Patents Examined by Fabricio R Murillo Garcia
  • Patent number: 11200800
    Abstract: A vehicle search system includes a vehicle incorporating a vehicle-mounted camera and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle. The server transmits search target vehicle data for specifying a search target vehicle to the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to (a) store the search target vehicle data from the server and (b) transmit, when a vehicle detected by the vehicle-mounted camera falls under search target vehicles included in the search target vehicle data, detection information on the detected vehicle to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Sakuma, Shuhei Yamamoto, Munehiro Kamiya, Hideo Hasegawa, Shinji Kurachi, Tomoya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11195077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable device and a system. The wearable device (20, 40) comprises an electronic circuit (21), a power supply (22), a switching circuit (23, 43) coupled between the electronic circuit and the power supply, and an electromagnetic field detection circuit (24) coupled to the switching circuit (23, 43) for detecting an electromagnetic field generated by an NFC transmitter within the detection range of the electromagnetic field detection circuit and for generating a trigger signal if an electromagnetic field generated by an NFC transmitter is detected within the detection range of the electromagnetic field detection circuit. The switching circuit (23, 43) comprises a flip-flop (231) or a transistor circuit (431) including an input transistor (432) and a fuse (433) to switch the connection between the electronic circuit and the power supply on in response to the trigger signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklljke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Edwin Gerardus Johannus Maria Bongers
  • Patent number: 11183062
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing a parking recommendation are disclosed herein. The method may include obtaining a route destination location from a user equipment, obtaining parking data for a pre-determined time period, wherein the parking data comprises a plurality of parked locations and a plurality of destination locations, and providing the parking recommendation based on a last mile model, wherein the last mile model is based on the route destination location and the obtained parking data, wherein the last mile model comprises a time-dependent distance threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Raul Cajias, Daniel Rolf
  • Patent number: 11176817
    Abstract: A guiding signs system may include a plurality of guiding signs for outputting information and an information processor to acquire marching needs and path sets of objects, wherein the marching need includes quantities of objects and the path sets include all passages from a starting point to an end point; the passages include nodes and roads in between, and each node has one or more guiding signs, wherein the information processor calculates each object's distribution in the path sets according to the marching needs, and determine each object's priority on each road according to each object's distribution in the path sets, each guiding sign is configured to output the information of each object's priority on each road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Wenlun Li
  • Patent number: 11174726
    Abstract: A tubing string can be at a first position in a wellbore and can move to a second position in the wellbore with respect to a casing string. The tubing string can include a first tubing-side antenna and a second tubing-side antenna coupled at different locations on the tubing string. The first tubing-side antenna can communicatively couple to a casing-side antenna when the tubing string is at the first position in the wellbore, and can be out of communication range with the casing-side antenna when the tubing string is at the second position. The second tubing-side antenna can be coupled at a second location that is spaced a distance from the first location on the tubing string such that the second tubing-side antenna communicatively couples to the casing-side antenna when the tubing string is at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Trond Hagen
  • Patent number: 11170646
    Abstract: Examples relate to detectors for determining motion from visual cues, said determining being invariant to changes in at least one of temporal and spatial frequencies of said visual cues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Alex Cope
  • Patent number: 11164413
    Abstract: The mobile device (12) sends credentials to the authentication module (18), which may be the credential module (36) of the first access control device (16a). If these credentials are authenticated, the first access control device (16a) allows access to its associated first secured element (17a) and puts the access control devices (16a, 16b) in the second mode, viz. the secure-pass-through-mode. Any request to access a second secured element (17b) received from the mobile device (12) in the second mode is passed on and treated as an authenticated request to a second access control device (16b). The access control devices (16a, 16b) allow access to their associated secured elements (17a, 17b) based on whether the type of access being requested is consistent with the type of credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Kuenzi, Bradley Armand Scoville
  • Patent number: 11164445
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and method for monitoring individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: BI Incorporated
    Inventors: James J. Buck, Jr., Joseph P. Newell, Dustin Pettit, Mike Cooke
  • Patent number: 11164414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a security system including: a first gateway comprising a security access gateway; a first sensor comprising a security sensor, the first sensor engageable to obtain access through the first gateway; a controller operationally connected to the first gateway and the first sensor, the controller being configured for: rending a first determination that the first sensor senses a first security access credential is being presented, and thereafter: rendering a second determining to monitor for compliance with protocols identifying a sequence and a timing scheme for presenting additional security access credentials; rending a further determination including one of: a determination to grant access if the presenting of additional security access credentials complies with the protocols; and a determination to deny access if the presenting of additional security access credentials fails to comply with the protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rafal Baczek
  • Patent number: 11164441
    Abstract: One or more apparatuses comprising at least two thermal image data capture and measuring devices that measure long wave infrared radiation intensity of energy flux on a per pixel basis wherein pixels provide dynamic image data that is transmitted and received between two or more digital devices so that the image data provides at least one captured dynamic image which is correlated with specific exact geographic locations and positions data and facial recognition data and correlated local air quality monitoring index atmospheric data is provided by sensors, and the devices include a lens, an optical system, a photodetector, one or more computerized micro-processors, and a gate that provides a constrained targeted pathway through which at least one person must travel so that dynamic thermal data, position and location data, facial recognition data, and local atmospheric data is measured, transmitted, and received for at least one person moving through the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TEMPERATURE GATE IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Ravindra Pratap Singh, Daniel Maurice Lerner
  • Patent number: 11158184
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that can include receiving a plurality of cause and effect rules for a security system that protects a secured area, simulating a plurality of cause and effect rules responsive to user input identifying an emergency event in one of a plurality of zones of the secured area, and during simulation, displaying on a graphical user interface a first indicator that identifies a first output of a first of the plurality of cause and effect rules within a first of the plurality of zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: RajeshBabu Nalukurthy, Narendra Chandrakant Salve, Srivatsa Haridas
  • Patent number: 11153709
    Abstract: A method of controlling access through a Bluetooth connection is provided. The method comprising: detecting Bluetooth advertisements of one or more access controllers using a mobile device application; determining whether to connect to the Bluetooth advertisements using the mobile device application; connecting the mobile device application to each of the one or more access controllers using separate Bluetooth connections; enumerating services of each access controller using the mobile device application; authenticating the mobile device application by transferring a credential; detecting intent of the mobile device application to engage a specific access controller; and activating a lock actuator within the specific access controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Kuenzi, Michael Lang, Adam Purdue, Jonah J. Harkema
  • Patent number: 11151875
    Abstract: A method for providing vehicle assistance to a vehicle when parking in a parking lot is provided. The method includes identifying, by the path controller, one or more available parking spaces based on the one or more images. The method includes displaying, on a user interface in communication with the path controller, a representation of the identified one or more available parking spaces, and receiving, on the user interface, a driver selection of a representation of the identified one or more available parking spaces. The method includes determining, by the path controller, a path from a current position of the vehicle to an available parking space associated with the driver selection of the representation. The method includes instructing, a drive system of the vehicle, to autonomously drive the vehicle along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dalong Li, Ibro Muharemovic, Dominik Froehlich, Steffen Hartmann
  • Patent number: 11149543
    Abstract: A communication system can include a first transceiver and a second transceiver that can communicate digital baseband data via a direct current (DC) power line bus in the wellbore. One or more of the transceivers includes a demodulator for demodulating the digital baseband data received from the DC power line bus into multiple digital data streams, and includes a digital processor for filtering and applying error correction to the digital data streams to produce a decoded digital data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Li, Wei Sun, Xiang Tian
  • Patent number: 11153733
    Abstract: An information providing system includes a detection information acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result of a vehicle sensor, an occupant information database configured to hold occupant information generated based on a previous detection result of the vehicle sensor, and an output controller configured to, when information relating to an occupant acquired from the detection result of the vehicle sensor conforms to the occupant information held in the occupant information database, output provided information according to the occupant information to the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chikage Kubo, Takuji Yamada
  • Patent number: 11151819
    Abstract: An access control method, an access control apparatus, a system, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a scene image, and recognizing one or more face images in the scene image; determining an attribute of the face image, the attribute including a registered user and an unregistered user; and if multiple face images are recognized, determining whether attributes corresponding to the multiple face images include the registered user, and responsive to determining that the attributes corresponding to the multiple face images comprise the registered user, controlling an access control device to be opened; responsive to determining that the attributes corresponding to the multiple face images does not comprise the registered user, in condition that an access control verification request instruction is received and verification for the access control verification request instruction succeeds, controlling the access control device to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Huang, Zhonghua She, Wenchao Zhou, Liping Xiao
  • Patent number: 11145400
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a pulmonary dysfunction nourishment program, comprises a computing device configured to receive at least a respiratory volume collection relating to a user, generate at least a respiratory parameter of a plurality of respiratory parameter as a function of the respiratory volume collection, determine a pulmonary bundle element as a function of the at least respiratory parameter, identify at least an edible as a function of the pulmonary bundle element, wherein identifying comprises, obtaining a nourishment composition from an edible directory, determining a nourishment deficiency as a function of the pulmonary bundle element, and identifying the at least edible as a function of the nourishment composition, the nourishment deficiency, and an edible machine-learning model, and output a nourishment program as a function of the at least edible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11134434
    Abstract: Configurations are described for maintaining a continuity and quality of wireless signal connection between a mobile device and systems accessible through the internet. In particular, configurations are disclosed to address the challenge of a mobile device that moves through a physical environment wherein the best wireless connectivity performance is achieved by switching between available connection sources and constantly evaluating a primary connection with other available connections that may be switched in to become a new primary connection. The mobile device may be self-propelled or carried by some other mobilizing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Blue Ocean Robotics ApS
    Inventor: Blaise Laurent Patrick Gassend
  • Patent number: 11127265
    Abstract: Directed audio emissions systems and methods may include one or more sensors, one or more audio transmitters, and a controller configured to cause emission of directed audio output toward various objects, such as people, animals, vehicles, devices, or others. For example, responsive to detecting a potential safety situation and/or a potential intended communication situation associated with one or more detected objects, selected audio output having selected audio characteristics may be emitted toward the detected objects using selected audio transmitters. The audio characteristics may be selected to direct and/or accentuate the audio output at a particular location of a detected object, and the audio characteristics of the audio output may be customized based on a type and other characteristics of the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gur Kimchi, Brian Beckman, Pragyana K. Mishra
  • Patent number: 11125790
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for operating a power consumption metering system includes measuring, by a sensor deployed at a monitored site, power consumption values over time to obtain a high speed value pattern of a power consumption with a resolution of more than 1000 values per second, measuring, by the sensor, low speed power consumption values over time to obtain a low speed value pattern of the power consumption with a resolution of less than 100 values per second, identifying a status of a power consumer of the monitored site dependent on the high speed value pattern and counting an operation time of the power consumer dependent on the low speed value pattern and on the identified status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: ENERGYBOX LTD.
    Inventor: Dirk Beiner