Patents Examined by Maria El-Zoobi
  • Patent number: 11758083
    Abstract: A conferencing system terminal device includes a communication device electronically in communication with a content presentation companion device operating as a primary display for the conferencing system terminal device during a videoconference. An image capture device of the conferencing system terminal device captures one or more images of a subject for presentation on the content presentation companion device. One or more processors apply a mirroring function to the one or more images of the subject when operating in a normal videoconference mode of operation and, in response to one or more sensors detecting an initiation of a demonstration operation by the subject, transition to a demonstration videoconference mode of operation where application of the mirroring function to the one or more images of the subject is precluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bill Ryan, Daniel M Vacura, Jeffrey S Vanhoof
  • Patent number: 11751035
    Abstract: One or more presence sensors of a vehicle are used to detect the presence of one or more people outside the vehicle. When the presence of the one or more people outside the vehicle is detected, one or more external microphones of the vehicle are used to capture any speech by people. A speech recognizer of the vehicle is used to determine whether the captured speech includes a verbal request for emergency services. And, upon determining that the captured speech includes the verbal request for emergency services, a network access device of the vehicle is used to automatically request emergency services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob Dodman
  • Patent number: 11750978
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound generator, including a bracket, a magnetic circuit system, a first vibration system, and a second vibration system. The bracket has a first opening and a second opening that face opposite directions. The magnetic circuit system is used for driving the first vibration system and the second vibration system to generate sound in different directions. The first vibration system includes a first voice coil, the second vibration system includes a second voice coil, and the magnetic circuit system includes a first magnet, a second magnet, and a third magnet. The first voice coil is sleeved on outer sides of the first magnet and the second magnet simultaneously, and the second voice coil is sleeved on outer sides of the second magnet and the third magnet simultaneously. In the present invention, the loudness of sound generated by the sound generator may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xudong Yan, Tao Shao, Xiaojiang Gu
  • Patent number: 11743373
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving support device which can reduce injury during collision. A driving support device 11 includes: a peripheral information acquisition unit 40 which acquires peripheral information of a vehicle 1; a moving body detection unit 201 which detects a two-wheel vehicle 100 in the periphery of the vehicle 1 based on the peripheral information; an overturn determination unit 202 which determines whether the two-wheel vehicle 100 has overturned based on the peripheral information; an additional information acquisition unit 203 which acquires the additional information indicating the overturn situation of the two-wheel vehicle 100, in the case of being determined that the two-wheel vehicle 100 overturned; and an emergency information sending unit 204 which sends the additional information to the emergency call center 200 together with the emergency call information for performing an emergency call for the two-wheel vehicle 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Katayama, Osamu Ito, Hideo Kadowaki, Hiroki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11729597
    Abstract: Provided is a digital twin disaster management system customized to keep safety for urban underground tunnels, including: a sensor sub-system configured to detect environmental information, status information and image information in the urban underground tunnels; a digital twin model management sub-system configured to create and update a virtual space corresponding to the urban underground tunnels using information provided from the sensor sub-system and 3D space, insert various types of attributes into the virtual space, detect tagging information, predict the spread of each disaster, and infer a degree of risk of a management facility; a disaster management sub-system having a control function of conducting centralized supervision by displaying information about components installed in the urban underground tunnels in the metaverse space and recording a situation; and a network sub-system configured to provide the virtual space to a user terminal of an external inspector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung Il Myong, Woo Sug Jung, Mi Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 11722329
    Abstract: A method at a first participant's client conferencing system in a videoconference comprises receiving, from a second client conferencing system, at least one first video frame of a first video signal including an image of the second participant looking at a third participant, and first metadata associated with the first video frame and including an identity of the third participant. The image of the second participant is modified in the first video frame so that the first video frame is displayed on a first area of the client conferencing system with the second participant looking at a second area of the first display configured for displaying a second video signal of the third participant identified by the first metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Razvan Condorovici, Andra Stan
  • Patent number: 11722640
    Abstract: An application processing method for providing a group video call and a terminal for performing a group video call are disclosed. The application processing method of providing a group video call may include executing a group video call comprising a plurality of participants, based on a number of the participants, displaying views corresponding to the participants by pagination, based on a predetermined action of a first participant whose view is not displayed on a predetermined page of a plurality of pages generated by the pagination, selecting one of participants whose view is displayed on the predetermined page as a second participant, and displaying the views by swapping a position of the view corresponding to the selected second participant and a position of the view corresponding to the first participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: KAKAO CORP.
    Inventors: Hyung Jin Kim, Sung San Kim, Hyo Jin Ham, Tae Kyu Kim, Young Wuk Seo, Dae Nyeon Kim, Seog Choi, Ji Ah Lee, Tae Jun Choi, Taek Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11706604
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus (500; FIG. 5) for determining an action to be taken in response to an emergency call, the apparatus comprising: a processor (502; FIG. 5) configured to receive an indication that an emergency call has been initiated; extract, from speech transmitted as part of the emergency call, features indicative of a medical condition or event relating to a subject; obtain medical data relating to the subject; predict, based on the extracted features and the medical data, an acuity level of the subject; determine, based on the acuity level, an action to be taken in respect of the subject; and provide an indication of the determined action for presentation to a recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Tobias Wirth, Jorn Op Den Buijs
  • Patent number: 11700336
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit, in some examples, including a storage element, a co-processor, and a telemetry sequencer coupled to the storage element and the co-processor. The telemetry sequencer is configured to implement a digital state machine to receive configuration information indicating a type of telemetry data for generation, retrieve operations and operands, where the operations and the operands define a sequential series of actions for execution to generate the telemetry data, drive the co-processor with the operations and the operands by passing some of the operations and some of the operands to the co-processor for processing by the co-processor, receive, from the co-processor, and store an intermediate output of the series of actions as the telemetry data in a first format, and receive, from the co-processor, and store a final output of the series of actions as the telemetry data in a second format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shobhit Singhal, Vikas Lakhanpal, Preetam Tadeparthy
  • Patent number: 11700286
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable a teleconference among host-side user(s) at a host site and remotely located client-side user(s), wherein a host device is located at the host site, and wherein each of the client-side user(s) uses a respective client device to participate in the teleconference. A host site audio-visual feed is received from the host device. A client data feed is received from the client device of each client-side user. Orientation information for the respective client-side user using a client device is also received. Each client device is provided with the host site audio-visual feed or a modified version thereof. The host device is provided with, for each client device, the client data feed and the orientation information of the client-side user that is using the client device. This enables host-side and client-side users to display visual representations of one another with their respective orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Avatour Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Devon Copley, Prasad Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 11689681
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for distributing and receiving fax transmissions via a data connection that is owned by a service provider. In one embodiment, a fax server receives a signaling protocol invite from a telephone service provider in response to the telephone service provider receiving, over a circuit switched network and from a source device, an incoming call signal to a fax telephone number of the service provider. The server responds to the invite by establishing a data connection based on the signaling protocol with the telephone service provider, where the data connection is owned by the service provider. The server receives an incoming fax message that is in a fax format and is routed by the telephone service provider as the source device transmits the incoming fax message. The server transmits the fax message to a destination address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CONSENSUS CLOUD SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Francis Toscano
  • Patent number: 11689910
    Abstract: A method comprising transmitting, by a user equipment (UE) to a network node, a registration message comprising at least one of a first indicator configured to indicate emergency call information display capability, a second indicator configured to indicate language information, or a third indicator configured to indicate a status of previously received emergency information, and receiving, by the user equipment from the network node, a registration accept message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Adrian Buckley, Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker
  • Patent number: 11688401
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a first network interface for a first network type and a second network interface for a second network type that is different from the first network type. The system also includes at least one processor configured to cause the system to perform operations. The operations may include obtaining, from the first network interface, audio from a communication session with a remote device established over the first network and obtaining an indication of a communication device available to participate in the communication session and direct audio obtained from the communication session to a remote transcription system. The operations may also include directing the audio to the second network interface for transmission to the communication device, obtaining transcript data from the remote transcription system based on the audio, and directing the transcript data to the second network interface for transmission to the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Holm, Jasper C. Pan
  • Patent number: 11689654
    Abstract: Techniques for performing data exchanges during voice call sessions is described. In one example, a network server may facilitate a voice call session between user devices and associate a unique session number (USN) to each of the voice call sessions. The USN may be used as a reference when toggling between voice call sessions. In one example, when a particular voice call session is toggled to an active state, the network server may limit recipients of sensitive financial information to be between transacting parties in the active voice call session. By isolating other user devices that are not privy to transactions in the active voice call session, the chances for a transacting party in the active voice call session to accidentally send payments, for example, to an unintended recipient can be substantially minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Guzik
  • Patent number: 11683416
    Abstract: An improved emergency response method and system are shown and described. A content-specified text field—such as a caller name field—an ALI database record for a communication device is updated to include information about a person experiencing an emergency and the emergency. A PSAP receiving an emergency services call from the communication device receives the caller name field on a terminal display and is thus informed about the emergency via a alphanumeric character communication rather than orally. A particular emergency may be assigned a code that is put in the caller name field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Ross Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Ross Chiu, Alexander Douglas Fahrenbach
  • Patent number: 11671697
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to embodiments for video communication interfaces for automatically adjusting a displayed representation of a field-of-view of a camera in response to detecting a change in a scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fiona Paula O'Leary, Ali-Amir Aldan, Guillaume Ardaud, Jae Woo Chang, Behkish J. Manzari, Julian Missig, Siva Kiran Yellamraju
  • Patent number: 11657833
    Abstract: A computing system includes an encoder that receives an input image and encodes the input image into real image features, a decoder that decodes the real image features into a reconstructed image, a generator that receives first audio data corresponding to the input image and generates first synthetic image features from the first audio data, and receives second audio data and generates second synthetic image features from the second audio data, a discriminator that receives both the real and synthetic image features and determines whether a target feature is real or synthetic, and a classifier that classifies a scene of the second audio data based on the second synthetic image features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Chris Wolfgang Sommerlade, Yang Liu, Alexandros Neofytou, Sunando Sengupta
  • Patent number: 11652653
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a video-conferencing system that is a realistic analog to an in-person meeting environment, and methods of communication using the video conferencing system. In one example embodiment, a video-conferencing system is disclosed including a semi-circular screen with a plurality of cameras embedded within the screen in a peripheral array. The camera array facilitating a unique field of vision for each participant of a user within the video-conferencing system associated with a respective position of each participant relative to the user in a meeting environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Sandipan Subir Chaudhuri, Satrajit Chaudhuri
  • Patent number: 11644568
    Abstract: A method comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, a first signal having a first frequency; identifying, by the electronic device, at least one of a strength of the first signal or a signal-to-noise ratio of the first signal; outputting, by the electronic device, a second signal having a second frequency that is different from the first frequency, the second signal being output based on at least one of the strength of the first signal or the signal-to-noise ratio of the first signal; receiving the second signal by the electronic device; and detecting whether the electronic device is at least partially immersed in a liquid based on the received second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Suk Lee, Tae-Ho Kang, Sung-Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 11641451
    Abstract: One disclosed example system includes a reception room meeting device configured for establishing a video conference with a device associated with a remote receptionist. The reception room meeting device sends a request for a video meeting with one of a plurality of candidate remote receptionists in response to receiving an activation signal triggered by a visitor to a reception area, and establishes the video meeting with a device associated with one remote receptionist selected based on the request. The system further includes a virtual receptionist system configured to access visitor data obtained by various input devices at the reception area, and determine the status of the visitor based on the visitor data. The virtual receptionist system further transmits the status of the visitor to the device associated with the selected remote receptionist to facilitate the check-in process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia Lee, Stephen Newton