Patents Examined by Muhammad Adnan
  • Vehicle and bicycle communication to avoid vehicle door crash accidents
    Patent number: 11087627
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for communicating between a bicycle and a vehicle to prevent vehicle open door accidents is provided. The present invention may include determining, by a bicycle device, a bicycle is in a stationary state. The present invention may then include sending, by the bicycle device, a request to a user to confirm that the bicycle is in the stationary state. The present invention may further include receiving, from the user, a response to the sent request, wherein the user confirms that the bicycle is in an active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marco P. Crasso, Jeronimo Irazabal
  • System and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door
    Patent number: 11080952
    Abstract: A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include determining if a portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of a vehicle. The system and method also include determining if the portable device is stationary for a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle and determining if the portable device is located outside of at least one door area zone of the vehicle, wherein the at least one door area zone of the vehicle includes a space that is occupied by the at least one vehicle door. The system and method supplying an amount of power to a motor associated with the at least one vehicle door to open or close the at least one vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wesley W. Kim, Brian K. Lickfelt, Douglas R. Reed, Emanuel Ulises Perez Zenteno, Tyler J. Rupp, Kentaro Yoshimura, Chyuan Y. Muh, Spencer A. Kennedy, Tomonori Watanabe
  • Driver focus analyzer
    Patent number: 11077792
    Abstract: A driver focus analyzer including one or more sensors configured to measure a distance of a driver or computing device from the one or more sensors, processing circuitry configured to compare the distance to a predetermined distance threshold, determine if the distance exceeds the predetermined distance threshold, and cause an alert in response to at least determining that the distance exceeds the predetermined threshold, and an alert output device configured to generate an audio or visual output in response to the alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Arjun Kundan Dhawan
  • System and method for high accuracy location determination and parking
    Patent number: 11081006
    Abstract: The various systems and methods disclosed herein provide for a secure, cost effective, and high accuracy location detection. In some embodiments of the system and method for high accuracy location detection, a mobile location device obtains and calculates location data from a plurality of sources without requiring expensive and power inefficient processors. In some embodiments, such secure, cost effective, and high accuracy location detection by the mobile location device is used in improved parking and payment management systems and methods. In some such embodiments, the location device communicates with remote geomapping servers and payment systems to provide automated parking and payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: PARKOFON INC.
    Inventors: Evgeny Klochikhin, Vladimir Klochikhin, Iurii Iatsinin
  • Adaptive boundary wire transmitter
    Patent number: 11073837
    Abstract: An adaptive boundary wire transmitter includes two bridge coupled power amplifiers, a sensing element, a feedback amplifier, a compensation network and an error amplifier. The adaptive boundary wire transmitter is connected to a boundary wire installation, including a boundary wire and feeds the boundary wire with a boundary signal current. By using a feedback amplifier to which the boundary signal current is fed together with the input signal together with compensation network and an error amplifier it is possible to generate a stable output signal from the adaptive boundary wire transmitter to the boundary wire that is independent of the boundary wire length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jimmy Alzen
  • Movement evaluation system and method
    Patent number: 11071495
    Abstract: The present invention is provided to notify a person who makes a movement of a part to be improved in the movement. A movement evaluation system includes: a proficiency degree estimating unit generating a proficiency degree score on the basis of movement data obtained by detecting a movement of a user; an improvement point extracting unit specifying a part of the movement of the user as an improvement point on the basis of the movement data; and an information generating unit generating suggestion information to be presented to the user, on the basis of the improvement point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Okada, Takehiro Niikura, Katsuyuki Nakamura, Takuto Sato, Hiroki Ohashi, Sheraz Ahmed, Mohammad Osamh Adel Al-Naser
  • Fall detection method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11074800
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a fall detection method and apparatus. The apparatus acquires information of radar reflection points belonging to a detected object in a predetermined number of consecutive frames, information on a radar reflection point including at least two of information on a position, information on a radial velocity and information on reflection signal strength, of the reflection point; determines whether the detected object has fallen according to a relationship between time and the information on radar reflection points in the predetermined number of consecutive frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongchun Li, Genming Ding, Qian Zhao, Lili Xie, Jun Tian
  • Managing vehicle-access according to driver behavior
    Patent number: 11059492
    Abstract: Managing vehicle operations according to driver behavior by: defining a multi-dimensional preemptive driver daily behavior (PDDB) data structure; defining a PDDB abnormal behavior criteria; and defining a PDDB abnormal behavior algorithm. Further, by: collecting PDDB data; acquiring a PDDB assessment according to the PDDB analysis; and preemptively communicating driver vehicle-access instructions according to the PDDB assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anita Govindjee, Cheng Xu, Su Liu, Xue Yong Zhang
  • System and method for facilitating access to a secured area
    Patent number: 11055942
    Abstract: In one aspect, a portable electronic device is provided for accessing a secured area to deliver a package therein. The portable electronic device includes a sensor configured to detect an indicium of the package and communication circuitry configured to communicate a message to a server computer associated with the package upon the sensor detecting the indicium. The communication circuitry is further configured to receive delivery information from the server computer, the delivery information including at least a location of the secured area. The portable electronic device further includes a processor operatively coupled to the sensor and the communication circuitry. The processor is configured to cause, via the communication circuitry, the movable barrier operator to open a movable barrier associated with the secured area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Charles Coates, Jeremy Eugene Jenkins, David R. Morris, Gregory John Stanek, Adam Joshua Schrems, James Scott Murray
  • Smartphone based reminding system for forgotten objects
    Patent number: 11004325
    Abstract: A peripheral device, e.g. a smart phone, receives information defining a secured area perimeter of a secure area and a global positioning system (GPS) about the location of a user. The process compares the security perimeter to the position information to determine whether a user is within the secured area. If the user is outside the secured area and has not returned an access device, e.g. a badge, a temporary pass, etc., the peripheral device posts an alert to the user, e.g. a warning the user may have forgotten to return the access device/badge. Alerts can be posted or sent for other conditions as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Lenchner, Reha Yurdakul, Komminist Weldemariam
  • Voltage-characteristic-based vehicle identification number
    Patent number: 10996255
    Abstract: A vehicle bus, of a vehicle, configured to provide data communication among a plurality of controllers of the vehicle. An identity controller is programmed to collect voltage samples over the vehicle bus from the plurality of controllers to create a voltage profile indicating consistent electrical aspects of the data communication between the controllers, the electrical aspects being independent of data content of the data communication, and generate a voltage fingerprint uniquely identifying the vehicle using the voltage profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Byungho Cha
  • Abnormality notifying apparatus, vehicle, abnormality notifying method, and non- transitory recording medium
    Patent number: 10991179
    Abstract: Safety around a vehicle can be improved when there is a disagreement between an operation state of the vehicle and the notification contents notified from the vehicle. Abnormality notifying apparatus includes a determiner that determines whether or not there is a disagreement in correspondence relationship between operation control and notification control based on a first signal related to the operation control of vehicle and a second signal related to the notification control for notifying notification information according to the operation control to outside vehicle. When there is a disagreement in correspondence relationship, abnormality notifying apparatus notifies information indicating that the vehicle is in an abnormal state to outside vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tsukamoto, Hideki Tamura
  • Providing priming cues to a user of an electronic device
    Patent number: 10984649
    Abstract: An electronic device can output a priming cue prior to outputting an alert on the electronic device. A priming cue can be a haptic priming cue, a visual priming cue, an audio priming cue, or various combinations of these priming cues. The priming cue can be perceived by a user either consciously or subconsciously and can increase a user's perceptual state for the alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Camille Moussette, Hugo D. Verweij
  • Method of enhancing judgment of gas detector
    Patent number: 10969357
    Abstract: A method of enhancing judgment of a gas detector contains: dividing a voltage difference between an output signal voltage and an environmental detection voltage of the gas detector into several parts. Each of multiple detecting processes of the gas detector is captured by a microprocessor at the environmental detection voltage for ten times in each microsecond, and a predetermined detection time of each detecting process is 10 seconds. When the environmental detection voltage changes linearly, the predetermined detection time of each detecting process is shorten to 1/10 second/per time. After three successive detection processes change linearly, a warning device is started. Otherwise, the microprocessor compensates the output signal voltage and recovers the predetermined detection time when the environmental detection voltage changes so as to maintain the voltage difference at a certain value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Jing-Cheng Wei
  • Luggage tracking system
    Patent number: 10969499
    Abstract: A device, system, and method for tracking luggage in which the transmission of wireless signals by the device is turned off and on in response to sensor data, including the detection by a barometer of a decrease in atmospheric pressure of at least 13.8 kPa; lack of reception by a GPS receiver of a GPS signal and detection by an accelerometer and magnetometer of low frequency, low amplitude vibrations; and/or reception by a Bluetooth module of GPS coordinates transmitted by another luggage tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: PMF SPV LLC
    Inventor: William Naim
  • Fiber optic tamper switch
    Patent number: 10964181
    Abstract: A fiber optic tamper switch is disclosed, wherein a moveable member is moved to actuate the switch. The switch includes a component subassembly block and a cover. The switch includes a toggle arm extending through the cover, contacting the moveable member and configured to rotate when the moveable member is moved. The switch includes a fiber capture bar configured to receive a fiber optic cable and a fiber press bar coupled to the fiber capture bar configured to actuate upon the movement of the toggle arm and translate the fiber capture bar in a first direction, effecting a bend in the fiber optic cable. The fiber optic cable is configured to attenuate a light signal when bent. The switch includes a locking mechanism preventing the unbending of the fiber optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip A. Knight, Robert J. Hanlin
  • Confined space failsafe access system
    Patent number: 10957180
    Abstract: A method and safety device for use in accessing confined spaces that incorporates atmospheric safety monitoring and alarm annunciation into a physical access device/mechanism for the purpose of preventing the human confined space entrant from entering a confined space containing a hazardous atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Levine
  • Modular sensor architecture for soil and water analysis at various depths from the surface
    Patent number: 10955402
    Abstract: A method of analyzing soil using a modular sensor device. The modular sensor device including a sensor bus head, a sensor bus terminus, and a sensor rod in a stacked arrangement. The sensor rod disposed between the sensor bus head and the sensor bus terminus. The method including setting on an output pin of the sensor bus. The method further including, subsequent to setting the output pin of the sensor bus, detecting a transition on an input pin of the sensor rod, the output pin of the sensor bus and the input pin of the sensor rod being part of a daisy chain. The method further including, in response to detecting the transition at the input pin of the sensor rod, enabling bidirectional communication between the sensor rod and the sensor bus head over a communication bus electrically coupling the sensor bus head to the sensor rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: urban-gro, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammed Rana Basheer, Atul A. Patel
  • Transmitter for transmitting a secure access signal
    Patent number: 10949849
    Abstract: A transmitter (116) for transmitting a secure access signal to a system (117) for providing secure access to a controlled item (111) is disclosed. The access is dependent on information contained in the secure access signal. The transmitter (116) comprises a biometric sensor (121) for receiving a biometric signal and a processor (1005) for matching the biometric signal against members of a database (105) of biometric signatures. The transmitter (116) comprises enabling means (e.g., 127) for enabling an inductive circuit, based on the matching of the biometric signal, to transmit the secure access signal conveying the information to the system (117) upon the inductive circuit being placed within range of a radio frequency field emitted by the system (117).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Christopher John Burke
  • Traveling safety control system using ambient noise and control method thereof
    Patent number: 10943486
    Abstract: A traveling safety control system using ambient noise may include a microphone mounted in an operating vehicle and for receiving ambient noise; and a signal processing controller for comparing the ambient noise with vehicle noise characteristic data and determining traveling information related to a nearby vehicle through an artificial intelligence-based analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong-Chul Lee, In-Soo Jung