Patents Examined by Jeffrey Donels
  • Patent number: 11866301
    Abstract: A foldable stairlift includes a rail, a carrier that drives along the rail and a chair supported by the carrier. The chair and carrier define a stairlift unit. The chair includes a base body coupled to the carrier, a foldable seat body coupled to the base body, a foldable leg body coupled to the seat body, a foldable footrest body coupled to the leg body, a back rest body coupled to the base body, and a foldable armrest body coupled to the backrest body. Each of the seat body, leg body, and footrest body have their own respective folding system that controls the folding and unfolding of their respective seat body, leg body, and footrest body. And each folding system is controlled by an assigned motor that operates according to a variable speed profile. A method of controlling the folding and unfolding action of the foldable stairlift includes operating the motors according to one or more speed profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TK HOME SOLUTIONS B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Kasbergen, Maarten Dubbeld, Sjaak Wisse, Matt Rebel
  • Patent number: 11854518
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes an operation unit that receives a user performance; and at least one processor. wherein the at least one processor performs the following: in accordance with a user operation specifying a chord on the operation unit, obtaining lyric data of a lyric and obtaining a plurality of pieces of waveform data respectively corresponding to a plurality of pitches indicated by the specified chord; inputting the obtained lyric data to a trained model that has been trained and learned singing voices of a singer so as to cause the trained model to output acoustic feature data in response thereto; synthesizing each of the plurality of pieces of waveform data with the acoustic feature data so as to generate a plurality of pieces of synthesized waveform data; and outputting a polyphonic synthesized singing voice based on the generated plurality of pieces of synthesized waveform data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Danjyo, Fumiaki Ota, Masaru Setoguchi, Atsushi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11845633
    Abstract: An overload valve assembly for a pneumatic vacuum elevator is disclosed. The overload valve assembly for a pneumatic vacuum elevator is characterised by a fastening means, a pad with a centre hole, an arresting plate with a centre hole, a disc plate with a centre hole, a bottom bush, a spring and a top bush bounded with a nut. Here, the pad, the arresting plate, the disc plate, the bottom bush, the spring and the top bush bounded with the nut is fitted over the fastening means. The overload valve unit is configured to function based on spring actuation mechanism and ensure the maximum permissible limit of pay load in the elevator cabin assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Killakathu Ramanathan Babu
  • Patent number: 11845631
    Abstract: A synchronizing assembly for elevator door configured to synchronously open and close a first door and a second door from the center of an elevator in responsive to the movement of a belt in a first direction and a second direction. The synchronizing assembly includes a first link extending from a first end to a second end and configured to pivot about a first pivot between the first end and the second end, the first pivot being mounted on the first door, the first end of the first link being pivotally attached to the belt; a second link pivoting about a second pivot mounted on the first door and configured to fix the first link when the second pivot is engaging with the second end of the first link; and a force applying member configured to provide the first link with a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Zhiren Liu, Meihong Mao, Yunbin Cai, JinKoo Lee, Michael Joseph Tracey
  • Patent number: 11845632
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of predictively maintaining an elevator driving unit which distinguishes between a condition when moving an elevator upward and a condition when moving the elevator downward, collects driving information of the driving unit (information on a change over time in current values) in a normal state, collects driving information of the driving unit before the occurrence of breakdown, sets critical levels based on the collected information, detects in real time an abnormal symptom of the driving unit by comparing the driving information of the driving unit, which is collected in real time, with the set critical level, and then performs stable predictive maintenance of the elevator driving unit, thereby efficiently preventing a safety accident of the elevator caused by a breakdown of the elevator driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ITS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youngkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11845637
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a stairlift (1) comprising a first armrest (10) and a second armrest (10), wherein each armrest (10) is adapted to comprise at least one module (11, 12), and wherein said at least one module (11, 12) is adapted to provide at least one user control function; characterized in that the at least one module (11, 12) is adapted to be interchangeable between the first and second armrests (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TK HOME SOLUTIONS B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Kasbergen, Cornelis Boxum, Wim Heijns
  • Patent number: 11823652
    Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes: a chord-playing input device; a sounding part that emits chord sounds; and a display part that displays an image. The chord-playing input device includes: a chord designating button group assigned with chords; a chord changing button group assigned with change methods for changing an assignment state for the chord designating button group; a sounding information generating part that generates sounding information for making the sounding part emit the sound of the chord corresponding to operation for the chord designating button group and chord changing button group; and a display information generating part that generates display information for making the display part display a plurality of chord images and change method images in the same arrangement order as those of the chord designating button group and chord changing button group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: INSTACHORD CORP.
    Inventor: Yuichi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11817071
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for coordinating movement of a group of people, comprising: receiving numerical coordinates for each count of a drill for each person in a group of people, wherein the numerical coordinates indicate a location on a field for each person; receiving a starting count for each of the one or more sets and a number of counts in each of the one or more sets for each person; combining the numerical coordinates with the start count and the number of counts for each of the one or more sets; deriving human readable coordinates for each count of the drill for each person, wherein the human readable coordinates indicate the location on the field for each person; and transmitting the human readable coordinates to one or more receiving devices each associated with one person in the group of people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Marching Assistance Company, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Allan Dunham, Patrick Eugene Frohoff, Steven R. Lilly, Eric Roger Becks
  • Patent number: 11807494
    Abstract: A landing lever assembly of a pneumatic vacuum elevator is disclosed. The assembly includes a landing lever plate coupled on a roof of an elevator cabin. The assembly also includes a locking plate coupled to the landing lever plate using a plurality of support plates. The assembly further includes a solenoid valve disposed on the landing lever plate and mechanically coupled to the locking plate using a guide pin, where the guide pin is configured to actuate the locking plate by sliding within the solenoid valve, in at least one operational mode, based on an activation signal received from a magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Killalathu Ramanathan Babu
  • Patent number: 11804202
    Abstract: An electronic wind instrument includes a breath sensor, an operating element, a speaker, and an acoustic tube. The operating element receives an instruction related to a pitch. The speaker outputs a sound based on musical performance information obtained from at least one of the breath sensor and the operating element. The speaker has an inner space therein. The acoustic tube that has an inner space therein. The inner space of the acoustic tube is continuous with the inner space of the speaker. The acoustic tube extends in a direction away from the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Kashiwase, Ryo Tabata, Hiroshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11790874
    Abstract: A music composition, editing, and playback system and method provides a user interface design based on geometric interpretation of music theory replacing traditional modern music notation with geometric shapes including chords represented by polygons that are colored with colors or hues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Strachan
  • Patent number: 11790878
    Abstract: A guitar effects pedalboard comprises a first attachment region and a second attachment region, the first attachment region comprising a plurality of holes having a first diameter, and the second attachment region comprising a plurality of holes having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Chemistry Design Werks, LLC
    Inventor: Christian Richard Trifilio
  • Patent number: 11780709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system of commissioning elevator, and an elevator system. The method includes obtaining at least one operation data of at least one elevator door, comparing the operation data with corresponding criterion operation data, and determining whether a deviation between the operation data and the criterion operation data exceeds a pre-set range, and if so, triggering a control over at least one control end relevant to the operation of the elevator door to make a deviation between the operation data re-obtained and the criterion operation data fall within the pre-set range. The invention will increase the efficiency in elevator commissioning and remove the adverse effects on elevator operation caused by factors such as “Stack Effect”, and thereby ensure good working condition and high security of elevators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Changle Li, Buyun Jing, Haitao Zhou, Yun Li, Keyu Li, Xing Cai, Daniel A. Mosher
  • Patent number: 11780705
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an elevator installed in connection with a building, particularly a high rise elevator, in which method the expected rope sway is monitored using building acceleration data obtained by means of a sensor to calculate a building sway, and whereby based on the building sway and the position of an elevator car a rope sway is estimated, which rope sway is compared with a threshold value to determine the amount of rope sway and to deduct operation measures for the elevator based on the amount of the rope sway, characterized by the succession of following steps determining elevator car position determining change of rope sway based on the car position and the building acceleration data if it is concluded that rope sway is not increasing, then calculating the number of rope sway cycles n(zca,) within a building sway period Tbuilding and calculating a new (decreasing) rope sway amplitude x based on said number of rope sway cycles n(zca,) and a damping factor I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Jaakko Kalliomaki, Jarkko Saloranta, Mikko Puranen, Sakari Mantyla, Joonas Sorvari
  • Patent number: 11780708
    Abstract: A lift system comprises a rail and a carriage assembly comprising a seat or platform for supporting a person to be conveyed along the rail, drive means arranged to engage the rail and controllable to drive the carriage assembly along the rail, energy storage means arranged to power the drive means, input means operable by a user to provide an input signal indicative of a desired movement of the carriage assembly along the rail, and control means arranged to receive the input signal and control the drive means in response to the input signal. The system includes charging means arranged to charge the energy storage means when the carriage assembly is at a first charging position on the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ACORN MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: John Stewart Jakes, Keith Holdstock
  • Patent number: 11780704
    Abstract: A component monitoring system for monitoring a component of a conveyance system including a conveyance apparatus including: a camera configured to capture a sequence images of the component, the sequence of images being motion data; and a processor configured to determine an evaluation summary of the component in response to at least the motion data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: George Scott Copeland, Pradeep Miriyala, Rachit Sahgal, Jinho Song
  • Patent number: 11772931
    Abstract: A method for intelligent control of an elevator to give priority to a floor containing the total highest priority of passengers acquires first images taken by first cameras, identifies targets in the first images, and determines priority levels of the targets. In response to receiving a plurality of first service signals from a number of floors in a building, the method controls a driving unit to drive an elevator to move to service the passengers as targets with a highest total priority level according to individual priority levels of the targets within a group of passengers waiting on each floor of the building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shiaw-Herng Liu
  • Patent number: 11772932
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method for remote operation of a plurality of elevators, each of the plurality of elevators being coupled with a communication computer. The method comprises receiving, by a remote service system from the communication computer, a rescue request associated with an elevator; providing, by the remote service system, a verification to distinguish the elevator associated with the rescue request among the plurality of elevators; enabling, by the remote service system, a data connection with the communication computer to control the verified elevator; and performing, by the remote service system, a remote operation associated with the verified elevator via the enabled data connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Ari Kattainen, Juha-Matti Aitamurto
  • Patent number: 11767194
    Abstract: An illustrative example elevator sensor device includes at least one sensor supported on a door of an elevator car. The sensor provides an output including an indication of at least movement of the door along at least one axis and movement of the elevator car along at least one axis. A processor associated with the at least one sensor receives the output and determines at least one characteristic of the movement of the door based on the indication of the movement of the door. The processor also determines a location of the elevator car where the movement of the door occurs based on the indication of movement of the elevator car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Tadeusz Pawel Witczak, Craig Drew Bogli, Derk Oscar Pahlke, Nikola Trcka, Yrinee Michaelidis
  • Patent number: 11760605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for monitoring an elevator door, an elevator system, and a method for monitoring an elevator door. The elevator door has an open state or a closed state implemented by moving along an elevator sill. The system for monitoring an elevator door includes: one or more imaging sensors configured to collect image data and depth data of at least one section in the elevator sill that is exposed when the elevator door is in the open state; and a data processing device in communication with the imaging sensor and configured to receive and process the image data and the depth data to determine whether an obstacle preventing the elevator door from entering the closed state exists in the section. By applying the present invention, the safety of the elevator door can be improved effectively, and equipment property losses and personal injuries can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Walter Thomas Schmidt