Patents Examined by Vivek D Koppikar
  • Patent number: 11396280
    Abstract: A platooning controller, a vehicle system including the same, and a method thereof perform braking control based on a hitch angle. The platooning controller includes a processor that controls platooning of one or more vehicles, each with a trailer, and includes a storage storing information for controlling the platooning. The processor controls a host vehicle such that a hitch angle of the host vehicle with the trailer meets a predetermined reference angle, when it is necessary to perform braking control, and controls the host vehicle to perform the braking control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hyuk Kim, Sang Yeob Lee, Il Hwan Kim, Hong Gi Park, Kyung Joo Bang
  • Patent number: 11386778
    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed that establish secure electronic communication between an infrastructure device and a remote provider of services to an autonomous vehicle. In response to the autonomous vehicle driving within a predetermined distance of the infrastructure device, the remote provider sends authorizing credentials to the infrastructure device and the autonomous vehicle. Using the authorizing credentials, the infrastructure device and the autonomous vehicle establishing a trusted communication. Through the trusted communication, the infrastructure device sends to the autonomous vehicle a data set including coordinate data of at least one road user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SIBRTECH INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Luke Simon, Joseph Buck, Michael Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11378951
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for allowing a user to monitor or control an autonomous vehicle after a drop-off of the user. The method for monitoring and controlling an autonomous vehicle according to an embodiment includes receiving user alighting information for an autonomous vehicle, identifying whether a destination is set for the autonomous vehicle, determining an operating mode of a user terminal as a monitoring mode or a controlling mode on the basis of whether the destination is set, and transmitting a driving state of the autonomous vehicle to the user terminal, or transmitting a control signal corresponding to user manipulation inputted to the user terminal to the autonomous vehicle, on the basis of the operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yujung Jang, Sung Hwan Choi, Du Kyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11352044
    Abstract: A steering handle for a steering apparatus of a motor vehicle includes an end face which faces a user when the steering handle is in a position of use and a display element arranged on a side of the steering handle which faces away from the end face. A control device carries out a method by which a position of the steering handle is changed based on a driving mode set by a driver assistance device. The control device generates an adjustment signal to change between a position of use of the steering handle and a position of rest of the steering handle. When the steering handle is in a position of rest, a surface of the steering handle which faces away from the user when the steering handle is in the position of use instead faces the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Immo Redeker, Jacques Hélot, Joris Mertens
  • Patent number: 11346670
    Abstract: A position estimating device is provided with an image acquiring unit that acquires images around a moving body, a moving body movement amount estimating unit that estimates an amount of movement of the moving body based on the images, and a moving body position estimating unit that estimates the position of the moving body based on the estimated amount of movement. The moving body movement amount estimating unit includes a tracking unit that tracks a first feature point to a second feature point, a distance calculating unit that calculates the distance from the moving body to the second feature point, an azimuth estimating unit that estimates the azimuth of the moving body based on the distance from the moving body to the second feature point, and a movement amount estimating unit which estimates the amount of movement of the moving body based on the azimuth of the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Masuo Kaneko, Kenjiro Yamamoto, Shigenori Hayase
  • Patent number: 11338678
    Abstract: A vehicle display device that includes: a display part having a plurality of display faces that display information and that are provided at at least one location among a front face, a rear face, an upper face or a side face inside a vehicle cabin; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Eisuke Ando, Misako Hayashima, Saki Kitoh, Masahiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11307586
    Abstract: An offroad travel assistance system for a user vehicle includes one or more processors and a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing a user vehicle configuration evaluation module including computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to determine if user vehicle configuration information describing the user vehicle is consistent with ride information similar to the user vehicle configuration information and describing a traversal of an offroad trail by a reference vehicle and, responsive to a determination that the user vehicle configuration information is not consistent with the ride information, autonomously control at least one portion of the user vehicle so as to prevent operation of the user vehicle to traverse the offroad trail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin J. James
  • Patent number: 11257012
    Abstract: A device may receive data associated with a benefit manager organization. The data may relate to a performance of the benefit manager organization and hardware resources associated with the benefit manager organization. The device may process the data using a technique after receiving the data. The device may map the data to a benefit manager operating model based on processing the data. The benefit manager operating model may identify a functional area or a sub-area of another benefit manager organization. The device may perform an analysis of the data based on mapping the data to the benefit manager operating model. The device may identify a deficiency related to the performance of the benefit manager organization. The device may perform an action to positively impact the performance of the benefit manager organization based on identifying the deficiency. The action may reduce the deficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Dinesh Malhotra, Milind Pawar, Peter Westcott, Barbara Slagg
  • Patent number: 11244572
    Abstract: A request for transport services that identifies a rider, an origin, and a destination is received from a client device. Eligibility of the request to be serviced by a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is determined based on the origin and the destination. A transportation system determines a first and a second hub for a leg of the transport request serviced by the VTOL aircraft and calculates a set of candidate routes from the first hub to the second hub. A provisioned route is selected from among the set of candidate routes based on network and environmental parameters and objectives including pre-determined acceptable noise levels, weather, and the presence and planned routes of other VTOL aircrafts along each of the candidate routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Andreas Villa, Thomas Prevot, John Conway Badalamenti, Mark Moore
  • Patent number: 11195598
    Abstract: A system for providing aggregated patient data may include a processor and memory. The processor may receive clinical data items from a healthcare data system and device data items from healthcare devices, where the clinical data items and the device data items are associated with patients. The processor may generate patient data objects corresponding to the patients, where each patient data object includes the clinical data items and the device data items associated with one of the patients. The processor may filter the patient data objects based on access privileges of a third party organization to generate filtered patient data objects and transform the filtered patient data objects based on a data transformation rule associated with the third party organization to generate transformed patient data objects. The processor may provide, e.g. over a network, the transformed patient data objects to at least one device associated with the third party organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CareFusion 303, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifton Pait, Ryan Nguyen, Vikas Gupta
  • Patent number: 11099724
    Abstract: A medical imaging system (100) includes a user interface (110) and a magnifying view engine (130). The user interface displays a view of a medical image on a display device (114) and to provide a moveable indicator (116) identifying a moveable point positioned in the displayed medical image. The magnifying view engine (130) generates a localized enlargement of a region of interest within the displayed medical image in response to selection of an existing end point or an existing contour in the displayed medical image according to a first input by one or more input devices and indicated by a current position of the moveable indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Merlijn Sevenster, Thomas Andre Forsberg
  • Patent number: 10991463
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of predicting the health and therapeutic behavior of patients and making treatment plan recommendations includes the steps of: receiving patient healthcare data having one or more conditions and limiting factors; determining a therapeutic behavior pattern of patient; determining unsuccessful therapies and successful therapies for each condition based on therapeutic behavior pattern; and calculating cost quote for successful therapies based on limiting factors for time period. A computer implemented method of providing cost effective therapy for a patient is also provided and includes the steps of: receiving patient healthcare data; determining unsuccessful therapies and successful therapies; calculating probability of disease progression; calculating possible therapies ranked by probability of successful treatment; calculate cost quote for possible therapies; and paying a smart contract for a selected therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventors: John D. Kutzko, Wayne C. A. Wright
  • Patent number: 10878458
    Abstract: A method for operating a health tracking system, a health tracking system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for operating a health tracking system are disclosed. The method comprises receiving a data record comprising at least a descriptive string and nutritional data regarding a consumable item to which the data record corresponds; determining a taste associated to the consumable item based on an evaluation of at least one of: (i) the descriptive string, and (ii) the nutritional data; and associating the determined taste with the data record in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Chul Lee, Kyler Eastman, Patrick Howell, Layla Martin, Hesamoddin Salehian, Joohyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10811123
    Abstract: A system and method that permits a user to utilize a means of capturing and managing one or more voice files containing speech utterances (“Voice Utterances”) and/or the corresponding transcript (“Transcript”) containing protected health information (PHI) on a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventor: David LaBorde
  • Patent number: 10776454
    Abstract: A computer system for routing breathing apparatus compliance data that includes a processor and network interface configured to receive input data including breathing apparatus compliance data via a network, format the compliance data into a destination format in accordance with formatting data and transmit the formatted compliance data via a network to a recipient system in accordance with routing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Winston Richard Fong, Benjamin Wilson Casse
  • Patent number: 10169533
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automating and managing efficient workflow for the viewing and analysis of diagnostic images within a healthcare enterprise network generate virtual worklists listing of healthcare data orders allocated to a specific destination. The methods and systems can provide flexible worklist viewing, system administration, and maximized diagnostic throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Compressus, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Hernandez, Simon M. Liao, Raymundo Anaya, Laszlo R. Gasztonyi, Ronald G. Gesell, Bernadette Baclig, Joel L. Rosenfield
  • Patent number: 8670937
    Abstract: A computer performs a path search from a departure point to a destination point and a path search from the destination point to the departure point while changing a target from a road type at a level other than the highest level to a road type at a higher level, according to a first grouping of a plurality of road types, and performs a path search for the road type at the highest level in a first process. Next, the computer performs similar path searches in an area to be searched based on a result of the first process, according to a second grouping in which a greater number of road types is classified as the highest level in a second process. Then, the computer generates path information according to a result of the second process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Akio Shinagawa, Kyohei Tamai
  • Patent number: 8434722
    Abstract: A skydiving equipment with a drogue parachute to capture the deployment bag until the opening, and to suspend the parachutist(s) in a horizontal position during the free fall, while distributing the tension forces of the drogue parachute such that the ripcord operation is effortless, includes a first fastening strap bearing a lower tab and a second fastening strap bearing an upper tab to fasten the drogue parachute drogue bridle to the parachute pack at the desired level of the main container. A three-ring system connects the upper tab and the lower tab to the drogue parachute drogue bridle and is operational to effortlessly cause the release of the upper tab and the lower tab out of the drogue bridle simultaneously or successively, while the main container opens at a different time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventor: Eric Fradet
  • Patent number: 8175892
    Abstract: External beam radiotherapy treatment workflow scheduling and optimization. The system and method provides for determining a workflow metamodel, receiving a treatment plan, determining a treatment schedule corresponding to the workflow metamodel and treatment plan, taking into account safety by determining alternative treatment schedules, computing a safety index, and selecting one alternative treatment schedule that satisfies a safety threshold and that provides an optimal schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Agile Planet Inc.
    Inventors: Chetan Kapoor, Edwin Jung
  • Patent number: 8121863
    Abstract: A computer-aided detection process for interpreting body images using knowledge based SMART algorithms. The process interprets, in real time, body scan images submitted from screening centers and other certified medical practitioners around the world, and then renders an accurate, reliable and reproducible analysis of each patient's health status relative to the specific body image submitted and returns the results to the originating source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Diakides, Mary Diakides