Patents Examined by Naomi J Small
  • Patent number: 11011047
    Abstract: A system for automatically disarming an intrusion detection system protecting a premises and having at least an armed state of operation and a disarmed state of operation, the system for automatically disarming the intrusion detection system including an intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer operable for receiving an indication of activation of an armed state of operation of the intrusion detection system; and a registered mobile communicator proximity detector communicating with the intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer and operable, responsive to receiving the indication of activation of the armed state of operation by the intrusion detection system state of operation ascertainer for ascertaining at least a subset of a multiplicity of registered mobile communicators which are located in a vicinity of the premises during an activation time of the armed state of operation and for deactivating the subset of the multiplicity of registered mobile communicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TYCO Fire & Security GMBH
    Inventors: Shai Lifshitz, Daniel Rettig
  • Patent number: 10998091
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include systems for monitoring compliance of a patient with a patch dosage regimen and, where necessary, providing rapid, economical intervention when non-compliance is detected. In some instances, the systems include: a patch comprising an active agent and a patch tag; a reader configured to detect the patch tag; one or more processing devices; and a compliance determination module comprising a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, determine compliance information from data received from the reader. The compliance information includes data that may be employed to determine whether the patient is complying with the patch dosage regimen. Also provided methods of using the systems, e.g., to monitor patient compliance, as well as components of the systems, e.g., patches, readers, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Sandeep Patil
  • Patent number: 10988081
    Abstract: A vehicle notification system performs audio notification regarding a driving status of a vehicle that is capable of self-driving, for an occupant of the vehicle at a predetermined timing during self-driving. The vehicle notification system includes a position identification section that is configured to identify a current position of the vehicle. Based on a destination and the current position, notification that the driving status is conforming to a plan is performed at regular intervals, and notification that the driving status is not conforming to the plan is performed if the driving status is no longer conforming to the plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Ito, Kihiro Kato, Michio Ikeda, Shotaro Inoue
  • Patent number: 10991462
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a memory configured to store a program; and a processor configured to control one or more external apparatuses by executing the program. The program includes commands which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to identify the one or more external apparatuses communicable with and controllable by the mobile device, from a plurality of external apparatuses; provide apparatus information of the one or more external apparatuses, to a server; receive, from the server, control information for controlling the one or more external apparatuses for a user's intention; and transmit a control command to the one or more external apparatuses based on the received control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-woo Ko, Hang-sik Shin, Se-jun Park, Yang-wook Kim, Hae-in Chun, Jae-ho Jung
  • Patent number: 10971007
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a road condition information sharing method. The method includes: receiving, by a server, a road condition information request sent by a first terminal, where the road condition information request carries a road condition position of concern; determining, by the server, a second terminal according to the road condition position of concern, where the second terminal has a road condition recording capability, and a distance between the second terminal and the road condition position of concern is less than a preset threshold; and sending, by the server, a road condition sharing request to the second terminal, so that the second terminal shares a road condition according to the road condition position of concern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huimin Zhang, Kangmin Huang, Heng Liao, Rongdao Yu, Shanxi Chen
  • Patent number: 10967789
    Abstract: A safe driving assistance device includes a region setting section that sets a collision risk determination region used for determining presence or absence of a collision risk of a host vehicle, and a determination section that determines a collision risk between the host vehicle and another vehicle using a host vehicle collision risk determination region, another vehicle collision risk determination region, and environment data. The host vehicle collision risk determination region of the host vehicle is set based on travel data of the host vehicle, a vehicle specification of the host vehicle, and the environment data obtained by the host vehicle. The other vehicle collision risk determination region is obtained by a vehicle-to-vehicle communication device. The other vehicle collision risk determination region is the collision risk determination region of the other vehicle as a collision risk determination target with the host vehicle set by the other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiya Katou, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takeshi Ito
  • Patent number: 10960817
    Abstract: A vehicle automated audio reminder apparatus for reminding parents to check for children and pets when exiting a vehicle includes a housing defining a housing cavity. A front side of the housing has a speaker aperture and a button aperture each extending through to the housing cavity. A first and second engagement member couple the housing under a dash panel of a vehicle. A speaker is coupled to the housing within the speaker aperture and a microphone is coupled within the speaker. A record button is coupled within the button aperture. A digital recorder is coupled within the housing cavity to stores an audio message through the microphone when the record button is depressed and reproduce the audio message through the speaker when activated. A microprocessor activates the digital recorder when a door of the vehicle is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher Meyers
  • Patent number: 10966054
    Abstract: A guidance information providing system includes a plurality of mobile shop vehicles and a server device. Each mobile shop vehicle of the mobile shop vehicles includes first circuitry and the server device includes second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle and configured to send the location information on the mobile shop vehicle. The second circuitry is configured to acquire location information on the mobile shop vehicle, configured to generate map information indicating a layout of the plurality of mobile shop vehicles, and configured to output the map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Ikeda, Eiichi Ishii, Mitsugu Makita, Toru Yoshida, Gaku Itou
  • Patent number: 10957199
    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: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Warren Reaser
  • Patent number: 10950151
    Abstract: The intention is to present the Smart Screen for Citizen Communication to the market as a solution to the need for direct access to a series of goods and services that today require a high level of planning or that are difficult to access due to their high cost. For that purpose, the device comprises an LED screen with a series of accessories that together create a mass communication station that permits sharing of information and advertising and incorporates an audio-video system for citizen safety, Wi-Fi, an emergency light, and other services provided by the systems incorporated into the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: COLOR VISION S.A.
    Inventors: Jorge Sanchez Sanchez, Flor de Maria Montero Paniagua
  • Patent number: 10945651
    Abstract: An arousal level determination device, which determines an arousal level of a driver driving a vehicle, includes a detection part and a determination part. The detection part is configured to detect an amount of body movement indicating a magnitude of movement of a body of the driver. The determination part is configured to determine the arousal level of the driver. The determination part determines that the driver is in an initial stage of decline in the arousal level when the amount of body movement has a decreasing trend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Sawai
  • Patent number: 10940796
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward, a method that includes receiving a travel path for a robot in a facility, selecting one or more target projectors disposed along the travel path, and displaying, by the one or more target projectors, one or more visual markers along the travel path of the robot to communicate an intended movement of the robot. The one or more target projectors are selected from among a plurality of projectors disposed in the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Yesh, Anthony D'Amato, Shankar Narayan Mohan, Marty Smets
  • Patent number: 10939188
    Abstract: Internet of things (IoT) systems for intelligent gas meters and information transmission methods for IoT systems are disclosed. The IoT system for an intelligent gas meter includes an intelligent gas meter perception and control systems, a gas network communication system, and a gas company comprehensive gas management system. The intelligent gas meter perception and control systems include an intelligent gas meter perception unit and an intelligent gas meter control unit; the gas network communication system has a perception information communication system and a control information communication system; and the gas company comprehensive gas management system has a perception information management system and a control information management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zehua Shao
  • Patent number: 10930101
    Abstract: A Self-Service Terminal (SST) safe that includes a lock drive adapted and configured to i) operate inside the SST safe, ii) receive a wireless code sent from outside the SST safe, and iii) determine whether to lock or unlock the SST safe from inside the SST safe in response to the wireless code, and wherein the wireless code is cryptographically secured and authenticated prior to any unlock or lock operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander William Whytock, Brian Wotherspoon, Niraj Gopal
  • Patent number: 10928229
    Abstract: An apparatus has a housing with a fluid inlet in fluid communication with a fluid flow path, and a fluid outlet. The monitor includes a controllable valve and a diverter that accommodates different types of sensors. The housing includes a dry housing interior fluidly isolated from the fluid flow path. The monitor includes a power generator configured to generate a voltage when fluid flows through the fluid flow path and at least one sensor configured to measure at least one characteristic of a fluid flowing through the fluid flow path. The monitor includes a signal generator configured to transmit signals from the power generator and from the at least one sensor to a remote processor. The power generator is configured to power both the at least one sensor and the signal generator in response to fluid flow through the fluid flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ketos Inc.
    Inventors: Meena Sankaran, Mazhar N. Ali
  • Patent number: 10919537
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of monitoring data when the data is associated with at least one detected behavior of a first user, quantifying the at least one detected behavior into a first value, sending the first value to a first server and a second server, comparing the first value to a first threshold at the first server, comparing the first value to a second threshold at the second server, determining whether to increment a first score at the first server and a second score at the second server, when the first value is greater than one or more of the first threshold and the second threshold, and determining whether to decrement the first score at the first server and the second score at the second server, when the first value is less than one or more of the first threshold and the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Trent B. Bennett, Aghyad Saleh, Joshua C. Batie
  • Patent number: 10915098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an object controller capable of controlling a movement and a rotation of an object. The present invention provides an object controller capable of controlling a motion of an object, the object controller including: a main body; an operating unit which is in non-contact with the main body; and a control unit which controls a motion of the object based on a relative position of the operating unit to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventor: YooJung Hong
  • Patent number: 10894510
    Abstract: The vehicular brake messaging system is adapted for use with vehicles. Specifically, the vehicular brake messaging system provides for two signaling lamps that are installed in the electrical system of a vehicle. The two signaling lamps are configured to visually display courtesies initiated by the braking of the vehicle to the drivers of other vehicles. A first signaling lamp displays the phrase “Thank You”. The second signaling lamp displays the phrase the “U-Welcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Doreen Muir
  • Patent number: 10892051
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a product tracking system, including a tracking module adapted to be affixed to a wall or other mounting location adjacent a receptacle for receiving products therein. The tracking module is operable to track products as they are discarded in the receptacle. The tracking module also includes at least one of a product detector, a patient detector, and an adding module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LOGI D INC.
    Inventors: Richard Philippe, Anders Larsson
  • Patent number: 10882446
    Abstract: Disclosed is a graded early warning system for rollover of heavy-duty truck based on time-varying interactive Kalman filtering and early warning method thereof. The system includes an infrared speed measuring module, a gyroscope, a humidity signal acquisition sensor, a bluetooth data transmission module and a main control chip. The infrared speed measuring module, the gyroscope, the humidity signal acquisition sensor are respectively connected with input ends of the main control chip through control lines. A video output end of the main control chip is connected with a liquid crystal display through video signal line. The main control chip is wirelessly connected with a mobile phone through the bluetooth data transmission module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Henan Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Jingwei Guo, Lutian Li, Jiajun Zhan, Xin Qin, Zhongqi Xie, Haofei Guo, Fugen Lin, Chen Wang, Yi Cai, Yinan Chen, Shuang Ma, Yating Hu, Yanran Liu, Yaxing Zhai, Donghui Xie