Patents Examined by Christopher A Buksa
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Patent number: 11958574Abstract: The application relates to systems and techniques for remotely navigating a marine vessel. The systems can include a dynamic positioning system and/or a marine location management system for remotely navigating a marine vessel. The marine location management system can include a communication module for receiving a geographic location of the marine vessel and transmitting a navigation plan to a vessel control system. The marine location management system can also include a processor adapted to determine the geographical coordinates of the marine location and the marine vessel. In some cases, the marine vessel can include a thruster system adapted to receive the navigation plan and determine a set of thrust vectors based on the navigation plan.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Rhodan Marine Systems of Florida, LLCInventor: Lindsay Ambler
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Patent number: 11958182Abstract: A mobile body system for managing a mobile body that moves within a predetermined area includes a mobile body associated with a guest group including one or more guests, and a managing apparatus configured to manage an outer appearance of the mobile body. The managing apparatus includes an activity collector configured to collect activity information indicative of an activity of the guest within the predetermined area, and an outer appearance manager configured to change the outer appearance of the mobile body viewed by the guest based on the activity information collected by the activity collector.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mutsumi Kawashima, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Masato Noritake, Nobuhiro Nishikawa, Masato Kurima, Tokuyuki Nishikawa, Reiko Tomita, Takaaki Kato, Hiroyuki Tomita, Daisaku Kato
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Patent number: 11955015Abstract: A flight data aggregation system for a plurality of aircraft includes one or more portable electronic devices in electronic communication with one or more central computers. The one or more portable electronic devices each monitor flight data from a corresponding aircraft. The one or more portable electronic devices analyze the flight data in real-time to determine an insight event indicating an incident of significance is presently occurring upon the corresponding aircraft. Each central computer includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The central computers are caused to receive the flight data collected during the insight event from an individual portable electronic device. The central computers determine overall flight data patterns based on the flight data collected during the insight event received from the individual portable electronic device and historical data stored in the one or more databases.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: André Dugas, Joerg Robert Oliver Schmidt, Millie Irene Sterling
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Patent number: 11945125Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and provides an auxiliary photographing device for dyskinesia analysis, and a control method and apparatus for an auxiliary photographing device for dyskinesia analysis. The method includes controlling a camera assembly of the auxiliary photographing device at a first position to perform photographing, to obtain a first image, the first image comprising a target body part of a patient having dyskinesia; determining, in the first image, a position of a target region corresponding to the target body part; controlling an orientational movement of a mechanical arm of the auxiliary photographing device according to the position of the target region, to adjust the camera assembly to a second position; and controlling the camera assembly at the second position to perform photographing, to obtain a second image, the second image comprising the target body part.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Lin Zhang, JianBao Wu
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Patent number: 11934199Abstract: A method for operating a system with a first automatically moving floor processing device and a second automatically moving floor processing device in which the first floor processing device detects environmental features in an environment of the first floor processing device. The first floor processing device or a shared computing device allocated to both the processing devices generates a first area map based on the detected environmental features, and the first floor processing device also detects the second floor processing device, and the position of the second floor processing device is thereupon stored within the generated first area map. The second floor processing device receives information about a current position of the second floor processing device within the first area map, and controls a second floor processing activity as soon as the first floor processing device has detected the second floor processing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbHInventors: Andrej Mosebach, Marc Papenheim, Henning Hayn
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Patent number: 11923096Abstract: An inspection system for inspecting a machine includes an inspection vehicle constructed for wireless operation while submersed in a dielectric liquid medium. The inspection vehicle is self-propelled. A controller is operative to direct the activities of the inspection vehicle. A plurality of status interrogation systems is disposed on the inspection vehicle. The status interrogation systems are operative to capture inspection data regarding a plurality of inspection procedures performed on the machine.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Energy LtdInventors: Gregory Cole, William Eakins, Daniel Lasko, Harshang Shah, Thomas Fuhlbrigge, Carlos W. Morato, Biao Zhang, Luiz Cheim, Poorvi Patel, Stefan Rakuff, Saumya Sharma, Nolan W. Nicholas, Gregory F. Rossano, Sanguen Choi
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Patent number: 11906311Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for detecting a pavement marking around an autonomous vehicle, comparing the detected pavement marking with a pavement marking present in a semantic data map, determining whether a change has occurred between the detected pavement marking and the pavement marking present in the semantic data map, and updating the semantic data map based on the determining of whether the change has occurred between the detected pavement marking and the pavement marking present in the semantic data map.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLCInventors: Juan Fasola, Harman Kumar, Shreyans Kushwaha, Xiaoyu Zhou, Yu-Cheng Lin
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Patent number: 11898865Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using machine learning methods for customized output generation. A computing platform may train a model (using historical data) by classifying the historical data by a trip context, a device interaction context, and physical condition context, or a personality context, and training models using the classified historical data. The computing platform may monitor a data source system to collect new data, which may include information about multiple drivers. The computing platform may generate, by inputting the new data into the model, a customized driving output for a first driver, where the customized driving output is based at least in part on information about a second driver. The computing platform may send, to a computing device, the customized driving output and commands directing the computing device to display the customized driving output, which may cause the computing device to display the customized driving output.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Chanakykumar Bhavsar, Surender Kumar, Matei Stroila
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Patent number: 11899471Abstract: Methods and apparatus to guide an unmanned aerial vehicle for recovery thereof are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to recover an aircraft or a payload thereof includes a tether line, and markers supported by the tether line at different positions of the tether line, the markers to be detected by the aircraft, the aircraft to be guided to engage the tether line by determining positions of the markers and calculating a position of at least a portion of the tether line based on the determined position of the markers.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Insitu, Inc. (a subsidiary of The Boeing Company)Inventor: Matthew J. Bartow
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Patent number: 11891078Abstract: Techniques for identifying a constraint to apply to an operation of a vehicle are described herein. A vehicle computing system receives diagnostics and constraints associated with components of the vehicle. The vehicle computing system identifies constraints to apply to vehicular operation based on the received diagnostics and constraints. The vehicle computing system may determine whether a received constraint is valid, based on associated diagnostics. Based on a determination that the constraint is valid, the vehicle computing system may include the constraint in vehicle control considerations. Based on a determination that the constraint is invalid, the vehicle computing system may withhold the constraint from vehicle control considerations.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ZOOX, INC.Inventors: Matthew Daniel Lopez, Collin MacGregor, Darrin Sammons Willis, Udayan Pushparaj Karmarkar, Lilith Rogue Automata
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Patent number: 11890246Abstract: A motor teaching system is provided with a force presentation robot for teaching motion in accordance with a predetermined motor pattern by guiding movement of a movable part of the body of a test subject, a brainwave sensor, and a computer that classifies a cerebral activity pattern into one of a plurality of classes that include motor imagery, based on a brainwave signal. The computer guides evoking contents of the test subject prior to teaching of the motor pattern, such that a classification result obtained in the period of teaching the motor pattern will be the motor imagery class.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute InternationalInventors: Asuka Takai, Tomoyuki Noda, Giuseppe Lisi, Tatsuya Teramae, Jun Morimoto, Hiroshi Imamizu
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Patent number: 11867529Abstract: The invention discloses an altitude initialization and monitoring system (AIMS) for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The altitude initialization and monitoring system is adapted to function as part of an airborne wireless sensing system (AWSS) associated with a UAS, transmitting flight data in support of remote identification (Remote ID) for UAS operating in the National Airspace System (NAS). The invention relates to a system, method, and software code executing the altitude initialization and monitoring functions. The invention may be implemented solely using a primary altitude sensor or may be implemented with one or more secondary (monitor) sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: RUMFERT, LLCInventor: David Dale Jensen
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Patent number: 11862507Abstract: A robot system according to one or more embodiments may include a robot, and a control part. The robot may include one or more joints driven by an electric motor, and can hold a wafer by a holding part. The control part gives commands to the robot for control. When the robot holds and transports the wafer with the holding part, the control part performs, based on information about the electric motor, at least one of the following: determining whether slippage has occurred between the holding part and the wafer; and estimating an amount of slippage of the wafer relative to the holding part.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAWASAKI ROBOTICS (USA), INCInventors: Masaya Yoshida, Avish Ashok Bharwani, Simon Jeyapalan
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Patent number: 11839987Abstract: A vacuum-based end effector for selectively engaging parcels includes a base plate to which a plurality of vacuum cups are mounted and configured to be placed in fluid communication with a vacuum source. Each vacuum cup includes a bellows having a distal end connected to a lip. The vacuum-based end effector further includes a linear actuator that is mounted to the base plate and includes an extendible arm to which at least one vacuum cup is operably connected. The linear actuator can be selectively actuated to extend the extendible arm and move the lip of the vacuum cup operably connected to the extendible arm below a common plane defined by the lips of vacuum cups which maintain a fixed position relative to the base plate to individually address a target parcel. The vacuum-based end effector can be combined with a robot to provide an improved system for selectively engaging parcels.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Material Handling Systems, Inc.Inventors: Cyril David Bader, Josiah Douglas, Paul Receveur, Jonathan Dean Terrell
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Patent number: 11814060Abstract: The method for controlling an operating state of a vehicle is such that the operating state, initially adopting a locked state which immobilizes the vehicle, can be modified in order to adopt any of the following unlocking states: a total unlocking state which allows activation of an operating mode of the vehicle, which is associated with the total unlocking state, without any restrictions; and partial unlocking states which each allow the activation of an operating mode associated with the partial unlocking state and which allow restricted activation of the vehicle. This control method comprises a step (E102) of activating one of the operating modes after modifying the operating state (E101) to authorize this activation.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PSA AUTOMOBILES SAInventors: Lionel Antoniucci, Stephane Lanoue
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Patent number: 11774986Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for stabilization of autonomous vehicles using electromagnetic force. In one embodiment, an example autonomous vehicle may include a base comprising a first side and a second side, and a first container handling assembly coupled to the base. The first container handling assembly may be configured to support a first stack of containers, and may be configured to extend from the autonomous vehicle in a first direction over the first side of the base. The autonomous vehicle may include a first electromagnet coupled to the base along the second side, and a controller configured to energize the first electromagnet when the first container handling assembly is in an extended position in the first direction, such that the autonomous vehicle is stabilized via an electromagnetic force generated by the first electromagnet.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kent Belden Meiswinkel
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Patent number: 11756433Abstract: A flight emulation system receives global positioning system (GPS) data into one or more EGIs (embedded GPS/inertial navigation system (INS)) or GPS receivers from a GPS emulator. The GPS data are based on a pre-defined flight trajectory plan of an aircraft. The system calculates real-time positional, orientational, and inertial emulation data using outputs of the EGIs or GPS receivers and platform-specific, flight dynamics data, and then transmits the real-time positional, orientational, and inertial emulation data to one or more subsystems associated with the aircraft for use by operations of the one or more subsystems.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Brad S. Williams, Thomas M. Taylor
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Patent number: 11745341Abstract: Movement of an object can occur while a control system corrects for compliance within a robotic system. The control system can include the object to be moved, the robotic system that moves the object, a primary sensor positioned on the object, at least one ancillary sensor positioned on the object, and a controller. The sensors can record position and orientation data at different points on the object. The controller can use a sensor data and a delta value to correct for compliance in the robotic system. The delta value can be based on the differences between the primary sensor and the at least one ancillary sensor. The compliance correction can be applied to poses of the object to modify the trajectory of the object for more accurate movements.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONInventors: Callan Gillespie, Robb Colbrunn, Tara Nagle
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Patent number: 11740638Abstract: A method for generating an area map for a floor processing device, wherein first and second floor processing devices detect feature data of an environment and process them into first and second area maps. The first floor processing device identifies an object based on a unique identifier of the object as an anchor point and stores relative positional information of the anchor point in a coordinate system of the first area map. The second floor processing device recognizes the same object as an anchor point known to the second floor processing device, and stores relative positional information of the anchor point in a coordinate system of the second area map. The first and second area maps are combined into a common global area map based on the relative positional information of the anchor point contained therein, and the unique identifier is a code that clearly identifies the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbHInventors: Andrej Mosebach, Marc Papenheim, Henning Hayn
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Patent number: 11735947Abstract: A vehicle system includes a generator, a battery, a detector, and a controller. The generator is configured to generate electrical power based on power transmitted from an engine of the vehicle. The battery is chargeable with the electrical power generated by the generator. The detector detects the state of charge of the battery. The controller is configured to perform autonomous driving control of the vehicle. The controller restricts operation of equipment of the vehicle when an error is detected in the detector, in comparison with when the detector is normal.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Yutaro Ito, Mitsuharu Higashitani, Tomomi Hase