Patents Examined by Fekadeselassie Girma
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Patent number: 11890987Abstract: An advanced pedestrian warning or alert system is a system for automotive vehicles is described herein in various embodiments. This system detects if a vulnerable road user, for example a pedestrian, is at an unsafe distance from the moving vehicle. If a pedestrian is too close to the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion, then the system will issue auditory and/or visual warnings to notify the pedestrian back to safety.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Rosco, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Englander, Clayton Dean, John Polimeni, Michael Cacic, Mathew Locoteta, Julian Serer
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Patent number: 11893447Abstract: An article management apparatus includes a processor configured to repeatedly acquire, at a predetermined interval, identification information from a radio tag attached to an article. The identification information is capable of identifying the article. The processor is also configured to track an elapsed reading time during which the identification information is repeatedly acquired. The processor is also configured to manage the elapsed reading time in association with the identification information.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shigeaki Suzuki
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Patent number: 11893886Abstract: A traffic control system for controlling traffic at a junction includes an intelligent traffic control agent. The intelligent traffic control agent is training using reinforcement learning, in a simulation model of the junction. The simulation model is calibrated and validated preferably using data from the same sensors which are used as inputs to the traffic control agent when deployed to control traffic at the junction.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Inventors: Shaun Howell, Maksis Knutins, Rushen Patel
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Patent number: 11887445Abstract: Realized is a configuration that monitors a behavior of a visitor and issues an alert or performs some other action in the case where a suspicious behavior is detected. The configuration includes a data processing section configured to monitor the behavior of the visitor. The data processing section identifies the visitor, acquires profile information of the identified visitor, determines a behavior monitoring mode of the visitor on the basis of the profile information, and monitors the behavior of the visitor according to the determined behavior monitoring mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Kuniaki Torii
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Patent number: 11867848Abstract: An ultrasonic-based person detection method. The method comprising the steps of: (a) emitting, from an emitter, an ultrasonic signal, the ultrasonic signal including a component at a first frequency; (b) receiving reflections of the ultrasonic signal, the received signal including components at frequencies greater than and less than the first frequency; (c) determining a difference between an upper portion of the received signal containing a frequency higher than the first frequency, and a lower portion of the received signal containing a frequency lower than the first frequency; and (d) determining, based on the difference between the upper portion and the lower portion, whether a person is present.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Neatframe LimitedInventor: Øystein Birkenes
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Patent number: 11860005Abstract: The position detector of an object includes a body defining an input receiving an optical fibre delivering a light signal, and an output delivering a signal representative of the position of the object. A mirror is mounted to move between first and second positions in the body with respect to the input. The first position or the second position ensures transmission of the light signal from the input to the output. The other of the first position and the second position prevents transmission of the light signal to the output. A spring is mounted in the body in order to place the mirror in the first position. A tip is movable relative to the body between a first position and a second position along a direction of movement and is intended to cooperate with the object to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: IFOTEC, RIDGEMOUNT TECHNOLOGIES LTDInventors: Christopher Peters, Mark Limbert, Pierre Bonomini, Christian Sillans, Gilles Billet
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Patent number: 11862030Abstract: A method for detecting obstacles in the vicinity of an aircraft. The method comprises the following steps: examining a surrounding space by means of an obstacle sensor, the obstacle sensor generating positioning data relating to a plurality of obstacle points; determining, from among the obstacle points, each relevant point situated within a predetermined detection volume, the detection volume being different from the surrounding space; and displaying the relevant points on a display.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERSInventor: Nicolas Damiani
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Patent number: 11859407Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses in accordance with embodiments of the invention can use a variety of computing devices to interact with and/or control a secure enclosure for a key fob. The secure enclosure may enclose the key fob, and includes a computing device, a locking mechanism, and at least one actuator. An actuator may control the locking mechanism. The actuator, when activated, may exert a force on a key fob secured within the secure enclosure, which may cause one of the buttons of the key fob to be depressed. The computing device controls the activation of the actuators. The computing device may have wireless communication capability that allows a user to wirelessly control the actuators of the computing device, for example, to lock or unlock the enclosure, or to depress a button of the key fob secured within the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Chad W. Bohlmann, Emad S. Isaac
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Patent number: 11858638Abstract: The invention relates to a system for remote monitoring of an area intended to accommodate at least one passenger of an aeroplane, notably a cargo area provisionally converted into cabin space, including: at least one control member configured to generate at least one signal relating to the safety of the passenger present in the area, and at least one interface means that is situated at a distance from the area and allows the cabin crew to have access to information relating to the area and/or to the passenger present in the area on the basis of the signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SafranInventors: Sébastien Sivignon, Claude Martin, Etienne Marecal, Ramon Blauwhoff
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Patent number: 11862017Abstract: A communication system (1) includes multiple transmission apparatuses (200) that transmit beacon signals to a moving body (10), and a terminal apparatus (100) that is mounted in the moving body (10) and, upon receiving a beacon signal of a predetermined intensity or more from a transmission apparatus (200), presents information to a user based on the beacon signal of the predetermined intensity or more and a past reception record.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hisatoshi Kasahara, Norihiro Fujimoto, Hitoshi Mizuno, Seiya Sato
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Patent number: 11854441Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a display control program for causing a computer to execute processing, the processing including: determining priorities of a plurality of facilities positioned within a specific area according to a value related to congestion determined on the basis of the upper limit number of people in each of the plurality of facilities and the number of visitors calculated on the basis of an image captured in each of the plurality of facilities; selecting a specific number of facilities from the plurality of facilities on the basis of the determined priorities; and displaying, for each of the specific number of selected facilities, a position on a map and alert information according to the value related to the congestion.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shun Kohata, Hiroyuki Higuchi
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Patent number: 11847712Abstract: Ridehail seat reservation enforcement and user direction systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include receiving a ridehail request that includes a seat selection of a first seat of a ridehail vehicle, the first seat being access through a first door of the ridehail vehicle, activating an external notification feature of the vehicle prior to a user entering the ridehail vehicle when the user attempts to enter the ridehail vehicle on a side of the vehicle associated with the first seat, and activating an internal notification feature of the ridehail vehicle when the user attempts to sit in a second seat that is not the first seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Adam Carlson, Benjamin Solomon Richer, Peter Phung, Annette Lynn Huebner
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Patent number: 11846548Abstract: Aircraft fire and overheat detection systems are described. The systems include a support bracket configured to secure the system to a component of an aircraft. A terminal assembly is fixedly connected to the support bracket and includes a connection assembly and a connection cable. A sensing element is electrically connected to the terminal assembly and arranged to detect at least one of fire and heat associated with the component of the aircraft. A protective sleeve is arranged about the connection assembly and connection cable. The sleeve has a lug portion at a first end with a sealing protrusion extending radially inward, a first wire portion, and a second wire portion, with progressively smaller diameters for each portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Scott Kenneth Newlin, Steven Wallace, Albert Chad Rouse
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Patent number: 11845586Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a condition detection see-through storage box that stores objects, the condition detection see-through storage box including a storage box body configured to store the objects, a sensor configured to detect a specific condition inside the storage box, a door that is installed on the storage box body and has a transmission window, a light emitting module configured to increase an amount of emitted light according to a signal from the sensor, which has detected the specific condition inside the storage box, to increase an amount of light that is reflected from inside the storage box and heads toward the transmission window, and an optical film provided on the transmission window, thereby informing a user of the specific condition inside the storage box body, wherein the optical film has a light transmittance that prevents the storage box from being see-through from the outside before the sensor detects the specific condition and allows the storage box to be see-Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: INTOSEE CO. LTDInventors: Jae Hwan Oh, Chan Ho Kim
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Patent number: 11847925Abstract: Disclosed are methods of displaying compatibility between an aircraft and a landing port, the method comprising: determining a current position of the aircraft and a gross weight of the aircraft; determining a landing port based on the current position of the aircraft; receiving a set of parameters associated with the determined landing port; determining an elevation of the determined landing port and a gross weight supported by the determined landing port at least based on the received parameters; determining whether the aircraft is compatible with the landing port at least based on the determined elevation of the determined landing port and by comparing a gross weight of the aircraft with the gross weight supported by the determined landing port; and causing display on a display device of the aircraft of an indication of the determination of whether the aircraft is compatible with the landing port.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Janakiram Thiyagarajan, Kalaiarasu Velappan, Gireesh Kumar R N, Karthic V, Prem Kumar T
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Patent number: 11842616Abstract: A method of patient management including receiving therapy data associated with a plurality of durable medical devices and a first set of patients, and displaying an overview of patient compliance and a plurality of customizable tiles. The overview of patient compliance includes at least the number of patients in the first set of patients, current compliance data, compliance history data, and follow-up data. The plurality of aligned tiles includes at least a title and a plurality of selectable subtitles, each of the plurality of selected subtitles associated with one or more rules. Upon selection of a first selectable subtitle, displaying at least an indication of patients in a second set of patients, wherein the second set of patients is a subset of the first set of patients; upon selection of a first patient, displaying at least all of the rules triggered by the first patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Benjamin Wilson Casse, Christopher Harding Campbell, Katarzyna Sobolewska
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Patent number: 11840271Abstract: A pallet sled includes a pair of tines extending forward from a base. A load wheel supports each of the pair of tines. The load wheels are each configured to move away from the respective tine to lift the respective tine upward relative to a support surface on which the load wheel is supported. A processor on the pallet sled records usage of the sled, such as lift cycles, location over time, battery condition, lift height, weight lifted, distance traveled, and the like. A communication circuit may be configured to send data from the pallet sled to a remote server. An identification reader may be configured to read an identification tag of an object supported on the pair of tines, such as an rfid tag on a pallet.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: Robert Lee Martin, Jr., Jason Crawford Miller, Dane Gin Mun Kalinowski
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Patent number: 11842614Abstract: Techniques are described for distributing, to a distributed network of central stations, alarm events detected in monitoring system data collected by sensors included in monitoring systems located at monitored properties. A system receives monitoring system data collected by sensors included in monitoring systems located at monitored properties, tracks alarm events detected within the monitoring system data, and generates, for central station servers in a distributed network of central stations, load profiles that reflect a volume of alarm events being handled at each of the central station servers at a particular period of time. The system determines capacities to handle additional alarm events for the central station servers, determines relative priorities for the central station remote servers based on the determined capacities, and directs subsequent alarm events to the central station servers based on the relative priorities.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Alarm.com IncorporatedInventor: Stephen Scott Trundle
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Patent number: 11833978Abstract: A sensing system that includes an optical,sensor and a sensing window. The optical sensor is configured to sense with electromagnetic radiation an environment. The sensing window is coupled to a structure, such that the electromagnetic radiation passes therethrough from the environment to the optical sensor to be sensed thereby. The sensing window includes an inner side that faces toward the optical sensor and an outer side that faces away from the optical sensor. The outer side includes a superhydrophobic surface that is in fluidic communication with the environment.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: James R. Wilson, Arthur Y. Zhang
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Patent number: 11836557Abstract: A system for foreign material accountability includes a kiosk, which further includes a touch enabled display screen that is back-lit and automatically adjusts brightness based on ambient environment. A user input device, wherein the user input device includes a pin pad, one or more sensors selected from a group consisting of temperature sensors, RFID sensors, IR sensors, optical sensors, iris sensors and one or more cameras, a processor, a data bus coupled to the processor and a computer-usable medium embodying computer code operating on the kiosk. The computer code includes programmed instructions executable by the processor to control accessibility of items into a restricted area based on data received from at least one of the display screen operated by a user, the user input device, and the one or more sensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Access Solutions, LLCInventors: Kelvin D. Mann, Eric Bergstrom, David Hansen, Nikolas Tripp, Nathan Smith, Stephen Lauser, Matthew Montgomery