Abstract: Methods and/or systems for diagnosing, monitoring and/or treating persons at risk for falling and/or other pathological conditions. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, people are diagnosed before they actually start falling. Optionally, the diagnosis includes trying out and identifying one or more fall triggers using virtual reality tools. Optionally or alternatively, treatment includes training the persons using situations and/or triggers which are determined to be relevant for that person.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 9, 2012
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
The Medical Research, Infrastructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel Aviv Medical Center
Inventors:
Anat Mirelman, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff, Nir Giladi
Abstract: In embodiments, a system receives a file comprising metadata to which rules are applied. Alerts may be generated based on the rules processing of the metadata. The image file may comprise a photo. Alerts can be generated when an original timestamp of the file is after a date of loss of an object, a modified timestamp of the file is after loss of the object, a GPS (Global Positioning System) timestamp of the photo is after date of loss, and/or GPS coordinates of the photo are a certain distance from a location of the loss.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 15, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Abstract: Aspects described herein may allow for the application of generating captcha images using relations among objects. The objects in ground-truth images may be clustered based on the probabilities of co-occurrence. Further aspects described herein may provide for generating a first captcha image comprising a first object and a second object, and generating a second captcha image based on the first captcha image by replacing the first object with the third object. Finally, the first and second captcha images may be presented as security challenges and user access requests may be granted or denied based on responses to the security challenges.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 16, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Anh Truong, Vincent Pham, Galen Rafferty, Jeremy Goodsitt, Mark Watson, Austin Walters
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating printed tags for use in connection with a heated food item placed into a hot holding unit. System components may include a user interface, a printer, and a controller. The controller is programmed to instruct the user interface to display a prompt for an operator to input information identifying one or more characteristics of a food item positioned within or to be placed into a hot holding unit. The controller receives the information from the user interface and instructs the printer to generate a tag identifying the food item and the time at which the food item is to be removed from the hot holding unit and discarded. The tag may include a display area to display the printed information and a support area with a slit that allows the tag to be supported by a rack of the hot holding unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2015
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, LLC
Inventors:
Jeanne F. Duckett, Stephen John Walker, Karen L. Euse, Jayne Blair
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for manufacturing a transaction card. The disclosed methods and apparatuses may be used to form a transaction card frame within a mold. The transaction card frame may include one or more recessed portions formed within a first surface of the transaction card frame. The one or more recessed portions may be configured for affixing one or more electronic components.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Carl Alexander Cepress, Elwin Ching Yee Ong
Abstract: A system for determining a borehole shape may comprise a measurement assembly, wherein the measurement assembly may comprise a housing with an outer surface, a transducer disposed flush along the outer surface of the housing, and an extruded boss that connects to the outer surface of the housing. A method may comprise disposing a downhole tool that includes an instrument section into a wellbore and transmitting an excitation from the transducer into the wellbore, wherein the excitation is reflected off a wellbore wall as an echo.
Abstract: The invention provides peptide compositions and mixtures useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Ehrlichia antigens. The peptide compositions and mixtures comprise polypeptide sequences based on an immunogenic fragment of the Ehrlichia Outer Membrane Protein 1 (OMP-1) protein. The invention also provides devices, methods, and kits comprising such peptide compositions and mixtures useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Ehrlichia antigens and the diagnosis of monocytic and/or granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 27, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Zoetis Services LLC
Inventors:
Rajesh K. Mehra, Kenneth P. Aron, Dennis M. Bleile, Timothy P. Forsyth, Jeremy D. Walker, Cristina R. Cuesico
Abstract: A dielectric logging tool for use in a borehole that penetrates a subsurface formation, includes: at least one wall-contacting face with one or more embedded microstrip antennas including a transmit antenna; an oscillator that supplies a transmit signal; a coherent receiver that measures the one or more scattering coefficients; and a processor that derives a formation property from the one or more scattering coefficients. The tool may be conveyed along a borehole, with the scattering coefficients and derived formation property values associated with tool position and orientation to provide a permittivity log.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 2015
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Glenn Andrew Wilson, Luis San Martin, Li Pan, Burkay Donderici
Abstract: Techniques for managing cloud-based systems are provided. A user provides search criteria for cloud-based resources through a web-based user interface. A search for the cloud-based resources is conducted based on the search criteria. The web-based interface displays a listing of cloud-based resources matching the search criteria. The user provides an input indicating a request to keep awake a first cloud-based resource. In response, the web-based interface copies an original operating schedule for the first cloud-based resource into a first tag and modifies the original operating schedule contained within a second tag to form a modified operating schedule to cause the cloud-based resource to keep awake. The user can restore the original operating schedule when desired. Alternatively, the web-based interface can automatically restore the original operating schedule when a predetermined time period expires.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 22, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Ron Meck, James Laiche, Daniel Eisenberg, Jacob Walden, Tianzhen Lin, Chienyi Hung, Mamadou Balde, Celik Sismanturk, Jason McGinthy, Scott Foreman
Abstract: Systems and methods are described for provisioning access credentials to a mobile device using device and authorization codes. Once provisioned, a mobile device can be used to conduct a transaction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 6, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Visa International Service Association
Inventors:
Kim R. Wagner, John F. Sheets, Glenn Powell
Abstract: A downhole drilling system is disclosed. The downhole drilling system may include a drill bit including a first electrode and a second electrode. The downhole drilling system may also include a pulse-generating circuit coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. A capacitor within the pulse-generating circuit may include a plurality of electrode sheets and a plurality of dielectric sheets interleaved with the plurality of electrode sheets. Each of the dielectric sheets may include a composite material including a polymer matrix formed from a polymer component and a nanoparticle component that increases the dielectric constant of the composite material above that of the polymer component.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 5, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignees:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., SDG LLC
Abstract: An optical detection system for analyzing a fluid sample including a light source configured to emit a light beam to interact with the sample to form a spectrum, an optical fiber to transmit the spectrum, an array of single-photon detectors (SPDs), and wherein each SPD is configured to receive and is tunable to analyze spectral characteristics of the spectrum across a spectral range.
Abstract: A server system is provided for analyzing user interaction in an environment. The server system comprises a memory storing a set of instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including determine a user has interacted with an item positioned in the environment based on a communication signal received from a hub physically located in the environment indicating an item tag associated with the item is linked with a user tag associated with the user. The server system may identify, based on one or more communication signals received from the hub, at least one metric associated with the user's interaction with the item and compare the at least one metric with a set of rules associated with the type of metric. The server system may provide an indication, based on the comparison, to a display device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Matthew Stern, Jason Deperro, Dan Makoski, Makiko Taniguchi
Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting a virtual assistant are provided. An example system may include at least one memory device storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations that may include receiving a request from a user for a response, and identifying characteristics of the user based on the user request. The operations may also include determining a type of the user request and based on the determined type of the user request and the identified user characteristics, configuring a virtual assistant to interact with the user through at least one of synthesized speech or visual signals. The operations may also include providing the virtual assistant to interact with the user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Jeffrey Rule, Kaylyn Gibilterra, Abdelkader Benkreira, Michael Mossoba
Abstract: A respiratory acoustic analysis system for sensing and analyzing respiratory sounds of a patient may include a High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO) vest, at least one sensor coupled with the HFCWO vest, and an algorithm stored in a processor for processing sensed data from the at least one acoustic sensor to provide processed data describing the respiratory sounds of the patient, in a form that can be used by a physician or other user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services PTE Ltd.
Inventors:
Chau Chong Ye, Yue Wang, Suresha Venkataraya, Aye Aung, Zhon Chu, Aaron R. Burnham, Matthew D. Mullin
Abstract: An incontinence detector includes a layer of material having uniformly distributed electrically resistive elements which impart a baseline electrical resistance to the layer. The layer also has an actual electrical resistance. The detector also includes an RFID tag having a first and second leads which extend into the material without contacting each other. The tag is responsive to deviations of the actual resistance from the baseline resistance.
Abstract: In one implementation, systems and methods are provided for developing a computer-implemented digital experience application having a first and a second micro-application. Each micro-application includes a front end interface configured to receive and display information. The first micro-application includes a first event manager configured to detect an application event belonging to a category, and a first state manager configured to detect an application state belonging to the category. The digital experience application further includes a driver application configured to host the first and second micro-applications, an event hub configured to receive the detected application event from the first micro-application, and a state store configured to store the detected application state received from the first micro-application.
Abstract: Provided are compositions, methods, and systems that relate to use of viscoelastic surfactant gels in well perforation. A method for well treatment comprising: introducing a viscoelastic surfactant gel into a wellbore; and forming one or more perforation channels in an interval of the wellbore while the viscoelastic surfactant gel is disposed in the wellbore. A method for well treatment comprising: introducing a viscoelastic surfactant gel into a wellbore over an interval of the wellbore to be perforated; disposing a perforating gun into the wellbore such that the viscoelastic surfactant gel is disposed between the perforating gun and a casing of the wellbore; and forming one or more perforation channels in the interval of the wellbore. A downhole perforating system comprising: a perforating gun disposed at a distal end of a work string; and a viscoelastic surfactant gel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 16, 2021
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Jose Luis Carvalho Mota, William Walter Shumway
Abstract: Provided is a device that persistently distributes connectionless traffic across different simultaneously executing server instances in a manner that allows a first set of server instances of the device to commence a new first set of connectionless data streams during a first interval, and a different second set of server instances of the device to commence a different second set of connectionless data streams as the first set of server instances respond to ongoing connectionless data streams of the first set of connectionless data streams during a subsequent second interval. The persistent distribution further supports virtual connection migration by distributing, to the same server instance, data packets that are directed to the same connectionless data stream even when the sending user equipment changes addressing during the connectionless data stream.