Patents Examined by Carlos Garcia
  • Patent number: 11866006
    Abstract: A first communication device forms a first wireless communication area at least outside a prescribed area. A second communication device forms a second wireless communication area at least inside the prescribed area. A control device performs an operation control of a first device to be controlled, based on first authentication processing for authenticating a first mobile device located in the first wireless communication area. The control device performs an operation control of a second device to be controlled that is different from the first device to be controlled, based on second authentication processing for authenticating the first mobile device located in the second wireless communication area. The control device performs an operation control of the first communication device to perform communication with a second mobile device that is different from the first mobile device after the operation control of the first device to be controlled is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yosuke Hasegawa, Daisuke Ogawa, Ryoya Kato
  • Patent number: 11864920
    Abstract: A body part recognition method and apparatus, a smart cushion, a device, and a medium. The method includes: collecting a plurality of vibration signals by using a plurality of sensor units in a two-dimensional sensor array provided in a smart cushion; obtaining statistics about short-term vibration energy characteristic of each of the sensor units on the basis of the vibration signal collected by the each sensor unit; determining a position of the each sensor unit having a highest short-term vibration energy characteristic as a position of the buttocks; and recognizing the positions of body parts other than the buttocks on the basis of the position of the buttocks using a dynamic programming algorithm or/and a greedy algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING MICROVIBRATION DATANET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xu Jiao
  • Patent number: 11859417
    Abstract: A locking device for car doors without door handles, including: an electronic control unit for authorization of access, the electronic control unit being connected to one or more sensors and/or to an antenna for wireless communication for communication with a smart device; and a driven mechanical lock/or unlock unit including a latching element for latching a closed end position of a car door, wherein the latching element is provided to block an intermediate position of the car door, into which the car door is movable dependent on a correct access authorization and wherein the intermediate position of the car door enables a grip behind an outside surface of the car door to unlock the intermediate position of the car door and to allow further movement of the car door into an open end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: INTEVA FRANCE SAS, MARQUARDT GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Becher, Achim Mink, Oliver Huppenbauer, Jean-Marc Belmond, Pascal Philippe
  • Patent number: 11861638
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a processor configured to manage identification information of a registered vehicle registered in advance, acquire identification information on a vehicle of a user who wants to replace the batteries from a vehicle key device, acquire fee-related information from the vehicle key device, the fee-rerated information being at least one of a travel distance and a battery usage amount of the vehicle of the user, calculate a usage fee of the batteries based on the fee-related information, determine permission and prohibition to replace a battery, control a lock device which enables taking-out of the batteries accommodated in the battery stand, determine the permission and prohibition to replace the batteries based on the identification information acquired from the vehicle key device and the identification information, and unlock the lock device when it is determined to permit replacing the batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hidaka, Yutaka Fukai
  • Patent number: 11861960
    Abstract: A system for unlocking a door is provided. The system includes an unlocking mechanism, an electronic board, and a mechanical switch. The unlocking mechanism is configured to unlock the door. The electronic board is configured to be activated from a sleep mode into an active mode. The sleep mode causes the electronic board to consume less than a predetermined amount of power. The mechanical switch is configured to be physically activated to close an electric circuit in the electronic board, thereby causing the electronic board to switch from the sleep mode to the active mode. Upon being activated into the active mode, the electronic board broadcasts a request to nearby computing devices to provide a verification code. Upon receiving the verification code, the electronic board activates the unlocking mechanism, thereby causing the unlocking mechanism to unlock the door, and switches back to the sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kindoo LLP
    Inventors: Gilbert Eid, Michael Chaftari
  • Patent number: 11854322
    Abstract: A method comprises transmitting order data to at least one package configured for electronically receiving the order data and accommodating one or more items therein, wherein the at least one package is electronically locked. In the method, an access code for electronically unlocking the at least one package is generated and transmitted to a user device. The method also includes receiving a notification that the at least one package was unlocked, wherein the notification is received in response to electronically unlocking the at least one package with the access code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dhilip S. Kumar, Shibi Panikkar, Rohit Gosain
  • Patent number: 11845397
    Abstract: A method for remotely controlling a system of key related functions of a vehicle, the system is connectable with a remote unit over a communication network, is capable of transferring audio data. The method includes receiving at the vehicle over the communication network a sequence for the system wherein the sequence comprises a first sound sequence, and performing a key related function in the system in response to receiving the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.
    Inventors: Måns Pihlsgård, Linda Karlsson, Magnus Nilsson, Yijun Zheng
  • Patent number: 11846125
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device for car doors, especially for car doors without door handles, having an electronic control unit for the authorization of access, which is connected to one or more sensors for a first operating step, i.e. a proximity sensor, a touch sensor etc. and/or an antenna for a wireless communication, i.e. a NFC (near field communication) antenna for NFC-communication with a smart device like a smart card, a mobile phone, a smart watch, a smart key, etc., and a driven mechanical lock/or unlock unit including a latching element for latching the closed door end position. According to the invention, a latching element is provided to block an intermediate position 3 of the car door 1, wherein at least one sensor 5, 5? is accessible and/or active in the intermediate position 3 of the car door 1 for a second operating step and not accessible and/or not, active in the closed end position 2 of the car door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: INTEVA FRANCE SAS, MARQUARDT GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Becher, Achim Mink, Oliver Huppenbauer, Jean-Marc Belmond, Pascal Philippe
  • Patent number: 11847874
    Abstract: An ultra-wideband (UWB) anchor using a UWB ON/OFF operation method to minimize power consumption. The UWB anchor includes a power supply to supply power to the UWB anchor, a transceiver to transmit/receive a UWB signal to and from a UWB tag for performing ranging, and to transmit a reception failure when failing to receive the UWB signal from the UWB tag, and a controller to receive the reception failure from the transceiver and to end a ranging session when a cumulative sum of ranging failures for each ranging block reaches a maximum number of failed ranging round attempts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Chul Lim
  • Patent number: 11833999
    Abstract: An approach for the unlocking a vehicle is disclosed. The approach determines a plurality of devices of one or more users and one or more unlocking protocols associated with one or more vehicles, requests a user unlock action command by at least one of the plurality of devices. The approach receives a user unlock action complete command from at least one of the plurality of devices and validates the user unlock action complete command against the one or more unlocking protocols. Finally, after successful authentication, the approach unlocks the one or more vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Moore, Jr., Humberto Orozco Cervantes, Paul Llamas Virgen, Luisa Alejandra Rizo Lameiras
  • Patent number: 11832743
    Abstract: An electronic locker system for parcel deposit and pick-up, comprising: a remote shipping system, a long distance communication network, at least one mobile device communicating via the long distance communication network with the remote shipping system, at least one parcel locker constituted of at least one autonomous compartments cluster including at least one compartment equipped with a door and including a locking module, which electronically controls locking and unlocking of the door and which establishes a local communication with the at least one mobile device via a short distance communication, wherein the locking module comprises: an energy management module configured for managing transitions of energy modes and allowing the at least one autonomous compartments cluster to be run in a deep sleep mode or in a sleep mode and regularly allowing a wake-up from said deep sleep mode to said sleep mode, a radio transceiver module equipped with an antenna, and at least one processor running a firmware config
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE
    Inventors: Gabriel Santangeli, Thomas Eraud, Arnaud Yvoz
  • Patent number: 11834865
    Abstract: A lid system includes: a lid for a vehicle, the lid being configured to be opened when the vehicle is supplied with energy; a lid locking device for the lid; a control device configured to control the lid locking device; and a switch operable by a user. When the switch is turned on, the control device interlocks a locked state and an unlocked state of the lid locking device with a locked state and an unlocked state of a door locking device for a door of the vehicle. When the switch is turned off, the control device does not interlock the locked state and the unlocked state of the lid locking device with the locked state and the unlocked state of the door locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Ando
  • Patent number: 11820325
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Fuke, Kuniharu Tsuzuki, Shimpei Asai, Nobuyoshi Nagai
  • Patent number: 11819934
    Abstract: A dust collector in one aspect of the present invention comprises a dust collection portion, a communication portion, and an interlock operation control portion. When the communication portion receives an interlock command transmitted from an electric working machine, the interlock operation control portion makes the dust collection portion operate interlocking with the electric working machine. The interlock operation control portion includes a storage portion, in which identification information specific to the electric working machine with which the dust collection portion is to be made to perform the interlock operation is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11823515
    Abstract: A method of asset access control includes: storing, at an access control server: an asset record corresponding to a physical asset and containing an asset identifier corresponding to the asset; and an account record corresponding to a user of the physical asset and containing an account identifier; receiving, at the access control server from a client computing device, an authorization request containing the asset identifier and the account identifier; determining, based on a comparison between the asset record and the account record, whether to authorize the request; when the determination is affirmative, transmitting an instruction to a collector device mounted on the physical asset to permit subsequent access to the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: EQUIPMENTSHARE.COM INC
    Inventors: William John Schlacks, IV, Jabbok Schlacks
  • Patent number: 11820327
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle, including: a communicator configured to perform communication with a user terminal or a remote control device; a sensor configured to acquire surrounding information of the vehicle; and a controller including a processor configured to process the surrounding information. The controller is configured to identify a location of the remote control device based on the communication and transmit a warning message to the user terminal when an obstruction is identified between the identified location of the remote control device and a location of the vehicle, based on processing the surrounding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Min Ha Park, Seong Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11821303
    Abstract: Encoding downhole data in nucleic acid molecules provides increased speed accuracy in the communication of downhole data to the surface. Nucleic acid molecules can be coded with downhole data using a telemetry module that comprises a microfluidic system to perform an encoding process that encodes carrier nucleic acid molecules with substitute sequences or segments at specific locations that comprise retrieved or acquired downhole data. The encoded carrier nucleic acid molecules are injected into a downhole fluid that is circulated to the surface. Once the encoded carrier nucleic acid molecules reach the surface, the information can be decoded and analyzed. Each carrier nucleic acid molecule may be preconfigured with a header. The header may comprise information that allows N for ease in coding and recombining downhole data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Etienne Marcel Samson, Bin Dai
  • Patent number: 11823513
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for more secure card transactions. The security is generated by the use of a dynamic transaction number which is valid for only a single predetermined time interval. The transaction number is generated through a two step process. In a first step, time is used as an input to a transaction number function. The transaction number function outputs more than 16 digits. The second step uses the more than 16 digits for input and uses a ruleset to strip at least one digit to determine the transaction number valid for the predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Focus Universal Inc.
    Inventor: Desheng Wang
  • Patent number: 11810413
    Abstract: An enrollment data management system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to receive sensor data from one or more sensors located at a property, wherein the sensor data indicates a plurality of individual detection events that each indicate presence of an individual at the property. The instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to analyze the sensor data to determine that the property qualifies as a residence of the individual, access information relevant to the property from one or more databases, utilize the information relevant to the property as enrollment information for an enrollment process for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Gabrielle Diane Salazar, Dustin Bowen Bitter, Mitzi Ruiz, Jeanie Graciela Lopez, Oscar Guerra, William Daniel Farmer, Jennifer Marie Chandler-Bradley
  • Patent number: 11804089
    Abstract: It A service provider such as a courier to unlock a door without a permission of a user. A server device, which is capable of communicating with a door control device that controls locking and unlocking of a door installed at an entrance of a multifamily residential, includes: a storage that stores, for each user, a service number set by a service provider; a request reception that receives, from the door control device, an unlock request including a device ID and the service number; an authentication that executes an authentication based on information included in the unlock request and information stored in the storage; and unlock instructions that transmits an unlock instruction to the door control device, when the authentication is succeeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: PACPORT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ye Shen