Patents Examined by Ryan W Sherwin
  • Patent number: 12384383
    Abstract: A system may include sensors that may acquire health data related to an individual. The system may also include a processor that may receive trip data associated with a current location of the individual and a destination location for the individual, traffic condition data associated with routes between the current location and the destination location, and weather related data associated with the routes. The processor may also receive the health data from the sensors and determine whether the individual is associated with a driver assessment score above a threshold based on the trip data, the traffic condition data, the weather data, the health data, or any combination thereof. The processor may then send an activation signal to a vehicle control system in response to the driver assessment score being above the threshold, such that the activation signal may enable the vehicle control system to control operations of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Seth E. Ethington, William Daniel Farmer, Pooja Krishnaswamy, Timothy Shiveley, Anto Chirayil Thomas, Daniel Scott Veibell
  • Patent number: 12384398
    Abstract: A vehicle power system generates alerts prior to discontinuance of power to upfitter loads and vehicle loads according to a user defined priority sequence such that the alerts generated prior to discontinuance of power to the upfitter loads are different than the alerts generated prior to discontinuance of power to the vehicle loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES. LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Celinske, Peter Attila Farkas, Solomon Lin, Sheran Anthony Alles, Peter Phung
  • Patent number: 12377859
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to surveillance system and method for detecting violation by driver in vehicle. The surveillance system comprises capturing unit for capturing license information of driver of the vehicle, upon start of the vehicle. Further, the surveillance system comprises processor configured to receive the license information of the driver from the capturing unit. Further, the processor is configured to receive continuous data related to the vehicle from one or more sensors in the vehicle. Furthermore, the processor is configured to detect occurrence of violation, of one or more pre-defined driving guidelines, based on monitoring the data related to the vehicle and the license information. Information related to the violation and the license information of the driver is transmitted to one or more external entities for taking actions against driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Infosys Limited
    Inventor: Mohammed Javeeth Khan Raseeth Khan
  • Patent number: 12367955
    Abstract: A system and method for managing the contents of a medical storage container, such as a tray, that has an inventory of medical articles. A Faraday cage enclosure is used to isolate, scan, and inventory the container. The container and each of the medical articles in the container have a respective RFID tag. A processor is programmed to retrieve the inventory list for the container based on its RFID tag and compare the actual contents of the container according to their tags to the inventory list. The processor is also programmed to show the layout of the pockets of a tray and show an indicator of which pocket a particular medical article should be located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: MEPS Real-Time, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy C. Caputo, Shariq Hussain, Jeffrey Shamblin, James P. Williams, Jr., Paul M. Elizondo, II
  • Patent number: 12365346
    Abstract: A driving skill evaluation system is configured to evaluate, based on data of a behavior and an operation state of a vehicle, a driving skill of a driver who drives the vehicle. The driving skill evaluation system includes one or more processors and one or more memories communicatively connected to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: compare one or both of a surrounding environment of the vehicle and a driving state of the driver with a predetermined determination condition to determine whether the vehicle is in a situation in which a driving operation performed by the driver is restricted; adjust, based on the situation in which the driving operation is restricted, an evaluation method of the driving skill; and perform an evaluation of the driving skill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riku Kato, Noeru Sato
  • Patent number: 12342794
    Abstract: In some implementations, a controller may obtain global positioning system (GPS) data from a GPS unit of an enrichment device. The controller may determine habitat information identifying a habitat for animals, of a plurality of habitats of animals, using the GPS data. The controller may determine a geofence of the habitat for animals based on the habitat information. The controller may determine a movement profile associated with the habitat for animals using the habitat information. The movement profile identifies one or more motions of the enrichment device. The controller may cause the enrichment device to move, within a boundary of the geofence, in accordance with the one or more motions of the movement profile. The enrichment device may move in accordance with the one or more motions to stimulate movement of one or more animals of the habitat for animals. The controller may monitor the movement and/or animal interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Milluzzi, Angela Miller, Sylvester Kwo, Kathryn Skobrak, Patrick M. Potts, Jose Dominguez, Cecelia Dahlinger, Emma Lee, Michael Breen, Andrew Alba
  • Patent number: 12337897
    Abstract: A parking assist device including a processor is disclosed. The processor superimposes a first parking candidate frame and a second parking candidate frame onto an image around a vehicle when a first obstacle is present at one end of a parking space and a second obstacle is present at another end of the parking space. The first parking candidate frame is parallel with a first obstacle frame indicating a position of the first obstacle. The second parking candidate frame is parallel with a second obstacle frame indicating a position of the second obstacle. The processor displays, on a display device, the first/second parking candidate frames in different display modes. The processor displays, on the display device and in a predetermined color, either one of a first region surrounded by the first parking candidate frame and a second region surrounded by the second parking candidate frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Ashida, Takafumi Tokuhiro, Shota Akaura
  • Patent number: 12339265
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for detecting and reporting pollution at an oil facility are disclosed. The technology utilizes a logic control system to read from a pollution sensor and present the sensed data as a pollutant from a leak. The pollution leakage can be further managed and reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Project Canary, PBC
    Inventor: David L. Armitage
  • Patent number: 12325380
    Abstract: A system and a method for detecting misuse of the seat belt includes a sensor unit detecting an occupant seated on a seat and a seat belt and a controller detecting an occupant based on an image signal detected through the sensor unit while the seat belt is fastened, separately detecting a shoulder webbing and a lap webbing of the seat belt, and determining whether the seat belt is worn normally or abnormally based on the detected result to warn that the seat belt is abnormally worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Rok Kim
  • Patent number: 12318213
    Abstract: Provided is a device comprising a sensor to detect deviation of muscle position in a user. The device includes a first housing portion having at least one sensor and at least one signaling mechanism to alert a user and a second housing portion rotatably coupled to the first housing portion. The second housing portion has an attachment element to maintain the device on the user. The sensitivity of the device can be configured to respond to incorrect muscle position and the sensitivity of the device can be calibrated through rotating the first housing portion with respect to the second housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventor: Sadie McCallum
  • Patent number: 12322496
    Abstract: One or more embodiments described herein relate to predicting, using adaptive artificial intelligence techniques, typical and aberrant physiological reactions of a patient to psychiatric counseling. Treatment plans can be determined and calculated based on previously-gathered demographic and/or biometric data, and/or modifications to treatment plans can be determined and/or implemented based on emergent recognition of reaction types, such as reclassifying reactions that would previously have been deemed typical as aberrant (or vice versa).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Federal Leadership Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Granato, Michael M. Kohonoski, Thomas Reigle
  • Patent number: 12315371
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method in which a first vehicle transmits a message in a wireless communication system. In the method, a message is generated on the basis of a user input with respect to a steering apparatus of the first vehicle, and the generated message is transmitted to at least one second vehicle present near the first vehicle by means of the wireless communication system on the basis of a transmission direction and transmission width for the message. The transmission direction and transmission width are determined on the basis of the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeho Hwang, Myoungseob Kim, Jongseob Baek
  • Patent number: 12311967
    Abstract: A control method to control a vehicle driving along a main road having a plurality of detours only arranged on one side of the main road. The control method exhibits the steps of: recognising a road surface marking present on a surface of the main road; recognising a road sign present beside the main road in order to determine possible speed limits set by the road sign; and establishing whether a speed limit set by a road sign refers to a detour or to the main road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Russo, Andrea Secondi
  • Patent number: 12293246
    Abstract: A wireless tag reading device has an accommodation region with a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a back surface. The accommodation region can accommodate therein a product with a wireless tag attached thereto. The product can be inserted and withdrawn from the accommodation region via an opening at the front and top of the accommodation region. A tag reading unit includes an antenna configured to emit radio waves toward the product in the accommodation region and then receive a response signal. The outside portions of the first side surface, the second side surface, and the back surface reflect radio waves. An inside portion of the back surface is a radio wave transmitting material. There is a gap left between the inside portion and the outside portion of the back surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kawabe, Wataru Sakurai
  • Patent number: 12279177
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a memory communicatively coupled to a processor. The memory may be configured to store tag identifiers, asset names, geofences, and asset location information. The processor may be configured to obtain a tag identifier and an asset name of a tagged device; determine whether the asset location information comprises global positioning coordinates of the tagged device. Further, in response to determining that the asset location information comprises the global positioning coordinates, the processor may be configured to determine that the tagged device is located in a predefined area based at least in part upon matching the global positioning coordinates to a geofence; and generate an update indicating that the tagged device is located in the predefined area. In response to determining that the asset location information does not comprise the global positioning coordinates, generate an alert indicating that the tagged device is not located in the predefined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: THERMA-STOR LLC
    Inventors: Diane Kathleen Bustamante, Erin Alan Hynum, Glen Lawrence Rudie, Jerome Paul Verhoeven, Keith James Hosli
  • Patent number: 12263860
    Abstract: Disclosed are a drunk driving prevention system and a method of controlling the system that includes a sensor module measuring a alcohol content in the exhaled breath of a driver during a breath-checking of the driver and a control module configured to check the intoxication state of the driver from the alcohol content measured by the sensor module to determine whether the breath-checking is complete and block an engine start when the breath-checking fails, wherein the control module includes a check unit displaying breath-checking guide information through a display unit and the check unit displays the breath-checking guide information based on an engine start input of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Jin Jung, Yeon Su Kim, June Seung Lee, Chang Won Lee
  • Patent number: 12264530
    Abstract: A closure system including a curtain configured to seal an opening, a wireless network having a plurality of channels, at least one transmitter coupled to the curtain and configured to communicate over the plurality of channels, and an operator operatively coupled to the curtain and configured to communicate over the plurality of channels, the operator and the at least one transmitter configured to communicate with each other over a selected one of the plurality of channels based upon communication interference detected on one or more channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: CORNELLCOOKSON, LLC
    Inventors: Zhizhou Wu, Xin Cui, Ryan Carroll
  • Patent number: 12263847
    Abstract: A driver abnormality determination apparatus includes circuitry configured to detect a driver state of a driver of a vehicle, detect a driving operation of the driver, detect an exertion level of an involuntary function of the driver based on the driver state, detect an exertion level of a driving function of the driver based on the driving operation; and determine driver abnormality based on the execution level of the involuntary function and the execution level of the driving function. On condition that a function level of one of the execution level of the involuntary function and the execution level of the driving function is equal to or lower than a specified determination criterion, the circuitry is configured to relax a determination criterion for the other function level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Iwase, Makoto Yoshida, Junichiro Kuwahara, Yohei Iwashita
  • Patent number: 12258018
    Abstract: A control method to control a vehicle driving along a main road having a plurality of detours. The control method exhibits the steps of: recognising a road surface marking present on a surface of the main road; recognising a road sign present beside the main road in order to determine possible speed limits set by the road sign; establishing whether a speed limit set by a road sign refers to the main road or to a detour which is located ahead of the vehicle and has been signalled by a satellite positioning system equipped with georeferenced mapping; establishing whether the driver is going to take the detour; warning the driver of the speed limit set by the road sign and related to the main road for as long as the driver does not intend to take the detour; and warning the driver of the speed limit set by the road sign and related to the detour only when the driver is going to take the detour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Russo, Andrea Secondi
  • Patent number: 12258099
    Abstract: In some implementations, the anchor stowage safety system may include a contactless switch having a first contact half configured to be disposed on a portion of an anchor rode and a second contact half configured to be mounted to a stationary portion of a boat at a predetermined position. In addition, the anchor stowage safety system may include where the contactless switch is configured to be in a closed position when the first contact half and the second contact half are positioned adjacent to one another and is configured to be in an open position when the first contact half and the second contact half are positioned separated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Joseph Raffaele Spatola