Patents Examined by Steven Lim
  • Patent number: 12637064
    Abstract: Provided is a driving assistance device allowing, when a vehicle is parked in a parking lot, provision of driving assistance based on an appropriate travel path. The device is configured such that when a vehicle is parked in a parking lot, an intra-parking-lot network representing a route that can be selected by the vehicle in the parking lot is obtained. Using this network, a candidate entry path for a vehicle's travel path from an entrance to the parking lot to a parking location is generated and obtained using the intra-parking-lot network based on a first condition. If determined that the condition for suitability is not satisfied, the candidate entry path determined not to satisfy the condition for suitability is modified based on a second condition different from the first condition and driving assistance is provided based on the modified candidate entry path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Ogawa, Mitsuhiro Nimura, Hidenori Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 12629548
    Abstract: There is provided networks, systems and displays for providing derived data and predictive information for use in emergencies; and in particular for use in wildfire emergencies. More particularly, there is provided systems, equipment and networks having a control system having an operation control command plan for performing an operation plan. in embodiments the operation plan can be a hydration plan, a lockout plan, a low line pressure plan, an adjacent structure based plan, an auto-activation notice with default activation plan. In an embodiment there is provided a parcel by parcel control and optimization of the EFMS for a particular area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: HAS LLC
    Inventors: Harry A. Statter, Michael L. Simmons
  • Patent number: 12633222
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing drone activity cloud services to cloud consumers using cloud and edge computing are provided. The drone monitoring service is rendered by drone sensors detecting and identifying drones, cloud and edge servers aggregating drone activity data from sensors and UAS traffic management systems, and cloud consumers monitoring drone activities using cloud and edge devices to access the cloud. The drone data analytics service reports drone activity statistics, predicted drone activities, and abnormal behaviors to cloud consumers based on the statistics and behavior models obtained by machine learning and federated learning techniques. The drone mitigation service, when initiated by cloud consumers, determines how to optimally configure sensors and collaboratively send signals to deactivate unauthorized drones. Moreover, data processing, artificial intelligence, mobility support, and traffic management functional units empower cloud and edge servers to support these cloud services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SkySafe, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Fang-Hsuan Lo, Scott Torborg, Mike Spindel, Paul Wicks, Stephen Larew
  • Patent number: 12629549
    Abstract: A service inputs wind data and utility data corresponding to a utility component into a first machine learning model to determine an outage risk prediction representing a probability that the utility component will have an outage. The service determines a probability of ignition at a vicinity of the utility component, and determines a set of wildfire impact measurements by simulating a wildfire in the vicinity of the utility component. The service inputs the outage risk prediction, the probability of ignition, and the set of wildfire impact measurements into a second machine learning model, and receives as output from the second machine learning model, a catastrophic wildfire risk score corresponding to the utility component. The service outputs a graphical representation on a dashboard representing the catastrophic wildfire risk score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Technosylva, Inc.
    Inventors: Pavel Aleksandrovich Grechanuk, Adrián Cardil Forradellas, Steven Craig Vanderburg, Santiago Daniel Monedero Timón, Joaquin Ramirez Cisneros
  • Patent number: 12626566
    Abstract: A system for providing emergency alerts is provided. The system includes a plurality of sensors, a plurality of notification appliances, and processing circuitry. Each sensor monitors at least one parameter of a space and generates sensed data. Each notification appliance is operable to emit light in a plurality of colors. The processing circuitry detects, based on the sensed data, that at least one event among a plurality of events has occurred in the space, and determines a first evacuation path from the space that bypasses a location of the detected event. The processing circuitry further operates the plurality of notification appliances to emit light in a color assigned to the detected event among the plurality of colors and provide direction guidance for the first evacuation path. The direction guidance for the first evacuation path is provided by controlling one or more characteristics of the emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventors: Siddhesh K. Nagale, Sandip Shelar, Joseph Piccolo, Sonali Mahendra Date, Bruce W. Marien
  • Patent number: 12618445
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining the wear of a brake of a motor vehicle having a brake piston, an actuator, a first brake lining, a second brake lining, a friction partner and a mounting, where the brake piston is held on a spindle of the brake and can be moved axially along the spindle between the actuator and the friction partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety Gmbh
    Inventors: Andreas Marx, Nicholas Alford
  • Patent number: 12621653
    Abstract: A method for managing provisioning of universal integrated circuit cards (UICC) in internet of things (IoT) devices, is disclosed. The method comprises (a) initiating a mobile network connection with one or more IoT platforms; (b) receiving one or more instructions from the one or more IoT platforms; (c) downloading one or more subscription profiles associated with one or more second UICCs from the one or more IoT platforms upon receiving the one or more instructions; (d) configuring the one or more subscription profiles in the one or more second UICCs; and (e) rebooting the mobile network connection to connect the one or more second UICCs of the one or more internet of things (IoT) devices with the one or more second UICCs IoT platforms through a second cellular network based on the one or more second UICCs subscription profiles configured in the one or more second UICCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Inventor: Byron Rojas
  • Patent number: 12614447
    Abstract: A security system includes an on-site security panel and an off-site central monitoring station (CMS). The on-site security panel communicating security related alarms to the CMS via a primary communication path when the primary communication path has not failed, and communicating security related alarms to the CMS via a secondary communication path when the primary communication path has failed. The on-site security panel periodically sends a secondary path supervision message to the CMS via the secondary communication path at a secondary communication path supervisory rate. The on-site security panel performs self-tests on the circuitry supporting the secondary communication path between the periodic secondary path supervision messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Ruban S, Balamurugan Ganesan, Vaibhav Shivaji Sable, Venkatesh Paramasivam
  • Patent number: 12607117
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include multi-channel communications filters, multi-channel communications systems, apparatuses that utilize a tunable multi-channel communications filter for antenna tuning, and methods to perform multi-channel communications filter tuning. A multi-channel communications filter includes a coupled inductor having a primary winding that is coupled to a power source, and magnetically coupled to one or more secondary windings. The multi-channel communications filter also includes a tuning bank formed from a first set of capacitors; and a first set of switches that are configured to adjust capacitance of the first set of capacitors to impede signals having a first frequency range from flowing through the multi-channel communications filter. The tuning bank and the first set of switches are coupled to the one or more secondary windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Wayne Hayenga, Matthew C. Griffing, Jebreel M M Salem, Ranganathan Sridharan, Imran Sharif Vehra, Maxim Yushko
  • Patent number: 12603951
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a rotating mechanism and a foldable terminal. The foldable terminal includes a display and the rotating mechanism. The display includes a neutral layer. The rotating mechanism includes a limit base, a first swing arm, and a second swing arm, and the limit base is provided with a first arc-shaped groove and a second arc-shaped groove. The first rotating shaft portion includes a first arc-shaped part and a second arc-shaped part that are distributed in a circumferential direction of the first rotating shaft portion, the first arc-shaped part and the second arc-shaped part are fixedly connected, an axle center of the first arc-shaped part and an axle center of the second arc-shaped part are both located at the neutral layer and coincide with each other, and a radius of the first arc-shaped part is different from a radius of the second arc-shaped part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Renwei Guo
  • Patent number: 12597342
    Abstract: A device for controlling in-vehicle signage is disposed to provide a physical indication of a particular in-vehicle sign. The data defining the particular sign is associated with data defining a trigger point for causing the occurrence of the indication of the particular sign. The device is adapted for control by a processor that is responsive to a conflict between the particular sign and at least one of another sign or a message and is disposed to alter the data defining the trigger point to remove the conflict. The trigger point is defined by the intersection of the path of a vehicle and a trigger zone extending spatially from a defined location of the particular sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: MODAS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Damian Andrew Horton, Marcus Simon Edward Robbins, Anna Rachel Corp
  • Patent number: 12577874
    Abstract: Telemetry systems that include a wireless acoustic telemetry system and processes for installing and using same. In some embodiments, a wireless acoustic telemetry system can include a plurality of transducer assemblies spatially distributed on or about a pipe string. Each transducer assembly can include a modem and a plurality of transducers each coupled to a corresponding different body such that each transducer assembly comprises a plurality of independently mass-loaded transducers. At least two mass-loaded transducers in each mass-loaded assembly can be tuned to a specific resonance frequency, and each specific resonance frequency can be spaced in frequency such that the at least two mass-loaded transducers in each mass-loaded assembly together can be configured to provide a wider frequency response band for energy transmission as compared to one of the at least two mass-loaded transducers alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yann Dufour, Fernando Garcia-Osuna, Arnaud Croux, Arnaud Jarrot, Kaiyang Liew
  • Patent number: 12571653
    Abstract: An analog meter reading system is applied to an analog meter provided with a scale and a pointer and reads a measured value of the analog meter. The analog meter reading system includes: a unique information acquisition unit that acquires unique information of the analog meter; an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of the analog meter for reading the measured value; a detection unit that detects a reference point on the scale and a pointer from the image; a rotation angle calculation unit that calculates a rotation angle of the pointer until a state in which the pointer points to the reference point changes to a state in which the pointer points to the measuring point based on the reference point and the pointer that are detected; and a measured value conversion unit that converts the rotation angle into the measured value using the unique information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tsubaki, Naoya Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 12573420
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a reproducing section. The reproducing section includes a first shield, a second shield, a third shield, a fourth shield, a first magnetic member, a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a fourth terminal, and a third shield conductive member. A direction from the first shield to the second shield is along a first direction. A second direction from the third shield to the fourth shield crosses the first direction. The first magnetic member is provided between the first shield and the second shield and between the third shield and the fourth shield. The first to fourth terminals are electrically connected to the first to fourth shields, respectively. The third shield conductive member is connected to the third shield and includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Cu, Al, Au, and Ag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akira Kikitsu, Yoshihiro Higashi, Satoshi Shirotori, Tazumi Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 12562191
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which an absolute value ?N of a difference between a refractive index Nxy measured in an in-plane direction of the magnetic layer and a refractive index Nz measured in a thickness direction of the magnetic layer is 0.25 or more and 0.40 or less, and standard deviation a of the ?N in a width direction of the magnetic layer is 0.05 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takuto Kurokawa, Norihito Kasada, Yujin Shibata
  • Patent number: 12555603
    Abstract: The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape. Sci obtained by measuring a surface of the magnetic layer with an atomic force microscope and by Equation A is 1.40 or more and 1.60 or less, and standard deviation ? of the Sci in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 0.05 or less. In Equation A, Sq is a root-mean-square height Sq specified in ISO 25178, Vv(h0.05)-Vv(h0.8) is a void volume in a region where a load area ratio in a bearing curve is 5% or more and 80% or less, and A is a measurement region area. Sci = ( Vv ? ( h 0.05 ) - Vv ? ( h 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kasada, Nobuhito Onozuka, Junya Sawada, Ryosuke Yumiyama
  • Patent number: 12552473
    Abstract: A track pin assembly includes a pin having a first axial end and a second axial end configured to engage a respective outer link of a joint, a first cavity which defines a tank for containing lubricating oil or grease, and a second cavity arranged at the second axial end of the pin and open at the second axial end of the pin. A sensor, arranged in the second cavity, includes a sensor element configured to measure a temperature and to generate a signal indicative of the measured temperature, and a transmitter configured to irradiate a measuring signal that is representative of the signal generated by the sensor element. A power source, arranged in the second cavity, is configured to constantly supply the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: ITALTRACTOR ITM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Nicolas Moretti, Eustachio Calia
  • Patent number: 12556844
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system which incorporates a plurality of gauge displays, similar to those common in the automotive industry, in a housing alongside a controller. The controller interfaces with a user device such as a PC through a data connection port and determines operational parameters of the user device, converting them into values for corresponding gauge displays in real-time. A user can thus monitor the status of their machine or software applications without sacrificing screen real-estate during activities such as gaming or other productivity tasks. The system may also incorporate a front-end application software which, when installed on the user device, can control the types of output readings which are assigned to different gauges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Inventor: Stuart McWilliams
  • Patent number: 12548590
    Abstract: A static electricity elimination floating tonearm includes a tonearm base, a tonearm, a deflector and an ion air-pressure device. An air-floating arm tube extends horizontally from a side of the tonearm base, a top edge of the air-floating arm tube is provided with air holes arranged at intervals, the tonearm includes a floating piece and an arm rod, and the ion air-pressure device is provided for generating an airflow with positive and negative ions which is sent into the changer of the air-floating arm tube and blown out from the air holes of the air-floating arm tube, the floating piece together with the arm rod are blown upward to define an air-floating state, and deflected by the floating piece and the deflector and blown towards the turntable, not only providing a frictionless air-floating displacement state of the tonearm, but also eliminating static electricity and dust on the turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Inventor: Huan-Chih Huang
  • Patent number: 12536896
    Abstract: An estimation device (10) includes: a collection unit (11) configured to collect alarms which are issued when a device constituting connection equipment is in an abnormal state, the connection equipment connecting a building in which telecommunication equipment is accommodated to an ONU disposed in a house of an individual user, and including a cable having a plurality of first core wires branched by a 4SP, an 8SP for branching the first core wire into a plurality of second core wires, and equipment that connects the second core wire to the ONU; and an estimation unit (12) configured to estimate in which section of the connection equipment a failure has occurred, based on a type of the collected alarm and the equipment for which the alarm has been issued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: NTT, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuki Shiroma, Natsuko Hikage, Kumiko Omori