Systems Patents (Class 340/286.01)
  • Patent number: 11857337
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for adjusting a power consumption level of a device. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include: a first sensor interface, a second sensor interface, and a processing device coupled to the first sensor interface and the second sensor interface. The processing device may: measure a first physiological measurement via the first sensor interface within a first period of time; measure a second physiological measurement via the second sensor interface within the first period of time; adjust a power consumption level of the apparatus in view of at least one of the first physiological measurement or the second physiological measurement; measure the physiological measurement via the first sensor interface at the adjusted power consumption level within a second period of time; and measure a second physiological measurement via the second sensor interface at the adjusted power consumption level within the second period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Tula Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin W. Miller, David R. Miller
  • Patent number: 11687806
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for problem solving using selected datasets from an internet-of-things system are provided. A trigger device in an internet-of-things system may be designated. The internet-of-things system may include the trigger device and internet-of-things devices. A trigger message may be received from the trigger device. A problem may be determined based on the trigger message. Data transmissions may be requested from the internet-of-things devices. Data may be received via the data transmission. The data transmission may be ended. A problem contributor may be identified by inputting the received data and the determined problem into a machine learning model. A problem response for responding to the problem may be generated. The generating may include inputting the problem contributor to the machine learning model. The problem response may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sushain Pandit, Shikhar Kwatra, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Vinod A. Valecha
  • Patent number: 11659637
    Abstract: A color matching method, color regulation method, and color regulation system for automatically implementing the maximum brightness of a colored light, using a color matching algorithm for the maximum brightness so that a brightness formula for each primary color when the colored light implements a certain color coordinate point within the color gamut space can be efficiently and accurately calculated, and the brightness of the colored light reaches a maximum value after the color matching. The brightness formulae for commonly used target colors within the color gamut space of the colored light is calculated by means of the color matching algorithm for the maximum brightness, and these formulae are stored in a control unit of a light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Weikai Jiang
  • Patent number: 11612813
    Abstract: A system is configured to receive player multimedia having live coverage of physical expressions or actions of a player in an online activity and activity multimedia of live participation in the online activity associated with one or more play accounts. In a near continuous fashion, the system is configured to select in real time, for each time point, one or more player items being portions of the player multimedia or one or more activity items being portions of the activity multimedia corresponding to the time point to form a composite item. The system is configured to further transmit in real time the composite item to one or more viewer accounts. The system is configured to then receive viewer data in response and produce future composite items based on the viewer data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Spencer Hooks, Aaron Joseph Krasnov, Eric Whelan Yeargan, Stewart Murrie
  • Patent number: 11562569
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, methods, systems, computer-readable storage medium. A method includes a processing device receiving image data having one or more image frames indicative of a state of a meal preparation area. The method further includes the processing device determining, based on the image data, one of a meal preparation item or a meal preparation action associated with the state of the meal preparation area. The method further includes the processing device determining, based on the image data, a performance metric associated with the meal preparation item or the meal preparation item or the meal preparation action. The method further includes the processing device causing a notification corresponding to the performance metric to be displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Agot Co.
    Inventors: Evan DeSantola, Alex Litzenberger, Rassoul Mesbah, Prashasti Sar
  • Patent number: 11326747
    Abstract: Various examples concern techniques for opto-mechanically manipulating LED-based lighting systems. More specifically, various embodiments concern creating patterns of colored LEDs by determining the preferred color-specific density distribution and sequence(s) of LEDs. When creating the patterns, multiple considerations can be taken into account, including the power to be shared amongst the color channels when certain color models are generated by the linear array of LEDs, allocating an appropriate number of LEDs to each color channel to support the desired color spectrum, the sequencing of those LEDs along a string (e.g., as part of a linear array), etc. The appropriate number of LEDs for each color channel may be determined by first establishing the color model of the linear array within which the LEDs are interleaved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LUMENETIX, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew D. Weaver, Yuko Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 11327529
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus for an item of smart clothing is disclosed herein. The sensor apparatus houses sensor electronics comprising at least one position and/or orientation sensor, and a data store, coupled to a processor and powered by a battery. The processor is configured to receive signals indicative of a change in position and/or orientation from the at least one position and/or orientation sensor. The processor is also configured to determine from the received signals whether there has been a change in position and/or orientation of the sensor apparatus over a first selected time interval; and in the event that there has been a change in position and/or orientation of the sensor apparatus over the first selected time interval, the processor is configured to record the change in position and/or orientation to the data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: 270 VISION LTD
    Inventors: Martin Gossling, Nick Belson
  • Patent number: 11270128
    Abstract: A sensor fixed atop a structure. The sensor including an image-capturing device configured to collect image data, and an electronic processing device. The electronic processing device configured to receive, via the image-capturing device, the image data, determine a wobble state of the image data, perform a first timeout for a first predetermined time period when the wobble state is approximately equal to a wobble state level, and increment the first timeout to a second timeout for a second predetermined time period when the wobble state value is approximately equal to the wobble state level following the first timeout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore Eric Weber, Terrence Robert Arbouw
  • Patent number: 11258481
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic coupling device including a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, a fourth coil, a first constant-potential node and a second constant-potential node. The second coil is electrically connected with one end of the first coil and wound in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first coil is wound. The third coil faces the first coil. The fourth coil faces the second coil. The first constant-potential node is electrically connected with one end of the third coil. The second constant-potential node is electrically connected with one end of the fourth coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toyoaki Uo, Tsuneo Suzuki, Hiroaki Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11221704
    Abstract: A method includes a first computing device generating a signal having an oscillating component and driving the signal on a first touch sense element of the first computing device. The method continues with the first computing device detecting a touch on the first touch sense element based on the signal. While the touch is detected, the method continues by the first computing device modulating the signal with data to produce a modulated data signal. The method continues with a second computing device receiving the modulated data signal via a transmission medium and a second touch sense element of the second computing device, where the transmission medium includes at least one of a human body and a close proximity between the first and second computing devices. The method continues with by the second computing device demodulating the modulated data signal to recover the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Gerald Dale Morrison, Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11223951
    Abstract: Methods and devices for communicating sensitive data to applications are provided. A wearable device can wirelessly connect with a second computing device. The wearable device can be configured to obtain sensitive data. The second computing device can provide a first software application and a second software application. The wearable device can wirelessly receive a first request for the sensitive data from the first application. The wearable device can send a response denying the first request to the first application. The wearable device can wirelessly receive a second request for the sensitive data from the second application. The wearable device can determine whether the second request is authenticated to be associated with the second application. After determining that the second request is authenticated to be associated with the second application, the wearable device can wirelessly send the sensitive data to the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Shane Alexander Farmer, Robert Lieh-Yuan Tsai
  • Patent number: 11160027
    Abstract: A method for event notification can be implemented by a mobile terminal including a communication processing component and an application processing component. The method includes: a communication event is detected; a state of the application processing component is determined, the state of the application processing component including a sleep state and an awake state; when a communication event is detected, in response to determining that the application processing component is in the sleep state, notification information for notifying that the communication event is detected is stored into the communication processing component; and the stored notification information is sent to the application processing component when the application processing component is switched from the sleep state to the awake state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Piguang Wang
  • Patent number: 10987025
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a respiratory sensor for a medical monitoring system that does not require an internal power source. The systems and methods adjust an electrical characteristic of a respiratory sensor based on a property of interest of an airflow path, receiving an excitation signal, and generating a response based on the excitation signal and the electrical characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ville Vartiovaara, Otto Valtteri Pekander
  • Patent number: 10855482
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for automating various aspects relating to the design and/or deployment of monitoring systems, e.g., systems which can monitor for fire, break-ins and/or other conditions are described. In various embodiments a customer provides location and customer premises layout information as well as an indication of what is to be monitored. A rules database is accessed and a plan that is compliant with local rules is automatically generated. A user is walked through deployment of components, e.g., on his cell phone or other handheld communications device, in an easy to follow manner with monitoring device position, wireless communications ability, and function being checked automatically as part of the process as each sensor is deployed. If wireless connectivity is a problem suggestions are presented to the user for moving a sensor, e.g., camera. At the end of the process the system is activated and monitoring of the premises initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Reimer
  • Patent number: 10829062
    Abstract: An in-vehicle communication system includes communication lines connecting ECUs together in the form of a daisy chain, has a maximum transferable data length of 64 bytes or more, and selects a speed of data transfer from one of a plurality of transmission speeds more than or equal to 2 Mbps. Each ECU includes a substrate-side connector with surface-mounted connector pins. The connector pins include a first connector pin pair and a second connector pin pair. The first connector pin pair has leads whose lengths equal to each other. The second connector pin pair has leads whose lengths are equal to each other and different from those of the second connector pin pair. This minimizes the distortion of waveform of signals when the signals are transmitted at a speed higher than that in a high-speed CAN, thereby enables the number of nodes to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10769562
    Abstract: A system and associated interfaces are provided that permit the monitoring of workers and equipment within the workplace environment. In one aspect, an equipment sensor having various sensing capabilities may be assigned to a piece of equipment that records various parameters that are specific to the piece of equipment. For instance, it is appreciated that there may be an equipment sensor that can be attached to the piece of equipment that is adapted to monitor certain parameters associated with the piece of equipment and its environment. For instance, an equipment sensor assigned to the piece of equipment may be capable of determining the location of the piece of equipment, along with motion, altitude, and the presence of an operator of the piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Triax Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin J. Morgenthau, Benjamin Tyson Sweet, Gregory Mathias Probert
  • Patent number: 10733872
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing remote disarming of a portion of a monitored region are provided. Such systems and methods can include a database device saving information designating at least one of a plurality of partitions monitored by a security system as a highly secure one of the plurality of partitions, a remote interface device receiving user input with instructions to execute a remote global action in connection with the security system, and responsive to the user input, the remote interface device accessing the database device to identify a group of the plurality of partitions that includes all of the plurality of partitions except for the highly secure one of the plurality of partitions and transmitting an instruction signal directing the security system to execute the remote global action in connection with each of the group of the plurality of partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ADEMCO INC.
    Inventors: Amy Ragland, Ilan Dee, Alice DeBiasio
  • Patent number: 10724754
    Abstract: A thermostat system for accessing a home automation system includes a device interface module for accessing a first home automated device, a wide-area communication module for data communication with an external network, and a local communication module for data communication over a home automation network. The first home automated device may be an external HVAC device. A first command for accessing the first home automated device is received. A first access signal based on the first received command is generated and transmitted to the first home automated device. A second command for accessing the second home automated device is received. A second access signal based on the second received command is generated and transmitted to the second home automated device. The first access signal may be transmitted independently of the home automation network while the second access signal may be transmitted via the home automation network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Q-LINKS HOME AUTOMATION INC.
    Inventors: Frantz Saintellemy, Chengyu Tu
  • Patent number: 10721002
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission/reception device and a transmission/reception method that improves a transmission characteristic in human body communication. The transmission/reception device includes three electrodes including a human body side electrode in contact with a human body, a space side electrode provided on a space side, not the human body side, and a circuit board provided with a circuit. At the time of transmission, a switch between the space side electrode and the circuit board is turned off to make a three-pole electrode configuration having superiority in the transmission characteristic, and each electrode is caused to function as an independent electrode. At the time of reception, the switch between the space side electrode and the circuit board is turned on to electrically short-circuit the space side electrode and the circuit board, to cause the electrodes to function as a two-pole electrode configuration having superiority in the transmission characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Fukuda, Takanori Washiro, Masahiro Uno
  • Patent number: 10716190
    Abstract: A sensor fixed atop a structure, The sensor including an image-capturing device configured to collect image data and an electronic processing device. The electronic processing device is configured to receive, via the image-capturing device, the image data, determine a wobble state value of the image data, filter the image data when the wobble state value is approximately equal to a first wobble state threshold, perform a first timeout for a first predetermined time period when the wobble state value is approximately equal to a second wobble state threshold, and increment the first timeout to a second timeout for a second predetermined time period when the wobble state value is approximately equal to the second wobble state threshold following the first timeout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore Eric Weber, Terrence Robert Arbouw
  • Patent number: 10613501
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing equipment maintenance are disclosed. The method receives data that is captured by at least one sensor deployed at a location, wherein the data is associated with at least one parameter of an equipment, receives atmospheric data for the location, monitors the at least one parameter of the equipment and the atmospheric data for the location, determines for the at least one parameter, whether an update to a risk measure associated with the equipment is needed, when a deviation from a baseline is detected that is greater than a threshold for a maximum deviation from the baseline, performs the update to the risk measure associated with the equipment, when the update to the risk measure associated with the equipment is needed, and generates a ticket for a remedial action based on the risk measure, when the risk measure triggers the scheduling of the remedial action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Anoop Viswanath, James Gavillet, Otis Jennings, Satya Vivek Kanakadandila, Weiping Liu, Brian Lois, Muhammad Sabir, John Schinter, Christopher Tsai, Vinu Varghese
  • Patent number: 10551226
    Abstract: A scalable sensor calibration system and method configured to calibrate and/or recalibrate sensors based on calibration parameters received from secure cloud storage. A plurality of calibration parameter sets for a plurality of sensors may be received from the secure cloud storage and successively transmitted to each of the plurality of sensors using a calibration system bus interface. Calibration output data generated by the sensors using the calibration parameters is received and used to create new, optimized calibration parameters sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: Yong Luo, Gustavo Armando Suarez
  • Patent number: 10484488
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed for dynamically creating a user interface for interacting with various devices of multiple communication clusters. The technology enables a communication between a mobile apparatus and a first device in a communication cluster and transmits a publication request, from the first device, to a second device in the same communication cluster. The method receives a publication reply from the second device and then generates consolidated information based on the publication reply. The consolidated information includes control instructions for interacting with the first and second devices. The consolidated information is transmitted to the mobile apparatus. The method then creates a user interface based on the consolidated information. The user interface enables a user of the mobile apparatus to directly interact with the first and second devices in the communication cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: C-Labs Corporation
    Inventor: Chris Muench
  • Patent number: 10477647
    Abstract: An image-based motion-occupancy sensor uses digital signal processing (DSP) techniques to perform algorithms on image data to enable an energy-delivery system, such as a lighting control system, to learn various environmental conditions that would conventionally result in false motion-occupancy detection. Motion of Interest (MOI) is determined by iteratively performing these algorithms and effectively filtering image data associated with non-MOI and making control decisions based only on relevant MOI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore Eric Weber, Terrence Robert Arbouw
  • Patent number: 10437448
    Abstract: A security system that creates a display using a set of steps including a user input of a security system having a secured area receiving a respective name from the user for each of a plurality of security sensors, a processor matching each of the respective names to one of a plurality of respective names of sensor locations within a Building Information Model (BIM) of the secured area, the user input receiving from the user a specific designation of a corresponding location of each of the plurality of security sensors within a geographic coordinate system of the BIM, a processor of the security system correlating each of the respective names with the corresponding location of the security sensor within the BIM and a processor of the security system mapping each of the plurality of security sensors to a location within the BIM model based upon the name of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Satheesh Babu Moses, Viswanathan Chatapuram Krishnan, Dharmalingam Vediappan, Vinay Venkatesh
  • Patent number: 10432322
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission/reception device, a transmission/reception method, and a program capable of improving a transmission characteristic in human body communication in both transmission and reception. The transmission/reception device used for human body communication includes three electrodes including a human body side electrode being in contact with a human body as a communication medium, a space side electrode provided on a space side, not a human body side, and a circuit board provided with a circuit. At this time, at the time of transmission, a switch between the space side electrode and the circuit board is turned off to make a three-pole electrode configuration having superiority in the transmission characteristic, and each electrode is caused to function as an independent electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Fukuda, Takanori Washiro, Masahiro Uno
  • Patent number: 10278247
    Abstract: For controlling operation of a light source, a method of associating a light source with an area for which the light source is positioned to provide lighting comprises: identifying, based on a determined physical position of a light source, one of a plurality of areas as the area for which the light source is positioned to provide lighting; identifying at least one desired lighting condition for the identified area; and controlling, using a processor, operation of the light source based on the identified at least one desired lighting condition for the identified area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: iLumisys, Inc.
    Inventors: John Ivey, David L. Simon, Hoan Ngo, Anthony J. Norton, Brian Nickol
  • Patent number: 10248091
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing equipment maintenance are disclosed. The method receives data that is captured by at least one sensor deployed at a location, wherein the data is associated with at least one parameter of an equipment, receives atmospheric data for the location, monitors the at least one parameter of the equipment and the atmospheric data for the location, determines for the at least one parameter, whether an update to a risk measure associated with the equipment is needed, when a deviation from a baseline is detected that is greater than a threshold for a maximum deviation from the baseline, performs the update to the risk measure associated with the equipment, when the update to the risk measure associated with the equipment is needed, and generates a ticket for a remedial action based on the risk measure, when the risk measure triggers the scheduling of the remedial action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Anoop Viswanath, James Gavillet, Otis Jennings, Satya Vivek Kanakadandila, Weiping Liu, Brian Lois, Muhammad Sabir, John Schinter, Christopher Tsai, Vinu Varghese
  • Patent number: 10158810
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable detection of remote control activity. For example, a determination may be made whether an RF remote control is in use by detecting a non-RF signal transmitted by the RF remote control. The non-RF signal need not actually control any device, but it may be used to detect when the RF remote control is in use. An AV switch may detect an RF remote control is in use by detecting a non-RF signal. For example, when a user uses an RF remote (e.g., to control an STB with an RF signal) the use may be detected by detecting a non-RF (e.g., an IR signal) signal and the AV switch may use the detection, for example, to control a TV (e.g., turn on), control the switch (e.g., port selection for a TV to display STB output) and/or other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Caavo Inc
    Inventors: Nino Vincenzo Marino, Andrew E. Einaudi, Ashish Dharmpal Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 10144529
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) processing and input/output (I/O) capabilities to existing electronic systems onboard aircraft are disclosed. More specifically, a display processing computer may include a first set of I/O interfaces and a second set of I/O interfaces. The display processing computer may further include at least one first processor in communication with the first set of I/O interfaces and at least one second processor in communication with the second set of I/O interfaces. The at least one first processor may be configured to process data received at the first set of I/O interfaces and provide commands to control a display. The at least one second processor may be configured to provide a set of non-display functions, and further configured to selectively activate a subset of the set of non-display functions based on at least one operating condition of the display processing computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery E. Fetta, Richard T. Hackett, Eric N. Anderson
  • Patent number: 10128961
    Abstract: An electrode having a first metallic plate; and a second metallic plate arranged at an angle of greater than 0° and less than 180° with respect to the first metallic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nada Sekeljic, Anand S. Konanur, Timothy F. Cox, Suraj Sindia, John M. Roman
  • Patent number: 10039000
    Abstract: A host-slave control system and an addressing method thereof are provided. The host-slave control system includes a plurality of slave devices, a host device, and a remote control device. The host device is coupled to and controls the slave devices through a host-slave transmission interface. When one of the slave devices receives an addressing signal sent by the remote control device, the one of the slave devices sends an addressing information to the host device, such that the host device assigns a specific address as the address of the one of the slave devices according to the addressing information. In particular, the addressing information includes a default identification code of the one of the slave devices, and the address assigned to the one of the slave devices corresponds to the default identification code of the one of the slave devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Hung Tai
  • Patent number: 9999116
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method enabling commissioning of a system comprising a plurality of controllable devices capable of transmitting their identification signals. The method includes receiving identification signals from the devices, displaying a map of a structure and icons corresponding to the devices from which the identification signals have been received, detecting a first user input indicating a selection by a user of a first icon from the displayed icons, the first icon corresponding to a first device, and, in response to the first user input, providing a command to the first device to issue a cue identifying the first device to the user. The method further includes, subsequent to the first device issuing the cue, detecting a second user input indicating a selection by the user of a location on the map for the first icon, and displaying the first icon on the map at the selected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Luca Tiberi, Martijn Marius Hultermans, Ralf Gertruda Hubertus Voncken
  • Patent number: 9921562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a programmable switching system having N interconnected switching devices (ISDs), each of the ISDs having a unique network address. An ISD includes a switch operating in switching mode and programming mode, a communication interface, a microprocessor, and a memory. The microprocessor controls operation of ISDs when switch is in switching mode and programs ISD when switch is in programming mode. The memory includes a network address storage, and firmware. When the firmware is executed at the microprocessor, firmware is configured to: communicate with all ISDs of programmable switching system through communication interface over a network, receive user's inputs at switches of ISDs, and in response of the received user's inputs, to program ISDs, when switch is in programming mode, and receive user's input at the switch to perform switching functions of the ISD, when the switch is in switching mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: NANJING EASTHOUSE ELECTRICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hao Min
  • Patent number: 9894164
    Abstract: An computing system includes: a communication unit configured to receive a discovery request, including a client presence factor, having a scan pattern for discovering a target device; a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to: determine a target device coordinate based on the discovery request for identifying a client device relative to the target device, determine a device connectivity based on the target device coordinate, the client presence factor, or a combination thereof for establishing a backhaul communication between the client device and the target device, and a user interface, coupled to the control unit, configured to present a device information based on a trust level for displaying the device information of the client device having the device connectivity of connected with the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicolai Munk Petersen, Chris Turkstra, Daniel William Simmons, Guy Bar-Nahum, Robin M. Tafel, Seungeun Lee, Kwame Ferreira, Justin L. Gregg
  • Patent number: 9881542
    Abstract: Disclosed is a GOA circuit cell, comprising a GOA registering module having a shift register unit and a GOA output module having a digital logic circuit. An current-stage excitation pulse, a second additional clock signal, a first clock signal and a second clock signal are provided to the digital logic circuit, such that only during a first half pulse width of the current-stage excitation pulse, a first gate line driving pulse corresponding to a first half cycle of the first clock signal is output at a first current-stage output terminal, and a second gate line driving pulse corresponding to a second half cycle of the second clock signal is output at a second current-stage output terminal. It also discloses a GOA circuit formed by cascading the GOA circuit cell and a display panel comprising the driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 9743657
    Abstract: A remote notification electronic rodent trapping system and method is provided having a plurality of rearming electronic rodent trapping devices configured to wirelessly communicate trap information to a base station that is in communication with a cloud server. When a trap is activated by a rodent trigger it changes from a set state to a kill alert state and initiates a killing cycle. The trap waits a first time period and then sends a notification signal to the base station of trap activation which the base station forwards to the cloud server. The cloud server waits a second predetermined time period before sending a pushed notification to a remote user of the trap's kill alert state. If the trap rearms prior to expiration of the second time period, it alerts the base station which notifies the cloud server. The cloud server updates trap status to the set state and does not send a notification to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: WOODSTREAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher T. Rich, Thomas J. Daly, Aaron W. Lunger
  • Patent number: 9736050
    Abstract: Keep alive management techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a keep alive interval is calculated by an operating system of the computing device. The keep alive interval is used to maintain one or more notification channels between one or more applications of the computing device and a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Raghu Gatta, Kamalavasan Srinivasan, Osman N. Ertugay, David G. Thaler, Dmitry A. Anipko, Jeroen Vanturennout, Mohammad Saifur Rahman, Poornananda R. Gaddehosur
  • Patent number: 9736654
    Abstract: A method and a trolley for facilitating a passenger's way through an airport terminal, and improved methods for boarding aircrafts. The trolley may include an interface, such as a boarding card reader, for receiving information identifying the passenger and/or the passenger's flight. Mobile wireless communication means may be provided at the trolley for receiving airport information data, such as flight departure gate, delay or cancellation information, from a computer network within an airport terminal. Data output means are provided to communicate information to the passenger. The trolley may be X-ray compliant. A communication interface may be provided at the trolley for communicating with a portable device, such as a smartphone or equivalent means of the passenger. Individually selected information based on passenger identity, destination, position or past collection of passenger behavior may be disseminated to passengers on an individual basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Udviklingsselskabet AF 2014 A/S
    Inventor: Lars Thogersen
  • Patent number: 9734697
    Abstract: A security system is configured to be set in a notify mode if it fails to detect a response from the last person to leave the monitored environment or someone else who have left the house to arm the security system within a finite amount of time. When the security system is in the notify mode, the security system does not generate an alarm signal upon detecting a trigger event that would otherwise trigger an alarm if the system were in a fully armed mode, but instead, transmits a notification to legitimate residents or occupants who have left the monitored environment that the trigger event has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Yash Modi, Greg Fulco, Kenneth Louis Herman
  • Patent number: 9655215
    Abstract: A lighting control system and method is disclosed for not only controlling visual content loaded within a group set of illumination devices configured within a wireless network, but also for ensuring minimal control delay to those grouped devices. The lighting control system can include a lighting controller device that controls a plurality of lamps within a mesh network, not only to group those lamps but also to assign content to lamps within that group. The combination of a guaranteed groupcast to each of the group of lamps and an acknowledge back from those lamps that is aggregated over a single path achieves the improved lighting control system disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Ketra, Inc.
    Inventors: Horace C. Ho, Rebecca Frank, Mark Quilling, Rebecca M. Ho, Nav Sooch
  • Patent number: 9648468
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for processing a voice-based communication request intended for a destination electronic device that is connected to an on-board communications network. According to certain aspects, a data center can receive the voice-based communication request that is initiated by an originating device. The data center can determine that the destination electronic device is registered with the on-board communications network and generate an audio unavailable message that indicates the unavailability of the destination electronic device. Using a communication channel that is established with the originating electronic device, the data center transmits the audio unavailable message to the originating electronic device to inform its user that the voice call cannot be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GOGO LLC
    Inventors: Armando Arbe, Premkumar Bangole, Tony LaMarca, Paresh Kanabar
  • Patent number: 9613514
    Abstract: A system includes one or more sensors to gather information about an environment, a memory device that stores one or more computer executable components, and a processor to execute the computer executable components in the memory, including an event detection component to obtain information from the one or more sensors and identify whether a first level event has occurred based on the obtained information, a coalescence component to consolidate a plurality of events into a hierarchically higher-level, pre-defined coalesced event, and a communication component to send to one or more users a notification of a hierarchically highest level event determined to have occurred during a pre-determined time range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Sara McKinley Torti
  • Patent number: 9591456
    Abstract: A method and device for triggering acquisition of geolocation fix information. The method include determining activity state information based on information from one or more sensors. It is determined if an activity state has transitioned to a particular activity state based on the activity state information. Geolocation fix information is acquired if the activity state transitioned to the particular activity state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas Phan
  • Patent number: 9544213
    Abstract: Keep alive management techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a keep alive interval is calculated by an operating system of the computing device. The keep alive interval is used to maintain one or more notification channels between one or more applications of the computing device and a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Raghu Gatta, Kamalavasan Srinivasan, Osman N. Ertugay, David G. Thaler, Dmitry A. Anipko, Jeroen Vanturennout, Mohammad Saifur Rahman, Poornananda R. Gaddehosur
  • Patent number: 9426633
    Abstract: A method for treating an emergency service request message sent by a requesting station to an emergency service answering position; the method includes: (a) receiving the emergency service request message in a multi-media messaging service (MMS) format wherein the emergency service request message includes a requesting station address and a timestamp; (b) separating the text portions from the media portions in the emergency service request message; (c) creating a single media identifier to effect correlating the media portions with the text portions; (d) formatting the text portions with the media identifier in a text message; (e) forwarding the text message toward the emergency service answering position; and (f) employing the media identifier to correlate the media portions with the text portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventor: John Lawrence Snapp
  • Patent number: 9236908
    Abstract: An obstruction lighting and power line communication system is provided. The system includes a first controller coupled to and configured to control a first light source. The system includes a first transceiver associated with the first light source and configured to transmit and receive telemetry data signals associated with the first light source. The system includes a power line cable coupling the first controller and the first transceiver. The system includes a power supply coupled to the power line cable and configured to provide power to the first light source over the power line cable. The system includes a system controller configured to exchange control and telemetry signals with the first controller and the first transceiver over the power line cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Range, Russell Bruner
  • Patent number: 9113841
    Abstract: A biological information notifying apparatus of the present invention includes a biological information obtainment sensor to detect biological information of a human body, a vibration section which notifies the biological information by transmitting vibrations to the human body, and a control section which causes the vibration section to vibrate in accordance with the biological information. The control section obtains a first count number of the biological information per a predetermined time period at a first time point, obtains a second count number at a second time point which follows the first time point, causes the vibration section to vibrate with a first vibration in accordance with the biological information, when a difference obtained by subtracting the first count number from the second count number is larger than a positive first value at the second time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Amagai
  • Patent number: 9053514
    Abstract: An online sales/automatic rebate and coupon redemption system provides online customers automatic retrieval and redemption of all applicable rebates and coupons during purchase. Purchase orders from customers are selectively fulfilled and products are shipped to the customers either by the system for online sales with automatic rebate and coupon redemption or by other merchant or manufacturer environments. The system purchases from merchants using applicable coupons and rebates and then sells the products to the customers, passing the savings to them. The system makes it possible to automatically retrieve coupons and rebates for items in a shopping cart during the activity of an online purchase at an electronic mall or an online merchant site. The system provides coupons to potential customers via email, based on customer profile, geographical information, etc. Manufacturers and merchants can update coupon value and content based on ongoing sales and volume of customer activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Enpluz, LLC
    Inventors: James D. Bennett, Christopher C. Winslade
  • Patent number: RE48882
    Abstract: A lighting control system and method is disclosed for not only controlling visual content loaded within a group set of illumination devices configured within a wireless network, but also for ensuring minimal control delay to those grouped devices. The lighting control system can include a lighting controller device that controls a plurality of lamps within a mesh network, not only to group those lamps but also to assign content to lamps within that group. The combination of a guaranteed groupcast to each of the group of lamps and an acknowledge back from those lamps that is aggregated over a single path achieves the improved lighting control system disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Horace C. Ho, Rebecca Frank, Mark Quilling, Rebecca M. Ho, Nav Sooch