Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and method for hybrid monitoring of individuals using both a combination of a user attached monitor device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 15, 2026
Publication date:
May 21, 2026
Applicant:
BI Incorporated
Inventors:
James J. Buck, JR., Joseph P. Newell, Dustin Pettit, Mike Cooke
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for identifying impairment using measurement devices and trained models, and/or for indicating interference with impairment testing. Embodiments discussed herein provide systems, methods, and/or devices that enable remote impairment testing that does not require a human monitor to be present or physically near the individual being monitored. Such an ability is an improvement.
Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed. The method includes applying, using a proximity sensor circuit of a monitoring device, a sensing drive signal to a sensing area of a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor circuit is communicatively coupled with the proximity sensor and controlled by a microcontroller (MCU). The method further includes measuring, using the proximity sensor circuit, a capacitance of the sensing area that varies based on proximity of a monitored individual to the sensing area. The method further includes generating, using the proximity sensor circuit, a proximity output signal based on the capacitance. The method further includes processing, using the MCU of the monitoring device, the proximity output signal corresponding to the capacitance. The method further includes determining, using the MCU, an absence of the monitored individual from proximity to the sensing area based on the proximity output signal.
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for securing a monitoring device to an individual, and more particularly to systems and methods for using a security attachment tool to secure a monitoring device to an individual.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2024
Date of Patent:
March 10, 2026
Assignee:
BI Incorporated
Inventors:
Justin Cerutti, Tyrone Cunningham, Benjamin Barber
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and method for hybrid monitoring of individuals using both a combination of a user attached monitor device and a user detached monitor device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 2023
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2026
Assignee:
BI Incorporated
Inventors:
James J. Buck, Jr., Joseph P. Newell, Dustin Pettit, Mike Cooke
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for verifying location information provided from a monitoring device to a central monitoring station, and more particularly to systems and methods for using context to verify location information from a monitoring device.
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for identifying impairment using measurement devices and trained models, and/or for indicating interference with impairment testing. Embodiments discussed herein provide systems, methods, and/or devices that enable remote impairment testing that does not require a human monitor to be present or physically near the individual being monitored. Such an ability is an improvement.
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for securing a monitoring device to an individual, and more particularly to systems and methods for using a security attachment tool to secure a monitoring device to an individual.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 3, 2024
Publication date:
August 14, 2025
Applicant:
BI Incorporated
Inventors:
Justin Cerutti, Tyrone Cunningham, Benjamin Barber
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for using prior location information in a tracking device for reporting when no significant movement is indicated.
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for using prior location information in a first monitor device for reporting when no significant movement is indicated by a second monitor device.
Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for selecting one of a number of location determination services supported by a monitoring system. The monitoring system may include a user attached monitor device configured to support a first subset of the location determination services and a user detached monitor device configured to support a second subset of the location determination services. In other cases, the monitoring system may include only a user attached monitor device or a user detached monitor device.