Patents Examined by Cal J Eustaquio
  • Patent number: 10762171
    Abstract: A system for patient data exchange is provided and includes a plurality of sensors monitoring a patient according to a default sensor configuration, and a patient data exchange engine that receives a request comprising one or more parameters, identifies at least one applicable sensor from the plurality of sensors based on the one or more parameters, and reconfigures the at least one applicable sensor from the default sensor configuration to a different sensor configuration in accordance with the one or more parameters to generate applicable sensor data responsive to the request. In specific embodiments, the patient data exchange engine further computes a monetary value for the generated sensor data based at least on an attribute of the patient and an attribute of the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: NANTHEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: David Dyell, Christopher Rogowski, Scott Kahler, Jennifer Milan
  • Patent number: 10757235
    Abstract: Alert device comprising electronic circuitry and at least a first antenna, wherein the circuitry is designed for sending out a first signal, for wireless communication with at least a first hand held communication device, and at least a second signal for wireless communication with at least a second hand held communication device, wherein the second signal differs from the first signal, preferably in at least one of transmitting energy, transmitting frequency, coding and pulse length, wherein the device comprises a switch for switching between: —a first mode in which only the first signal is transmitted and a second mode wherein the first and second signal are transmitted; or —a first mode wherein only the first signal is transmitted and a second mode wherein only the second signal is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ZIPP LABS B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Ekkel, Alfred Langerak
  • Patent number: 10745026
    Abstract: A control device and an operating method for a driver assistance system of a vehicle are configured to selectively process image data from only a first vehicle camera or from only a second vehicle camera at any given time, depending on a current operating state of the vehicle, in order for driver assistance functions to be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fey, Lutz Kuehnke
  • Patent number: 10745950
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for determining operation of an openable barrier and direction of movement of a person through an opening controlled by the barrier. A method includes detecting with a hinge sensor a closed position for the barrier, the hinge sensor being mounted to a hinge of the barrier, determining with the hinge sensor when the barrier changes position from the closed position to an open position, detecting with at least one motion sensor motion of an object in proximity to the opening, and determining a direction of movement of the object through the opening based on whether the motion is detected before or after detecting the change in position of the barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Vivint, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Ricks, Jeremy B. Warren
  • Patent number: 10730530
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including a sensor system that outputs a sensor signal indicative of a condition of the autonomous vehicle. The vehicle also includes a communication system including a speaker. Based upon a profile of the passenger, the autonomous vehicle can determine that support is to be provided audibly to the passenger when the support is provided to the passenger. Moreover, the autonomous vehicle can detect occurrence of an event that has been identified as potentially causing discomfort to the passenger based upon the sensor signal output by the sensor system. Responsive to detecting the occurrence of the event, and in accordance with the profile of the passenger, the autonomous vehicle can cause the speaker to output an audible support message. Content of the audible support message is based on the detected event, and the audible support message solicits feedback from the passenger of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jacqueline Mary Shannon, Stephanie Olivia Engle
  • Patent number: 10726717
    Abstract: Methods and systems include determining travel information from vehicles. In one embodiment, a system monitors traffic on a roadway in real-time. The system includes a plurality of reader devices. The reader devices are capable of asynchronously capturing a unique network identifier of a device in a vehicle when the device is disposed in reader range of the reader devices. The reader device time stamps each captured unique network identifier. The time stamped unique network identifier is forwarded to a host module. The host module receives the time stamped unique network identifier. In addition, the host module determines travel information from the time stamped unique network identifier by comparing the time stamped unique network identifier for a particular vehicle to other time stamped unique network identifiers captured for the particular vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Darryl D. Puckett, Michael J. Vickich
  • Patent number: 10719725
    Abstract: Systems and methods monitor driver behavior for vehicular fleet management in a fleet of vehicles using driver-facing imaging device. The systems and methods herein relate generally to vehicular fleet management for enhancing safety of the fleet and improving the performance of the fleet drivers, and further relate to monitoring the operation of fleet vehicles using one or more driver-facing imaging devices disposed in the fleet vehicles for recording activities of the fleet drivers and their passengers, storing information relating to the monitored activities, selectively generating warnings related to the monitored activities, and reporting the monitored activities to a central fleet management system for use in enhancing the safety of the vehicles of the fleet and for helping to improve the performance of the fleet drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Andreas U. Kuehnle, Zheng Li, Hans M. Molin, Cathy L. Boon
  • Patent number: 10720052
    Abstract: An intelligent control circuit for a traffic LED signal lamp, including: a driving power, configured to convert an utility electric alternating current into multiple direct currents for output; multiple precise constant current modules, in one-to-one correspondence to the multiple direct currents, respectively, and configured to perform precise constant current processing on each of the multiple direct currents for output; and traffic LED signal lamps, in respective connection with output terminals of multiple precise constant current modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Hokyuen Hung
  • Patent number: 10710505
    Abstract: A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires videos from multiple cameras capturing videos of front, rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, an obstacle information acquiring unit that acquires information from an obstacle sensor detecting at least one obstacle around the vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by synthesizing videos converted by a viewpoint conversion process on the acquired videos and generate, when the obstacle information acquiring unit detects the obstacle, the bird's-eye view video where a display region in a direction of the detected obstacle is extended by reducing a display area of the video in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the detected obstacle toward a direction opposite to the direction of the detected obstacle, and a display controller that displays the generated bird's-eye view video on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Manabu Asayama, Tsuneo Satomi, Toshio Mori
  • Patent number: 10711488
    Abstract: An electric door lock and monitoring system and method of use provides for intelligent control of a door lock, including fire alarm control and monitoring. The system employs location-based rules to facilitate code compliance, such that the system controls the door lock at least in part based on a selected subset of the location-based rules data, the subset of location-based rules data being automatically selected by the processor at least in part based on data indicative of a geographic location of the electronic door lock. The system, also employs spoken word alarms increase in frequency and/or in sound pitch over time to portray increased urgency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventors: Isac Tabib, Mohammad Mehdi Daryadel
  • Patent number: 10699545
    Abstract: A system and a method for attack detection includes a constellation of beacons, wherein each beacon is adapted to broadcast a unique beacon identification code (beacon ID); a terminal device adapted to receive a user trace of beacon IDs, and send a query to a backend server or routing device to determine an occurrence of an intrusion via a network; wherein the backend server is adapted to determine an occurrence of an intrusion by carrying out the steps of: computing spatial relational metrics between beacon devices; transforming beacon IDs as states of a Markov chain model, and estimating state transition probabilities based on the spatial relational metrics; recording user traces of beacon ID transitions when terminal device make queries; and running hypothesis test on the user traces against the Markov chain model to determine a status of intrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre Limited
    Inventors: Chun Fai Aldar Chan, Man Hon Chung
  • Patent number: 10693558
    Abstract: A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals directly from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Theodore F. Economy
  • Patent number: 10685562
    Abstract: A system and method includes a mobile device having a mobile device identifier associated therewith and an in-vehicle infotainment system. The mobile device communicates the mobile device identifier to the in-vehicle infotainment system. A user device is controllable by inputs from a user though a user interface display associated with the user interface. A global positioning system generates a vehicle position signal at the vehicle. The user device is separate from the in-vehicle infotainment system and the global positioning system. The in-vehicle infotainment system communicates the vehicle position signal corresponding to a current vehicle position and the mobile device identifier to the user device. The user device is associated with a display displaying a map display comprising a map with a representation of the vehicle at the current vehicle position and the mobile device identifier of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Stephen H. Chu, Bhavyank V. Shah
  • Patent number: 10685563
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for detecting, alerting, and responding to an emergency vehicle. One such method includes receiving, using a first vehicle, a warning signal from an emergency vehicle. The first vehicle broadcasts a recognition signal based on the warning signal received by the first vehicle. A second vehicle receives the warning signal from the emergency vehicle and the recognition signal from the first vehicle. The second vehicle broadcasts a confirmation signal based on both the warning signal and the recognition signal received by the second vehicle. The confirmation signal is received from the second vehicle using a third vehicle. Finally, the confirmation signal is rebroadcasted from the third vehicle based solely on the confirmation signal received by the third vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael C. Edwards, Neil Dutta
  • Patent number: 10679498
    Abstract: A wireless communication device mountable in a vehicle acquires first position information on the vehicle and receives a packet signal from another wireless communication device, the packet signal including second position information on another vehicle in which the other wireless communication device is mounted. The wireless communication device has a storage that stores log information and a controller. The controller predicts whether the vehicle crosses the other vehicle at a point of crossing based on the first position information and the second position information, estimates a structure of crossing corresponding to the point of crossing based on the history information, and determines, when it is predicted that the vehicle crosses the other vehicle at the point of crossing, whether or not to notify a presence of the other vehicle to a driver of the vehicle, in accordance with the structure of crossing corresponding to the point of crossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Goto, Teppei Shibata, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Ken Nakaoka
  • Patent number: 10679496
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus installed in a moving body includes one or more processors, and a memory, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to display, by a display unit, an information providing image as a virtual image, and control the display unit to change a display position of the information providing image. The information providing image includes a first information providing image and a second information providing image, and the display unit is controlled such that a changing rate of a display position of the first information providing image differs from that of a display position of the second information providing image, and the changing rates of the display positions of the first and the second information providing images both increase as a moving velocity of the moving body increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kenichiroh Saisho, Masato Kusanagi, Yuuki Suzuki, Keita Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10672253
    Abstract: Techniques for locating and identifying mobile devices are described. According to various embodiments, an ambient sound signal may be detected using a microphone of a mobile device. Thereafter, it may be determined that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device. For the, a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Vijay Thaker, Kamal Zamer, Jeremiah Joseph Akin, Joseph Vernon Paulson, IV, Praveen Nuthulapati, Jayasree Mekala
  • Patent number: 10653567
    Abstract: An incontinence detection pad has an RFID tag in which an authentication code, such as an electronic product code (EPC), is stored. A reader in wireless communication with the RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad verifies that the incontinence detection pad is an authorized detection pad. Thus, unauthorized incontinence detection pads that do not have the proper authentication code are not able to be used in an incontinence detection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Weidman, Gavin M. Monson, John D. Christie, James D. Voll
  • Patent number: 10646171
    Abstract: A facility for coordinating the safety care of a person is described. The facility receives sensor output indicating that the person has departed a place of repose. In response to this receiving, the facility establishes an alarm identifying the person, accesses a set of on-duty caregivers, and applies one or more precedence rules to establish a precedence among at least a portion of the set of on-duty caregivers. Until a caregiver has accepted the alarm, for each caregiver in the established precedence, the facility: causes a mobile device carried by the caregiver to render a message notifying the caregiver of the alarm and soliciting the caregiver's acceptance of the alarm; and allows the caregiver an interval of time of a first predetermined length in which to accept the alarm before proceeding to the next caregiver in the established precedence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: J. BRASCH CO., LLC
    Inventors: John Brasch, Gordon Smith
  • Patent number: 10643540
    Abstract: An exemplary land mobile radio control head and method are provided. In one embodiment, the control head has the capability to utilize halo light of the control head to implement a multi-function indicator that communicates a state of the land mobile radio. In another embodiment, the control head has the capability to provide buffer images constructed from data received from the land mobile radio into a video stream for rendering on an electroluminescent display. In another embodiment, the control head provides the capability for a user to modify a configuration stored on the land mobile radio that defines one of several display modes to be utilized in generating data for use in forming images to be rendered on an electroluminescent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: E.F. JOHNSON COMPANY
    Inventors: Dulie Reavill, William Earl Dunnigan, Troy Frandsen