Patents Examined by Muhammad Shafi
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Patent number: 12723460Abstract: An electric side door drive assembly for a vehicle having a length-adjustable electric actuator to bring about opening and closing of the side door, and a door movement sensor unit designed to detect stopping and a current position of the side door during opening or closing of the side door. In the event of stopping of the side door detected by the door movement sensor unit, a controller determines, on the basis of side door position data provided by the door movement sensor unit, a necessary current strength which is to be supplied to the electric motor to hold the side door in its current position, and to deliver the necessary current strength to the motor of the actuator for a holding operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2024Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: STABILUS GMBHInventors: Andreas Ritter, Bernd Rosenstein, Tim Bartsch, Peter Oster, Viola Schneider, Henri Becker
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Patent number: 12713996Abstract: A control method is provided for agricultural or industrial operating machine having a drive unit provided with elements that allow autonomous movement of the machine and a tool couplable to the drive unit by connection and support elements. The method includes storing data characterizing the type of tool and its technical features in an RFID unit; stably arranging the RFID unit on the tool; prearranging, on the machine, a RFID reader for reading the RFID unit; connecting the tool to the machine; automatically establishing a short-range wireless connection between the RFID reader and the RFID unit to recognize a correct coupling of the tool and send data characterizing the type of tool installed and its technical features towards the RFID reader; and setting up settings of operating units of the machine based on the values of the characterizing data. The operating units provide mechanical or hydraulic power to actuate moving parts of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: MDB TECHNOLOGY SRLInventor: Marco Di Biase
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Patent number: 12715560Abstract: A method, system and product comprising: obtaining location-reporting signals of a vessel indicating that the vessel was located at a first geographical position prior to a shutdown event and at a second geographical position after the shutdown event; determining a distance between the first and second geographical positions; determining an estimated time to travel the distance based on the location-reporting signals; comparing the estimated time to the duration of the shutdown event, to determine whether the vessel had sufficient time to perform a dark activity that is associated with a maritime event; generating a potential travel path from the first geographical position to the second geographical position, wherein the potential travel path comprises the maritime event; obtaining images that correspond to the duration of the shutdown event and to the potential travel path; and verifying that the maritime event occurred based on an analysis of the images.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: WINDWARD LTD.Inventors: Ido Sovran, Hannah Danan Moise, Noam Biberman
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Patent number: 12720018Abstract: Systems and methods directed to autonomous monitoring by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. A system may include a UAV including a camera configured to capture a stream of images of a scene. The system further includes one or more logic devices configured to control an automatic flight of the UAV to capture the stream of images based on a flight mode selected by a user. The one or more logic devices are further configured to detect a monitoring event in the stream of images. The one or more logic devices are further configured to provide a notification to the user based on the detected monitoring event. The UAV may include at least one of the logic devices. Additional systems and related methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems ULCInventors: Marco P. Pedrosa, Spencer Quin, Richard Cunha
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Patent number: 12709875Abstract: A wear component assembly can include an adapter having rearwardly extending bifurcated legs and a wear cap secured external to a leg with a fastener, the fastener extending laterally through the leg. Another wear component assembly can include a wear cap secured external to an adapter leg with a fastener, in which contact between the fastener and a recess formed in the wear cap limits rearward movement of the wear cap relative to the adapter. A wear cap can include a body configured to overlie at least a portion of an adapter leg, a tab at a rear end of the body, the rear tab having a recess formed therein and extending laterally across the tab and facing rearward, and another tab at a forward end of the body, the forward tab having another recess configured to receive a portion of the adapter therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2023Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: BLACK CAT WEAR PARTS, LTD.Inventor: John A. Ruvang
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Patent number: 12710761Abstract: An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication interface, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory. The one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to obtain a 2-dimensional (2D) map of an indoor space generated based on sensing data, and traveling data obtained by at least one external device, simplify the obtained 2D map, based on the traveling data, and generate a 3-dimensional (3D) map, based on the simplified 2D map.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2024Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seongoh Lee, Youngmin Kwak
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Patent number: 12710009Abstract: A hybrid-electric genset includes a direct current (DC) bus, an engine, and an electric generator configured to receive mechanical power from the engine and generate first alternating current (AC) power. The hybrid-electric genset further includes an inverter configured to convert the first AC power to DC power and output the DC power to the DC bus. The hybrid-electric genset further includes a controller configured to control the engine to increase or decrease the AC power output by the electric generator. The DC bus is configured to attach to at least one battery pack or supercapacitor. The at least one battery pack or supercapacitor is configured to maintain a nominal voltage of the DC bus approximately at a nominal battery pack voltage of the at least one battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: VerdeGo Aero, Inc.Inventors: David N. Spitzer, Mark Ricklick, Richard Pat Anderson, Eric Richard Bartsch
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Patent number: 12709933Abstract: The proposed innovative vehicle door protection system uses one radar sensor per vehicle side for door protection purposes, not being mounted on the vehicle door. They have a 180-degree field of view, and a specific radiation diagram in the elevation plane, pointed in the elevation at an angle larger than 60 degrees. Said proposed system executes related radar processing of the radar point cloud data on the sensing module, without utilizing domain controllers or a central processing unit, while still performing AI processing. Also, said proposed system is advantageously used for radar-based gestures control, supporting hand movements, and/or leg movements.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2024Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: NOVELIC DOO BEOGRAD—ZVEZDARAInventors: Veselin Branković, Nenad Simic, Veljko Mihajlović, Darko Tasovac
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Patent number: 12704387Abstract: An electronic device and a method of operating the same are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2024Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Youngjun Seo
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Patent number: 12691890Abstract: In a management apparatus, a mobile-body control system has an instruction unit that transmits a command of making a vehicle move to a waiting state from automatic driving; in the case where a state-transition determination unit determines that a state of the vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition and the vehicle receives the foregoing command from the management apparatus, the vehicle is made to move to the waiting state by a state-transition execution unit, so that loss in the function of a battery is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomokazu Saito, Yuta Wada
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Patent number: 12693685Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for tracking a moving target and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method includes: identifying and locking a moving target; and adjusting a moving state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and/or parameters of the photographing device according to a moving state of the moving target, so that the moving target is always located on a display screen of a control terminal. A method and an apparatus for tracking a moving target and an unmanned aerial vehicle provided in the disclosure can adjust the moving state of the unmanned aerial vehicle and/or the parameters of the photographing device in real time according to the moving state of the moving target and can ensure that the moving target in a preset size is always located on the display screen of the control terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Xin Huang, Yuanyuan Du
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Patent number: 12679184Abstract: A door tilting system for a slidable vehicle door, and a method for adjusting a door tilting system, where the door tilting system forms part of a pivoting joint between the vehicle door and a movable arm structure connecting the vehicle door to a vehicle body structure. The door tilting system includes an inner socket and an outer socket, where the inner socket is arranged inside the outer socket and rotatably arranged relative to the outer socket. The inner socket includes a receiving opening configured for receiving a fastening device. The receiving opening has an elongated configuration, and the receiving opening is extending in a first direction along a first axis through the inner socket. The door tilting system is configured for changing the first direction of the receiving opening relative to the outer socket upon rotational displacement of the inner socket relative to the outer socket.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2024Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignees: Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaj Andersson, Fredrik Wallander
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Patent number: 12673768Abstract: In various embodiments, a motor controller includes a rotor strike detector and a drive and control unit. The motor controller generates a plurality of phase-shifted sinusoidal signals. The rotor strike detector detects a rotor strike including by comparing a commanded control signal and an adaptive control signal. The adaptive control signal is associated with controlling the rotor and includes the phase-shifted sinusoidal signals. A rotor strike is detected based on a change in a plurality of sinusoidal signals. The drive and control unit, in response to detecting that the aircraft is above a threshold altitude and detecting the rotor strike, sets a value of the adaptive control signal to keep the aircraft airborne, and reduces a striking force applied to an object being struck by the rotor including by prioritizing the keeping the aircraft airborne over the reducing the striking force applied to the object being struck by the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2024Date of Patent: July 7, 2026Assignee: Kitty Hawk CorporationInventor: Christopher Scott Saunders
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Patent number: 12668371Abstract: A turbomachine monitoring and control system includes a temperature sensor configured to measure temperature of a turbomachine disposed onboard a vehicle, a vibration sensor configured to measure vibration of the turbomachine, and a controller including one or more processors. The controller is configured to receive and analyze temperature data generated by the temperature sensor and vibration data generated by the vibration sensor. The controller is further configured to determine a health condition of the turbomachine based on the analysis.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2023Date of Patent: June 30, 2026Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Mohamed Elbibary, Daniel Merle Newman
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Patent number: 12662083Abstract: Autonomous vehicle methods and systems are described herein for communicating with an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to remotely control operation of the vehicle, to detect and remove unauthorized passengers, to deliver loads, to receive registration information for the vehicle, to provide accessibility information to the vehicle, and/or to receive sensor or other environmental data to integrate with an electronic game or other extended reality experience.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2024Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Ryan Gammelgard, Justin Davis
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Patent number: 12651532Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing the efficiency of vehicle platooning systems are described. In one aspect, drivers are more likely to enjoy a system if it begins platooning as desired and does not accidently end platoons. When a certain amount of data packets sent between vehicles are dropped, systems typically will either not engage in a platoon or end a current platoon. When a platoon has a very small gap between vehicles, the platoon should end—or not start, when a certain amount of packets are dropped. However, if a gap is large enough to provide a driver with more time to react, a system may accept a greater amount of dropped packets before it refuses to start a platoon or causes the end of a platoon.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2023Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: Peloton Technology, Inc.Inventors: Colleen Twitty, Evan Nakano, Stephen Erlien, Joshua Switkes
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Patent number: 12630055Abstract: In a method and apparatus for battery conditioning of an eco-friendly vehicle, the battery conditioning method includes: comparing a charging completion expected temperature, which is a temperature of a battery provided in the vehicle expected at a point in time when fast charging is to be completed, and a high-power driving target temperature, which is a target temperature of the battery required at a point in time when high-power driving is to begin, upon identifying that the high-power driving is to be performed within a preset time period from a point in time when the fast charging of the battery is completed; and cooling the battery in a first cooling mode during the fast charging, upon concluding that the charging completion expected temperature is higher than the high-power driving target temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2024Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Soo Yang Jin
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Patent number: 12630014Abstract: A side window display system on vehicles is provided. The side window display system on vehicles includes a transparent display, at least one external sensor, at least one internal sensor and a controller. The transparent display is provided on a side window of a vehicle. The external sensor is used to detect an external environment of the vehicle to provide external environment information. The internal sensor is used to detect an internal environment of the vehicle to provide internal environment information. The controller is coupled to the transparent display, the external sensor, and the internal sensor to select an operation mode based on the internal environment information, and controls the transparency distribution and brightness distribution of the transparent display based on the operation mode and the external environment information.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: AUO CorporationInventors: Yu-Chi Chen, Chi-Yu Liu, Chia-Sheng Cheng
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Patent number: 12624954Abstract: A method for predicting a success rate of lane changing by a vehicle, including obtaining lane-group data of the plurality of lane groups, determining feature sets respectively corresponding to a plurality of lane lines of the traveling road, removing a feature subset in the plurality of feature subsets that meets a first preset condition from a feature set corresponding to the feature subset to obtain a remaining feature set, determining a current position offset of a traveling position of the vehicle in the plurality of lane groups during traveling of the vehicle, determining a target position offset of a preset target position of the vehicle in the plurality of lane groups, and predicting a success rate of changing from the first lane to the second lane by the vehicle based on the current position offset, the target position offset, the remaining feature set, and traveling information of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited.Inventor: Ning Xiao
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Patent number: 12617438Abstract: A system including a plurality of vehicles, each having disposed onboard a location device, a communication device, a control system, and an energy storage device. Thea control system may determine vehicle locations of one or more vehicles of the plurality of vehicles and states of charge of the energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles. The control system may communicate with the communication devices of the one or more vehicles and may direct which of one or more vehicles are to couple with each other, and thereby be powered by electric energy stored in the energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles directed to couple. The control system may direct which of the one or more vehicles are to couple with and be powered by the electric energy of the energy storage devices based on one or more of: the vehicle locations and the states of charge of the vehicle energy storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2024Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Jared Klineman Cooper, Samuel William Golden, Robert James Foy, David Michael Peltz, Nathan Thomas North, Milan Karunaratne, Anthony D. Paul, Gregory Wright, William Carnegie, Daniel McNair