Patents Examined by Roy Y Yi
  • Patent number: 11549544
    Abstract: A bolt includes a head portion on which a recess is formed. The recess has a bottom surface and a sidewall extending from a periphery of the bottom surface. The sidewall has a lower end defined by the bottom surface and includes an increased diameter portion and a reduced diameter portion. The increased diameter portion has an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the lower end of the side wall. The reduced diameter portion has an inner diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the increased diameter portion. The reduced diameter portion is located opposite to the bottom surface across the increased diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SAGA TEKKOHSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsuzaki, Toshitsugu Sakakibara, Kenichiro Katsuki
  • Patent number: 11543266
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining a state variable of a magnetic actuator at a particular point in time. The method includes a step of reading in and a step of calculating. In the step of reading in, a first sensor value and at least one second sensor value are read in, the first sensor value representing a physical variable identical to that of the second sensor value, and the first sensor value having been detected after the second sensor value. In the step of calculating, the state variable is calculated using the first sensor value and the second sensor value as input variables to at least one approximation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Ott, Michael Hilsch
  • Patent number: 11535255
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle-based weather detection are disclosed herein. The systems and methods can include selecting one or more vehicles from a plurality of vehicles based on one or more network membership parameters. One or more data acquisition networks can be formed using the one or more selected vehicles. Sensor data can be received from the one or more data acquisition networks. One or more weather conditions can be predicted using the sensor data. One or more environmental elements can be updated based on the predicted weather conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Aghyad Saleh, Jason Schell, Neil Dutta
  • Patent number: 11536678
    Abstract: A gas sensing device includes gas sensors for generating signal samples corresponding to a concentration of a gas; a heat source for heating the gas sensors according to a first temperature profile during recovery phases and according to a second temperature profile during sense phases, a preprocessing processor for preprocessing the received signal samples; a feature extraction processor for extracting feature values from the preprocessed signal samples; a humidity processor for estimating a humidity value of the mixture of gases, including a first trained model based algorithm processor, and wherein the humidity value is based on an output of the first algorithm processor; a gas concentration processor for creating sensing results, wherein the gas concentration processor comprises a second trained model based algorithm processor, wherein the sensing results are based on output values of the second algorithm processor, and wherein the sensing results depend on the humidity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Prashanth Makaram, Cecilia Carbonelli, Caterina Travan
  • Patent number: 11532381
    Abstract: Method, device, and system for identifying a model-based time dependent light scattering signature that includes receiving an experimental time dependent light scattering signature comprising experimental data descriptive of an average molecular weight of protein components in a solution over time. The method further includes identifying an Ansatz for evaluating the experimental time dependent light scattering signature, the Ansatz being an initial model-based time dependent light scattering signature, the initial model-based time dependent light scattering signature identifying at least one key variable. The method also includes adjusting the at least one key variable in the initial model-based time dependent light scattering signature until a final model-based time dependent light scattering signature is identified. In some instances, the final model-based time dependent light scattering signature identifies at least one protein aggregation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: ADVANCED POLYMER MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATION FUND
    Inventors: Wayne Frederick Reed, Daniel J. Rees
  • Patent number: 11532382
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first number of outputs from the first number of sensors mutually different in response to an odor, obtain a second number of indicators by using the first number of outputs from the first number of sensors, the second number being larger than the first number, obtain the second number of indicator values by using the first number of outputs and the second number of indicators, and discriminate the odor based on the second number of indicator values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hirohisa Miyamoto, Yasushi Shinjo, Reiko Yoshimura, Koji Mizuguchi, Yoshiyuki Kokojima
  • Patent number: 11525863
    Abstract: A rechargeable energy storage system and a method of manufacturing includes a battery pack having a battery cell module assembly with an interconnect board disposed between and physically connecting the battery cells with the cell monitoring unit, and a module cover at least partially enclosing the battery cells, the cell monitoring unit, and the interconnect board. The battery pack has relatively high and relatively low loss regions for radio frequency signal communication. A radio frequency manager is wirelessly connectable to the cell monitoring unit by radio frequency signal communication. A signal directing component is operable for transmitting and/or receiving a radio frequency signal between the cell monitoring unit and the radio frequency manager, is configured to direct the radio frequency signal to the relatively low loss region, and is integrated in one of the module cover, the interconnect board, or the radio frequency manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Omar Dauleh, Aseim M. Elfrgani
  • Patent number: 11522234
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of monitoring the state of a battery or the like is provided. The states of a plurality of batteries in a battery module is easily acquired. The semiconductor device that can be attached to an electrode of a battery or the like includes a first substrate, an element layer, and first to third conductive layers. The element layer includes a first circuit and a second circuit and is provided on a side of a first surface of the first substrate. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are provided on a side of a second surface positioned opposite to the first surface of the first substrate. The first circuit is electrically connected to each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer through an opening provided in the first substrate. The third conductive layer is provided to be stacked on a side opposite to the first substrate side of the element layer and electrically connected to the second circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Ryota Tajima, Hideaki Shishido, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11521842
    Abstract: To improve the reliability of mutual diagnosis in a cancer determination by machine learning, m/z values of ions originating from tumor markers or similar substances used in other related tests are stored in a particular m/z-value database. A spectrum information filtering section deletes signal intensities at the m/z values stored in the particular m/z-value database from a large number of mass spectra classified by the presence or absence of cancer. Using the data which remain after the deletion as training data, a training processor obtains training-result information and stores it in a training result database. A judgment processor similarly deletes signal intensities at the predetermined m/z values from mass spectrum data obtained for a target sample to be judged. Then, based on the training-result information stored in the training-result database, the judgment processor determines whether the target sample should be classified into a cancerous group or non-cancerous group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Izumi, Shigeki Kajihara
  • Patent number: 11520075
    Abstract: Methods and systems for augmented geological service characterization are described. An embodiment of a method includes generating a geological service characterization process in response to one or more geological service objectives and a geological service experience information set. Such a method may also include augmenting the geological service characterization process by machine learning in response to a training information set. Additionally, the method may include generating an augmented geological service characterization process in response to the determination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shashi Menon, Aria Abubakar, Vikas Jain, David Furse Allen, John Rasmus, John Paul Horkowitz, Valerian Guillot, Florent D'Halluin, Ridvan Akkurt, Sylvain Wlodarczyk
  • Patent number: 11515133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving a mass spectrometer, a module for improving a mass spectrometer and an improved mass spectrometer. The aforementioned method employs a calibration correction module that calibrates the mass spectrometer so timely, more precise and accurate data can be obtained. In particular, real time, accurate mass determinations of low analyte quantity samples can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Mitchell H Rubenstein, Anthony V Qualley, Benjamin A Clapp
  • Patent number: 11515578
    Abstract: Discussed is an application that efficiently utilizes a vehicle battery by predicting performance of the vehicle battery and an available driving distance based on environmental condition of an area where a vehicle is parked and state information of the vehicle battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Jun Lee, Ho Byung Yoon, Yean Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 11506639
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technical virtual sensing idea of indirectly measuring structural vibration information on an unmeasured point while minimizing the number of sensors attached for actual measurement, and more particularly, to a technique of estimating measurement data of an unmeasured point using a finite element model, synchronized and updated based on experimental data of an actual measurement subject structure, and a virtual sensing algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jin Gyun Kim, Seung In Oh, Hyun Woo Baek, Seung Hun Kim, Daeun Park
  • Patent number: 11505264
    Abstract: An information acquisition apparatus for acquiring information relating to a crawler configured to be wound around a rotationally driven sprocket connected to a rotation axle provided in a vehicle, the crawler having a meshing part configured to mesh with a tooth or a tooth base of the sprocket and being circulatorily driven in conjunction with rotation of the sprocket is provided. The information acquisition apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores, as initial information, the number of meshing parts of the crawler and information specifying the meshing part that is at a predetermined position, prior to the vehicle traveling. The processor acquires rotation information of the sprocket. The processor, while the vehicle is traveling, information specifying the meshing part that is at the predetermined position, based on the initial information and the rotation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshio Ueno
  • Patent number: 11500023
    Abstract: A battery state determination system is a battery state determination system including an in-vehicle device and a server device, the in-vehicle device includes an acquisition part acquires physical quantity data showing a physical quantity related to a state of a battery mounted in a vehicle, an observation part that observes a feature related to a state change of the battery on the basis of the physical quantity data at a plurality of different observation times, and a transmission part that transmits a plurality of pieces of feature data which expresses the feature observed each observation time to the server device, and the server device includes a reception part that receives the plurality of pieces of feature data transmitted from the in-vehicle device, and a diagnosis part that diagnoses a deterioration state of the battery on the basis of the plurality of pieces of feature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kazuno, Takuma Kawahara, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Patent number: 11501132
    Abstract: In example implementations described herein, there are systems and methods for processing sensor data from an equipment over a period of time to generate sensor time series data; processing the sensor time series data in a kernel weight layer configured to generate weights to weigh the sensor time series data; providing the weighted sensor time series data to fully connected layers configured to conduct a correlation on the weighted sensor time series data with predictive maintenance labels to generate an intermediate predictive maintenance label; and providing the intermediate predictive maintenance label to an inversed kernel weight layer configured to inverse the weights generated by the kernel weight layer, to generate a predictive maintenance label for the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiyao Wang, Haiyan Wang, Chetan Gupta, Hamed Khorasgani, Huijuan Shao, Aniruddha Rajendra Rao
  • Patent number: 11480472
    Abstract: A signal processing method of a wireless temperature measurement system comprises: acquiring inherent background noise intensity of a receiver (11) of a reader (10) and maximum output signal intensity of the receiver (S101); acquiring current noise intensity on a receiving channel of the receiver (11) in real time when an antenna (14) is connected to the reader (10) and an excitation signal is not transmitted to a temperature sensor (20) (S102); and determining an intensity threshold value of a temperature signal currently measured by the temperature sensor (20) according to the background noise intensity, the maximum output signal intensity and the current noise intensity (S103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG HUAYUAN MICRO ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanbin Li, Ning Wang, Xinglong Huang, Shaokan Liu, Zhongyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11474082
    Abstract: A diagnosis device includes a data acquirer, a data recorder, and a health diagnoser. The data acquirer acquires a measurement data of a structure at a predetermined timing. The data recorder causes a storage to store the measurement data acquired by the data acquirer as a standard data. The health diagnoser diagnoses a health of the structure by comparing the measurement data that is acquired by the data acquirer this time with the standard data that has been acquired by the data acquirer last time and stored in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideki Soejima
  • Patent number: 11475341
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining optimal mother wavelets for facilitating machine learning tasks. The traditional systems and methods provide for selecting a mother wavelet and signal classification using some traditional techniques and methods but none them provide for selecting an optimal mother wavelet to facilitate machine learning tasks. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for obtaining an optimal mother wavelet to facilitate machine learning tasks by computing values of energy and entropy based upon labelled datasets and a probable set of mother wavelets, computing values of centroids and standard deviations based upon the values of energy and entropy, computing a set of distance values and normalizing the set of distance values and obtaining the optimal mother wavelet based upon the set of distance values for performing a wavelet transform and further facilitating machine learning tasks by classifying or regressing, a new set of signal classes, corresponding to a new set of signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ishan Sahu, Snehasis Banerjee, Tanushyam Chattopadhyay, Arpan Pal, Utpal Garain
  • Patent number: 11469473
    Abstract: A system and method for redundant electric power for an electric aircraft is provided. The system includes a plurality of battery packs which includes at least a first pack monitor unit and at least a second pack monitor unit configured to detect a first battery pack datum and a second battery pack datum and transmit the pair of battery pack datum to a controller. Each battery pack. The system further includes a contactor coupled to the electric aircraft, a plurality of loads communicatively coupled to each battery pack of the plurality of battery packs, and a controller, wherein the controller is designed and configured to receive the first battery pack and the second battery pack datum, compare the first battery pack datum to the second battery pack datum as a function of a differential threshold, and generate an alert datum as a function of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Herman Wiegman