Patents by Inventor Jason M. Ouellette

Jason M. Ouellette has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11959657
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving at least one calibration heat signal from a calibration device, wherein the at least one calibration heat signal corresponds to a calibration temperature known to the controller, receiving a plurality of heat signals from a plurality of sources in the building, determining a plurality of temperatures associated with the plurality of heat signals based on the at least one calibration heat signal and the calibration temperature, determining an internal target temperature of the building based on the plurality of temperatures, and transmitting, to the HVAC system, a control signal indicating the internal target temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventor: Jason M. Ouellette
  • Patent number: 11962697
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for tracking chain of custody of a security camera using blockchain. An implementation may comprise receiving and granting a request for custody of a security camera by a first operator. The implementation further includes generating a block of a blockchain comprising identifiers of the first operator, security camera, and timestamp. The implementation includes distributing the blockchain to a plurality of nodes in a blockchain network. For each indication received of activity associated with usage and custody of the security camera to be recorded on the blockchain, the implementation includes generating a new block on the blockchain recording the activity. The implementation further includes receiving and verifying an authenticity a video clip from the security camera based on each activity recorded in the blockchain. In response to determining that the video clip is not authentic, the implementation includes generating an alert indicating inauthenticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Jason M. Ouellette, Peter Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20240119146
    Abstract: A method for communication between a plurality of security sensors includes identifying and tracking a potential security threat by a first security sensor. One or more security sensors located within a predefined proximity of the first security sensor are identified by the first security sensor. Status information and location information of each of the one or more security sensors are received by the first security sensor. A second security sensor is selected from the one or more security sensors based on the status information and the location information. The second security sensor is configured to track the potential security threat. Information related to the potential security threat is transmitted by the first security sensor to the second security sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Gopal PARIPALLY, Jason M. OUELLETTE
  • Publication number: 20240029319
    Abstract: Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium at a computing device for providing security system information using smart glasses, comprising receiving location information of the smart glasses in an environment comprising a plurality of security devices, wherein each security device outputs unique security system information about the environment. The implementations further include identifying at least one security device that is associated with a location with the smart glasses based on the location information. Additionally, the implementations further include retrieving the security system information from the at least one security device. Additionally, the implementations further include generating a user interface element based on the security system information. Additionally, the implementations further include transmitting the user interface element for display on a user interface of the smart glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jason M. Ouellette, Gopal Paripally
  • Publication number: 20240021064
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for providing evacuation guidance. An implementation may determine a last known location of a person in an environment under evacuation. An implementation may calculate, for the person, an exit time for evacuating the environment based on an amount of time needed by the person to exit the environment starting from the last known location. An implementation may monitor whether the person has evacuated the environment. An implementation may determine whether a current time has passed the exit time. An implementation may transmit an alert to a device of the person in response to determining that the current time has passed the exit time and that the person has not evacuated the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Gopal PARIPALLY, Jason M. Ouellette
  • Patent number: 11861959
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for integrating autonomous devices with an Access Control System (ACS) includes assigning, by the ACS, one or more security credentials to an autonomous device. The ACS receives an access request from an autonomous device. The access request includes one or more security credentials identifying the autonomous device to the system. The ACS performs validation of the received access request by comparing the received one or more security credentials with the one or more security credentials assigned to the autonomous device. The ACS grants access to one or more resources in a building to the autonomous device, in response to successful validation of the received access request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventor: Jason M. Ouellette
  • Publication number: 20230373622
    Abstract: A method for detection of air flow disruption includes monitoring air flow generated by an air propulsion system to detect one or more air flow anomalies indicating potentially blocked air flow. In response to detecting the one or more air flow anomalies, the airflow generated by the air propulsion system may be automatically reversed or temporarily stopped. A determination may be made whether the one or more detected air flow anomalies are resolved by the reversed or stopped air flow. The airflow generated by the air propulsion system prior to the detection of the one or more air flow anomalies may be resumed, in response to determining that the one or more air flow anomalies are resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jason M. Ouellette, Glenn HOLTON
  • Publication number: 20230316488
    Abstract: Apparatus and system for recording mail screening process includes a casing having a base and a top housing mounted over the base in a spaced-apart relationship. The apparatus further includes a light generating assembly coupled with the top housing and configured to generate an inspection light beam and a first image sensor coupled with the top housing and configured to receive and detect the inspection light beam and configured to capture a first image of a mail item. The apparatus also includes a processing unit configured to perform a processing of the first image in order to identify a security threat and a display coupled with the casing and/or with the top housing and communicatively coupled with the processing unit to receive and display the processed first image. The apparatus also includes a second image sensor coupled with the top housing and configured to capture mail screening process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Brian RICHARD, Jason M. Ouellette, Richard Focke, Gopal Paripally
  • Publication number: 20230319238
    Abstract: A method for recording mail screening process includes receiving, by a processor of a recording device, a first image of a mail item placed into an inspection zone of a mail screening device from a first image sensor of the mail screening device. A video stream capturing screening of the mail item is received by the processor of the recording device from a second image sensor of the mail screening device. The first image of the mail item and the video stream of the mail item are analyzed by the recording device to determine if the mail item contains a security threat. A notification is generated, by the processor of the recording device, in response to determining that the mail item contains the security threat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Gopal PARIPALLY, Jason M. OUELLETTE, Richard FOCKE, Brian RICHARD
  • Patent number: 11756406
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for providing evacuation guidance. An implementation may comprise identifying a person physically present in an environment requiring an evacuation. The implementation further includes detecting, using at least one sensor in the environment, a last known location of the person. The implementation further includes calculating an exit time for evacuating the environment based on the last known location. The implementation further includes monitoring, using at least one sensor located at an egress point of the environment, whether the person has evacuated the environment. The implementation further includes determining whether a current time has passed the exit time. The implementation further includes transmitting an alert to a device of the respective person in response to determining that the current time has passed the exit time and that the person has not evacuated the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Gopal Paripally, Jason M. Ouellette
  • Patent number: 11734981
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for granting entry through a checkpoint. The implementations include receiving a request for entry of a person through a checkpoint. The implementations include estimating, via a thermal sensor, a body surface temperature of the person, and generating, via a user interface, a notification that prompts the person to answer at least one verification question. The implementations include receiving, via the user interface, at least one user response to the at least one verification question. The implementations include determining whether the at least one user response and the body surface temperature match criteria for gaining entry through the checkpoint. Additionally, the implementations include granting the request for entry in response to determining that the at least one user response and the body surface temperature match the criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Jason M. Ouellette, Allen Houston, David S. Pinney, Lipphei Adam
  • Publication number: 20230260387
    Abstract: Example implementations include aspects for controlling a security system monitoring an environment, comprising collecting sensor data from a plurality of sensors located in the environment, and determining whether a plurality of characteristics of a security event are present in the environment. A determination for each characteristic includes a confidence score indicative of a likelihood that the characteristic is present. The aspects further include identifying, from a plurality of pre-determined environment states, a state of the environment based on a current time and an event schedule of the environment, and generating a combined score that is a function of each respective confidence score and a plurality of weights, wherein each weight corresponds to a respective characteristic and has a value based on the state of the environment. The implementations further include determining that the combined score is greater than a threshold score, and generating an alert indicative of the security event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas James Frederick LATHAM, Jason M. OUELLETTE
  • Publication number: 20230215229
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for integrating autonomous devices with an Access Control System (ACS) includes assigning, by the ACS, one or more security credentials to an autonomous device. The ACS receives an access request from an autonomous device. The access request includes one or more security credentials identifying the autonomous device to the system. The ACS performs validation of the received access request by comparing the received one or more security credentials with the one or more security credentials assigned to the autonomous device. The ACS grants access to one or more resources in a building to the autonomous device, in response to successful validation of the received access request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Jason M. OUELLETTE
  • Publication number: 20230152104
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving a plurality of images of a plurality of street locations from a plurality of image capturing devices, identifying an event at a street location of the plurality of street locations based on one or more of the plurality of images, determining at least one new route for at least one vehicle based on the event and one or more of the plurality of images, and transmitting at least one indication indicating the at least one new route to at least one receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Jason M. OUELLETTE, Gopal Paripally
  • Publication number: 20230151994
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for receiving at least one calibration heat signal from a calibration device, wherein the at least one calibration heat signal corresponds to a calibration temperature known to the controller, receiving a plurality of heat signals from a plurality of sources in the building, determining a plurality of temperatures associated with the plurality of heat signals based on the at least one calibration heat signal and the calibration temperature, determining an internal target temperature of the building based on the plurality of temperatures, and transmitting, to the HVAC system, a control signal indicating the internal target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Jason M. Ouellette
  • Publication number: 20230106617
    Abstract: Systems and methods for randomized autonomous robot security applications may include a security system that generate a patrol area of a facility and select a random waypoint from a plurality of waypoints in the patrol area for an autonomous mobile machine to surveillance. The security system may also select a surveillance task to be performed by the autonomous mobile machine at the random waypoint, and transmit, to the autonomous mobile machine, instructions to visit the random waypoint and perform the surveillance task. When the security system receives, from the autonomous mobile machine, an indication that the autonomous mobile machine has completed the surveillance task at the random waypoint, the security system may transmit a subsequent random waypoint of the plurality of waypoints of the patrol area along with a subsequent surveillance task to be performed at the subsequent random waypoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Jason M. OUELLETTE
  • Publication number: 20230097446
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods and systems for receiving, from a requester, a request for accessing an access-controlled asset based on authentication information of an authorized user, identifying a request location of the request, identifying a current location of the authorized user, determining whether the request location is substantially identical to the current location, and granting the request in response to authenticating the authentication information and determining that the request location is substantially identical to the current location, or denying the request in response to failure to authenticate the authentication information or determining that the request location is different than the current location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Lipphei ADAM, George MARTINEZ, Martin A. RENKIS, Alexis Brooke EHRLICH, Jason M. OUELLETTE
  • Publication number: 20230094544
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for tracking chain of custody of a security camera using blockchain. An implementation may comprise receiving and granting a request for custody of a security camera by a first operator. The implementation further includes generating a block of a blockchain comprising identifiers of the first operator, security camera, and timestamp. The implementation includes distributing the blockchain to a plurality of nodes in a blockchain network. For each indication received of activity associated with usage and custody of the security camera to be recorded on the blockchain, the implementation includes generating a new block on the blockchain recording the activity. The implementation further includes receiving and verifying an authenticity a video clip from the security camera based on each activity recorded in the blockchain. In response to determining that the video clip is not authentic, the implementation includes generating an alert indicating inauthenticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Gopal PARIPALLY, Jason M. OUELLETTE, Peter LAWRENCE
  • Publication number: 20230099265
    Abstract: Systems and methods for use of autonomous robot for perimeter protection may include a security system configured to receive, from a security device, a security signal, and detect a security event occurred based on the security signal, in response to the security signal being received. The security system may determine a security location for an autonomous mobile machine to perform a security task, in response to the security event being detected, and transmit, to the autonomous mobile machine, first instructions for the autonomous mobile machine to move to the security location to perform the security task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jason M. OUELLETTE, Glenn HOLTON
  • Publication number: 20230100244
    Abstract: Systems and methods for use of autonomous mobile machine for blind spot coverage may include a security controller that determines a security coverage area based on data from a facility map indicating physical and functional representations of a facility and objects within the facility. The security controller may also determine a surveillance area based on the security coverage area. The security controller may also transmit, to an autonomous mobile machine, instructions for the autonomous mobile machine to deploy to the surveillance area and perform a surveillance task at the surveillance area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jason M. OUELLETTE, Kapang LAM, Yufeng TAN, Glenn HOLTON