Patents Examined by Omeed Alizada
  • Patent number: 11718225
    Abstract: An agricultural work vehicle for operating in a field includes a chassis, a cab mounted to the chassis for an operator to control the work vehicle, a controller for controlling operation of the work vehicle, a lighting system of the work vehicle comprising at least one array field light, and a light control module disposed in electrical communication with the controller. The light control module operably controls the at least one array field light. The controller transmits a signal to the light control module indicative of an intended path of travel of the work vehicle. The at least one array field light projects a light emission corresponding to the intended path of travel onto the field at a location visible to the operator while operating the work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Nathan R. Demski, Brian M. Huenink, Eric A. Keen
  • Patent number: 11707985
    Abstract: An assembly includes a steering column and an instrument panel. A bezel is fixed to the instrument panel. A releasable panel is releasably connected to the bezel. A cable extending from the releasable panel to the steering column. In the event of a vehicle impact, the releasable panel releases from the bezel to absorb energy from the steering column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Mangesh Kadam
  • Patent number: 11707197
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide physiological movement detection, such as gesture, breathing, cardiac and/or gross motion, such as with sound, radio frequency and/or infrared generation, by electronic devices such as vehicular processing devices. The electronic device in a vehicle may, for example, be any of an audio entertainment system, a vehicle navigation system, and a semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle operations control system. One or more processors of the device, may detect physiological movement by controlling producing sensing signal(s) in a cabin of a vehicle housing the electronic device. The processor(s) control sensing, with a sensor, reflected signal(s) from the cabin. The processor(s) derive a physiological movement signal with the sensing signal and reflected signal and generate an output based on an evaluation of the derived physiological movement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventors: Redmond Shouldice, Stephen McMahon
  • Patent number: 11702006
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a light emitting device having a light emitting portion that is linear and that is provided at a front side of a vehicle cabin such that direct light that is emitted can be seen by a driver. The light emitting portion is disposed at a height position that is configured to be further toward a lower side than a visual field of the driver in a case in which the driver drives while looking straight ahead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Fuwamoto, Arata Takada, Masayuki Azuma, Eri Minamino, Tsuyoshi Oba
  • Patent number: 11701007
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for detecting tampering with a monitoring device using biometric data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BI Incorporated
    Inventors: Duke Hanson, Joseph P. Newell, Dustin Pettit, Evencio Fernandez, Ric Miller
  • Patent number: 11688275
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for an unmanned system (US) for smoke detector testing are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a test kit, a processor, and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a test procedure on a projected beam smoke detector in a facility using the test kit and communicate a result of the test procedure to a smoke detector network associated with the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Lang, Johan Vossen, Rich Lau, Donna Burns
  • Patent number: 11670172
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for operating a first device. The first device obtains environment information in proximity to the first device and receives one or more communication messages from a second device and the message(s) includes relevance criteria, wherein the relevance criteria indicates one or more devices, one or more sets of device characteristics, one or more lanes, one or more intersections or areas, one or more pedestrian paths or bicycle paths, one or more signal characteristics from the second device or any combination thereof. The first device determines whether the one or more communication messages are relevant to the first device based on the relevance criteria and the environment information and performs an operation in response to the determination of whether the one or more communication messages are relevant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Benjamin Lund, Edwin Chongwoo Park, Anthony Blow, Garrett Shriver
  • Patent number: 11660962
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery; a sensor configured to detect at least one of a charging state, a discharging state, or a performance state of the battery; a display configured to display the state of the battery; and a controller configured to judge a cause of discharge of the battery based on the detection result of the sensor, to determine at least one of the charging voltage, charging current, or charging time of the battery based on the determination result, and to control the display to display a charging mode of the battery based on the determined charging voltage, charging current, or charging time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunho Choi, Seungwon Park, Sungtae Kim, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11663905
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for controlling a plurality of devices are provided. The system includes a remote control device comprising a processor configured to generate a carousel zone comprising at least a subset of graphical icons of a plurality of graphical icons, determine a first target device and a second target device from the plurality of devices, generate a first user interface based on the first target device, the first user interface associated with a first set of commands, in response to a user input, generate a second user interface based on the second target device, the second user interface associated with a second set of commands, control the first target device based on the first set of commands, and control the second target device based on the second set of commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: 7HUGS LABS SAS
    Inventors: Simon Tchedikian, Mickael Touillaud, Pierre Garner, Thomas Droze, Julien Colafrancesco
  • Patent number: 11657699
    Abstract: A technique is directed to methods and systems for outputting alerts on user interfaces. In some implementations, an alert system can identify devices connected to the alert interface and determine the user interface capabilities (e.g., audio, visual, or vibration) of each device. Upon receiving an alert of an emergency event, the alert system can determine the location of the user within a structure and select a device(s) nearby the user to transmit or display the notification of the emergency event to the user. The selected device can identify the emergency event and output the alert based upon the visual audible, or vibration user interface capabilities of the selected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventor: Zane Eaton
  • Patent number: 11632951
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the invention generally relate to prolonging viability of bodily tissue, especially an organ such as a lung, by adjusting pressure as needed to maintain a constant pressure within the organ even during external pressure fluctuations due, for example, to transportation of the organ in an airplane. Gas passing into and out of the organ may be conditioned to prolong tissue viability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Paragonix Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Collette, Melanie Jessel, Lisa Maria Anderson
  • Patent number: 11631309
    Abstract: Techniques are described for replacing a keypad of an existing security system within a property with a communication-enabled keypad device with dual functioning capabilities as a communicator device and a keypad device. In some implementations, data is received from a security panel of a property. A keypad bus protocol of the security panel is determined based on the data received from the security panel. Sensor data is received from one or more sensors located within the property. A monitoring system command that is not specified within a keypad bus of the security panel is determined based on based on the obtained sensor data. The monitoring system command is converted to a panel command using the keypad bus protocol. The panel command is transmitted on the keypad bus of the security panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Adam T. Barth, Zackary Watson, Daniel Todd Kerzner
  • Patent number: 11620909
    Abstract: Methods for performing operations for improving driver safety across a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. A plurality of safety events pertaining to a driving of a fleet of vehicles by a plurality of drivers are detected. A subset of the events is identified. The subset corresponds to one or more safety events of the plurality of safety events involving one or more vehicles of the fleet of vehicles to which drivers have not been assigned. A user interface is generated for presentation on a client device, the user interface including an interactive user interface element for accessing the subset of the events. One or more user interface elements are provided for accepting or rejecting recommendations for assignments of one of the plurality of drivers to each of the vehicles. The recommendations are generated based on an application of a machine-learned model to images of faces captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsara Networks Inc.
    Inventors: Evaline Shin-Tin Tsai, Alan Guihong Liu, Ijeoma Emeagwali, Ishaan Kansal, Saleh ElHattab, Bodecker John DellaMaria, Eliott Ray Chapuis, Jason Noah Laska, Jennifer Kao, Sean Kyungmok Bae, Sylvie Lee, Brian Tuan
  • Patent number: 11596147
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an afterload device for ex situ heart perfusion, which includes an afterload energy storage module, a pressure regulation module and two flow rate regulators that are connected through a conduit. The afterload energy storage module includes a rigid closed container and a flexible container. The perfusion fluid flows into the flexible container from one side thereof through the conduit, and the perfusion fluid flows out from the flexible container at another side thereof as the flexible container is subjected to the action of the medium pressure in the rigid hermetic container. The pressure regulation module includes two pressure regulation valves and a compressible-medium source, for regulating the pressure range within the rigid hermetic container to be always maintained between the set diastolic pressure and the set systolic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai University
    Inventors: Yan Peng, Zhibing Xu, Liming Xin, Jun Luo, Shaorong Xie, Huayan Pu, Shouwei Gao, Mitesh Badiwala, Yu Sun
  • Patent number: 11597285
    Abstract: An embodiment takes the form of a locker includes a mobility device repository, an electrical system, a kiosk having a user interface, and a communication interface communicatively connected to a network. The mobility device repository is configured to secure one or more personal mobility devices at the mobility device repository. The electrical system is configured to receive electrical power and to charge respective batteries of the personal mobility devices secured at the mobility device repository using the electrical power. The locker receives a personal mobility device at the mobility device repository and secures the received personal mobility device at the mobility device repository, and receives a checked-in indication that the personal mobility device is checked in. The checked-in indication is received via the user interface or via the communication interface over the network. The locker charges a respective battery of the received personal mobility device using the electrical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: James J. Kuffner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11592801
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for governing and monitoring operations of tools. The systems include a registration and control computer, one or more mobile devices, and one or more tools. The tools include electronic locking provisions which upon activation selectively enable tool operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ridge Tool Company
    Inventors: Harald Krondorfer, Rudolf Kreuzer, Frederick D. Pond
  • Patent number: 11571363
    Abstract: A medication adherence system for facilitating adherence to a medication dosage schedule is provided, comprising a smart case to receive or adhere to a medication pack, a sensor for detecting a medication event, and a tangible computer readable medium interface for users to obtain feedback regarding their adherence to their respective medication dosage schedules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: EMME, Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda B. French, Janene Fuerch, Craig Nichols
  • Patent number: 11570872
    Abstract: An emergency notification system for a building is provided. The emergency notification system includes one or more inputs devices mounted throughout the building. The one or more input devices can be configured to receive a manual user-input. The emergency notification system can include one or more output devices mounted throughout the building. The one or more output devices can include a plurality of LED arrays. Each of the plurality of LED arrays can be configured to emit light of a different color to indicate a different type of emergency. The emergency notification system can include one or more control devices configured determine a type of emergency occurring within the building based on the manual user-input. Furthermore, in response to determining the type of emergency, the one or more control devices can activate one of the LED arrays to emit light of a color indicative of the type of emergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Lane Bailey
  • Patent number: 11555898
    Abstract: Provided is a distance measuring device which allows the measurement accuracy to be improved while the memory size is reduced. A distance measuring device includes a light emitting element which emits range-finding light as pulse light, a light receiving element which receives reflected range-finding light obtained as the range-finding light is reflected on a measurement object, an AD converter which converts the light reception signal output from the light receiving element from an analogue signal to a digital signal, multiple memories which have different memory sizes from each other and store sampled data output from the AD converter, and a rough distance calculator which calculates a distance on the basis of the sampled data stored in the multiple memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Topcon Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11557198
    Abstract: There is described a network distribution system using common communication and power comprising a power line, multiple fire alarm units, and a power line control device. The power line provides alternating current, and the fire alarm units are coupled to the power line. The power line control device is coupled to the power line and a particular fire alarm unit of the plurality of fire alarm units. The power line control device comprises a communication translator to convert between power line and non-power line protocols and a power line core to modulate signals to, and demodulate signals from, the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Iasso, Johnar Maneja