Patents Examined by Tuyen K Vo
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Patent number: 11887423Abstract: A display unit for a passage control device, having a housing that has a front side, a rear side and an encircling circumferential side connecting the front side and rear side to one another. A display surface is integrated in the front side of the housing. The housing has an optical signaling apparatus that consists of front and rear light bands that are able to be actuated by a computing unit of the passage control device. The front light strip is arranged between the front and circumferential sides and the rear light strip is arranged between the rear and circumferential sides such that the front light strip is visible in a plan view of the front side and the rear light strip is visible in a plan view of the rear side.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Magnetic Autocontrol GmbHInventors: Martin Steiert, Timo Rauer
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Patent number: 11886216Abstract: A voltage regulator is provided. The voltage regulator includes a shunt transistor and a feedback circuit. The shunt transistor has a first current electrode coupled to a first voltage source terminal, a second current electrode coupled to a second voltage source terminal, a control electrode coupled to receive a reference voltage, and a body electrode. The feedback circuit has an input terminal coupled to the body electrode of the shunt transistor, and an output terminal coupled to the control electrode of the shunt transistor. The voltage regulator is suitable for use in a passive RFID device to protect the device from over-voltage damage. In another embodiment, a method for regulating a voltage is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Ivan Jesus Rebollo Pimentel, Thomas Pichler, Ronald van Langevelde
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Patent number: 11881072Abstract: A control unit transmits an initial value of a position ID to a cassette control unit at a top in a daisy chain by a serial line. Having received the position ID from the control unit or the cassette control unit of a previous stage in the daisy chain, the cassette control unit recognizes it as a position ID of its own cassette. Where there is a following cassette control unit in the daisy chain, the cassette control unit calculates a position ID of the following cassette control unit to transmit to the following cassette control unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITEDInventors: Yuqing Weng, Rompei Sugawara
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Patent number: 11880739Abstract: Read data of a plurality of optical information reading devices can be compared on a spatial axis. A setting device includes: a communication part for communicating with each of the optical information reading devices; a display part that displays a list of pieces of read data, conveyor, of any one of a plurality of optical information reading devices; an input part that receives an input for selection of any one piece of read data from the list of pieces of read data displayed on the display part; and a control part that acquires a code image having the read data selected by the input part from another optical information reading device connected to the network, and performs comparison display, on the display part, of a plurality of the code images respectively acquired by different ones of the plurality of optical information reading devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: KEYENCE CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi Izaki, Takashi Hirano
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Patent number: 11869318Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus, including: a housing provided with a surface facing a customer operating the medium processing apparatus; and a rolled coin device housed in the housing and configured to process rolled coins formed by bundling a plurality of loose coins. The surface of the housing includes a designated area located in a height range conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard with respect to a height direction of the medium processing apparatus, and a rolled coin dispensing port of the rolled coin device for dispensing the rolled coins is arranged in the designated area.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Tougo, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Kenta Takahashi, Takayuki Kuroda, Tomohiro Yokoo
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Patent number: 11861992Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory is configured to store first software and second software different from the first software. The controller is configured to enable execution of the first software and the second software when an elapsed time since an application of a program on security was last successfully performed is less than a predetermined time, and enable execution of the first software and disable execution of the second software when the elapsed time is greater than or equal to the predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Fumihiko Ikegami
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Patent number: 11861991Abstract: A piece of electronic equipment including a first subsystem such as a touch-sensitive tablet and a second subsystem such as a payment terminal. The first sub-system embeds a first operating system for managing the power consumption of the first subsystem. The second subsystem embeds a specific and secure operating system capable of executing payment transactions. Since the two subsystems execute two different operating systems, an operating state of one of the subsystems may not allow the required service to be implemented if this requires the use of resources implemented by both of the two subsystems. Thus the first and second subsystems exchange data relating to their respective operating state and, where appropriate, change their current operating state as a function of the data relating to an operating state of the other subsystem thus exchanged.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGInventors: Benoît Pouhaer, Bernard Schang, Dominique Cazou, Christophe Auffray
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Patent number: 11861443Abstract: A method for manufacturing a tag for fabric is described. The tag includes a radio module with an ultra high transmission frequency, a radio-frequency identification integrated circuit connected to the UHF module, an antenna, and a substrate, and includes mounting the UHF radio module and the RFID integrated circuit on the substrate, these being already electrically connected by means of metal tracks, and mounting the antenna on the substrate. The method includes applying a protective coating on the UHF radio module and on the RFID integrated circuit, which includes coating the metal tracks for electrical connection between the RFID integrated circuit and the UHF radio module and, furthermore, coating a surface portion of the substrate situated around the UHF radio module and the RFID integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: DATAMARS SAInventors: Luca Cerea, Julien Buros
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Patent number: 11847878Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus includes a distinguishing unit that distinguishes respective paper sheets input, a first storage mechanism that temporarily stores the respective paper sheets distinguished, a plurality of second storage mechanisms that are provided for each type of paper sheet and store the corresponding paper sheet, a determination unit that determines a conveyance order of conveying the respective paper sheets from the first storage mechanism to any of the second storage mechanisms on a basis of a result of distinguishing, and a drive control unit that controls activation and stop of respective drive apparatuses that, on a basis of the conveyance order, drive each of the plurality of second storage mechanisms to store the respective paper sheets in the corresponding second storage mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITEDInventor: Yasuhiro Morimoto
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Patent number: 11844927Abstract: In one aspect, a system is provided of verifying the accuracy of a plurality of serially-connected drug modules of a combinatorial drug delivery device, each of the drug modules including a drug reservoir, the system including: a machine-readable code located on each of the drug modules; application software configured to generate an activation code based on the machine-readable codes and the sequence of the machine-readable codes; a flow controller on the drug delivery device which is selectively actuatable to a use state to permit flow of drug from the drug delivery device; and, a control unit on the drug delivery device having a computing processing unit configured to compare the activation code with an authentication code, and, wherein, if the authentication code matches the activation code, the computing processing unit causes actuation of the flow controller to permit flow of the drug from the drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventor: Martin John McLoughlin
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Patent number: 11847518Abstract: A method for designing and constructing a thin programmable dynamic credential card is disclosed. The thin programmable dynamic credential card may comprise multiple layers, including a top surface layer containing an opening through which a graphical display system below the top surface layer can be viewed. The graphical display system is configured to present at least one coded image. The at least one coded image is determined based at least in part on context data associated with a context of the programmable credential card.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Block, Inc.Inventors: Kuldeep Amarnath, Ashutosh Dhodapkar
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Patent number: 11842247Abstract: A wireless tag for sensor control is connected to a sensor and configured to control execution of measurements using the sensor. The wireless tag for sensor control includes: an antenna for receiving a radio wave or a magnetic field transmitted from an external wireless device; a power generation unit configured to generate electric power based on the radio wave or the magnetic field received by the antenna; and a control unit configured to control the sensor using generated power, which is the electric power supplied from the power generation unit, wherein the control unit includes: a power supply control unit configured to use a portion of the generated power to execute power supply to the sensor; an acquisition unit configured to receive a detection result from the sensor operated by the execution of the power supply; and a transmission processing unit configured to transmit communication information including the detection result to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigeru Yoshida, Masaki Honda, Gen Sakashita, Ryo Hashimoto
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Patent number: 11841211Abstract: A fire control method against aerial targets flying toward a protection object when the position of the protection object is known includes measuring the position of the aerial target, estimating the position of the aerial target, estimating the velocity of the aerial target, predicting the future path of the aerial target from the estimated position of the aerial target and the estimated velocity of the aerial target, and deciding, on the basis of the predicted path, whether the aerial target i.) is incoming and thus a threat against the protection object, ii.) is passing by and thus not a threat to the protection object.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS ABInventor: Hendric Kjellström
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Patent number: 11836738Abstract: An electronic vehicular license plate system that includes a waterproof housing having a shape and size similar to a standard vehicle license plate with the housing mountable to a vehicle's existing license plate mounting region, the housing including a transparent display cover, an electronic visual display screen supported within the housing and viewable through the display cover of the housing with the screen displaying vehicle license plate information, a power source connected to and powering the screen, a central processing unit connected to the screen and controlling the operation of the screen, a wireless data transmission device connected to the central processing unit, a memory drive connected to the central processing unit, and a Global Positioning System connected to the central processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Ramon Answar Hameen Johnson
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Patent number: 11829827Abstract: The present invention relates to a document comprising at least one RFID transponder, the RFID transponder comprising an antenna (3, 23) and an integrated circuit (4, 24) electrically coupled to the antenna (3, 23). The document comprises at least one detachable detuning element (7, 27) electrically coupled to the antenna (3, 23). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a document comprising an RFID transponder.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Confixdex OyInventors: Petteri Lavikko, Pierre Chadebech, Alvin Chen, Eveliina Koski
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Patent number: 11828849Abstract: An illumination device for time-of-flight detection has a light emitting unit for emitting a light ray pattern for generating a light pattern, and a lens portion for focusing the emitted light ray pattern at a predefined focal point at a predefined distance to the lens portion for generating the light pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Daniel Van Nieuwenhove
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Patent number: 11823922Abstract: A substrate inspection apparatus includes: a storage configured to store inspection image data obtained from a captured image of a periphery of a substrate on which a film is formed, and an inspection recipe; an edge detector configured to detect a target edge as an edge of an inspection target film on the basis of the inspection image data stored in the storage by using the inspection recipe stored in the storage; a periphery calculator configured to calculate a position of a theoretical periphery of the substrate; and a width calculator configured to calculate a width between the theoretical periphery of the substrate and the target edge on the basis of position data of the theoretical periphery of the substrate obtained by the periphery calculator and position data of the target edge obtained by the edge detector.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Akiko Kiyotomi, Masato Hosaka, Tadashi Nishiyama, Kazuya Hisano
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Patent number: 11825190Abstract: A collation device includes a light source unit; a camera unit that receives light emitted from the light source unit and reflected in a collation area of an object to acquire a photographed image of the collation area; a display unit; and a processor configured to, by executing a program: display a guide of a bright spot portion of the light source unit on the photographed image on the display unit so that an angle formed by the light source unit, the camera unit, and the collation area of the object is a predetermined angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Yukari Motosugi, Ken Sato, Masaki Kyojima, Minoru Oshima
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Patent number: 11823518Abstract: The present invention reduces the amount of data for generating history information that can identify the time when a paper sheet moves along a transport path. The present invention includes an update unit (103) that updates reference timers (Ta and Tb) at predetermined time intervals (10 ?s and 1 ms), respectively, an initializing unit (104) that initializes the reference timers at predetermined time intervals (5 s and 25 s), respectively, a storage unit (102) that stores therein the numbers of times of the initialization, and a saving unit (105) that saves difference information (D) identifying current values of the reference timers and the numbers of times of the initialization when a paper sheet moves along a transport path (P).Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: JAPAN CASH MACHINE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Arai, Toshitaka Nishizaki, Masaaki Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11823001Abstract: A computer implemented method for recognizing an answer sheet includes the steps of: reading a filled answer sheet comprising at least one set of graphical codes; locating each set of graphical codes in the answer sheet; a set of graphical codes comprising one grid or two grids, wherein for each set of graphical codes, if the function mark of the first grid is filled, two sets or four sets of 8-digit binary codes are obtained according to the filling state of each of the filling areas in each grid of the set of graphical codes; and recognizing the corresponding characters according to the encoding format determined by the encoding format mark. If the function mark in the first grid is un-filled, the filling states of the eight icons of the encoding format mark are converted to the third set of binary codes for character recognition.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventors: Yuhong Wang, Ziming Wang