Patents Examined by Chico A Foxx
  • Patent number: 11104356
    Abstract: A display device of a vehicle includes: a sensor device for detecting an object located around the vehicle; a control module that reads and tracks the detected object based on the detection result of the sensor device; and an information display for providing the reading and tracking result of the object of the control module as continuous visual information to a passenger of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11100789
    Abstract: An operation acceptor accepts, from a first user, a first operation with respect to a facility device. An identification information acquirer acquires identification information of the first user. A transmitter transmits the identification information of the first user and identification information of the first operation to the facility device. A storage stores control contents determination information containing identification information of users who use the facility device, facility information of operations with respect to the facility device, control contents with respect to the facility device that are in association with one another. A device controller controls the facility device in accordance with control contents associated with the identification information of the first user and the identification information of the first operation by the control contents determination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Noriyuki Komiya
  • Patent number: 11092666
    Abstract: A millimeter wave radar unit includes a housing including a first opening and a second opening, a millimeter wave radar mounted to the housing in such a manner as to close the first opening of the housing, and a cover including a cover main body as an emblem and being mounted to the housing in such a manner as to cover the second opening of the housing, with a millimeter wave to be emitted from the millimeter wave radar, transmitted through the cover main body and illuminate an exterior side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Fukui, Yuhki Kuramitsu, Yoshiharu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11087614
    Abstract: A Smart Campus Security Shield System comprising a Smart Student ID Card, wherein the card comprises a set of sensors inside the Smart Student ID Card. The set of sensors send a crime alert through a wireless network to a cloud server. The cloud server memory comprises a student crime alert model which describes the crime alert severity, student ID number, name, location, date, time, and a set of details of the student, so that the student risk control model can generate a plurality of corrective actions and preventive actions for each individual student. The crime alerts personalized and adaptive machine learning method presents a set of customized corrective actions and preventive actions to a student, based on at least one student attribute data. A set of student safety performance statistics is used to generate an optimal safety management strategy for the school security staff to reduce school crime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Hemal B. Kurani, Hetal B. Kurani
  • Patent number: 11085966
    Abstract: A battery temperature display device of a vehicle is provided. The battery temperature display device includes: a plurality of display elements sequentially arranged according to values of a display temperature so as to respectively display each of a plurality of temperature ranges into which a predetermined total temperature display range of the secondary battery is divided, wherein the display elements include a highest temperature display element and a lowest temperature display element respectively display temperature ranges of a highest temperature and a lowest temperature in which discharge and charge of the secondary battery are restricted in the total temperature display range; and a display control part for changing boundaries between the highest temperature display element, the lowest temperature display element and other display elements or thresholds related to divisions of the display temperature in accordance with an operation state of the vehicle or a use state of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tsutsumi, Motoi Shioaku, Taisuke Tsurutani
  • Patent number: 11071456
    Abstract: Medical devices are provided, comprising a medical device and a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Canary Medical Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Hunter, Douglas R. Holberg, Jeffrey M. Gross
  • Patent number: 11055597
    Abstract: An RFID magnet including an RFID label or tag applied onto a magnetized or magnetizable sheet or strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNUM MAGNETICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keith Medley
  • Patent number: 11040650
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving system. The method for controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving system can improve recognition accuracy of an object by outputting light corresponding to a first brightness value changed in correspondence to detection of an object having a recognition error larger than a predetermined range during driving while outputting light corresponding to a first brightness value that is determined of the basis of information about external illumination. An autonomous vehicle of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone ((Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV), a robot, an AR (Augmented Reality) device, a VR (Virtual Reality) device, a device associated with 5G services, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Soryoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11037439
    Abstract: An alert may be triggered to notify a pedestrian of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle. For instance, a vehicle may operate in an autonomous or manual mode, and may occasionally switch from one mode to the other. A pedestrian who may be unaware of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle may notice the alert and proceed accordingly. In one embodiment, an indication of the current operational mode of the nearby vehicle may be transmitted to an electronic device associated with the pedestrian. The device may generate a notification to the pedestrian based on the current operational mode. In an additional or alternative embodiment, the alert may be transmitted by the vehicle externally to be visible or audible to the pedestrian. In some embodiments, the alert may be triggered only for particular operational modes (e.g., only for autonomous or only for manual).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Steve Roberson
  • Patent number: 11035970
    Abstract: A seabed object detection system is provided. The system can include a receiver array. The receiver array can include a plurality of receivers disposed on a plurality of streamers. The plurality of streamers can include a central port side streamer, a central starboard side streamer, an auxiliary port side streamer and an auxiliary starboard side streamer. The system can include a source array. The source array can include a plurality of sources. The plurality of sources can include a central port side source, a central starboard side source, an auxiliary port side source, and an auxiliary port side streamer. The source array towed during a first pass can define a first path. The source array towed during a second pass can define a second path. The first path can be interleaved with the second path such that the first path overlaps the second path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Magseis FF LLC
    Inventor: Graham Gillott
  • Patent number: 11029018
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include an integrated lighting system including a casing configured to detachably couple from a conventional air vent, a motion sensor configured to detect a presence of a person, a light source, and a processor configured to receive, from the motion sensor, an indication in response to the motion sensor detecting the presence of the person, and send, to the light source, an activation signal to activate the light source in response to receiving the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Cardinal IP Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Steven Uriarte, Peter Michael Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11028543
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a roadway stud control system including a local stud control system positioned along a first section of a roadway, a plurality of roadway studs, each roadway stud disposed on a surface of the first section of the roadway and communicably coupled to the local stud control system, wherein the local stud control system is configured to communicate a control signal to control at least one aspect of the plurality of roadway studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MZC Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Harriet Anderson Langford, A. Philip Langford, Alan J. Anderson, John Picard, Allison Kelly Beaton, Glenn Le Faou, Laura Churcher, James Salisbury, Marie Buda, Edward Colby, Andy Milton
  • Patent number: 11028633
    Abstract: In one aspect, an in-vehicle computing device is provided for controlling operation of a movable barrier operator. The in-vehicle computing device includes a sensor configured to detect a vehicle characteristic and communication circuitry operable to cause automatic operation of the movable barrier operator by communicating with the movable barrier operator. The in-vehicle device further includes a processor operatively coupled to the communication circuitry, the sensor, and the memory. The processor configured to determine satisfaction of a user account condition and, upon the user account condition not being satisfied, to inhibit the communication circuitry from initiating automatic operation of the movable barrier operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Fitzgibbon, James D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11024107
    Abstract: A combination lock has a touch panel to receive a keypad entry code indicative of a combination code for unlocking the lock with various access levels, including a first level and second level. The combination lock is also arranged to receive the combination code from a mobile device via wireless signals. The combination lock also has an independent key-lock mechanism for unlocking the lock with a key. The mobile device has an application icon, when activated, prompting the wireless signals indicative of the combination code. The mobile device also has a deactivation icon and re-activation associated with the combination code of the first level. The deactivation icon causes the disablement of the touch panel and the key-lock mechanism when activated. The re-activation icon terminates the disablement of the touch panel and the key-lock mechanism when activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: THE SUN LOCK COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Karl Lai
  • Patent number: 11013227
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus 1 for holding a piece of bait 2, in particular a piece of bait 2 for pests 14, preferably for rodents, comprising: a housing part 3 which has a receiving space 6 for receiving a piece of bait 2 and can be inserted into a part of a sewer system, a detecting device 9, equipped to detect a first item of information, an output device 11, equipped to output a first item of information detected by the detecting device 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Jürgen Buchstaller
  • Patent number: 11017648
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a pedestal of an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) system. The methods comprise: capturing at least one first image or video by a camera coupled to the pedestal; analyzing the at least one first image or video to detect a person's presence and determine the person's location relative to the camera; determining a first beam pointing direction for the pedestal based on results of the analysis of the at least one first image or video; and steering a read beam of the pedestal in accordance with the first beam pointing direction so that a main lobe of the pedestal's antenna field pattern covers a first area of an interrogation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Neil M. Reyes, Craig E. Trivelpiece, Steve E. Trivelpiece
  • Patent number: 11010654
    Abstract: An RFID mesh label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to further provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and/or post-vulcanization, the RFID mesh label including a face layer configured to be positioned adjacent or flush to an outer surface of the vulcanized tire; an RFID layer positioned underneath the face layer, the RFID layer having an RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire upon being read with an RFID reader; and a mesh backing overlying the RFID layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FINELINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jos Uijlenbroek, Michael E. Borgna
  • Patent number: 11011038
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium for managing a removal code of a tag includes providing information associating the tag with a merchandise item, wherein the information includes a removal code for removing the tag from the merchandise item, receiving, from a requesting device, a request for the removal code, authenticating the request, and transmitting, in response to successfully authenticating the request, the removal code to the requesting device, wherein the removal code is configured to be transmitted by the requesting device to the tag to remove the tag from the merchandise item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Adam S. Bergman, Sergio M. Perez
  • Patent number: 11004638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for monitoring an electromechanical relay, wherein the electromechanical relay includes a relay coil for actuating at least one switch, the system comprising: at least one sensor adapted to measure an operating condition of the electromechanical relay, wherein the sensor is arranged adjacent or attached to the electromechanical relay; at least one controller communicatively connected to the at least one sensor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one controller is adapted to store the measured operating condition in the at least one memory; at least one transmitter, operatively connected to the controller, wherein the transmitter is adapted to transmit the stored measured operating condition to a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: ALSTOM Transport Technologies
    Inventors: John Thomas Compton, Jérôme Martin, Ian Brodie, Marine Feer, Yunbo Hou
  • Patent number: 10996668
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recovering an autonomous vehicle in a fleet of vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes detecting an existence of an adverse condition associated with an autonomous vehicle in the fleet. The method includes determining in response to detecting the adverse condition, a recovery plan for the first autonomous vehicle based at least in part on one or more attributes associated with the adverse condition, the recovery plan including one or more actions to recover the first autonomous vehicle at a remote location. The method includes initiating the recovery plan to recover the first autonomous vehicle at the remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Zhao, Eric James Hanson, Molly Castle Nix, Sean Chin