Patents Examined by Jeffrey Aiello
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System and method for capturing and decontaminating photoplethysmopgraphy (PPG) signals in a vehicle
Patent number: 10213162Abstract: A system and method for processing photoplethysmography (PPG) signals in a vehicle. The system and method include receiving a PPG waveform signal from an optical sensor. The system and method also include processing a PPG measurement signal based on the PPG waveform signal. The system and method additionally include receiving a noise waveform signal from at least one of: a seat assembly sensor, a vehicle sensor, and a vehicle system. Additionally, the system and method include processing a motion artifacts measurement signal based on the noise waveform signal. The system and method further include processing a refined PPG signal to suppress the motion artifacts measurement signal from the PPG measurement signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kin C. Fung, Timothy J. Dick, Dhanashree Palande -
Patent number: 10204389Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing summary information for lifesaving activities is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Richard A. Packer, Gary A. Freeman, Annemarie Silver
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Patent number: 10197468Abstract: System for determining inertia properties of a rigid body, particularly the inertia tensor, the mass and/or the position of the center of mass, comprising: a carrier (10), which is designed for suspending a rigid body (2) from the carrier (10), such that the rigid body (2) is able to perform movements along the six degrees of freedom of the rigid body (B), at least six sensors (100) providing output signals for detecting the movement of the rigid body (2) along the six degrees of freedom of the rigid body (2), a measuring device (110) cooperating with the sensors (100), wherein the measuring device (110) is configured to measure said movement of the rigid body (2) by means of said output signals (š1(tk)), and an analyzing means (20) configured for determining from said output signals (š1(tk)) said inertia properties (rS). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for determining the inertia properties (rS).Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: RESONIC GMBHInventor: Robert Klopper
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System, apparatus, and method for estimating three-dimensional (3D) position and direction precisely
Patent number: 10197395Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for precisely estimating a three-dimensional (3D) position and a direction. The 3D position and direction estimation apparatus may estimate a distance between at least one receiver and at least one transmitter and a direction of a remote device, based on intensity information of a signal measured at the at least one receiver, may sequentially select the minimum number of intensity information for estimating the 3D position and the direction of the remote device, in a descending order of robustness against noise, based on the estimated distance and direction of the remote device, and may precisely estimate the 3D position and the direction of the remote device based on the selected intensity information.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Hyun Kim, Hyong Euk Lee, Jung Bae Kim, Chang Kyu Choi -
Patent number: 10180326Abstract: A staying state analysis device measuring a stay frequency of moving objects in a target area and generating a heat map visualizing a state of distribution of the stay frequency includes: a position information sorter sorting pieces of position information of the moving objects according to a degree of possibility that the pieces of position information may include an error due to a missing part that may be in traffic lines of the moving objects; a missing part position detector detecting a position of the missing part in the traffic lines based on at least two groups of pieces of position information sorted by the sorter; a corrected distribution information generator generating corrected distribution information representing the stay frequency of the moving objects corrected based on a result of detection by the missing part position detector; and a heat map generator generating the heat map based on corrected distribution information.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Youichi Gouda, Yuichi Matsumoto, Hiroaki Yoshio
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Patent number: 10175664Abstract: Sensor information is regularly acquired from a plurality of sensors and stored. For each of the sensors, other sensors whose information is correlated are selected. When sensor information of a sensor is requested from an application program or the like, while if the requested sensor is available the sensor information is acquired directly from the sensor, if the requested sensor is unavailable the sensor information of sensors relevant to the sensor is acquired and the sensor information of the requested sensor is estimated. As a result, in a system comprising a plurality of sensors, sensor information of an unavailable sensor will be estimated in a short period of time.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hisashi Oguma
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Patent number: 10168448Abstract: Techniques for analysis and prediction of cloud particle distribution and solar radiation are provided. In one aspect, a method for analyzing cloud particle characteristics includes the steps of: (a) collecting meteorological data; (b) calculating solar radiation values using a radiative transfer model based on the meteorological data and blended guess functions of a cloud particle distribution (c) optimizing the cloud particle distribution by optimizing the weight coefficients used for the blended guess functions of the cloud particle distribution based on the solar radiation values calculated in step (b) and measured solar radiation values; (d) training a machine-learning process using the meteorological data collected in step (a) and the cloud particle distribution optimized in step (c) as training samples; and (e) predicting future solar radiation values using forecasted meteorological data and the machine-learning process trained in step (d).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hendrik F. Hamann, Siyuan Lu
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System and method for capturing and decontaminating photoplethysmopgraphy (PPG) signals in a vehicle
Patent number: 10153796Abstract: A system and method for processing photoplethysmography (PPG) signals in a vehicle. The system and method include receiving a PPG waveform signal from an optical sensor. The system and method also include processing a PPG measurement signal based on the PPG waveform signal. The system and method additionally include receiving a noise waveform signal from at least one of: a seat assembly sensor, a vehicle sensor, and a vehicle system. Additionally, the system and method include processing a motion artifacts measurement signal based on the noise waveform signal. The system and method further include processing a refined PPG signal to suppress the motion artifacts measurement signal from the PPG measurement signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kin C. Fung, Timothy J. Dick, Dhanashree Palande -
Patent number: 10126131Abstract: Location functionality to determine the geospatial location of a PV module is described. This functionality may be performed at the PV module site itself as well as remote from the PV module site. The location functionality may involve the analysis of data collected from the location of the PV module or modules being analyzed as well as data from locations of other PV modules, which are not being analyzed. This data, from other PV modules may be gathered, recorded, and used as a benchmark, or for some other purpose in embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.Inventors: Patrick L. Chapman, Julianne Frances Haugh, Kelly Mekechuk, Eric Roesinger
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Patent number: 10121617Abstract: Methods for processing signals from a magnetic user interface device having a manual actuator are disclosed. Movements of the actuator may cause relative movement between one or more magnets and one or more corresponding sensors that may each generate signals representing independent magnetic field components detected within each sensor. A field model may be used in the magnetic user interface device to translate magnetic sensor readings during operation to position information, which may then be converted to output signals for transmission to an electronic computing system representing displacement and/or deformation of the actuator. The output signals may be generated in a predetermined format, such as USB format or other computer-interface formats, that can be interpreted by the electronic computing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: SEESCAN, INC.Inventors: Austin Rutledge, Ray Merewether, Michael J. Martin, Mark S. Olsson
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Patent number: 10120375Abstract: A building management system (BMS) includes a controller that monitors performance values for a controlled process during a first time period relative to initial outlier detection limits and generates new outlier detection limits for the controlled process in response to a detected change in the controlled process during the first time period. The controller monitors the performance values relative to the new outlier detection limits during a second time period to detect outliers during the second time period. The controller calculates a confidence difference for an estimated confidence parameter based on a number of outliers detected using the new outlier detection limits during the second time period. The controller adjusts the new outlier detection limits in response to the confidence difference dropping below a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Andrew J. Przybylski, Michael J. Wenzel, Andrew J. Boettcher
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Patent number: 10103545Abstract: In an approach for detecting islanding effect in a power electrical network topology, a computer processor finds, in the power electrical network topology, a point of common coupling between a load and a distributed generation with potential islanding effect as well as a substation supplying power to said point of common coupling; collects operating parameters of the power grid in vicinity of said point of common coupling as well as in vicinity of said substation; determines whether islanding effect exists in said distributed generation and the load in accordance with a variation characteristic of the operating parameters of the power grid in vicinity of said point of common coupling and the operating parameters of the power grid in vicinity of said substation. Higher degree of accuracy and sensitivity of detecting islanding effect is achieved without compromising the energy quality on user side according to embodiments of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jian D. Ding, Feng Jin, Yuhang Liu, Junmei Qu, Qi M. Tian, Ya N. Zhang
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Patent number: 10101408Abstract: A positioning system for determining the location of a receiver relative to a transmitter. The system includes a transmitting coil having a known orientation with respect to the earth's coordinate system and configured to transmit a periodic signal during a positioning event, at least one receiver including a sensing unit for measuring the magnetic field vector produced by the transmitting coil and the orientation of the receiver with respect to the earth's coordinate system, and at least one computing unit configured to estimate a position and orientation of the receiver with respect to the transmitter's coordinate system using the measured magnetic field vector, the measured orientation with respect to the earth's coordinate system, and the known orientation of the transmitting coil with respect to the earth's coordinate system.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Byunghoo Jung, Mohit Singh
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High pressure dynamic micro differential pressure gauge, and methods for using and checking the same
Patent number: 10094730Abstract: A high pressure dynamic micro differential pressure gauge, and methods for using and checking the same. The high pressure dynamic micro differential pressure gauge comprises a set of vertical manometer tubes in communication with each other, where one or more manometer tubes are connected to a resistance meter through signal lines, and the resistance meter is connected to a data collection and processing control system. Each manometer tube is full of low conductivity buffer liquid and high conductivity manometric liquid. The resistance meter is configured to measure resistances in the one or more manometer tubes, and the data collection and processing control system is configured to convert the resistances measured by the resistance meter into a differential pressure.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing Shida Rongzhi Science & Technology Ltd Co.Inventors: Weiqing An, Xiang'an Yue, Wenhao Tian, Wei Fang, Xuegang Feng, Xin Fang, Jirui Zou -
Patent number: 10088345Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for designing an aperture in a mask for inspecting a wafer. The method includes the steps of scanning a collection plane of the wafer at a plurality of points and collecting data for at least a part of the wafer. The method also includes the step of mapping the data. A further step of the method includes configuring the aperture based on the mapped data.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: KLA-Tencor CorporationInventors: Chuanyong Huang, Raymond Chu, Gordana Neskovic, Dieter Wilk, Christian Wolters, Tim Mahatdejkul
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Patent number: 10082522Abstract: Telematics system wherein a data processor is configured to: calculate a first rotation to isolate horizontal components of orientation data obtained from a three-axis accelerometer; calculate a second rotation of the orientation data dependent on acceleration data obtained from the velocity measuring device; and perform the first and second rotations on the orientation data to calibrate the orientation of the accelerometer relative to a vehicle on which the accelerometer is mounted. An associated method of calibrating the orientation of accelerometer is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Quartix LimitedInventors: Thomas Dobra, Jeremy Bentham
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Patent number: 10082600Abstract: A method of calibration transfer for a testing instrument includes: collecting a first sample; generating a standard response of a first instrument based, at least in part, on the first sample; and performing instrument standardization of a second instrument based, at least in part, on the standard response of the first instrument. Data corresponding to a second sample is then obtained using the second instrument and a component of the second sample is identified based, at least in part, on a calibration model.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jing Shen, Christopher Jones, Dingding Chen, Michael T. Pelletier, Robert Atkinson, David Perkins
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Patent number: 10078070Abstract: An analyzer, and a method and an apparatus for detecting liquid overflowing from a container that the analyzer comprises, are provided. The method according to the present invention for detecting liquid overflowing from a container in the analyzer, includes a step of judging that liquid is overflowing from at least one container if the difference between a standard deviation of absorbance of the liquid measured at a plurality of points of a container at time T1 and a standard deviation of absorbance of the liquid measured at a plurality of points in said container at time T2 is greater than a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventors: Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Noriyoshi Okada
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Patent number: 10072936Abstract: A method for assessing a road type is carried out by an electronic computation apparatus. The method includes the steps of: reception of environment data based on a sensor measurement; assessment of the road type using a decision tree based on the environment data; assessment of the road type using a state machine based on the environment data; and formation of an overall assessment of the road type based on the assessment using the decision tree and the assessment using the state machine.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Istvan Nagy
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Patent number: 10073754Abstract: A system is configured to track and store system and event data for various computing devices. The system is configured to associate the various computing devices with profiles based at least in part on characteristics of the computing devices. The system is further configured to compare performance data and/or performance metrics for particular computing devices having a particular profile against all other devices that share the particular profile. The system then displays this comparison to a user of the particular computing device, substantially automatically diagnoses an issue with the particular computing device based on the performance and system event data, and/or enables the user to diagnose the problem based on the performance and system event data.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignees: ASSURANT, INC., MOBILE DEFENSE, INC.Inventors: Dustin Brewer, Stuart Saunders, Cameron Hurst