Patents Examined by Jamara A. Franklin
  • Patent number: 12125332
    Abstract: A money handling device includes a feeding unit; a transport unit; a receiving unit; a recognition unit; and a mount to which a first board or a second board is detachably mounted, a memory configured to store information to be used in money handling and attached to the first board or the second board. The first board holds a first key which is an encryption and decryption key unique to the first board, the second board holds a second key, and the first board and the second board hold a third key which is a common key. In a management method, the first board encrypts the information using the first key and stores the encrypted information in the memory, and encrypts the first key using the third key and stores the encrypted first key in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Okamura, Yukiya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12124914
    Abstract: A casino system in a casino using a gaming chip to which an RFID tag storing identification information is attached, comprising a registration device for registering the identification information of the gaming chip to be used in the casino, and a database for storing a list of the identification information registered by the registration device. The list includes status information that indicates whether or not the gaming chip is usable, and the registration device makes the status information usable for the gaming chip that has already been registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 12125323
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for registering items of equipment (103) for a vehicle. In each case an ID code is assigned to the items of equipment (103) and wherein the items of equipment (103) comprise in each case at least one transmission means (105). The ID codes are transmitted by the transmission means (105) concerned to the recording means (101) and registered by the recording means (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Stefan Traub, Alan Dittrich
  • Patent number: 12115130
    Abstract: A solid dosage form for active ingredient release can be a preparation for medical, dental or cosmetic purposes, and is preferably a tablet. The solid dosage form comprises a three-dimensional base body which comprises an active ingredient. The solid dosage form further comprises a portion having a structure forming a two-dimensional identifier, such as, for instance, a QR code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: Laxxon Medical AG, Exentis Knowledge GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Kühne, Helmut Kerschbaumer, Daniel Moldenhauer, Alexander Ruckdäschel, Achim Schneeberger
  • Patent number: 12112220
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may obtain video and/or lidar data relating to a physical card captured while the physical card is flipped from a first side of the physical card to a second side of the physical card. The device may determine an authenticity of the physical card, where the authenticity of the physical card is based at least in part on one or more physical characteristics of the physical card identifiable from the video and/or the lidar data. The one or more physical characteristics may relate to a thickness of the physical card, a length and width of the physical card, a shape of the physical card, and/or a design feature of the physical card. The device may cause, based on a determination that the physical card is authentic, information associated with the physical card to be transmitted or stored to be used in connection with a transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Leeyat Bracha Tessler, Alexander Mireles, Hazar Alsahnawi, Dennis Liu
  • Patent number: 12106621
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to monitor and manage loading docks and facility operations are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a data analyzer to: monitor first data indicating whether a truck trailer is present at a dock of the material handling facility; and monitor second data indicating a condition associated with a door at the dock, the second data being different than the first data. The apparatus further includes a notification generator to generate a notification based on the first data and the second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION
    Inventors: James C. Boerger, John Jeffers, Richard Mews, Adam White, Kyle Wurster, Viswa Teja Yerramsetty, Kenneth C. Bowman, Brian J. Peschel
  • Patent number: 12099895
    Abstract: An induction system for filtering the induction of objects to an object processing system is disclosed. The induction system includes an evaluation means for evaluating at least one characteristic of an object, and a routing system for routing the object in one of a plurality of directions responsive to the evaluated characteristic, at least one of the plurality of directions leading to the object processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Matthew T. Mason, Christopher Geyer, John Richard Amend, Jr., Kyle Maroney, Joseph Romano, Victoria Hinchey, Jeffrey Kittredge, Andrew Gauthier, Lakshman Kumar, Prasanna Velagapudi
  • Patent number: 12093772
    Abstract: A transaction card having a metal layer, an opening in the metal layer for a transponder chip, and at least one discontinuity extending from an origin on the card periphery to a terminus in the opening. The card has a greater flex resistance than a card having a comparative discontinuity with the terminus and the origin the same distance from a line defined by a first long side of the card periphery in an absence of one or more strengthening features. Strengthening features include a discontinuity wherein one of the terminus or the origin are located relatively closer to the first long side of the card periphery than the other, a plurality of discontinuities wherein fewer than all extend from the card periphery to the opening, a self-supporting, non-metal layer disposed on at least one surface of the card, or one or more ceramic reinforcing tabs surrounding the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CompoSecure, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lowe, Michele Logan, Dori Skelding, Syeda Hussain
  • Patent number: 12086682
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for automatically verifying the authenticity and integrity of documents such as but not limited to instant lottery tickets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: IGT Global Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr., Joseph Brandimore, Brian Ingram
  • Patent number: 12073695
    Abstract: A self-sanitizing payment assembly comprising an enclosure assembly, a mounting assembly, a retractable lever assembly, a payment processor, a sanitizer and a plurality of sensors. The mounting assembly attaches the retractable lever assembly to a wall. The retractable lever assembly is disposable into and out of a plurality of expanded positions and a retracted position. The plurality of sensors may be configured with a processing unit to ascertain the position of the arm and/or hand of a user and automatically adjust the position of the payment processor and/or sanitizer to bring them closer to the user. The payment processor is configured to activate upon the sanitizer unit releasing or otherwise dispensing a sanitizer substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen Tulloch
  • Patent number: 12067453
    Abstract: A code associated with a managed device is scanned by a mobile device operated by service personnel. The code at least comprises an identifier for managed device. A current geographical location of the mobile device and the code are provided to a cloud/server. The location is associated with the managed device and updated or added to a shared private blockchain ledger. The shared private blockchain ledger shared between one or more enterprises and one or more service organizations. In an embodiment, the managed device dynamically generates the code and presents the code on a display associated with the managed device for scanning by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NCR Voyix Corporation
    Inventor: Micah Scott
  • Patent number: 12067434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing de novo a polynucleotide storing data using a programmable template independent polymerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventor: George M. Church
  • Patent number: 12061390
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight unit comprising a light source emitting blue light, a green color conversion material and a red color conversion material, a first polarizer disposed on the backlight unit, a first base substrate disposed on the first polarizer, a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, a second polarizer disposed on the thin film transistor, a first color conversion pattern and a second color conversion pattern disposed on the second polarizer, a first color filter disposed on the first color conversion pattern, a second color filter disposed on the second color conversion pattern, a second base substrate disposed on the first and second color filters, and a third polarizer disposed on the second base substrate and having a polarizing axis same as a polarizing axis of the second polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Tae Yoon, Junghyun Kwon, Kisoo Park, Haeil Park, Moonjung Baek
  • Patent number: 12056564
    Abstract: A gaming table contains a number of antennas that are de-tuned from the resonant frequency of a single RFID tag. This increases the power required to read the single tag but matches the resonant frequency for reading a stack of RFID tags. The gaming table may further include a network analyzer and a set of capacitors that are dynamically switched among the antennas according to measuring the reflection coefficient of the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: FORTISS, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler J. Seitz, Forrest S. Seitz, Joshua K. Hoyt
  • Patent number: 12047841
    Abstract: A wireless sensing system uses heartbeat signals to monitor locations and usage information for assets. Heartbeat signals are signals transmitted periodically. However, in fast-paced environments, assets may move too quickly for heartbeat signals to provide useful information. In these and other scenarios, the wireless sensing system receives a first set of data describing signal strength between a tape node associated with an asset and a first node associated with a first portion of an area and a second set of data describing signal strength between the tape node associated with the asset and a second node associated with a second portion of the area. Based on relative signal strengths described by the received data, the wireless sensing system determines a path of the tape node associated with the asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventors: Hendrik J Volkerink, Ajay Khoche
  • Patent number: 12045684
    Abstract: A system and method for inferring the presence of objects including the identification of an object at least one time and use other presence sensor(s) to confirm the tag or sensor is still in the area of interest even if the identification cannot be confirmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: OHEL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: José-Adalberto Teran-Matus, Hector Gomez-MacFarland
  • Patent number: 12046342
    Abstract: An automated tracking system for a pharmacy that tracks unique identifiers (“UI”) with a stock supply of an item or items within a supply container and that provides a security system for determining a discrepancy associated with the stock supply. The UI information automatically travels with the stock supply until it is dispensed to a customer or patient, thereby allowing the system to monitor and track supply for replenishment of the supply or improper or potentially fraudulent transactions. If desired, the improved security allows supply containers and individual supplies within those containers to be stored in the same storage area thereby maximizing available storage space while still improving dispensing and filling accuracy and minimizing loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: GSL SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Shelton Louie
  • Patent number: 12039398
    Abstract: A method includes: capturing, by a scanner device comprising an image sensor, first image data representing at least a portion of a first item; detecting, by the scanner device, a first barcode represented in the first image data; decoding the first barcode to determine first identifier data for the first item; performing a lookup using the first identifier data to determine a first entry for the first item stored in a data store; generating a sub-image representing a region-of-interest of the first item; generating, using an image encoder, a first vector representation of the sub-image; comparing the first vector representation of the sub-image to at least one second vector representation stored in the data store in association with the first entry; and generating first data indicating that the first barcode is matched with the first item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Anatoly Kotlarsky, Christopher W. Brock, Andrea Mirabile, Francesco Lupo, Miroslav Trajkovic
  • Patent number: 12039396
    Abstract: Various switchable devices, e.g., cellular telephones, including inductive antennas are disclosed. These switchable devices may include one or more switches and a biometric sensor. Some of these one or more switches are optionally wireless and/or manual. In various embodiments, the switchable devices include are included within cellular phones, security devices, identity devices, financial devices, remote controls, and the like. The switchable devices are optionally configured to perform financial transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Inventor: Steven Michael Colby
  • Patent number: 12039384
    Abstract: A connector electrically connecting a module substrate and a main substrate includes: a housing mounted on the main substrate; contacts held on the housing and including contact parts and connection parts connected to the main substrate; a frame including side board parts sandwiching a flat board part and the main substrate, the side board parts forming one of a cam groove and a projection; and a slider having opposite side portions forming the other of the cam groove and the projection, forming an insertion space between the slider and the housing upon the projection's insertion into the cam groove and the slider's attachment to the frame, pressing the module substrate against the contact parts upon the slider sliding in the module substrate's insertion direction, sandwiching main substrate, the housing and the module substrate between the slider and the flat board part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Osamu Hashiguchi