Patents Examined by Anh V. La
  • Patent number: 12017676
    Abstract: A driver monitoring device includes: a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the driver monitoring device to perform operations including: detecting an unbalanced posture of a driver based on an image of a driver's seat; determining whether the unbalanced posture is a habitual unbalanced posture of the driver; calculating an opening degree of at least one eye of the driver based on the image in a case in which it is determined that the unbalanced posture is other than the habitual unbalanced posture; determining whether it is a timing to give a notification in a case in which the vehicle is traveling and the opening degree is equal to or larger than a first threshold; and giving the notification to the driver in a case in which it is determined that it is the timing to give the notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Muratani, Satoshi Shimizu, Shinya Ema, Kunio Fujikawa, Kento Mizuta, Yucheng(Leo) Zhang, Kisei Takada
  • Patent number: 12017675
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle, including: a user interface; a driver attention warning (DAW) system configured to determine a first driver attention level based on driving data, and when the first driver attention level is less than or equal to a threshold level, control the user interface to output a warning; and a controller configured to determine a second driver attention level based on an output of a neural network on driving data, compare the first driver attention level and the second driver attention level at predetermined periods, and when a number of times that a difference between the first driver attention level and the second driver attention level is greater than or equal to a predetermined value is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of times, adjust the threshold level in a decreasing direction. The neural network is configured to be trained with driving data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Donghoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12011073
    Abstract: A luggage tag includes an electronic ink display screen affixed to a surface of the luggage tag. Tag memory of the tag stores a unique identifier. An antenna receives an electromagnetic signal. Circuitry of the tag captures energy and acquires data from the electromagnetic signal received by the antenna and powers the electronic ink display with the captured energy. A processor receives the data acquired by the circuitry from the electromagnetic signal and produces an image on the electronic ink display using the acquired data if the acquired data includes a match to the unique identifier stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Position Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Hill, YiFeng Xiong, Narasimhachary Nallana Chakravarty, Brian Martel, Marc Bujold, Brett Bilbrey
  • Patent number: 12007470
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for sensor auto-location using phased antenna array beamforming are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of sensor auto-location using phased antenna array beamforming includes sending a radio frequency (RF) signal beam directed towards a given tire placement direction of a vehicle. In this embodiment, the method includes receiving an acknowledgement from a sensor and determining whether one or more signal attributes indicated in the acknowledgement are within one or more predefined ranges for the one or more signal attributes and corresponding to the given tire placement direction. In response to the one or more signal attributes being within the one or more predefined ranges, the method includes determining that the sensor is fitted on the given tire placement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ravindra P. Singh, Jonathan E. Barr, A. Tugay Arslan
  • Patent number: 12004044
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a position of a first responder in a building, where the first responder is using a radio, and using a distributed antenna system. Each antenna has a level detector to detect and measure a strength of an input signal from the radio of the first responder to produce a level signal, a time tagger to tag the detected input signal with a timing signal, and a communication module to transmit the level signal and timing signal. A sensor processor connected with a signal distribution network is configured to receive the signal level and timing signal from the signal distribution network of each of the plurality of antennas, to determine the position of the radio relative to each of the plurality of antennas according to the level signal and timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Nextivity, Inc.
    Inventor: Michiel Petrus Lotter
  • Patent number: 11999371
    Abstract: An electronic device obtains location information and traveling status information of a vehicle terminal and road condition information of a road section on which the vehicle terminal travels. The electronic device obtains blind spot detection capability information of the vehicle terminal. The electronic device determines a potential blind spot of the vehicle terminal in a traveling process according to the location information and the traveling status information of the vehicle terminal and the road condition information to obtain a blind spot detection result. The electronic device generates a blind spot supplementary reminder message according to the blind spot detection result and the blind spot detection capability information of the vehicle terminal, and sends the blind spot supplementary reminder message to the vehicle terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yixue Lei
  • Patent number: 12002356
    Abstract: An electronic communications method includes receiving, by a device, electronic information. The electronic communications method also includes analyzing, by the device, the electronic information. The electronic communications method also includes determining, by the device, that the electronic information includes sound that is associated with an emergency vehicle. The electronic communications method also includes sending, by the device, an electronic command to change a traffic signal light from one color to another color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventors: Amir Hossini, Heather Lynn Friesen, Sara Aghakhani, Prabhpreet Sidhu
  • Patent number: 11987180
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper turning body, multiple image capturing devices mounted on the upper turning body, a display device provided in the cab, and an operation part provided in the cab. The display device includes an image display part configured to display a captured image captured by at least one of the image capturing devices and a menu screen. The image display part is configured to display the menu screen while displaying the captured image, in response to the operation part being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiki Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 11981344
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a determining part configured to determine a target relative position with respect to other vehicle, which is traveling in a movement destination lane that is a merging destination or a lane change destination of a host vehicle, for entering the movement destination lane based on a detection result of the other vehicle, and a notification controller configured to output a notification sound, which differs between a case in which acceleration is required for the host vehicle and a case in which deceleration is required for the host vehicle, from a speaker in order to perform an alignment with respect to the target relative position determined by the determining part in an advancing direction of the host vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Yasui
  • Patent number: 11984023
    Abstract: An example system learns from traffic disturbances or perturbations to improve overall traffic flow. The perturbations may be related to specific times such as morning rush hour, or for all times of day. The improvement to overall traffic flow may be measured by time lost in traffic delays, or by time of travel, or by risk of accidents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Roderick Allen McConnell
  • Patent number: 11972057
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for controlling an operation of a vibrational output system and/or an operation of an input sensor system, wherein the controller is for use in a device comprising the vibrational output system and the input sensor system. A controller comprises an input configured to receive an indication of activation or de-activation of an output of the vibrational output system; and an adjustment module configured to adjust the operation of the vibrational output system and/or the operation of the input sensor system based on the indication to reduce an interference expected to be caused by the output of the vibrational output system on the input sensory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic Inc.
    Inventors: Tejasvi Das, Matthew Beardsworth, Michael A. Kost, Gavin McVeigh, Hamid Sepehr, Carl L. Ståhl
  • Patent number: 11970181
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for assisting in driving a vehicle, the apparatus including: a camera installed in the vehicle to have a front field of view and configured to acquire image data; and a controller configured to process the image data, wherein the controller is configured to: detect a vehicle parked in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the vehicle, based on the processed image data, and when the parked vehicle is detected, generate a control signal for providing a notification to a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
    Inventor: Hyunwoo Baek
  • Patent number: 11949807
    Abstract: A method and system for distributing electronic vehicle accident status information over a network to a remote subscriber portable computing device during and after a vehicle accident may include transmitting a downloadable client application over a communications network to a portable computing device (PCD) for running on the portable computing device and for communicating with the server over the communications network. The server may receive profile information about a person and at least one vehicle from the communications network via the client application. The client application may then receive an accident report name with the client application and then display on the PCD a check-list of actions for completion in order to complete the accident report associated with the accident report name. At least one action controls a camera function of the PCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FENDER2FENDER, LLC
    Inventor: Clemist Jackson
  • Patent number: 11941921
    Abstract: A maintenance information management device includes an information registration unit configured to register vehicle identification information and maintenance information in a memory for each vehicle, an information update unit configured to update the maintenance information after the maintenance of the vehicle by adding maintenance contents to the maintenance information registered in the memory, and an information providing unit configured to provide the maintenance information when a provision request for the maintenance information is accepted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Endo, Yasuyuki Kamezaki, Yasuhiro Murata, Takeo Moriai, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kenta Miyahara, Takashi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11929870
    Abstract: Monitoring systems and methods for use in security, safety, and business process applications utilizing a correlation engine are disclosed. Sensory data from one or more sensors are captured and analyzed to detect one or more events in the sensory data. The events are correlated by a correlation engine, optionally by weighing the events based on attributes of the sensors that were used to detect the primitive events. The events are then monitored for an occurrence of one or more correlations of interest, or one or more critical events of interest. Finally, one or more actions are triggered based on a detection of one or more correlations of interest, one or more anomalous events, or one or more critical events of interest. A hierarchical storage manager, having access to a hierarchy of two or more data storage devices, is provided to store data from the one or more sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SecureNet Solutions Group LLC
    Inventors: John J Donovan, Daniar Hussain
  • Patent number: 11922246
    Abstract: A luggage tag comprises an indicator; a thin tag body including a radiofrequency (RF) receiver configured to receive an RF signal transmitted by an RF transmitter and a processor in communication with the RF receiver and the indicator, the processor being configured to acquire information from the RF signal that is received by the RF receiver and to turn on the indicator in response to the information acquired from the RF signal; and a coupling unit for coupling the thin tag body of the luggage tag to luggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Position Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Hill, YiFeng Xiong, Narasimhachary Nallana Chakravarty, Brian Martel, Marc Bujold, Brett Bilbrey, Mark R. Ibbotson
  • Patent number: 11924591
    Abstract: A fiber port management system that can be connected between network devices and network appliances is provided. The fiber port management system includes a housing, one or more hydra cables within the housing, one or more indicators and a controller. The housing has a front panel with a plurality of low density fiber connectors and a rear panel with a plurality of high density fiber connectors. The hydra cable is positioned within the housing and connects one of the plurality of high density fiber connectors to two or more of the plurality of low density fiber connectors. The one or more indicators are associated with each of the plurality of low density fiber connectors and each of the plurality of high density fiber connectors. The controller is located within the housing and is used to control the operation of the indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FIBER MOUNTAIN, INC.
    Inventors: Mohammad H. Raza, David G Stone, Aristito Lorenzo, Phuc Minh Ly
  • Patent number: 11912287
    Abstract: Method and system for generating a hybrid epoch score and driver feedback for a user. In some examples, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving prior telematics data indicative of the operation of a vehicle by the user during one or more prior trips in a prior epoch; receiving recent telematics data indicative of the operation of the vehicle by the user during one or more recent trips in a current epoch; generating a prior epoch score based at least in part upon the prior telematics data; generating a partial current epoch score based at least in part upon the recent telematics data; generating a hybrid current epoch score based at least in part upon the prior epoch score and the partial current epoch score; generating a driver feedback based at least in part upon the hybrid current epoch score; and presenting the driver feedback to the user via a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BLUEOWL, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Jason Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11908298
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a smoke detection system and a smoke detection method. The smoke detection system includes a camera, a storage unit, and a processor. The camera acquires a current image and a previous image. The storage unit stores a plurality of modules. The processor is coupled with the camera and executes the plurality of modules. The processor generates a difference image based on the current image and the previous image. The processor inputs the current image and the difference image to a semantic segmentation model so that the semantic segmentation model outputs a smoke confidence map. The smoke confidence map is generated based on whether a current environment is a dark environment or a bright environment. The processor analyzes the smoke confidence map to determine whether a smoke event occurs in the current image. Therefore, a reliable smoke detection function can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jia-yo Hsu, Wei-Chung Cheng
  • Patent number: 11900694
    Abstract: A parking assist system for a vehicle includes an environment information obtainer, a storage, a parked vehicle detector, a space determiner, and a parking possibility determiner. The storage stores a reference parking width to be used for parking the vehicle. The parked vehicle detector detects a parked vehicle. The space determiner compares a width of a space next to the parked vehicle with the reference parking width and determines whether the width of the space is greater than or equal to the reference parking width. If the width of the space is found to be greater than or equal to the reference parking width, the parking possibility determiner determines whether a target object is detected at a back side of the space. If the target object is not detected, the parking possibility determiner determines that parking in the space is prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Koiji, Otoki Yagi, Cong Kien Nguyen, Tomomi Heta, Reo Harada