Patents Examined by Allyson N Trail
  • Patent number: 11681891
    Abstract: An electronic module for a chip includes a first dielectric substrate provided on one of the faces thereof with a first microelectronic chip whose input/output terminals are connected to first connection pins which are arranged around the first microelectronic chip, and a second dielectric substrate which is placed directly opposite the first substrate and which is provided on one of the faces thereof with a second microelectronic chip whose input/output terminals are connected to second connection pins which are arranged around the second microelectronic chip. The first and second microelectronic chips are arranged on the faces of the substrates directed towards the interior of the electronic module. A dielectric shim has a calibrated thickness and separates the first and second dielectric substrates. The shim has through-holes or vacancies accommodating electrically conductive materials connecting some of the first connection pins to some of the second connection pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Kevin Fabrizio, Guillaume Gerin
  • Patent number: 11681892
    Abstract: A method for producing hoselines having at least the following working steps: a) providing a hoseline or pipeline blank (1, 2, 3) of at least one elastomeric and/or thermoplastic base material in a production device, while reinforcing elements may be embedded in the base material; and b) introducing an RFID structure (4, 4A, 4B, 4C) into the outer layer (3) of the hoseline or pipeline blank (1) in the axial direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hoseline or pipeline blank (1) and synchronously with the feed rate of the production device, the RFID structure having at least one carrier (4A) and the RFID structure (4, 4A, 4B, 4C) having RFID chips (4B) securely arranged on the carrier (4A) at predetermined spaced intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ContiTech USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Schmidt, Carsten Wilke
  • Patent number: 11669606
    Abstract: Biometric features are derived from security data associated with a subject. The security data is obtained from a security device. A biometric value is calculated from the biometric features. The biometric value is anonymized to an identifier associated with the subject. The identifier is integrated with event data associated with a security system. In an embodiment, the security device is a Personal Identification Number (PIN) pad integrated into a transaction terminal, the security data is fingerprint data, which is read from a finger of the subject placed on a fingerprint reader integrated into the PIN pad, and the biometric value is a PIN calculated from fingerprint data during a transaction at the transaction terminal. In an embodiment, the security device is a security camera, the security data is a secure video stream, and the biometric features are facial features of the subject in the secure video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Tomasz Kruczek, Tim Gerlach, Lucas Henrique Silva, Bruce McBain, Garrett Paul Schubiner
  • Patent number: 11669702
    Abstract: A commodity container includes a main body with a container space and a radio frequency reader with a communication range that covers an opening of the container space. The radio frequency reader outputs tag information based on a radio frequency signal from a wireless tag and outputs time variation information indicating a time variation of the radio frequency signal. A registration device is attached to the main body and includes a communication interface to receive the tag and time variation information, and a processor configured to determine a time variation in a positional relationship of the wireless tag and the radio frequency reader based on the time variation information and update a commodity registration list based on the determined time variation of the positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Sunao Tsuchida, Jun Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 11659916
    Abstract: A mounting base for use with a wirelessly locatable tag may include a base portion defining a latching member configured to engage a wirelessly locatable tag to releasably retain the wirelessly locatable tag to the mounting base, a contact block attached to the base portion and configured to be positioned at least partially within a battery cavity of the wirelessly locatable tag, the contact block defining a top side and a peripheral side. The mounting base may further include a first conductive member positioned along the peripheral side of the contact block and configured to contact a first battery contact in the battery cavity of the wirelessly locatable tag, a second conductive member outwardly biased from the top side of the contact block, the second conductive member configured to contact a second battery contact in the battery cavity of the tag, and a power cable coupled to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ryan C. Perkins, Paul J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11657468
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the load factor of luggage compartments in an aircraft cabin for a flight includes creation of at least one digital image of a piece of luggage, which is intended to be transported in the luggage compartments during the flight, by a passenger of the flight using a camera, determination of dimensions of the piece of luggage using the at least one digital image, comparison of the previously determined dimensions with free volume in the luggage compartments in the aircraft cabin on the flight, and consideration of the result of the comparison when loading the luggage compartments before the beginning of the flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Nicolas Tschechne
  • Patent number: 11651174
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a sensor configured to detect a substance applied to a medium containing confidential information and a processor configured to record information including substance information identifying the substance detected with the sensor and user information on a user carrying the medium in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Mamoru Fujita, Akira Mihara, Takeshi Zengo, Atsuyuki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11650783
    Abstract: An information transmission system includes an encoder, a display, an imaging apparatus, and a decoder. The encoder is mounted on a first aircraft and is configured to encode information to create a secret code. The display is mounted on the first aircraft and is configured to display the secret code created by the encoder at a predetermined position on a surface of a body of the first aircraft. The imaging apparatus is mounted on a second aircraft and is configured to capture an image of the first aircraft. The decoder is mounted on the second aircraft and is configured to detect an image region including the secret code from the image captured by the imaging apparatus, decode the secret code by performing image processing on the detected image region, and read the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Asai, Hiroyuki Tsubata
  • Patent number: 11651184
    Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for card production are provided. A card may include processing circuitry including a chip and memory. The card may include one or more antennas in communication with the chip. The card may include a first layer of material aligned within a perimeter of the card via laminate encapsulation. The first layer of material may comprise a non-rectangular shape. The first layer of material may be offset with a shape of the card. The first layer of material may be in communication with the chip. The first layer of material may comprise at least one selected from the group of steel, tungsten, titanium, or any combination thereof. The card may be compliant with one or more form factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Herrington, Suzanne Parker, Adrian Garner, Lin Ni Lisa Cheng
  • Patent number: 11651180
    Abstract: A method is provided to determine unique identifiers. A physical item has an RFID integrated circuit (IC) having a unique identifier and a secret. The RFID IC may be configured to provide an identifier portion and a response to a previously sent challenge, where the identifier portion by itself is insufficient to completely identify the IC or item and the response is based on the challenge and the secret. Attempts are made to verify the response using a set of potential secrets determined using the identifier portion. If the response is successfully verified using a certain secret, the secret may then be used to determine one or more other identifier portions. The unique, complete identifier may then be determined from a combination of at least the identifier portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Impinj, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Robshaw, Tan Mau Wu, Christopher J. Diorio
  • Patent number: 11645485
    Abstract: An automated system can be used for tracking facade elements such as panels, glazing, or related structures, such as to help facilitate processing (e.g., fabrication) of such elements. Such a system can also facilitate management of other aspects of a life-cycle of a facade element, such as including one or more of design management or field monitoring. Such a system can include generating a unique identifier that is specific to a particular article, such as a panel or frame member, for example. Such a unique identifier can be used to track the article through the fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: M.G. McGrath Integrated Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Michael P. McGrath
  • Patent number: 11645482
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems and methods for changing operator control unit (OCU) configurations (e.g., operating frequency, address, operational configuration, etc.). In an exemplary embodiment, a system includes at least one or more radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with at least one or more machines. The at least one or more RFID tags are readable by an RFID reader when the RFID reader and the at least one or more RFID tags are operationally proximate. The at least one or more RFID tags include data useable for changing the configuration of the OCU such that the OCU is configured to be operable with the at least one or more machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CATTRON NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: David Stagg
  • Patent number: 11636298
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating the recovery and return of lost physical items through a communication network, involving adhering a label having a unique identifier thereon to a physical item; storing a database record including the unique identifier and a user identification, the record further including the name of the owner of the physical item; recovering a lost physical item; receiving, by a client server, the unique identifier associated with the recovered lost physical item; searching, by a processing device, the database for a matching unique identifier with the unique identifier associated with the recovered lost physical item; and communicating to the user the name of the owner of the recovered lost physical item through the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Gary Frizzell
  • Patent number: 11630978
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chip card with a dual, contactless and contact-based communication interface, comprising a card body made up of two metal sheets and an electronic module provided with a terminal block and an antenna designed for radio-frequency communication with the antenna of a remote reader. The electronic module includes an active communication circuit powered by a battery in the chip card, and configured to generate a carrier signal capable of interacting with the carrier signal emitted by a remote contactless reader in order to establish active radio-frequency communication between the chip card and the remote reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Lea Vaccarello, Guillaume Gerin, Stephan Danler-Baumgartner
  • Patent number: 11630967
    Abstract: A bioptic scanner optical arrangement with a single sensor split four ways is disclosed herein. An example bioptic scanner optical arrangement includes a housing, an imaging assembly having a primary FOV, a decode module, a generally horizontal window supported by the housing, a generally upright window supported by the housing, and a mirror arrangement positioned within the interior region. The mirror arrangement is configured to divide the primary FOV into a plurality of subfields, to redirect at least two of the plurality of subfields through the generally horizontal window, and to redirect at least another two of the plurality of subfields through the generally upright window. The bioptic barcode reader has no other imaging assembly communicatively coupled to the decode module and used to process images for decoding indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw, Mark Drzymala
  • Patent number: 11625552
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems for Virtual Multi-Dimensional Quick Response (VMDQR) codes, used for transferring data sets between code initialization devices and code retrieval devices, such as smartphones and other like devices. A VMDQR code is capable of encoding and sharing large amounts of data, regardless of the space available on an object. The amount of the encoded data depends on the dimensionality of the VMDQR code. A VMDQR code is incorporated into an augmented image, presented on a user interface of a code retrieval device. For example, an image of a real object, which does not have any physical codes, is augmented by adding a VMDQR code to give a representation of an object with a code. The VMDQR code is then scanned from the user interface using a scanner to transfer the encoded data to the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Desmond Whelan, Matthew R. Pope
  • Patent number: 11620464
    Abstract: An interrogation and detection system for detection of surgical implements within a patient's body, the system including One or more RFID tags affixed to a surgical implement within the patient's body. Each RFID tag being configured to transmit a return signal when energized, and a remote signal generator configured to generate an energizing signal for the one or more RFID tags. The signal generator operably coupled to the in-vivo introducible antenna via a communication cable. The system further includes an in-vivo introducible antenna configured to be inserted through a trocar-cannula assembly into a surgical site within the patient's body. Wherein the tubular channel defines a shape having a dimension “D1”, such that the dimension “D1” of the tubular channel is less than the dimension “D2” of the in-vivo introducible antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Richard L. Croft
  • Patent number: 11620484
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a memory to store instructions; and processing circuitry, coupled with the memory, operable to execute the instructions. When executed, the instructions may cause the processing circuitry to identify a matrix code; read a first layer of the matrix code, the first layer comprising a first account identifier associated with an account, wherein the first layer corresponds to a first color channel; and read a second layer of the matrix code, the second layer comprising a set of account data, associated with the account, wherein the second layer corresponds to a second color channel, different than the first color channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Grant Walters, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad
  • Patent number: 11615412
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, instructions, and other implementations are described for network data management. One embodiment involves request data received at a device associated with a digital lockbox, where the request data includes identifying information for an originating device associated with a location and is associated with a user device. A unique token is generated with the identifying information. The unique token can be used to tokenize a network link to create a secure one-time link. The system transmits the one-time link, which can then be used to facilitate secure communications between a computing system associated with the originating device and the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SYNCHRONY BANK
    Inventors: Taylor Young, Chris Otten
  • Patent number: 11614386
    Abstract: A system for monitoring tissue samples to be processed by a tissue processor for a histopathology workflow, the system including: a scanner associated with the tissue processor arranged to scan an electronic sample identifier of at least one tissue sample to be processed by the tissue processor; an input module arranged to receive tissue processor workflow data indicative of a tissue processor workflow for the at least one tissue sample to be processed by selected ones of a plurality of processing stations in the tissue processor used for processing the at least one tissue sample; a monitoring module arranged to monitor properties of the at least one tissue sample processed at each of the selected ones of the processing stations and to record the properties of the at least one tissue sample in association with the electronic sample identifier in a sample record for the tissue processor workflow; and an output module arranged to output the sample record to one or more laboratory instruments for further process
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LEICA BIOSYSTEMS MELBOURNE PTY LTD
    Inventors: Fiona Mary Tarbet, Donnchadh Oh-Ainle