Patents Examined by Sisay Yacob
  • Patent number: 11308807
    Abstract: To enable a risk of collision between moving objects such as a pedestrian and a vehicle to be quickly and accurately determined in a roadside device, when the roadside device receives a message including state information indicating that a pedestrian is in a risky state from a pedestrian terminal, the roadside device acquires position information of a vehicle present around the pedestrian in the risky state based on a result of detecting vehicles on roads by a radar, determines a risk of collision between the pedestrian in the risky state and the vehicle based on the position information of the vehicle, and when the risk of collision exists, transmits a message including alarm information indicating that the risk of collision exists to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Weijie Liu, Tsuyoshi Ueno
  • Patent number: 11298989
    Abstract: A method of localizing a TPMS sensor module includes transmitting, by the TPMS sensor module, a TPMS signal; and localizing, by a localization module, the TPMS sensor module based on receiving the TPMS signal at a phase array antenna including a plurality of reception antennas each configured to receive the TPMS signal. Localizing the TPMS sensor module includes measuring a phase of the TPMS signal at each of the plurality of reception antennas such that a plurality of phases corresponding to the TPMS signal are determined, and determining a location of the TPMS sensor module based on the plurality of phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Engl, Michael Kandler, Maximilian Werner
  • Patent number: 11299911
    Abstract: An alert system configured to monitor a status of one or more supplemental door locks comprises a switch assembly and an alarm. The switch assembly is configured to detect whether one supplemental door lock is unlocked or locked and includes a switch, an indicator, and a communication element. The switch is to be coupled to a locking component of the supplemental door lock. The switch is configured to sense a position of the locking component and generate an electronic signal or data. The indicator is configured to provide a first indication of a status of the supplemental door lock. The communication element is configured to receive the electronic signal or data from the switch and generate a wireless signal that corresponds to the electronic signal or data. The alarm is configured to generate an audible or visible alarm when the switch assembly detects that the supplemental door lock is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Campus Safety Products, LLC
    Inventors: David Linn Geenens, Jeffrey Lynn Perry
  • Patent number: 11287524
    Abstract: A method of fusing a surrounding vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) signal and a sensing signal of an ego vehicle includes calculating a position of a surrounding target vehicle and a velocity of the target vehicle based on the ego vehicle using global positioning system (GPS)/vehicle velocity information detected in the ego vehicle and GPS/vehicle velocity information included in a V2V signal detected in the target vehicle, extracting a sensor signal within a predetermined specific distance error from a position of the target vehicle relative to the ego vehicle of the V2V signal as a sensor information candidate group corresponding to the V2V signal, adaptively using a constant velocity model, a kinematic model or a dynamic model according to the extracted situation, and comparing the V2V signal with information on an object tracked using both the sensing signal and the V2V signal to estimate a position and velocity error of the V2V signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo Young Lee, Hoon Lee, Ji Eun Won, Uk Il Yang
  • Patent number: 11280067
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a status of attachment of a ground engaging tool (GET) at a mining, earth moving or rock processing machine. The system includes providing GET with at least one proximity sensor configured to sense a proximity of the GET relative to a mount region of heavy machinery to which the GET is mountable. The proximity sensor is configured to generate proximity data that is transmitted from the GET via a wireless communication pathway to a receiver located remote from the GET with the receiver configured to output in real-time the attachment status of the GET. The present system is advantageous to identify partial detachment or loosening of a GET so as to prevent undesirable GET loss and contamination of extracted or processed raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Bradley Darlington, Bruce Knowles, Paul Schild, Bradley Dallard
  • Patent number: 11282387
    Abstract: A method and system generates a collision warning to a driver of a host vehicle. The system includes an on-board sensor of the host vehicle to detect presence of a preceding vehicle, wireless communication circuitry to establish wireless communication with a remote vehicle, and processing circuitry to detect existence of a slow remote vehicle ahead of the host vehicle, track an immediately preceding vehicle ahead of the host vehicle, confirm that the slow remote vehicle is affecting the host vehicle's lane speed of traffic by detecting that the immediately preceding vehicle is decelerating. When it is determined that, that the remote vehicle is sow, display an information message indicating the existence of the slow remote vehicle, and output, when the remote vehicle is slow and the preceding vehicle is decelerating, the collision warning as an audio sound and a visual message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Vladimeros Vladimerou, Derek Stanley Caveney
  • Patent number: 11274684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (25) of determining the health status of a hydraulic circuit arrangement comprising at least one hydraulic fluid working machine (2, 3). The health status is determined (29) using at least in part an actual temperature information (12) of the hydraulic circuit arrangement (1) that is compared to an expected temperature information (24) of the hydraulic circuit arrangement (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Molli Butler, Marcus Herrera
  • Patent number: 11270543
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method and system for an exterior display of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, configured to issue feedback prompts. An example method includes issuing a prompt via a human-machine interface on an exterior of a vehicle permitting an input indicative of an undesired condition of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Kristopher Karl Brown, Steven Wayne Friedlander, James J. Surman, Cornel Lewis Gardner
  • Patent number: 11257370
    Abstract: Among other things, equipment is located at an intersection of a transportation network. The equipment includes an input to receive data from a sensor oriented to monitor ground transportation entities at or near the intersection. A wireless communication device sends to a device of one of the ground transportation entities, a warning about a dangerous situation at or near the intersection, there is a processor and a storage for instructions executable by the processor to perform actions including the following. A machine learning model is stored that can predict behavior of ground transportation entities at or near the intersection at a current time. The machine learning model is based on training data about previous motion and related behavior of ground transportation entities at or near the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DERQ Inc.
    Inventors: Georges Aoude, Amer Abufadel, Karl Jeanbart, Rishabh Choudhary, Ankit Sharma
  • Patent number: 11255963
    Abstract: A sensing device detects an object in a blind spot in a surrounding environment of a mobile body. The sensing device includes a distance measurer, a detector, a controller, and a state receiver. The distance measurer acquires distance information indicating a distance from the mobile body to the surrounding environment. The detector detects the object in the blind spot. The controller controls operation of the detector. The state receiver acquires condition information indicating a state relating to slipperiness of the mobile body on a road surface on which the mobile body travels. The contoller detects the blind spot in the surrounding environment, based on the distance information acquired by the distance measurer. The controller controls precision at which the detector is caused to detect the object in the blind spot, according to the condition information acquired by the state receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Yoshitake, Keiki Matsuura, Yoshitaka Tsurukame
  • Patent number: 11227490
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of identifying a new condition of a transport during a transport event based on sensor data, retrieving a transport condition profile, comparing the new condition to an initial condition of the transport, stored prior to the transport event, in the transport condition profile, and determining the transport is damaged based on the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Neil Dutta, Anil Nagpal
  • Patent number: 11221104
    Abstract: Production and work machines are to be able to be more safely operated. Thereto, they can be equipped with a safety device, which comprises a light curtain, a first and a second reflection device, which are each formed for reflecting light of the light curtain, and a first identification element integrated in the first reflection device as well as a second identification element integrated in the second reflection device. Moreover, the safety device comprises a first sensor device and a second sensor device for reading out the identification elements. A control device provides a start signal for the machine only if the first sensor device reads out the first identification information and the second sensor device reads out the second identification information at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Q-tec Pruefgeraete GmbH
    Inventor: Otto Rothenaicher
  • Patent number: 11223882
    Abstract: Techniques for acoustic management of entertainment devices and systems are described. Various embodiments may include techniques for acoustically determining a location of a remote control or other entertainment device. Some embodiments may include techniques for controlling one or more entertainment components using voice commands or other acoustic information. Other embodiments may include techniques for establishing a voice connection using a remote control device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Cory J. Booth, David B. Andersen
  • Patent number: 11219395
    Abstract: A sleepiness estimating device includes a biometric information acquirer that acquires biometric information of a person, an auxiliary information acquirer that acquires auxiliary information including at least one of five-sense information perceived by the person or emotion information indicating an emotion of the person, and a sleepiness estimator that estimates a sleepiness of the person based on the biometric information and the auxiliary information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika Sunagawa, Nawatt Silawan, Kunihiro Imamura, Shinichi Shikii, Koichi Kusukame
  • Patent number: 11222493
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a vehicle configured to deliver a package placed in a case that is lockable-unlockable; a storage unit configured to store key information of the case; a receiving unit configured to receive information about a delivery status of the package; and a control unit configured to change a process according to the delivery status of the package, the process performed for the key information of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kaneko, Masato Endo, Daiki Kaneichi, Shinji Sassa, Takahiro Shiga, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11205107
    Abstract: An RFID tag is provided that includes an RFIC chip having a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal, a first electrode electrically connected to the first connection terminal of the RFIC chip, a capacitance element connected in series to the first electrode and the RFIC chip, and short-circuit parts connecting the first electrode and a ground at an intermediate position of an electrical length of the first electrode. Moreover, the electrical length of the first electrode is a half of a wavelength of a communication frequency of the RFIC chip, the first connection terminal of the RFIC chip is connected to the first electrode at a position within one third of the electrical length from an end portion of the first electrode, and the second connection terminal of the RFIC chip is connected to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriyuki Ueki
  • Patent number: 11202982
    Abstract: An air filter includes filter media, a sensor, and circuitry coupled to the sensor, the circuitry configured to receive data from the sensor representative of the condition of the filter media and wirelessly transmit such data. The data may be received by a device with a display to use the information to present an indication of the filter media condition to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan B. Arthur, Karl W. Bloedorn, Jayant Chakravarty, Gene B. Portelli, Dennis M. Glass, Michael A. Meis, Lyle L. Luppes, Daniel W. Hennen, Douglas D. Fletcher, Eric O. Hemberg, Oscar M. Hemberg
  • Patent number: 11191494
    Abstract: A healthcare device and a vehicle system are capable of charging a sensor device that measures a biosignal. The healthcare device includes the sensor device that includes a biosignal measuring sensor that measures the biosignal and uses the biosignal measuring sensor as a charging electrode during charging, a healthcare controller that collects and calculates the biosignal measured through the biosignal measuring sensor, a sensor device battery that receives power from an external pogo pin through an electrode of the biosignal measuring sensor during charging by the charging electrode to charge a power supply of the sensor device battery, and a selecting device that connects the biosignal measuring sensor to any one of the healthcare controller and the sensor device battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
  • Patent number: 11195417
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a capturer configured to detect at least one stopped vehicle stopped in a first lane crossing at a right side of a second lane in which the vehicle is located; a detection sensor configured to detect the target vehicle located in a third lane next to the at least one stopped vehicle to obtain position information and speed information of the target vehicle; and a controller configured to determine a first position of the vehicle for sensing the target vehicle between stopped vehicles, determine an expected position to move the target vehicle for a time it takes for the vehicle to move from the first position to a second position, determine a reliability of a possibility of collision between the vehicle and the target vehicle by comparing an actual position and the expected position of the target vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sungmin Ji, Jaewoong Choi, Hyungmin Ko
  • Patent number: 11195405
    Abstract: A drowsiness level of a driver in a vehicle is determined. A preliminary alert is performed in response to that the drowsiness level is higher than an alert threshold value. A main alert is performed to prompt the driver to wake up from drowsiness as necessary after the preliminary alert. In response to that a predetermined response operation by the driver is detected within a predetermined time after the preliminary alert, the alert threshold value is changed to be higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Doi, Mitsutoshi Nagata