Patents Examined by Naomi J Small
  • Patent number: 12384399
    Abstract: A floodwater risk assessment system for a vehicle includes one or more cameras oriented to collect image data of floodwater located along a roadway the vehicle is traveling along, a time-of-flight sensor system that directs a laser beam towards a plurality of target points disposed along the floodwater one or more controllers in electronic communication with the one or more cameras and the time-of-flight sensor system. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine a risk associated with crossing the floodwater at each of the plurality of target points located along the floodwater based on a flow speed of the floodwater and a floodwater depth. The one or more controllers generate a notification indicating the risk associated with crossing the floodwater at the plurality of target points located along the floodwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar Sharma, Joseph F. Szczerba
  • Patent number: 12371045
    Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes an outwardly headed state detection unit, a target accelerator operation amount setting unit, and an information presentation unit. The outwardly headed state detection unit makes a detection of an outwardly headed state in which the vehicle is cornering with a yaw rate and a slip angle of a vehicle body having a same sign. The target accelerator operation amount setting unit sets, in response to the detection of the outwardly headed state, a target accelerator operation amount so that a difference between a driving force on the front wheel caused by an output of the travel power source and an absolute value of a braking force on the front wheel caused by internal circulation torque of a transfer is reduced. The information presentation unit presents the driver with information regarding the target accelerator operation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyosuke Hirazumi
  • Patent number: 12371048
    Abstract: The information processing device includes a processor, and the processor inputs information on a course on which the vehicle travels, setup information on a setup of the vehicle, and feedback information from a driver driving the vehicle into a learned model, and proposes an optimal setup when the vehicle travels on the course based on an output from the learned model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Takeuchi, Kohei Shintani, Hisashi Matsuda, Daisuke Toyoda
  • Patent number: 12347254
    Abstract: A method of locating a lock box including: obtaining a saved location of the lock box using an application operated via a first cellular telephone, the saved location of the lock box being accurate within a first selected radius; displaying the saved location of the lock box on the first cellular telephone via the application; detecting a Bluetooth advertisement of the lock box using the first cellular telephone; determining a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the Bluetooth advertisement; determining a distance between the first cellular telephone and the lock box in response to the RSSI of the Bluetooth advertisement; and displaying a distance indicator depicting the distance between the first cellular telephone and the lock box on the first cellular telephone via the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Adam Cooper
  • Patent number: 12330552
    Abstract: A moving body is configured to perform autonomous operation. The moving body includes: a first body including at least one wheel and configured to travel by the at least one wheel; a second body attachable to and detachable from the first body; and a display circuit arranged to face an outer side of the first body. The display circuit is configured to display at least a first schematic pattern of a first eye and a second schematic pattern of a second eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishio, Masahiro Anezaki, Takanao Yano, Makoto Hinata, Kanji Muto, Naoki Usui
  • Patent number: 12327152
    Abstract: An example disclosed method for authenticating a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag includes receiving a first signal including a first transponder identifier associated with the RFID tag; receiving a second signal including a second transponder identifier, wherein the second transponder identifier is associated with a different transponder than the first transponder identifier; and determining, with circuitry, whether the second transponder identifier is associated with the RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Michael K. Fein
  • Patent number: 12325428
    Abstract: A method of monitoring passenger health and comfort onboard a vehicle, including: transmitting a request to connect to a user device associated with a passenger on the vehicle; receiving a connection confirmation from the user device; obtaining, from one or more sensors associated with the user device, passenger health data; receiving from one or more other sensors onboard the vehicle, environmental data; generating, based on the passenger health data and the environmental data, an indicator value for each of a plurality of parameters; determining whether the indicator value for any of the plurality of parameters has reached a threshold value; generating, responsive to determining that the indicator value has reached the threshold value for any of the plurality of parameters, a recommended action; and automatically transmitting the recommended action to a designated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Shafi Merchant, Murali Kusuma, Sreenivas Venkataramappa, R Jagadeesh Uma Shankar
  • Patent number: 12322273
    Abstract: A user wearable monitoring device for improved personal security includes a band, a clasp configured for moving between an open position and a closed position, a removable chip coupled to the band, and a digital locking mechanism configured for monitoring detachment. A method of digitally locking the device includes receiving a signal from a user input device and rotating contact sensors into a locked position in response to the signal. A method of unlocking the device may include receiving a second signal from the user input device, or receiving input from the contact sensors, and rotating the contact sensors into an unlocked position. In this manner, the digital locking mechanism is configured for recognizing unauthorized detachment of the device from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: WC Ideal Products, LLC
    Inventor: Rachel Cardis
  • Patent number: 12293664
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of parking a transport in an initial space, determining an average time of an event attended by at least one occupant associated with the transport, moving the transport to at least one other space when an elapsed time of the event is less than the average time and when the at least one other space is available and closer to an event location than the initial space, and moving the transport to a final space when the event is completed, and the final space is a location of a device associated with the at least one occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Warren Reaser
  • Patent number: 12290365
    Abstract: A health and safety monitoring and alert system includes a main system and a detection system. The main system includes a processor, a storage medium, and a visualization system. The detection system is configured to detect health and safety information relating to occupants in a space and communicate the detected health and safety information with the main system by a network connection. The visualization system includes a display interface, and the display interface is configured to represent the health and safety information by at least one of using symbols, numbers, or colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: TRITON SENSORS, LLC
    Inventors: Lance Parthemore, Garrison Parthemore, Jack Guerrisi, Mauricio Solis, William Wendin
  • Patent number: 12288458
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods are described herein for an emergency management and response system for an airport. These systems and methods utilize a network of devices that can be configured to automatically receive an alert from a control tower or dispatch based on selected criteria about an emergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Westnet LLC
    Inventor: Richard Matheny
  • Patent number: 12288432
    Abstract: A method and system that allows authorized individuals access into controlled access locations and the ability to grant temporary and limited access to guests into these locations. The method and system allow for navigational services to be provided to members and guests, and real-time tracking and confirmation to members and administrators that guests have arrived at their destination and did not enter any unauthorized areas. The method preferably can work through a system of wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons communicating with member and guest's electronic devices. Members and administrators can send one or more temporary electronic access keys to a guest's smartphone or other electronic device. Wireless radio, sound and/or light-based beacons provide an access control and location tracking system with real-time data about the member and guest whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: COLLATERAL OPPORTUNITIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Howard Kusens, Michael Kusens
  • Patent number: 12286107
    Abstract: A computer generates an accident risk definition model to estimate a probability of hazard occurrence as an accident risk by inputting first in-vehicle sensor data collected in the past and hazard occurrence data having information on hazard occurrence from the first in-vehicle sensor data preset therein, generates accident risk estimation data by inputting second in-vehicle sensor data collected in the past to the accident risk definition model and estimating the probability of the hazard occurrence, generates an accident risk prediction model to predict the accident risk after a predetermined time by inputting first biological index data corresponding to the second in-vehicle sensor data and the accident risk estimation data, calculates second biological index data from second biological sensor data by acquiring the second biological sensor data of a driver, and predicts the accident risk after the predetermined time by inputting second biological index data to the accident risk prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LOGISTEED, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tanaka, Shunsuke Minusa, Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Daichi Ojiro, Kiminori Sato
  • Patent number: 12280792
    Abstract: A safety driving detection and auxiliary system comprises a physiological sensing module, an alcohol detection module, a warning device and a computing device. The physiological sensing module is configured to obtain at least one piece of physiological information of a driver. The alcohol detection module is configured to detect an alcohol concentration of the driver. The warning device is configured to generate a warning signal. The computing device is connected to the physiological sensing module, the alcohol detection module and the warning device, and is configured to determine whether to actuate a vehicle controller according to the alcohol concentration of the driver, obtain a vehicle speed information from the vehicle controller, and actuate the warning device or/and control the vehicle controller at least according to the at least one piece of physiological information and the vehicle speed information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ting Kai Chen, Chao Yuan Yu, Jung-Pin Wang, Che-Yu Lin, Tai-Yu Chiang
  • Patent number: 12271524
    Abstract: A brain-computer aided analysis method for an aviation accident is provided. The method includes the steps of obtaining historical electroencephalogram (EEG) signals and historical psychological and physiological features of various pilots during flight to be recorded as first EEG signals and first features; training a feature recognition model by using the first EEG signals as an input and the first features as an output; inputting EEG signals of a pilot of an aviation accident aircraft into the feature recognition model, and outputting psychological and physiological features of the pilot of the aviation accident aircraft to be recorded as second features; determining whether the second features are abnormal or not according to the historical psychological and physiological features of the pilot of the aviation accident aircraft and the first features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Inventors: Qijun Zhao, Xu Zhou, Binwu Ren, Xiayang Zhang, Daoqiang Zhang, Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 12258024
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for vehicle driving assistance systems that support image processing for vehicular monitoring operations. In a first aspect, a method of monitoring includes receiving first image data from a first camera oriented in a first direction with a first field of view facing a user; receiving second image data from a second camera oriented in a second direction different from the first direction, the second camera having a second field of view corresponding to a field of view of the user; determining a set of regions of interest based on the second image data; determining a gaze direction of the user based on the first image data; and determining an attentiveness score based on correspondence between the set of regions of interest and the gaze direction. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gustav Nils Ture Persson, Per Cronvall
  • Patent number: 12251227
    Abstract: An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device with artificial intelligence is disclosed herein. The emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device incorporates electrical conducting materials and elastic material into a pad that is applied to a chest wall of a patient, which places multiple electrodes in the appropriate anatomic locations on the patient to quickly obtain an ECG in a pre-hospital setting. The AI program continuously runs EKGs to continuously monitor a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CB Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Christian McClung, Stephen Dunphy
  • Patent number: 12234674
    Abstract: A first exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a door lock control apparatus (10) including an on-site image acquisition unit (11) that acquires an on-site image generated by a camera for capturing a site where a reserved vehicle is present, an on-site sensing unit (12) that senses that a reserving person is present on the site, based on the on-site image, and a release command output unit (13) that outputs, when it is sensed that the reserving person is present on the site, a command of releasing a door lock of the reserved vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuki Akutsu, Atsushi Fukuzato, Daisuke Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12227037
    Abstract: The invention concerns an RFID sensor device (1, 2, 3) for tires, designed to be embedded/integrated, at least partially, in/into, or applied to, a tire (4) and comprising a patch-type antenna that includes a multilayer structure comprising: a bottom ground plane (10, 20, 30); an intermediate dielectric substrate (11, 21, 31) arranged on the bottom ground plane (10, 20, 30); and one or more top conductive patches (12, 13, 22, 32) arranged on the intermediate dielectric substrate (11, 21, 31) and covering partially or completely said intermediate dielectric substrate (11, 21, 31), wherein said bottom ground plane (10, 20, 30) and said one or more top conductive patches (12, 13, 22, 32) are short-circuited or capacitively coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe NV/SA
    Inventors: Maria Cristina Caccami, Gaetano Marrocco, Cecilia Occhiuzzi, Sara Amendola, Nicola D'Uva
  • Patent number: 12222231
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for water metering are disclosed. In one aspect, sensor data can be received from a flexible sensing device fitted to medium that includes a restricted area through which fluid can move over a period of time. At least one of a level of vibration of the medium or a level of audio energy from the medium in the period of time is identified. A flow rate of fluid moving through the restricted area of the medium is determined. An event at a property that receives at least a portion of the fluid moving through the restricted area of the medium is determined. A notification indicating the event at the property is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Vaughn Realty Ventures LLC
    Inventors: William J. Raduchel, Bradley Moser Vaughn