknob indicating system includes an exterior doorknob disposed on an interior side of a door, an interior doorknob disposed on an exterior side of the door, an LED on an escutcheon of said exterior doorknob, a user interface on an escutcheon of said interior doorknob, a source of electrical power, and a controller. The LED, the user interface, and the source of electrical power are operatively connected to the controller. The controller is programmed to illuminate the LED for one or more determined time intervals based upon an input received by the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Inventor: Cory Mahoney
  • Patent number: 10152574
    Abstract: A signal feature extracting method and apparatus is disclosed. The signal feature extracting apparatus estimates element signals forming an input signal using a signal model to be determined by parameters, and extracts signal features using the estimated element signals. The method of extracting a signal feature including estimating element signals from an input signal, and extracting a signal feature using the estimated element signals, wherein the estimating of the element signals comprises estimating a first element signal of the input signal, and estimating a second element signal based on a waveform of a first intermediate signal, the first intermediate signal being a signal derived from the first element signal eliminated from the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Soon Park, Ui Kun Kwon, Sang-joon Kim, Seungkeun Yoon, Changmok Choi
  • Patent number: 10146256
    Abstract: Disclose is an electronic device system that includes an electronic device having a display unit on at least one surface, a detector, and a controller. The system includes a cover that is selectively attachable to the electronic device. The cover includes a cover assembly that closes to cover the display unit and opens to expose the display unit when the cover is attached to the electronic device. The cover includes a window of the cover assembly that exposes a portion of the display unit in response to the window being in an open state and the cover being closed. The controller causes the display unit to display device information associated with the electronic device at the portion of the display unit that is exposed by the window in response to the detector detecting that the window is in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Takehito Yamauchi, Keita Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 10134254
    Abstract: The present specification describes a smart security management system for managing the flow of people through security checkpoints in order to optimize overall throughput and efficiency. In an embodiment, the system includes a centralized database which is connected to a plurality of security checkpoints and which uses benchmark response data generated by a specific type of screening devices for a set of individuals. In an embodiment, the response data gathered by similar types of screening devices located at security checkpoints is compared with the benchmark response data stored in a centralized database to provide faster security clearance to individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rapiscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ari Jarvi, Jarno Tykkylainen, Edward James Morton
  • Patent number: 10131322
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for authorizing a user to access an access-controlled environment. The system includes a system server platform that communicates with mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) and on-board vehicle computing devices accessed by users. The embodiments enable a series of operations whereby a user accessing a vehicle is prompted to biometrically authenticate using the user's smartphone or on-board vehicle computer. In addition, the system can further authorize the user and electronically facilitate access to the vehicle as well as perform other authorized operations relating to the use of the vehicle. In addition the vehicle access system integrates with various computing devices and computer-based services accessible to the user. The systems and methods also facilitate active monitoring of the vehicle occupants and environmental conditions using optical sensors and the like so as to enhance security, convenience and safety of the occupants during use of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: VERIDIUM IP LIMITED
    Inventors: Hector Hoyos, Jason Braverman, Geoffrey Xiao, Jonathan Francis Mather, Scott Streit
  • Patent number: 10127753
    Abstract: An electronic lock system including an access control device configured to provide system instructions, an interface module electrically coupled to the access control device and configured to transmit RF signals in response to system instructions received from the access control device, and a plurality of wireless electronic door locks each configured to wirelessly communicate with the interface module. Each of the wireless electronic door locks includes a controller and a wireless receiver operatively connected to the controller, the wireless receiver including a first antenna defined as a circuit board trace and a second antenna, spaced from the first antenna and defined as a circuit board trace. Each of the first antenna and the second antenna include one of a monopole antenna and a fractal antenna. The controller is configured to switch between the first antenna and the second antenna to receive a wireless signal having a greater signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Brian A. Telljohann, Ron M. Kielkowski, Frank A. Nardelli, Russell L. Steiner
  • Patent number: 10127796
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the safety of personnel on a work site, by providing workers on the site with portable battery powered safety monitors equipped with alarms, sensors to detect hazardous conditions, at least two forms of geo-location and two forms of voice and data telecommunication and two CPU's sharing the computation load, each CPU equipped to monitor and reset the other in case of failure to function, with each monitor capable of serving as a node in a mesh network and relaying information concerning alarms detected including location thereof to other monitors on the mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Site Monitoring Unit Trust
    Inventors: Andrew Charles Thurlow, Emil William Tastula, Timothy Clinton Earl
  • Patent number: 10127791
    Abstract: The processing and management of IoT events, in a manner that provides an intuitive and user-friendly design pattern, is described, and may include determining a set of IoT events, corresponding to a set of IoT devices, wherein an IoT event for a particular IoT device corresponds to a state or change of state of the received data for the particular IoT device. User-defined triggers may be evaluated, in which each of the triggers include a conditional expression that is evaluated using one or more of the IoT events. The triggers may generate alerts, which may be routed to a target which determines the actions that may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ira Stevens, William D. Walker, William J. Hayes
  • Patent number: 10127749
    Abstract: A key fob associated with a select one of a plurality of driver profiles stored in a vehicle memory is provided. The key fob comprises a memory for storing a profile indication for identifying the driver profile associated with the key fob, and an output device for presenting the profile indication. Another embodiment provides a wireless system comprising a vehicle storing driver profiles in a memory, and a key fob associated with a select profile and comprising an output device for presenting a profile indication assigned to that profile. Another embodiment includes a method of providing a profile indication on a key fob associated with one of the driver profiles stored in the vehicle. The method comprises transmitting an identifier to the vehicle, receiving a profile indication associated with the identifier from the vehicle, and presenting the profile indication on an output device of the key fob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Kyle Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10121400
    Abstract: A video processing circuit includes a detecting unit that detects a set of a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, which is a set of pixels in which a difference between application voltages to the first pixel and the second pixel which are indicated by an input video signal is greater than or equal to a threshold; an acquisition unit that acquires information which specifies a plurality of regions of voltage-brightness characteristics which are voltage-brightness characteristics of the pixel group and in which a voltage region is separated into the plurality of regions in accordance with a slope of the voltage-brightness characteristics; and a replacing unit that replaces the application voltage to the first pixel with a voltage which is in a region other than a first region and is close to a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Mizusako, Hiroyuki Hosaka
  • Patent number: 10123096
    Abstract: Systems and methods for maximizing the resonance frequency match between a reader and a controlled device interacting over a narrowband inductive link involve, in various embodiments, features of the controlled device, the reader, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MINIPUMPS, LLC
    Inventors: Jacques Paris, Didier Sagan
  • Patent number: 10123206
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique can include joining, by a computing device having one or more processors, a conference session hosted by a server via a wireless computing network. In response to joining the conference session, the computing device can receive, from the server via the wireless computing network, a dial-in telephone number for reconnecting to the conference session. The computing device can detect a trigger condition indicative of a need to reconnect to the conference session via a cellular telephone network. In response to detecting the trigger condition, the computing device can initiate a telephone call to the dial-in telephone number via the cellular telephone network. In response to the server obtaining authentication of a caller identification of the computing device, the computing device can rejoin the conference session via the cellular telephone network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jan Tomas Lundqvist, Jonas Erik Lindberg, Sailesh Nepal
  • Patent number: 10120470
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with low power consumption is provided. The semiconductor device includes a controller, an AI controller, a frame memory, a register, and an image processing portion. The image processing portion is configured to receive image data from the frame memory and a parameter from the register, and to process the image data using the parameter. The frame memory is configured to retain the image data while power supply is stopped, and the register is configured to retain the parameter while power supply is stopped. The controller is configured to control power supply to the frame memory, the register, and the image processing portion. The AI controller is configured to predict when to switch into power gating and to provide a timing instruction to perform preparation operation for power gating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 10114490
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a color filter substrate, a method of manufacturing the color filter substrate, a touch screen and a display device, and pertains to the technical field of touch screen. The color filter substrate includes a transparent substrate, and a touch screen panel pattern provided on a side of the transparent substrate. A surface of the touch screen panel pattern is provided with a plurality of concave curved faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xi Wang
  • Patent number: 10115484
    Abstract: A system for tracking an inventory of medication includes: one or more medication detecting devices, each of the medication detecting devices having a medication container for receiving medication; a pressure sensing component in sensory contact with the medication portion; one or more personal communication devices; a remote database in communication with the one or more pressure sensors and the at least one personal communication device; an interactive user interface displayed on the display of the personal communication device for receiving medication data from a user. When one of the pressure sensors detects a pressure change on the pressure sensing component, the detected change of pressure is transmitted to the remote database, wherein the remote database analyzes the change in pressure from the one or more pressure sensors and transmits an alert when the detected pressure change corresponds to the medication input parameters inputted by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Zitt, James Protich
  • Patent number: 10110686
    Abstract: Systems and method of providing beacon-based notifications are provided. More particularly, an identifying signal can be received from a beacon device. A geographic location of a user device can be determined based at least in part on the identifying signal. At least a portion of time-based contextual beacon data can then be obtained based at least in part on spatial-temporal data associated with a user. One or more notifications associated with the contextual beacon data can then be determined. The one or more notifications can indicative of information corresponding to the beacon device, and can be provided for display on a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth William Shirriff, Prasad Haridass, Damian Gajda, Matthew Joelson Secor
  • Patent number: 10109237
    Abstract: A pixel includes first through sixth transistors and an organic light emitting diode. The first transistor includes a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first electrode, and a second electrode connected to a second node. The second transistor provides a data signal to the first node in response to a scan signal. The third transistor provides a first power voltage to the first transistor in response to an emission control signal. The fourth transistor provides a reference voltage to the first node in response to a voltage control signal. The fifth transistor provides the reference voltage to the first node in response to an initialization control signal. The sixth transistor provides an initialization voltage to the second node in response to the initialization control signal. The organic light emitting diode is connected between the second node and a second power voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Jin Park, Yong-Jae Kim, Young-Jin Cho, Deok-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 10109194
    Abstract: Apparatus for use in a vehicle equipped with a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system. A remote keyless entry fob is provided for remote control of vehicle access. The fob includes a receiver for receiving a message broadcast by the vehicle-to-vehicle communication system and a memory for storing at least some elements of said message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC
    Inventor: Xing Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 10102499
    Abstract: A movable Tower Inventory System which contains a number of RFID antennas mounted vertically along the tower. The Tower Inventory System is the moved along the front of storage racks to acquire information from RFID tags affixed to assets positioned on the storage rack. This information enables the determination of the x, y and z location values for each unique RFID number stored in the RFID tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: R.F.I.D Inventory Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Jones, C. E. Bowden
  • Patent number: 10096244
    Abstract: A roadside detection system, a roadside unit and a roadside communication method are provided. The roadside unit receives a positioning signal from a satellite positioning system and obtains roadside latitude and longitude coordinates and an initialization parameter coordinate. The roadside unit receives object information of the object. The roadside unit obtains object latitude and longitude coordinates, an object speed, an object acceleration, an object length, and an object heading/direction based on the roadside latitude and longitude coordinates, the initialization parameter coordinate, and the object information. The roadside unit converts the object latitude and longitude coordinates, the object speed, the object acceleration, the object length, and the object heading/direction into a V2V Basic Safety Message format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kai-Yun Ho, An-Kai Jeng