Patents Examined by Hongmin Fan
  • Patent number: 11643102
    Abstract: A vehicle dash cam may be configured to execute one or more neural networks (and/or other artificial intelligence), such as based on input from one or more of the cameras and/or other sensors associated with the dash cam, to intelligently detect safety events in real-time. Detection of a safety event may trigger an in-cab alert to make the driver aware of the safety risk. The dash cam may include logic for determining which asset data to transmit to a backend server in response to detection of a safety event, as well as which asset data to transmit to the backend server in response to analysis of sensor data that did not trigger a safety event. The asset data transmitted to the backend server may be further analyzed to determine if further alerts should be provided to the driver and/or to a safety manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew Chasan Calmer, Justin Delegard, Justin Pan, Sabrina Shemet, Meelap Shah, Kavya Joshi, Brian Tuan, Sharan Srinivasan, Muhammad Ali Akhtar, John Charles Bicket, Margaret Finch, Vincent Shieh, Bruce Kellerman, Mitch Lin, Marvin Arroz, Siddhartha Datta Roy, Jason Symons, Tina Quach, Cassandra Lee Rommel, Saumya Jain
  • Patent number: 11645906
    Abstract: A navigation system includes: a control circuit configured to: generate a video clip by parsing an interval of a sensor data stream for a region of travel; analyze the video clip submitted to a deep learning model, already trained, including identifying a traffic flow estimate; access a position coordinate for calculating a distance to intersection; generate a traffic flow state by fusing a corrected speed, the traffic flow estimate, and the distance to intersection; merge a vehicle maneuvering instruction into the traffic flow state for maneuvering through the region of travel; and a communication circuit, coupled to the control circuit, configured to: communicate the traffic flow state for displaying on a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Tetenav, Inc.
    Inventors: Lina Hu, Hui Fang, Congmin Bai
  • Patent number: 11645915
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of determining a vehicle accident comprises: receiving, from a vehicle, first information including a speed and a location of the vehicle for a communication period having variable value; obtaining second information including environment information of a trail of the vehicle; updating the communication period based on the first information and the second information such that a moving range of the vehicle during the communication period corresponds to a reference value; determining whether an accident involving the vehicle has occurred based on whether updated first information is received from the vehicle for the updated communication period; and transmitting a notification, responsive to determining an accident involving the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngsuk Jo, Hyunsik Ki, Youngil Kim, Junhong Kim, Sanghoon Lee, Honghoon Jang, Hyeonhun Jung
  • Patent number: 11640761
    Abstract: A method of installing and removing traffic control or traffic regulating devices. More particularly, the method includes the installation and removal of automated switchable road signs or flaggers. The safety assistance device and method in accordance with the invention envisions added safety for those installing and removing traffic control or automated flagger devices. Also, the safety assistance device and method of the invention is initiated without requiring a manual activation by those installing or removing the traffic control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Safety Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. Fanslow
  • Patent number: 11628788
    Abstract: Computing nodes in a peer-to-peer network that can receive data about an accident in response to a vehicle having an accident. A computing device in the peer-to-peer network can generate a record of the data and store, in persistent storage, a copy of the record. The computing device can also transmit the record, via peer-to-peer connections, to other computing nodes in the network. The nodes in the network, when receiving the record, can each store a copy of the record and broadcast the record to one or more additional computing nodes in the network to cause the one or more additional computing nodes to store one or more additional copies of the record. Also, in response to an inquiry about the accident, the node can provide the record. And the node can participate in a determination of a network consensus in the network about validity of the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Troia, Antonino Mondello
  • Patent number: 11631322
    Abstract: A collaborative control system for a vehicle has a cloud server, a collaboration device, and an edge computing device. The cloud server stores road coordinates and traffic data corresponding to the road coordinates. The collaboration device is for being mounted in the vehicle. The edge computing device communicates with the cloud server and the collaboration device and is for being mounted in the vehicle. The edge computing device downloads one of the traffic data from the cloud server as an instant traffic datum according to a vehicle positioning coordinate corresponding to one of the road coordinates, and transmits the instant traffic datum to the collaboration device. The collaboration device displays the instant traffic datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: AEON MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tong-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11631332
    Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting structure, a mirror reflective element, a mirror back plate, a heater element, and a blind zone indication module. The heater pad is disposed between the mirror back plate and the mirror reflective element. The blind zone indication module is located at an aperture formed through the mirror back plate. The blind zone indication module includes a housing that houses a circuit element and a light source. The circuit element includes electrically conductive terminals that are in electrical connection with circuitry of the circuit element and that are disposed at a connector portion of the housing that is configured to connect to a wire harness to electrically power circuitry of the circuit element when the vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted and used at a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Huizen, Mark E. Kramer
  • Patent number: 11617532
    Abstract: Assembly of harness and sensor substrate plates for monitoring vital signals of a patient is provided. More specifically, the present invention provides a harness, a sensor substrate plate, and related devices for non-invasively monitoring vital signals of a patient. The sensor substrate plate provides removable attachment to the skin of a patient to measure vital signals of the patient. The sensor substrate plate comprises an elongated main body comprising an upper surface and an under surface. The upper surface is configured to removably contact the skin surface of the patient. Further, a plurality of slots on the upper surface of the main body is mechanically and electrically configured to hold sensors or electrodes for monitoring biometric parameters of the patient. The upper surface also includes a first through hole mechanically and electrically configured to hold an electrical connector; and a first end and a second end of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Rodney Kuenzi, Robert L. Young, William Merrick, James Stuart Saunders, Keith Jasinski, Schon A. Gross
  • Patent number: 11620465
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises processing circuitry to: receive wireless signal data corresponding to an RFID tag, wherein the wireless signal data comprises signal strength data and signal phase data corresponding to wireless signals transmitted by the RFID tag and received by an RFID reader; generate decomposed signal strength data based on a seasonal decomposition of the signal strength data; generate a frequency-phase curve based on the signal phase data; extract a set of signal strength features based on the decomposed signal strength data; extract a set of signal phase features based on the frequency-phase curve; and detect a motion state of the RFID tag using a machine learning classifier, wherein the machine learning classifier is trained to detect the motion state based on the set of signal strength features and the set of signal phase features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Chieh-Yih Wan, Rahul C. Shah, Cagri C. Tanriover, Ke-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11609325
    Abstract: A system including a radar receiver, a computer readable medium, and a processor. A data structure containing historical information pertaining to weather conditions for multiple locations may reside in the medium. The processor may be configured to: obtain aircraft data including information of an aircraft position; obtain external data; obtain a portion of the historical information pertaining to a location corresponding to the aircraft position; obtain weather radar data; analyze the weather radar data to determine if windshear exceeds a windshear alert threshold; upon an occurrence of the windshear exceeding the windshear alert threshold, determine whether to issue or suppress a windshear alert based on the aircraft data, the external data, and/or the portion of the historical information; and one of a) output the windshear alert for presentation to a user or b) adjust the windshear alert threshold causing the windshear alert to be suppressed and/or suppress the windshear alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Venkata A. Sishtla
  • Patent number: 11610477
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device includes a data collecting device that collects sensor data from a vehicle sensor, a data transmitting device that transmits the sensor data to a server, a data receiving device that receives data about an outside-vehicle status, and an inside-vehicle/outside-vehicle cooperation device that, in response to receipt of the data about the outside-vehicle status, cooperates with a device outside the vehicle and controls an operation inside the vehicle. The server includes a map creating device that maintains a traffic status overview map on the basis of received sensor data, a vehicle selecting device that selects a vehicle capable of transmitting optimum sensor data for maintaining the traffic status overview map in view of a line status among vehicle-mounted devices present within a specific area, and a transmission permission/prohibition signal transmitting device that transmits an instruction of permitting transmission of sensor data to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Ogawa, Katsunori Ushida, Koichi Takayama
  • Patent number: 11610467
    Abstract: A system may monitor usage of a cleaning chemical and indicate when the chemical has expired and needs to be replaced. In some examples, the system includes a reservoir containing the chemical and a sensor associated with the reservoir that can detect user interaction with the chemical in the reservoir. The system may track an amount of time until the chemical in the reservoir is deemed to have expired and provide a user alert indicating expiration of the chemical. The system can control the amount of time remaining until the chemical is deemed to have expired based on the detected addition of the object to the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Donna Thi Nguyen, Conor Sylvester Smith, Daniel Wald, Amani Eltahir Babekir, Kyle David Wood
  • Patent number: 11589747
    Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes: a biomedical sensor including: a transducer configured to produce a signal corresponding to a biological function; a sensor converter configured to convert the signal to a converted signal; and a transmitter configured to produce a communication, based on the converted signal, that is indicative of one or more values of the biological function, and to send the communication wirelessly; and a base station including: a receiver configured to receive the communication wirelessly and to produce a receiver output signal; a base station interface configured to produce a base station output signal indicative of the one or more values of the biological function; and at least one output port to receive the base station output signal and configured to be hard-wire connected to a display that is configured to display information indicative of the biological function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mothership Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Singh, Peter John Bonin, III, Martin Oliver Culjat, Richard Brand Caso
  • Patent number: 11589757
    Abstract: A blood pressure estimation device includes a display unit (10), a belt portion (20), a first contact electrode (61) and a second contact electrode (62) for detecting an electrocardiographic waveform, and a pulse wave sensor. The display unit (10) displays a blood pressure estimation result. The belt portion (20) is connected to the display unit (10) and surrounds a target measurement site. The pulse wave sensor includes a pulse wave detection unit (40E) that detects a pulse wave of an artery (91) passing through the target measurement site. The first contact electrode (61) and the pulse wave detection unit (40E) are provided on an inner circumferential portion (20a) of the belt portion (20). The second contact electrode (62) is provided on an outer circumferential portion (20b) of the belt portion (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: OMRON CORPORATION, OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kawabata, Naomi Matsumura, Naoki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11585827
    Abstract: Methods and devices for determining movement associated with an antenna of a receiver are disclosed herein. An example method includes generating a first acceleration signal associated with the antenna, wherein the first acceleration signal includes one or more substantially non-zero axial components. The method may further include establishing an acceleration signature corresponding to the antenna based on the first acceleration signal, and generating a second acceleration signal associated with the antenna, wherein the second acceleration signal includes one or more substantially non-zero axial components. The method may further include determining a signal difference between the acceleration signature and the second acceleration signal, wherein the signal difference is attributable to a movement of the antenna. The method may further include generating an alert signal indicating the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Mueggenborg, Daniella Strat, Chad Chaumont, Edward A. Richley
  • Patent number: 11580826
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to line-powered wireless communications systems, and more specifically to methods and apparatus for providing persistent and ubiquitous wireless communications and sensor networks in physical premises to enable a wide variety of different applications and use cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hendrik Volkerink, Ajay Khoche
  • Patent number: 11580828
    Abstract: An indicator module includes first electrodes disposed on a first support surface, each of the first electrodes having a flexible portion having a sloped section forming an oblique angle with the first support surface, a second electrodes disposed on a second support surface spaced apart from the first support surface along a longitudinal direction, a set of conductors elongated substantially in the longitudinal direction, each of the first electrodes being electrically connected to the a respective one of the second electrodes via a respective one of the conductors, and an indicator circuit, such as a set of LEDs, electrically connected to one or more of the conductors and adapted to generate a human perceptible signal when the indicator circuit receives electrical power from the one or more of the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Dolezalek, Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine, Maximilian John Aponte, Neal A. Schumacher
  • Patent number: 11572175
    Abstract: An occupancy detection system and method for an enclosed space includes a door sensor operatively coupled to a door of the enclosed space. The door sensor is configured to output a door sensor signal that indicates a status of the door. At least one presence sensor that is configured to output at least one presence sensor signal that indicates an occupancy status of the enclosed space. An occupancy detection control unit is in communication with the door sensor and the at least one presence sensor. The occupancy detection control unit is configured to receive the door sensor signal and the presence sensor signal(s). The occupancy detection control unit is configured to determine an occupancy status of the enclosed space based on the door sensor signal and the presence sensor signal(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Christopher Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11565132
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of determining the nature of a fault in a radiotherapy device comprising a linear accelerator. The radiotherapy device is configured to provide therapeutic radiation to a patient. The radiotherapy device comprises a vacuum tube comprising an electron gun, a waveguide configured to accelerate electrons emitted by the electron gun toward a target to produce said radiation, and a flight tube. The electron gun is located at a first end of the vacuum tube and the flight tube is located at a second end of the vacuum tube. The radiotherapy device further comprises a first and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a first region inside the vacuum tube and the second sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a second region inside the vacuum tube. The first region is closer to the first end of the vacuum tube than the second region is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Elekta Limited
    Inventors: Chris Flint, Keith Richardson, Marcelo Jordao, Mark Holmes, Alessandra Chiap
  • Patent number: 11562762
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and techniques for assessing driver safety based on noise levels or sounds associated with the interior of a vehicle are provided. Noise levels or sounds associated with the interior of a vehicle over a first interval of time may be compared to indications of vehicle motion over the first interval of time to identify noise levels or sounds at times when the indications of vehicle motion indicate unsafe driving. The identified noise levels or sounds may be analyzed to determine noise levels, sources, and/or characteristics of sounds associated with unsafe driving. Noise levels or sounds associated with the interior of the vehicle over a second interval of time may be analyzed to determine instances in which the noise levels, sources, and/or characteristics of sounds associated with unsafe driving occur over the second interval of time. Alerts may be generated for vehicle operators based on the determined instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BlueOwl, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Paul Cox