Patents Examined by Nam V Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12103493
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a controller and a first fob, wherein the controller is configured to control a first communicator of the vehicle to transmit a deactivation signal to the first fob based on the first fob being detected in the vehicle after locking the vehicle, and the first fob that includes a second communicator communicating with the first communicator and is configured to control the second communicator to switch at least one predetermined communication function to an inactive state based on the reception of the deactivation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Minhwan Nam
  • Patent number: 12106610
    Abstract: A vehicle log transmission device includes: an anomaly detector that obtains a vehicle log from at least one electronic control unit, detects an anomaly based on log information in the vehicle log, and extracts log information in which the anomaly is detected as an anomaly log; an anomaly notifier that transmits the anomaly log to a server; a change instructor that, based on a vehicle state extracted from the vehicle log, transmits, to the at least one electronic control unit, a change instruction to change a save priority level of the log information included in the vehicle log; and a vehicle log request responder that, when a vehicle log request is received, obtains the vehicle log including log information saved based on the save priority level changed in response to the change instruction, and transmits the vehicle log obtained to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Ryo Hirano, Takeshi Kishikawa, Yoshihiro Ujiie, Tomoyuki Haga
  • Patent number: 12092717
    Abstract: A system and method for ranging secured by feedback of one or more channel metrics. The method may include: receiving, by a first modem, a first training signal, from a second modem; generating, by the first modem, a first estimate of a channel metric, based on the first training signal; receiving, by the first modem, from the second modem, a second estimate of the channel metric; determining, by the first modem, that the first estimate of the channel metric and the second estimate of the channel metric do not meet a similarity criterion; and denying, by the first modem, access to a resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Erik David Lindskog
  • Patent number: 12087112
    Abstract: An access control system and a method for operating an access control system are provided. The access control system includes an access control device. The method provides a step for initiating the transmission of the advertising signal by a communication module of the access control device, the advertising signal being received by a mobile device. The method provides a step for automatically receiving an access credential from the mobile device to the communication module of the access control device. The method provides a step for comparing, in an authentication module, the access credential with an authorized access credential (e.g., stored in a memory of the access control device).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam Kuenzi, Adam Cooper, Jonah J. Harkema
  • Patent number: 12068081
    Abstract: A health service system for caring for the health of a patient. In one example, the health service system operates to present media content in association with a telehealth consultation. The health service system generates a virtual waiting room for display on a patient device, which presents a media content presentation. After the media content presentation has concluded, the health service system facilitates the telehealth consultation between a patient and a care provider. In some configurations the health service system further includes at least one hub care facility. The hub care facility includes a locked door with a scanner that unlocks the locked door upon scanning a time sensitive door unlock code; and a locked medication locker with a scanner that unlocks the locked medication locker upon scanning a medication locker unlock code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hawaikiki Telehealth, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Trpkovski, Paul Trpkovski
  • Patent number: 12067825
    Abstract: An amusement park access control system includes an amusement park area having an entrance. A unified access control device is positioned at the entrance and is configured to control guest access into the amusement park area. The unified access control device includes sensor modules and an access control module physically connected to one another to form a unified structure. The sensor modules scan the entrance to determine guest identification data. An access control computer system is communicatively coupled to the unified access control device and includes databases storing guest enrollment data and entitlement data associated with the guest enrollment data. The unified access control device identifies entitlements associated with the guest identification data based on a comparison between the guest identification data, the guest enrollment data, and the entitlement data, and controls guest access through the entrance based on the identified entitlements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Brett J. Conroy, Kyle P. Hanley, Bonnie J. Spivey, Mark J. Traynor
  • Patent number: 12063221
    Abstract: Systems and methods for activating an interface device for use at a premises are described. An interface device may be activated for a security system at the premises. The interface device may communicate with a remote server to request activation. The remote server may also be in communication with a user device. A correspondence of a first address of the interface device and a second address of the user device may be used to authorize the interface device for activation. The interface device may receive an activation message and begin communicating with and controlling a security system and other devices at the premises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: iControl Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Bryan, Jim Kitchen, Weston Boyd
  • Patent number: 12063318
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture provide for an injection management platform that allows the verification and management of injection event transactions involving injectors equipped with NFC or RFID chips utilizing a distributed and secure technology such as blockchain. An injection event transaction ledger allows for digital receipts of injection event transactions to be securely verified and updated. In accordance with some embodiments, injectors may comprise blow-fill-seal (BFS) injectors that are pre-filled with a single dose of a fluid agent comprising a vaccine or medicament, allowing for tracking of individual doses of the fluid agent via the injection event transaction ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Inventors: Jay S. Walker, Timothy Scott Case, Lindsey Walker, Isra Elmahdi, Daniel Curaca Malito, Kristen Marie Hannon
  • Patent number: 12056973
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus, a reading system, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of appropriately managing the carrying-in or the carrying-out of an article. An information processing apparatus (1) includes a flow line specification unit (2) that specifies a flow line of a movement of an object in a predetermined first area of a gate on an entrance side of the gate, and a reading control unit (3) that performs control so that reading processing of an RFID tag near the gate is started when the specified flow line corresponds to a predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuura
  • Patent number: 12056556
    Abstract: An image forming device capable of reducing resources related to destruction of a wireless tag is provided. The image forming device according to the present embodiment includes a reader and writer, a fixing unit, a determination unit, and a control unit. The reader and writer reads information from the wireless tag. The fixing unit heats and conveys a sheet having the wireless tag. The determination unit determines a defect of the wireless tag based on a reading result of the reader and writer. If the determination unit determines that the wireless tag is defective, the control unit controls the fixing unit to increase an amount of heat applied to the wireless tag such that information cannot be read from the wireless tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 12046097
    Abstract: A wireless communication system is mounted on a moving body, and includes a wireless communication unit, a terminal identification (ID) reader, an operation receiver, a moving body state detector, a communication permission list, and a controller. The wireless communication unit transmits and receives information to and from the wireless terminal. The terminal ID reader reads, from the wireless terminal, ID information that identifies the wireless terminal. The operation receiver receives a specific operation from a user. The moving body state detector detects an operation state of the moving body. The communication permission list stores the ID information of a wireless terminal that is permitted to communicate with the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yumiko Nakayama, Yusuke Toyofuku, Yusuke Kushiki
  • Patent number: 12037731
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a communication interface for wireless communication with a dryer; a user interface configured to receive a user's control input related to the dryer, and to output information related to the dryer; and at least one processor configured to determine whether a front surface of the dryer faces in a same direction as a front surface of the washing machine, and when it is determined that the front surface of the dryer faces in the same direction as the front surface of the washing machine, receive the user's control input related to the dryer through the user interface and transmit, to the dryer, a control command corresponding to the user's control input related to the dryer through the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyojeong Lee, Kyusik Kim, Mikyoung Kim, Hyemin Cha, Dockjo Yang
  • Patent number: 12033021
    Abstract: Systems and methods to determine motion parameters of physical objects using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags attached to the objects. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes determining a motion parameter of the RFID tag based on detecting a Doppler frequency shift in a radio frequency signal received from the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 12027001
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic access control system includes an electronic key, an electronic lock, and an access control administration program. The electronic key can include program code for switching between a lock mode and a computer mode. In some embodiments, the lock mode and computer mode allow for simplified administration and operation of the access control system. Some embodiments of the electronic key include a rechargeable battery. In some embodiments, the access control system includes a hybrid power supply system having a rechargeable battery and a generator. In some embodiments, the electronic lock includes a piezoelectric latch. In some embodiments, the electronic key is configured to act as a storage device for a computer system. Some embodiments provide an electronic access control system with a streamlined user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: LockFOB, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Paul Kirkjan
  • Patent number: 12025678
    Abstract: A controller transmits a message on a channel at a time the channel is predicted to be unoccupied according to a time ordered series of symbols. Each of the symbols represents a group of discrete time durations during which the channel has been occupied by a periodic signal and a corresponding feature of the periodic signal during the discrete time durations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush
  • Patent number: 12020561
    Abstract: A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a load control device. The remote control device may include a base portion and a rotating portion supported by the base portion so as to be rotatable about the base portion. The remote control device may include a control circuit, a wireless communication circuit, and a rotary encoder circuit. The rotary encoder circuit may be configured to translate a force applied to the rotating portion into input signals, and to operate as an antenna of the remote control device. The rotary encoder circuit may be configured to provide the input signals to the control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to translate the one or more input signals into control signals for transmission to the load control device via the wireless communication circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Chris Dimberg, Matthew Philip McDonald
  • Patent number: 12014589
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a transmission of electrical signals (11) by a proximity remote (10) to a receiver (22) for regulating a remote access to premises of a vehicle. The proximity remote (10) is configured to be powered by a battery (19) mounted therein on first and second battery base contacts (24, 25). The system includes: a internal control device (20) insertable within the proximity remote (10) and connectable to the first and second battery base contacts (24, 25); first and second conductors (27) connectable to the control device (20) at respective first and second contacts thereof for controlling a power supplied to the proximity remote (10); and a power supply control device (28) connectable to the first and second connectors (27) for controlling the power supplied to the proximity remote (10), thereby respectively permitting and inhibiting the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: FORTIN SYSTÈMES ÉLECTRONIQUES
    Inventors: Martin Tessier, Duc Minh Cong Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11995929
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to support scheduled access control for an electronic lock are described herein. An initiating central wireless device obtains an ephemeral identity resolving key (IRK) to use in resolving an ephemeral resolvable private address (RPA) of a peripheral wireless device. The initiating central wireless device can subsequently connect securely to the peripheral wireless device in order to unlock an electronic lock controlled by the peripheral wireless device to gain access during a scheduled time period. The ephemeral IRK and ephemeral RPA can be used for a limited period of time and/or for a predetermined number of usages during the scheduled time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lochan Verma, Arun Yadav, Joachim S. Hammerschmidt, Ayman F. Naguib, Su Khiong Yong, Yann Ly-Gagnon
  • Patent number: 11983978
    Abstract: A pet door is described herein comprising a motor for locking and unlocking a pet flap of a pet door, wherein the pet flap is rotatably attached to an upper portion of the pet door. The pet door includes a first motion detector for monitoring movement in a first detection region and a second motion detector for monitoring movement in a second detection region, wherein the pet flap of the pet door occupies a plane separating the first detection region from the second detection region when the pet flap is in a locked position. One or more applications running on at least one processor of the pet door are configured to receive a first motion signal from the first motion detector indicating movement of a pet in the first detection region, the receiving the first motion signal including activating an access sequence controlling ingress or egress of a pet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Radio Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Brush, Cody Stricklin, Jason Graves, Romina Rivadeneira, Andrew Geouque, Robert Gintz
  • Patent number: 11983974
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for secure location and device access utilizing an ultra-wideband signal of a user device and a system device. The invention generally comprises determining that a user has entered a secure environment, wherein the secure environment comprises a safe-deposit box associated with the user, automatically generating a digital authentication key in response determining that the user has entered the secure environment, verifying the digital authentication key as being linked to the user, and transmitting instructions to a safe-deposit box to unlock and provide access during the scheduled session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Puneetha Polasa, Hope Barus, Sandeep Kumar Chauhan, Ana Morales, Sandra Ogden, Lee Ann Proud