Patents Examined by Robert P Bullington
  • Patent number: 11443651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an avionics electronic warfare integration system capable of simulating avionics electronic warfare and a control method thereof. The avionics electronic warfare integration system includes a scenario generator configured to set a simulation situation simulating avionics electronic warfare and generate an encounter scenario in which a test object encounters at least one target in the simulation situation, a raw data generator configured to generate raw data corresponding to the encounter scenario, a mission equipment mounted on the test object and configured to perform a mission corresponding to the encounter scenario and generate mission data, and a central control device configured to simulate the encounter scenario and verify the mission equipment using the raw data and the mission data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Dongcho Shin, Unseob Jeong
  • Patent number: 11419545
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for reducing a risk of unintentional falls in a subject that is at risk for falls. The device includes a sensor and a stimulator. The sensor is configured to be positioned adjacent a body portion of the user that changes orientation when the user sits and stands. The sensor is also configured to emit an activation signal when the user stands and to emit a deactivation signal when the user sits or lies down. The stimulator is in communication with the sensor and is configured to be positioned adjacent one of a calf and a lower back of the user. The stimulator is configured to vibrate at a frequency that stimulates proprioceptors of the user without inducing muscle contractions upon receipt of the activation signal from the sensor and to cease vibration upon receipt of the deactivation signal from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Dignity Health
    Inventor: Vladimir Marlinski
  • Patent number: 11413501
    Abstract: A system for planning a fitness exercise course includes a corresponding module establishing a corresponding relationship between a training target and each of a plurality of fitness exercise items, wherein the training target includes a specific muscle, a muscle group and a whole body muscle; a sensing module sensing a physiological state of a body builder; and a determining module, according to the corresponding relationship, in response to the physiological state, selecting one of the plurality of fitness exercise items and a combination of fitness exercise items to complete the training target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: J-Mex Inc.
    Inventors: Deng-Huei Hwang, Bing-Ho Tsai, Meng-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 11406823
    Abstract: An apparatus for simulating hand tremors caused by Essential Tremor and Parkinson's disease which may also be used as part of a therapeutic program in association with surgically implanted stem cells introduced into a patient's substantia nigra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Bergen Sanderford
  • Patent number: 11410568
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for generating context-based question-answer pairs by applying artificial intelligence techniques to context-related data are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Rohan Sharma, Shubham Gupta, Gyanendra Kumar Patro
  • Patent number: 11403963
    Abstract: An automated dental articulator training system has one or more apprentice's workstations that use data acquired from an instructor's workstation. The instructor's workstation has a dental articulator including teeth, gingiva, a palate, and mechanism; a video streaming system; a set of actuators to drive the mechanism; a set of sensory systems to sense angular or linear velocity or displacement of the mechanism; a data storage unit; and a software showing statistical and graphical information of the system while a dental procedure is performed by an instructor or an apprentice. The apprentice's workstation articulator excludes the video streaming system, but is otherwise identical. The dental articulator training system includes a processing unit to operate the actuation system according to the values set by the instructor or each apprentice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Tactile Robotics Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaser Maddahi, Maryam Kalvandi, Ali Maddahi, Alireza Akhoondi Asadi
  • Patent number: 11373554
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a surgical training model that emulates a human pelvis for robotic, laparoscopic, and/or abdominal/open approach surgical training. Methods of performing a simulated surgery using the surgical training model are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority
    Inventors: Erinn M. Myers, Megan E. Tarr, Brittany L. Anderson-Montoya, Heather Fasano, Smitha Vilasagar
  • Patent number: 11358545
    Abstract: Techniques are described for vehicle activity information collection and analysis. A vehicle activity information unit in a vehicle generates vehicle activity information including video data that is captured by interior and/or exterior camera(s) on the vehicle. The vehicle activity information can also include sensor data generated by an accelerometer, a compass, a temperature sensor, a Global Positioning System module, and/or other sensor(s). The vehicle activity information can also include audio data generated by at least one microphone. In some implementations, at least a portion of the vehicle activity information is collected during a period of time that includes an event (e.g., an accident). The information is stored in data storage with an association between the information and the event, and is processed to generate performance data associated with a driver of the vehicle. The performance data can be presented through a user interface to the driver or other(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Heil Co.
    Inventor: James Darrick Reed
  • Patent number: 11355029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating the attentional resources invoked for execution of a primary task and/or attention sharing strategies developed by an individual, said method being implemented in a mobile terminal, being based on utilization of the dual-task paradigm, and comprising the following steps: Evaluation of first performance ratings of the individual during the execution of a primary task alone, Evaluation of second performance ratings of the individual during the execution of a secondary task alone, Evaluation of third performance ratings of the individual during the simultaneous execution of the primary and secondary tasks, Estimation of the attentional demand required for the execution of the primary task and/or of the effect (beneficial or negative) of a secondary task on the control mechanisms involved in the execution of the primary task and/or attention sharing strategies developed by an individual by comparing the first, second, and third performance ratings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE GRENOBLE
    Inventors: Nicolas Vuillerme, Petra Hlavackova, Bruno Diot, Anthony Fleury
  • Patent number: 11331578
    Abstract: Methods and systems for hosting a virtual environment in which geographic coordinates of a user are mapped to virtualized coordinates of an avatar in the virtual environment. The user's geographic coordinates may be compared to real world geographic coordinates of one or more entities having a presence in the virtual environment. The user may be presented with options for accepting or activating a first reward from the list of rewards. Responsive to the user selecting the first reward, the first reward may be activated for a first time period in association with one or more goods or services offered by the first entity. The user may be rewarded in response to verifying the user has purchased the offered goods or services during the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CERBERUS INTERACTIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Tawsif Khan, Beau Button, Timothy Mahler
  • Patent number: 11328625
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a vessel cutdown simulant, and methods of making and using such a vessel cutdown simulant, whereby the vessel cutdown simulant includes a first layer; a second layer underlying the first layer, the second layer movably engaged with the first layer; a first conduit underlying the first layer; whereby the first layer, the second layer, and the first conduit together provide a simulated body tissue; and a housing including a side wall which defines an interior cavity configured to house the simulated body tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SurgiReal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Grahm J. Hendrickson, Dean A. Hendrickson
  • Patent number: 11328624
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems for interfacing between sensors and sensor simulators and clinical monitors and devices. The present invention is used to incorporate sensors and sensor simulators into training and clinical demonstrations. A system in accordance with the present invention includes a hardware component configured to transmit an output signal associated with a typical clinical sensor such as sensors for end-tidal CO2 pulse oximetry, temperature, blood pressure, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) sensors, and CPR sensors to a clinical monitor or similar device. The system of the present invention also provides a software component to produce and transmit or to receive and make use of the simulated or actual sensor; the system also provides a hardware component to interface the software component to the clinical monitor, defibrillator, and/or sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jordan Duval-Arnould, Julie Campbell, Elizabeth Hunt
  • Patent number: 11324666
    Abstract: The invention provides for an infant feeding system (100) for orally feeding a liquid to an infant. The infant feeding system comprises a user interface (202). The infant feeding system further comprises at least one sensor (212, 212?, 212?, 212??) for measuring at least one physical property. The infant feeding system further comprises a memory (216, 216?, 216?) for storing machine executable instructions (230). The infant feeding system further comprises a processor (208, 208?, 208?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johanna Wilhelmina Maria Van Kollenburg, Sander Bogers, Berkay Buharali, Peter Lovei
  • Patent number: 11328623
    Abstract: An assembly system includes: a tool including a sensor; a wearable device including a display, and a computing device. The computing device is programmed to: a. provide visual instructions on the display of the device; b. monitor an input from the sensor; and c. in response to the input from the sensor: i. provide feedback to the user through the display, indicating a status of an operation of the tool; and ii. store a record of a status of an operation of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ted Lewis Robertson, Eric Arthur Ilse, Matthew Geyman, Joseph J. Bischof
  • Patent number: 11325000
    Abstract: A system includes wearable devices positioned on a subject in different locations. Each wearable device includes motion sensors that measure the subject's movement in three dimensions. The motion sensors generate raw sensory data as the subject performs a physical movement. A data filter is selected based on a condition of the subject and a designated movement corresponding to the physical movement, and used to convert the raw sensory data into formatted data. A level of compliance of the physical movement with a movement model for the designated movement is determined by applying comparative modeling techniques to the formatted data and the movement model. Real-time feedback is delivered dynamically to the subject by the wearable devices during the performance of the physical movement based on the level of compliance. The movement model can be generated, and the comparative modeling techniques can be selected, based on the condition of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Xperience Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ankit Shah
  • Patent number: 11315439
    Abstract: A system and method for extended spectrum ultrasound training using tags placed on animate and/or inanimate objects. The system combines the use of tags, a reader, and a 3-DOF motion tracker to train a user in finding image windows and optimal image views in an ultrasound simulation environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SONOSIM, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Savitsky, Gabriele Nataneli, Dan Katz
  • Patent number: 11302214
    Abstract: Raw motion data generated by sensors affixed to a user performing exercises or poses in response to perceiving content annotated with a motion track and presented to the user, the motion track generated using a posture dictionary is collected. The exercises or poses are determined from the raw motion data using the posture dictionary. Motion data indicating the exercises or poses within the raw motion data is generated using the raw motion data. The user is graded in performing the exercises or poses by comparing the motion data with the motion track. The content is presented to the user based on the grading of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Asensei, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Webster, Ross Arnott, William Burgar
  • Patent number: 11302216
    Abstract: A system for tracking a user's weight includes an insole which is configured to be interchangeably located within one of each of a number of a user's pairs of shoes. A weight sensor located within the insole is configured to detect the weight of the user. A communications interface is located within the insole and is electrically connected to the weight sensor. The communications interface is configured to transmit weight readings from said weight sensor to a computerized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Lamoncha
  • Patent number: 11276330
    Abstract: A surgical simulator for surgical training is provided. The simulator includes a frame defining an enclosure and a simulated tissue model located inside the frame. The simulated tissue model is adapted for practicing a number of surgical procedures including but not limited to transanal excisions and transvaginal hysterectomies. Portions of the frame comprises a material adhesively compatible with the material of portions of the simulated tissue model to secure and suspend the simulated tissue model within the frame. The simulated tissue model may also include simulated vasculature configured to loop through apertures in the frame to secure and suspend the simulated tissue model within the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory K. Hofstetter, Anysa Fernandez
  • Patent number: 11276320
    Abstract: A method for educating users by gamification performed by at least one apparatus, is inter alia disclosed, said method comprising: repeatedly generating data pertaining to a user interface element; and providing said data pertaining to said user interface element, said user interface element allowing a user using a first software section or a user interface thereof upon activation of said user interface element to access a second software section or a user interface thereof for educating users by gamification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: GMST (Ireland) LTD
    Inventor: Kieran O'Sullivan