Patents Examined by Cal J Eustaquio
  • Patent number: 11607760
    Abstract: Communications capabilities are supplied to components of pool water recirculation systems, even if the components lack electrical power or supply wires. Capabilities may be furnished by wireless RF devices that connect to existing fittings or ports of the components, for example. The devices are configured to obtain desired information relating to the components (or the water within them) and transmit the information remotely for processing or consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Mark J. Bauckman, Eugene Keith McQueen, Tawny Jean Cothran
  • Patent number: 11605278
    Abstract: A method of operating a detection system includes switching the system from a normal mode for sensing smoke to a high sensitivity mode for sensing airborne particles, such that in the high sensitivity mode the detection system is configured to discriminate between particles of diameters less than 2.5 micrometers and 10 micrometers. Transmitting light from one or more light sources of the detection system into a monitored space, and detecting scattered light at one or more light sensing devices of the detection system. The detection of scattered light is indicative of one or more indoor air quality conditions in the monitored space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: David L. Lincoln, Jennifer M. Alexander, Peter R. Harris, Michael J. Birnkrant
  • Patent number: 11597351
    Abstract: In an electronic device and an operating method of an electronic device, according to various embodiments, the electronic device comprises: a communication module frequency performing communication with an external electronic device; and a security module which monitors a change in data relating to an applet for managing a key used for the authentication of the external electronic device, which manages information relating to the applet, and which stores the applet and an applet identification (AID) list including at least one AID, wherein the security module can be configured to receive, from the external electronic device, a signal for requesting the application identifier (AID) list to be transmitted, transmit the AID list to the external electronic device through the communication module in response to the reception of the requesting signal, receive, from the external electronic device, a signal for requesting information relating to an applet associated with at least one AID selected, from among AIDs inc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Jonghwan Kim, Byounghak Jin, Bokun Choi
  • Patent number: 11600157
    Abstract: The proposed ATM comprises a microcontroller for controlling a banknote dispenser and a computer for managing the ATM, which are arranged inside and outside, respectively, a safe. The computer is provided with one or more ports for interfacing with it; all the ports are occupied by corresponding connectors. A motion sensor is associated with each single connector for detecting any tampering or movements indicative of its removal from the corresponding port; in this case, the dispensing of the banknotes is inhibited, for example, by interrupting an electrical power supply of the microcontroller and/or of the banknote dispenser. A corresponding operation method of the ATM is proposed. A program product for controlling the ATM are also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: M.I.B. S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Ezio Fumanelli
  • Patent number: 11596306
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for providing interactive electronic treatment assistance for benign prostatic hyperplasia and advanced prostate cancer are disclosed. The methods can include automatically sending, by a disease and disorder treatment device, an electronic pathway sign-up link to a smart mobile device. The method can include sending a plurality of inquiries about the BPH condition and/or the advanced prostate cancer condition, to the smart mobile device. The method can include receiving a plurality of patient responses from the smart mobile device. The method can include processing and storing the plurality of patient responses. The method can include providing, by the disease and disorder treatment device, patient education about various treatment therapies for advanced prostate cancer. The method can include automatically monitoring a patient having the advanced prostate cancer condition during the various treatment therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Rogue Medical Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Brady R. Walker, David S. DiMarco, Connie S. DiMarco
  • Patent number: 11599194
    Abstract: Method, systems, and apparatus to facilitate navigation in a known environment. Communication and tracking between a receiver device and one or more beacons are provided to identify a current position of the receiver device. A direction to a next waypoint of a current path is determined based on the identified current position and a haptic feedback system is signaled to provide continuous haptic feedback to orient a user in the identified direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joan Byamugisha, Richard Allen Young, Toby Kurien, Naweed Aghmad Khan, Maletsabisa Molapo
  • Patent number: 11596604
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator electrically coupled to a cloud monitoring system comprises a hydrogen generating device, a monitoring device, a network device, and a controlling device. The monitoring device monitors the machine condition of the hydrogen generating device and generates a condition signal. The network device selectively transmits a machine information including the condition signal to the cloud monitoring system. The controlling device receives an operating parameter from the cloud monitoring system via the network device and controls the hydrogen generating device according to the operating parameter. The hydrogen generator monitoring system of the present invention collects the relevant data of the user using the hydrogen generator and tracks the health status of the user to perform big data analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Hsin-Yung Lin
  • Patent number: 11584296
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to determine an applicable pre-defined vehicle system state set, defining preferred vehicle system states when a driver is away from a vehicle. The processor is also configured to determine a driver exit-event while a vehicle state in the state set varies from a preferred setting and notify a driver mobile device of the variance, responsive to the exit event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Yizhou Hu, Michael Crimando, Michael David Kaminski, Austin Kirk, Derrick Portis
  • Patent number: 11581091
    Abstract: An apparatus for real time monitoring of a patient is provided and includes a memory element for storing data, a processor that executes instructions associated with the data, an interface that receives sensor data from a sensor that takes measurements from the patient and sends the sensor data according to the sensor's measurement latency, a latency calculator that frequently calculates a latency threshold that varies according to at least a health status of the patient, a timer that continuously monitors the sensor's measurement latency, a comparator that frequently compares the sensor's measurement latency with the calculated latency threshold, and a feedback module that automatically changes the sensor's measurement latency to match with the calculated latency threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: VCCB Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: David Dyell, Christopher Rogowski, Scott Kahler, Jennifer Milan
  • Patent number: 11579697
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention enable novel methods, non-transitory mediums, and systems for encoding and generating haptic effects. According to the various embodiments, a media object is retrieved. The media object is analyzed to determine one or more time periods for rendering haptic effects. The haptic effects for rendering during the time periods are determined. The haptic effects are encoded as a haptic effect pattern that identifies a start time and duration for each of the haptic effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shadi Asfour, Eric Gervais, Hugues-Antoine Oliver, Eric Lajeunesse
  • Patent number: 11559041
    Abstract: A treadmill may include two separate left and right belts rotating around two sets of rollers, four legs having an adjustable height via air suspension to customize an inclination of the treadmill, a thermoelectric assembly, a fragrance assembly having a rotating fragrance cartridge to emit various smells toward a user of the treadmill, a display on which exercise programs are played, and an attachment module having a dispensing tray on which treats are dispensed. A handle of the treadmill may have a sensor to sense a height and front-rear position, and a belt divider provided between the left and right belts may have position or proximity sensors to sense a left-right position. An inclination of the treadmill may be automatically adjusted according to positions detected by the sensors, and the fragrance assembly, attachment module, and inclination may be automatically operated in accordance with an exercise program played on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunsun Yoo, Joo-Gyeom Kim, Jaehung Chun
  • Patent number: 11564066
    Abstract: A system that is configured to coordinate student dismissal at end of day. The system may use a central server to maintain information across multiple different devices, each for different functions in the dismissal process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Queful, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Lynn, Cara Buchanan Whipple
  • Patent number: 11545018
    Abstract: The present invention includes a healthcare system for capturing and maintaining patient healthcare records and employing information in the records to proactively alert hospital workers to a condition that places patient health at risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Richard C. Mayoras, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11541902
    Abstract: A method for alerting a driver includes detecting an object in a spatial environment adjacent to a vehicle and identifying a set of output devices located within a cabin of the vehicle. Each one of the set of output devices may be located at a different location of the cabin. The method also includes selecting an output device of the set of output devices based on a location of the object in relation to the vehicle and generating a notification via the selected output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Elkins, Daniel Brooks, Selina Pan
  • Patent number: 11538328
    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. A predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may then be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device. Additionally, user identification information may be displayed on a screen in response to detecting contact with the mobile device using at least one of an accelerometer and a gyroscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil Vijay Thaker, Kamal Zamer, Jeremiah Joseph Akin, Joseph Vernon Paulson, IV, Praveen Nuthulapati, Jayasree Mekala
  • Patent number: 11533530
    Abstract: An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Arling, Patrick H. Hayes
  • Patent number: 11522991
    Abstract: A medical alert device that may be used to transmit a medical alert over a wireless network. The medical alert device includes a microprocessor for controlling the operation of the device, a data store configured to store the phone number of at least one predetermined call recipient, and a wireless communication module that is connectable to a wireless network. The medical alert device also includes a preprogrammed user actuatable button that is configured to, upon being actuated, initiate the execution of software instructions by the microprocessor to retrieve a phone number stored on the data store. The microprocessor may then connect to the wireless network and establish a communication link with the predetermined call recipient by dialing the phone number. Also disclosed are peripheral devices that may be operatively connected to the medical alert device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Sam E. Minzer
  • Patent number: 11521175
    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: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NANTHEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: David Dyell, Christopher Rogowski, Scott Kahler, Jennifer Milan
  • Patent number: 11515035
    Abstract: A computer system includes memory configured to store a universal data curation platform including multiple device profiles each including multiple fields for storing received device attributes in a standardized format. A processor is configured to execute instructions that include registering a first monitor device of a first vendor with a first member, registering a second monitor device of the first vendor or a second vendor with the first member or a second member, and receiving streaming health data from the devices. The instructions include transforming and storing multiple data values sensed by the first and second monitor device into standardized format device attributes of device profiles corresponding to the first and second monitor devices, and supplying the stored standardized format device attributes to at least one data analysis engine to determine one or more health characteristics of at least one of the first member and the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Harry S. Gangaikondan-Iyer
  • Patent number: 11515734
    Abstract: The wireless power transmission is a system for providing wireless charging and/or primary power to electronic/electrical devices via microwave energy. The microwave energy is focused to a location by a power transmitter having one or more adaptively-phased microwave array emitters. Rectennas within the device to be charged receive and rectify the microwave energy and use it for battery charging and/or for primary power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: OSSIA INC.
    Inventor: Hatem Zeine