Patents Examined by Omeed Alizada
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Patent number: 12214925Abstract: A machine for forming a container from a blank of sheet material includes a frame and an identification tag applicator mounted to the frame. The blank includes a first surface that forms an interior surface of the container and a second surface that forms an exterior surface of the container. The identification tag applicator is configured to apply an identification tag to the first surface of the blank. The machine also includes a mandrel assembly mounted to the frame and located operationally downstream from the identification tag applicator. The mandrel assembly includes a mandrel having an external shape complimentary to an internal shape of at least a portion of the container. The machine also includes a lift assembly configured to lift the blank having the identification tag adhered thereto towards the mandrel and wrap the blank about the mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLCInventors: Amer Aganovic, Theodore Hammond, Craig William Buscema, John Philip Dwyer
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Patent number: 12207904Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide physiological movement detection, such as gesture, breathing, cardiac and/or gross motion, such as with sound, radio frequency and/or infrared generation, by electronic devices such as vehicular processing devices. The electronic device in a vehicle may, for example, be any of an audio entertainment system, a vehicle navigation system, and a semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle operations control system. One or more processors of the device, may detect physiological movement by controlling producing sensing signal(s) in a cabin of a vehicle housing the electronic device. The processor(s) control sensing, with a sensor, reflected signal(s) from the cabin. The processor(s) derive a physiological movement signal with the sensing signal and reflected signal and generate an output based on an evaluation of the derived physiological movement signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: ResMed Sensor Technologies LimitedInventors: Redmond Shouldice, Stephen Mcmahon
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Patent number: 12205447Abstract: The disclosed system can determine egress guidance during a building emergency using artificial intelligence (AI). The system can include sensors positioned throughout the building to detect building conditions and a computing system to determine egress guidance in the building. The computing system can perform operations including: receiving, from the sensors, information indicating the building conditions, detecting, based on processing the conditions, an emergency in the building, determining, based on applying AI techniques to the information, scenarios indicating potential spreads of the emergency, generating, based on the determined scenarios, egress guidance to assist users in safely egressing from the building. The egress guidance can include at least one egress strategy instructing the users to move along a pathway that avoids the emergency and the potential spreads of the emergency.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Tabor Mountain LLCInventor: Russell G. Derickson
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Patent number: 12193833Abstract: A multifunction device for improving sleep and methods of use are disclosed herein. The device can comprise an outer housing, a front panel, a front textile wrapped partially around the front panel, a plurality of LEDs within the outer housing, and an internal reflector coupled to the outer housing. The internal reflector can be configured to reflect light generated by the plurality of LEDs towards the front textile such that the light generated by the plurality of LEDs shines through the front panel and the front textile when a sleep-related program of the multifunction device is automatically initiated.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Hatch Baby, Inc.Inventors: Martin John Kay, Amanda Yim Amyx, Adam Reineck, Stuart Gregory Tyrrell, Jillian Locks, Catherine Coffman Hammill, Ann Crady Weiss, David Weiss
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Patent number: 12178600Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for monitoring and/or the sleep stage of an individual using one or more sensors, and methods of treating medical conditions related thereto (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea).Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHInventors: Brian Michael Shelton, Sahar Elyahoodayan
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Patent number: 12179775Abstract: Implementations claimed and described herein provide systems and methods for generating a driving behavior assessment using telematics data. The systems and methods use different types of telematics data generated via different data connections. Vehicle behavior telematics data is generated using a first type of connection with a vehicle (e.g., using an onboard diagnostics (OBD) device) and personal mobility telematics data is generated using a second type of connection via a mobile device associated with a vehicle operator. One or more driving attributes associated with the vehicle operator are determined by the system based on at least one of the vehicle behavior telematics data or the personal mobility telematics data. Scoring factors are calculated based on the one or more driving attributes. Furthermore, a policy level rate structure for an insurance policy can be generated based on the one or more scoring factors.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Melanie Clark
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Patent number: 12178206Abstract: Systems and methods of the invention generally relate to prolonging viability of bodily tissue, especially an organ such as a lung, by adjusting pressure as needed to maintain a constant pressure within the organ even during external pressure fluctuations due, for example, to transportation of the organ in an airplane. Gas passing into and out of the organ may be conditioned to prolong tissue viability.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Paragonix Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam Collette, Melanie Jessel, Lisa Maria Anderson
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Patent number: 12179657Abstract: A lamp device includes: an optical unit that is provided in a vehicle and irradiates light; a leveling unit configured to adjust an optical axis of the optical unit in a vertical direction; an object detection unit configured to detect an object around the vehicle to generate surrounding environment information; a driving condition determination unit configured to determine a driving condition of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control the leveling unit, in which the control unit determines a projection surface of the optical unit based on the surrounding environment information and the driving condition and controls a projection distance of light by the leveling unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chang Myung Ryu
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Patent number: 12172665Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a traveling state detector, an emotion determination processor, and a driving assistance processor. The traveling state detector is configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle. The emotion determination processor is configured to determine an emotion of an occupant of the vehicle. The driving assistance processor is configured to perform driving assistance control including one or both of information presentation to the occupant and traveling assistance control on the vehicle, in accordance with an output of one or both of the traveling state detector and the emotion determination processor. The emotion determination processor is configured to determine a driving unsuitable emotion by comparing, with a predetermined threshold, a difference between a reference value and a current value of a parameter indicating a physical state of the occupant, and to update the reference value at each driving cycle.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Isamu Nagasawa
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Patent number: 12175974Abstract: A method, performed by an electronic device, of controlling an external device using a sound signal includes: obtaining the sound signal generated based on a packaging material of the external device being unpacked; obtaining identification information of the external device and operation information about an operation between the electronic device and the external device based on the obtained sound signal; receiving an identification value of the external device from the external device based on the external device being turned on; establishing a communication connection with the external device based on the identification value of the external device received from the external device and the identification information obtained from the sound signal; and transmitting, through the communication connection, based on the operation information, to the external device, data for an operation of the external device.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Grzegorz Pawel Grzesiak, Radoslaw Czerski
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Patent number: 12162404Abstract: A system for creating vehicle lighting atmosphere of a vehicle is provided. The system includes ambient lighting including a plurality of lights configured for illuminating an interior of the vehicle or an exterior of the vehicle with a selectable light color. The system further includes a computerized vehicle lighting controller, including programming to monitor an input useful to select an ambient lighting theme, select an ambient lighting theme based upon the input, and generate a command to control the ambient lighting based upon the ambient lighting theme.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Srinath Pendikatla, Gary J. Rushton, Luke J. Popiel, Gaurav Talwar, Anthony J. Sumcad
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Patent number: 12161110Abstract: Systems and methods of the invention generally relate to prolonging viability of bodily tissue, especially an organ such as a lung, by adjusting pressure as needed to maintain a constant pressure within the organ even during external pressure fluctuations due, for example, to transportation of the organ in an airplane. Gas passing into and out of the organ may be conditioned to prolong tissue viability.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2024Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Paragonix Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Adam Collette, Melanie Jessel, Lisa Maria Anderson
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Patent number: 12149067Abstract: A set of packet-energy-transfer operating parameters is automatically configured to optimize safety, efficiency and/or resiliency in a digital-electricity power system. A set of limits is configured for packet-energy-transfer operation that does not immediately preclude safe operation of the transmission lines, wherein each limit in the set defines constraints for at least one of measurements and calculations based on impedance in series or in parallel with the transmission lines, operational efficiency of the digital-electricity power system, and/or voltage or current signal integrity. The operation of the transmission lines is measured, and the measurements are compared with the limits. Upon at least one of the limits being exceeded, a revised set of limits is automatically configured (or a new configuration is generated) based on which limit was exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: VoltServer, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan J. Casey
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Patent number: 12148276Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method for autocorrelation based security monitoring and detection is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes determining that input signal data transmitted to a white noise generator autocorrelates with itself at one or more time lags. The computer-implemented method further includes, responsive to determining that the input signal data transmitted to the white noise generator autocorrelates with itself at one or more time lags, determining whether an autocorrelation in the input signal data transmitted to the white noise generator matches one or more predetermined input signal data patterns associated with a known event or individual.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Matthew Doyle, Jeffrey N. Judd, Timothy J. Tofil, Matteo Cocchini, Stuart Brett Benefield, Samuel R. Connor, Andrew Corbett
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Patent number: 12142130Abstract: A technique is directed to methods and systems for outputting alerts on user interfaces. In some implementations, an alert system can identify devices connected to the alert interface and determine the user interface capabilities (e.g., audio, visual, or vibration) of each device. Upon receiving an alert of an emergency event, the alert system can determine the location of the user within a structure and select a device(s) nearby the user to transmit or display the notification of the emergency event to the user. The selected device can identify the emergency event and output the alert based upon the visual audible, or vibration user interface capabilities of the selected device.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.Inventor: Zane Eaton
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Patent number: 12136011Abstract: A container including an RFID module is provided that includes a base, a metal film, and a slit. The base has an insulating property. The metal film is on a first main surface of the base. The slit separates the metal film into a first metal region and a second metal region. The RFID module includes an RFIC element, a filter circuit configured to transmit a current due to an electromagnetic wave at a natural resonance frequency being a communication frequency to the RFIC element, and first and second electrodes to be connected to the filter circuit. The first electrode of the RFID module and the first metal region of the metal film are electrically connected to each other. The second electrode of the RFID module and the second metal region of the metal film are electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryohei Omori, Noboru Kato, Hirokazu Yazaki, Mikiko Saito
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Patent number: 12134316Abstract: A state of a driver is detected more quickly. A state detection device according to an embodiment is provided with a first solid-state imaging device provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the first solid-state imaging device that detects, according to a light amount incident on each of the pixels, occurrence of an event in the pixel, and a state detection unit that detects a state of a driver on the basis of the occurrence of the event detected by the first solid-state imaging device.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kei Nakagawa, Shin Kitano
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Patent number: 12131629Abstract: A wearable article incorporates a sensor device (10) which comprises a sensor module (101) and an input-output interface (105) arranged to send and receive data over a bidirectional line (11). A buffer (103) is arranged to store time-series sensor data. A programmable and erasable non-volatile memory (109) receives and stores an identifier for the sensor device (10). The sensor module (101) generates an inference using the sensor data. The sensor device (10) is arranged to switch between sending, over the bidirectional line (11), data sensed by the sensor module (101) and the generated inference. The sensor device (10) is a single-wire sensor device. The input-output interface (105) is a single-wire input-output interface. The sensor module (101) is a motion, electropotential, electroimpedance, chemical, or optical sensor module. The sensor device (10) is provided in a system comprising a master device.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Prevayl Innovations LimitedInventor: Michael John Lynch
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Patent number: 12123782Abstract: A temperature sensor device measures a temperature related to a transport cart system and wirelessly transmits the measured temperature. In the transport cart system a transport cart obtains electric power from the power supply line in a non-contact manner. The temperature sensor device includes an E-shaped core, a sensor body, and a temperature sensing substrate. The E-shaped core obtains electric power from the power supply line in a non-contact manner. The sensor body operates by electric power supplied by the E-shaped core and measures the temperature in the vicinity of the terminal block of the transport cart system. The temperature sensing substrate operates by electric power supplied by the E-shaped core and wirelessly transmits the temperature measured by the sensor body.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.Inventor: Naoki Nishioka
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Patent number: 12122406Abstract: An information display device includes a display unit configured to display information about an object such that the information about the object at least partially overlaps with forward view of a user, and a controller configured to control display of the display unit. The controller is configured to estimate or acquire a prospective moving direction of the object, acquire a sight-line frequency representing a frequency with which a sight-line of the user is directed to the object within a prescribed period, determine whether the sight-line frequency is equal to or more than a prescribed frequency threshold, and cause the display unit to display the prospective moving direction of the object at least on condition that the controller determines that the sight-line frequency is less than the frequency threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiaki Seo, Minoru Higuchi, Shinichi Murakami, Koji Dan, Ryo Iitaka, Takashi Adachi, Takaya Yamazaki, Aya Sasaki