Patents Examined by Nay Tun
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Patent number: 11783696Abstract: A tool for performing diagnostics on a fire detection system includes an induction coil which includes two halves that may be selectively opened and closed to surround a wire in the system and sense current through the wire. A diagnostic module and a conduit provide communication of data of the sensed current between the induction coil and the diagnostic module. The diagnostic module is configured to decode the data to interpret communications sent through the wire.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Michael Lawrence Golob, Juan F. Posada, Dennis Michael Gadonniex
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Patent number: 11780405Abstract: A vehicle alarm assembly includes a housing that is positionable in a vehicle. A communication unit is integrated into the housing and the communication unit is in remote communication with a personal electronic device and an extrinsic communication network. A plurality of motion sensors is each integrated into the housing to sense motion within a predetermined distance of the vehicle. A plurality of cameras is each integrated into the housing to visually monitor the surrounding area of the vehicle. A microphone is integrated into the housing to capture audio and a speaker is remotely positioned with respect to the housing to emit audible sound outwardly from the housing. Each of the motion sensors, the cameras and the microphone is in communication with the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventor: Vincent Bell
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Patent number: 11772719Abstract: The technology relates to enhancing the operation of autonomous vehicles. Extendible sensors are deployed based on detected or predicted conditions around a vehicle while operating in a self-driving mode. When not needed, the sensors are fully retracted into the vehicle to reduce drag and increase fuel economy. When the onboard system determines that there is a need for a deployable sensor, such as to enhance the field of view of the perception system, the sensor is extended in a predetermined manner. The deployment may depend on one or more operating conditions and/or particular driving scenarios. These and other sensors of the vehicle may be protected with a rugged housing, for instance to protect against damage from the elements. And in other situations, deployable foils may extend from the vehicle's chassis to increase drag and enhance braking. This may be helpful for large trucks in steep descent situations.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Vijaysai Patnaik, William Grossman
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Patent number: 11745699Abstract: A vehicle security system for a vehicle deters break-ins with an infrared sensor that monitors the interior of the vehicle. When movement is detected by the infrared sensor, the lights and sirens of an armed vehicle are activated. The security system automatically arms when the ignition of the vehicle is turned off and automatically disarms when the ignition of the vehicle is turned on.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Assembled Products CorporationInventor: Kelly Irwin
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Patent number: 11745700Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling power modes of a vehicle and for providing passive entry to the vehicle. A sleep command can be sent from a central controller to multiple domain controllers to enter a sleep state. When the sleep command is received by a first domain controller, a sleep state is entered. When the sleep command is received by a second domain controller, a stealth state is entered. While in the stealth state, the second domain controller periodically wakes up from a sleep state to monitor a condition. In response to detecting a first condition, the second domain controller returns to the sleep state. In response to detecting a second condition, the second domain controller sends a notification of the second condition to the central controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Thomas Rocroi, Ryan Kent, Akash Sridhara Acharya, Leonid Kokhnovych, Hyundoo Shin, Nicolas Viglucci
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Patent number: 11749077Abstract: There is provide a method of installing a security alarm system in a building having one of a doorbell chime, a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector and a thermostat in an existing location. The method includes disconnecting the one of the doorbell chime, the smoke detector, the carbon monoxide detector and the thermostat from existing wiring thereof. The method includes removing from the existing location the one of the doorbell chime, the smoke detector, the carbon monoxide detector and the thermostat. The method includes installing in the existing location a security control panel. The method includes connecting the existing wiring to the security control panel so as to receive power therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: 1010210 B.C. Ltd.Inventors: Julian Paul Carlson, Paul Justin Carlson
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Patent number: 11741427Abstract: An inventory control system is described that includes a tool storage device including a drawer or a tray providing a pallet, wherein the pallet includes storage locations for objects; a sensing device configured to form an image of the storage locations; and a data processor configured to determine presence or absence of the pallet and presence or absence of objects within the storage locations of the pallet using the information from the image.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Snap-On IncorporatedInventors: Preston Phillips, David C. Fly, Matthew J. Lipsey, Joseph Chwan, Frederick J. Rogers
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Patent number: 11732523Abstract: A vehicle power window control device includes an opening-closing section, a detection section, and a controller. The opening-closing section is disposed at a side door of a vehicle, and is configured to move window glass provided at the side door. The detection section is disposed at a location further toward a vehicle upper side than an armrest of the side door and further toward a vehicle front side than a door inner handle of the side door, and is configured to detect a hand movement by an occupant within a detection region set at a vehicle inner side of the location. The controller closes the window glass in a case in which an upward hand movement by the occupant has been detected by the detection section, and opens the window glass in a case in which a downward hand movement by the occupant has been detected by the detection section.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiro Iwano, Masaki Ito
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Patent number: 11724668Abstract: A vehicle includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin. The vehicle includes a truck bed cover that is sized to cover the truck bed and is movably attached to one or more walls of the truck bed to allow the truck bed cover to be moved between open and closed positions. The truck bed cover includes a latching device that engages a striker in the closed position. A sensing device is mounted in the truck bed that is configured to provide an indication of an open condition of the truck bed cover to a vehicle locking and security ECU. The locking and security ECU configured to provide an indication using an OEM security system of the vehicle when the open condition is detected.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Justin B. Norris, Frank A. Richards, Alexander L. Paradis
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Patent number: 11724666Abstract: Vehicle occupant monitoring systems and methods detect a door of a vehicle being closed. Upon detecting the door being closed, a key fob state of the vehicle and an occupant state of the vehicle are determined. It is determined whether to present at least one type of alert based on the key fob state and the occupant state.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Luis Antonio Cisneros
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Patent number: 11702033Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device includes sensors laid out in a vehicle along an axis in an opening-closing direction of a door of the vehicle. When the user moves a part of a body toward the sensors and a motion of moving the part of the body along the axis is detected, the sensors detect an opening-closing operation for the door. The vehicle operation detection device further includes light-emitting members laid out in the vehicle along the axis in the opening-closing direction and an operation direction indicator configured to drive the light-emitting members in sequence in a first direction in a fully-closed state of the door and drives the light-emitting members in sequence in a second direction in a fully-open state of the door.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayaka Shimizu, Takaya Aiyama, Koichi Hirota, Hiroshi Shingu, Kenichiro Kagawa, Toshihiro Kaneda, Makoto Ono, Satoshi Katayama
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Patent number: 11699340Abstract: A condition-responsive wearable device for sensing and indicating proximity of an article with a specific characteristic includes a processor and a sensor. The sensor is configured to detect an article with two or more information sources within a predetermined distance of the sensor. The information sources contain characteristic information of the article. The wearable device also includes a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive predefined characteristic information, select detected characteristic information from at least two of the information sources to compare with the predefined characteristic information, and compare the selected detected characteristic information with the predefined characteristic information. The wearable device includes an indicator configured to generate an alarm in response to detecting a match between the selected detected characteristic information and the predefined characteristic information.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Michael Bakr Mossoba, Salik Shah
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Patent number: 11696712Abstract: An apparatus for modifying alarms at a medical device for alarm fatigue management is provided and includes an alarm monitor, an alarm filter, an alarm modifier, a memory element for storing data, and a processor that executes instructions associated with the data, wherein the processor and the memory element cooperate such that the apparatus is configured for receiving an alarm condition from an alarm management engine, the alarm condition based on an alarm fatigue level of a user of the medical device, the alarm fatigue level based on at least a user fatigue model, a medical device model and a patient condition, receiving an alarm from the medical device, modifying the alarm according to the alarm condition, the alarm condition being configured to increase a likelihood of the user responding to the modified alarm, and generating an alarm indicator based on the modification.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: VCCB Holdings, Inc.Inventors: David Dyell, Christopher Rogowski, Scott Kahler, Jennifer Milan
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Patent number: 11697395Abstract: An intrusion detection system for a vehicle includes a radar sensor, a calculator, and an alarm system adapted to generate an alarm, the radar sensor being adapted to detect the presence of a body within the vehicle, the calculator being adapted to categorize each detected body as either a “human” category or an “other” category and to trigger the alarm system only when at least one of the detected body(ies) is categorized as “human”. Also included is an associated vehicle and method.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIEInventors: Omar Ben Abdelaziz, Alexander Van Laack
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Patent number: 11691597Abstract: A vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include at least one computing device couple to a plurality of sensors and a wireless transceiver. The plurality of sensors can be configured to sense measurements proximate to a vehicle. The at least one computing device can be configured to read a plurality of first measurements of a first sensor of the plurality of sensors. Based on the plurality of first measurements from the first sensor, the at least one computing device can determine that a key fob moved outside of a range of the first sensor. In response to the key fob moving outside of the range of the first sensor, the at least one computing device can transition to an armed state. The at least one computing device can read a plurality of second measurements from a subset of the plurality of sensors. Based on the plurality of second measurements, the at least one computing device can determine that a person has entered the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Keep Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David E. Moeller, Rahul Maran, Aditya Chavan
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Patent number: 11689833Abstract: In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) having at least one sensor configured to generate a stream of usage data; and an analytical stream processing component comprising: a communication component that receives the stream of usage data; a memory configured to store at least a portion of the stream of usage data and at least one model for detecting a safety event signature, wherein the at least one model is trained based as least in part on a set of usage data generated by one or more other articles of PPE of a same type as the article of PPE; and one or more computer processors configured to: detect the safety event signature in the stream of usage data based on processing the stream of usage data with the model, and generate an output in response to detecting the safety event signature.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Steven T. Awiszus, Eric C. Lobner, Michael G. Wurm, Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Jia Hu, Matthew J. Blackford, Keith G. Mattson, Ronald D. Jesme, Nathan J. Anderson
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Patent number: 11667264Abstract: An unauthorized intrusion prevention device is provided that, in response to detection of abnormality in an electronic control device mounted in a movable body, gives an instruction for executing measures for the movable body. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device acquires first information related to a protection function of the electronic control device and second information related to a function of the electronic control device other than the protection function. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using the first information, performs a first determination of whether the protection function is normal. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using the second information, performs a second determination of whether the function other than the protection function is normal or abnormal. The unauthorized intrusion prevention device, using results of first and second determination, determines as the measures a blocking method of blocking unauthorized information in the movable object.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Reiichirou Imoto, Takeshi Sugashima, Masumi Egawa
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Patent number: 11656833Abstract: One broad aspect of the invention features a shelving facing display. The shelving facing display includes a housing, an electronic display, and multiple product sensors. The housing is mountable to a forward edge of a product shelf. The electronic display is mounted to the housing and arranged to be viewed from in front of the shelf. The electronic display is controllable to present desired images across at least a majority of a width of the shelf. The multiple product sensors are mounted to the housing. Each sensor is arranged to detect product on a respective width of the shelf. The display is configured to alter a displayed image in response to input from the product sensors.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Anthony, Inc.Inventor: Garth Trevor Nel
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Patent number: 11634939Abstract: A method and a device for controlling door movements of a controllable door of a motor vehicle. A control device and a sensor arrangement are assigned to the door and the door has a controllable motion influencing device. A motion of a door wing of the door is controlled and influenced by the motion influencing device to alternate between a closed position and an open position. The motion influencing device includes a driving device with a drive motor. The sensor arrangement includes a current sensor which detects the motor current of the drive motor. While closing the door wing the control device detects an obstacle when the door wing is not yet closed and the power input of the drive motor rises above a predetermined threshold. Then the control device stops the drive motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: INVENTUS Engineering GmbHInventor: Stefan Battlogg
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Patent number: 11624207Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart key for a vehicle including a substrate part on which components are mounted, a key accommodation part formed on the substrate part and into which an auxiliary key part is inserted, a reinforcement part coupled to the substrate part and augmenting rigidity, and a case part covering the substrate part, the key accommodation part, and the reinforcement part to augment the rigidity thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: YoungJin Hyun, JiYong Ahn