Patents Examined by David Bilodeau
  • Patent number: 11115231
    Abstract: An appliance, communication system, and method thereof for a communicating on a network including an appliance interactive display coupled to an appliance communication module. The appliance communication module is configured to receive a message having an embedded interactive element configured to operate a functionality of the appliance embedded into the message. The message further includes a non-interactive detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Satanek, Wen Shi
  • Patent number: 11113579
    Abstract: An artefact is received. Features are extracted from this artefact which are, in turn, used to populate a vector. The vector is then input into a classification model to generate a score. The score is then modified using a step function so that the true score is not obfuscated. Thereafter, the modified score can be provided to a consuming application or process. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Cylance Inc.
    Inventors: Hailey Buckingham, David N. Beveridge
  • Patent number: 11106952
    Abstract: A system and associated processes may generate new modalities by receiving content associated with an original modality. An appropriateness of an alternative modality may be determined based on at least one of a device available to present the content, a user profile, and a contextual factor regarding an environment of a user intended to receive the content. Source content semantics associated with the content may be automatically determined, and an alternative modality based on the determined source content semantics may be generated and used to present the content to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marcio Ferreira Moreno, Rafael Rossi de Mello Brandao, Renato Fontoura de Gusmão Cerqueira
  • Patent number: 11109500
    Abstract: The disclosure provides textured glass components as well as electronic device cover assemblies and enclosures which include the textured glass components. In some cases, a protruding portion of the glass component includes a textured region provided over a camera assembly of the electronic device. One or more openings may be provided in the textured region. The textured region may be configured to provide a translucent or hazy appearance to the electronic device while providing a desirable “feel” to the electronic device and level of cleanability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jason P. Shannon, Andi M. Limarga
  • Patent number: 11109208
    Abstract: Methods for aggregating Bluetooth profiles for faster connection and configuration are disclosed, including transmitting, subsequent to establishing a connection, a request message to a peer device that indicates support of a fast connection protocol for Bluetooth profiles configuration and receiving a response message from the peer device that indicates the peer device supports the fast connection protocol. After pairing with the peer device, a first list of profile descriptors for a plurality of Bluetooth profiles supported by the device may be transmitted to the peer device and a second list of profile descriptors for a plurality of Bluetooth profiles supported by the peer device may be received. A configuration of a plurality of Bluetooth profiles base, at least in part, on a comparison of the first list of profile descriptors to the second list of profile descriptors may be determined and transmitted to the peer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa, Ariane Cotte, Craig P. Dooley, Duy N. Phan, Ganesha Adkasthala Ganapathi Batta, Hyundoo Shin, Kang Sun, Matt I. Gillette, Michael Jason Giles, Robert D. Watson, Sean P. Wilson, Sriram Hariharan, Sujatha Viswanathan, Todd Wheeler, Yilok L. Wong, David John Shaw, Sarang S. Ranade
  • Patent number: 11102725
    Abstract: A method of dynamically changing a mode of advertising for at least one of a multiple of access controls, including transmitting advertisements from an access control at a nominal mode; and changing the nominal mode in response to an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lang, Adam Purdue, Adam Kuenzi
  • Patent number: 11085756
    Abstract: A human body distance detection module for an electronic device, includes: a first metal sheet; a capacitance sensor electrically connected to the first metal sheet and configured to obtain a capacitance to ground of the first metal sheet, the capacitance to ground configured to reflect a distance between a human body and the electronic device; and a second metal sheet, at least one part of the second metal sheet being disposed opposite to the first metal sheet, the second metal sheet and the first metal sheet being insulated from each other to enable mutual coupling, and at least one part of the second metal sheet being not parallel to the first metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaqi Liu, Linchuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11089462
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically connecting one customer device with another over a Bluetooth or similar connection. The automatic connection may be made by generating a unique identifier to store on a new customer device and a backend system associated with an existing customer device and connecting the new customer device with the existing customer device using the unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: James Zarakas, Kevin P. Kelly, Saleem Sangi, Adam Koeppel
  • Patent number: 11089455
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a user-input instruction for displaying a user interface for notification management and displaying the user interface for notification management. The user interface for notification management includes a classification option, receiving a user-input instruction for selecting the classification option, displaying at least two application types, detecting a user-input instruction for selecting an option of one application type of the at least two application types, displaying, in a same user interface, an identifier of at least one application corresponding to the selected application type displaying a setting option of a UI prompt manner of a notification message for each of the at least one application, detecting an operation of a user on the setting option of the UI prompt manner of the at least one application, and saving the setting option of the UI prompt manner of the at least one application after the user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanyan Mao
  • Patent number: 11081230
    Abstract: A method for stitching image for medical imaging device may include obtaining a plurality of image series. Each of the plurality of image series may include one or more scanning images. The method may also include, for each of the plurality of image series, determining a tag of the each of the plurality of image series and classifying the plurality of image series based on the tags of the plurality of image series. The method may further include determining one or more groups of image series based on the classification. Image series in a same group may have a same tag. The method may also include stitching at least one image series of at least one group of the one or more groups of image series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Ouyang, Qingzhen Ma
  • Patent number: 11074685
    Abstract: A method for localizing an intracranial electrode in a subject's brain is provided. The intracranial electrode has at least one electrode contact. The method includes: acquiring a first brain image reconstructed from first image data acquired after electrode-implantation; acquiring a second brain image reconstructed from second image data acquired before the electrode-implantation; co-registering the first brain image and the second brain image to acquire spatial transformation parameters; extracting a first coordinate of the electrode contact from the first brain image; converting the first coordinate into a second coordinate in the second brain image by using the spatial transformation parameters; co-registering the second brain image and a universal brain atlas to define functional zones in the second brain image; and defining a corresponding functional zone where the second coordinate is located. Another alternative method and a system for localizing an intracranial electrode are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Syu-Jyun Peng, Cheng-Chia Lee, Chien-Chen Chou, Hsiang-Yu Yu
  • Patent number: 11057836
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for re-routing a call a when utilizing a collaborative mode of operation is provided herein. During operation, when a radio is operating in a collaborative mode, a battery level of the smart device will be monitored by the radio. If the associated smart device's battery is below a predefined threshold, the radio will be connected to a new talk-group via a standard narrowband network. As a consequence, each outgoing (or incoming) call from the radio over the new talkgroup on the narrowband network will be re-routed to the broadband network via the narrowband network (without utilizing the smart phone).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Nissim Gean, Shay Avivi
  • Patent number: 11051251
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for providing hardware reset in an electronic device having at least one non-physical key and the electronic device thereof, and an operating method of the electronic device may include detecting a current amount supplied to a processor, detecting whether wireless power is input, generating a hardware reset signal based on the detected current amount and the wireless power input, and transmitting the generated hardware reset signal to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghui Park, Minsoo Kim, Chanhun Yun, Jinkyu Kim, Jiwoo Lee, Yeunwook Lim
  • Patent number: 11042973
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and device for three-dimensional reconstruction, applied to the field of image processing. The method includes: obtaining a first depth map, which is photographed by a first photographic device, and obtaining a second depth map, which is photographed by a second photographic device; merging the first depth map with a first three-dimensional model according to a position of the first photographic device to obtain a second three-dimensional model; and merging the second depth map with the second three-dimensional model according to a position of the second photographic device to obtain a third three-dimensional model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ArcSoft Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Wen Zhou, Wei Zhou, Long Zhang
  • Patent number: 11037029
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method of multi-stage image recognition. For the multi-stage image recognition, categorized object data is received from a first deep neural network. A second deep neural network is trained on subcategory customization data that relates to a non-ideal environment when the second deep neural network produces invalid subcategorized object data from the categorized object data, and generates an image recognition result using the second deep neural network as trained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Jiang, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11036990
    Abstract: A target identification method includes: using information of a to-be-detected target acquired within a predetermined time period as judgment information; acquiring an identification result of the to-be-detected target at a current time and outputting the identification result; judging whether the attribute type corresponding to the identification result is an attribute type having the highest priority; and if the attribute type corresponding to the identification result is not the attribute type having the highest priority, using information of the to-be-detected target acquired within a next predetermined time period as the judgment information, and returning to the step of acquiring an identification result of the to-be-detected target at a current time and outputting the identification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: CLOUDMINDS (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiguo Lian, Zhaoxiang Liu, Ning Wang
  • Patent number: 11021306
    Abstract: A packaging system comprises: a package forming a set of discrete compartments; and a film portion interfacing with the package. The film portion includes a set of one or more electrically conductive traces in which each electrically conductive trace is associated with a respective compartment of the set of discrete compartments. Each electrically conductive trace of the set of electrically conductive traces forms a respective circuit loop that has a terminal end that terminates within an interface region of the film portion to collectively form a termination pattern. At least one of the package or the film portion have two or more alignment ports defined therein that are arranged according to an alignment pattern, each alignment port passing through at least one of the package or film portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CURADITE, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis Michael McNannay, Dewey Nigma, Jr., William Carroll, Steven D. Baker
  • Patent number: 11006858
    Abstract: A teeth movement tracking device, including: an input unit for receiving three-dimensional teeth data and image data having the shape of teeth; an image processing unit for combining the three-dimensional teeth data with the image data; a movement tracking unit for detecting the axis of rotation with respect to the rotation of the teeth or temporomandibular joint by analyzing the image data or the three-dimensional teeth data; and a trajectory generation unit for calculating the movement trajectory of the teeth or the temporomandibular joint by analyzing the image data or the three-dimensional teeth data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIT CORP.
    Inventors: Minho Chang, Soobok Lee, Jiwoong Chang, Sungbin Im
  • Patent number: 10999728
    Abstract: A multi-member Bluetooth device for communicating data with a remote Bluetooth device is disclosed including: a main Bluetooth circuit and an auxiliary Bluetooth circuit. In the period during which the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit operates at a relay mode, the main Bluetooth circuit receives packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device, and the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit does not sniff packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device. But the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit switches from the relay mode to a sniffing mode if the data type of packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device changes. In the period during which the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit operates at the sniffing mode, the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit sniffs packets issued from the remote Bluetooth device while the main Bluetooth circuit receives packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Yi-Cheng Chen, Kuan-Chung Huang, Chia Chun Hung, Hou Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 10997726
    Abstract: The invention provides for a medical instrument (100, 300, 400) comprising: a memory (110) for storing machine executable instructions (112) and a processor (106) for controlling the medical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Bernhard Gleich, Jorn Borgert, Jochen Keupp