Patents Examined by Daryl Pope
  • Mobile gas detection cart with wireless transceiver
    Patent number: 9188574
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one frame, wheels operatively connected to the frame, at least one processor operatively connected to the frame, a plurality of gas detectors operatively connected to the processor, and at least one wireless transceiver operatively connected to the processor. Further, a rechargeable power storage unit is operatively connected to the processor, the gas detectors, and the wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dushyant R. Daga, Jennifer L. Gardner-Dimitri, Michael A. Graziano, David M. Sweeney, II
  • Method of registering a device at a remote site featuring a client application capable of establishing multiple wireless connections for transmitting registration messages between device and remote site
    Patent number: 9191909
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Babak Rezvani, Edward B. Kalin, Jack L. Chen, Reza Jalili
  • Control of a personal transporter based on user position
    Patent number: 9188984
    Abstract: An apparatus controller for prompting a rider to be positioned on a vehicle in such a manner as to reduce lateral instability due to lateral acceleration of the vehicle. The apparatus has an input for receiving specification from the rider of a desired direction of travel, and indicating means for reflecting to the rider a propitious instantaneous body orientation to enhance stability in the face of lateral acceleration. The indicating may include a handlebar that is pivotable with respect to the vehicle and that is driven in response to vehicle turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Dean Kamen, Robert R. Ambrogi, James J. Dattolo, Robert J. Duggan, J. Douglas Field, Richard Kurt Heinzmann, Matthew M. McCambridge, John B. Morrell, Michael D. Piedmonte, Richard J. Rosasco
  • Registration of nodes at remote sites
    Patent number: 9184992
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Babak Rezvani, Edward B. Kalin, Jack L. Chen, Reza Jalili
  • Interactive medical device monitoring and management system
    Patent number: 9183720
    Abstract: A system for improving medical device management for a patient is also provided. The system can include a portable wireless device having an ECU, memory and an interactive remote patient monitoring module (IRPMM) for at least one medical device. The IRPMM has a medical device data request module that is operable to request and receive medical device data input from the at least one medical device. The medical device data can be input by the patient, or in the alternative, be automatically received without input from the patient. The IRPMM also has a medical device data supply module receives medical device information from an outside third party and provides the medical device information to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: DocView Solutions LLC
    Inventors: John D. Miladin, Steven A. Landau, Kostas Ilias Nasis
  • Electric horn device for a vehicle and vehicle
    Patent number: 9174572
    Abstract: Electric horn devices for a vehicle and vehicles with the electric horns are provided. An electric horn device includes a housing that is tightly sealed, a housing section within the housing, and a membrane element within the housing and configured to generate a sound. An elastic pressure equalizing element is adapted to allow pressure equalization in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Juergen Gerhard Bechtold
  • System for remotely controlling device of node featuring client application that displays virtual component corresponding to physical component of device and remote site located remote from node for sending control commands received from client application to node
    Patent number: 9172606
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Babak Rezvani, Edward B. Kalin, Jack L. Chen, Reza Jalili
  • System for detecting trigger event at location and sending notification to remote user device featuring detecting device for detecting trigger event and remote site for receiving notification from detecting device and sending notification to client application of remote user device
    Patent number: 9172742
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Babak Rezvani, Edward B. Kalin, Jack L. Chen, Reza Jalili
  • System and method for traffic control
    Patent number: 9165462
    Abstract: A system and a method for controlling traffic, the method comprising: when a sensing terminal sends a wireless signal, the intensity of the wireless signal sent by the sensing terminal is determined by wireless sensor nodes (101) located on both sides of a road, and the determined intensity is passed to an information processing module (102); the information processing module (102); the information processing module (102) controls the state of a traffic light according to the change in the intensity determined by the wireless sensor nodes (101). By means of the present application, the state of pedestrians crossing the road can be automatically determined, and the traffic light can be automatically adjusted, so as to ensure the safety of pedestrians effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Weiguo Ma
  • Exterior mirror reflective element sub-assembly
    Patent number: 9162624
    Abstract: A mirror reflective element sub-assembly for an exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element attached at a mirror back plate, which includes a mirror actuator attaching portion established at the back plate by a plastic injection molding operation. A heater pad is disposed between the mirror reflective element and the mirror back plate. An indicator associated with a blind spot detection system has a light source that is activatable to emit light. When the mirror assembly is mounted at a side of a vehicle and with the light source activated, light emitted by the light source passes through a light diffuser and through an aperture of the mirror back plate and through a light transmitting portion of the heater pad and through a light-transmitting window of the mirror reflector and exits the mirror reflective element to provide a visual icon visible to a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Keith D. Foote, Niall R. Lynam
  • Method for operating a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9162582
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle, including at least one electric motor connected to at least one rechargeable energy storage unit that stores electrical power, wherein the charging operation of the energy storage unit is carried out in such a way that a charging state limit that lies below the maximum charging state of the energy storage unit is not exceeded, wherein upon activation of at least one vehicle starting system, which is designed to automatically carry out a maximum acceleration of the motor vehicle from the standing position, the charging operation of the energy storage unit is carried out before the acceleration of the motor vehicle in such a way that the energy storage unit is charged up to a further charging state limit that lies above the first charging state limit and/or at least one further rechargeable energy storage unit is connected in series
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Meitinger, Stefan Ullmann
  • Ambient vehicle and pedestrian state detection for device notification
    Patent number: 9165463
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which ambient data related to a vehicle is sensed and processed, for use in determining a state change related to external traffic awareness. Based upon the state change, an allowed level of interactivity with a user interface may be changed, and/or a notification may be output. Images and/or depth data may be sensed as part of determining whether a user who is interacting with a device in a stopped vehicle is to be made aware of the changed condition with respect to other vehicles, pedestrians and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy S. Paek, Paramvir Bahl
  • Panel system and method with embedded electronics
    Patent number: 9164190
    Abstract: A system and method for a panel system containing embedded electronic elements providing both housing for the electronics and structural support. A preferred embodiment of the system is for a container security system, which is constructed into or conforming onto the roof, walls, door, or base of a cargo container is provided. The panel system may consist of a variety of electronic elements, batteries or power elements, sensors, a processing element to collect the sensor data, and a communications element to transmit outside of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: GlobalTrak, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Nagel, Justin C. Whiton
  • Tracking passengers on cruise ships
    Patent number: 9159212
    Abstract: Systems and procedures for tracking the locations of passengers on a vessel are provided. Example systems may include a portable tag configured to be assigned to a passenger, the tag encoded with a tag identifier; a plurality of tag readers configured to be positioned at predetermined locations on a vessel, each tag reader configured to read the tag identifier of the tag when the tag reader receives a signal from the tag; a tracking component configured to communicate with the tag readers, the tracking component configured to receive, from a detecting tag reader, an indication that the signal has been received from the tag, the tracking component configured to determine a detected location of the tag based at least in part on the predetermined location of the detecting tag reader; and a notification component configured to send towards a user device, a notification including the detected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC
    Inventor: Richard A Hadsall, Sr.
  • Motorcycle blind spot detector
    Patent number: 9153133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device for monitoring the blind spot of a motorcycle driver. The device includes a lean detector to incorporate lean into the position of the motorcycle driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: John D. Baker
  • Remote monitoring system
    Patent number: 9153123
    Abstract: A remote monitoring system includes a sensor interface, a processor, and a wireless communication interface. The sensor interface receives sensor information from a sensor coupled to the sensor interface. The processor processes the sensor information into at least one data packet for transferring to a server. The wireless communication interface transfers the data packet over wireless communications to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Arthroscopic Surgery Associates Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory M. Glenn, Damon Silva, Timothy Henry
  • System and method for generating real-time alert notifications in an asset tracking system
    Patent number: 9147335
    Abstract: A system and method for generating real-time alert notifications includes a database for receiving in real-time at least one event, a processing engine for analyzing the at least one event with respect to a plurality of stored events, the processing engine also for determining whether the at least one event meets a defined condition, if the at least one event meets the defined condition, determining a prescriptive action and forwarding the prescriptive action to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: OMNITRACS, LLC
    Inventors: Sudarshan Raghunathan, Chung Hung Lee, James A. Sassen
  • System and method for emergency notification content delivery
    Patent number: 9147338
    Abstract: A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, John H. Hebrank, James Fallon, Robert D. Summer
  • System and method for home automation and security
    Patent number: 9143342
    Abstract: Systems and methods for home automation and security are disclosed. An example method includes storing an indication that a building is expected to be occupied at a first time; controlling, via a processor, a behavior of a security system at the building at the first time based on the indication; and changing, via the processor, the behavior of the security system at the building at the first time in response to determining that a particular person is located at a location not corresponding to the building at the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Raymond Walden Bennett, Laura Marie Griffith, Arnold M. Lund
  • Wireless tracking and monitoring electronic seal
    Patent number: 9142107
    Abstract: An electronic security seal (e-Seal) is disclosed. The e-Seal monitors security of shipments including intermodal containers, reports tampers in real-time, monitors environmental status of goods and reports exceptions in real-time, and reports the location of the shipment with high frequency. The security monitoring complies with the ISO 17712 standard, adding electronic real-time reporting of tamper time and location and LED tamper indication. The e-Seal can be manufactured and operated at low cost due to diagnostic and logistic features. The e-Seal supports low cost upgrades due to a modular architecture allowing a plug-in update of separate functions. The e-Seal allows flexible usage across supply chain tradelanes, due to highly programmable operation including over-the-air remote programming via wireless communications. The e-Seal provides low power operation to save battery usage and lower costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Deal Magic Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Dirk Stevens