Patents Assigned to SENSOR
  • Patent number: 10687598
    Abstract: An ultraviolet razor blade treatment system for providing a cleaning treatment to a shaving razor is disclosed. The ultraviolet razor blade treatment system can include a shaving razor cleaning unit that has at least one ultraviolet radiation source and sensor to clean surfaces of the shaving razor for purposes of disinfection, sterilization, and/or sanitization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Lakios, Michael Shur, Alexander Dobrinsky
  • Patent number: 10690763
    Abstract: One or more sensors are configured for detection of characteristics of moving objects and living subjects for human identification or authentication. One or more processors, such as in a system of sensors or that control a sensor, may be configured to process signals from the one or more sensors to identify a person. The processing may include evaluating features from the signals such as breathing rate, respiration depth, degree of movement and heart rate etc. The sensors may be radio frequency non-contact sensors with automated detection control to change detection control parameters based on the identification of living beings, such as to avoid sensor interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Redmond Shouldice, Emer Doheny, Alberto Zaffaroni
  • Patent number: 10693035
    Abstract: A heterostructure for use in an electronic or optoelectronic device is provided. The heterostructure includes one or more semiconductor layers containing columnar nanostructures (e.g., nanowires). The nanowire semiconductor layer can include sub-layers of varying composition, at least one of which is an active layer that can include quantum wells and barriers. A heterostructure can include n-type and p-type semiconductor contact layers adjacent to the nanowire semiconductor layer containing the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shur, Grigory Simin, Alexander Dobrinsky
  • Patent number: 10688210
    Abstract: Ultraviolet radiation is directed within an area. Items located within the area and/or one or more conditions of the area are monitored over a period of time. Based on the monitoring, ultraviolet radiation sources are controlled by adjusting a direction, an intensity, a pattern, and/or a spectral power of the ultraviolet radiation generated by the ultraviolet radiation source. Adjustments to the ultraviolet radiation source(s) can correspond to one of a plurality of selectable operating configurations including a storage life preservation operating configuration, a disinfection operating configuration, and an ethylene decomposition operating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxim S. Shatalov, Timothy James Bettles, Alexander Dobrinsky, Remigijus Gaska, Michael Shur, Robert M. Kennedy, Arthur Peter Barber, III, Carlton Gibson
  • Patent number: 10688312
    Abstract: Medical devices capable of delivering and/or sensing electromagnetic radiation within an organism body are described. Placement of a location for delivering and/or sending the electromagnetic radiation is done through the skin of the organism body. Devices described include a needle with a wave guiding structure configured to direct the electromagnetic radiation to/from a location within the organism body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shur, Alexander Dobrinsky
  • Patent number: 10690493
    Abstract: A computer system comprises a sensor device configured to attach to a rotating object. The sensor device has a gyroscopic sensor that is configured to measure rotational motion on one or more planes. The sensor device detects rotational movement and generates and transmits signals that represent the rotational movement detected to a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device receives the signals and assigns timestamp values to the signals. The mobile computing device also receives object parameter information that describes object attributes. The mobile computing device generates angular velocity datasets and object datasets that describe motion or positions of the object. The mobile computing device then generates sets of graphical representations from the object datasets and displays graphs from the sets of graphical representations, where each graph displayed is obtained from a distinct set of graphical representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Myriad Sensors, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifton Roozeboom, David Bakker, Andrew Bellay
  • Patent number: 10688211
    Abstract: An illuminator comprising more than one set of ultraviolet radiation sources. A first set of ultraviolet radiation sources operate in a wavelength range of approximately 270 nanometers to approximately 290 nanometers. A second set of ultraviolet radiation sources operate in a wavelength range of approximately 380 nanometers to approximately 420 nanometers. The illuminator can also include a set of sensors for acquiring data regarding at least one object to be irradiated by the first and the second set of ultraviolet radiation sources. A control system configured to control and adjust a set of radiation settings for the first and the second set of ultraviolet radiation sources based on the data acquired by the set of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur Peter Barber, III
  • Patent number: 10682824
    Abstract: The wafer-level method for applying N?2 first elements to a first side of a substrate, wherein the substrate has at the first side a first surface including the steps of providing the substrate, wherein at least N barrier members are present at the first side, and wherein each barrier member is associated with one of the first elements. For each of the first elements, the method includes bringing a first amount of a hardenable material in a flowable state in contact with the first surface, the first amount of hardenable material being associated with the first element; controlling a flow of the first amount of hardenable material on the first surface with the associated barrier member; and hardening the first amount of hardenable material to interconnect the first surface and the respective element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Bietsch, Michel Barge
  • Publication number: 20200178801
    Abstract: Monitoring of one or more key indicators can provide powerful insights into the operation and state of different physical systems. For example, continuous monitoring of multiple analytes in a subject allows for detailed insights into personal health as well as allowing for the implementation of preventative health measures. Herein are described design and processing methods for a small wireless multi-analyte sensing platform that can be used to monitor multiple analytes such as glucose, lactate, Urea and other physicochemical quantities. The design techniques and processing methods presented herein can be used for a multitude of other applications and are not limited to those described here.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Integrated Medical Sensors, Inc.
    Inventors: Meisam Honarvar Nazari, Muhammad Mujeeb-U-Rahman, Mehmet Sencan
  • Patent number: 10680023
    Abstract: Optoelectronic modules include a silicon substrate in which or on which there is an optoelectronic device. An optics assembly is disposed over the optoelectronic device, and a spacer separates the silicon substrate from the optics assembly. Methods of fabricating such modules also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hartmut Rudmann, Mario Cesana, Jens Geiger, Peter Roentgen, Vincenzo Condorelli
  • Patent number: 10679976
    Abstract: Compact optoelectronic modules are described that, in some implementations, can have reduced heights, while at the same time having very little optical crosstalk or detection of stray light. An optoelectronic module having optical channel can include a support on which is mounted an optoelectronic device arranged to emit or detect light at a particular one or more wavelengths. The module has a cover including an optically transmissive portion over the optoelectronic device. The optically transmissive portion is surrounded laterally by sections of the cover that are substantially non-transparent to the one or more wavelengths. A passive optical element is present on a surface of the optically transmissive portion. A spacer separates the support from the cover. The cover can be relatively thin so that the overall height of the module is relatively small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jens Geiger
  • Patent number: 10677923
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes optoelectronic modules that, in some implementations, address the need to combine precise measurements of scenes over a range of near and far distances. For example, an optoelectronic module can include a light emitter operable to direct modulated structured light onto a scene. The module includes an imager to receive reflected light signals from the scene. The imager includes demodulation pixels operable to provide amplitude and phase information based on the reflected light signals. Various techniques can be used to derive distance or three-dimensional information about the scene based on the signals from the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bernhard Büttgen, Moshe Doron
  • Patent number: 10675370
    Abstract: A diffusive illuminator is provided. The diffusive illuminator includes a set of light sources and a light guiding structure including a plurality of layers. At least some of the layers can be formed of a fluoropolymer and at least one layer can be formed of a transparent fluid. The light guiding structure also includes an emission surface through which diffused light exits. The light guiding structure can further include diffusive elements associated with at least one of the plurality of layers. Each diffusive element can diffuse the light to within forty percent of Lambertian distribution. The diffusive elements can be arranged based on a desired uniformity of the diffused light at a target distance corresponding to a surface to be illuminated. The diffusive illuminator can emit ultraviolet light, and can be implemented as part of a disinfection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Dobrinsky, Michael Shur, Remigijus Gaska
  • Patent number: 10677836
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device with at least one stress controlling structure and method of testing the device is disclosed. The optoelectronic device includes a stress controlling structure formed adjacent to a semiconductor heterostructure. The optoelectronic device can further include a stress inducing component that is configured to induce a change in stress within the stress controlling structure. The stress inducing component can induce a number of different stresses during a test of the optoelectronic device. A strain evaluator can evaluate the stresses within the semiconductor heterostructure as a function of a strain generated in the stress controlling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Dobrinsky, Michael Shur
  • Patent number: 10669592
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for amplifying a plurality of targets in a single PCR run while distinguishing between clinically relevant amplification and amplification from other sources such as from background contamination. The methods and devices further enable discrimination between gram-positive, gram-negative and fungal infections as wells as identify antimicrobial resistance genes. When applying the methods and devices of the invention, the species or genus of an infection(s), and genus of a fungal co-infection(s) or category of bacterial (gram-positive or negative) co-infection(s) are identified. Species identification of co-infections can also be achieved. Further, when applying the methods and devices of the invention, organisms which are likely to be contaminating organisms from a blood draw are identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Clinical Micro Sensors, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa Lynn Freeman-Cook, Christine J. Shaw, Milena Iacobelli Martinez, Anna Maria Al-Khouri, Bradley Adam Brown, John Jay Harvey
  • Patent number: 10670700
    Abstract: Radio frequency motion sensors may be configured for operation in a common vicinity so as to reduce interference. In some versions, interference may be reduced by timing and/or frequency synchronization. In some versions, a master radio frequency motion sensor may transmit a first radio frequency (RF) signal. A slave radio frequency motion sensor may determine a second radio frequency signal which minimizes interference with the first RF frequency. In some versions, interference may be reduced with additional transmission adjustments such as pulse width reduction or frequency and/or timing dithering differences. In some versions, apparatus may be configured with multiple sensors in a configuration to emit the radio frequency signals in different directions to mitigate interference between emitted pulses from the radio frequency motion sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Stephen McMahon, Przemyslaw Szkot, Redmond Shouldice
  • Patent number: 10670541
    Abstract: Several embodiments include a method of computing void fraction in a two-phase mixture in a pipe. A driver and a transmitter antenna can transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal through the pipe. The pipe can convey the two-phase mixture extracted from a geothermal well. The RF signal can pass through the two-phase mixture. A receiver antenna in the pipe can receive the RF signal. A receiver circuit can measure signal strength attenuations of the RF signal at the receiver antenna over a time window. A computation engine can compute an average of the signal strength attenuations over the time window. The computation engine or another computing device can then compute, in real-time, a change in a void fraction of the two-phase mixture based on the average of the signal strength attenuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: Steamfield Sensors, Inc., Auckland UniServices Limited
    Inventors: John R. Sisler, Sadiq Jafar Mohammed Zarrouk
  • Patent number: 10672137
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and techniques for generating a disparity map having reduced over-smoothing. To achieve the reduction in over-smoothing that might otherwise occur, a third image is captured in addition to stereo reference and search images. Information from the third image, which may be of the same or different type as the stereo images (e.g., RGB, grey-scale, infra-red (IR)) and which may have the same or different resolution as the stereo images, can help better define the object edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Florin Cutu
  • Publication number: 20200169418
    Abstract: (A) An individual one of two or more terminals prepares a set of a first public key and a first private key. (B) One of the two or more terminals creates a set of a second public key and a second private key and distributes the second public key and the second private key to the other terminal(s). (C) One of the two or more terminals creates a shared key by using the corresponding first private key prepared in the (A) and the second public key shared in the (B). (D) A different terminal(s) of the two or more terminals creates a shared key used to communicate with the one terminal by using the second private key shared in the (B) and the first public key of the one terminal prepared in the (A). (E) The set of terminals performs an encryption communication(s) by using the shared keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: NEC Network and Sensor Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuusuke WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10663691
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes imaging techniques and devices having improved autofocus capabilities. The imaging techniques can include actively illuminating a scene and determining distances over the entire scene and so that a respective distance to each object or point in the scene can be determined. Thus, distances to all objects in a scene (within a particular range) at any given instant can be stored. A preview of the image can be displayed so as to allow a user to select a region of the scene of interest. In response to the user's selection, the imager's optical assembly can be adjusted automatically, for example, to a position that corresponds to optimal image capture of objects at the particular distance of the selected region of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian Tang-Jespersen, Michael Kiy, Miguel Bruno Vaello Paños, Florin Cutu, James Patrick Long, Hartmut Rudmann