Patents Examined by George Bugg
  • Patent number: 10102689
    Abstract: Systems and methods for location reporting of detected events during vehicle operation in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, an event reporting telematics unit configured to report the location of events includes a first sensor configured to determine sensor information, a storage device configured to store sensor information and an event reporting application, and a processor, wherein the event reporting application configures the processor to receive a first sensor information using the first sensor, calculate a first sensor information timestamp, where the first sensor information timestamp is associated with the first sensor information, determine the occurrence of a vehicle event, complete the determination of the vehicle event, correlate the first sensor information with the determined event using the first sensor information timestamp, and determine the time corresponding to the beginning of the determined event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: CALAMP CORP
    Inventors: Peter Hergesheimer, Alexandre Dlagnekov
  • Patent number: 10007820
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a mobile device continuously and/or automatically scans a user environment for tags containing non-human-readable data. The mobile device may continuously and/or automatically scan the environment for tags without being specifically directed at a particular tag. The mobile device may be adapted to scan for audio tags, radio frequency tags, and/or image tags. The mobile device may be configured to scan for and identify tags within the user environment that satisfy a user preference. The mobile device may perform an action in response to identifying a tag that satisfies a user preference. The mobile device may be configured to scan for a wide variety of tags, including tags in the form of quick response codes, steganographic content, audio watermarks, audio outside of a human audible range, radio frequency identification tags, long wavelength identification tags, near field communication tags, and/or a Memory Spot device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Gerrity, William Gates, Pablos Holman, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K. Y. Jung, Jordin T. Kare, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, Nathan P. Myhrvold, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Keith D. Rosema, Clarence T. Tegreene, Thomas Allan Weaver, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10008093
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for A user input device, such as a remote control device. In one implementation, the remote control device includes at least one pair of electrical contacts, at least one button configured to electrically connect the at least one pair of electrical contacts, and a degradation measurement module in electrical communication with at least one of the electrical contacts. The degradation measurement module is configured to determine a degradation level of the at least one button based on at least one electrical property of a circuit associated with the at least one button when the at least button electrically connects the at least one pair of electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
    Inventors: Christopher Burns, Brad Bylund, Harold Jaramillo, Paul Langer, Jeremy Mickelsen
  • Patent number: 10002510
    Abstract: One variation of a method for detecting a fire includes: during a first time period: detecting an increase in ambient light intensity and detecting an increase in ambient humidity; responsive to the increase in ambient light intensity and the increase in ambient humidity, detecting a fire event; during a second time period: correlating a decrease in ambient light intensity with an increase in visual obscuration; detecting an increase in ambient air temperature; in response to a magnitude of the increase in visual obscuration remaining below a high obscuration threshold and a magnitude of the increase in ambient temperature remaining below a high temperature threshold, classifying the fire as an incipient fire; and, in response to the magnitude of the increase in visual obscuration exceeding the high obscuration threshold and the magnitude of the increase in ambient temperature exceeding the high temperature threshold, classifying the fire as a developed fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Inventor: Noah Lael Ryder
  • Patent number: 10002536
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for providing a service in a first device in a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first message related to the service; receiving, from a second device, a second message notifying that the second device enters a zone related to the service; and transmitting, to the second device, a third message indicating that the first device confirms that the second device enters the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Kyu Kim, Hyun-Jeong Kang, Sang-Wook Kwon, Young-Joong Mok
  • Patent number: 9987978
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of a vehicle projection system. Visual content is projected from a vehicle interior into a rear projection insert. The insert can include a semitransparent component to facilitate rear projection. The insert can also be perforated for enhanced visibility from the vehicle interior through the insert. A controller can change or modify the projected visual content based on operating conditions of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Twiin Media
    Inventors: Dewayne Bontrager, Lawayne Bontrager
  • Patent number: 9990847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a traffic accident occurrence notification system using LED display lamps, comprising: an emergency message generating unit provided in a mobile means so as to generate a wireless signal in an emergency situation; a plurality of LED display lamps provided together with street lamps provided on a road so as to receive the wireless signal from the emergency message generating unit and display a turned-on or flickering state from a position at which the wireless signal is received to a position at which a distance is set at a rear; and a street lamp control server for controlling the street lamps and the LED display lamps and determining the position at which the wireless signal is received so as to transmit information thereof to a rescue server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Gigatera INC.
    Inventors: Duk-Yong Kim, Yoon-Bae Lee, Seok Sung, Tai-Woo Lee, Jong-Hun Lee, Min-Soo Kim, Dong-Sik Roh
  • Patent number: 9988160
    Abstract: A fire detection system includes a heat detector controller and a multiplicity of heat detectors. The heat detectors are positioned at predetermined locations along a ceiling of a cargo compartment and/or on an exterior side of a cargo compartment liner from an interior of the cargo compartment. Each of the multiplicity of heat detectors are configured to measure temperature and to transmit temperature measurements to the heat detector controller. The heat detector controller is configured to determine that a fire has breached the cargo compartment liner based on the temperature measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Robert Clos, Darrin M. Noe
  • Patent number: D881742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: CHOPARD INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventor: Karolin Gruosi-Scheufele
  • Patent number: D882449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CHOPARD INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventor: Karolin Gruosi-Scheufele
  • Patent number: D882450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CHOPARD INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventor: Karolin Gruosi-Scheufele
  • Patent number: D885775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: AMINI INNOVATION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Charles Neal Sumlin
  • Patent number: D887145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen Ya Bei Kang Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hansheng Hu
  • Patent number: D887149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventor: Hua-Wen Yang
  • Patent number: D887662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventor: Roger W. Hickey
  • Patent number: D887720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: FC Brands Limited
    Inventors: Heather Tomasetti Kauffman, Tal Chitayat, David Dennys Chitayat
  • Patent number: D887722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventor: Eric Powell
  • Patent number: D888442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventor: James Haun
  • Patent number: D891114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Juanyun Kuang
  • Patent number: D891721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE STROLLERS LLC
    Inventors: Richard Ruggiero, Gregory Ruggiero, Matthew Marino