Patents Examined by Mancil Littlejohn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11797092
    Abstract: Inside a housing of electronic equipment, a first actuator for generating vibration along a first axis is mounted. The first actuator is mounted in a direction in which the first axis is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to at least one of the six surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Higuchi, Koichi Hadama, Toshiki Wada, Toshihiko Kondo
  • Patent number: 11797089
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a non-transitory memory and one or more hardware processors configured to execute instructions from the non-transitory memory to perform operations including (1) determining one or more vibration signals detected by a personal mobility vehicle, (2) determining that the one or more vibration signals correspond to a particular type of pathway for the personal mobility vehicle, (3) generating a feedback signal corresponding to the particular type of pathway, and (4) transmitting the feedback signal corresponding to the particular type of pathway. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventor: Garrett Korda Drayna
  • Patent number: 11795805
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods regarding a first processing system operable to receive a job plan developed by a second processing system, and implement the job plan, including generating commands for an equipment controller based on the job plan. The first processing system is operable to transmit, through a network, the commands to the controller for execution by the controller. The first processing system is operable to iteratively (i) monitor, through the network, current conditions of the well construction system during execution of commands by the controller; (ii) update the implementation of the job plan, including generating updated commands for the controller based on the job plan and the current well construction system conditions when the current well construction system conditions indicate a deviation from the implementation; and (iii) transmit, through the network, the updated commands to the controller for execution by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shunfeng Zheng, Juan Jose Rojas
  • Patent number: 11792605
    Abstract: In a tracking device system, a networked smart device is enabled to cause execution of an executable function if a trigger condition of a conditional rule is satisfied. The conditional rules are customizable on a user interface of the smart device. The trigger condition may be any information received in a signal from a tracking device, for example, sensor data, location, a time, a date, a button press, a proximity, and more generally a trigger condition can be any condition that has a truth value by which an IF/THEN conditional rule can be evaluated and either is satisfied or is not. Executable functions for use in conditional rules may be selected from functions of a smart device, but also may include any function of a remote machine, network or system. Bluetooth radiotag devices may also include a cellular radio modem for global networking. Network systems may include software for tracking groups of radiotags and for autoprovisioning location and tracking services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PB, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Daoura, Robert Aldridge, Johnathan Charles Miller, Kal K Lambert, Nicholas R. Pearson-Franks
  • Patent number: 11772812
    Abstract: A cover for an aircraft opening or equipment formed from a collapsible material having programmable magnets encapsulated on at least one edge portion to adhere the cover to an aircraft surface is provided. The programmable magnets have a close field strength sufficient to maintain the cover in place during high winds while not damaging the aircraft surface coatings during installation and removal while not interfering with electric signals or nearby electrical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Daniel Robert Caban, II
  • Patent number: 11762471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a haptic feedback system and, particularly, to a device and a method for controlling an actuator for haptic feedback, the method comprising: a first step of controlling the output of an oscillator such that a clock necessary in the generation of a driving signal for driving an actuator is oscillated at a reference clock frequency; a second step of calculating the resonance frequency of the actuator from a cycle of a BEMF signal according to the driving of the actuator; and a third step of calculating a clock frequency for following the calculated resonance frequency of the actuator so as to newly change and set same to the reference clock frequency, thereby controlling the output of the oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DONGWOON ANATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Yeol Lee, Cheol Hoei Kim, Kyoung Rok Lee
  • Patent number: 11763655
    Abstract: A method of determining the likelihood of a slip or fall comprises receiving, by a detection application stored in a non-transitory memory and executed on a processor, a plurality of sensor readings from a plurality of movement sensors, comparing, by the detection application, the plurality of sensor readings with a plurality of movement patterns stored in a database, determining, by the detection application, that at least one of the movement patterns of the plurality of movement patterns matches the plurality of sensor readings, and generating, by the detection application, an indication that a slip or fall is likely based on the plurality of sensor readings. The plurality of movement sensors is associated with different areas of a worker's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Negre, Brad Rohlf, Praveen Sharma, Juan Noceda
  • Patent number: 11747903
    Abstract: A headware for computer control includes a body portion. A first arm is pivotally coupled to the body portion and a second arm is pivotably coupled to the body portion. The first arm and the second arm define a central region therebetween. A pivoting mechanism is coupled to the first arm or the second arm and the body portion. The pivoting mechanism pivots the first arm or the second arm towards or away from the central region. The pivoting mechanism includes a pivot pin securing the first arm or the second arm to the body portion. A biasing member biases the first arm or the second arm toward the central region when the first arm or the second arm is pivoted away from the central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEUROSITY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Jay Keller, Alexander Aziz Castillo Alvarez, Samuel Stephen Holland
  • Patent number: 11749075
    Abstract: Provided is a telehaptic device which includes a piezoelectric sensor module and a piezoelectric actuator module that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the piezoelectric sensor module includes a first flexible substrate, a first support substrate connected to the first flexible substrate, a piezoelectric sensor array on the first flexible substrate, and a first wireless communication circuit on the first support substrate, the piezoelectric actuator module includes a second flexible substrate, a second support substrate connected to the second flexible substrate, a piezoelectric actuator array on the second flexible substrate, and a second wireless communication circuit on the second support substrate, the piezoelectric sensor array includes piezoelectric sensors, the piezoelectric sensors being spaced apart according to a first pitch, the piezoelectric actuator array includes piezoelectric actuators, the piezoelectric actuators being spaced apart according to a second pitch, the first pitch and the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hanbit Jin, Yun-Jeong Kim, Hye Jin Kim, Wooseup Youm, Chan-Hwa Hong
  • Patent number: 11749039
    Abstract: An integrated arc flash safety system and methods for remote access control and safety compliance. An electronic access control system may comprise an enclosure having a door, a door lock device, an electronic access control unit, and an arc sensor. The access controller comprises electronic hardware and software for sensor/detection operation, door lock device operation, door lock actuation, and wireless remote communication. The door lock device may be controlled by the access controller in combination with the arc sensor. The access controller may facilitate remote access control via a smart mobile computing device (e.g., mobile phone) and telecommunication with a remote cloud server via a communication network (e.g., Internet). Embodiments of the present disclosure enable rapid detection of an arc flash precondition or event within an enclosure and warning generation as well as protection and standard compliance measures to improve technician safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Security Enhancement Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Trapani, Stacey Lee Krutz-Sabol
  • Patent number: 11715355
    Abstract: A head-mountable device can include a crown module that receives input from a user and provides localized haptic feedback to the user. A magnetic element coupled to a crown can be moved by inducing magnetic fields, and the position and/or movement of the magnetic element can be detected to provide closed-loop control of the induced magnetic fields. The haptic feedback can be effectively perceived by the user at the crown without causing the entire head-mountable device to vibrate against the head and/or face of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammad F. Hossain, Riccardo Tarelli, Rui He, Jason C. Sauers, Samuel A. Resnick
  • Patent number: 11702226
    Abstract: A lighting system for air mobility may include a light emitting unit provided on a boom or a propeller of the air mobility and configured to emit light toward a ground surface so that the light is projected onto a point directed toward the ground surface from the propeller or the boom; and a control unit electrically connected to the light emitting unit and configured to control light emitting modes of the light, emitted by the light emitting unit, based on operating modes of the air mobility or operating modes of the propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Jung, Kyu Hoon Cho, Chung Sik Yim, Jae Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11693480
    Abstract: A haptic system includes a haptic device and a control device. A sensor of the haptic device detects contact of a finger of a user who grips a casing, a determination unit of the control device determines whether sensor information on a contact position of the finger detected by the sensor of the haptic device matches preset reference position information, and an instruction unit sends a notification unit a notification instruction in at least one of cases where the sensor information does not match the reference position information and where the sensor information matches the reference position information. On accepting the notification instruction, the notification unit of the haptic device notifies the user of an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger is shifted or an indication indicating that the contact position of the finger matches the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsufumi Shoji, Toshiki Wada
  • Patent number: 11688254
    Abstract: A illusory tactile sensation generation system and method via which a moving illusory tactile sensation may be created between spaced apart points on a user's skin using as few as two points of contact by varying the intensity at each point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Brian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11673684
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for monitoring the structural health of components. In an aspect is provided a system for monitoring structural health of a component that includes a mechanotropic elastomeric (ME) layer at least partially disposed on a surface of the component, the ME layer having a first portion corresponding to a first end of the component and a second portion corresponding to a second end of the component; a fiber optic light guide coupled to the first end; and a detector coupled to the second end. In another aspect is provided a method that includes pulsing an electromagnetic energy source coupled to a system comprising a ME layer; and detecting a wavelength or wavelength range by a detector, the detected wavelength or wavelength range being responsive to an amount of stimulus and being indicative of a deformation in a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Andrew M. Zweig
  • Patent number: 11669892
    Abstract: An automated resource management system for a retail business includes a point-of-sale system and an access control system in communication with the point-of-sale system. The access control system can be configured to detect, and/or receive a signal from, an electronic device associated with a customer of the retail store, such as a cellular phone. Upon automatic detection of a billable event (e.g., retrieving an item from a vending machine) while the access control system determines that the user is within the retail store, automatic billing or invoicing of the customer by the point-of-sale system can occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Whiteboard, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Keith Kolegraff
  • Patent number: 11650665
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a tactile presentation apparatus and a tactile presentation control method with which the types of tactile sensations which can be presented by means of vibration can be increased. The tactile presentation apparatus includes a first member and a second member which can vibrate individually and a first bending portion that bends between the first member and the second member and that changes the relative direction between the first member and the second member. The present technology can be applied to devices that a user operates while holding the device in a hand, for example in a theatrical performance, a movie, or an attraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Ito, Yohei Fukuma, Takeshi Ogita, Ryo Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11640205
    Abstract: A device including a piezoelectric actuator that can detect the actuation force and provide haptic feedback. The longitudinal extension of the actuator, generated for this purpose, can be reinforced in the desired direction by a deformable metal sheet. The deformable metal sheet is adhered on and has a borehole for pressure equalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Aditya Rajapurkar, Roman Puchleitner, Daniel Neuwirth, Maximillian Prall
  • Patent number: 11640207
    Abstract: Techniques, apparatuses, and systems are described for integrating haptic actuators into accessories for mobile computing device. Current accessory devices and their associated housings lack the necessary space to implement multiple haptic actuators for conveying complex haptic information. The accessory device attached to the mobile computing device provides additional space for integrating haptic actuators, which provide complex haptic information to a user of the mobile computing device. Using the haptic device accessory, the mobile computing device can convey haptic information to a user of the accessory device. In this way, a haptic device accessory can improve the otherwise limited haptic experience for a user of the accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Dimitri Kanevsky, Artem Dementyev
  • Patent number: 11595479
    Abstract: A system comprises a web-cloud security subsystem that hosts, manages, and analyzes data related to a plurality of hosted applications that provide at least one of physical access control, surveillance, alarm management, visitor management, and elevator management; at least one physical security subsystem that exchanges data with a corresponding hosted application of the web-cloud security subsystem; and a real-time control and monitoring device that provides secure access of the web-cloud security subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BLUBØX SECURITY, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barry, Sean Erik Dyer, Simon Goldshmid