Patents Examined by Mark S. Rushing
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Patent number: 11656667Abstract: An integrated security system that includes a security coprocessor coupled to a conventional security system panel and an interactive security system. The integrated security system enables conventional security system features as well as the consumer-oriented interactive features and functions of an interactive security system without sacrificing reliability or the significant burden and cost associated with frequent software updates associated with conventional security systems. The integrated security system also minimizes or eliminates the need for new battery backup circuitry or larger batteries.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: iControl Networks, Inc.Inventors: Reza Raji, Aaron Wood, Robert Hazbun
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Patent number: 11640575Abstract: A method of redeploying waste containers in a waste collection system with an active or passive signal means requires a user to aim an optical character recognition reader at a waste container comprising a unique optical waste container identifier. The optical character recognition reader reads unique waste container optical identifier. The unique waste container optical identifier is converted to a unique electronically formatted waste container identifier. A unique radio frequency signal identifier is stored on a radio frequency emitting tag and associated with the unique electronically formatted waste container identifier. The radio frequency emitting tag is attached to the waste container.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Advanced Custom Engineered Systems & Equipment Co.Inventor: Christopher Flood
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Patent number: 11626014Abstract: A traffic controlling system is provided that can include a platform, a sensor, and a control unit. The platform can have a top side, a locomotion system, and a receiving area. The locomotion system can be configured to move the platform into a preselected position. The receiving area configured to receive a traffic indicator module. The sensor, which can include a camera, can be configured to generate location data of the platform. The camera can capture or record surrounding data for navigational purposes or for other highway traffic control and monitoring purposes. The control unit can be configured to receive the location data. The control unit can also be configured to determine if the platform is in the preselected position. The control unit can be further configured to execute instructions including the pathway that the platform needs to travel to be positioned in the preselected position.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: PIONEER INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS, LLCInventor: Todd Hendricks, Jr.
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Patent number: 11615682Abstract: A detection system for measuring one or more conditions within an area. At least one fiber optic cable transmits light wherein the at least one fiber optic cable defines a plurality of nodes arranged to measure the one or more conditions. A control system communicates with the at least one fiber optic cable such that scattered light and a time of flight record is transmitted from the at least one fiber optic cable to the control system. The control system includes a detection algorithm operable to identify a portion of the scattered light associated with each of the plurality of nodes. When determining an alert, the control system transmits data associated with a presence and magnitude of the one or more conditions at each of the plurality of nodes to a cloud computing environment and, in return, receives a notification based on the data transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Jie Xi, Michael J. Birnkrant, Junyang Lin, Jun Hou, Tianyuan Chen, Craig R. Walker
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Patent number: 11609357Abstract: Devices and systems for determining personal outdoor comfort are described herein. One device includes instructions executable to receive inputs corresponding to characteristics of a user associated with a mobile device, determine a location of the mobile device, communicate an indication of the characteristics and the determined location to a computing device, and receive an outdoor comfort determination from the computing device, wherein the outdoor comfort determination is particular to the user based on the characteristics of the user and particular to the location of the mobile device based on a plurality of environmental parameters associated with the location of the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Weathervane Labs, LLCInventors: Brian Smoliak, Jason Smoliak
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Patent number: 11602092Abstract: A frame control system for an agricultural implement includes a first sensor configured to be coupled to a sub-frame of the agricultural implement and directed toward a soil surface. The first sensor is configured to emit a first output signal toward the soil surface and to receive a first return signal indicative of a first height of the sub-frame above the soil surface. The frame control system also includes a first sub-frame actuator configured to be coupled to the sub-frame and to a main frame of the agricultural implement. The first sub-frame actuator is configured to control a first position of the sub-frame relative to the main frame along a vertical axis. In addition, the frame control system includes a controller configured to control the first sub-frame actuator such that a difference between the first height and a target height is less than a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Michael George Kovach
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Patent number: 11596357Abstract: A sleep study system comprises a set of sensors for monitoring physiological parameters of a subject during sleep as part of a sleep study and for monitoring the sleep stage of the subject. It is determined if intervention to the subject is needed for maintenance or repair to the sleep study system. If so, a time to perform the intervention is also derived based on the sleep stage of the subject, in particular so as to be least disruptive to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Stefan Winter, Edmund Arnliot Shaw
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Patent number: 11600164Abstract: Disclosed is a child safety system for a vehicle that can alert a driver of the vehicle about the presence of a child in the vehicle when the door of the vehicle is opened. The disclosed child safety system includes a plurality of weight sensor pads that can connect with different seats of the vehicle. The plurality of sensor pads can connect to a central unit through a splitter. The central unit includes an audio alarm, a light source, and a battery. The disclosed system further includes a magnetic door switch that can be installed on the driver's side door for detecting the opening of the door. The magnetic door switch can also be electrically connected to the central unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: Samuel Morrison
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Patent number: 11579765Abstract: Provided is an olfactory data sharing terminal including a receiver configured to receive olfactory data obtained by sensing an odor of an object through an olfactory sensor; a preference determiner configured to determine whether a user prefers the received olfactory data, based on a user olfactory function fuser(x); and a display displaying a user preference for the received olfactory data.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jae Eun Jang, Hyuk Jun Kwon, Che Il Moon, Kyung In Jang, Ji Hwan Choi, Han Kyoung Choe, Su Jin Heo
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Patent number: 11560742Abstract: A door security apparatus includes a storage container including a slot, a door-locking member and a sensor assembly. The door-locking member is removably disposed within the slot of the storage container. The sensor assembly is associated with the door-locking member. The sensor assembly is configured to detect removal of the door-locking member from the slot of the storage container.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Inventors: Joseph Curtis Taylor, Jack Roy Taylor
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Patent number: 11558681Abstract: A system is disclosed for monitoring waste collected by a service vehicle. The system may include a lift actuator configured to cause lifting of the waste, a power takeoff driven by a powertrain of the service vehicle to power the lift actuator, and a sensor configured to generate a speed signal indicative of a speed of the powertrain. The system may also include an output device, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the output device. The controller may be configured to receive the speed signal from the sensor, determine an amount of waste lifted by the lift actuator based on the speed signal, and relay the amount of waste to the output device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: RUBICON TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Hunter Dane Dunbar
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Patent number: 11557387Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) robot includes a body for defining an exterior appearance and containing a medicine to be discharged according to a medication schedule, a support, an image capture unit for capturing an image within a traveling zone to create image information, and a controller for discharging the medicine to a user according to the medication schedule, reading image data of the user to determine whether the user has taken the medicine, and reading image data and biometric data of the user after the medicine-taking to determine whether there is abnormality in the user. The AI robot identifies a user and discharges a medicine matched with the user, so as to prevent errors. The AI robot detects a user's reaction after medicine-taking through a sensor, and performs deep learning, etc. to learn the user's reaction, to determine an emergency situation, etc. and cope with a result of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Wonhee Lee
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Patent number: 11548461Abstract: A vehicular safety system includes a rear camera, a left side camera and a right side camera disposed at a vehicle. A control includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the cameras to detect a rear-approaching vehicle that is approaching from rearward of the equipped vehicle. When reverse gear of the equipped vehicle is not engaged, and responsive to determination of a potential collision between the detected rear-approaching vehicle and the equipped vehicle, a safety feature of the equipped vehicle is triggered before actual impact occurs. If actual impact does not occur, the triggered safety feature returns to its condition that existed prior to the determination of the potential collision between the detected rear-approaching vehicle and the equipped vehicle. Operation of the safety feature when the reverse gear is engaged is different from operation of the safety feature when the reverse gear is not engaged.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Ove J. Salomonsson
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Patent number: 11538320Abstract: Provided is a parking space information system including at least one sensor set up for detecting vehicle data of vehicles in the parking space, an evaluation device set up for receiving the detected vehicle data and for determining a drive type of the vehicle depending on the detected vehicle data, and set up for outputting the determined drive type.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: FOGTEC Brandschutz GmbHInventor: Dirk K. Sprakel
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Patent number: 11530568Abstract: A method for controlling door movements of a controllable door of a motor vehicle, and a motor vehicle component. A control device and a sensor arrangement are attributed to the door. The door has a controllable motion influencing device, wherein a motion of a door wing of the door can be controlled and influenced by way of the motion influencing device to alternate between a closed position and an open position. The control device obtains position data which are representative of the geographic position of the motor vehicle and the control device controls movements of the door wing in dependence on the position data.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: INVENTUS Engineering GmbHInventor: Stefan Battlogg
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Patent number: 11521469Abstract: A method at an electronic device with an array of indicator lights includes: obtaining first visual output instructions stored at the electronic device, where the first visual output instructions control operation of the array of indicator lights based on operating state of the electronic device; receiving a voice input; obtaining from a remote system a response to the voice input and second visual output instructions, where the second visual output instructions are provided by the remote system along with the response in accordance with a determination that the voice input satisfies one or more criteria; executing the response; and displaying visual output on the array of indicator lights in accordance with the second visual output instructions, where otherwise in absence of the second visual output instructions the electronic device displays visual output on the array of indicator lights in accordance with the first visual output instructions.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Kenneth Mixter, Yuan Yuan
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Patent number: 11517146Abstract: A cooking assistance appliance can include a body, at least one camera, at least one sensor, and an imaging device for capturing an image of a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance can provide for monitoring use of the cooking appliance, as well as assisting the user in operating the cooking appliance. Additionally, the cooking assistance appliance can be integrated into a hood or a microwave oven and vent combination above a stovetop.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Collin A. Stipe, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Christopher D. Cullen, Andrea Gallivanoni, Gregory Bauman, Aaron Edward Showers, Rahul S. Dudhe, Natalie Hillmann, Tushar Ashok Kalbande, Ajit Janardan Manohar, Rahul R. Pandey, Neomar Giacomini, Kevin Chase, Josh Abdoo, Larissa Ducci De Araujo, Sugosh Venkataraman, Andrea Ferrise
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Patent number: 11508226Abstract: The inventory control system process includes steps for printing a circuit to a sheet stock having at least one ID tag formed therewith such that the circuit is carried by the ID tag, assigning a unique identification code to the circuit associated with the ID tag, removing the ID tag carrying the circuit from the sheet stock, associating the removed ID tag with a product, and entering the product into an inventory control system secured in connection with a user account accessible only by an authorized user associated with the user account, for real-time location tracking of the product thereof by way of the circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Worthwhile ProductsInventor: Stanley B. Solomon
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Patent number: 11498457Abstract: A vehicle control system monitors an infant possibly left behind in a cabin of a vehicle. The vehicle control system performs a danger avoidance process of either avoiding or reducing a danger to the infant based on a monitoring result. The vehicle control system includes an image acquirer for acquiring one or more vehicle stationary images indicating an interior of the cabin. The one or more vehicle stationary images are captured by an imaging device during stopping of the vehicle. A leaving behind determiner is provided to determine presence or absence of an infant left behind in the cabin based one or more vehicle stationary images.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiko Ito
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Patent number: 11479422Abstract: Vehicle-based package delivery and alignment systems and methods are provided herein. An example method includes performing a first alignment of a delivery door of a vehicle with a receiving door of a package locker using location signals that are indicative of a location of the package locker, performing a second alignment of the delivery door with the receiving door based on camera images of an alignment target, and transferring a package from the vehicle to the package locker.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Kendra White, Kristopher Brown, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman