Patents Examined by Marcus Hammonds
  • Patent number: 11257374
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a moving object that enable suitable data sharing between moving objects. An information processing apparatus includes a data selection unit that selects shared data to be shared between a first moving object and a second moving object on the basis of at least one of a distance between moving objects or a situation of the first moving object, the distance between moving objects being a distance between the first and second moving objects, and a data acquisition unit that acquires the shared data from the second moving object. For example, the present technology can be applied to a vehicle that drives automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Sato, Kuniaki Torii
  • Patent number: 11252541
    Abstract: Systems and methods for simplified message grouping and display are provided. In example embodiments, a plurality of messages are received within a conversation which is accessible by a plurality of client devices. Messages are grouped into different cards based on criteria associated with the cards. During a transition between displaying a first of the cards to a second of the cards, an animation may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: William Wu, Michael Brian Murray, Chamal Samaranayake, Erik Wagner
  • Patent number: 11252578
    Abstract: A spectral mapping module may include processing circuitry configured to receive spectral activity information from one or more assets that have flown through an area. The spectral activity information may be associated with location information indicating a respective location at which each portion of the spectral activity information was obtained. The processing circuitry may be further configured to associate the spectral activity information with respective volumetric elements that are each associated with respective portions of the area, determine spectral activity indicators for each of the respective volumetric elements that has spectral activity information associated therewith, and generate display data including the spectral activity indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SmartSky Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Sameit, Koichiro Takamizawa
  • Patent number: 11246004
    Abstract: Methods and systems for power tool geofence tracking. One embodiment provides a method for power tool geofence tracking and dashboard display. The method includes determining, using an electronic processor with a transceiver, a location of one or more power tool devices and generating, using the electronic processor, a dashboard to simultaneously display a location-based inventory, indication of number of missing tool, and geofence setup of power tool devices within the inventory. The method also includes displaying, using the electronic processor, the dashboard on an electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cory J. McCutchin, Chad E. Jones, Ryan D. Garlock, Christina M. Balda
  • Patent number: 11221650
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a frame, a sliding seat, and a receiver accommodated in the sliding seat. The frame includes a pair of side walls oppositely disposed and a top wall. The top wall defines an accommodating groove. The accommodating groove extends through the pair of side walls. The sliding seat is slidably disposed in the accommodating groove of the frame. The sliding seat defines a first receiving hole, and the receiver is sealed and covers the first receiving hole of the sliding seat, whereby a sound signal of the receiver is transmitted to outside through the first receiving hole when the sliding seat extends from the accommodating groove. In addition, a terminal device and a method for controlling an electronic device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HEYTAP TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhigang Sun, Xiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11222421
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display method for a medical image, comprising: acquiring a medical image of an imaging object by means of scanning; obtaining, from the medical image, a list containing one or more objects of interest, and object information including positions of the objects of interest; acquiring, according to the positions of the objects of interest and at different imaging positions, a plurality of images that cover the objects of interest; and synthesizing the plurality of images that cover the objects of interest into a dynamic graph and dynamically displaying the dynamic graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Yongnan Ji
  • Patent number: 11212651
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for handling audio messages received during audio conversations. For example, a method comprises determining a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user; broadcasting on the mobile application, to the first user, an audio conversation involving a second user and a third user conducted via the mobile application; receiving a first audio message from the first user during the audio conversation involving the second user and the third user; initiating storage of the first audio message; and broadcasting the first audio message during the audio conversation, in response to receiving selection of an option to play the first audio message by the at least one of the second user or the third user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Stereo App Limited
    Inventors: Artur Nugumanov, Sergey Frolovichev, Andrey Ogandzhanyants
  • Patent number: 11212728
    Abstract: The identification of a user device as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may cause the wireless communication network to implement certain operations. A user device communicating with a wireless communication network may be determined to be an UAV based on one or more behavior characteristics of the user device. Accordingly, a base station handover threshold for the UAV may be modified to prolong a communication duration of the UAV with a base station when a decrease in signal strength or an increase in signal interference of a signal provided by the base station occurs. The base station handover threshold is a threshold for determining when to handover communication between the UAV and the wireless communication network from the base station to an additional base station. The modification of base station handover threshold reduces a handover rate of the UAV between multiple base stations of the wireless communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Sean Patrick Murphy
  • Patent number: 11181388
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a mapping application that provides a variety of UI elements for allowing a user to specify a location (e.g., for viewing or serving as route destinations). In some embodiments, these location-input UI elements appear in succession on a sequence of pages, according to a hierarchy that has the UI elements that require less user interaction appear on earlier pages in the sequence than the UI elements that require more user interaction. In some embodiments, the location-input UI elements that successively appear in the mapping application include (1) selectable predicted-destination notifications, (2) a list of selectable predicted destinations, (3) a selectable voice-based search affordance, and (4) a keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford A. Moore, Joshua C. Weinberg, Jorge Fino, Mark B. Larus, Sarah G. Barbour
  • Patent number: 11166123
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for grouped transmission of location data in a location sharing system. Consistent with some embodiments, a first client device of a first user receives, over a wireless communication network (e.g., a wireless local area network (WLAN)), a request for location data. The first client device, broadcasts a probe request via a first wireless communication channel using a more energy efficient communication technology (e.g., Bluetooth®) than the wireless communication network. The first client device receives, from one or more second client devices running the location sharing client application, each second client device being associated with a second user, a probe response. Upon receiving the one or more probe responses, the first client device sends, to the server, over the wireless communication network, an electronic communication containing location data of the first and of the one or more second users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Guillaume
  • Patent number: 11158095
    Abstract: A system for reducing artifact bloom in a reconstructed image of an object is provided. The system includes an imaging device, and a controller. The imaging device is operative to obtain one or more slices of the object. The controller is in electronic communication with the imaging device and operative to: generate the reconstructed image based at least in part on the one or more slices; and de-bloom one or more regions within the reconstructed image based at least in part on a contrast medium enhancement across at least part of a volume of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jiang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11150322
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for dynamic, cognitive hybrid positioning within an indoor environment includes: receiving fingerprinting training data corresponding to the indoor environment, trilateration data corresponding to the indoor environment, triangulation data corresponding to the indoor environment, or a combination of the fingerprinting training data, the trilateration data, and/or the triangulation data; estimating a layout of the indoor environment based at least in part on the fingerprinting training data; classifying at least some areas of the estimated layout according to one of a plurality of predetermined area types; and determining an optimum positioning technique to utilize for each area of the estimated layout, wherein the optimum positioning technique is determined based at least in part on the area type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Divyesh Jadav, Thomas D. Griffin, German H Flores
  • Patent number: 11140600
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed to separate paging and access cell selection (and use) among available cells based on different paging cell and access cell requirements and specific service availability. A UE selects a first cell that meets paging cell requirements as a paging cell and a second cell that meets service requirements as an access cell. Once the UE selects a paging cell, the UE camps on the paging cell to wait for a paging request or a mobile originated request. The UE can select and camp on the access cell prior to a data need, where latency requirements are strict, or delay access cell selection until there is data to transmit where latency requirements are more lax. The UE may also include measurement information of surrounding cells with a paging response/service request, which a core network uses to speed up establishment of dual connectivity or carrier aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Keiichi Kubota, Gavin Bernard Horn
  • Patent number: 11137797
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and apparatuses for adjustable stands and mobile computing devices are provided. An example system includes a mobile computing device having a front surface with a display and a rear surface with a first magnetically susceptible region and a second magnetically susceptible region. The first magnetically susceptible region is offset from the second magnetically susceptible region in a translational dimension along the rear surface. The example system also includes an adjustable stand for the mobile computing device. The adjustable stand includes a slidable portion formed with a magnetically susceptible material to slide in the translational dimension along the rear surface. The level of magnetic attraction between the slidable portion and the second magnetically susceptible material of the mobile computing device is greater than a level of magnetic attraction between the slidable portion and the first magnetically susceptible material of the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Claudepierre, Joe Tsao
  • Patent number: 11134521
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a base station (BS) transmits a first allocation of a plurality of channel subsets to user equipments (UEs) for contention transmission of the UEs to the BS. The first allocation allocates one or more channel subsets to each UE so that each UE can only contend for channels within a channel subset allocated to the UE using a contention-based mechanism. In response to receipt of the first allocation, one or more UEs send requests to the BS requesting for access of channels for uplink transmissions determined by the one or more UEs. The BS determines, based on at least the requests sent by the UEs, channels to be allocated to the UEs for performing uplink transmissions, and sends a second allocation indicating the allocated channels. The UEs then perform uplink transmissions based on the second allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Liu, Pengfei Xia
  • Patent number: 11115520
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving call topic models are described herein. In an embodiment a server computer receives call transcript data comprising an electronic digital representation of a verbal transcription of a call between a first person of a first person type and a second person of a second person type. The server computer splits the call transcript data into first person type data comprising words spoken by the first person in the call and second person type data comprising words spoken by the second person type in the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Invoca, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael McCourt, Sean Storlie, Victor Borda, Michael Lawrence, Anoop Praturu
  • Patent number: 11100313
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a detection unit detecting a moving body around the information processing apparatus and a distance to the moving body; a first image capturing unit having a first image capturing range; and a second image capturing unit having a second image capturing range, and performs authentication of the authentication target person based on captured image data. It controls so as to perform authentication based on image data captured by the first image capturing unit, and if the detected distance becomes shorter than a first distance and the authentication is not possible, it controls so as to perform authentication based on image data captured by the second image capturing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideyasu Tomi
  • Patent number: 11096095
    Abstract: A method performed by user equipment (UE) includes receiving a request to access a service unavailable through a first network cell associated with the UE and informing a second network cell that the UE is requesting to obtain the service unavailable through the first network cell. The request may be received from a user of the UE or may be a paging message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Richard Charles Burbidge, Takashi Suzuki, David Philip Hole, Johanna Lisa Dwyer, Venkata Ratnakar Rao Rayavarapu, Maiyuran Wijayanathan, Stephen McCann, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Chen Ho Chin
  • Patent number: 11068745
    Abstract: Disruption of computerized face detection includes receiving a source image that contains a representation of a face and computing a perturbation for the source image. The perturbation is specific to the source image and is configured for a target face detector. A perturbed image is then generated by adding the perturbation to the source image and then the perturbed image may be outputted instead of the source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: DE-IDENTIFICATION LTD.
    Inventors: Avishek Bose, Parham Aarabi
  • Patent number: 10999710
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems, and/or apparatuses for evaluating movement data to identify a user as a driver or non-driver passenger are provided. In some examples, movement data may be received from a mobile device of a user. The movement data may include sensor data including location data, such as global positioning system (GPS) data, accelerometer and/or gyroscope data, and the like. Additional data may be retrieved from one or more other sources. For instance, additional data such as usage of applications on the mobile device, public transportation schedules and routes, image data, vehicle operation data, and the like, may be received and analyzed with the movement data to determine whether the user of the mobile device was a driver or non-driver passenger of the vehicle. Based on the determination, the data may be deleted in some examples or may be further processed to generate one or more outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Surender Kumar, Sunil Chintakindi, Howard Hayes, Tim Gibson, Soton Ayodele Rosanwo