Patents Examined by A. A. Mathews
  • Patent number: 12146762
    Abstract: An object tracking system includes objects being tracked that have a communication means. The objects can be in either periodic or continuous communication. A receiver is capable of receiving data from the objects. A processor and database are provided joined to the receiver. The processor updates the database with the received positional data, and linked time data for each object. The processor and database are also capable of sorting the historic positional data, planned positional data, and current positional data by the time data linked to the position data to generate sorted positional data. A display is joined to the processor to receive and display the sorted positional data and linked time data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventors: Keith C Wichowski, Zachary D Sawyer, Daniel T Savaria, Patrick B Ryll
  • Patent number: 12146759
    Abstract: Generating route guidance in near real-time. At least one example is a method of providing route guidance by way of a mobile device, the method comprising: acquiring an applet by the mobile device, the acquiring responsive to a trigger event, and the trigger event identifies a destination location; determining, by the applet executed on the mobile device, an initial location of the mobile device; sending, by the applet executed on the mobile device, to a server an indication of the initial location of the mobile device and an indication of the destination location; receiving, by the mobile device from the server, a map comprising the initial location and the destination location; determining, by the applet executed on the mobile device, a route from the initial location to the destination location; and providing, by the applet executed on mobile device, guidance along the route to the destination location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Pointr Limited
    Inventors: Haluk Ziya Zorluoglu, Can Tunca, Gurol Canbek
  • Patent number: 12145620
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the routing of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be based at least in part upon an ability for a teleoperations system to safely take over the control and operation of the vehicle. A route that is to be driven or traversed by an autonomous vehicle may be created such that geographical areas in which there is substantially inadequate coverage by cellular and/or wireless networks are effectively avoided. By creating routes for an autonomous vehicle that substantially avoid areas of relatively poor cellular and/or wireless network coverage, the ability for the vehicle to safely travel between a source and a destination, even when under the control of a teleoperations system, may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NURO, INC.
    Inventors: Yichao (Roger) Shen, William Paul Maddern, Xi (Rachel) Wang, Vladimir Sliusar, Mark Rodrigo, Yu Tong (Julia) Zhang
  • Patent number: 12142153
    Abstract: A light-guided vehicle comprising: a platform; an optical sensor mounted to the platform, wherein the optical sensor is configured to image off-axis scatter of a photon beam; a processing unit mounted to the platform, wherein the processing unit is communicatively coupled to the platform and to the optical sensor, and wherein the processing unit is configured to monitor intensities of off-axis photons that are scattered by aerosol particles in a beam propagation path as measured by the optical sensor, and wherein the processing unit is further configured to maintain the platform within a vehicle path based on the monitored off-axis-photon intensities, wherein the vehicle path is offset from, and parallel to, the propagation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kyle Robert Drexler, Stephen Hammel, John Stephen deGrassie, Benjamin Joel Laxton
  • Patent number: 12138161
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve is designed to be circumferentially collapsible for less invasive delivery into the patient. At the implant site the valve re-expands to a larger circumferential size, i.e., the size that it has for operation as a replacement for one of the patient's native heart valves. The valve includes structures that, at the implant site, extend radially outwardly to engage tissue structures above and below the native heart valve annulus. These radially outwardly extending structures clamp the native tissue between them and thereby help to anchor the prosthetic valve at the desired location in the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, LLC
    Inventor: Peter N. Braido
  • Patent number: 12137938
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for inserting prosthesis implants into surgically-created implant pockets in a subject and for preventing capsular contracture resulting from surgical insertion of prosthesis implants. The apparatus includes a base having an upper surface and a lower surface and having an aperture formed therein which extends through the upper surface and the lower surface of the base. The apparatus also includes a tubular member that is coupled to the base. The inner bore of the tubular member is operable to receive the implant and has a substantially uniform cross-sectional width over the predetermined length. The apparatus is capable of shielding the implant from microbial contamination, including contamination by the endogenous flora of the subject, during insertion of the implant into the surgically-created implant pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen David Bresnick
  • Patent number: 12139174
    Abstract: A VCIB interfaces between an autonomous driving kit (ADK) and a vehicle platform (VP). The VP includes as vehicle modes, a manual mode in which the VP is under the control by a driver and an autonomous mode in which the VP is under the control by the ADK. When a first condition is satisfied in the manual mode, the VCIB has the vehicle mode make transition from the manual mode to the autonomous mode. The first condition includes (1) a condition that the VCIB has authenticated the ADK, (2) a condition that a power mode status signal indicates “drive mode,” (3) a condition that a readiness-for-autonomization signal indicates “Ready for Autonomous Mode,” and (4) a condition that a vehicle mode request indicates “Request for Autonomy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Ando, Toshikazu Hioki
  • Patent number: 12130632
    Abstract: A legged robot motion control method, apparatus, and device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring center of mass state data corresponding to a spatial path starting point and spatial path ending point of a motion path; determining a candidate foothold of each foot in the motion path based on the spatial path starting point and the spatial path ending point; determining a variation relationship between a center of mass position variation coefficient and a foot contact force based on the center of mass state data; screening out, under restrictions of a constraint set, a target center of mass position variation coefficient and target foothold that satisfy the variation relationship; determining a target motion control parameter according to the target center of mass position variation coefficient and the target foothold; and controlling a legged robot based on the target motion control parameter to move according to the motion path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Zheng, Xinyang Jiang, Wanchao Chi, Zhengyou Zhang
  • Patent number: 12127940
    Abstract: A patch for interposing between an implantable device and a treatment site, such as to inhibit migration (e.g., lateral shifting) of the implantable device with respect to the treatment site without interfering with contact of the implantable device with the treatment site, and/or to reduce (and preferably inhibit or prevent) damage to tissue at the treatment site and/or movement of the anchor element (used to anchor the implantable device) with respect to the treatment site. The patch may extend continuously around the perimeter of the device, or discontinuously as more than one patch. The patch may be delivered on the implantable device to the treatment site, or separately delivered and deployed before the implantable device is delivered and deployed, the implantable device being implanted over the patch and the treatment site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: James M. Anderson
  • Patent number: 12122418
    Abstract: A system for navigating a vehicle may include a processor programmed to receive an output provided by a vehicle sensor, and determine a navigational maneuver for the vehicle along a road segment based on the output provided by the vehicle sensor. The processor may also be programmed to determine a yaw rate command and a speed command for implementing the navigational maneuver. The processor may also be programmed to determine a first vehicle steering angle based on the yaw rate and speed commands using a first control subsystem, and determine a second vehicle steering angle based on the yaw rate and speed commands using a second control subsystem. The processor may further be programmed to determine an overall steering command for the vehicle based on a combination of the first and second steering angles, and cause an actuator associated with the vehicle to implement the overall steering command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Moran Molnar, Ilan Selig, Ronen Rojas
  • Patent number: 12121436
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve is disclosed that is deformable between collapsed, radially uncompressed, and target conditions. The prosthetic heart valve includes an inner frame, at least one leaflet, and a braided wire mesh arranged outside and coupled to the inner frame by a coupling portion. The braided wire mesh includes a body portion between the coupling portion and a flared portion. In the radially uncompressed condition, the prosthetic heart valve forms a cavity surrounded by the braided wire mesh and the inner frame. In the target condition, only a part of the length of the body portion is radially compressed along an axis extending from an upstream side to a downstream side. In the collapsed condition, the inner frame and braided wire mesh are radially collapsed over their entire length. In the radially uncompressed condition, the body portion is tubular and the braided wire mesh has a rotationally symmetric circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER B.V.
    Inventors: Luc Alleleyn, Maurice Verbeek, Joost Ubachs, Victor Duijsens, Estelle Fraysse
  • Patent number: 12115891
    Abstract: A cushion member having improved variable stiffness for a target is provided. The cushion member comprises a cushion housing having an interior with a variable internal pressure and an exterior surface for receiving the target. The cushion housing is arranged to be deformable and comprises granular particles disposed in the interior of the cushion housing. The cushion housing further comprises hollow particles disposed therein with the granular particles. Each hollow particle is compressible and hollow to define a void therein. The hollow particles have a size, a wall thickness, a material, and a bulk modulus defining infill properties thereof. The hollow particles and the granular particles are arranged to allow the cushion housing to be deformed upon contact with the target. The hollow particles and granular particles define a cushion infill having a variable stiffness based on the infill properties and the variable internal pressure of the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Nilesh D. Mankame, Wonhee M. Kim, Paul W. Alexander
  • Patent number: 12115065
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve assembly includes a self-expandable stent having a flared upper portion, a lower portion, and an intermediate portion extending from the upper portion to the lower portion. The stent includes upwardly bent hooks extending from an outer surface of the stent, which are adapted to engage native leaflet tissue. The stent further includes an elongate anchoring member extending from the lower portion of the stent, which is adapted to be secured to a ventricle wall via a prong portion. When deployed within the native heart valve, the flared upper portion contacts a supra-annular surface of the native heart valve for preventing downward migration of the prosthetic heart valve assembly toward the ventricle and the upwardly bent hooks and the elongate anchoring member prevent upward migration of the prosthetic heart valve assembly toward an atrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stanton J. Rowe, Mark Chau, Son V. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12115058
    Abstract: A nerve regeneration-inducing tube includes a cylindrical body, and a plurality of fibers that are housed in the body and extend in a longitudinal direction of the body. At least a part of the fibers is a modified cross-section fiber that has an axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the fibers, and at least three protrusions that continue in the longitudinal direction of the fibers, protrude from the axis, and have a height of 0.5 ?m or more from the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenichi Harimoto, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Satoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 12110000
    Abstract: A method for operating an electrified drive train, the drivetrain including a driving coupling of an electric motor to at least one wheel of a working machine, the method including generating an acceleration torque by the electric motor, the acceleration torque leading to an increase in speed of the at least one wheel, generating a braking torque, the braking torque leading to a reduction in speed of the at least one wheel, generating a second acceleration torque by the at least one wheel, the second acceleration torque leading to an increase in a speed of the electric motor, and generating a second braking torque by the at least one wheel, the second braking torque leading to a reduction in the speed of the electric motor, wherein, during a regenerative operation of the electric motor, an unwanted acceleration of the working machine is counteracted by an automated additional braking intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Rico Glöckner, Migen Bebeti, Norbert Feuchtner
  • Patent number: 12112497
    Abstract: A navigation system for a host vehicle may include a processor programmed to: receive from a camera onboard the host vehicle at least one captured image representative of an environment of the host vehicle, wherein the camera is positioned at a first location relative to the host vehicle; receive point cloud information from a LIDAR system onboard the host vehicle, wherein the LIDAR system is positioned at a second location relative to the host vehicle; analyze the at least one captured image and the received point cloud information to detect one or more objects in the shared field of view region; determine whether a vantage point difference between the first location of the camera and the second location of the LIDAR system accounts for the one or more detected objects being represented in only one of the at least one captured image or the received point cloud information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Chaim Blau, Ofer Springer, Kevin Rosenblum, Alon Ziv, Erez Dagan, David Boublil, Nadav Shaag, David Neuhof, Jeffrey Moskowitz, Gal Topel, Yotam Stern
  • Patent number: 12110662
    Abstract: A work machine includes: an informing device that informs an operator; an input device for inputting predetermined information; a notification device that gives a notification to a worker around the work machine; a controller; and a communication device that communicates with a mobile terminal carried by the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Kurokami, Takaaki Ishii, Shigeki Tokita, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Tsuchie
  • Patent number: 12109110
    Abstract: A first ventricular surface anchor can be placed against a first right ventricular surface, wherein the first ventricular surface anchor is connected to a first tension member. A first tension anchor against a tension anchor surface of a heart, wherein the first tension anchor is connected to a second tension member. The first tension member connected to the first ventricular surface anchor can extend towards the second tension member connected to the first tension anchor; and the first tension member and the second tension member, can be draw the first right ventricular surface toward the first tension anchor. The surface anchor can include a nitinol frame forming an outer perimeter and a hole. The nitinol frame can have an austenite state in a deployed configuration when a temperature of the nitinol frame is body temperature. The surface anchor can also include a grommet comprising a distal tubular portion connected to a proximal finger portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Tangent Cardiovascular, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Daniel Brown
  • Patent number: 12111666
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle including an operation device; a first communication device; and a second communication device. In a case in which the first communication device is positioned in a first area containing a position of the vehicle, the vehicle operates in an operation waiting state in which the operation device is allowed to receive an operation. In a case in which the second communication device is positioned in a second area contained in the first area and smaller than the first area, the vehicle operates in the operation waiting state. In a case in which the first communication device is positioned in the first area and the second communication device is positioned in the second area, the second communication device generates a notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Fujiyama, Naoya Koike, Jun Ogawa, Shinya Ota
  • Patent number: 12097118
    Abstract: An anchor of an implant is transluminally advanced to a heart of a subject, the anchor including a distal helical element, and a post extending proximally from the distal helical element. The implant is anchored to tissue of the heart by driving the distal helical element into tissue of the heart, and compressing a fabric tube against the tissue by moving an annular member, coupled to the post, toward the tissue such that the fabric tube becomes sandwiched between the annular member and the tissue. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Eran Miller, Oz Cabiri