Patents Examined by James J Yang
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Patent number: 11557184Abstract: An alarm screen comprises a frame comprising a laser sensor, a processing unit, and a wireless transmitter embedded in a hollow interior. The frame comprises an opening for the laser sensor to project a laser beam outside of the alarm screen. The laser sensor projects the beam through the opening, makes a set of one or more measurements of a distance between the laser sensor and an object in a path of the laser beam, and sends the set of measurements to the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to compare the distance measurements received from the laser sensor with a threshold distance detect, and send one or more signals to the wireless transmitter when at least one of the distance measurements received from the laser sensor exceeds the threshold. The wireless transmitter is configured to receive signals from the processing unit and wirelessly transmit the signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Inventor: Robert D. Fisher
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Patent number: 11538337Abstract: A notification method configured so as to signal to a user a malfunction liable to affect his vehicle during a driving phase. The notification method includes a monitoring step configured so as to generate route datasets relating to a driving route of a vehicle of each user; a malfunction signaling step configured so as to generate signaling datasets including information about the vehicle in question relating to a malfunction with the vehicle in question as observed by a user-observer; an analysis step configured so as to identify which vehicle is the vehicle in question, on the basis of the route datasets and the signaling datasets; and a notification step configured so as to generate a notification message intended for the user of the vehicle in question.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventor: Erwan Doceux
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Patent number: 11532230Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system, a method and an apparatus for position-based parking of a vehicle, capable of solving the problem in the related art that an unmanned vehicle cannot be parked at a specified position accurately in an environment with a weak GPS signal. The method includes, during position-based parking of a vehicle at a predetermined position: receiving, by a communication device of the vehicle, posture data from a roadside device located within a predetermined range from the predetermined position; deciding, by a vehicle-mounted processing device of the vehicle, whether received posture data satisfies a predetermined positioning rule; determining posture adjustment data for the vehicle when the received posture data does not satisfy the predetermined positioning rule; and controlling the vehicle to perform a posture adjustment operation based on the posture adjustment data.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: BEIJING TUSEN ZHITU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nan Wu
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Patent number: 11527146Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. One or more first signals received from one or more first devices may be monitored. One or more first threat indicators within a first signal of the one or more first signals may be detected. One or more second signals may be analyzed to determine a probability of a threat event. One or more second devices of a plurality of devices may be selected, based upon the probability, for transmission of one or more messages associated with the threat event.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Emily Bernotas, Kima Kheirolomoom, Richard Pace, Jon Kilroy, Aaron John Klish
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Patent number: 11521083Abstract: A multisensory system provides both temporal and spatial coverage capacities for auto-detection of bird collision events. The system includes an apparatus having a first circuitry to capture and store a series of images or video of a blade of a wind turbine; and a memory to store the images from the first circuitry. The apparatus also has one or more sensors to continuously sense vibration of the blade or for acoustic recordings; and a second circuitry to analyze the sensor data stream and/or the series of images or video to identify a cause of the vibration and to trigger the camera(s). A communication interface transmits data from the second circuitry to another device, wherein the second circuitry applies artificial intelligence or machine learning to control sensitivity of the one or more sensors.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Oregon State UniversityInventors: Matthew Johnston, Robert Albertani, Congcong Hu, William Gage Maurer, Kyle Clocker
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Patent number: 11514769Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for detecting an intrusion of a product (e.g., an ATM) via an electronic tattletale. The disclosed embodiments may provide an ATM comprising a housing comprising an interior surface and a substance adhered to the interior surface, the substance comprising a piezoelectric element. The ATM may further comprise a detection circuit coupled to the substance, which may be configured to receive a first response signal generated by the substance and generate an indication of an intrusion into the housing, based on a comparison of the received first response signal to a predefined second response signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: David K. Wurmfeld, Jeff Pharr, Kevin Osborn
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Patent number: 11490176Abstract: Examples of selective state change of a remote metering device are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a connection between a mobile communication system and a remote metering device is established. A command to selectively change a delivery state of a valve of the remote metering device is then sent by the mobile communication system.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Mueller International, LLCInventors: Georgios Demosthenous, Jacqueline Duda Lemmerhirt, Christopher Paul LaCivita
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Patent number: 11480592Abstract: A device and a method including a power supply module operative to extract electric power from magnetic field surrounding an electric cable, a transceiver operative to communicate in a backhaul network, a transceiver for a wireless local area network and/or a remote sensing unit, and a controller module communicatively coupled to the transceiver and/or remote sensing unit, where the device is mounted around a single electric cable of an electric transmission grid or an electric distribution grid, and where the device derives power form the single electric cable.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Inventors: Eyal Miron, Nimrod Sandlerman
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Patent number: 11474188Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a location of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of at least one UE among the one or more UE. Embodiments include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Embodiments can include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: POLTE CORPORATIONInventors: Felix Markhovsky, Truman Prevatt, Russ Markhovsky, Michael John Buynak
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Patent number: 11457344Abstract: Systems and methods for responding to an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) alarm's issuance. The methods involve: receiving, by a mobile device, a short range communication signal from a fixed device located in proximity to EAS equipment issuing the EAS alarm; automatically transitioning an operational mode of the mobile device from a first operational mode in which alarm response functions are disabled to a second operational mode in which alarm response functions are enabled, in response to the short range communication signal's reception; receiving, by the mobile device, a user input for inputting a reason code specifying a reason for the EAS alarm's issuance; and communicating the reason code from the mobile device to an external device for causing a deactivation of the EAS alarm's issuance.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLCInventors: John J. Clark, Adam S. Bergman
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Patent number: 11455846Abstract: Consensus vehicular collision properties determination is provided by a method that receives mobile device sensor data from mobile device(s) of vehicle occupant(s). The vehicle is a vehicle of multiple vehicles involved in a collision, and the sensor data indicates movement and position information pertaining to the collision. The method shares the packaged sensor data to a decentralized ledger that stores this as part of a collection of sensor data from across multiple mobile devices of different vehicle occupants in the vehicles involved in the collision. Extraction and correlation of data from the ledger is used to determine consensus properties of the collision. The method determines, based on the consensus properties of the collision, which of the different vehicle occupants were driving the multiple vehicles involved in the collision and behavior of those occupants driving the multiple vehicles at the time of, and following, the collision.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Joel R. Huffman, Frances Kim, Clay Crenshaw, Sambit Pattnaik, Stefan Van Der Stockt, Randall J. Gregory, II
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Patent number: 11445700Abstract: Disclosed are a device, system and method for animal tracking. The tracking device comprises a tracker processing component, an energy component, a transmitting component, and a securing component. The system comprises the tracking device, a receiving device and a server. The method comprising securing the tracking device to an animal, transmitting an identification of the animal, receiving the transmission via the receiving device, modifying it and forwarding it to the server, where the modified transmission is logged and analyzed to determine animal positions.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.Inventors: Markus Abels, Manfred Gahr, Robin Van Emden
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Patent number: 11442129Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-executable instructions for identifying a convergence of objects includes receiving, at a device, a first beacon from a beacon transmitter located within a first location. A first location is identified based on the first beacon. A second beacon is received that is transmitted from a wearable worn by a patient. The patient associated with the second beacon is identified. A convergence time and a previous convergence time of the patient and device are determined. An out of compliance event based on the current convergence time and the previous convergence time is determined. An alert is generated based on the out of compliance event. The alert includes the first location.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: DeCurtis, LLCInventors: Derek Fournier, James Learish, Paul Schottland, Matthew Winans
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Patent number: 11442146Abstract: A side looking occupancy sensor is incorporated in a conventional wall switch mounted into a switch box adjacent to a door. The side-looking proximity sensor preferably is mountable to either side of the doorjamb to make the side-looking proximity sensor face the door opening. During operation, the side-looking sensor monitors the door movement or senses the passage of a person for indication that a person is entering or leaving the space. Entry and exit determination is made based on activation of the side-looking sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: The Watt Stopper, Inc.Inventor: Louia Weidman
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Patent number: 11443578Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a control unit is notified of information in at least one second signal received by one of first and second wireless communication units after the control unit provides the second wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a first signal containing first address information and before a waiting time elapses and when the at least one second signal contains second address information assigned to an authentication apparatus having received the first signal, then the control unit provides the first wireless communication unit with a command to transmit a third signal for a connection request with the second address information set in a destination address.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tomoko Adachi, Seiichiro Horikawa, Koji Akita, Ryoko Matsuo
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Patent number: 11427156Abstract: A method for generating an output for controlling a vehicular function of a vehicle includes providing (i) a vehicular sensing device having at least one illumination source operable to backlight a plurality of icons, each icon representative of a respective vehicle function, and (ii) a plurality of sensors, each sensor having a respective field of sensing associated with a respective icon of the plurality of icons. With the vehicular sensing device disposed at a vehicle, and with the at least one illumination source activated to backlight the plurality of icons, the backlit icons are viewable at an exterior portion of the vehicle, and the sensors sense movement of a person's hand or foot in a field of sensing of one of the sensors, and a controller generates an output to control the vehicular function that is represented by the respective backlit icon associated with that sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Justin E. Sobecki, David P. O'Connell, Kenneth C. Peterson
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Patent number: 11395105Abstract: UE location determined by collecting and preprocessing signal data at a detector and sending extracted data to a remote locate server. The detector buffers samples from signals provided by receive channels, detects known reference signals from receive channels based on reference signal parameters, isolates symbols carrying the reference signal from frames, extracts data from symbols, and sends extracted data to locate server. The locate server receives the extracted data, estimates locate observables based on the extracted data and calculates the UE location based on the estimated locate observables, the reference signal parameters and the extracted data. The detector and/or the server may also generate correlation coefficients between reference signals carrying spectrum received from a serving cell and utilize the correlation coefficients to cancel a serving cell signal in symbols that include known in advance reference signals from the serving cell and one or more neighboring cells of the wireless system.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: POLTE CORPORATIONInventors: Felix Markhovsky, Truman Prevatt, Russ Markhovsky, David Goodwin Shaw, Tyler Matthew Smith
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Patent number: 11393584Abstract: A wearable ambulatory external defibrillator system includes a garment configured to be worn by a patient and including electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing electrodes integrated into the garment, therapy delivery electrodes configured to deliver a therapy, and a wearable medical device controller including at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to issue a first instance of an alarm in response to an indication of a cardiac abnormality and/or an event concerning one or more components of the system. The first instance of the alarm includes a visual alarm. The at least one processor is further configured to determine that no response to the first instance of the alarm was received within a target response time, adapt at least one characteristic of the alarm, and issue a second instance of the alarm having the at least one adapted characteristic. The second instance of the alarm includes an auditory alarm.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: ZOLL Medical CorporationInventors: Thomas E. Kaib, Shane S. Volpe, John G. Clark
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Patent number: 11393267Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for identifying a visitor. The method for identifying a visitor is applied in an access control system. The access control system includes a control terminal, a door device and an illumination lamp. The illumination lamp provides lighting for a visitor. The method for identifying a visitor includes: receiving a real-time image of a current visitor outside a door from a door device; obtaining first encoded information extracted from a first optical signal corresponding to environmental light of the visitor's current environment; and identifying the visitor as an authorized visitor when the image matches with a preset image and the first encoded information contains preset encoded information. The preset image is pre-stored image information of the authorized visitor. The preset encoded information is consistent with encoded information embedded in an optical signal of an illumination lamp for illuminating the environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Chunyan Ji
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Patent number: 11388554Abstract: UE location determined by collecting and preprocessing signal data at a detector and sending extracted data to a remote locate server. The detector buffers samples from signals provided by receive channels, detects known reference signals from receive channels based on reference signal parameters, isolates symbols carrying the reference signal from frames, extracts data from symbols, and sends extracted data to locate server. The locate server receives the extracted data, estimates locate observables based on the extracted data and calculates the UE location based on the estimated locate observables, the reference signal parameters and the extracted data. The detector and/or the server may also generate correlation coefficients between reference signals carrying spectrum received from a serving cell and utilize the correlation coefficients to cancel a serving cell signal in symbols that include known in advance reference signals from the serving cell and one or more neighboring cells of the wireless system.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: POLTE CORPORATIONInventors: Felix Markhovsky, Truman Prevatt, Russ Markhovsky, David Goodwin Shaw, Tyler Matthew Smith