Patents Examined by Tai T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11687740Abstract: Described herein are systems and method for determining a presence and/or type of an object positioned on a platform. The system may include: a tag reader configured to determine a type of an object, the object including a tag readable by the tag reader; a load cell configured to detect the presence of the object on a platform, the object having a known weight; and the platform including at least one face for receiving the object. The platform is communicatively coupled to the load cell and the tag reader. The presence of the object is detected by the load cell housed in the platform when the object is position on the at least one face of the platform. The type of the object is determined by the tag reader housed in the platform when the object is in physical proximity to the platform.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: PATENTLY MODERN, INC.Inventors: Alex Fleetwood, George Buckenham, Tim Burrell-Saward, Chris Shaw, Lyall Mccarthy, Elies Dekoninck
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Patent number: 11682291Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for providing a two-way portable and wearable emergency communicator for allowing users capability to with a press of a button/switch to contact a local 911 dispatch operator instantly without going through a subscriber network and also provide GPS (global positioning system) data to the 911 dispatch operator. The devices can directly and instantly contact local 911 emergency contact numbers. With the press of a button GPS coordinates of the device can also be sent as text messages to the local 911 emergency contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: HD Group Enterprises LLCInventor: Darin Dugenske
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Patent number: 11682290Abstract: A system for notifying emergency services of a vehicular crash may (i) receive sensor data of a vehicular crash from at least one mobile device associated with a user; (ii) generate a scenario model of the vehicular crash based upon the received sensor data; (iii) store the scenario model; and/or (iv) transmit a message to one or more emergency services based upon the scenario model. As a result, the speed and accuracy of deploying emergency services to the vehicular crash location is increased. The system may also utilize vehicle occupant positional data, and internal and external sensor data to detect potential imminent vehicle collisions, take corrective actions, automatically engage autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle features, and/or generate virtual reconstructions of the vehicle collision.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Cole Nave, Nathan Tofte
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Patent number: 11682275Abstract: An electronic device with an auxiliary lighting function and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first body, a display screen, and a light-emitting module. The first body has a first surface. The first surface includes a screen area and a border area. The border area surrounds the screen area. The display screen is disposed in the screen area of the first body. The light-emitting module is disposed in the border area of the first body. The light-emitting module provides an illumination light in at least one first area of the border area, and provides an indicating light in at least one second area of the border area.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Po-Yang Chien, Wei-Yi Chang, Chun-Chieh Chen, Chen-Cheng Wang
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Patent number: 11672740Abstract: A dose reminder device having a main body with electrical components held therein and a bottle-agnostic strap or detachable adapter for attaching the dose reminder device to bottles of varying shapes and sizes. The dose reminder device is registered and connected to a host server over a network via a programming application interface operating on a mobile device or a computer-based device.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Inventor: Zachary Norman
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Patent number: 11651674Abstract: An electronic monitoring system includes an electronic monitoring device that is worn on a part of the body of a person to be monitored, to acquire location information and state information; an at-home monitoring device that receives the location information and the state information provided from the electronic monitoring device and determines whether the electronic monitoring device is at home, on the basis of the location information; and a control center that receives the location information and the state information from at least one of the electronic monitoring device or the at-home monitoring device to manage the person to be monitored.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Life Science Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jeong Hwan Kim, Min Joon Choi
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Patent number: 11651688Abstract: This document describes systems and techniques that may be used to aggregate information about open parking spots from various different parking providers or organizations.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jason Woodard, Joseph Catalano, Ryan Kotler, Adam Richard Rogal
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Patent number: 11650310Abstract: In an example, information related to a user of a mobile device and to an item associated with the user is received from a network. Based on the information a screening threshold is determined. The screening threshold is communicated to an electronic physical screening device and a direction instruction, indicating a location of a physical screening area corresponding to the electronic physical screening device, is communicated to the mobile device. The direction instruction causes the mobile device to display a direction information, directing the user to the physical screening area, for a physical screening in accordance with the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland SecurityInventor: Arun Vemury
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Patent number: 11642460Abstract: A method may include receiving, from a volume meter at a pump configured to deliver medication to a patient, data indicative of a volume of a medication present in a syringe inserted in the pump. A first counter may be updated, based on the data, in response to the medication being delivered to the patient as a first dose type. A second counter may be updated, based on the data, in response to the medication being delivered to the patient as a second dose type. The volume of the medication delivered to the patient may be determined based on the first counter and/or the second counter. An electronic alert may be sent to a mobile device in response to one or more anomalies being present in the volume of the medication delivered to the patient. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including apparatuses and computer program products, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.Inventors: Jesse J. Guerra, Prabhu Chinnaiah, Richard Stor Wu
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Patent number: 11628733Abstract: A chargeability presenting method which includes before start of transmitting first electric power to an electric vehicle, wirelessly supplying second electric power to a charging space, detecting whether heat is generated by a foreign object in the charging space after the second electric power is transmitted, and before start of transmitting the first electric power, presenting chargeability information that is generated based on vehicle presence information and foreign object information, the vehicle presence information indicating whether the charging space is vacant, and the foreign object information indicating whether the heat is detected in the charging space.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Nishida, Tetsuro Sawai
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Patent number: 11626013Abstract: A traffic data analysis method, an electronic device, a vehicle and a storage medium are provided, and relate to the technical field of artificial intelligence, in particular to the fields of large data processing, automatic driving and vehicle networking, and can be applied to AI navigation. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of initial traffic data; determining a category of each of the plurality of initial traffic data; receiving a search instruction from an AI analysis model, wherein the search instruction includes target category information; determining target traffic data corresponding to the target category information from the respective initial traffic data according to categories of the respective initial traffic data; and sending the target traffic data to the AI analysis model so that the AI analysis model performs an AI analysis according to the target traffic data.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Inventors: Ruihua Liao, Yupu Huang, Shulong Lin, Yanwu Liu
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Patent number: 11619524Abstract: A non-invasive dental or surgical monitoring system is disclosed. The monitoring system is comprised generally of dental or surgical equipment to be monitored, a main sensor unit, a set of sensors. The main sensor unit is in communication with various sensors removably attached to the equipment. The sensors monitor environment conditions related to the equipment rather than directly monitoring the equipment. The collected data is sent to the main sensor unit and can be accessed, or wirelessly transmitted by signal to a device or devices at another location. As collected data aggregates, a data profile can be created, machine learning can be used to discover patterns, and predictive analysis can be incorporated to help software make predictions of, or spot in real time, equipment problems based on deviations from the profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Inventor: Brandon Moore
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Patent number: 11618378Abstract: A method of guiding an operator of a vehicle includes determining, in response to a vehicle-sharing request, whether a vehicle operation condition is satisfied based on state information of the vehicle. The method includes, in response to the vehicle operation condition being satisfied, identifying a set of vehicle operation instructions from a plurality of vehicle instructions corresponding to the vehicle, where the set of vehicle operation instructions correspond to the vehicle operation condition. The method includes, in response to the vehicle operation condition being satisfied, identifying a notification system from among a plurality of notification systems based on the vehicle operation condition, and providing, using the notification system, the set of vehicle operation instructions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC., DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Christian Munte, Martin Nespolo, Nandhinee Kandasamy
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Patent number: 11619471Abstract: A warning system for a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) may be configured to alert a target that deployment of the CEW may be imminent. The warning system may include a visual output system and an audio output system. The visual output system may be configured to output a visual warning. The audio output system may be configured to output an audio warning. The visual output system and the audio output system may be activated in response to a control interface of the CEW being operated to an active mode. The visual output system and the audio output system may be deactivated, or not activated, in response to the control interface being operated to a safety mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.Inventors: Patrick W. Smith, Michael E. Gish, Magne Nerheim, Hans Moritz, Brian Fairbanks, Milan Cerovic, Mark Eastwood
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Patent number: 11621076Abstract: A pet medical text recognizer may include one or more machine learning classifiers. The one or more machine learning classifiers may be trained using training data to associate raw text with pet clinical event codes. A performance metric may be provided, and the highest performing classifier according to the performance metric may be selected as the model for the pet medical text recognizer. The pet medical text recognizer may accept input text from a veterinary practice management system and generate a pet clinical event code for the text. A set of codes associated with a single pet may be aggregated into a pet health record.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Snout, Inc.Inventors: Emily Dong, Sinan Ozdemir, Eric Choi, Jonathan Levine
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Patent number: 11615886Abstract: A syringe pump includes a lead screw, a motor, and a sliding block assembly. The lead screw has threads and the motor is coupled to the lead screw to rotate it. The half-nut housing has a half nut and a barrel cam. The half nut is disposed within the half-nut housing. The half nut has half-nut threads at an end adjacent to the lead screw void. The half nut engages or disengages with the threads of the lead screw. The half nut includes a half-nut cam-follower surface and a half nut slot. The barrel cam is disposed within the half-nut housing and engages with the half-nut cam-follower surface. The barrel cam includes a pin to fit within the half nut slot such that the barrel cam rotates between a first position and a second position to actuate the half nut between the engagement position and the disengagement position, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Dean Kamen, Larry B. Gray, Jesse T. Bodwell, John M. Kerwin, Dirk A. van der Merwe, Stephen L. Fichera, Jonathan R. Thurber, Martin D. Desch
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Patent number: 11615706Abstract: Various aspects of a system and method for driving assistance along a path are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, a unique identifier is received from a communication device at an electronic control unit (ECU) of a first vehicle. The unique identifier is received when the first vehicle has reached a first location along a first portion of the path. A communication channel is established between the first vehicle and the communication device based on the received unique identifier. Data associated with a second portion of the path is received by the ECU from the communication device based on the established communication channel. Alert information associated with the second portion of the path is generated by the ECU based on the received data.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Manish Gupta, Ramesh Chelur Ramchandra Sastry, Pramod Chintalapoodi, Sho Tanaka
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Patent number: 11610510Abstract: In an embodiment, a metered dose inhaler (MDI) training device is provided herein. The MDI training device may include a housing having an inhalation port, an opening for receiving ambient air, the inhalation port and the opening are fluidly connected to provide an air flow channel, and a valve associated with the air flow channel, the valve having an opened state and a closed state, and an actuation member, wherein the valve is not allowed to enter the opened state if the actuation member is actuated prior to inhalation through the inhalation port.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: NOBLE INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Jeff Baker, Christopher Wai Yin Chung, Francis Michael Siemer
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Patent number: 11605273Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that allow an electronic device to autonomously adapt one or more user alerts of the electronic device. For example, some embodiments may include a method for operating a haptic device including driving a haptic device using a control signal, measuring a frequency related to the operation of the haptic device and comparing the measured frequency with a target frequency. A control signal is adjusted based on the comparison to drive the haptic device to the target frequency.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Matthew Hill
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Patent number: 11600162Abstract: A method for detecting an exit of a patient from a hospital bed, the method comprising: detecting a presence of the patient on the bed, upon detection of the patient on the bed, monitoring an indication that the patient has moved from a predetermined patient area on a patient receiving surface of the bed to outside the predetermined patient area, upon detection that the patient has moved outside the predetermined patient area, activating a bed alarm to indicate to a user that an exit of the patient from the hospital bed has been detected, and after monitoring the indication that the patient has moved from the predetermined patient area and further upon receiving a pause command, suspending monitoring the indication that the patient has moved from the predetermined patient area. There is also provided a system for detecting an exit of a patient from a hospital bed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: UMANO MEDICAL INC.Inventors: Steve Bolduc, Etienne St-Pierre, David Moreno, Gabriel Mercier, Esther Berthelot