Patents Examined by Qutbuddin Ghulamali
  • Patent number: 10855505
    Abstract: An encoder architecture for UF-OFDM is provided, in which samples are first processed sub-band wise, and then resorted for sub-carrier-wise processing. The sub-carrier processing may comprise separate processing for the two extremity parts of the base band signal corresponding to the transient state of the UF-OFDM data stream and for a core part of the base band signal corresponding to the non-transient state of the UF-OFDM data stream, and then concatenated to obtain a UF-OFDM data stream. In certain embodiments a first extremity part of the base band signal corresponding to the transient state of the UF-OFDM data stream is calculated directly, and the other extremity part inferred from the core part and the first extremity part. The core and extremity part processors may be implemented with filters adapted to multiply each sample by a respective filter coefficient. Modifying these coefficients can introduce a frequency shift or convert the encoder for OFDM encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM / TELECOM BRETAGNE
    Inventors: Jérémy Nadal, Charbel Abdel Nour, Amer Baghdadi
  • Patent number: 10843710
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a notification of control authority transition in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a speaker configured to output a sound notification, a vibration motor configured to output a vibration notification, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the speaker and the vibration motor. The control circuit is configured to output a first notification using the speaker during a first time interval, when a situation to transfer control authority for the vehicle occurs, output a second notification using the speaker and the vibration motor during a second time interval, after the first time interval elapses, and output a third notification using the speaker and the vibration motor during a third time interval, after the second time interval elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Wook Seo, Jin Su Jeong
  • Patent number: 10843512
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel monitoring device includes a tire pressure monitoring unit, a tire pressure sensor unit disposed at a wheel of the vehicle and a brake pad wear sensor unit disposed at a wheel of the vehicle. The brake pad wear sensor unit includes a brake pad wear sensor and a wireless transmitter configured to receive the signal emitted from the brake pad wear sensor and wirelessly transmit it to the tire pressure monitoring unit. An energy harvesting device is configured to convert energy derived from an external source into electrical power, and to provide the electrical power to the brake pad wear sensor unit and the transmitter. The brake pad wear sensor unit and the tire pressure sensor unit are monitored by the tire pressure monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andrew Bates, Andreas Kurz, Walter Heinrich, Michael Roelleke, Florin Gruianu, Marian Keck, Matache Rusu
  • Patent number: 10841071
    Abstract: A data communication system, including master-side and slave-side data communication apparatuses configured to perform bidirectional communication with each other via a single-wire communication line. The master-side data communication apparatus includes first and second transistors performing switching according respectively to an input clock and write data, and a master-side data reproduction circuit reproducing read data transmitted from the slave-side. The slave-side data communication apparatus includes a clock reproduction circuit and a slave-side data reproduction circuit configured to respectively reproduce the input clock and the write data transmitted from the master-side, and a third transistor performing switching both according to the input clock reproduced by the clock reproduction circuit and according to the read data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Akahane
  • Patent number: 10839660
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes one or more sensors, one or more connected electronic, and a monitor control unit that is configured to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, determine usage data that reflects a level of usage of the one or more connected electronic devices, receive occupancy data that reflects an occupancy level of the property, train a predictive model that is configured to determine a likely occupancy level of the property, receive, at a current time and from the one or more sensors, current sensor data, determine, at the current time, current usage data that reflects a current level of usage of the one or more connected electronic devices, apply the current usage data and the current sensor data to the predictive model, determine a likely current occupancy level of the property, determine that the likely current occupancy level of the property is unexpected, and perform an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventor: Matthew Daniel Correnti
  • Patent number: 10827933
    Abstract: A patient monitoring system is provided. A sensor is attached to a subject. A processor acquires physiological information of the subject, and detects an occurrence of an event. A communication interface is wirelessly communicable with a remote device through a communication network. When the processor detects an occurrence of the event, a power supplying member supplies a first electric power that is necessary for transmission of physiological information to the remote device, to the communication interface. When an occurrence of the event is not detected, the power supplying member supplies a second electric power that is lower than the first electric power, to the communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumiyuki Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10832545
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an EAS detection system. The methods comprise: detecting an Active Security Tag (“AST”) in an EAS detection zone; determining whether AST is coupled to an object identified in a list; and performing operations when a determination is made that AST is coupled to a listed object. The operations involve: accessing sensor data generated by at least one sensor device disposed on/near display equipment associated with the listed object; processing the sensor data to determine whether a person was within a defined distance range of AST during a period of time immediately preceding the detecting; concluding that a false alarm scenario exists when the sensor data indicates that a person was not within the defined distance range of AST during the period of time; and suppressing alarm issuance by the EAS detection system in response to the false alarm scenario conclusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Glen Ouellette, John C. Y. Huang, Steve E. Trivelpiece, Ian Westmacott
  • Patent number: 10818149
    Abstract: A connectible component is connected to a housing. A sensor of the housing is utilized to detect an identity element of the at connectible component. The connectible component is identified utilizing the at least one sensor. In some implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify whether or not a connectible component is connected to the housing. In other implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify the type of connectible component that is connected. In such implementations, the housing may house an electronic device and the electronic device may be configured based on the type of connectible component that is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Trevor J. Ness
  • Patent number: 10814831
    Abstract: A monitoring and anti-theft alarm system for a motor vehicle. The system comprises a plurality of sensors that detect vibration, motion, opening and damage to the vehicle, which sensors transmit or interrupt a respective signal to a processor which communicates with a wireless communication device such that the alarm system is able to communicate with a mobile device of the vehicle's owner to receive, on said mobile device, status reports of the vehicle after the detection of an alarm situation detected by the system and/or following the request, through the mobile device, of an updated status report of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Josué Galicia Rodríguez
  • Patent number: 10818174
    Abstract: An output apparatus includes: an identifying unit that identifies a direction in which an occupant of a first vehicle is looking; a receiving unit that receives, from a second vehicle positioned in the direction identified by the identifying unit, information indicating whether or not the first vehicle is recognized by the second vehicle; and an output unit that outputs alert information to at least one alerting device among alerting devices attached to the first vehicle and the occupant of the first vehicle if the first vehicle is not recognized by the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakano, Yoshiaki Tsukada, Hiroyuki Kojima, Takashi Ozeki
  • Patent number: 10816523
    Abstract: This document describes a method of determining an extent of mold behind a surface. The method includes moving a gas sensor lateral to the surface. The gas sensor includes an oscillating gas-interacting surface. The method includes measuring gas concentrations at multiple points along the surface. The method also includes displaying a heat map in a display. The heat map shows gas concentrations at multiple points along the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Aromatix, Inc.
    Inventor: Chowdhury F. Rahim
  • Patent number: 10807611
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a notification of control authority transition in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a speaker configured to output a sound notification, a vibration motor configured to output a vibration notification, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the speaker and the vibration motor. The control circuit is configured to output a first notification using the speaker during a first time interval, when a situation to transfer control authority for the vehicle occurs, output a second notification using the speaker and the vibration motor during a second time interval, after the first time interval elapses, and output a third notification using the speaker and the vibration motor during a third time interval, after the second time interval elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Wook Seo, Jin Su Jeong
  • Patent number: 10801170
    Abstract: A magnetic marker (1), laid in or on a road so as be detectable by a magnetic sensor (2) attached to a bottom surface side of a vehicle (5), that is used for vehicle-side drive assist control for assisting driving is an isotropic ferrite plastic magnet, molded into a columnar shape, that contains a magnetic powder of iron oxide, i.e. a powder of a magnetic material, dispersed in a polymer material. In a marker system (1S) including this magnetic marker (1), magnetic markers (1) accommodated in holes (530) bored in a road surface (53) are arranged along the center of a lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: AICHI STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiharu Yamamoto, Tomohiko Nagao, Hitoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10803734
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to power management of a remote control device by a host control device. In one embodiment, a method for power management includes detecting, by a host control device, a status indication of the remote control device, wherein the status indication is associated with a power-on state of the remote control device. The method also includes monitoring received sensor data associated with user presence, and outputting a control signal to the remote control device for the remote control device to enter a low power state. Power management may be provided for loudspeaker units, communications devices, and display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: HARMAN PROFESSIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Talley, Alex Stevens, John Stachler
  • Patent number: 10793005
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a security device, comprising a housing with at least one current-carrying element, wherein the current-carrying element is arranged in the housing interior and is enclosed by the housing. A particle detector is arranged in the housing interior, which monitors the housing interior with respect to the formation of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vicente Garcia Alvarez, Holger Sievert, Gerd Lorenz
  • Patent number: 10789792
    Abstract: A dual mode, passcode storage, wireless secure lock is disclosed. In one embodiment, a key is provided that includes a key coil, a first key data processing device (DPD), a second key DPD, and a key radio transceiver. The first key DPD is configured to receive a first authentication code (AC) from a lock via the key coil. The first key DPD is configured to compare the first AC with data in memory of the key DPD. The first key DPD is configured to activate the second key DPD in response to response to determining the first AC compares equally to data in memory of the first key DPD. The second key DPD is configured to transmit a second AC to the lock via the key radio transceiver after the second key DPD is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Grange, Shigeru Maeta, Eugene G. Bonev
  • Patent number: 10783782
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a device and a computer program product for managing a vehicle are proposed. The computer-implemented method comprises: a determining, by a device operatively coupled to one or more processing units, a potential road section associated with a current road section on which a first vehicle is moving, the potential road section being a road section to which the first vehicle potentially moves from the current road section; obtaining, by the device, a road condition of the potential road section, the road condition being generated at least based on monitoring records of a second vehicle moving on the potential road section; and in response to the road condition indicating that the potential road section is unsuitable for moving on, transmitting, by the device, an alert about the potential road section to the first vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhi Hu Wang, Shiwan Zhao, Li Zhang, Jun Zhu
  • Patent number: 10773733
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a notification of control authority transition in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a speaker configured to output a sound notification, a vibration motor configured to output a vibration notification, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the speaker and the vibration motor. The control circuit is configured to output a first notification using the speaker during a first time interval, when a situation to transfer control authority for the vehicle occurs, output a second notification using the speaker and the vibration motor during a second time interval, after the first time interval elapses, and output a third notification using the speaker and the vibration motor during a third time interval, after the second time interval elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Wook Seo, Jin Su Jeong
  • Patent number: 10769930
    Abstract: A forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method assists, in a terminal device, a user in preventing forgetting to carry a personal item. The forgetting-to-carry prevention assistance method includes acquiring a destination for the user; detecting the personal item that exists around the user; and in a case where the personal item associated with a category of the destination is not detected, notifying information on the personal item that is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10755569
    Abstract: Lighting fixture data hubs and systems and methods for use. An example of a data hub may include an annunciator configured to generate first and second indications; a sensor configured to detect a zone including one or more parking spaces, pedestrians, or other activity areas in a vicinity of the data hub and to determine whether or not one or more vehicles, pedestrians, and/or activities occurring in the activity areas are present within the zone, the sensor further configured to emit signals corresponding to said detection; and a gateway in communication with an on-board processor and the annunciator, the on-board processor configured for EDGE computing and processing to receive and analyze the signals from the sensor, communicate said signals to the gateway, and operable to allow the gateway to direct the annunciator to generate the first indication or the second indication in response to the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Parking Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Longardner, Jeffrey Pinyot, Jason Toschlog, Gage Toschlog, Evan Foote, Scott Whitlock, Andrew Huffman, Daniel Hughes