Patents Examined by Dionne H. Pendleton
  • Patent number: 9892601
    Abstract: The valet parking and paging system is a wireless signaling apparatus that facilitates communication between a valet parking station and a client of the valet parking station. Specifically, the valet parking and paging system is a wireless signaling apparatus that exchanges status information between the valet parking station and a client. The valet parking and paging system comprises a plurality of valet units, a plurality of client units, and a base stations. The plurality of valet units comprises a collection of individual valet units. The plurality of client units comprises a collection of individual client units. Each individual valet unit selected from the plurality of valet units plugs into and is electrically connected to a location selected from the group consisting of the base station or an individual client unit selected from the plurality of client units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventors: Rodsudalah Brooks, Janice Brooks
  • Patent number: 9892629
    Abstract: The present patent application provides a wireless drive based stage sound and light stage coordinated operation system. The system comprises a stage performance control center, a first WLAN communication unit, a second WLAN communication unit, a master control unit, a slave control unit, a first ZIGBEE communication unit, a storage unit, a second ZIGBEE communication unit, a stage light subsystem, a third ZIGBEE communication unit and a stage sound subsystem. The system can achieve centralized monitoring, unified management and synchronization control of multiple stage systems. Furthermore, it adopts the method of wireless control, which can reduce interference and improve the stage performance effect and efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAFENG INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiqi Xie, Songbo Jiang, Huanxin Xue, Guoliang Zhu
  • Patent number: 9892575
    Abstract: A vehicle opening-and-closing member locking-and-unlocking apparatus includes: an antenna including a series resonance circuit having a resonance capacitor and an antenna coil connected in series and an impedance regulating resistance connected in parallel to the antenna coil, the resonance capacitor side being connected in parallel to a first connecting line, the antenna coil side being connected to a second connecting line, and the antenna transmitting authentication information for locking and unlocking a vehicle opening-and-closing member to a portable device by resonance with an antenna drive signal output from an ECU via the first and second connecting lines; a human detection IC detecting contact to a human detecting area on the vehicle opening-and-closing member by the user; and a rectifier circuit configured to AC/DC convert the antenna drive signal and supply the converted signal to the human detection IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takehiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 9875651
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic operating data memory for a rotationally operating machine, with a transceiver device for the contactless transmitting and/or receiving of data, it being possible for operating data of the machine that are stored on the operating data memory to be read out and/or overwritten by means of a mobile terminal. The operating data include data that relate to the rotational operating principle of the machine and can be monitored and displayed by means of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Eichner, Daniel Hast, Bjoern Beuter
  • Patent number: 9862353
    Abstract: The present teachings provide for a keyless authentication system for a vehicle including a sensor, a control module, and a portable transceiver and a method of authenticating the portable transceiver. The sensor can be configured to transmit a first sensor signal when a brake or clutch pedal of the vehicle is pressed. The control module can be configured to receive the first sensor signal and to wirelessly transmit a first inquiry signal if a power plant of the vehicle is on and the control module receives the first sensor signal. The portable transceiver can be configured to receive the first inquiry signal and to wirelessly transmit a first response signal in response to receiving the first inquiry signal. The control module can be configured to receive the first response signal and to shut off the power plant of the vehicle if the first response signal is not an authorized signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Julianne Krawciw
  • Patent number: 9855918
    Abstract: A method for controlling access to a vehicle function includes communicating, between a vehicle controller and a portable controller, a plurality of signals. The plurality of signals include an authentication signal and a location signal. The method also includes processing, by at least one of the vehicle controller and the portable controller, the authentication signal during an authentication confirmation process to determine authentication of the portable device. The method further includes processing, by at least one of the vehicle controller and the portable controller, the location signal during a proximity confirmation process to determine whether the portable device is within a predetermined proximity of the vehicle. Additionally, the method includes providing access to the vehicle function of the component when the portable device is authenticated and the portable device is within the predetermined proximity of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Melaragni, William A. Biondo, David T. Proefke
  • Patent number: 9852559
    Abstract: A lock device is configured to receive a credential from a mobile device. The lock device is configured to monitor the distance between the mobile device and the lock device. The lock device is configured to detect an intent action by a user of the mobile device and unlock the lock device if the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from the lock device and the intent action is an approved intent action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Raymond F. Rettig, Michelle Vickrey, Michael Cahill
  • Patent number: 9852563
    Abstract: A method to learn and then pair with a pre-installed access control system of a vehicle is discussed. Communication is exchanged between the access control system and a backend cloud-based system. Required data of the access control system including its particular authentication code is extracted by a learning device. A vehicle matching data is sent to the backend cloud-based system and the vehicle is registered with the backend cloud-based system. The learning device is registered to the access control system in accordance with learning procedures implemented in the vehicle as remote entry key. The learning device is coupled to a Radio Frequency signal transmitter that has Application-Specific Integrated Circuits to generate stable RF signals at multiple frequency wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Intelligent Transportation Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Nikolas Bergerhoff, Ritesh Ahuja, Adrian Radu, Tejas Desai, Herbert Froitzheim, Yao Zhai, Robert Obermaier
  • Patent number: 9846793
    Abstract: A method and a device for reading RFID/UHF label based on an audio interface are disclosed. According to the method, a built-in software module in an electronic device converts a first digital signal into an analog signal capable of being transmitted via the audio interface; the analog signal received by the audio interface is converted into a second digital signal via an audio communication circuit; then the RFID/UHF controller for digital signal control reads information from the RFID/UHF label; the RFID/UHF controller modulates and sends signals of a plurality of different frequency points, and the signal of every frequency point forms a signal channel. Compared with the prior art, the present invention can keep long-distance communication between the electronic device and a plurality of labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: XIAMEN INNOV ELECTRONICS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiming Zhong, Jinhua Li, Youbin Zuo
  • Patent number: 9847017
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus receives, processes and then transmits wireless signals as control commands specific to a target appliance, device or product. The apparatus, which is a combination of a remote receiving device and a secondary relay transmitting device, communicates with the target device to control its operations. The apparatus can be used to control a plurality of target devices via their existing remote controlling scheme. The apparatus can operate in an area that does not have existing wireless infrastructure, and can be controlled by a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Yuh-Ming Chien
  • Patent number: 9842617
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a media; a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head over the media; and control circuitry, coupled to the HAMR head, the control circuitry being configured to: receive a write command to write the media; apply a dynamic flying height (DFH) control before asserting a write gate of the HAMR head; assert the write gate to the HAMR head; and enable a flying height compensation mechanism to maintain a constant value of a flying height of the HAMR head over the media during a next assertion of the write gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Phillip Scott Haralson, Galvin T. P. Chia, Steven R. Vasquez, Mark McDaniel
  • Patent number: 9835751
    Abstract: In a proximity sensor including a circuit board on which a detection circuit is printed, and a first drive electrode and a lock electrode mounted on one surface of the circuit board and electrically connected to the detection circuit, the first planar drive electrode and the planar lock electrode are formed in a standing manner on one surface of the circuit board to face each other. A second planar drive electrode and a planar unlock electrode are formed in a standing manner on the other surface of the circuit board to face each other. The proximity sensor is used in a keyless entry device of vehicle, and the controller that controls driving of an actuator for locking or unlocking a vehicle door based on detection of the proximity sensor determines that the proximity sensor is turned on when decrease in output of the proximity sensor exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: U-SHIN LTD
    Inventor: Tetsuo Tokudome
  • Patent number: 9837112
    Abstract: An apparatus is includes a near field transducer positioned adjacent a media-facing surface and at the end of a waveguide having at least one core layer and a cladding layer. The apparatus also includes at least one optical reflector positioned adjacent opposing cross-track edges of the near field transducer and/or adjacent a down-track side of the near-field transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Ruoxi Yang, James Gary Wessel, Rachel Frakie, Chubing Peng, Werner Scholz, Chris Rea, Zoran Jandric, Mourad Benakli, Tae-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 9811957
    Abstract: Provided is a gate apparatus including a sensor that detects a pedestrian; multiple human body communication electrodes for performing human body communication; and a control unit that determines a position of the pedestrian according to information on the pedestrian detected by the sensor, performs outputting of a connection confirmation request packet through a human body communication electrode corresponding to the determined position, receives a connection confirmation response packet transmitted from a human body communication terminal and performs analysis processing on the received connection confirmation response packet, and performs opening and closing control of a gate opening and closing unit, in which the control unit stores in the connection confirmation request packet an output electrode identifier of a communication electrode that performs packet outputting, and determines whether or not the output electrode identifier and an electrode identifier of the electrode that receives the connection co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FELICA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Yuichi Todaka
  • Patent number: 9805763
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods associated with data storage using atomic films, such as graphene, boron nitride, or silicene. A platter assembly may include at least one platter that has one or more substantially planar surfaces. One or more layers of a monolayer atomic film, such as graphene, may be positioned on a planar surface. Data may be stored on the atomic film using one or more vacancies, dopants, defects, and/or functionalized groups (presence or lack thereof) to represent one of a plurality of states in a multi-state data representation model, such as a binary, a ternary, or another base N data storage model. A read module may detect the vacancies, dopants, and/or functionalized groups (or a topographical feature resulting therefrom) to read the data stored on the atomic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: Hon Wah Chin, Howard Lee Davidson, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Nicholas F. Pasch, Robert C. Petroski, David B. Tuckerman, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9792935
    Abstract: A magnetic device including: a magnetic reader; a magnetic writer; and a variable overcoat, the variable overcoat positioned over at least the magnetic reader and writer, the variable overcoat having an overcoat layer, the overcoat layer having a substantially constant thickness and material; and at least one disparate overcoat portion, the disparate overcoat portion having a different thickness, a different material, or both, than the overcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Frank Rejda, Joseph Michael Stephan, The Ngoc Nguyen, Neil Zuckerman, Gary J. Kunkel, Douglas H. Cole, Michael A. Seigler, Chris Rea
  • Patent number: 9792473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a card swiping method for determining card swiping of a mobile terminal by using ultrasonic signal strength, comprising: closely contacting, by a mobile terminal, a card reading device, wherein a multi-interface integrated circuit module in the mobile terminal receives a ultrasonic signal transmitted by an ultrasonic wave transmitting module in the card reading device; measuring, by the multi-interface integrated circuit module, strength of the received ultrasonic signal, and comparing the measured strength with an ultrasonic signal strength threshold which allows card swiping; and if the strength of the received ultrasonic signal received by the multi-interface integrated circuit module is greater than the ultrasonic signal strength which allows card swiping, interactively performing card swiping procedures by the multi-interface integrated circuit module and the card reading device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN ULTRASONICPAY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weixi Luo
  • Patent number: 9779564
    Abstract: A system for controlling an access authorization and/or driving authorization for a vehicle includes at least one mobile communication device and a control unit in the vehicle that receives and checks authorization data sent from the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device has a data carrier for storing the authorization data. The data carrier has at least one protected storage region for the storage of the authorization data. A database server transfers encrypted authorization data to the data carrier for storage in the protected storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Nagel, Santiago Pena Brossa, Markus Ruther, Marc Scheerle, Holger Schoepges, Sylvain Subileau, Andreas Mueller
  • Patent number: 9760287
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method includes receiving a write request and determining a first portion of information associated with the write request. The method additionally includes determining a first location on a first disk to write the first portion of information and, based on the determined first location on the first disk, determining a second location on a second disk to write the first portion of information. The method further includes writing the first portion of the information to the first location on the first disk. The first location comprises an outer track of the first disk. The method further includes writing the first portion of the information to the second location on the second disk, the second location comprising an inner track of the second disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kiran Kumar Devarapalli, Avinash Bendigeri, Karan Gandhi
  • Patent number: 9761075
    Abstract: A smart key system to prevent theft of a vehicle by a relay attack while securing communication performance under a noisy environment, includes an in-vehicle device that measures noise in a radio wave band of a response signal to be wirelessly transmitted by a mobile device; sets a transmission strength of the response signal greater while the noise becomes greater, within a predetermined strength; wirelessly transmits a request signal including a command about the transmission strength into a predetermined area; receives the response signal; and authenticates the mobile device, by first information preregistered for the mobile device, and second information included in the response signal. The mobile device receives the request signal; sets the transmission strength of the response signal, based on the command in the request signal; and wirelessly transmits the response signal including the second information by the set transmission strength when receiving the request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Yoshihara