Patents Examined by David Bilodeau
  • Patent number: 11410420
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for performing an opening or closing security procedure at a provider location using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are described herein. An autonomous security system includes a UAV, a user device, and a UAV security system. The UAV security system includes a processing circuit structured to guide the UAV along a predetermined route within or near the provider location. The processing circuit is further structured to receive monitoring data associated with the provider location and its surroundings from the UAV, the monitoring data comprising ultra-wideband (UWB) data and radio-frequency identification (RFID) data. The processing circuit is further configured to identify a foreign object based on the monitoring data, determine that the foreign object is one of a security threat or a defect, and provide a notification to the user device regarding the one of the security threat or the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Debarchana Roy, Dustin Boyle, Andriy Fedorchuk
  • Patent number: 11410022
    Abstract: A method for classifying an object having the following: receiving at least one item of distance information of an object based on a first electromagnetic signal transmitted by a transmitter device and a first electromagnetic signal received by a receiver device; receiving at least one item of oscillation information of the object based on a second electromagnetic signal transmitted by a transmitter device and a second electromagnetic signal received by a receiver device, which represents a solid oscillation of at least one subsection of the object; and classifying the object based on the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Jens Eric Markus Mehnert
  • Patent number: 11393085
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for analyzing an image using machine learning and human computation. A method for analyzing an image includes providing, via multiple instances of an interactive application for analysis of the image, multiple instances, respectively, of the image and receiving, via the interactive application, data from results of analyses of the image including multiple sets of user inputs from the analyses of the multiple instances of the image, respectively. The multiple sets of user inputs are from multiple users, respectively and the multiple users are associated with the multiple instances of the interactive application, respectively. The method further includes processing the received data to identify areas of interest within the image based on the multiple sets of user inputs and analyzing the image using a machine learning algorithm to identify structures in the image based on the identified areas of interest within the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Southern Methodist University, Retina Foundation of the Southwest
    Inventors: Corey Clark, Karl Csaky
  • Patent number: 11382099
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of allocating time slots for a wireless headset in a communication period, the wireless headset comprising a first earpiece and a second earpiece that are independent from each other, wherein the method comprises: sending, by the first earpiece, a request message to a mobile device in a first time slot of the communication period; sending, by the mobile device, audio data to the first earpiece and the second earpiece in a plurality of time slots subsequent to the first time slot based on the request message; sending, by the first earpiece, a first control message to the second earpiece in a second time slot after the plurality of time slots; and sending, by the second earpiece, a second control message to the first earpiece in a third time slot subsequent to the second time slot based on the first control message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TELINK SEMICONDUCTOR (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingjian Zheng, Haipeng Jin
  • Patent number: 11373402
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing assistance in human-to-human interactions are described. When it is determined that a user of a wearable heads-up display is interacting with another human, interaction assistance information can be presented to the user, such as biographic information relating to the other human, indication of emotional states of the user and/or other human, indication of when the interaction is one-sided, candidate conversation topics and candidate conversation questions. Additionally, interaction assistance functions or applications can also be provided which enable recording and storing of interactions, generation of summaries or lists based on the interaction, transcription of the interaction, note taking, event input, and notification management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Gabriel Reyes, Daniel Perry, Samarth Singhal, Evangelos Niforatos
  • Patent number: 11373453
    Abstract: A method and system for securely registering a user in a biometric system. The method includes: receiving, on a computer processor of the biometric system, an identifier of a biometric device and user information; sending, with the computer processor, a request that the biometric device be sent to the user of the biometric device upon the receipt of the identifier of the biometric device and user information; receiving, on the computer processor, the identifier of the biometric device and one or more authenticators from the user; initiating, with the computer processor, a registration of the user based on the receipt of the identifier of the biometric device and the one or more authenticators from the user; and receiving, on the computer processor, biometric data of the user from the biometric device to complete a registration of the user in the biometric system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Huang Young, Randy Cruz Soriano, Yu-Shing Chen, Ann Qiongying Feng
  • Patent number: 11375461
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), including determining that future or past simultaneous first and second signal transmissions by first and second transceivers pursuant to a dual subscription dual active (DSDA) mode of operation may exceed or has exceeded a maximum allowed transmit power, respectively; and performing at least one operation to reduce an occurrence, likelihood or frequency of the future simultaneous first and second signal transmissions exceeding the maximum allowed transmit power in the DSDA mode of operation, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Akash Kumar
  • Patent number: 11367298
    Abstract: A system for tracking motion of a user includes one or more peripherals associated with the user, a first camera operable to be mounted upon the user's head, a second camera operable to capture images of the user and the first camera, a first tracking unit operable to determine the position of the one or more peripherals in images captured by the first camera, a second tracking unit operable to determine the position of the first camera and the one or more peripherals in images captured by the second camera, a location generating unit operable to identify the location of the one or more peripherals and the first camera in dependence upon the respective determinations by the first and second tracking units, a tracking validation unit operable to compare the locations of at least one peripheral as determined using the first and second tracking units and determine whether a difference in the locations exceeds a threshold value, and a location output unit operable to output location information for at least the o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Sharwin Winesh Raghoebardajal
  • Patent number: 11363130
    Abstract: An example method includes, responsive to receiving user input to activate an airplane mode of a mobile computing device: disabling a first wireless protocol; determining, based on activity of a media session, whether to maintain an enabled state of a second wireless protocol of the mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to stream audio data associated with the media session to an audio sink device via a second wireless protocol; and selectively maintaining the enabled state of the second wireless protocol based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Hurwitz, Justin Lee
  • Patent number: 11335087
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for object identification. A method for object identification is provided, comprising: acquiring a first image presenting at least a part of an object from a user; identifying a category of the object through a pre-established object identification model based on the first image, to obtain at least one result; searching a rule database containing at least one set of confusable object categories using the at least one result, to determine whether there is a confusable object category corresponding to the at least one result; and if there is a confusable object category corresponding to the at least one result in the rule database, returning the at least one result and the confusable object category corresponding thereto to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Hangzhou Glority Software Limited
    Inventors: Qingsong Xu, Qing Li
  • Patent number: 11323889
    Abstract: A communication device, including a wireless interface including a transceiver unit, and a controller configured to control the transceiver unit when applying a first protocol which is a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol and a second protocol which is suitable for exchanging both audio data and non-audio data. The controller is further configured to apply a first control configuration while the transceiver unit is not used for audio data reception and/or transmission of audio data via the second protocol, and to apply a second control configuration while the transceiver unit is used for audio data reception and/or transmission of audio data via the second protocol. In the second control configuration duration of BLE connection events is limited to a maximum duration shorter than the maximum duration of BLE connection events in the first control configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SONOVA AG
    Inventors: Jonas Högberg, Daniel Lucas-Hirtz, Amre El-Hoiydi, Federico Ferrari, Marc Secall, Michael Osterwalder, Georg Dickmann
  • Patent number: 11316386
    Abstract: A communication method for wireless charging includes: transmitting a data packet to a wireless power transmitting device by in-band communication, if emergency data needs to be transmitted during a wireless charging process; and transmitting the data packet to the wireless power transmitting device by out-of-band communication, if non-emergency data needs to be transmitted during the wireless charging process; wherein a requirement for a transmission delay of the emergency data is higher than a requirement for a transmission delay of the non-emergency data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaiqi Wu, Yanteng Wang
  • Patent number: 11317267
    Abstract: A power tool system includes a power tool configured to receive an input power via a cable from a power source. The power tool system also includes a communications system disposed within the power tool. The communications system includes communications circuitry configured to receive operating information related to the power tool. The power tool system includes a retrofit tag removably coupled to an external surface of a housing of the power tool. The retrofit tag is configured to wirelessly couple with the communications system to receive at least a portion of the operating information with a first wireless communication mode. The retrofit tag is configured to transmit at least a portion of the operating information with a second wireless communication mode. The first wireless communication mode is different than the second wireless communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Marc Vetter
  • Patent number: 11317258
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable record medium for verifying a nearby friend based on a short-range wireless communication. A method of verifying a nearby friend based on a short-range wireless communication includes collecting, using processing circuitry, a plurality of device identifiers using short-range wireless communication, the plurality of device identifiers identifying a plurality of other electronic devices, transferring, using the processing circuitry, at least a portion of the plurality of device identifiers to a server, acquiring, using the processing circuitry, at least one social identifier from the server, each of the at least one social identifier being associated with a respective social network service (SNS) account, the at least one social identifier corresponding to the portion of the plurality of device identifiers, and providing the at least one social identifier through an interface of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LINE PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyukjae Jang, Donghyun Kim, Hey Young Yun, Jong Youn Ahn
  • Patent number: 11316558
    Abstract: A log in system and a log in method of a field are provided. The log in method includes: broadcasting a first RF (RF) signal and a second RF signal by a gateway; a sensing card receiving the first RF signal to switch from a disable mode to an enable mode, the sensing card receiving the second RF signal in the enable mode and generating a communicating channel between the sensing card and the gateway in response to the second RF signal; the gateway receiving sensing card information from the sensing card via the communicating channel and recording an identity corresponding to the sensing card to a log in list corresponding to the field according to the sensing card information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: ASKEY COMPUTER CORP., ASKEY TECHNOLOGY (JIANGSU) LTD.
    Inventors: Yen Chi Cheng, Yu Ting Hsiao, Huan-Ruei Shiu
  • Patent number: 11317358
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a communication technique for merging, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system; and system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for examples, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security, and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A power control method for uplink transmission in a wireless cellular communication system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Seunghoon Choi, Youngbum Kim, Younsun Kim, Taehyoung Kim, Jeongho Yeo
  • Patent number: 11300931
    Abstract: An external element of a timepiece or a piece of jewelry includes a body made of an insulating ceramic material, the body including a housing, a wireless communication system disposed in the housing, and at least one part of a surface of the external element includes a layer of metallic visual appearance, the layer being obtained by carburization, nitridation, or a combination of carburization, nitridation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Yvan Ferri, Loic Curchod
  • Patent number: 11303348
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming radio frequency beams in communication systems are provided. Signals from one or more devices are received at a base station and are processed using a vector based deep learning (VBDL) model or network. The VBDL model can receive and process vector and/or spatial information related to or part of the received signals. An optimal beamforming vector for a received signal is determined by the VBDL model, without reference to a codebook. The VBDL model can incorporate parameters that are pruned during training to provide efficient operation of the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Bevan D. Staple, Jennifer H. Lee, Jason Monin, Cynthia Wallace
  • Patent number: 11294422
    Abstract: In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display having a front surface and a back surface. The display includes a plurality of pixel regions that emit light from the front surface to display a displayed image and a plurality of apertures that transmit light from the front surface to the back surface. The apparatus includes a camera disposed on a side of the back surface of the display. The camera is configured to capture a captured image. The apparatus includes a processor coupled to the display and the camera. The processor is configured to receive the captured image and apply a first digital filter to a first portion of the captured image and a second digital filter, different than the first digital filter, to a second portion of the captured image to reduce image distortion caused by the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Manohar B. Srikanth, Marduke Yousefpor, Ting Sun, Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Ricardo J. Motta
  • Patent number: 11275973
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to data classification. An exemplary computer-enabled method for classifying image data comprises: receiving an input image patch, wherein the input image patch is of a second data domain; providing the input image patch to a preprocessing algorithm to obtain a preprocessed image patch, wherein the preprocessing algorithm is trained to transform data of the second data domain to data of a first data domain; providing the preprocessed image patch to a pre-trained classification algorithm, wherein the pre-trained classification algorithm is trained based on training data of the first data domain; obtaining one or more classification outputs from the pre-trained classification algorithm based on the preprocessed image patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NOBLIS, INC.
    Inventor: Charles Otto