Patents Examined by Mohamed Barakat
  • Patent number: 11731486
    Abstract: Provided is a control unit and a system for monitoring in real-time and/or controlling the air quality of a vehicle cabin. Upon receiving input data from various sensors in the cabin of the vehicle, the control unit processes the data and outputs a unified processed/calculated data of all the sensed data from sensors in the cabin that is indicative of the general air quality in the cabin. In addition, the control unit may output instructions of operations that need to be carried out for optimal circulation of the air that results in improvement of the air quality within the cabin. These instructions of operations may be also affected from data that is received by the control unit that is indicative of the air quality in the surrounding of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CRISPIFY LTD
    Inventors: Adam Feldman, Yoad Langer
  • Patent number: 11724762
    Abstract: A motorcycle including a motorcycle body having a front part, a tail part and a central part between the front part and the tail part front and rear wheels constrained to the motorcycle body (2,3,4), a traction engine constrained to the motorcycle body (2,3,4) and operatively connected to at least one of the wheels, at least one optical signalling device fixed to the motorcycle body arranged and oriented so as to be visible by a vehicle that is following the motorcycle, an electronic control unit of the optical signalling device operatively connected to the optical signalling device, an obstacle sensor fixed to the motorcycle body (2,3,4) and operatively connected to the electronic control unit, where the electronic control unit is adapted and configured to receive at least one output signal supplied by the obstacle sensor, verifying whether said output signal meets at least one logical activation condition and, in such case, turning on the optical signalling device to signal a risk of collision with the moto
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mario Donato Santucci, Onorino Di Tanna
  • Patent number: 11726503
    Abstract: An implementation is for a two-phase shutoff of a device having a sensor coupled to an integral shutoff system. One example includes a metering system with a sensor coupled to an integral shutoff system, wherein the sensor is used to perform a measurement which indicates that a first threshold has been met, a first response system configured to perform at least one action with respect to receiving the indication that the first threshold was met, the at least one action occurring while the integral shutoff system remains inactivated, a second response system configured to receive an indication from the metering system, wherein the sensor is used to perform a second measurement which indicates that a second threshold has been met, and a second response system configured to perform at least one additional action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Sean M. Scoggins, Lakshmi Viswanathan Krishnan, Markus Boelter, Christof Hermann Esselmann, Prasad Samudrala, Murali Krishna Bezawada, Gerald John Paprocki
  • Patent number: 11714984
    Abstract: A system for determining positions of labels. Each label includes a processor and a transmitting and receiving device, and each label is configured for transmitting an electromagnetic first type beacon signal. The labels are also configured for receiving first type beacon signals from other labels, and for determining first type positioning data. The labels are also configured to transmit information about the positioning data. The system includes a receiver for receiving transmitted information about the positioning data, and a computer configured to calculate, on the basis of the received information, the relative positions of the labels relative to each other. The information about the relative positions of the labels can be exported by means of an electrical information signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: NEDAP N.V.
    Inventor: Jeroen Martin Van Dijk
  • Patent number: 11715375
    Abstract: A parking assisting method, device and system for a motor vehicle are provided. The parking assisting method includes the following steps: obtaining a relative position of an available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle; outputting a display instruction to the digital projector according to the relative position of the available parking spot relative to the motor vehicle; and projecting a projection image to the available parking spot by the digital projector according to the display instruction. The projection image is provided for indicating the available parking spot area will be occupied. The display instruction includes an image position for the projection image, so as to change the position of the projection image in the projection range, so that the position of the projection image in the available parking spot is substantially kept unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wangfeng Chen, Haiyang Yang
  • Patent number: 11713116
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to reusable containers having a locking feature and geographic location tracking capabilities. In particular, the present disclosure relates reusable containers having a locking feature and geographic location tracking capabilities for autonomous delivery of goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Vince Scalabrino
  • Patent number: 11711672
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for calculating a predicted location of a location tracking device. In an aspect, a wireless communications device detects a breach of a geofence made by the location tracking device, receives data representing a state of the location tracking device, the state of the location tracking device comprising at least a current location of the location tracking device and a velocity of the location tracking device, and determines, based on the data representing the state of the location tracking device, the predicted location of the location tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrea Villa, Suzana Arellano
  • Patent number: 11708085
    Abstract: An awakening degree detecting device outputs awakening degree information corresponding to an awakening degree of a driver of a vehicle. A stimulus providing device provides the driver with a stimulus including at least one of a vibration stimulus imparting vibration and an apparent motion stimulus giving an illusion of motion presence. A control device outputs, based on the awakening degree information, a first control signal causing the stimulus providing device to provide the stimulus in a case where the awakening degree is less than a first threshold, and to output a second control signal causing the stimulus providing device to provide the stimulus after the first control signal is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Shuhei Takeuchi, Aya Kadono, Masahiko Miyata, Motohiro Kojima, Yoshimasa Miura, Koji Iwakata
  • Patent number: 11705141
    Abstract: The disclosed technologies relate to reducing audible distractions for a driver of a vehicle. A method includes obtaining audio data based on sound detected inside the vehicle, identifying an audio event based on the audio data, determining a distraction rating for the audio event, the distraction rating indicating an estimated level of distraction caused by the audio event, and generating an alert when the distraction rating exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Gupta, Ziran Wang, Kyungtae Han, Prashant Tiwari
  • Patent number: 11704986
    Abstract: In an aspect, the present disclosure includes a system for detecting metal foil using millimeter wave (mmWave) for retail applications. The system comprises one or more pedestals positioned to define an exit portal leading to a point of exit, one or more security tag readers, fixedly positioned with the one or more pedestals, configured to read data from a security tag passing through the exit portal and one or more mmWave receivers, fixedly positioned near the point of exit, configured to receive one or more reflected mmWave beams from metal foil, wherein the detection of metal foil results in an alert message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: John A. Allen, Michael Del Busto
  • Patent number: 11706861
    Abstract: Position indicating devices, systems and methods useable for signaling the positions of pedestrians or vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: James R. Selevan, Adam Jordan Selevan, Daniel Joseph Selevan
  • Patent number: 11699521
    Abstract: A wearable defibrillator includes one or more environmental sensors including an accelerometer, one or more ECG sensors configured to acquire ECG data, and an alarm manager and at least one processor operatively coupled to the one or more ECG sensors and the accelerometer. The at least one processor is configured to detect a cardiac abnormality in the patient, identify a notification having one or more characteristics, and detect an environmental condition of the wearable defibrillator. The accelerometer is configured to detect a presence or lack of patient motion, and/or detect a body position of the patient as the detected environmental condition. The at least one processor is configured to determine whether one or more factors exist that inhibit the patient's ability to recognize the notification, on determining their existence, adapt the one or more characteristics of the notification and provide an adapted notification, and issue the adapted notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kaib, Shane S. Volpe, John G. Clark
  • Patent number: 11685395
    Abstract: An autonomous driving assistance device includes: a determination unit for determining whether or not a driver of a vehicle needs a rest on the basis of detection information of a state of the driver; and a control unit for causing an output device of the vehicle to output a pattern that prompts the driver to sleep through at least one of sight, hearing, or touch during a period in which the vehicle has started moving to a parking area and is parked at the parking area in a case where the determination unit has determined that the driver needs a rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Misato Yuasa, Shinsaku Fukutaka, Munetaka Nishihira, Akiko Imaishi, Tsuyoshi Sempuku
  • Patent number: 11688185
    Abstract: A consciousness state determination system comprises a first image-taking section which is mounted on a vehicle and takes images of a driver of the vehicle, an electronic control unit which executes a consciousness state determination process of determining whether the driver is conscious, based on a first image corresponding to the image of the driver taken by the first image-taking section, and a mobile terminal carried by the driver. The electronic control unit is configured to determine whether the driver is conscious, based on terminal-side information corresponding to information acquired by the mobile terminal when a predetermined condition that a reliability level of a determination result obtained from the consciousness state determination process is presumably low, becomes satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11687800
    Abstract: Optimizing and/or personalizing activities to a user through artificial intelligence and/or virtual reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: P TECH, LLC
    Inventors: Peter M. Bonutti, Justin E. Beyers, Tonya M. Bierman
  • Patent number: 11685384
    Abstract: The invention is related to a method for driver alertness detection, The method comprises the steps of determining a vanishing point of a vehicle in motion; determining over time, by an eye tracking device, a set of gaze points of the driver of the vehicle; determining a gaze movement from the set of gaze points; and identifying an alertness of the driver, based on a direction of the gaze movement relative to the vanishing point being outward. Further, the invention is related to an eye tracking device for driver alertness detection, an alertness detection system, a computer program, and a computer-readable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventor: Andrew Ratcliff
  • Patent number: 11682301
    Abstract: The automatic control system of the smart bus platform includes a plurality of electronic devices provided in the shelter and a control unit. The control unit controls at least one of the plurality of electronic devices based on at least one of the number of users and a prospective staying time of the users in the shelter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: E.P. Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hae Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11682251
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for authenticating devices and using an authenticated device to determine an access decision include a computing system including a network interface circuit that facilitates communication via a network and a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory. The processing circuit approves or denies a request to access a secured device. The processing circuit comprises an access management circuit that receives and interprets the access request to identify a user, an authentication database storing authentication data, and a workforce database storing credential data. The access management circuit retrieves the authentication data from the authentication database to determine the user device associated with the access request. The access management circuit retrieves the credential data from the workforce database based on the identification of the user and the authentication data to determine an access decision and approve or deny access to the secured device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Viva Gupta, Margaret S. Honeycutt, Dennis E. Montenegro, Matthew Pearce, Erick V. Tengelitsch
  • Patent number: 11677847
    Abstract: Techniques are described for using sensor data derived from a monitoring system to drive personalized content. Sensor data captured by a monitoring system may be used to determine attributes of users of the monitoring system and/or attributes of a property monitored by the monitoring system. The determined attributes may be used to select content to present to users of the monitoring system. Content presentation may be made through the monitoring system and may be triggered based on events detected by the monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Trundle, Jean-Paul Martin, Alison Jane Slavin
  • Patent number: 11676482
    Abstract: A hand-held device having a touch sensitive surface uses a relative distance from an origin location to each of a plurality of touch zones of the touch sensitive surface activated by a user to select a one of the plurality of touch zones as being intended for activation by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Arsham Hatambeiki, Jeffrey Kohanek, Naimisaranya D. Busek