Patents Examined by Jack K Wang
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Patent number: 11727807Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a first communication device disposed at a first vehicle, a second communication device disposed at a second vehicle, a camera disposed at the second vehicle, and an electronic control unit (ECU) of the second vehicle. The vehicular control system determines a potential collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based at least in part on (i) a wireless communication received at the second communication device from the first communication device and provided to the ECU of the second vehicle and/or (ii) processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera disposed at the second vehicle. Responsive to determination of the potential collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle, the vehicular control system controls (i) braking of the second vehicle and/or (ii) steering of the second vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Krishna Koravadi
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Patent number: 11721195Abstract: A system and method for providing prescriptive analytics in an industrial process wherein a machine tap collects raw performance data from a machine, a machine user interface collects context data on operation of the machine, a server aggregates the performance data and context data, and an analytics engine analyzes the performance data and context data and generates analytics data. An alert engine compares the performance data, context data, and analytics data against a trigger definition, creates an alert if the trigger definition is satisfied, and sends the alert to a remote device to provide prescriptive guidance for improving process performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: RAVEN TELEMETRY INC.Inventors: Braden Stenning, Martin Cloake, James Robinson
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Patent number: 11704983Abstract: Disclosed are methods to manipulate a given parametrized haptic curve in order to yield a smooth phase function for each acoustic transducer which minimizes unwanted parametric audio. Further, the impulse response of a haptic system describes the behavior of the system over time and can be convolved with a given input to simulate a response to that input. To produce a specific response, a deconvolution with the impulse response is necessary to generate an input.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: ULTRAHAPTICS IP LTDInventors: Benjamin John Oliver Long, Brian Kappus
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Patent number: 11705018Abstract: A personal navigation system includes a sensing suite (50) that is configured to find a safety route for a person; a set of modules (200) including a generation module that is configured to generate an auditory-haptic content (70) that is not perceived visually but perceived by auditory sense or haptic sense and indicates the found safety route; and a communication device (30) that is configured to communicate the auditory-haptic content to the person.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventors: Haley Brathwaite, Amaranath Somalapuram, Krishnaraj Bhat, Ramanathan Venkataraman, Prakash Murthy
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Patent number: 11694831Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a housing that includes first and second shells coupled together. The first shell may include a first body and first terminals extending outwardly therefrom. The second shell may include a second body and second terminals extending outwardly therefrom with each of the second terminals being secured with a respective one of the first terminals defining pairs of first and second secured-together terminals. The haptic actuator may also include at least one coil carried by the housing and a field member movable within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. A respective flexure may be between adjacent end portions of the housing and the field member.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Nils E. Larson
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Patent number: 11681768Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying an indication of a number of items in a user interface. Some aspects include processing circuitry and hardware memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processing circuitry to perform operations. The operations may include receiving input defining an item, receiving sensor data for the item, and displaying a number of items in the environment based on the sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Jigish Mehta
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Patent number: 11670148Abstract: A theft-proof packaging system includes a product package including a compartment configured to encapsulate a product. The compartment is in a non-surrounding environmental state, the non-surrounding environmental state being either pneumatically pressurized above a surrounding environment or pneumatically vacuumized below the surrounding environment. A pressure sensor inside the compartment includes a switch, the switch configured to disconnect and connect a power source to a transmitter, wherein the switch is configured to disconnect the power source from the transmitter in the presence of the non-surrounding environmental state inside the compartment and the switch is configured to connect the power source to the transmitter when the compartment equalizes to the surrounding environment. A receiving unit is disposed remote from the product package and receives the signal from the transmitter and sounds an alarm.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Inventor: Marc G. Martino
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Patent number: 11657695Abstract: A device for monitoring the level or amount of a material within a container is provided. The device includes a detection mechanism that can be a direct detection mechanism or an indirect detection mechanism. When the detection mechanism senses an upper level of the substance in the container that is below a predetermined lower limit for the substance, the mechanism operates an alarm mechanism to emit an alarm to alert an individual to the low level of the substance within the container. The alarm can wirelessly communicate a salt level state to a wireless network or a device on a wireless network that can transmit the status through the Internet to any remote location. In one aspect, the alarm can be sent on a mesh network with a device that can transmit the status and other conditions through the Internet and to an application executing on a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: AJ1E Superior Solutions, LLCInventor: Andrew J. Wanie
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Patent number: 11656686Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for the modulation of an acoustic field for providing tactile sensations. A method of creating haptic feedback using ultrasound is provided. The method comprises the steps of generating a plurality of ultrasound waves with a common focal point using a phased array of ultrasound transducers, the common focal point being a haptic feedback point, and modulating the generation of the ultrasound waves using a waveform selected to produce little or no audible sound at the haptic feedback point.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: ULTRAHAPTICS IP LTDInventors: Benjamin John Oliver Long, Thomas Andrew Carter, Sriram Subramanian
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Patent number: 11649001Abstract: An alarm device for preventing theft of a vehicle having a kickstand support attached to the vehicle having: a housing associated with the kickstand support; a pressure sensing component located associated with the housing and adjacent an end of the kickstand for detecting a force of the kickstand on a ground surface, the pressure sensing component including a surface area for contacting the ground surface when the kickstand is in the deployed position; a controller in electronic communication with the pressure sensor for determining whether the kickstand is in contact with the ground surface based on measurements from the pressure sensing component; a communications module in electronic communication with the controller for wirelessly communicating with a user device. The controller generates an alarm when the kickstand is in the deployed position and determines that the force of the kickstand on the ground has changed by a threshold amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Inventors: Patrick Zitt, James Protich
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Patent number: 11634031Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a chassis; an operator cab carried by the chassis; at least one fluid reservoir carried by the chassis; at least one fluid sensor disposed in the at least one fluid reservoir and configured to output a fluid level signal corresponding to a level of fluid in the at least one fluid reservoir; and a fluid display gauge carried by the chassis outside of the operator cab and operatively coupled to the at least one fluid sensor, the fluid display gauge including an activation region that is accessible from the ground. The fluid display gauge is configured to display the level of fluid in the at least one fluid reservoir upon the activation region being activated.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Jacob Charles, Christopher Hill, Jerry L. Brinkley, Michelle Lass Sterrett
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Patent number: 11633761Abstract: Provided is a driving apparatus that sets a signal wave in a low-frequency region having a frequency of 10 Hz or more and 250 Hz or less as a modulating wave and outputs to a piezoelectric actuator a driving signal having a waveform obtained by modulating an amplitude of a sine wave in a high-frequency region having a frequency of 20 kHz or more and 40 kHz or less with the modulating wave.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigeo Ishii, Takayuki Goto, Sumiaki Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yuichi Namikawa
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Patent number: 11605272Abstract: Provided is an actuator having a piezoelectric element, a diaphragm to which the piezoelectric element is bonded and vibrates according to expansion and contraction displacement of the piezoelectric element, and a first spacer and a second spacer configured to fix both ends of the diaphragm in expansion and contraction displacement direction of the piezoelectric element to a base member. The driving characteristics of the actuator are determined by an effective length of the diaphragm between the first spacer and the second spacer.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Fumiaki Nakao, Shigeto Hattori
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Patent number: 11587439Abstract: A method for permitting a target vehicle to safely violate a right-of-way system of rules is described. The method may comprise, amongst other things, providing a roadway system, wherein the movements of vehicles within the roadway system are governed by a right-of-way system of rules; controlling a traffic control system including a plurality of traffic control signals in a manner that causes the plurality of traffic control signals to change in accordance with default control pattern for implementing the right-of-way system of rules; and modifying the default control pattern. By doings so, the method may permit a target vehicle to safely violate the right-of-way system of rules. Similarly, by doing so, the method may prevent a plurality of secondary vehicles from traveling along or through a predicted path of the target vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: STC, Inc.Inventor: Brad Cross
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Patent number: 11580839Abstract: In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing a GPS directional swimming watch for the eyesight impaired.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventor: Amirbahman Saatchi
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Patent number: 11560219Abstract: An uplock for use with an aircraft landing gear is disclosed having a hook configured to engage a capture pin mounted on the landing gear. The hook is mounted for movement between a closed and locked position and an open and unlocked position. A proximity detector directly detects whether the pin is “up”. An uplock hook sensor detects when the hook is in the closed and locked position. The outputs of the proximity detector and the uplock hook sensor may be used to indicate the “up and locked” condition, i.e., landing gear up, and/or to indicate a fault. Such outputs may be provided by an associated device of an avionics system.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Oliver McCambridge, Trevor Anthony Brighton
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Patent number: 11505445Abstract: The present application provides a method, device and system for automatically fueling a vehicle. The method includes: determining fuel amount to be filled according to the information of vehicle status and the driving route of the vehicle; assigning a fueling device which conforms to a preset position rule to the vehicle according to the current position of the vehicle and the preset position rule; sending a feedback message carrying position information of the fueling device to the vehicle, so that the vehicle drives to the fueling device indicated by a position of the fueling device; and sending information of the fuel amount to be filled and the information of the identifier of the vehicle to the fueling device so that the fueling device offers fuel to the vehicle indicated by the identifier of the vehicle according to the information of the fuel amount to be filled.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: BEIJING TUSEN WEILAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Nan Wu, He Zheng
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Patent number: 11493897Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for intelligent distributed industrial facility safety systems. In some embodiments an industrial facility safety system includes remote sensing devices (RSDs) disposed throughout an industrial facility and a facility safety control system (FSCS) adapted to collect safety data from the RSDs, determine a zone of interest within the industrial facility based on the collected data, and send corresponding alerts to the RSDs based on the zone of interest.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Muhammad S. Aljuaid
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Patent number: 11473995Abstract: The system and method for wireless water leak detection provides for manual prevention of external action, such as an external alarm and/or valve shut-off, if a leak sensor can be reached by a respondent within a pre-set time threshold. Upon detection of a leak by a leak sensor, a local alarm, such as an audible alarm or the like, is initiated. Additionally, at the time of detection, a first time is recorded. A first alarm signal is transmitted from the leak sensor to a base station. The first alarm signal includes data representative of the recorded first time. If manual input is not received by the leak sensor within a pre-set time threshold measured from the first time, then the base station transmits a second alarm signal to at least one external device, and may further wirelessly transmit a shut-off signal to a valve controller for closing an associated valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: THE DETECTION GROUP, INC.Inventors: Jens Rasmussen, Glen Paulus
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Patent number: 11467039Abstract: A system for monitoring flaring activities on a drill ship includes a plurality of devices in wireless communication with each other on the drill ship. Each of the devices includes a resistive temperature detector configured to determine a temperature within a sensing area of the resistive temperature detector, and a communication device operably connected to the resistive temperature detector, wherein the communication device is configured to receive the temperature data from the resistive temperature detector and send the temperature data to a remote system. The device may also include a global positioning system operably connected to the communication device, the global positioning system configured to identify a location of the drill ship in real-time and send the location data to the communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to send the location data to the remote system.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Khaled Asfahani, Ali Qasem, Adel Al-Ghamdi