Patents Examined by Jacques M. Saint-Surin
  • Patent number: 12140470
    Abstract: A biometric information measuring device comprising a control part that determines a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use that is set in measured data related to multiple body compositions, based on a purpose-of-use matching degree relationship in which a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use is associated according to a combination relationship about change directions of data related to the multiple body compositions associated by a display order with respect to the purpose of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miyuki Kodama, Miyuki Izumi, Hirokazu Ono
  • Patent number: 12140471
    Abstract: A windshield for an electronic balance is provided which includes air cylinders incorporated inside as driving mechanisms, doors supported by a hanging manner by guide holes at least one end portion of which is open, and joint members interposed between the air cylinders and the doors. The joint members are also supported in a hanging manner in the guide holes, and upper portions of the joint members are joined to the air cylinders incorporated inside. The doors can be automatically opened and closed, and can be easily joined to and released from the driving mechanisms, and easily detached from the windshield by a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hisanori Oda
  • Patent number: 12140467
    Abstract: A weight sensor unit, comprises a weight sensor configured to output weight sensor readings indicative of the weight being supported thereby. A transmission device is configured to transmit wireless signals, and a processor, is coupled to the weight sensor and to the transmission device. The weight sensor unit includes a battery. The weight sensor, transmission device and processor are powered by the battery. In use, the processor is configured to receive one or more weight sensor readings output by the weight sensor, and transmit the weight sensor readings wirelessly using the transmission device. The weight sensor unit may include a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly interact with devices placed in proximity thereto. In an embodiment, all electronic components of the weight sensor unit are powered by the battery. A dispensing unit incorporating the weight sensor unit is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: INVENTOR-E LIMITED
    Inventor: Dean Charles Henry
  • Patent number: 12134287
    Abstract: Load measuring hitch assemblies are disclosed and described. In one embodiment, the assembly can include a body portion operable to facilitate coupling the load measuring hitch assembly to a tow vehicle. The assembly can also include at least one load cell operable to measure force in at least one measurement axis. Additionally, the assembly can include a ball portion having a ball operable to facilitate coupling the load measuring hitch assembly to a trailer. The ball portion and the body portion can be coupled to one another via the at least one load cell and a pin slot joint. The pin slot joint can provide relative motion between the ball portion and the body portion in a rotational degree of freedom about a first axis and a translational degree of freedom along a second axis. The first and second axes can be orthogonal to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Weigh Safe, LLC
    Inventor: Morgan McAllister
  • Patent number: 12130171
    Abstract: A monolithic weighing system (100) includes a plurality of levers (120), which are joined together by thin-section joints (110). The levers, on the one hand, and the thin-section joints, on the other hand, are made of different materials or material combinations; and the levers, adjoining one of the thin-section joints on both sides thereof, have a first material (21), and the thin-section joint has a second material (22) which is different from the first material. An associated method includes (i) an additive manufacturing process, in which different materials, including the first and second material (21, 22), are applied in layers and are joined to form a single-piece weighing system blank (10), wherein the weighing system blank (10) has prospective lever regions (12) and prospective thin-section joint regions (11), and (ii) subsequent subtractive finishing of the weighing system blank at least on the prospective thin-section joint regions to obtain the weighing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SARTORIUS LAB INSTRUMENTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jonas Bode, Matthias Geisler
  • Patent number: 12123762
    Abstract: A smart mat and scale to detect and communicate body weight of a user and other related data and a smart mat weight detection, calculation, and communication system configured to wirelessly communicate with nearby devices and over a network to a cloud application service and cloud database are disclosed smart mat (bathroom mat, shower mat, kitchen mat, work area mat, or other household mat or commonly used mat), that has circuitry to inconspicuously sense body weight and related data, transmit wirelessly to a phone or hub is disclosed. The smart mat presented herein incorporates technology to well-known household product and enables gathering of body weight data subconsciously and hence allowing gathering consistent data over period of time. It is also preferred to be flexible, light weight and withstand conventional cleaning practices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: THINGS OF A FEATHER LLC
    Inventor: Raman Nair Harish Gopala Pillai
  • Patent number: 12117334
    Abstract: A patient weighing system is disclosed. The system may include a set of overlays configured to cover a top face of a patient transport device. The system may further include a set of attachment sub-systems configured to couple each overlay to the top face of the patient transport device. The system may further include a set of sensor sub-systems including a load cell and a housing assembly. Each housing assembly may include at least a top dome housing portion. The top dome housing portion may have one degree of freedom along a z-axis and the load cell may be configured to compress and generate an electrical voltage when force is applied along the z-axis of the load cell. Each set of sensor sub-systems may be configured to measure a weight of a portion of a patient's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Hinkley Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Tristen Hazlett, Colton Hazlett
  • Patent number: 12117333
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an acquisition means for acquiring the displacement quantity in a time-series manner, the displacement quantity being generated at a measurement part of a structure by the weight of a vehicle that travels on the structure, a detection means for detecting the position and the clock time of the vehicle that travels a pre-passage area of the measurement part, an estimation means for estimating the arrival time that the vehicle arrives at the measurement part, from the position of the measurement part and the position and the clock time of the vehicle, and a control means for controlling the acquisition means on the basis of the estimated arrival time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gaku Nakano, Jun Takada
  • Patent number: 12111202
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the running properties of a rotating belt of a weighing belt conveyor includes, for at least one rotation of the belt, determining a unique reference position on the belt. A force signal is determined in dependence on the movement of the belt with respect to the reference position during the at least one rotation. From this force signal, the course of a deviation of the force signal from a set value as a consequence of a disruptive force is determined. At least in correspondence with the direction of the determined deviation, the mass of the belt is increased or reduced at locations in dependence on the position of the belt with respect to the reference position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Wipotec GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Gottfriedsen
  • Patent number: 12104944
    Abstract: A combination weighing apparatus includes a dispersion table configured to convey an article from a received center to an outer side, the article being supplied from an outside, a plurality of conveying feeders disposed outside the dispersion table, the plurality of conveying feeders being configured to further convey the article conveyed from the dispersion table, a detector configured to detect a loading status information of the article in each of the plurality of conveying feeders, and a controller configured to receive a detection result of the detector. The controller is configured to generate a vector information based on the loading status information detected by the detector and a position information of the plurality of conveying feeders with respect to a center of the dispersion table, and generate a biased center of the article on the dispersion table obtained based on the vector information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Ishida Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Kageyama
  • Patent number: 12098945
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a real-time vehicle overload detection method based on a convolutional neural network (CNN). The present disclosure detects a road driving vehicle in real time with a CNN method and a you only look once (YOLO)-V3 detection algorithm, detects the number of wheels to obtain the number of axles, detects a relative wheelbase, compares the number of axles and the relative wheelbase with a national vehicle load standard to obtain a maximum load of the vehicle, and compares the maximum load with an actual load measured by a piezoelectric sensor under the vehicle, thereby implementing real-time vehicle overload detection. The present disclosure has desirable real-time detection, can implement no-parking vehicle overload detection on the road, and avoids potential traffic congestions and road traffic accidents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: Dibi (Chongqing) Intelligent Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd, Star Institute of Intelligent Systems
    Inventors: Yongduan Song, Yujuan Wang, Gonglin Lu, Shilei Tan, Yating Yang, Chunxu Ren, Mingyang Liu
  • Patent number: 12097395
    Abstract: A cartridge monitoring assembly for detecting a weight of a cartridge, a fire suppression system for incorporating the same, and a method of detecting a weight of a cartridge installed within a fire suppression system are provided. The cartridge monitoring assembly includes a support bracket for securing a cartridge containing a pressurized gas to the cartridge monitoring assembly, and at least one weight sensor for detecting the weight of the cartridge. The cartridge monitoring assembly enables the comparison of the weight of a cartridge installed within the fire suppression system with a previously calculated full weight value to determine a weight variance of the cartridge installed within the fire suppression system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KIDDE-FENWAL, LLC
    Inventors: Karen K. Bouchard, Thomas C. Kjellman
  • Patent number: 12092514
    Abstract: An optical fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure comprises: an optical fiber (10) that is laid in a pipe (30); a reception unit (21) configured to receive, from the optical fiber (10), an optical signal superimposed with vibration detected by the optical fiber (10); and an assessment unit (22) configured to extract a vibration pattern of the vibration detected by the optical fiber (10) from the optical signal and determine the degradation state of the pipe (30) based on the extracted vibration pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihide Yoda, Naoto Ogura, Yoshiaki Aono
  • Patent number: 12092510
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a weighing device that comprises a weighing unit for weighing wafers, a support structure placed on the weighing unit, at least two support platforms disposed on the support structure and each having a bearing surface for supporting peripheral regions of the wafers, and a driving part for driving the support platforms to move on the support structure, so as to adapt the at least two support platforms to bear the differently sized wafers. Since a wafer contacts merely several support platforms, cleanness of the wafer is better maintained during the weighing process; at the same time, the support platforms are enabled to stably bear differently sized wafers through adjustment of movements of the support platforms on the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jian Cheng
  • Patent number: 12085439
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an information acquisition interface configured to acquire a measurement result from one or more weight sensors configured to measure a weight of a user, and a controller configured to detect an increase in the weight of the user based on the measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Hirotada Nakanishi, Atsushi Inoue, Hideo Hasegawa, Yurika Tanaka, Genshi Kuno
  • Patent number: 12082729
    Abstract: A smart container that includes a bottle or other container, a load cell, an accelerometer, a processor, and a colored light source. The container may be a liquid container, a pill container, or a food container. The colored light source may include one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs) which can be programed to emit unique illumination patterns. The container may also include a speaker or motor to emit audio and vibrational notifications. The container provides a method of tracking consumption by a user of a substance held in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: HidrateSmart LLC
    Inventors: Coleman Iverson, Alexander Hambrock, Paul Baird, Travis Heaver, Grant Fritz
  • Patent number: 12078477
    Abstract: A measurement device includes: a first measurement unit, disposed at a first opposing position facing a portion of a sheet-like measurement target, that measures a first physical property of the measurement target by causing the measurement target to vibrate with an ultrasonic wave; a second measurement unit, disposed at a second opposing position facing another portion of the measurement target in a state in which the first measurement unit is facing the first portion, that pinches and restrains the other portion in a thickness direction and measures a second physical property other than the first physical property of the measurement target; and a disposed unit disposed between the first measurement unit and the second measurement unit in an intersecting direction with respect to the thickness direction of the measurement target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Kenta Ogata, Kouhei Yukawa
  • Patent number: 12072319
    Abstract: Systems for assessment of weld adjacent heat affected zones are described. An example system may include an inspection robot having a first payload comprising a first plurality of ultrasonic (UT) phased arrays, and a second payload comprising a second plurality of ultrasonic (UT) phased arrays. The inspection robot is configured to move in a direction of travel corresponding to a weld of an inspection surface, and the first payload is structured to measure characteristics of a first region of the inspection surface on a first side of the weld while the second payload is structured to measure characteristics of a second region of the inspection surface on a second side of the weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Gecko Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chase David, Jose Aparicio, Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora, Kevin Y. Low, Troy Demmer, Edward A. Bryner, Scott Ashley Corl
  • Patent number: 12072317
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic sensor system (1) for detecting the wall thickness (WT1, WT2) of a material layer (2) of a pipeline wall (3), having at least one transmitter unit (4), which is configured to emit ultrasound in the direction of a material layer (2) and detect an ultrasound echo reflected by the material layer (2), and a control unit (5), which is connected to the at least one transmitter unit (4) for signaling purposes and is configured to detect the wall thickness (WT1, WT2) of the material layer (2) using the ultrasound echo. The invention additionally relates to an in-line inspection device comprising the sensor system (1), to a method for detecting the wall thickness (WT1, WT2) of a material layer (2) of a pipeline wall (3), to a computer program, to a data carrier signal, and to a data storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: ROSEN SWISS AG
    Inventor: Nourreddine Bouaoua
  • Patent number: 12066316
    Abstract: The technology provides a method for monitoring a load carrier vehicle (10: 12: 22: 154), comprising measuring at least one sensor value indicating a force and determining a mass based on the at least one sensor value. Furthermore, monitoring devices (156) used in the method and load carrier vehicles (10: 12: 22: 154) are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Zwijze, Frank Sienkiewicz, Jonas Bautista, Sietse Hendriks, Dennis Kamphuis, Andrew Forti, John Greer, Matthew Via