Patents Examined by Michael F Whalen
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Patent number: 10393532Abstract: In an approach for determining navigation routes, a computer identifies an emergency situation and a corresponding location. The computer identifies an emergency service based on the identified emergency situation and the corresponding location. The computer identifies an emergency treatment provider based on the identified emergency situation and the corresponding location. The computer determines a navigation route based on respective locations of the identified emergency situation, the identified emergency service, and the identified emergency treatment provider. The computer identifies one or more incoming devices on the determined navigation route. The computer determines an alternate navigation route for the identified one or more incoming devices, wherein the determined alternate navigation route reduces travel on the determined navigation route.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eric A. Foreman, Sudeep Mandal
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Patent number: 10395438Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle telematics system including a telematics device and a remote server system, wherein the telematics device obtains sensor data from at least one sensor installed in a vehicle, calculates peak resultant data based on the sensor data, generates crash score data based on the peak resultant data and a set of crash curve data for the vehicle, and provides the obtained sensor data when the crash score data exceeds a crash threshold to the remote server system and the remote server system obtains vehicle sensor data and vehicle identification data from the vehicle telematics device, calculates resultant change data and absolute speed change data based on the obtained sensor data and/or the vehicle identification data, and generates crash occurred data when the resultant change data exceeds a first threshold value and when the absolute speed change data is below a second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: CalAmp Corp.Inventors: Jeff Jenkins, Greg Bayley, Peter Byrne, Gallin Chen
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Patent number: 10303415Abstract: A plurality of UAVs may be operated in a fleet, each of the UAVs in the fleet being configured to work collectively to achieve one or more functions, such as to create a display or implement an antenna array. The fleet of UAVs may operate individually and/or may be coupled to one another to operate as a collective unit. In some embodiments, one or more UAVs in the fleet may operate individually, while two or more UAVs in the fleet may be connected to one another. In such embodiments, the individual UAVs and the connected UAVs may together comprise the fleet.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Peruvemba Ranganathan Sai Ananthanarayanan, Danny Chan, Anuj Dron, Adrian Napoles, Rohit Sammeta, Steven James Wilkins
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Patent number: 10293842Abstract: An on-board device is loaded in a moving vehicle and includes a control device configured to control the traveling of the moving vehicle. In the control device, an in-field traveling instructing section determines whether a blockade moving vehicle exists to hinder the traveling of the moving vehicle on a traveling route to an inspection field in a railyard, based on different moving vehicle related data in the railyard when the moving vehicle is an inspection waiting vehicle. A traveling route securing section requests securement of the traveling route to a railyard interface device that controls branching on the traveling route when there is not the blockade moving vehicle on the traveling route. A traveling permission section permits the traveling of the moving vehicle on the secured route based on traveling route state data from the railyard interface device.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Miyajima, Takahiro Maruyama
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Patent number: 10234859Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for an example driver assistance system for a vehicle. The example driver assistance system includes a sensor module communicatively coupled to one or more sensors, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to, responsive to detecting an entry condition, disengage control of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle, and engage autopilot of the vehicle upon detecting a leading vehicle in front of the vehicle. The instructions are further executable to follow the leading vehicle at a threshold separation until detecting an exit condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Harman International Industries, IncorporatedInventor: Chethan Lokesh
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Patent number: 10227063Abstract: A medical device for monitoring biological parameters through an Abreu Brain Thermal Tunnel (ABTT) is provided. By monitoring and analyzing the temperature of the ABTT, it is possible to diagnosis changes in a patient or subject under a variety of conditions, including predicting the course of medical conditions. Furthermore, since the ABTT is predictive, analysis of the ABTT may be used to control mechanisms for safety when an impending medical condition makes such operation hazardous.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Geelux Holdings, Ltd.Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
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Patent number: 10207697Abstract: A steering wheel position control system for a vehicle comprises a controller for a vehicle. The controller includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor. The controller is programmed to receive values from the sensors. The controller commands a pivot mechanism to bias a steering wheel to a stowed position based on values from the sensors. The controller also deploys an air bag based on values from the sensors, wherein the steering wheel is pivoted out of a space envelope of the deployed airbag.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Andrew Brown, John P. Joyce, Scott J. Lauffer, Steven R. El Aile, Samer Abbas
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Patent number: 10204460Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for collecting vehicle data from a vehicle engine computer of a vehicle and a plurality of sensors disposed about the vehicle and generating feedbacks for a driver of the vehicle using at least the vehicle data. One or more validation checks may be performed before the feedbacks are provided to the driver.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Eric Todd Hodges
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Patent number: 10179625Abstract: An electrically assisted bicycle includes a crank shaft, pedals, an electric motor, a pedal effort sensor that detects a pedal effort exerted on the pedals, a propelling detection sensor that detects that the electrically assisted bicycle is starting to be propelled, and a controller that executes a first control in which a command value provided to the electric motor is obtained based on the output of the pedal effort sensor and a second control in which a command value provided to the electric motor is obtained based on the output of the pedal effort sensor and the output of the propelling detection sensor. The controller is configured or programmed to select the first control or the second control as a calculation method of a command value provided to the electric motor during a period of time from a state in which the electrically assisted bicycle is stopped until a detection of the rotation of the crank shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori Negoro, Kazuya Matsubara
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Patent number: 10139233Abstract: A method and system for compensating for soft iron magnetic disturbances in multiple heading reference systems, such as aircraft heading reference systems, integrated standby units; or vehicle inertial systems, detects and provides a heading correction signal to the error prone heading reference system when a detected difference in value between a gyro heading relative to magnetic north and a magnetometer reading during a defined measurement period exceeds a predetermined acceptable threshold value of change, such as one based on the expected gyro drift over that period. Upon receipt of the heading correction signal, the gyro heading is adjusted to maintain an accurate heading relative to true magnetic north. If this threshold value is not exceeded, then the magnetometer reading is used for the heading value. This method is periodically repeated in order to continually maintain an accurate heading and may be employed for each heading measurement axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc.Inventors: Shahram Askarpour, Geoffrey S. M. Hedrick
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Method and system for compensating for soft iron magnetic disturbances in a heading reference system
Patent number: 10119819Abstract: A method and system for compensating for significant soft iron magnetic disturbances in a heading reference system, such as an aircraft heading reference system, such as an integrated standby unit; or a vehicle inertial system, provides a heading correction signal to the heading reference system when a detected difference in value between a gyro heading relative to magnetic north and a magnetometer reading during a defined measurement period exceeds a predetermined acceptable threshold value of change, such as one based on the expected gyro drift over that period. Upon receipt of the heading correction signal, the gyro heading is adjusted to maintain an accurate heading relative to true magnetic north. If this threshold value is not exceeded, then the magnetometer reading is used for the heading value. This method is iteratively repeated in order to continually maintain an accurate heading and may be employed for each heading measurement axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT, INC.Inventor: Shahram Askarpour -
Patent number: 10077017Abstract: A device for controlling personal protection apparatus in a vehicle includes: at least one sensor unit that acquires at least one physical quantity; and evaluation and control unit which (i) produces, from the at least one acquired physical quantity, at least one signal curve that characterizes an impact, (ii) determines, as a function of an energy dissipation behavior of the vehicle, at least one temporal phase in the produced signal curve, and (iii) evaluates the at least one phase for crash classification and for a triggering decision for the personal protection apparatus. The evaluation and control unit retroactively calculates at least one feature of the energy dissipation based on a characteristic time in the signal curve that represents the end of a first temporal phase.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Simon Koenig, Werner Nitschke, Dirk John, Gunther Lang, Mustafa Ajanovic
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Patent number: 10036642Abstract: An automated vehicle (AV) can be managed by a backend system and include an acceleration, braking, and steering system, an AV control system to maneuver the AV through road traffic throughout a given region, a memory to store a network resource map indicating locations of base stations and available network types providing coverage from the base stations throughout the given region, a communications array to transmit and receive communications from the backend system, and a communications system. The communications system can utilize the network resource map to dynamically select optimal network types from proximate base stations to communicate data with the backend system, and dynamically configure the communications array to connect with the optimal network types to transmit and receive data with the backend system.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William Ross, Michael Aitken
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Patent number: 10005465Abstract: A moving body control device includes an attitude angle detection section configured to detect ah attitude angle of an inverted moving body, a command value generation section configured to generate an attitude angular speed command value of the inverted moving body according to the attitude angle detected by the attitude angle detection section, a control section configured to control drive of the inverted moving body according to the attitude angular speed command value generated by the command value generation section, a determination section configured to make a determination whether or not the inverted moving body travels in a constant direction for a prescribed time or longer, and an acceleration-deceleration command section configured to increase or decrease the attitude angular speed command value generated by the command value generation section when the determination section makes a determination that travel is performed in the constant direction for the prescribed time or longer.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideki Kondo
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Patent number: 9977243Abstract: A method for providing safety-related information of a vehicle using smart glasses includes performing wireless connection with the vehicle, determining whether a driver does not remain focused on the road, requesting the safety-related information from the vehicle upon determination of inattention to the road, and displaying the safety-related information upon reception of the safety-related information from the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventor: Kyong Jo Jung