Patents Examined by Eyob Hagos
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Patent number: 11541280Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to receive a first signal from an exercising device, process the received signal, respond to the received signal by transmitting a second signal to the exercising device, and participate in a pairing process with the exercising device.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Suunto OyInventors: Tuomas Hapola, Heikki Nieminen, Mikko Martikka, Erik Lindman, Timo Eriksson
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Patent number: 11546429Abstract: A device management system includes: a server; base stations for long-distance wireless communication; and a device that communicatively connect to one of the base stations and that each sequentially transmit, to the server via the one base station, operation information indicating the current operation state of the device. Upon sequentially receiving the operation information, each of the base stations sequentially transmits, to the server, unique information unique to the base station together with the sequentially received operation information. The server sequentially receives, and sequentially stores in association with each other, the operation information and the unique information. When first and second unique information received at first and second times, respectively, are different, the server separately manages first operation information received in a first period ending at the first time and second operation information received in a second period starting at the second time.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTRLLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuki Yamada, Masayuki Kozuka, Kunio Gobara, Shinya Nakai, Masaya Yamamoto, Tomoki Ogawa, Junya Suzuki
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Patent number: 11483127Abstract: Apparatus including a shared device in communication with a plurality of computing machines external to the shared device, the shared device including at least one PTP domain coefficient storage area, the at least one PTP domain coefficient storage area receiving a PTP coefficient from a computing machine having a PTP client, and providing the PTP coefficient to a computing machine not having a PTP client. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Ariel Almog, Thomas Kernen, Alex Vainman, Nir Nitzani, Dotan David Levi, Ilan Smith, Rafi Wiener
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Patent number: 11454514Abstract: The distance estimation device acquires distances from a movable body at a first time and a second time to two ground objects, respectively, and acquires a distance between the two ground objects. Then, the distance estimation device calculates a moving distance of the movable body from the first time to the second time based on the acquired results. Thus, the distance estimation device calculates the moving distance of the movable body by using arbitrary ground objects measurable from the movable body.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoko Niihara, Masahiro Kato, Hitoshi Kaneko
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Patent number: 11442756Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a common service resource application method, a related device, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a common service manager (CSM), resource requirement information of a common service required by a virtual network function (VNF); and then requesting, based on the resource requirement information of the common service required by the VNF, a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) to allocate a resource required by the common service of the VNF. In some embodiments, the CSM applies to the VIM for the resource of the common service required by the VNF, so as to avoid the VNF not working or service quality deteriorating because the common service has no available resource or resources are insufficient, and to avoid wasting common service resources.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hua Wang
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Patent number: 11360000Abstract: Systems and methods to dynamically allocate resources in product test automation. In a testing lab, multiple tests are run on multiple machines to test multiple products, where each product has an initial priority. A test distributor calculates, for each product, a specific number of machines on which that product is to be tested based on the initial priority of that product; determines a number of remaining machines not being used in testing; determines one or more products being tested that need one or more additional machines for testing; and determines, for each product identified as needing one or more additional machines for testing, a number of machines to be allocated to run the tests for that product.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Svetlana Bayarovich, Maryia Smouzh
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Patent number: 11353443Abstract: Methods of combining mineral composition and laboratory test results for reservoir rock samples to predict future responses to secondary and tertiary oil recovery treatments are disclosed. Particular, SEM and EDS will be combined to produce a mineral map, including mineral distribution around the rock's pore space, for comparison with laboratory data to predict and/or interpret how certain mineral distributions will respond to various fluid-rock interactions.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: ConocoPhillips CompanyInventors: James J. Howard, Gary Lovell
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Patent number: 11356330Abstract: A communication device includes a communication section and a controller. The communication section is communicable with a network apparatus via a relay device. The controller controls an operation of the communication section, thereby causes the communication section to transmit one or more search packets to the relay device, and causes the communication section to start communicating with the network apparatus after receiving any of the one or more search packets. The one or more search packets include the communication section as a transmission target.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kengo Ochi, Jin Nomura
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Patent number: 11353623Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to weather sensors and particularly to methods and systems related to collecting weather data and other site-specific data. The system may also be used to collect data on hydrometeors, especially hail. Some, but not all of the things a system described can determine are the kinetic energy, diameter, mass, and velocity.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Hailios Inc.Inventors: Lucas Schiff, Carsten Neufing
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Patent number: 11347612Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for determining a current condition of an electronic device configured to communicate over a wireless network. For example, the method can include collecting units of condition data of the electronic device. In some instances, each unit of condition data is generated by a sensor of the electronic device that performs an ongoing measurement of a parameter of the electronic device or detects an occurrence of an event that affects the condition of the electronic device. The electronic device provides the units of condition data over a network to a manager node. The units of condition data are then stored in a distributed ledger. The network node can determine a current condition of the electronic device based on the units of condition data stored in the distributed ledger.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Charles Knostman, Christopher Spanton, Yunhang Chen
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Patent number: 11333790Abstract: The invention relates to a method of setting a plurality of part regions of a desired protected zone, in which a) the positions of a plurality of monitoring units are detected, with each monitoring unit detecting a detection zone; b) a maximum size of each detection zone is determined; c) the desired protected zone is fixed in a graphical user interface; d) the part regions to be monitored by the respective monitoring units are fixed with reference to the positions of the monitoring units, to the maximum size of the detection zones and of the desired protected zone; and e) the part regions are assigned to the respective monitoring units.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Bernd Rothenberger, Jonas Rist, Manfred Haberer
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Patent number: 11333794Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for generating a wind map based on multimedia analysis. A computer receives a multimedia source configuration and builds a wind scale reference database. In addition, the computer extracts and processes both wind speed data and contextual data from the multimedia. Moreover, the computer analyses temporal and spatial features, as well as generates a wind map based on the extracted context, extracted wind speed, and analysed temporal and spatial features. Lastly, the wind map generator validates and modifies the wind scale reference database.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ivan M. Milman, Sushain Pandit, Charles D. Wolfson, Su Liu, Fang Wang
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Patent number: 11309710Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a method comprising: receiving consumption data comprising readings from one or more utility meters associated with a property comprising one or more devices, the one or more devices comprising one or more devices of interest; determining, in the received consumption data, one or more positive consumption variations indicative of switching on of one or more of the devices and/or one or more negative consumption variations indicative of switching off of one or more of the devices; identifying one or more events associated with the one or more devices, based on the determined variations, by matching one or more positive variations with one or more negative variations; grouping the identified one or more events into one or more blocks, each block corresponding to an occurrence of usage of a device of the property; classifying the one or more blocks into one or more predetermined clusters, the one or more predetermined clusters comprising a respective predetermined cluster associaType: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Alexandros Leontitsis, Oliver Parson
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Patent number: 11300604Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring operation of industrial equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a monitoring system is provided that includes a passive backplane and one more functional circuits that can couple to the backplane. Each of the functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane can have access to all data that is delivered to the backplane. Therefore, resources (e.g., computing power, or other functionality) from each functional circuits can be shared by all active functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane. Because resources from each of the functional circuits can be shared, and because the functional circuits can be detachably coupled to the backplane, performance of the monitoring systems can be tailored to specific applications. For example, processing power can be increased by coupling additional processing circuits to the backplane.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: BENTLY NEVADA, LLCInventor: Michael Alan Tart
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Patent number: 11284807Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to receive a first sensor data stream from an exercising device, receive a second sensor data stream from a mobile device, correlate the first data stream with the second data stream, determine that the exercising device is engaged with the mobile device, and provide indication to the exercising device and the mobile device that the devices are engaged with each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Amer Sports Digital Services OyInventors: Tuomas Hapola, Heikki Nieminen, Mikko Martikka, Erik Lindman, Timo Eriksson
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Patent number: 11262232Abstract: Functionality of sensors on a shelf or other inventory location is tested by encouraging an interaction and determining if the output from the sensors on the shelf is consistent with the interaction. An interaction at the shelf can include, for example, a user adding or removing an item from the shelf. To encourage this type of interaction with the shelf or items therein, an announcement may be generated and presented to a user. The announcement may comprise an advertisement with some type of incentive for the user to add or remove an item from the shelf. Upon verifying such an interaction, sensor data before and after the interaction can be compared to generate diagnostic data for the sensor, which can indicate whether the sensor is operational or malfunctioning.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Alexander Michael McNamara, Sridhar Boyapati, Aaron Craig Thompson, David Echevarria Ignacio, David William Bettis, Korwin Jon Smith
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Patent number: 11258394Abstract: A method for detecting an imminent pole slip of a synchronous generator electrically connected to a power supply network, whereby a signal characteristic of a power fault is detected and an imminent pole slip is determined via a predefinable value when a load angle of the synchronous generator increases, whereby the following steps are performed. Determination of a first load angle during operation without a power fault, determination of a generator frequency as a function of time when a power fault occurs, and precalculation of a second value of a load angle resulting from the power fault by adding the first value of the load angle to a load angle difference occurring during the power fault, whereby this load angle difference is caused by a deviation of a generator frequency relative to a power frequency.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Albert Fahringer, Erich Kruckenhauser
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Patent number: 11248981Abstract: Methods and apparatus to detect leaks based on temperature data are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes a storage device to store spectral recording data associated with spectral recordings measured by an acoustic sensor of a node of a utility distribution system, and temperature data associated with the utility distribution system. The disclosed apparatus also includes a processor to select a portion of the spectral recording data based on the temperature data, where the processor is to generate a data packet based on the portion, and a transceiver to transmit the data packet.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Itron, Inc.Inventor: Philip Alan Cole
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Patent number: 11252215Abstract: A multiplexing method including: receiving a TS over IP packet from a plurality of encoders which are disposed at physically remote places, or which are disposed in a virtual environment on a cloud computing system where physical locations are unidentifiable; performing multiplexing after compensating for a delay and jitter of a transmission path, based on a timestamp which is stamped on an RTP header of the TS over IP packet; and performing, with respect to a PCR packet, either multiplexing after compensating for the delay and the jitter, based on a time re-generated in a multiplexing apparatus, or multiplexing by generating a PCR packet in the multiplexing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporatioInventor: Tomoo Yamakage
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Patent number: 11252237Abstract: A device management system includes: a server; base stations for long-distance wireless communication; and a device that communicatively connect to one of the base stations and that each sequentially transmit, to the server via the one base station, operation information indicating the current operation state of the device. Upon sequentially receiving the operation information, each of the base stations sequentially transmits, to the server, unique information unique to the base station together with the sequentially received operation information. The server sequentially receives, and sequentially stores in association with each other, the operation information and the unique information. When first and second unique information received at first and second times, respectively, are different, the server separately manages first operation information received in a first period ending at the first time and second operation information received in a second period starting at the second time.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Mitsuki Yamada, Masayuki Kozuka, Kunio Gobara, Shinya Nakai, Masaya Yamamoto, Tomoki Ogawa, Junya Suzuki